Homework for Tuesday, October 9.
Read "Biographical" and "Wheelbarrow" chapters of Moby-Dick and thoroughly answer questions on the following two handouts. If you forgot your book, google "Moby-Dick text" and you'll get a page full of online editions of the book.
Homework for Thursday, October 11
1. Look over either your notes from Knights and Squires, Pt. 1 & 2 or the chapters themselves, and use the oversize paper supplied to draw pictures of the three mates and their harpooners. Those who have an artistic flair might really do it up, but those who are (like me) at a stick-figure stage in their drawing shouldn't despair. The more important part of this assignment is to find adjectives or quotes that accurately describe the main characteristics and perspectives of these mates and harpooners. For instance, the quote "I will have no man in my boat who is not afraid of a whale" nicely illustrates Starbuck's caution, just as Flask's belief that whales are "magnified mice" shows how fearless he is in hunting them. Find and record on your drawing the most revealing quotes and phrases used to describe
these characters. Don't forget to show their accoutrements---their outfits and equipment. Someone--not saying who--needs a pipe and someone needs big gold hoops, etc. The purpose of this assignment is to gather information about these characters which will help you keep them straight in your mind.
2. Bring in a second blank copy of your still-life piece, so that I can white out your name and share it with the class by publishing a class set of these pieces.
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1. For those who last Thursday again neglected to bring in a copy of your still-life writing: Bring in a second blank copy of your still-life piece, so that I can white out your name and share it with the class by publishing a class set of these pieces.
2. Read The Vineyard Gazette packet of Moby-Dick-related stories with a highlighter in hand, underlining whatever facts you can find about Island connections to Melville and to Moby-Dick. Then, chose the 10 most significant facts and label them # 1 through 10. For a top grade, your facts should come from all the stories, including the last pages. Put your name on the front page so that I can give you homework credit when I collect them.
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Homework for Wednesday, October 17
Work on the study guide for Moby-Dick. This worksheet requires you to identify the characters, setting, and plot development that occurs in each of the chapters we've read. Essentially, it's asking you what you learned when you read this chapter.
Filling out this study guide will be an enormous help to you in studying for the Moby-Dick Test. For Wednesday, fill in information for the first seven chapters, up to & including "A Bosum Friend." It's worth a homework grade.
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HOMEWORK FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19.
Please finish the study guide worksheet for Moby-Dick by filling in information for the remaining seven chapters on the handout. I will collect the entire handout on Friday for two homework grades!
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Homework for Monday, October 22.
Thursday, October 24
Vocabulary quiz on #1-10 of Moby Dick #2 list will be on Thursday, October 25.
No homework is due this Tuesday, but begin working on your quote book project which is due a week from Monday--on October 29.
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Quote Book
Select 25 quotes from our reading of Moby-Dick, any 25 quotes. ( I want to emphasize that they should be from our class reading of Moby-Dick, so that I know they are your genuine selections and not picks from someone’s web site.) For this reason I’m going to ask that each quote be given a chapter citation. Only the chapters that we read entirely or in excerpt are eligible. For instance:
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“No more my splintered heart and maddened hand were turned against the wolfish world. This soothing savage had redeemed it.”
“ A Bosom Friend”
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* notice that the quote is correctly in quotation marks, that there are no typos or spelling errors because I proofed it to make sure there weren’t, and that the words in the title of the chapter are correctly capitalized and the title itself is set in quotation marks. And we did read all of “A Bosom Friend” in class.
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Why select the quotes you select?
Because you like them for any reason and would like to share them and remember them. ( I don’t need a reason why and I won’t--for the most part--question you about your reasons.) Having said that, I should add that some quotes are just sublime--sublimely profound or sublimely funny, for instance, and if I get this kind of “vibe” from your choices, I can’t be faulted for celebrating your attentiveness and acute judgment with a superior grade--it’s just human nature to reward excellence.
Quotes must be typewritten ( you may use ellipses... if you wish to emphasize only certain parts of a longer extract.) Cutting and pasting from an etext version should minimize the typing you have to do.
Invent some artistically / graphically / sensually pleasing form to house these quotes in and be ready to submit and share them on
Monday, October 29, 2007
Grade is a project grade (10% ) and will be based 70% on quotes and 30% on the pleasing aesthetic qualities of your pamphlet or presentation.
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Homework for Monday, October 29
Your quotebook is due today!
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Homework for Wednesday, October 31
Bring your notes on Moby-Dick, the movie to class, so that we can discuss it and so that you can draft your compare and contrast essay on the movie vs. the book in class Wednesday.
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Homework for Tuesday,November 6
Quiz on Moby Dick vocabulary words---from "acquiesce" to"jocular"on the list called "MD#2"
continue to work on your essay contrasting your reading of Moby-Dick, the book with what you saw of Moby-Dick, the 1956 movie.
this essay is due Thursday. It represents 10 pts. on your 1st Q grade because it replaces a test.
You’ve now seen how Ray Bradbury (of Fahrenheit 451 fame) adapted Moby-Dick for the big screen. Melville purists prefer this 1956 version (its world premier was in New Bedford!) starring Gregory Peck to the “Captain Picard” (Patrick Stewart) version of the 90s that some of you might be familiar with.
Next week, we’ll see the conclusion to the film, but for now you’ve seen only up to “The First Lowering,” which is what we’ve read to in class. You were asked to take notes during our screening about how this film version of Moby-Dick differs from the story you read in the book. (Those who missed our in-class viewing are asked to acquire the film and screen it on their own or make an appointment to view the class copy of the film in 419 after school.)
Pay attention to places where the film surprises you by offering unexpected differences in plot (Does it follow the sequence of events as they are presented in the book? Does it add stuff or leave stuff out?) or character (Are the characters the way you imagined them from the book? Are they emphasized the way they were in the book? Do they differ from your expectations in any way?) or mood (Does the story feel the same emotionally as it did in the book?). You might also comment on your experience of seeing the film versus reading and role-playing and storytelling the book.
But don’t stop with just noticing differences. Try to explain or account for why these things are different in the film as opposed to the book.
Specifically, I’d like you to compare your experience of reading the book and seeing the movie by selecting and discussing three ways in which they are significantly different and trying to explain or account for each of them (Our class conversations and individual consultations in class should have helped you uncover some of the reasons for these differences).
Your essay should be--
~at least 5 paragraphs long
~typed. double-spaced.
~submitted in duplicate (2 copies--10 points off for only one)
~creatively titled.
~rich in details about the differences you selected to write about.
~sophisticated & strong in its explanations for why these differences exist.
~well-introduced and concluded.
~ripe with evidence ( no spelling errors, no homonym errors, no fragmentary or run-on sentences) that you painstakingly proofed it before you submitted it.
~submitted on time. The marking period ends Friday, November 9th. The essay is due Thursday, November 8th in class. If I receive it after class Thursday or on Friday, it is late (15 points off). If I don’t
have it when I leave Friday, whether or not you were in class Tuesday or Thursday of this week, the grade is gone, period.
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Homework for Friday, November 30.
Please read the Hemingway Biosketch and answer questions for next class.
Bring your Ind. reading book to class for a homework grade!!!
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Homework for Thursday, December 6th.
Please read The Hemingway story "The End of Something" and answer the questions that accompanied it.
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Hwk for Monday, Dec. 10
Quiz on Word Smart #1 (1-10) words
read and answer in detail questions on "The Three Day Blow"
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Homework for Wednesday, December 12
Read your ind. reading book (take about 40 minutes to do so).
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Homework for Friday, February 1.
"D" Period: study for WS #2 vocab test
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Homework for Tuesday, February 5th
A period only: WS #2 vocab test
A & D Periods: Presentation on Independent Reading Project--5 minutes per student. Use your Creative Response Project as the centerpiece of your discussion. This is the first major grade of the new marking period. Create notecards and rehearse your presentation. Order of presentation will be random. Come prepared.
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Homework for Monday, February 11
Come up with a list of several topics for your pet peeve speech for next class. Try to see if there are any that you can thing of three
substantial reasons for advocating! Write your list down. I will collect at the beginning of class for a homework grade.
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Homework for Wednesday, February 13
Study for WS #2 vocabulary quiz.
Reflect on and choose a "Pet Peeve" topic.
Then write down your thesis statement--in other words, what are you going to ask people to stop doing-- and write down the three reasons or examples you will give them to try to convince them to stop doing it. This brief outline--your pet peeve statement and the three reasons you'll use to back up your effort to persuade people to do what you ask--will be collected at the beginning of class for a homework grade!
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Homework for Friday February 15th
>First draft of pet peeve due.
>It must be typed.
>"First draft" means minimum 5 paragraphs
>a creative title.
>with a hook
>a thesis that answers the question "What particular thing that people do do you want them to stop doing (or) what particular way that things are do you want people to change." >Three well-thought-out reasons why they should stop doing what they do or change the way things are, with each of your three middle paragraphs dealing with one reason.
> a conclusion that urges your reader to do something or makes some judgment or recommendation.
> two vivid metaphors embedded in your essay.
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Homework for Wednesday, February 20th
Final draft of your pet peeve speech due.
(10 points off if you turn it in Thursday, 20 points off if you turn it in Friday.) After that , highest grade will be 60.
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Homework for Monday, April, 7
study for Word Smart #7 vocabulary test
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Homework for Wednesday, April 9
Discuss Emerson's beliefs in "Self-Reliance," especially about a.) genius b.) individuality (the rude boy on the street corner) and c.) social status concerns ("badges and names"). After a brief introduction, you might want to gather your thoughts about each topic in separate paragraphs. The purpose of this assignment is to have you really acquire these concepts by struggling to get them down on paper. Please type, if possible, but certainly write legibly. I expect a minimum of 300 words, due Wednesday.
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Homework for Friday, April 11.
Those who didn't do the writing assignment for "Self-Reliance" have one more shot. I will accept the homework (see above)for Wednesday, April 9 on Friday for reduced credit. Whether you are in class on Friday or not, that homework is due then, so send it by email to me at wmccarthy@mvyps.org After Friday, that homework cannot be made up.
Homework for Thursday, April 17th is the Emerson Quote Project, directions are as follows, but you also need the Emerson Quote Collection handout, which you can only get from me in class.
Emerson Quote Project
Please look over all the quotes from Emerson in the handout I gave you. As you do, mark the quotes that you enjoy or can relate to or that make you stop and think about what he means.
Next, choose 7 that speak most acutely to you and type them out clearly and correctly on a sheet of paper. Write one well-developed paragraph each on why you chose them or what they mean to you.
Finally, choose one of the seven quotes that you would find easy to illustrate, and do an excellent and careful and well-conceived job of illustrating it---your illustration will hang on the wall in the back of the room (wherever that is), so make it something you can be proud of. If you are at the stickman stage of drawing (as I am), you might do a illustrative collage or something that requires not much drawing of your own.
Grade: H= 3@10 =30 pts; PJT grade x/10. And be prepared to share a few of your quotes in class for participation credit.
Date assigned: April 9 (Wednesday)
Date due: April 17th (Thursday)
Your quotes and paragraph responses must be typed, so if you don’t have home access to a computer, budget study hall or library or after school time over the next week to get it done!
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Homework for Tuesday, April 15th
Study for WS #8 quiz
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Homework for Thursday, May 8.
Read chapters 2 & 3 of Into the Wild--that's pages 13-23. There will be a quiz on the material, which is a way for me to try to insure that you know the book well enough to participate in a good class discussion about it.
Those of you who now know what you have missed should endeavor to make up vocabulary quizzes and any writing assignments from the past three weeks--specifically, the Emerson Self-Reliance essay and the Emerson Quotebook.
Homework, unless it's from the last week, is gone now. So let it go, and resolve to do a better job with homework starting now.
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Homework for Wednesday , May 14.
Read chapters 4, 5, & 6 of Into the Wild. There will be a quiz containing parts of each chapter.
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Homework for Friday, May 16
Since periods on Wednesday were reduced to one hour because of the assembly, please just finish reading chapters 7, 8, & 10 (which was the in-class assignment Wednesday) for Friday. There will be a quiz. We'll read 11, which was supposed to be the homework for Friday in class Friday.
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Homework for Tuesday, May 20.
I'm giving the quiz on chapters 8 and 10 as a take-home quiz. Please do not reference the book while you take the quiz. Take it after you have carefully read or reviewed the two chapters, and make sure you answer all the facets of the questions in loving detail. Your reading homework is to read chapter 11---there will be a quiz on it Tuesday.
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Homework for Thursday, May 22
Vocabulary quiz for WS #9 will be on Thursday, May 22.
Read chapters 12 and 13 of Into the Wild. There will be a quiz.
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Homework for Tuesday, May 27.
Please read chapter 16 of Into the Wild for homework. There will be a quiz.
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Homework for Monday, June. 3rd
D Period: read ch. 18 and the epilogue. You know, Quiz!!
A Period: read ch. 17. you know, there'll be a quiz.
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Homework for Wednesday, June 5th
D Period.
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Homework for Tuesday, June 11th
Essay on Into the Wild is due. Please make sure you creatively title it and that it is typed and double-spaced. As noted, you must use three quotations from the book (refer to the Thoreau materials I reviewed with you last class), and papers that are well-organized and contain the most supporting detail from the story will receive the highest grades.