English 10A

 
Here is some useful information that you guys will all need, so there shouldn't be any confusion.  If you miss any days, make sure to check the calendar on Google Classroom; I'll have any useful links to articles or other materials we did that day as well.  Please, please, please use this information!  
 

 

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Required Reading

            Unit I: Encounters and Foundations to 1800

                    Collection 1: Native American Voices

                        Characteristics of Native American Myths

                        How the Rainbow was Made

                        Why the Opossum has a Bare Tail

                    Collection 2: Voyages and Visions

                        Puritanism and Predestination

                        The Puritan Life

                        Puritans

  • Independent Reading (Choose one to be read on your own time)

            Taming of the Shrew
            Julius Caesar
            Jubliee
            When Legends Die
            The Glass Menagerie
            After the First Death
            We All Fall Down
            Feed
            Little Bee
            13 Reasons Why
            That Was Then, This is Now
            Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
            Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
            The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
            Great Expectations
            Spite Fences
            The Secret Life of Bees

            

Required Writing

  • Interpretive Essay 

                Interpretive Essay (Jekyll and Hyde or Crucible).docx (16340) (Requirements)

                Editing Stations.docx (20404) (Stations we did in class, and peer editing checklist)

  • Persuasive Essay

                Persuasive Essay.docx (16856)
                Example #1
                Example #2
                Example #3
                Example #4

  • Critical Review of outside reading (we will have some time in class to work on this)

                Independent Novel Critical Review.docx (14910)

                Check out the New York Times book reviews for inspiration!

 

Academic Vocabulary (Covered During Readings)

  • point of view
  • first person
  • third person liimited
  • third person omniscient
  • atmosphere
  • archetype
  • aphorism
  • motif
  • mood
  • allegory
  • emotional appeals (pathos)
  • logical appeals (logos)
  • ethical appeals (ethos)
 

Grammar (Covered During Daily Warm-Ups)

Final Exam

10A Final Exam Study Guide (due the day of the final)
10A Final Exam Review Jeopardy (Part I)
10A Final Exam Review Jeopardy (Part II)