H. Expository Composition period 6

1. Select two moving, memorable quotes from The Souls of Black Folk (your reading of chapter one) and then copy at the top of your paper. Complete a Say/Mean/Matter journal demonstrating an ability to FIRST SUMMARIZE DuBois' quote BEFORE discussing your personal connections with the quote. you must have two entries--one full folded page per quote.
2. Then, complete your literature circle role sheet and be ready to engage with your group

H. Expository Composition period 6

1. Because its is college admission deadline week, no homework! Read your college insight questions out loud. Aim for precision. Use some of the sentence types (using semicolons, and colons) to combine some sentences. READ YOUR WORK OUT LOUD!
2. Work on your College apps.
3. Bring your texts--The Souls of Black Folk and The Fall of Rome to class tomorrow.

H. English Ten Thanksgiving Assignment

1. Continue reading Does My Head Look Big In This? For the next 100 pages--up to page 203 (Chapter 24). For every 7-10 pages select one meaning statement from the narrator or a character that is surprising or moving or meaningful.  Copy the passage down. Include page number. Then complete a Dialectical Journal or Say/Mean/Reveal Response for EACH of your selected quotes.  You already have a peach journal cover to hold your responses.   If each student selects one passage or quote for every 7-10 pages, you will have 10-14 journal responses.  Be ready to share some of your responses when we return.

H. Expository Composition & The Souls of Black Folk

Visit the following links to learn about W.E.B. DuBois. Then when finished complete the Reflective Journal about what you read and viewed to learn more about W.E.B Dubois and the time period surrounding his life. Resources--be sure to thoroughly read BOTH as there will be a quiz on Monday. 
Encyclopedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/W-E-B-Du-Bois
The History Channel Video: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/w-e-b-du-bois/videos
In class on Friday, we read the the Forethought (page 3 in the green text) and the beginning of Chapter 1 of The Souls of Black Folk . On a SEPARATE SHEET of paper, respond to the following questions. Your answers should reflect your feelings, as well as experiences and what has been understood from the reading.
1. DuBois says that the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.  Why was the color line a problem when DuBois was writing? List details to ensure that you understand the time frame and the social norms for blacks and people of color.  Do not use "back then" in your response. Find and use the correct date range in your response.  How is the problem of the 21st century, still the color line?
2.  What is the unasked question that Dubois aims to answer in his writing?
3. How does Dubois recognize that he is different from his young peers and "playmates".  When is he happiest around them?   How does this feeling relate to that of the invisible protagonist of the Invisible Man?

H. Expository Composition period 6

Final Draft of Oedipus/Oedipus at Colonus/Theme essay is due tomorrow!

H. Expository Composition period 6

Essay Planning Guide Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4BLVnt1qsfkZWppRDdfbWU4dnM/view?usp=sharing

H. Expository Composition perid 6

1. Essay Work: First, be sure to have selected 8-10 of THE BEST quotes from Oedipus or Oedipus at Colonus to support your claim/thesis or idea you want to prove.
2.  Construct and write a thesis statement for the song that you analyzed-- I have found ALL missing song summaries (Since it is easy for you to write a thesis on a song--why not a text?)
3. If you are ready to weave in quotes and support and begin writing--do so!!!! Don't wait for me to tell you to write an essay that is due before Thanksgiving Break!!!! Spend 30 minutes writing!!! Yay!!!
4. Think about: How is another group you belong to (race or ethnicity) a "Nation Within A Nation". List ways or write a paragraph

H. Expository Composition period 6

Writing the literary essay: elaboration and selecting the best quotes.
Link to reading: http://www.newton.k12.in.us/hs/english/vanduyn/eng11-12ap/A%20Guide%20to%20Writing%20the%20Literary%20Analysis%20Essay.pdf
Short Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V__y74UvzYo
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_oA-tPO_sE

H. English Ten period 5

Modelling/Imitating "Nikki-Rosa" You will re-read the poem, "Nikki-Rosa" and then create your own version or imitation of hers.  Your imitation should use the same first three or four words as she does, but then personalize for your ethnicity, race of even gender if you choose.

Summary Versus Analysis

Visit the links tonight to review how to differentiate summary from analysis:
https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/uploads/files/ExpandingHorizons/SUMMARYvsANALYSIS.pdf
and second: http://www.westga.edu/~bjames/Analysis%20vs.%20summary%20doc.pdf

H. English Ten Period 5

Text of the week for SOAPS Analysis
Nikki Rosa by Nikki Giovanni. Read, listen and analyze the poem. Then complete your SOAPS and precis based on the poem. Also create 3 questions based on the poem.

Evening

Review Test

H. English Ten period 5

1. Be sure you have finished your research of the hijab, by visiting the sources that have been hyperlinked.  You only need to complete ONE Reflective Journal, although you are visiting 4 sources.  You complete ONE reflective Journal in which you combine information from the other sources.

H. Expository Composition Period 6 Homework

1. Read Article of the Week: What Non-Black People of Color Owe African-Americans. Complete a SOAPS sheet and read, highlight and annotate the article.  Be prepared to discuss the article in at least two small groups.
2. Read, listen, review EACH of the following materials regarding THESIS statements. Jot down notes as you see fit.
https://depts.gpc.edu/gpcltc/handouts/communications/literarythesis.pdf
Literacy Analysis Thesis Statement
Crafting A Literary Thesis

H. Expository Composition period 6

Following is the rough draft of an opening paragraph for an essay on a theme. read the paragraph and then answer the questions that you were unable to answer in class:

In The Three Theban Plays, more commonly known as Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, a  subtle universal theme lays the foundation for the tragedy that dogs Oedipus and his entire biological line.  Most readers attend to  the horrific details the oracle predicts: that Oedipus was doomed to kill his father and marry his mother.  No matter how heinous those crimes, the fault of the story neither lies in blind Oedipus doing exactly what the Oracle predicted nor his denial of it. Rather the tragedy lies in the plot Lauis and his wife Jocasta hatch to outsmart the Gods, fate, destiny, in the first place.  Although man is knowing, he fashions “words and stagecraft too” words are tamed in “the net of his mind”. Nevertheless, pleads  the chorus, man is a finite being, and although he exerts much control over his being, ultimately there are many “things” he cant not control, order, escape or outwit.  The true tragedy lies in thinking we can do so. 

Questions: Write out the sentences that appear to make claims or express opinions. 

2. Which sentences appears to be the thesis statement?  3.  What does the paragraph do well and in what areas is attention needed? 4. Based on the opening paragraph, we would expect the next paragraph to.......

Prologue of the Invisible Man

Today, we will begin our new unit by reading the Prologue of the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
After reading it once, listen to it here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdGdtRmF6J98eJiv0UfDFYTFRBPk7kKWh
Next, we will answer text dependent questions found here:

Text Dependent Questions—Prologue to The Invisible Man

1.      In what ways are you invisible? List was you are invisible to peers, teachers, people…..

2.      Why does the author need to clarify that he isn’t a spook?

3.      Why might people refuse to see someone?

4.      Why would someone say, “I might even be said to possess a mind?”

5.      What does it mean to be seen?

6.      How might it feel to be “unseen”? List four adjectives that might describe the feeling.

7.      Whose fault is it that the narrator is invisible? Defend your response with a sentences or evidence taken from the text.

8.      What can we infer about the blond man who “still uttered insults though his lips were frothy with blood”?

9.      Explain the irony of the Daily News reporting of the incident.

10.  Why might rates for electricity been so expensive for the narrator?

11.  Describe the invisible man’s “hole.”  What items in or aspects of his hole might be metaphoric and what might they mean?

12.  Why does the narrator label himself “Jack the Bear” and how does this idea of his current existence give significance to the rest of his narrative?

13.  Find as many oxymorons or paradoxes as you can in the prologue.  Consider especially the fact that the Invisible Man needs light, as well as his statement that Broadway and the Empire State Building are “the darkest spots in our culture.”  What is the meaning and/or significance of each paradox that you have identified?  (If you struggle to interpret the individual paradoxes, try to discuss the overall significance of paradox in the prologue.)

14.  What role does paradox in general play in the invisible man’s existence?

15.  Is the invisible man’s mode of existence heroic?  Why or why not?