In your composition notebook, create a T-chart with two columns. In the left column, write down or copy/paste the lyrics of a song that you really enjoy. In the right column, analyze the lyrics stanza by stanza or line by line. You do not have to do the entire song, especially if it is a long song, but try to do a majority of the lyrics. Due Friday, June 10.
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Your homework is to write the final draft of your literary analysis essay on the novel Tangerine. Choose one character and discuss the choices that he or she makes throughout the novel and how these choices and their consequences affect Paul Fisher. The essay is also described on pages 209-210 of your Springboard book. The essay can be typed (preferably) or written neatly on a loose-leaf piece of paper.
Helpful Hints: A few people wanted me to post a reminder with regards to citations. When you quote directly from the novel, this is the way it should look: "I asked my mother why I had to have an IEP" (33). If you cite something from the novel, but it is not word-for word, this is the way it should look: Paul asks his mother about his IEP, and he is not happy about her response (33). Also, if you want to incorporate some of the things we have discussed throughout this novel and make them fit into the "choices" paragraphs or create a separate paragraph, here is a list of elements in a literary analysis from the graphic organizer on my white board: character motivation, plot, subplot, conflict, setting, theme, motif (sight, sports, weather, siblings, etc.), foreshadowing, flashbacks, symbolism, and tone. Hope that helps! Final draft of essay is due on Thursday, June 2. Write a literary analysis essay based on the novel Tangerine. Choose one character and discuss the choices that he or she makes throughout the novel and how these choices and their consequences affect Paul Fisher. The essay is also described on pages 209-210 of your Springboard book.
Please note that I am looking for a good first draft, meaning that it is well-organized and includes plenty of textual evidence (quotes, examples, etc.). The first draft will be due on Tuesday and the final draft will be due on Thursday. First draft due on Tuesday, May 31. Read to page 269 in the novel "Tangerine." Complete the "Tangerine" worksheet on conflict and plot. I have attached the worksheet below in case you need an extra copy. Due Thursday, May 26.
Read to page 181 in the novel "Tangerine." Also, complete the two charts in your Springboard. Due Tuesday, May 17.
During the last class, we discussed "sight," both the literal and figurative meaning. Choose one of the characters in the novel "Tangerine" and in an expository piece of writing, discuss ways in which the character "sees" and ways in which the character does not "see." As I mentioned in class, some of you have been taking short cuts with your writing and it is unacceptable: an expository piece like this should not be less than one full page and should be full of examples/evidence from the text to back up your point. Due Friday, May 13.
On a separate sheet of paper, write an expository paragraph on the motif (recurring element) of sportsmanship in the novel "Tangerine." The paragraph should have a strong structure (beginning, middle, end), plenty of evidence/examples from the text, and polished grammar. You can use examples of sportsmanship from throughout the entire book. Refer to Springboard pages 194-196 for more information and examples if you need them. Due Wednesday, May 11.
Read to page 143 in the novel "Tangerine." Then, in your composition notebook, write a 1-2 page freewrite. Due Monday, May 9, 2016.
On a separate sheet of paper, write an expository writing piece analyzing one of the themes in the novel "Tangerine." The writing prompt and description for the assignment are in Springboard page 189. Make sure you use plenty of examples from the text and also from the chart that you worked on in class, which is on page 188. Due Thursday, May 5.
Read until page 123 in the novel "Tangerine." Remember to use the three strategies that will help you make meaning as you read: question the text, make inferences, and compare/contrast. Due Thursday, April 28.
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