English 1 Homework Wednesday, January 7, 2009

1. English 1 HomeworkWednesday, January 7, 2009 Lit Book. Unit 2, 186-191 Notes Spelling #18. Notebooks due 1/9/09

2. Character and Point of View 186-191 • Part 1: Point of View: • First-Person • Model 1: First-person point of view: • 1. “I did this.” • 2. You get only this person’s thoughts. • Model 2: Third-Person point of view: • 1. He or she did this. Limited • 2. Omniscient – knows all

3. Character traits: • Methods of Characterization Examples • 1. Physical appearance • 2. speech, thoughts, actions • 3. Author tells you about the character. • Model 1: Physical Appearance, 189. • 1. The character cares about how she looks. • The other girls were shifts; she wear petticoats • and oxfords that lace up • 2. She is probably embarrassed by Billy’s remark. • Model 2: Speech, Thoughts, Actions. • 1. Miss Maudie would rather garden than clean house. • 2. She “reigns in magisterial beauty,” which gives the impression of • A queen.

4. Character Motivation • Motivation: • Key part of: • As you read any story, consider: • 1. narrator’s comments about character’s motivation • 2. character’s actions, thoughts, feelings, values, interactions with other characters • 3. your own insights into human behavior. • From The Egg, by: • 1. The parents become ambitious • 2. the mother wants her son to have a change for a better life than his father has had.

5. 191. Part 3: Analyze Literature • 1. The husband is the narrator. • 2. Hana has sewn curtains and put a flowering branch on the mantel. She cares how the house looks. • 3. The men are prejudiced and antagonistic. • 4. The parents’ motivation is a good place to raise their daughter; having their house is a dream for them. • 5.

6. 1/8/09 English 1 Homework • Write a personal narrative from first-person point of view: • I hated to get up this morning, but… • Write a personal narrative from third-person point of view. • She was a pretty girl who hated getting up that morning… • Due Friday, 1/9/09, rough drafts. • Notebooks due.

7. ALSO make it a character sketch • Physical description • Person’s actions and speech • Mannerisms of person • Writer’s feelings about person • Other people’s reactions to person • Surroundings

8. 1/16/09 English 1 Homework • In spiral notebooks: • The Necklace, Questions 218-219. • 220 A & B. • Crossword, QB, MS. • Complements, 50-51, grammar and A&B. • Wkbk to 42. • Due 1/15/09. • Final drafts due, first-person, third-person. SC, QB. • Notebooks due, 1/15/09. Wednesday. • Spelling Test #18 Friday, Spelling sheets due.

9. 1/21/09 Homework Eng 1 • 1. How I spend my money. 100 words. 2. Dear President Obama: 3. Dear Mr. Volle, Thank you for sponsoring us to receive the State-Journal Register in our classroom. I like the paper because Correct Vocab Sheets. Due by end of day.

10. 222. What makes someone remarkable? • Remarkable: a quality that cannot be overlooked. • Pick on remarkable person you know and list his or her traits. Then “introduce” this person in writing to your classmates in a way that makes it clear why the individual is so extraordinary.

11. Third-person limited point of view, 223. • The narrator is an outside voice that tells what only one character thinks, feels, and observes. • The narrator of Hamadi zeroes in on the thoughts and feelings of a high-school freshman named Susan.

12. Reading strategy: monitor • When you read, monitoring is checking how well you understand the story. • Visualize: Picture characters, events, settings. • Clarify: stop now and then to review what you understand. • Question: ask questions about the events and characters. • Predict: look for hints of what might happen net. • Connect: Compare events with your own experiences.

13. Vocab in context, 223. • 1-5. • Author online. • Naomi Shihab Nye, born 1952. • Born in St. Louis, MO. • Grew up in Arab-American family. • Moved to Middle East in 1966. • Spent freshman year at a high school in East Jerusalem.

14. She said, • “This is one of the best things about growing up in a mixed family or community. You never think only one way of doing or seeing anything is right.” • Background. The main character’s father and her friend Hamadi come fron a region torn by conflict. • Hamadi is from Lebanon, a country devastated by a 16-year civil war.

15. Susan’s father is Palestinian. • In 1947, the United Nations proposed a plan to partition was was Palestine to create the state of Israel, a homeland for the Jewish people. • More than 50 years later, the conflict between Israelis is still unresolved; marked by violence. • Millions of refugees--people who have fled native lands in search of shelter and protection.

16. Homework 1/23/09Eng 1 • Questions 233 • Vocab in context, 1-8, 234. • Vocab in writing. • Vocab strategy: Words from Greek culture, 1-4. • Grammar 50-51 A&B • Writing due. JH, SC, QB Obama, Volle, Final Money; MS Final Money.

17. 233. After reading. • 1. Susan began to be interested in Hamadi when she was a freshman in high school. • 2. Susan invites Hamadi to go Christmas caroling. • 3. Tracy breaks down and cries about Eddie. • 4. Which monitoring strategies from 223 helped you the most? Why?

18. 5. If Hamadi were telling the story, how would it be different? • 6. Reread lines 257-261. Why do you think Hamadi’s words have such a profound effect on Susan? • 7. A round character is one who is complex and highly developed, displaying a variety of different traits in his or her personality.

19. A flat character is not highly developed. • Identify one round character: • One flat character: • Explain how each fits the criteria.

20. Monday, 1/26/09English 1 Homework • A Voice, Poem by Pat Mora • My Father’s Song, Poem by Simon J. Ortiz • 268-269 notes. What makes a memory? • Write 2 portrait poems. • Once-in-a-lifetime moment: • Everyday experience: • Some things remain imprinted on your mind.

21. Quickwrite, 268. • Think of a memory that remains very clear to you. • Write a paragraph describing the memory in as much detail as you can. • Surroundings • Smells, sounds, feelings, tastes. • What happened and why do you remember it?

22. Literary Analysis: Speaker • The voice that “talks” to the reader. • Speaker relates ideas or story of the poem from a specific point of view. • Speaker is not necessarily the poet, even if he or she says I or me.

23. As you read these poems, answer: • Whom is speaker addressing? • What is speaker’s relationship to subject of poem? • What is speaker’s attitude toward person being described?

24. Reading Skill: Reading Poetry, 269. • There are two ways to read poetry: • Read lines continuously—pay attention to sentences instead of line breaks or stanzas. • Read each line in isolation—note ideas and images in it. • The family story says your voice is the voice of an aunt in Mexico, spunky as a peacock. • What is it saying?

25. Write 2 portrait poems.

26. English 1Homework1/28/09 • Vocab and questions, 270-273. • Grammar 50-51 finish part B, Complements. Look up the bold word and write a different one for it. • 52-53 A&B, Objects of Verbs • 54-55 A-D, Sentence Diagramming. • Due: Portrait Poems #1 and #2 • Sp18XW. • Sp19-20XW Due 1/29, • All due Thursday. 1.

27. The father and son were planting corn and found a nest of baby mice. • 2. The speaker’s Mexican mother panicked and couldn’t give her speech at the state capitol, but she taught her four children to speak up. • 3. In line 20, the speaker is asking how she could give a speech in front of everyone.