English 11 Per. 2 (Elsinore High School) //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ Class Name: English 11 Per. 2 Instructor(s): Amy Parkinson en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 05/17/2019]]> //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/homeworkItem5213624 //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ Due Friday 5/17/19: Choose groups & theme topics
Huck Finn Mini-Expert Assignment Sheet
Mini-Expert Example for The Great Gatsby
 

]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 14:48:55 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/07/2019]]> //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/homeworkItem5205622 //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Theme Log check for chapters 18-27 on Tuesday 5/7/19.
A quiz on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ch.1-27 on Tuesday 5/7/19.

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"The Battle with Mr. Covey"/"A Letter to His Former Master" packet (distributed in class on Mon. 5/6/19). Read & annotate. Then answer the questions on notebook paper. Due on Tues. 5/7/19.

]]> Fri, 03 May 2019 13:17:18 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/02/2019]]> //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/homeworkItem5203476 //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ Journal Check for Journals #35-43 on Thursday 5/2/19. Click here for prompt slideshow.
]]> Wed, 01 May 2019 07:39:05 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/10/2019]]> //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/homeworkItem5188551 //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ Journals #29-34 will be checked on Wed. 4/10/19. Click here for journal slideshow.
]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:25:29 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/02/2019]]> //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/homeworkItem5183974 //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ Mark Twain Research handout due Tues. 4/2/19. 
Also read Pearson: American Literature workbook Vol. 2 pgs. 402-405. Annotate & be prepared to discuss this historical time period in class on Tues. 4/2/19.

]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:28:25 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/22/2019]]> //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/homeworkItem5175969 //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ Final draft typed Gatsby American Dream Essay due on Fri. 3/22 shared to my email by 11:59 PM to be considered on time. 
]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:27:32 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/15/2019]]> //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/homeworkItem5171121 //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ Typed Rough Drafts of The Great Gatsby American Dream essay are due by the end of the period on Friday 3/15.
]]> Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:37:28 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/14/2019]]> //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/homeworkItem5166699 //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ Journals 22-28 due Thursday 3/14. Click for journal prompt slideshow.
]]> Fri, 08 Mar 2019 14:57:49 PST <![CDATA[Due: 03/12/2019]]> //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/homeworkItem5166402 //ehs.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/classes/913997/assignments/ Evidence Logs for your Great Gatsby Essay are due Tues. 3/12. You have to use The Great Gatsby as a source. You may directly quote, paraphrase, or summarize The Great Gatsby as evidence; however, all three methods require parenthetical citations. You may use any of the other sources I provided or research your own; you will need to parenthetically cite any direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary of these sources as well. If you research your own sources, be sure to write down the bibliographic information you would need to include on a works cited page; you will also have to parenthetically cite any direct quotation, paraphrase or summary of these sources.
 
Sources provided:
"Keeping the Dream Alive" TIME article
"Is the American Dream Really Dead? Freakonomics Podcast Espisode 273
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (students checked the novel out from Media Center)
Political Cartoon
What Americans Think of the American Dream chart
 
Here is the essay prompt with the notes that we took when we analyzed the prompt & brainstormed topics in class on Thurs. 3/7/19.

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