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Files for English II - Pre-AP - 2010 - 2011 How to mark a book - excerpt from the full article - important points Reading Strategies PowerPoint The Sun Goes Down on Summer by Steve Lawhead msword Scavenger Hunt - Mr. Brown's website msword How to complete your vocabulary assignment each week msword "By the Waters of Babylon" - tone analysis msword "love is a place" msword Hero's journey - one page review here There will come soft rains - poem with By the Waters of Babylon There Will Come Soft Rains from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury First Vocabulary Assignment September 2/3, September 9/10, September 16/17 msword Second Vocabulary Assignment September 23/24, V1, 4; September/October 30/1, V1,5; October 7/8, V1,6; October 14/15, V1, 7 msword Third Vocabulary Assignment October 21/22, V1, 8; October 28/29, V1, 9; November 4/5, V1, 10; November 11/12, V1, 11 msword Fourth Vocabulary Assignment November 18/19, V1, 12; December 2/3, V1, 13; December 9/10, V1, 14; January 6/7, V2,1. msworld A High-Incidence Academic Word List - There is a very important specialized vocabulary for learners intending to pursue academic studies in English at the secondary and post-secondary levels. The Academic Word List, compiled by Coxhead (2000), consists of 570 word families that are not in the most frequent 2,000 words of English but which occur reasonably frequently over a very wide range of academic texts. Theme - brief description - 6 points Independent Reading List for fall semester 2010 - 2011 How to mark a book - full article DIDLS - breakdown of Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, and Syntax Action Verb List - What to use instead of "to be" verbs - am, are, is, was, were, be, become, became, been, being Literary Analysis in Sentence Outline form for 2009 - 2010. This is the form to be used on Monday, November 23, and Tuesday, November 24. ______________________________________________________________________ REHUGO 2011 You were given a copy of this in class. REHUGO 2011 reading list (nonfiction) You must pick a book from this list for the 2nd and 3rd portions of the REHUGO assignment. Remember the 4th vocabulary assignment contains the words for this week's vocabulary, January 6/7, 2011 Movie List for 2010 2011 REHUGO Project Rather than attempting to print a list of movies, we have decided to permit students to choose any movie they would like to see from the Internet History Sourcebooks Projects. You will find hyperlinks to the lists in this file. Please use only these lists. Film Notes: REHUGO 2011 Format for REHUGO 2011 REHUGO Student/Parent signature document When you turn in each section of REHUGO, you must put this sheet on top, with your signature and your parent's/guardian’s signature. Circles of Truth This visual from the Harvard Project Zero may help you as you examine the issues for your REHUGO project. You will be given a copy in class, but if you misplace it, you may print it again from here. Why read Jane Eyre? Class discussion of reasons for studying Jane Eyre. Mythological Allusions A quick reference as you read Jane Eyre and other works Vocabulary 6 for 2010 - 2011 - February 24/25, V2, 6; March 3/4, V2, 7; March 10/11, V2, 8; March 24/25, V2, 9. Jane Eyre chapters 5-15 study questions. Words to study and dates of the vocabulary tests for April and May 2011 Rubric for REHUGO Synthesis Essays 7th vocabulary assignment - Check the student agenda for the additional works and sentence structures for each assignment. Prepositional Phrases PowerPoint Using Rhetorical Strategies for Persuasion Strategies for Understanding photographs and media messages Logical Fallacies or Fallacies in Argumentation "Love is a Fallacy" by Max Shulman "A Neglected Anniversary" by H. L. Mencken PowerPoint introduction to argumentation Logical Fallacies - Flashcards ______________________________________________________________________________ Irony Scavenger Hunt Assignment Fourth Vocabulary Assignment - November 20/21, V1, 12; No Vocabulary due November 24/25 or December 4/5; December 11/12, V1, 13; December 17/18, V1, 14; January 8/9, V1, 15 - Note: This is not on your agenda, but is due in January. Literary Analysis in Sentence Outline Form - blank form Charles by Shirley Jackson Literary Analysis in Sentence Outline Form - using "Charles" as an example. How to "jump start" the book analysis - PowerPoint presentation to help you get started Macbeth Scene Performance Evaluation Book Analysis Format 2008 - 2009 Adverbs and Adjectives PowerPoint Presentation Suggestions for approaching a poem New Additions for the 2nd semester 2008 - 2009 The sentence fragment, run-on sentence, comma splice, and apostrophe Writing the narrative essay Four important aspects (in brief)of an effective Narrative Essay: 1. Reveal something of importance. 2. Include all the important events of the story. 3. Bring the story to life with detailed examples of what happened. 4. Present events in a clear, chronological order. Oedipus, The King - An Abridged and Adapted Version of Sophocles' Play by Nick Bartel, 1999 Old friends assignment - One of the great things about reading is the you keep meeting old friends (Foster, 28). As you start a story, it seems new, but as you read you begin to see patterns, archetypes, and "old friends".
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