May 13 classwork

1. Look at the pictures of rural California (in your Of Mice and Men packet) and gather information from them about this time and place. Describe the people, places and situations within this context.

2. Compare these observations with details about the characters and the setting in section 1.

Today we started reading Of Mice and Men. If you didn't finish the classwork, do it tonight:
1. Describe George and Lennie - include physical and personality traits
2. Describe their relationship
3. Summarize section 1

HW - 5/1

Chpt. 9-11 Study Guide - Test will be on Tuesday

HW - Chapter 11

Read Chapter 11
While reading:
1. underline unfamiliar words and look them up. Write the definitions of at least 10 words.
2. Identify 3 examples of figurative language:

Figurative phrase Type Meaning

HW - Opinion Essay

1. Pretend you are a slave, make a list of pros and cons for attempting to escape. Use examples from the text (pgs. 82-83)

PROS	CONS

2. Write a 5 paragraph essay discussing whether or not you would have attempted to escape. State whether or not you would have attempted to escape and give 3 details/reasons/examples to support your decision (these should come from your chart).

1^st paragraph: INTRO - “If I were a slave, I (would have/would have not) attempted to escape.”

2^nd-4^th paragraphs: BODY – details/reasons/examples

5^th paragraph – CONCLUSION – restate thesis

4/13 Homework

Complete the Figurative Language packet

Grading for Project

For the Creative Project you will be graded on the following:
1. use of examples from the text - to receive full credit, you must cite your examples.
2. how well you focus on your chosen theme
3. creativity
4. presentation
5. teamwork - if you are working alone you will automatically receive full credit for teamwork

Project Guidelines - Due April 27

These are the themes of The Life of Frederick Douglass:

1. Ignorance as a tool of slavery

2. Knowledge as the path to freedom

3. Slavery's damaging effect on slaveholders

4. Slaveholding as a perversion of Christianity

Pick one of these themes to explore through one of these projects:

1. Create a graphic novel with pictures and dialogue from the autobiography. You must have at least 15 strips with 3 boxes in each strip.

2. Re-write the autobiography in a play form. You must have at least 10 scenes. You can choose different scenes from the book to perform.

3. Make up a musical group and write an album about the autobiography. Have an appropriate name for your group and your album. Have album artwork, liner notes and lyrics. You must have at least 10 songs.

You must:

1. Identify your theme and provide supporting evidence/examples from the text as well as pull in information/observations from other sources and/or your own experiences.

2. Choose a group and give each person in your group a role. No more than 3 in a group. Choose carefully! Once you choose a group, there is NO switching. Also, when you hand in the project, you will hand in an evaluation of your partner(s) which will be part of the grade.

3. Present your project to the class.

4/6 Homework

1. Complete MCAS context clues packet

2. Find the meaning of these idioms:

A Chip On Your Shoulder: A Dime A Dozen: A Slap on the Wrist: A Taste Of Your Own Medicine: Add Fuel To The Fire: All In The Same Boat: An Arm And A Leg: Barking Up The Wrong Tree: Bite Off More Than You Can Chew: Cut to the Chase

Dog Days of Summer: Don't count your chickens before they hatch: Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket: Down To The Wire: Drastic Times Call For Drastic Measures: Drive someone up the wall: Dropping Like Flies: Dry Run: Devil's Advocate: Dead Ringer

4/2 HOMEWORK - STUDY

What was significant about Sophia Auld smiling at Douglass and making eye contact with him?
List 4 words to describe Sophia Auld before owning slaves:
What are two reasons Mr. Auld gave for why Sophia had to stop teaching Douglass?
Describe the “long and tedious effort” Douglass went through to learn to write: (there are 3 parts)
What is the name of the book that inspired Douglass’s own philosophy on slavery?
The aforementioned book was written as a dialogue between what two people?
Why was Douglass called back to the plantation after Colonel Lloyd died?
Why did Douglass say “learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing?”
What did Douglass realize was the path to freedom?
What is the event is Douglass referring to when he said, I regarded “this event as a special interposition of divine Providence in my favor?”
Douglass uses Sophia Auld as his primary example of which theme?
List three differences between a city slave and a plantation slave:
Name two of the themes of Frederick Douglass’s Narrative.
Colonel Lloyd’s slaves were NOT freed after the death of Andrew and Lucretia.
What is the name of the numbering system used to number the chapters of this book?
VOCAB:

abhorrence pious

depravity chattel

abolitionists emancipated

emaciated strategems

anguish prudence