Novel Unit Homework for next Friday, January 29th

Reminder: NOVEL READING ASSIGNMENTS FOR FRIDAY, 1-29:

1. THE GIVER: (PAGES 65-85)

2. LORD OF THE FLIES (PAGES 61-80)

3. FAHRENHEIT 451 (PAGES 66-85)

4. 1984 (PAGES 71-95)

Homwork: Thursday, January 21st "The Golden Kite, Silver Wind" Questions

Complete the following questions in response to the short story:

2. What do you think motivates the two towns to engage in the wall building competition? What are the negative effects of the competition on the townspeople?

3. Referring to the kite and the wind, the Mandarin's daughter says, "One without the other is nothing." Explain her statement and her solution to the conflict between the two towns.

5. How can this story be seen as an allegory about the cold war? In other words, what connections do you see between events in the story and the conflict between the United States and Russia? (allegory: A story that has a deeper meaning. It seems simple, but when you think hard about it, you realize that it represents something bigger and more important.)

6. What do you think is the theme of this allegory? That is, what lesson do you think the author Bradbury wanted to teach the people of his day?

Homework: Tuesday, January 19th "The Sniper" Questions

Post-Reading Questions:

· Take out a piece of paper and number 1-2, skipping 7 lines in between each number.

· Question 1: How does this story have an ironic ending?

· Question 2: What is the internal conflict that the “Sniper” faces in the story?

Internal Conflict: A conflict or struggle that takes place in the mind of a character. It could be a decision that the character is struggling to make or an emotion that they are having a hard time dealing with.

Irony: when something turns out to be different from what we expect, what we think is appropriate, or what we think should happen.

Homework: Wednesday, January 13th LADY, OR THE TIGER Questions

Your homework is to complete the "Lady, or the Tiger?" post-reading assignment. You can find the assignment description below:

English—O’Hara/Knoll
“The Lady, Or the Tiger?” Assignments

Directions: Choose one of the following assignments to complete in response to the story “The Lady, or the Tiger?”

Option #1: Persuasive Response
(Respond to the question below. Your response must be 1 page long and have at least 3 reasons supporting your opinion.)

1. In your opinion, are people in our society motivated more by their own desires and wants, or by their concern for others? Explain.

Option #2: Sequel (What happens next?)

You must write a sequel to this story. You might decide once and for all whether the lady or the tiger is behind the door, or you might decide to take the story in a different direction. Start your sequel from the moment the man was walking up to the door.

**BOTH OPTIONS MUST BE 1 PAGE LONG**

**BOTH OPTIONS WILL BE WORTH 25 POINTS**

**BOTH OPTIONS WILL BE DUE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 15TH**

Homework: Friday, January 8th (NOVEL QUESTIONS AND WEEKLY READING ASSIGNMENT)

Definitely. Here are the questions:

The Giver Discussion questions:

• Why do you think that no one sees in colour? Would you want to live in a world with no colour?

• Would you want to live in a community like Jonas’?
• Predict what you think is going to happen.

Lord of the Flies Discussion Questions:

• Would you be a leader like Ralph or Jack or a follower like the other boys? Why?
• Would you prefer to live on an island that’s just you and your friends where you’re in charge but have none of your everyday items (like phones, video games, tv, computers, make-up, air conditioning/heating) or would you prefer to live with your parents and have rules, but have your everyday items? Explain why.
• Predict what you think is going to happen.

Fahrenheit 451 Discussion Questions:

• Who do you identify more with, Montag or Clarisse? Why?
• Why do you think the first part of the book is called The Hearth and the Salamander?What do you think the Hearth represents? What do you think the Salamander represents?
• Predict what you think is going to happen.

1984 Discussion Questions:

• Do you think it’s better to achieve peace through force and taking away people’s rights like in 1984 or through people working together for a better world? Explain why.
• Why do you think that The Party’s philosophy is “War is Peace?” Do you think this is a good philosophy to have? Why?
• Predict what you think will happen.

Read and create 3 reading questions of your own.

The Giver: Read pgs. 34-50

Lord of the Flies: Read pgs. 30-44

Fahrenheit 451: Read pgs. 33-the top of 51

1984: Read pgs. 34-55

Homework: Tuesday, January 5th

WORK ON YOUR ESSAY ROUGH DRAFT!

The Rough Draft of your essay is due tomorrow! (Remember: This assignment is going to be worth a lot of points)

Homework: Monday, January 4th

Less than 3 weeks until grades go in!

This week we are doing an Essay assignment that will be worth a lot of points!

Today's Homework: Finish N-word T-Chart we started in class
Finish reading the first 30 pages of your novel and answer the questions
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