HW 10/28

Hello. For tonight, I would like you to do the vocabulary and read today's handout. Nothing else for this evening, as some of you may be here with parents/guardians.

HW 10/27

Good Evening. For tonight's homework, I would like you to read "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor. After you've read it, I would like you to type a good paragraph in which you discuss the significance of the following quote:

"He saw the man's face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured, "Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!"

What do you make of the grandmother's words? How can this be explained? Please use evidence from the text to explain what has happened to the grandmother. Please write a good PTS and explain how O'Connor uses specific literary techniques, or devices to make a larger point. Have fun.

Remember, vocabulary is due Friday. independent reading due soon, College essays due soon (to Henkel).

HW 10/25

Hello. For this evening, I would like you to make sure you've read the three stories assigned over the weekend. In addition, please begin working on this week's vocabulary. The assignment is as follows:

Do vocabulary on index cards
Give a definition, sentence, part of speech, synonym, and pronunciation for each word
Due Friday

The words are:

Pestilence, Deplorable, Impudence, Edifying, Languidly, Sententious, Fecundity, Prosperity, Ascetic, Prodigious

Weekend HW

Hello. For this weekend, I would like you all to read "A Very Old Man" and answer the assigned questions. Please use textual evidence to support your ideas. Also, please take some time to look over the helpful links I posted. The common errors and quote integration links should be especially helpful. In the interest of time, please read "Miss Brill" and "Roman Fever." I would like to get through the short story unit soon. Please continue to work on college essays and your IR assignments.

HW 10/20

Hello. Sorry for the late post. I had PM school tonight and could not get internet access from the school. In any case, please continue to work on your independent reading assignments and the required journals. I am waiting for copies of the multiple choice stems and will give them to you when they are ready. You will need these in order to complete the final part of the IR assignment.

For tonight's reading I would like you to read "A Very Old Man." It is in the books for those who have them attached here for those who don't. We will finish up the YGB tomorrow with some whole group writing and literary discussion.

Have a great night.

HW 10/18

Hello. For tonight, I am not going to assign any additional reading. I know that you have a great deal of work to do on your journals, college essays, make-up work, etc. I am going to extend the journal entries due date, one day. They are now due on Wednesday. I hope that you are all keeping up with your readings. Incidentally, this is why I ask you to make a schedule. It is not for me as much as it is for you. We will finish our discussion on YGB tomorrow. Have a great night. I hope it isn't an all-nighter.

HW 10/15 - 10/17

Greetings from "Solitude."

For this weekend, I would like you to read YGB again as well as a reading on Carl Jung's ideas about archetypes (link to Jungian Archetypes provided here). After the readings, please respond to the following:

In a well-written (or typed) paragraph or two, please discuss how Hawthorne's story can be analyzed using Jung's ideas about the unconscious mind and archetypes. I think you will enjoy the reading on Jung. This is the first opportunity to study psychology as it relates to literature and the human condition. Pay close attention to the "shadow" archetype, as this may be the easiest to relate.

We will discuss on Monday.

Continue to work on the independent reading project, college essays, etc. I know it is a lot of work, but such is the life of a college bound senior.

For those who asked, I will try to provide feedback for you on your college essays.

Have a good weekend.