Summer Reading: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and The Water Dancer

Homework Assignments

Weeks 4 - 5

Tuesday9/7 Work on the first draft of your essay on The Water Dancer. First drafts are due on Thursday. Finish reading A Raisin in the Sun if you have not done so already. Make sure you’ve annotated with post-its and are ready for the exam tomorrow. Wednesday9/8 Finish writing the first draft of your Water Dancer essay. Due Thursday. Thursday9/9 Start reading your new IR book. Friday9/10 Work on the second draft of your Water Dancer essay. Read in your new IR book.
Monday9/13 Work on the second draft of your Water Dancer essay. Due Thursday. If you haven’t gotten enough peer responders yet, be sure to share your essay with someone in the class and get comments. Tuesday9/14 Finish reading and annotating the Wilderness Debate articles. Complete the assignment on Google Classroom. Wednesday9/15 Based on peer editing suggestions, the rubric, and your own ideas, finish revising your Water Dancer essay. Second drafts are due on Thursday. Hand it in on Google Classroom.

Week 3

Monday8/30 Think Write: First half of the novel. Choose a scene from The Water Dancer that you find interesting and important. Write down the page number and then write one to two pages reflecting on the passage. Use several quotations from the passage and go in-depth. Do this think write style. Write in paragraphs and use quotes, but don’t worry about your writing style. Tuesday8/31 Scene Analysis: Reflect on the ending of the novel, The Water Dancer. Focus on the final scene of conduction (pages 393-398). See Google Classroom for details. Wednesday9/1 Passage Analysis: Free Choice from the second half of the novel. Choose a passage from The Water Dancer that you find interesting and important. Write down the page number and then write one to two pages reflecting on the passage. Use several quotations from the passage and go in-depth. Discuss how the passage contributes to an overall theme in the novel. Thursday9/2 Finish your outline for your Water Dancer essay. Friday9/3 Read in your IR book. Finish reading A Raisin in the Sun. The test will be on Tuesday, September 7^th. The second book (or one longer one) is due by October 8.

Week 1 & 2

Thursday8/19 Go through Frederick Douglass and find 3 significant quotations and reflect on two of them in detail. As you go through the narrative looking for quotations, review the plot, characters, significant scenes, etc. so that you are prepared for the test Monday. Write about one page on each quotation. Focus on analyzing the specific lines rather than summarizing the plot surrounding the quotations. Look at the model quotation reflection if you’re not sure what to do. The key to this assignment is choosing meaty quotations from your sticky notes. Don’t start writing about a quotation unless you have a lot to say about it—choose carefully. Friday8/20 Start on Monday’s homework. Start reading our IR book for first quarter, A Raisin in the Sun, if you want a head start; otherwise save it for next weekend. It’s due by September 7 and should take 2-3 hours to read. Monday8/23 Go through The Water Dancer and find 5 significant quotations and reflect on two of them in detail. As you go through the novel looking for quotations, review the plot, characters, significant scenes, etc. so that you are prepared for the test tomorrow (in English class). Write about one page on each quotation. Focus on analyzing the specific lines rather than summarizing the plot surrounding the quotations. Look at the model quotation reflection if you’re not sure what to do. The key to this assignment is choosing meaty quotations from your sticky notes. Don’t start writing about a quotation unless you have a lot to say about it—choose carefully. Tuesday8/24 Complete a think write on the learning to read and write passage from Frederick Douglass. See Google Classroom for more detailed instructions. Wednesday8/25 Complete the pathos, logos, ethos assignment on Google Classroom. Thursday8/26 Finish the timed writing on the Frederick Douglass freedom passage. Friday8/27 Begin reading your IR book. This quarter we will be reading A Raisin in the Sun. It should take you about 2 or 3 hours to read and annotate it. You will need to finish it next weekend so that you can take the reading test on September 7. We will read a few scenes aloud in class on September 7 and 8. You will earn 200 pages reading credit for A Raisin in the Sun. The second book for IR first quarter is due by October 1. You may choose any book you want for the second book.

Due Dates

AP Quotation Reflection model

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Exam: Friday 8/20

The Water Dancer Exam: Tuesday 8/24

Visual Representation:

Independent Reading:

A Raisin in the Sun: Sept 7

Second book: October 8

Water Dancer Essay

First draft: Friday Sept 10
Second draft: Thursday September 16
Final draft:

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