Ms. Kittelson 2008-2009
Grade 11 American Lit Homework Quarter II
Due Tuesday, November 18, 2008:

Read the 14 pages assigned to you by your group leader.

Make sure to keep up with the reading because you will have a final novel exam on Tuesday, November 25 and an essay assignment shortly thereafter.

Due Wednesday, November 19, 2008:

Read the 15 pages assigned to you by your group leader.

Make sure to keep up with the reading because you will have a final novel exam on Tuesday, November 25 and an essay assignment shortly thereafter.

Due Thursday, November 20, 2008:

Read the pages assigned to you by your group leader.

Each group may have a different number of pages to read because the goal is to finish the book by Monday so that you can aptly review in class on Monday for the test that will be administered on Tuesday.

Due Friday, November 21, 2008:

Read the pages assigned to you by your group leader.

Due Monday, November 24, 2008:

Finish your book!

Due Tuesday, November 25, 2008:


Review your answers to the
Review Questions that were handed out in class in preparation for Tuesday's final novel exam.

Due Thursday, December 4, 2008:

Write an essay according to this
essay assignment sheet.

MAKE SURE TO CHOOSE "LITERARY ANALYSIS - THEME - GENERIC D."

Use these resources to help:

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Outline
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Menu of Literary Elements and Devices
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myaccess.com
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turnitin.com
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MLA Formatting Guide and Citation Help
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Sample Essays

Due Monday, December 8, 2008:

Submit your revised essay to both
myaccess.com (use the same prompt, just submit a second or third revision) and  turnitin.com (Use "Literary Analysis - Theme - Generic D - Revision"). DEADLINE IS 8 AM.

Also, bring to class an
MLA hard copy.

Use this
revision task list to help.
Due Wednesday, December 10, 2008:

Read any and all pages assigned to you by your leader in anticipation of your novel exam, which will be either Friday, Monday or Tuesday, depending on your group.

Remember that you will also have an essay due shortly thereafter, sometime between Tuesday and Friday, also depending on your group.

Due Friday, December 12, 2008:

Read your novel in preparation for the final novel exam that will be administered in accordance with the following schedule -

The Old Man and the Sea - 12/12/08
A Tale of Two Cities - 12/15/08
A Raisin in the Sun - 12/15/08
Of Mice and Men - 12/15/08
The Crucible - 12/15/08
The Catcher in the Rye - 12/16/08

Due Thursday, December 18, 2008:

Complete and submit to both
turnitin.com and myaccess.com by 8 AM an essay on your novel.

As with the recent essays, this essay will be about the central theme of the text and the various literary devices the author uses to purport that theme. It requires use of the second outline on the
outline hand-out and the Menu of Literary Elements and Devices.

CHOOSE "
LITERARY ANALYSIS - THEME - GENERIC E."

LOGIN INFO:

For
myaccess.com -

ID firstnameSTUDENTID
PASSWORD
999lastname

For
turnitin.com -

Period 2 Class ID 2422403
Password visionquest

Also bring to class an
MLA hard copy.

Due Friday, December 19, 2008:

If you haven't already turned in this
vocabulary assignment, please do so by the start of class on Friday.

Winter Break Homework:


Read, write, think, create, serve...and have a
happy holiday!

Due Thursday, January 8, 2009:

Here are the
essay topics for the essay you are writing in class on Wednesday and Thursday in case you need to do any outside research.

Due Friday, January 9, 2008:


Do some research on your essay topic, and be prepared to share it during roll call. 
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