10th Grade Honors English (Section 6) Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- Fall 2010
- Department
- English
- Location
- F101
- Description
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Welcome to 10th Grade Honors!
Course Overview:
At Kealakehe High School, the tenth grade year focuses on world literature. On our adventures, we will be exploring the literature and culture of Africa, China, India, Afghanistan, as well as Europe. We may also delve into some local and/or American literature depending on our time frame. All in all, this promises to be an exciting year!
Like all tenth grade English classes, you will be continuing your study of SAT vocabulary words. Given the PTP requirement for high school graduation, you can also expect to prepare writing portfolios containing polished essays, stories, poems, and research from this class.
Class Blog: http://dahlke-english.blogspot.com/
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Past Assignments
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Here is the Julius Caesar PowerPoint discussed in class on October 27/28. Be sure to view and take notes on relevant material.
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Metamorphosis Essay Questions: Choose one to answer in a detailed, three-part essay.
1. In this story it is clear that Kafka is critical of a number of people and/or things. Formulate a generalization about one of the people or things he criticizes, and support your generalization by referring to details or comments in the story.
2. If this story is an existential allegory and Gregor is a modern everyman, what is the symbolic level of meaning in the story?
3. Trace the development of Grete OR Gregor’s father. State how the character is as the story begins, and when and how that character changes during the course of the story. Include what the character appears to become at the end.
4. From Gregor’s world of work, we learn of the chief clerk, the big boss, and the company porter. Explain how each one of these people affects Gregor’s life.
1. In this story it is clear that Kafka is critical of a number of people and/or things. Formulate a generalization about one of the people or things he criticizes, and support your generalization by referring to details or comments in the story.
2. If this story is an existential allegory and Gregor is a modern everyman, what is the symbolic level of meaning in the story?
3. Trace the development of Grete OR Gregor’s father. State how the character is as the story begins, and when and how that character changes during the course of the story. Include what the character appears to become at the end.
4. From Gregor’s world of work, we learn of the chief clerk, the big boss, and the company porter. Explain how each one of these people affects Gregor’s life.
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Here is the reading and assessment schedule for Night.
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Never Again! Again? Webquest Instructions:
1. Go to the Never Again Webquest page.
2. Read Intro and Task
-Our mini task will be a blog and later a research paper. Not a letter or project!
3. Under Process, study an instance from 100 years of Genocide. Post a blog which identifies the stages of genocide that led to the massacre. Brainstorm on what could have prevented further progression at each stage.
4. Examine current conflicts in the world in order to determine which are at a stage leading toward genocide. (This should be the same country as your research paper) List possible preventative measures that can/should be taken to keep genocide from progressing. Post this information in your blog.
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Night Test
Be prepared for the final test on Night, which is scheduled for Wednesday, September 8th. Complete your annotations and study guide questions throughout the book. And finish filling in your Major Works Data Sheet.
Night Essay Prompts are as follows:
Choose one question below and answer in a three-part essay. Make sure you have a thesis statement that directly answers the prompt, supporting details from the text, and an appropriate conclusion.
1.Dehumanization is the process by which the Nazis gradually reduced the Jews to little more than "things" which were a nuisance to them. Discuss at least three specific examples of events that occurred which dehumanized Eliezer, his father, or his fellow Jews.
2.After Eliezer’s father was beaten by Idek, a Kapo, Eliezer says, "I had watched the whole scene without moving. I kept quiet. In fact I was thinking of how to get farther away so that I would not be hit myself. What is more, any anger I felt at that moment was directed, not against the Kapo, but against my father. I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak. That is what concentration camp life had made of me." Discuss what the last line signifies. Discuss how his attitude had changed.
3.Discuss the significance of "night" in the novel. Cite examples from the story to support your answer.
4.How do you explain the fact that so many people participated in these terrible atrocities--or at least, did not protest? Do you think something like this could happen again? Explain your answer through the context of today's sociopolitical climate.
5.Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for his championing of human rights around the world. How might his advocacy for human rights have grown out of his Holocaust experiences? What are the positive lessons of the Holocaust that Wiesel hints at in Night?
6.It is possible to look at Night as the story of Eliezer’s loss of innocence. It might be argued, too, that innocence is impossible after the Holocaust. Is this true? Is it tragic, or is innocence an impediment to survival, as when the Jews are too innocent to believe that Hitler really means to kill them?
7.Throughout the memoir, Eliezer struggles to maintain his faith in a benevolent God. Chronicle his spiritual turmoil. Do you believe God really is dead to Eliezer? Support your answer with textual evidence.
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SAT Vocab Homework: Due Tuesday, August 24
Write a fictitious story using a minimum of three SAT vocabulary words from Unit 2. Your story should be around a page in length and does not need to be typed. You may use your own story starter or use a randomly generated one from: http://www.feath.com/idea/firstwords.htm
Write a fictitious story using a minimum of three SAT vocabulary words from Unit 2. Your story should be around a page in length and does not need to be typed. You may use your own story starter or use a randomly generated one from: http://www.feath.com/idea/firstwords.htm
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Night Inquiry-Based Research Projects
Due Monday, August 23, 2010
Get into groups of 2 or 3. Your team will create a poster and presentation on one of the following topics. Sign up for your topic with Mrs. Dahlke--no duplicates allowed; first come, first served. In your research, you must cite a minimum of 3 credible sources. (No Wikipedia!) Presentations should be approximately 5 minutes in length, be visually appealing, and well-rehearsed. Each member's voice must be heard in the presentation and each person's writing/work must be on the poster.
Possible Topics:
1. The Third Reich
2. Basic WWII Timeline
3. Adolf Hitler
4. The Allied and Axis forces.
5. Anne Frank
6. The Final Solution
7. Kristallnacht (The Crystal Night)
8. The Nuremburg Racial Laws
9. Denial of the Holocaust
10. The Intentionalism vs. Functionalism debate
11. The White Rose movement
12. Other methods of extermination besides the gas chambers
13. Specific concentration camp: Auschwitz, Buchenwold, Birkenau etc.
Due Monday, August 23, 2010
Get into groups of 2 or 3. Your team will create a poster and presentation on one of the following topics. Sign up for your topic with Mrs. Dahlke--no duplicates allowed; first come, first served. In your research, you must cite a minimum of 3 credible sources. (No Wikipedia!) Presentations should be approximately 5 minutes in length, be visually appealing, and well-rehearsed. Each member's voice must be heard in the presentation and each person's writing/work must be on the poster.
Possible Topics:
1. The Third Reich
2. Basic WWII Timeline
3. Adolf Hitler
4. The Allied and Axis forces.
5. Anne Frank
6. The Final Solution
7. Kristallnacht (The Crystal Night)
8. The Nuremburg Racial Laws
9. Denial of the Holocaust
10. The Intentionalism vs. Functionalism debate
11. The White Rose movement
12. Other methods of extermination besides the gas chambers
13. Specific concentration camp: Auschwitz, Buchenwold, Birkenau etc.
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Here is the list of SAT words for the quiz on Aug 19.
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Compare and Contrast Essay Homework:
Due Tuesday, Aug. 17
Compose a Compare/Contrast Essay discussing the opposing views presented in "White Man's Burden" and "Brown Man's Burden." Your essay should be typed, double spaced using MLA format, and then submitted to Turnitin.com before class on Monday. We will be peer-editing our papers in class on Monday.
Essays must contain three parts: Introduction, Body, and Conclusion. They may be five paragraphs in length, but not necessarily. Choose an organizational structure that fits your piece (i.e. block format or point by point).
Hint: Use a Venn Diagram for Pre-Writing
Visit this website for help with your thesis: http://www.ehow.com/how_5012335_write-statement-compare-contrast-essay.html
Visit this website for help with MLA format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Visit Turnitin.com and create a profile if you don't already have one.
4th Period Class ID: 3312388 Password: dahlke4
6th Period Class ID: 3312389 Password: dahlke6
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Listen to the whole Chinua Achebe podcast (appx. 6 minutes). You may want to take notes on the material. Post a short blog explaining two new and/or interesting things you learned and your reaction. Challenge yourself to present unique ideas not posted by your classmates.
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Essay Prompts for the Things Fall Apart test Tue., Aug 10.
-Don't forget to write 10 original sentences for Vocabulary Unit 1.
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Here is the PowerPoint shown in class today. Feel free to use when completing your Major Works Sheets and studying for the test. Don't forget to share your thoughts, questions, and comments in a 200 word blog on the class site.
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10th Grade Honors: First Day Homework
Initial Post due midnight Wednesday
Responses due midnight Thursday
1. Go to http://dahlke-english.blogspot.com
You will need to sign in using a Google account. Please create one if you do not have one.
2. Click on "Comments" near the bottom of the post. A text box should appear for you type in.
3. Type your response to the following prompt:
Introductory Blog
Please write a couple of paragraphs introducing yourself. Your blog should explain WHO YOU ARE. Feel free to share likes, interests, dreams, and family. Think of this assignment as the 'About Me' section of your Facebook page. Visuals (photos, videos, illustrations) are appreciated!
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4. Respond to a minimum of two classmates' introductions. Select those with the fewest posts first. Because blogspot does not allow us to respond to each post individually, please entitle your comments "In response to ________."
Due: Midnight Thursday
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Summer Homework
1. Read Things Fall Apart and write a 100 entry dialectical journal.
2. Create flashcards (definition and examples) for rhetorical terms.