Junior (period 8) English Assignments
Spring 2010

1. Do Now:
   Take out yesterday's bookmark and finish working on it with Mr.Vasquez.
2. Work Period:
   Break into pairs and choose a chapter to work on together to create your own bookmarks. Make sure to focus on the course's theme of "the pursuit of happiness".

PAST DUE:

• Vocabulary List #5 Quiz
• Vocabulary List #5 Story. You MUST write your story on any topic introduced in the novel 1984. Some suggestions include (but you are not limited to these!): A Day in the Life of Winston Smith, Big Brother's Influence, The Pursuit of Happiness in 1984, The Girl with Dark Hair, etc.

• Read chapters V and VI in 1984 (up to p. 69) and create writing post-its (a minimum of 5 post-its) that focus on the course theme of the "pursuit of happiness". Pay attention to the protagonist, Winston, the government, and the events that take place that allow Winston to pursue his definition of happiness and prevent his happiness.

1. Do Now:
   Guidance counselor presentation on SAT and college preparation.
2. Work Period:
   Learn how to make reading bookmarks:
   On a folded piece of loose-leaf paper, you will briefly write down your thoughts about a specific chapter, passage, character(s) or theme(s). The bookmark must contain a proper heading, along with the title and author of the book and the chapter and page number that is being written about. The left side of the paper will contain your response and directly below a brief quote from an important passage that is connected to your response. The right side of the paper should contain any questions you might have concerning the chapter, passage, character(s) or theme(s). You may also use the right side to point out any difficult words you came across while reading.

PAST DUE:

• Vocabulary List #5 Quiz
• Vocabulary List #5 Story. You MUST write your story on any topic introduced in the novel 1984. Some suggestions include (but you are not limited to these!): A Day in the Life of Winston Smith, Big Brother's Influence, The Pursuit of Happiness in 1984, The Girl with Dark Hair, etc.

• Read chapters V and VI in 1984 (up to p. 69) and create writing post-its (a minimum of 5 post-its) that focus on the course theme of the "pursuit of happiness". Pay attention to the protagonist, Winston, the government, and the events that take place that allow Winston to pursue his definition of happiness and prevent his happiness.

1. Do Now:
   Make a list of five things that make you happy and explain why or how they make you happy. List five things that make Winston happy and explain how or why they do so.
2. Classroom Discussion:
   How does Winston go about obtaining happiness? Is the happiness that Winston might be seeking actually obtainable? What are the main themes that we’ve encountered thus far in 1984 and how do they apply to the course’s theme of the pursuit of happiness?

PAST DUE:

• Vocabulary List #5 Quiz
• Vocabulary List #5 Story. You MUST write your story on any topic introduced in the novel 1984. Some suggestions include (but you are not limited to these!): A Day in the Life of Winston Smith, Big Brother's Influence, The Pursuit of Happiness in 1984, The Girl with Dark Hair, etc.

• Read chapters V and VI in 1984 (up to p. 69) and create writing post-its (a minimum of 5 post-its) that focus on the course theme of the "pursuit of happiness". Pay attention to the protagonist, Winston, the government, and the events that take place that allow Winston to pursue his definition of happiness and prevent his happiness.

1. Do Now:
   Define the word propaganda. How does the Party use propaganda as a means of oppression?
2. Group work:
   Break into pairs and discuss and explain in one full paragraph the following lines: “The past, he reflected, had not merely been altered, it had been actually destroyed. For how could you establish even the most obvious fact when there existed no record outside your own memory?” (pg. 36)

• Vocabulary List #5 Quiz
• Vocabulary List #5 Story. You MUST write your story on any topic introduced in the novel 1984. Some suggestions include (but you are not limited to these!): A Day in the Life of Winston Smith, Big Brother's Influence, The Pursuit of Happiness in 1984, The Girl with Dark Hair, etc.

• Read chapters V and VI in 1984 (up to p. 69) and create writing post-its (a minimum of 5 post-its) that focus on the course theme of the "pursuit of happiness". Pay attention to the protagonist, Winston, the government, and the events that take place that allow Winston to pursue his definition of happiness and prevent his happiness.

1. Do Now:
   In your notebook answer the following questions: What is the nature of oppression? What does “law is mind without reason…” mean to you?
2. Independent work:
   Identify a quote or line from Chapter I or II and explain how it relates to the oppression of individuality and freedom. Think about the characters we’ve encountered so far and how they function in their society.

• Read chapters III and IV in 1984 (up to p. 48) and create writing post-its (a minimum of 5 post-its) that focus on the course theme of the "pursuit of happiness". Pay attention to the protagonist, Winston, the government, and the events that take place that allow Winston to pursue his definition of happiness and prevent his happiness.

• Vocabulary List #5 Quiz
• Vocabulary List #5 Story. You MUST write your story on any topic introduced in the novel 1984. Some suggestions include (but you are not limited to these!): A Day in the Life of Winston Smith, Big Brother's Influence, The Pursuit of Happiness in 1984, The Girl with Dark Hair, etc.

1. Do Now:
   Finish the poetic analysis of “My City” by James Weldon Johnson.
2. Discussion Group Work:
   Each assigned group will have students with various roles: Reciter (one student will read the poem twice with energy and emphasis), Summarizer (one student will summarize each line on a separate piece of paper), Literary Element Identifier (one student will identify literary elements), Evaluator (one student will evaluate the significance/importance of literary elements the poem as a whole). This is the poem: “America” by Claude Mckay. Some of the poetic techniques that are present in this poem are rhyme scheme, imagery, alliteration, personification, and more. Everyone will discuss the literary elements and come to understand their significance to the poem as a whole. Everyone will answer the following questions: Is the speaker's description of America appealing? Why or why not?
3. Whole Group Discussion/Reflections:
   Reflect on group discussion work.

• Quiz on Vocabulary List #2
• Vocabulary Story #2 (homework credit, not a grade) on any of the following topics: My City, Harlem, Renaissance, Race, Identity.