Due Monday, December 21

Due Monday, December 21

The following passage takes place on page 110 of The Great Gatsby:

Nick:  "I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured.  "You can't repeat the past."

Gatsby: "Can't repeat the past?"  he cried incredulously.  "Why of course you can!"

He looked around wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand.

Based on your understanding of Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby which point of view do you find to be most accurate and why.  Explain in a well-developed paragraph.

Due Monday, December 15

Monday, December 15

27. Choose a specific literary element (e.g., theme, characterization, structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (e.g., symbolism, irony, figurative language, etc.) used by one of the authors F. Scott Fitzgerald. Using specific details from either Passage I (the biography excerpt) or Passage II (the poem),The Great Gatsby in a well-developed paragraph, show how the author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.

Possible Sentence Starter: —F. Scott Fitzgerald uses _________ as a symbol to show….

USE EVIDENCE FROM CHAPTER FOUR OF THE GREAT GATSBY TO FORM YOUR RESPONSE.

Due Monday, November 10

Read the following quotation from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. What is a common theme between the book (as evidenced through this quote) and one of your Independent Reading articles (IRJ documents)?  Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from bothThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and an IRJ document to establish a common thematic statement (controlling idea). Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and details from each text.

“I got you something,” he said.

“What?”

“It’s in my boot.”

I picked up one of his cowboy boots.

“No, the other one,” he said. “Inside, under that foot-pad thing.”

I picked up the other boot and dug inside. Man, that thing smelled like booze and fear and failure.

I found a wrinkled and damp five dollar bill.

“Merry Christmas,” he said.

Wow.

Drunk for a week, my father must have really wanted to spend those last five dollars. Shoot, you can buy a bottle of the worst whiskey for five dollars. He could have spent that five bucks and stayed drunk for another day or two. But he saved it for me.

It was a beautiful and ugly thing.

“Thanks, Dad,” I said.

He was asleep.

“Merry Christmas,” I said, and kissed him on the cheek.

In-Class Blog, November 3

Read the following quotation from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. What is a common theme between the book (as evidenced through this quote) and one of your Independent Reading articles (IRJ documents)?  Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from bothThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and an IRJ document to establish a common thematic statement (controlling idea). Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and details from each text.

Traveling between Reardan and Wellpinit, between the little white town and the reservation, I always felt like a stranger.

I was half Indian in one place and half white in the other. (p.118)

Due Monday, October 27

Due Monday, October 27

Read the following quote. In a well developed paragraph express its meaning, the theme it expresses and it's implications on the book.

He's a big, goofy dream, too, just like me. He likes to pretend he lives inside the comic books. I guess a fake life inside a cartoon is a lot better than his real life.

So I draw cartoons to make him happy, to give him other worlds to live inside.

I draw his dreams.

And he only talks about his dreams with me. And I only talk about my dreams with him. (3.118-3.121)

Due Monday, October 13, 2014

Read the following quotation from the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part –Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.  In a complete and well supported paragraph express what the excerpt means in the context of the independent reading you have completed in class.  Use specific evidence from both the book and one independent reading article to support your response.

Quote #1 

Due on Monday, October 13, 2014

"If you stay on this rez," Mr. P said, "they're going to kill you. I'm going to kill you. We're all going to kill you. You can't fight us forever."

"I don't want to fight anybody," I said.

"You've been fighting since you were born," he said. "You fought off that brain surgery. You fought off those seizures. You fought off all the drunks and drug addicts. You kept your hope. And now, you have to take your hope and go somewhere where other people have hope."

I was starting to understand. He was a math teacher. I had to add my hope to somebody else's hope. I had to multiply my hope.

"Where is hope?" I asked. "Who has hope?"

"Son," Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation." (p. 43)

THIS IS A TEST

Welcome to the BEA 11th Grade English Blog

Your first task is a simple one.  Respond to this posting with the words, "This is a test."

We just want to be sure you work out any kinks before we get to the good stuff.

Post #1, Due Monday, October 6, 2014

Post #1

Due Monday, October 6, 2014

8:30am

Every person who faces defining their personal American Dream may have a different interpretation of what the American Dream is. Different aspects of the dream may have different importance to different people. Look at the chart above and write a complete paragraph in response to the following prompts: 

•  What about this chart stands out? (i.e. opportunity is more frequently selected than freedom and family)
• Is there anything surprising to you about the chart?  (i.e. people would rather be free than have a good job)
•  Is the chart in line with your thinking?  How?

Many Rivers to Cross, Monday, March 31

FIRST
Watch Part 4 of Many Rivers to Cross.

You will find Part 4 of Part 4 of Many Rivers to Cross at BOTH of the following web addresses:
1) http://bronxenvision.org/apps/classes/show_assignment.jsp?classREC_ID=549787
2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIOH8QvaLSQ

SECOND
Answer the following question:

How does what you watched further your investigation of your research question?

Our America, #1

Our America #1:
Blog Post Due Monday, March 10

What question did you choose to follow as we read the book Our America?  Explain what interests you about this question and why you chose it.

Remember:  All blog responses must be well-structured and well-supported paragraphs!

They Shoot Horses

They Shoot Horses Reading:

Complete reading through page 51.

http://www.bronxenvision.org/ourpages/auto/2014/1/9/61527864/They%20Shoot%20Horses_%20Chapters%205_6%20_%207.pdf