Assignments for Week of November 4-7, 2014

Tues, Nov 4          LIT            Review "Sweat" and your 3 points for discussion.
                                                (Happy Halloween)

                              RCG           Read Article 2 of the U. S. Constitution at this link.
                                                 Answer the study questions sent via email.

Wed, Nov 5           RCG          Listen to the interview at this link. Write a review of the film A Day                                                       without a Mexican.

                                                 Prepare for quiz on Article 2 of the U. S. Constitution.

Thurs, Nov 6          LIT            Read pages 3-33 in Bronx Masquerade.
                                                 Write an original poem based on the reading.

Fri, Nov 7               RCG          Read cards 1-7 on President Obama's executive action on                                                                       immigration at this link.  Write a 1-page summary describing how and                                                   why President Obama is using his executive power in this situation.

Assignments for Week of October 27 - 31

Mon, Oct 27            LIT          5 citations with annotations for Harlem Renaissance Project

                                RCG         Read Aldo Urquiza's piece on his immigration experience.

                                                 Read pages 120-122 (Race Book). Complete exercise on page 122.


Tues, Oct 28            RCG         Read "Georgia Gives Police Added Power to Seek Out
                                                  Illegal Immigrants" and "The Law of Unintended
                                                  Consequences: Georgia's Immigration Law Backfires" in
                                                  the Race Reader.  Answer these questions:

                                                          1. Why is Georgia’s immigration law controversial?

                                                                                           2.  On what basis has it been challenged legally?

                                                                                           3.  How has the law affected immigration?

                                                                                           4. How has the law affected immigrants?

                                                                                           5. What are some of the unintended consequences?

                                                  Watch the slide show at the bottom of the page at
                                                   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/13/the-daily-
                                                   show-aasif-mandvi_n_4094427.html about state
                                                   immigration laws.

                                                  Review the chart "U.S. Immigration by Region and
                                                  Decade" at http://www.jaha.org/edu/discovery_center
                                                  /push-pull/chart_w_events.html


 Wed, Oct 29          LIT             Read "Incident," " Yet I Do Marvel," and "From the Dark Tower" by
                                                  Countee Cullen (sent via email) twice.
                                                  Bring in three points and identify three poetic devices (metaphor,
                                                  simile, allusion, personification, hyperbole, alliteration).


Thurs, Oct 30          LIT             Harlem Renaissance Presentations


Fri, Oct 31               LIT             Read "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston.
                                                    Bring in three points to discuss in class.
                                                    Be prepared for a 5 question quiz.
                                                    Here is the link to the story.
                                                    http://lists.wsu.edu/pipermail/english/attachments/20130206
                                                    /4fdc96a6/HurstonSweat.pdf

Assignments for Week of October 20 - 24, 2014

Mon, 10/20            LIT             Presentation on The Secret Life of Bees creative projects.

Tues, 10/21            RCG            Read pages 73 - 78 in the Race Book.
                                                   Answer questions 1 - 6 on page 78.

                               LIT              Choose a Harlem Renaissance artist to research for your project.            

Wed, 10/22             LIT             Read the 3 poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar in your lit handout.
                                                   Answer the questions on the handout.

                               RCG           Response to Family Histories.

Thurs, 10/23           RCG          Read pages 79-89 in the Race Book.
                                                  Email me links to three examples of how race is used in advertising.
                                                  (Your examples can be stereotypical or fair representations, just be
                                                   prepared to explain why you chose them.)

Fri, 10/24               RCG         Read the New York Times review of The Visitor at this link.
                                                Answer the following questions:
                                                   1.  How does Walter's character represent whiteness?
                                                   2.  The title (The Visitor) refers as much to Walter as it does Tarek.
                                                        Describe how the title could relate to each man's characters.
                                                   3.  How is Walter transformed by his relationship with Tarek and
                                                        Zainab?
                                                    4.  Who is your favorite character and why?
                                                    5.  What message does this film covey about immigration issues in
                                                          the United States?
                                                    6.  In your opinion, how should the nation respond?

                                 LIT         List of sources for your Harlem Renaissance project due.

Assignments for Week of October 13 - 17, 2014

Mon, 10/13          LIT          Creative project for Secret Life of Bees.

Tues, 10/14          RCG        Response to Family History Projects.

Wed, 10/15          LIT          Essay on Secret Life of Bees.

Assignments for Week of October 6 - 10

Mon, Oct 6          LIT          Read chapter 14 twice.
                                            Be prepared for a quiz.
                                            Bring 3 points to discuss in class.

                            RCG        Read Paideia alum Rembert Browne's article "The Front Lines of
                                            Ferguson" at this link.
                                            Write a 1-page response. 
                                           

Tues, Oct 7          LIT         Thesis sentence for essay due.

                            RBC        List the themes in Red Badge of Courage and briefly explain each one.


Wed, Oct 8           RBC        Discuss one of the themes in Red Badge of Courage.


Thurs, Oct 9         RCG        Read the New York Times review of The Visitor at this link.
                                             Answer the following questions:
                                                   1.  How does Walter's character represent whiteness?
                                                   2.  The title (The Visitor) refers as much to Walter as it does Tarek.
                                                        Describe how the title could relate to each man's characters.
                                                   3.  How is Walter transformed by his relationship with Tarek and
                                                        Zainab?
                                                    4.  Who is your favorite character and why?
                                                    5.  What message does this film covey about immigration issues in
                                                          the United States?
                                                    6.  In your opinion, how should the nation respond?


Fri, Oct 10           RCG           Family History Projects due.

                            LIT              Outline for essay on Secret Life of Bees due.