AP ENGLISH LIT P. 1

I will provide the copies of the biblical handout referenced on Friday. Please bring a bible, King James Version, if you have one, to school on Monday.

Honors E nglish Ten Antigone Questions

1. How do you feel about Antigone's attitude toward her brothers and toward her sister Ismene? 2. In their first scene together, Antigone and Ismene are foils, characters who have contrasting or opposite qualities. How would you characterize each sister? Does Sophocles seem to side with one sister over the other? Do you? Explain. 3. We haven't met Creon yet. What reasons do you think he would have given for his decree to leave Polyneices' body unburied? 4. In verbal irony, what is said is the opposite of what is meant. Where does Antigone use verbal irony in her scenes with Ismene? How does this make you feel about Antigone? 5. In the Parodos, Polyneices is compared to an animal. What animal is it, and how does this metaphor make you feel about Polyneices? 6. At the end of the Parodos, what hopes for the future does the Chorus express? Do you think these expectations will be fulfilled? Why, or why not? 7. What motivates Antigone to break Creon's law? What motivates Ismene to respect it? 8. Briefly discuss the role the chorus plays in Greek Theatre.

English Ten Homework Period 6

1. Write one page about a time in which you changed something about yourself to either fit in, to be fashionable, or for friends. What was it? Why did you do it? Do you regret having done it? 2. Re-read the excerpt from, "Hair" by Malcolm X. Create a right there, think and search, author and you and on my own question for the story. Finally, respond to each of the following reading questions IN COMPLEETE SENTENCES: 1. What do you think is the most important or powerful word, phrase or sentence from Malcolm's story? Why? 2. Why do you think Malcolm feels that conking (perming) his hair is a step toward degradation? 3. What lesson does this story tell? Why do you think Malcolm chooses to tell it?

Honors English Ten Reflective Journal

First off, the vocabulary assignment has been postponed! Instead, look for the H/English Ten Reflective Journal link under the section Classroom Handouts. Download it, and complete it based on understanding the powerpoint, your reading of the textbook, and listening to the short lecture by Ms. Nicol. Print the reflective journal; complete it and then bring on Friday.

AP English Literature Perio1 1

(Why) Are Families Dangerous? Answer the question using a combination of your word experience, conjecture; personal experience (remember, I am a mandated reporter). NO fewer than five bulleted statements, or a full paragraph 6-8 sentence response.

Honors English Ten Period 4

Using the graphic organizer or your own version of the organizer Ms. Nicol used in class today, lookup definitions of each of the following words: anticipate; edict; stubborn; arrogant; braggart; insolent; haughty; condescend; berate. Be sure all aspects of the graphic organizer are complete.

English Ten "Hair" Excerpt

Based on your reading and re-reading of Malcolm X's Hair, answer the following questions in complete sentences and be prepared to discuss. Also create two right There Questions; One think and Search; One Author and You; One On My Own Question: 1. What lesson in learned from this story? 2. Of what does Malcolm persuade us? 3. What do we learn? 4. What aspect of culture do you think this story "Hair" preserves? 5. What do you think Malcolm wants us to understand from this excerpt? 6. Why might this narrative be difficult for Malcolm to tell? 7. Why might it have taken courage for this story to be told to readers?