HOMEWORK Each Week USE YOUR GLENCO TEXT!

(Assigned on Monday DUE on Thursday of the same week)

Bio – 3 Facts Preview – 3 facts Vocabulary & Literary Elements Describe the characters and the setting Constructed Response Essay

NEED HELP – Come by Wed. For help: 7:30 - 8: 25 AM 3:35 – 4:30 PM

Unit One – North America

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LAB F237Port 1.1

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LAB F237Assignment

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LAB F2371 Portfolio DUE

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HW 1.6Grammar Unit 1

North America1.1– Short Story• Twain The Californian's Tale Page 171.2- Essay/Memoir • Sandra Cisneros Straw into Gold Page 3821.3 - Drama• Josephina Niggli The Ring of General Macias Page 8461.4- Poetry (Choose One Poet)• Jimmy Santiago Baca I am Offering this Poem Page 554• N. Scott Momaday The Print of the Paw and To An Aged Bear Page 510• Robert Frost – After Apple Picking and Fire and Ice Page 599• Emily Dickinson – After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes ; Heart! We Will Forget Him! Page 534• Rita Dove The Parlor Page 568 • Langston Hughes – Dream Boogie and Motto Page 6181.5- Letter• Wynton Marsalis Playing Jazz Page 627

HOMEWORK

Homework 1.1 Biography : (20 pts)Read the Bio on page 17. On a sheet of paper, reduce

each paragraph to one sentence which states the main idea of that paragraph. USE YOUR OWN WORDS; this is VERY IMPORTANT WORK.

Vocabulary : (20 pts)Copy and Define the vocabulary and the literary element on page 18

Pages17 - 25

1. Predecessor2. Solace3. Sedate4. Imploring5. Boding6. Foreshadowing

Mark Twain

Read Carefully : … The Californian's Tale by Twain Pages 19-25

Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting (20 pts)

Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the characters.

(At least 4 sentences) (40 pts)

Homework 1.2 Biography: Read the Bio on page 382– Reduce each paragraph to one summary sentence.

Vocabulary :Copy and Define the vocabulary and the literary element on page 383

Pages382 - 387

1. Intuitively 2. Taboo3. Thesis

Sandra Cisneros

Read Carefully : … Straw into Gold by Cisneros Pages 384 - 387

Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting

Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about how Cisneros uses metaphor to make her point.

(At least 6 sentences)

Homework 1.3

Biography : …the Bio on page 846– Write a summary sentence for each paragraph.

VocabularyCopy and define the vocabulary and the literary element on page 847:

Pages846-865

1. Regally2. Ostentatiously3. Notorious4. Repressed5. impertinent6. Characterization

Josephina Niggli

_________Read Carefully : … The Ring of General Macias by Niggli Pages 848 - 865

Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting

Constructed Response:In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the characters.

(At least 7 sentences)

Homework 1.4 Biography and Preview: CHOOSE ONE POET Read the bio and write a summary sentence for each paragraph.

Vocabulary :Copy and Define the vocabulary and the literary element on page ____

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Read Carefully :Poems ______________ by_______Pages _______

Summary: Summarize the poem

Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about how a literary element is used in the poem. (At least 7 sentences)

Homework 1.5 Biography and Preview: Read Playing Jazz on page 627 - 630– List 3 Facts about the writerand 3 facts about his subject, Jazz

Vocabulary :Copy and Define the vocabulary- copy all of the meanings of the Word below – go online or use a dictionary. Underline the definition that corresponds to how the word is used in this letter.

Pages627 -630

1. Swing

Wynton Marsalis

Reread Carefully : … Playing Jazz by Marsalis Pages 627 - 630

Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting

Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about Marsalis. (At least 7 sentences)