Monday, February 6, 2012 Grammar Test
Have lines memorized for Much Ado about Nothing
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 History vs. Hollywood: Response to Red Tails (1-2 page paper)
(Upload it to Turnitin.com. The RCG class code is 4783178.)
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Peer Reviews: Turnitin.com will assign you the review.
Read a classmates' Shakespeare movie review from Feb. 3.
Comment on what they did right and what they could improve.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 Peer Reviews: You can choose a review from Turnitin.com.
Read another classmates' Shakespeare movie review.
Comment on what they did right and what they could improve.
Friday, February 10, 2012 Shakespeare movie review due. Upload it on Turnitin.com.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Assignments for the Week of January 30-February 3
Assignments for January 30 – February 3, 2012
Monday, January 30 Literature: Character Sketch on your role.
Grammar: Space Baby’s Bad Romance: Part I
Bring $8 for movie on Friday
Bring $8 for movie on Friday
Tuesday, January 31 Literature: Memorize your lines
Bring in costume garments
Bring in props
Grammar: Space Baby’s Bad Romance: Part II
Bring $8 for movie on Friday
Wednesday, February 1 Literature: Memorize your lines
Bring in costume garments
Bring in props.
Grammar: Appositives
Thursday, February 2 Literature: Memorize your lines
Bring in costume garments
Bring in props.
Grammar: Review sentences
Friday, February 3 Literature: Shakespeare Movie Review
Grammar: Review sentences/Study for test on Monday
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Assignments for the Week of January 23-27
Assignments for January 23-27
Monday, January 23 Literature: Cast the play.
Grammar: Diagram sentences using participial and gerund phrases. (Check your email.)
Tuesday, January 24 Literature: Choose a character for your audition. Find a scene to use for your audition and learn it well enough to perform it.
Grammar: Diagram sentences using infinitive phrases. (Check your email.)
RCG: Read “A Touch of Class” by Paul Fussell
Wednesday, January 25 Grammar: Diagram sentences with infinitive phrases
RCG: Re-read “A Touch of Class” and answer the following questions:
1. Describe the “official myth of classlessness” that
Fussell attributes to America?
2. In a Harris poll, 76% of the respondents said they wanted ___________ most.
3. Which class does Fussell say has the most anxiety about their social ranking?
4. In what area does the author believe “class envy” is most obvious?
5. In what ways do the different classes refer to death?
6. Fussell says that we find class rankings virtually everywhere. Name four examples the author gives of class hierarchies in the United States?
7. Explain how the social class rankings inferred by various musical instruments.
8. What is it about America in particular that inspires class ambition?
9. Who is Paul Fussell? What are his credentials for writing this article?
10. Do you agree that the idea of a classless society a “utopian illusion?” Do you believe humans are inherently classist or are we capable of creating a more egalitarian society?
Thursday, January 26 Literature: Auditions for play.
Grammar: Diagram sentences with infinitive phrases.
Friday, January 27 Literature: Review of Shakespeare movie
Grammar: Diagram sentences with participial, gerund and infinitive phrases.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Assignments for the Week of January 17-20
Assignments for Week of January17 – 20, 2012
Tuesday, January 17 RCG:
Read “Poor but Feeding the Rich” by Wayne Drash at http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/08/us/income-gap-profile/index.html?hpt=hp_c
Answer the following questions:
1. Describe how the Bryants moved from middle class to poor?
2. Why doesn’t Bryant joint the Occupy Atlant movement?
3. What recently happened to make the family’s financial situation even more unstable?
4. What city in the U. S. has the largest income gap between the rich and the poor?
5. What is the national poverty line for a family of four?
6. What financial advice does Andono offer?
Grammar:
Diagram sentences 1-10 on page 4 of your grammar book. (Participles and Participial Phrases)
Wednesday, January 18 Grammar:
Diagram sentences 1-10 on page 6 of your grammar book. (Gerund and Gerund Phrases)
Thursday, January 19 Grammar:
Diagram sentences 1-10 on page 8 of your grammar book. (Infinitive and Infinitive Phrases Used as Nouns)
Friday, January 20 RCG:
Presentations on your gender research. Include PSA.
Literature:
Review of Shakespeare movie
Grammar:
Diagram sentences 1-10 on page 10 in your grammar book. (Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases Used as Modifiers)
Grammar Log - Bring up-to-date version to class.
Grammar Log - Bring up-to-date version to class.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Assignments for the Week of January 9 – 13, 2012
Monday, January 9 Literature:
Write a response to film version of Much Ado about Nothing. Include the character you relate to most and describe why.
RCG:
Read the article The Defining Issue of 2012” at
Write a response to the article. Include any questions you have or parts you did not understand.
Tuesday, January 10 Literature:
Write a 2-page report on the life of William Shakespeare. Use 3 sources.
Grammar:
Complete exercises 1-5 on comma splices and fused sentences at http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Comma_Splices_and_Fused_Sentences
Print out your score sheet and turn it in.
Wednesday, January 11 RCG:
Read the article at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/us/politics/obama-to-focus-on-congress-and-economy-in-2012-campaign.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=barackobama
Write a page describing Obama’s re-election strategy. How does class factor into his strategy?
Grammar:
Complete exercises 1-7 on sentence fragments at http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Comma_Splices_and_Fused_Sentences
Print out your score sheet and turn it in.
Thursday, January 12 Grammar:
Complete grammar exercises to be assigned.
Friday, January 13 Grammar:
Complete grammar exercises to be assigned.
Lit:
Turn in a review of a Shakespeare related film.
RCG:
Answer the questions on the "Questioning Class" questionnaire.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Assignments for the week of January 3, 2012
Wednesday, January 4 Grammar:
Sentence fragments exercises
P. 59, exercise 1
P. 60, exercise 2
Run-on sentence exercises
P. 61, exercise 3
P. 62, exercise 4
Sentence combining exercises
P. 63, exercise 5
Thursday, January 5 Grammar:
Sentence combining exercises
P. 64, exercise 6
P. 65, exercise 7
Sentence revising exercises
P. 66, exercise 8
P. 68, exercise 9
RCG:
Review of People Like Us
Friday, January 6 Grammar:
Chapter review
P. 69, exercise A
P. 69, exercise B
P. 70, exercise C
Writing:
Final story revision
RCG:
Final research paper revision
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