Enamored with English

Wednesday's Homework:  Read chapters 14-16 and answer reading questions
Thursday's Homework: 1)  Read chapters 17-20 and reading questions.  2) Study for your vocabulary quiz (20 words from Northanger Abbey)
Friday's Homework: Read chapters 21 - 23 and complete reading questions.
 

HOMEWORK & REMINDER:

1)Read 10-13 & Film RP; You will have a quiz on Chapters 1-13 tomorrow.

2)Bring in IRB for tomorrow.

Topic for Response Paper -

Which medium—film or narrative—do you personally find more effective in communicating Catherine’s story?  Why?  

New Northanger Abbey Questions
 

1. Read Chapters 8-9 in Northanger Abbey and complete chapter questions.

2. MCAS multiple choice & open response.

Please make sure to categorize each multiple choice question.  Write the appropriate label next to each question.

These are the different kinds of multiple choice questions you will find on the test:

1. Main idea

2. Elements of fiction (plot, conflict, setting, characterization, etc.)

3. Tone/Mood

4. Author’s purpose

5. Vocabulary (words with multiple meanings; context)
   
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For homework

1) dive back into Northanger Abbey and to pull out specific instances in which Jane Austen is parodying the gothic. You need to find 3-4 examples at least in chapters 1-6.

Tomorrow you will be asked to share out and facilitate a discussion which should illustrate your understanding of what parody is and how it functions in Northanger.  Think about why and how Austen is using it.

2)  You also need to read chapter 5-6 and answer chapter questions.

 

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Read Chapter 4 in Northanger Abbey and complete Chapter 4 reading questions.  Tomorrow I will be checking your reading questions from the first four chapters.

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Read Chapters 2&3 in Northanger Abbey and answer reading questions for chapters 1-3.  Make sure to write in complete sentences and on a separate piece of paper. Reading Questions for Chapters 1-9 is attached here.

Northanger Vocabulary Quiz 1 will be on March 11th.  Start studying those words!  NA Vocabulary List 1 is attached here.

1)  Choose one of the texts we looked at in class, read the materials again, and write a1.5-2 page Response Paper—with examples and reasoning—answering the following questions:

¤  Would you consider the text a piece of literature?

¤  If you were a teacher, would you assign this “reading” to your students?   Why or why not?

¤  What qualities are you looking for/analyzing when you answer the above questions?

2) Continue reading your independent reading book.

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In preparation for our next unit, I would like you to select a book to read over break.  You don't need to read the whole book, but you should read at least half of it.  You may be asking yourself, what are the limitations?  Well, there aren't too many. This book will be the text that your final project for Northanger Abbey focuses on.  The project assignment sheet is attached here, but for now what you should know is that your book needs to be longer than 100 pages, be age appropriate, meaning, no picture books, and be something that you are interested in.  You final project will be answering the question: What is a "good book"?  You will be asked to write a proposal that proposes the adoption of your book into a high school classroom (whether that is an English class or Psychology class).

In addition to reading half of your independent reading book, I'd like you to complete half of the attached data sheet.  A data sheet is a record of your book - one that is broken down into specific elements such as: plot, setting, symbols, characters, etc.  You will need to have half of the data sheet completed by Monday, February 28th AND half of your book read.

The data sheet with explanation is attached here.
A blank Data Sheet (one that you can fill out electronically) is attachedhere.