10B Homework

In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to 'Good Morning, Miss Dove.' You must copy these answers into your notebook by tomorrow.

10B Homework

Read 'The Road Not Taken' on page 106 of your textbook and do the comprehension questions.

You must also copy the rest of the Oedipus questions into your notebook (it's posted under 10A's homework) and finish reading Oedipus the King (pgs 234-251.)

10B Homework

Here are the questions about A Lonely Pine Is Standing

1. How many personifications are found in this poem?

2. Summarize 'A Lonely Pine is Standing'

3. What is 'A Lonely Pine Is Standing' saying about the human condition? (What is this poem trying to say about life and how people live their lives?)

4. Write three examples of personification. (BE CREATIVE!)

10B Homework

Write the answers to these three comprehension questions about Robert Browning's "Meeting at Night" in your notebook.


Comprehension Questions for “Meeting at Night”

1. Summarize the story in this poem.
2. Which lines in the poem have a STRONG connotative meaning? Why?
3. What is some of the most effective imagery in the poem? Explain your answer.


In addition for doing the comprehension questions for "Meeting at Night" you must also read The Oak on page 100 in your textbook.

Also, don't forget to finish your story and have it printed out and ready to turn on tomorrow AND don't forget that you must read Oedipus the King p. 211-234 by Thursday, 5/21.

10B Homework

In the comments section of this post, I have put the answers to numbers 17 and 18 of the Oedipus handout. It is your responsibility to put these answers in your notebooks by Tuesday.

On Tuesday, we will be working on finishing our summary of The Raven. Read over the poem and what you have written down so far-- in the beginning of class, we will be verbally summarizing the previous stanzas and the winners will get a good prize, so study hard for this!

10B Homework Announcements

1. Study for a quiz covering the themes of The Garden Party as well as your class notes over The Garden Party. This quiz will be on Monday.

2. Read the introduction to Ballad on page 25 of your textbook. Then read Edna St. Vincent Millay's The Ballad of the Harp Weaver on pages 27-28 of your textbook. After you have finished reading, write out the answers to the comprehension questions in your notebook. We will be checking these answers on Tuesday. You will have a one question quiz covering this story on Tuesday.

Essay Assignment: The first draft of this essay is due Friday, 3/20, the final draft is due Friday, 3/27

Write a 3-4 page essay that shows where the theme of class conflict occurs within The Garden Party and then analyze this theme. In addition to clearly demonstrating where this theme is within the story, your essay must also answer at least two of these questions:

• What is Katherine Mansfield saying about class conflict within her society?
• What are the costs of dividing the upper class and the lower class?
• What is Katherine Mansfield saying specifically about the way that the upper class lives?
• According to Mansfield, what changes need to occur within the upper class society?

Your essay should cite several specific passages from the story to support your arguments and these citations should be in proper citation format.

Essay Format

• 3-4 typed pages. If you are under or over this requirement, you will recieve a deduction.
• 12 point Times New Roman Font.
• Double Spaced
• Proper Title and Heading that includes your full name, the date, the class and the assignment Page numbers on the bottom of each page
• 1 inch margins on each side.

Essay Form

• Your essay should have a clear introduction and thesis statement.
• The body paragraphs of your essay should directly correspond to your thesis statement.
• Your conclusion should summarize everything you have said in your essay, and it should not introduce any new information.
  

Proper Citation and Analysis Format-
Here is an example of proper citation format:
The first citation of your essay should have this information:
(A Beka Book's World Literature, The Garden Party, page number)
After that, the rest of your citations can simply have (The Garden Party, ___)

Here is an example of what I want to see in your essay in terms of citation, citation format and analysis. Imagine this in the body of your essay.

Unlike her family, Laura does not believe that there should be a separation between the people of the upper class and the lower class. For example, when she meets the workmen, she is drawn to them and even thinks, "Why couldn't she have workmen for friends rather than the silly boys she danced with and who came to Sunday night supper? She would get on much better with men like these." (A Beka Book's World Literature, The Garden Party, 15) This passage reveals several important things about Laura. First of all, it reveals that Laura, unlike Jose and her mother, is capable of seeing the humanity of the workmen; they are not animals or things, they are humans. Furthermore, she genuinely likes them and wants to be friends with them. It is clear from this passage that although Laura is aware of a division between the upper and lower class, she wishes that it wasn't there.

10B Homework (The Iliad, continued)

Write each answer thoughtfully and thoroughy and provide a page and line reference for each answer.

1. When Agamemnon tells Achilleus that he is going to take Briseis from him, what does Achilleus want to do to Agamemnon?

2. Who keeps Achilleus from killing Agamemnon?

3. What promise does Athene give Achilleus in exchange for sparing Agamemnon?

4. Instead of killing Agamemnon, what does Achilleus do to punish Agamemnon? What is the oath that he makes?

5. Describe Nestor. What advice does he give Agamemnon and Achilleus?

6. According to Agamemnon, why is Achilleus angry and threatening to leave?

7. What two things does Achilleus say he has no intention of doing?

8. Does Agamemnon take Chryseis back to her father? Who takes her instead?

9. Who are Eurybates and Talthybios and what does Agamemnon have them do? Do they want to do this?

10. Even though Achilleus does not want to give Briseis away, how does he treat the men who come to get her?

11. What oath does Achilleus make in front of these men?

12. Does Briseis want to leave Achilleus?

13. Who does Achilleus pray to pray to after Briseis is taken away from him?

14. What does Achilleus want his mother to do for him?

15. How had Thetis, Achilleus's mother, helped Zeus in the past?

16. Why can't Thetis go to visit Zeus immediately? What advice does she give to her son?