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Course Description

Advanced English 10 expands students’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in alignment with Common Core State Standards. In addition, this course will provide extensive development of the writing process aligned with the Modern Language Association (MLA) format, critical literary response and analysis skills, and cross-curricular study. Students will learn and use strategies that promote rigor in order to support the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards.
 
Once you have read the syllabus (in files on the right), CLICK HERE Due by Friday, August 25th.

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Fahrenheit 451 Part 1 Writing

There have been several themes that have been identified as we read part 1 of Fahrenheit 451. You need to identify three pieces of evidence that help support a theme and provide both context and analysis for your chosen evidence. Your evidence does not need to include a literary device, although if there is figurative language used it may be more sufficient as evidence as you'll likely have more to analyze. You must provide a lead-in for each piece of evidence as well. This needs to be uploaded to turnitin.com by midnight Saturday, November 11th. 
Rubric: 
Context accurate and relevant 10
Lead-ins with strong evidence 10
Theme is an actual theme 10
Analysis 10
MLA format 10
 
Upload to turnitin.com
Class ID# 13703146 Advanced English 10-2 enrollment key: writing
Class ID# 13703166 Advanced English 10-3 enrollment key: writing
Class ID# 13703175 Advanced English 10-4 enrollment key: writing 
 
Be sure you are: writing in present tense, not using 1st or 2nd person, not using dead words, including relevant background before the MLA cited evidence, using MLA format, and ANALYZING the devices. Do NOT define devices or identify ("this is a simile because"). Take out superfluous phrases such as "this shows that" or "in this quote." 

Background for Fahrenheit 451 notes

Notes taken in class Tuesday, October 24th. In addition to the PowerPoint, we watched this video and answered the following questions: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzD0YtbViCs 

Ray Bradbury is the author of Fahrenheit 451.  

  1. What does he say libraries are? What does he mean by this?  
  2. He lists many authors who influenced him; what does he imply they did for him?  
  3. What should we learn from history?  
  4. If we don't know how to read, we don't know how to __________________. What does he mean by this?  
  5. Since he couldn't afford an office to write Fahrenheit 451, what did he do?  
  6. What is he modeling about perseverance?  
  7. Which character in his book does he relate to the most? Why? 
  8. What is his advice?  

Reading Schedule for Bless Me, Ultima

Every Monday we will have a quiz on the assigned reading, discuss important quotes, and analyze the text. You will read approximately 25 pages per week.
 
Reading assessment schedule:
Quiz 1 Oct. 9 Ch.1-2
Quiz 2 Oct. 16 Ch. 3-5
Quiz 3 Oct. 23 Ch. 6-9
Quiz 4 Oct. 30 Ch. 10
Quiz 5 Nov. 6 Ch. 11-13
Quiz 6 Nov. 13 Ch. 14
Quiz 7 Nov. 27 Ch. 15-17
Quiz 8 Dec. 4 Ch. 18-20
Quiz 9 Dec.11 Ch. 21-22 *Moved to Dec. 12
 
Vocabulary assessment schedule: 

"Everyday Use" paragraph due 9/27/17

Write a paragraph outlining how the two characters Maggie and Dee are character foils. Provide AT LEAST one piece of evidence for each. Do not share the document with me. Compose in Microsoft word, then upload to a new tab in the writing section of your OneNote notebook.  
Rubric:
MLA Format 5
Evidence 5
Analysis 5 
Grammar/Diction 5
 

Vignette due 9/19/17

Using “Hairs” by Sandra Cisneros as a model, write a vignette about your own life that discusses an important physical trait and how it reveals something about the person who possesses it and your relationship to him/her. You may choose to discuss a trait that all of you share, or one that makes a particular family member or you stand out from the others because it is different. You must incorporate at least four stylistic devices in your vignette and have them clearly annotated and explained/analyzed. Type in MLA format. Put in the writing tab of your OneNote notebook. 

Rubric: 

Annotated and analyzed 4 different devices-10

Spelling/Grammar/Diction-10

 

Quote Journal for Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths due October 8th

Quote journal includes analysis of five different literary devices as they are used throughout Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths. You only have to choose five, so choose those you can analyze the most! 
Rubric: 
MLA format: 10
Relevant and accurate context: 10
Evidence with effective lead-ins or lead-outs: 10
Analysis: 10
Grammar, diction, and sentence structure: 10
 
Upload to turnitin.com
Class ID# 13703146 Advanced English 10-2 enrollment key: writing
Class ID# 13703166 Advanced English 10-3 enrollment key: writing
Class ID# 13703175 Advanced English 10-4 enrollment key: writing 
 
Be sure you are: writing in present tense, not using 1st or 2nd person, not using dead words, including relevant background before the MLA cited evidence, using MLA format, and ANALYZING the devices. Do NOT define devices or identify ("this is a simile because"). Take out superfluous phrases such as "this shows that" or "in this quote." 

Short Story Unit- due 10/28 by 9 am

All work for this unit will be done within your OneNote notebook on Office 365. TOTAL VALUE 200 points.
 
Soapstones tab (10 pts. each- total 60 pts.):
"Hairs"
"The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant"
"Everyday Use"
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
"Two Kinds"
"The Pedestrian"
 
Unit Packet tab 
Notes at the beginning of Unit Packet (total 10 pts.)

Short stories (10 pts. each- total 60 pts.): 
Plot map (The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant)
Contrast Chart (Everyday Use)
Analyzing Theme (A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings)
Metaphor and conflict analysis (Two Kinds)
Imagery analysis (The Pedestrian)
Primal Screen & Pedestrian side questions plus Analyzing an Advertisement (Primal Screen/Pedestrian/Analyzing an Advertisement)
 
 
Annotated text (10 pts each-70 pts total):
"Hairs"
"The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant"
"Everyday Use"
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
"Two Kinds"
"The Pedestrian" and "Primal Screen" 
 

Literary Devices Project

Paradox & Oxymoron- 
Simile, Metaphor, Analogy- 
Imagery- 
Hyperbole and Litotes- 
POV- 
Juxtaposition- 
Personification- 
Pun- 
Ambiguity-
Aphorism/Maxim- 
Connotation and Denotation- 
Onomatopoeia and Alliteration- 
Allusion- 
Irony- 
Archetype, symbol, and motif- 
Mood vs. Tone- 
Foreshadowing and Flashback- 
Idiom- 
Theme vs. Topic- 
 
 

Reflections Essay- Due 9/8/17

 

Literature: Accepted forms of fiction and nonfiction include: Prose, poetry, reflective essay, screen play and play script, narrative, and short story. Entrants may write in their primary language as long as an interpretive English translation is also attached. Use of copyrighted material is prohibited. Writing must not exceed 2,000 words and must be typed in Word online. Minimum is 500 words.

Prompt:  Within Reach

Rubric:

Answers prompt 10

MLA Format 10

Grammar, spelling, diction 10

Length requirements met 10