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ENGLISH 10: Assignment Study Guide

Unit 1:

1. Plot and Setting

   1. Read – Plot and Setting pages 1-3 and 44-45

   2. Do – The Practice section on page 3

   3. Do – The Practice section on page 45

2. Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket

   1. Read – Before you Read on page 4

   2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 4

   3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

   4. Read – Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket on pages 5-16

   5. Read – You want a social life, with friends on page 18

   6. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis on page 19

3. Double Daddy ♦ Diary of a Mad Blender ♦ The Child’s View of Working Parents

   1. Read – Before you Read on page 21

   2. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

   3. Read – Double Daddy on pages 22-23

   4. Read – Diary of a Mad Blender on pages 24-25

   5. Read – The Child’s View of Working Parents on pages 26-27

   6. Complete – Analyzing Informational Materials on pages 28-30

4. The Leap

   1. Read – Before you Read on page 31

   2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 31

   3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

   4. Read – The Leap on pages 32-38

   5. Read – The Day the Clowns Cried on page 40

   6. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis on page 41

5. The Pedestrian

   1. Read – Before you Read on page 46

   2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 46

   3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

   4. Read – The pedestrian on pages 47-51

   5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis on page 53

6. Complete and pass the unit exam and hand in all homework

Unit 2:

1. Character

1. Read – Character pages 73-75

2. Do – The Practice section on page 75

2. Everyday Use

1. Read – Before you Read on page 76

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite page 76

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – Everyday Use pages 77-83

5. Read – from Hands: For Mother’s Day page 84

6. Read – Lucinda Matlock page 85

7. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis page 86

3. Interview with Alice Walker ♦ Interview with Nikki Giovanni ♦ “Thinkin’ on Marryin” ♦ A Baby’s Quilt to Sew Up the Generations

1. Read – Before you Read on page 88

2. Read – Interview with Alice Walker pages 89-90

3. Read – Interview with Nikki Giovanni page 91

4. Read – “Thinkin’ on Marryin’” pages 91-92

5. Read – A Baby’s Quilt to Sew Up the Generations page 93

6. Complete – Analyzing Informational Materials pages 93-95

4. Character Interactions

1. Read – Character Interactions on pages 96-97

2. Do – The Practice section page 97

5. Two Kinds

1. Read – Before you Read on page 98

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite page 98

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – Two Kinds pages 99-107

5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis page 109

6. Biographical Narrative

1. Read – Writing a Biographical Narrative pages 122-128

2. Write a Biographical Narrative

7. Complete and pass the unit exam and hand in all homework

Unit 3:

1. Narrator and Voice

1. Read – Narrator and Voice on pages 137-139

2. Do – The Practice section on page 139

2. By the Waters of Babylon

1. Read – Before you Read on page 140

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 140

3. Read – By the Waters of Babylon on pages 141-150

4. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis page 152

3. The Cold Equations

1. Read – Before you Read on page 163

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 163

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – The Cold Equations on pages 164-183

5. Read – All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace on page 184

6. Complete – Analyzing Informational Materials on page 185

4. Typhoid Fever

1. Read – Before you Read on page 193

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 193

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – Typhoid Fever from Angela’s Ashes on pages 194-199

5. Read – The Education of Frank McCourt on pages 201-203

6. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis on page 204

5. Analyzing Problems and Solutions

1. Read – Analyzing Problems and Solutions on pages 212-219

2. Write an Analyzing Problems and Solutions Essay

6. Complete and pass the unit exam and hand in all homework

Unit 4:

1. Comparing A Theme Across Genres

1. Read – Literary Response and Analysis Comparing A Theme Across Genres on page 255

2. And of Clay Are We Created ♦ Ill-Equipped Rescuers Dig Out Volcano Victims; Aid Slow to Reach Colombian Town

1. Read – Before you Read on page 256

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 256

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – And of Clay Are We Created on pages 257-265

5. Read – Ill-Equipped Rescuers Dig Out Volcano Victims; Aid Slow to Reach Colombian Town on pages 267-269

6. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-12 on page 270

3. The Man in the Water ♦ The Parable of the Good Samaritan ♦ A State Championship Versus Runner’s Conscience

1. Read – Before you Read on page 272

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 272

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – The Man in the Water on pages 273-277

5. Read – The Parable of the Good Samaritan on page 278

6. Read – A State Championship Versus Runner’s Conscience on pages 279-280

7. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-11 on page 281

4. If Decency Doesn’t, Law Should Make Us Samaritans ♦ Good Samaritans of U.S.A Are Afraid to Act

1. Read – Before you Read on pages 284-285

2. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

3. Read – If Decency Doesn’t, Law Should Make Us Samaritans on pages 286-287

4. Read – Good Samaritans of U.S.A Are Afraid to Act on pages 288-289

5. Complete – Analyzing Informational Materials on pages 290-291

5. Persuasive Essay

1. Read – Writing a Persuasive Essay on pages 294-300

2. Write a 5 paragraph Persuasive Essay by following the steps in reading

6. Complete and pass the unit exam and hand in all homework

Unit 5:

1. Irony and Ambiguity

1. Read – Literary Response and Analysis: Irony and Ambiguity on pages 314-315

2. Do – The Practice section on page 315

2. Lamb to the Slaughter

1. Read – Before you Read on page 316

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 316

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – Lamb to the Slaughter on pages 317-324

5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis on page 326

3. R.M.S. Titanic ♦ A Fireman’s Story ♦ From a Lifeboat

1. Read – Before you Read on pages 328-329

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 329

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – R.M.S. Titanic on pages 330-343

5. Read – A Fireman’s Story on page 345

6. Read – From a Lifeboat on page 346

7. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis on page 347

4. Explorers Say There’s Still Lots to Look For

1. Read – Before you Read on page 366

2. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

3. Read – Explorers Say There Still Lots to Look For on pages 367-371

4. Complete – Analyzing Informational Materials on page 372

5. Notes from a Bottle

1. Read – Before you Read on page 374

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 374

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – Notes from a Bottle on pages 375-377

5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis on page 379

6. Complete and pass the unit exam and hand in all homework

Unit 6:

1. Symbolism and Allegory

1. Read – Literary Response and Analysis: Symbolism and Allegory on pages 397-399

2. Do – The Practice section on page 399

2. Through the Tunnel

1. Read – Before you Read on page 400

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 400

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – Through the Tunnel on pages 401-408

5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-9 on page 409

6. Complete – Vocabulary Development Analogies: Matching Relationships questions 1-6 on page 410

3. Coming of Age, Latino Style ♦ Vision Quest ♦ Crossing a Threshold to Adulthood

1. Read – Before you Read on pages 411

2. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

3. Read – Coming of Age, Latino Style on pages 412-413

4. Read – Vision Quest on page 413

5. Read – Crossing a Threshold to Adulthood on pages 414-415

6. Complete – Analyzing Informational Materials: Reading Check and Test Practice on page 416

4. The Masque of the Red Death ♦ The Black Death from When Plague Strikes

1. Read – Before you Read on page 418

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 418

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – The Masque of the Red Death on pages 419-427

5. Read – The Black Death from When Plague Strikes on pages 429-430

6. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-12 on page 431

5. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ♦ After Apple-Picking

1. Read – Before you Read on page 433

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 433

3. Read – Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening on page 434

4. Read – After Apple-Picking on pages 435-436

5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-9 and Comparing Poems on page 438

6. Complete and pass the unit exam and hand in all homework

Unit 7:

1. Poetry

1. Read – Literary Response and Analysis: Imagery on pages 456-457

2. Do – The Practice section on page 457

2. A Storm in the Mountains

1. Read – Before you Read on page 458

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 458

3. Read – A Storm in the Mountains on page 459

4. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-5 on page 460

3. Same Song

1. Read – Before you Read on pages 461

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 461

3. Read – Same Song on page 462

4. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-9 on page 464

4. The Legend

1. Read – Before you Read on page 471

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 471

3. Read – The Legend on pages 472-473

4. Read – Hongo Reflects on “The Legend” on pages 474-475

5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-6 on page 476

5. Figurative Language

1. Read – Literary Response and Analysis: Figurative Language on pages 477-478

2. Do – The Practice section on page 478

6. Simile

1. Read – Before you Read on page 479

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 479

3. Read – Simile on page 479

4. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-3 on page 481

7. I Am Offering This Poem ♦ since feeling is first

1. Read – Before you Read on page 482

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 482

3. Read – I Am Offering This Poem on page 483

4. Read – Before you Read on page 484

5. Read – since feeling is first on page 485

6. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis on page 486

8. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?

1. Read – Before you Read on page 493

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 493

3. Read – Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? on page 494

4. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-9 on page 495

9. Ode to My Socks

1. Read – Before you Read on page 497

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 497

3. Read – Ode to My Socks on pages 498-499

4. Read – The World on page 501

5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-10 on page 502

10. The Sounds of Poetry

1. Read – Literary Response and Analysis: The Sounds of Poetry on pages 503-505

2. Do – The Practice section on page 505

11. Bonny Barbara Allan

1. Read – Before you Read on page 509

2. Read – Bonny Barbara Allan on pages 510-511

3. Read – A Choral Reading: The Balladeers on page 511

4. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-9 on page 512

12. Ex-Basketball Player ♦ miss rosie

1. Read – Before you Read on page 518

2. Read – Ex-Basketball Player on page 519

3. Read – Before you Read on page 521

4. Read – miss rosie on page 522

5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis on page 524

13. Complete and pass the unit exam and hand in

Unit 8:

1. Evaluating Style

1. Read – Literary Response and Analysis: Evaluating Style on pages 556-557

2. Do – The Practice section on page 557

2. Geraldo No Last Name

1. Read – Before you Read on page 558

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 558

3. Read – Geraldo No Last Name on pages 559-561

4. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-11 on page 562

3. Night Calls ♦ Waiting for E. gularis

1. Read – Before you Read on pages 564

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 464

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – Night Calls on pages 565-571

5. Read – Waiting for E. gularis on pages 573-574

6. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-10 on page 575

4. Call of the Wild – Save Us!

1. Read – Before you Read on pages 577-578

2. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

3. Read – Call of the Wild – Save Us! on pages 579-582

4. Complete – Analyzing Informational Materials: Reading Check questions 1-3 and Test Practice questions 1-9 on pages 583-584

5. Complete – Vocabulary Development Practice 1 & 2 on page 585

5. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings ♦ Sonnet for Heaven Below

1. Read – Before you Read on page 586

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 586

3. Compete the Vocabulary – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

4. Read – A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings on pages 587-595

5. Read – Sonnet for Heaven Below on page 597

6. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-11 on page 598

6. Complete and pass the unit exam and hand in all homework

Unit 9:

1. Research Paper

1. Read – Writing a Research Paper on pages 690-709

2. Write a Research Paper (approx. 1500 words)

Write a research paper that must be at least 1500 words in length and follow the following guidelines from the text:

1. Prewriting on pages 690-700 –

• Choose a Subject and Refine a Topic

• Think about Purpose, Audience, and Tone

• Develop Research Questions

• Answer Research Questions

• Record Information

• Analyze the Information

• Write a Thesis Statement

• Organize your Ideas

• Credit Your Sources

• Integrate Direct Quotations into Your Paper

2. Writing on pages 701-706 –

• A Writer’s Framework

  • Introduction

  • Body

  • Conclusion

• Read: A Writer’s Model

3. Revising on pages 707-708 –

• Evaluate and Revise Your Draft

  • Use the Guidelines: Writing a Research Paper and Style Guidelines to edit and revise your research paper

4. Publishing on page 709 –

• Proofread and Publish Your Paper

• Reflect on Your Paper: Answer the 3 questions listed

You must write a rough draft, a revision, and a final typed draft. Make sure you include a Works Cited page and use MLA format.

Unit 10:

1. Drama

1. Read – Literary Response and Analysis: Drama on pages 720-723

2. Do – The Practice section on page 723

2. William Shakespeare

1. Read – William Shakespeare’s Life: A Biographical Sketch on pages 741-744

2. Read – The Elizabethan Stage on pages 745-749

3. Read – The Play: The Results of Violence on pages 750-751

4. Read – How to Read Shakespeare on pages 752-753

3. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

1. Read – Before you Read on pages 754-755

2. Do – Make the Connection Quickwrite on page 755

4. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I

1. Compete the Vocabulary from below – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

• Senators (p.757): members of an assembly of citizens having legislative responsibilities in a government

• Conspirators (p. 757): people who agree to perform together an illegal or treacherous act; plotters

• Conquest (p. 759): the act of defeating by force

• Ingratitude (p. 759): lack of gratitude; ungratefulness

• Servile (p. 760): like a slave; submissive

• Veiled (p. 762): concealed; disguised; masked

• Coward (p. 765): a person who shows excessive fear in the face of danger; one who has no courage

• Dishonorable (p. 765): lacking principles or integrity

• Thrice (p. 768): three times

• Execution (p. 770): the act of carrying out or putting into effect

• Ambition (p. 771): a strong desire to achieve something

• Tyranny (p. 775): a government in which a single ruler exercises absolute power cruelly or unjustly

2. Read – The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I on pages 756-777

3. Read – Roman Superstitions on page 778

4. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-14 on page 779

5. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II

1. Compete the Vocabulary from below – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

• Redress (p.784): correct a wrong

• Deceived (p. 786): made to believe something false

• Oath (p. 787): solemn promise

• Flatterers (p. 789): people who give excessive praise to gain attention or favors for themselves

• Dwell (p. 793): live in a particular place

• Counsels (p. 793): instruction or advice

• Valiant (p. 798): strong, bold, brave, and full of courage

• Prevail (p. 798): win out; triumph

• Yield (p. 800): give in; surrender in defeat

• Traitors (p. 801): people who betray a leader, cause, or country

2. Read – The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II on pages 782-803

3. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-11 on page 804

4. Complete – Vocabulary Development Practice on page 805

6. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III

1. Compete the Vocabulary from below – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

• Petitions (p.807): serious requests

• Amiss (p. 808): wrong; not in the right way

• Banished (p. 808): made to leave a particular country or area

• Mutiny (p. 811): a rebellion against authority

• Abridge (p. 811): shortened

• Render (p. 814): give

• Utterance (p. 817): something spoken

• Entreat (p. 821): ask for something urgently

• Honorable (p. 822): deserving of praise and admiration

• Will (p. 824): document that tells what is to be done with a person’s possessions after the person’s death

• Heirs (p. 824): those who take possession of property after the death of its owner

• Orator (p. 826): a public speaker

2. Read – The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III on pages 806-830

3. Read – Roman Government: Rule by the Rich on page 831

4. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-13 on page 832

7. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV

1. Compete the Vocabulary from below – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

• Alliance (p.835): a union or partnership

• Covert (p. 835): secret; hidden

• Disclosed (p. 835): revealed; made known

• Perils (p. 835): dangers or threats

• Salutation (p. 836): expression of greeting or good will

• Wrangle (p. 837): argue; fight

• Chastisement (p. 838): punishment; scolding

• Rash (p. 839): sudden and careless

• Presume (p. 840): take for granted; assume

• Philosophy (p. 844): a system of values by which one lives

• Insupportable (p. 844): unbearable; impossible to go through

• Pledge (p. 844): promise or guarantee

• Apparition (p. 849): ghost

2. Read – The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV on pages 834-851

3. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-16 on page 832

8. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V

1. Compete the Vocabulary from below – Write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence.

• Reveler (p.857): a person who celebrates in a joyous, noisy way

• Credit (p. 858): trust in the truth of; believe

• Prey (p. 858): victim; a creature hunted for food

• Misconstrued (p. 864): interpreted in the wrong way

• Entrails (p. 864): internal organs, guts

• Tarry (p. 868): linger; stay in a place

• Attain (p. 868): reach or achieve

• Bondage (p. 870): lack of freedom, as with a slave or servant

2. Read – The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V on pages 854-871

3. Read – Connection / Theory: What Is a Tragic Hero? on pages 872-873

4. Read – The Fear and the Flames on pages 874-877

5. Complete – Literary Response and Analysis questions 1-14 on page 878

9. Complete and pass the unit exam and hand in all homework

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