HOMEWORK LOG

TEACHER:

Mr.Golden

SUBJECT:

ELA

CLASS:

808/810

No. DATE ASSIGNMENT DUE

1	09/09	Tuesdays with Morrie - read	09/19
2	09/19 (808) 10/11 (810)	Spoon River Anthology: 1. Choose 5 of the following poems from the Anthology and compare each to Tuesdays With Morrie. (Use quotations from the poems to illustrate your comparisons) REFER TO HANDOUT FOR LIST 2. Using the entire Anthology, find 5 characters that you either LIKE or DISLIKE. Then, a) Name the poem, b) Explain your reason for liking or disliking the character, c)Quote a line or two from the poem to illustrate/support your opinion. 3. Find a character in the Anthology that you believe would have benefited from a talk with Morrie: A) What would Morrie have told him/her? B) Put Morrie’s “talk” in the form of an “Anthology-like” poem (20 line minimum)	10/11 (808) 11/9 (810)
3	10/11 (808) 9/19 (810)	Our Town: In Tuesdays with Morrie and Out Town, a character learns a lesson about the true meaning of life. In a well-written essay, identify the character (or characters) who make this important discovery and discuss the following: a) how the character has learned about the meaning of life, b) what that meaning is c) how learning this lesson affected him/her.	11/09 (808) 10/11 (810)
4	11/09	Read Romeo and Juliet; complete packet	1/3/2011
5	1/3/2011	Read TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD; complete packet - PGS. 4,5,7,8,9,11,13,14,15,16,18,19,20,21,23	3/7/2011

6 01/08/11 Research paper ---- each student is assigned a different topic; paper is 10 – 15 pages; double-space; 5/3/2011 bibliography, footnotes or endnotes.

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7 3/7/11 MACBETH - Read and complete packet - Vocabulary,short responses, 2 brief essays 5/16/11 8 4/29/11 TKaM essay – compare article to Tom’s case 5/9/11