EDGENUITY HOMEWORK

WORLD LITERATURE HOMEWORK FOR 05/11 – 05/15

WHERE: EDGENUITY

COURSE: ENG 202 – Sophomore English B 2020

UNIT 1: The Human Experience

SUB-UNIT: Analyzing Word Choice and Theme in a Play

WORK: Warm up, Instruction, Assignment, Instruction, Summary, Quiz

LESSON OBJECTIVES:

[a] Analyze the impact of word choice on meaning and tone.

[b] Summarize the themes of a text.

[c] Cite evidence to support a comparative analysis of texts.

CONTEXT: In this sub-unit you will read a selection from the play The Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.  

This lesson continues our sophomore studies by focusing on tone (the author’s attitude towards a work), topic (an issue of importance to all humans), theme (the author’s message about a story topic), denotation (the literal, dictionary definition of a word), and connotation (extra meanings that a word picks up), all of which we have discussed before in our class.

The content aligns nicely with our world literature focus, which is play about African Americans struggling to live on the south side of Chicago. The title of the play comes from a poem by Langston Hughes called “A Dream Deferred,” sometimes called “Harlem”:

What happens to a dream deferred?

      Does it dry up

      like a raisin in the sun?

      Or fester like a sore—

      And then run?

      Does it stink like rotten meat?

      Or crust and sugar over—

      like a syrupy sweet?

      Maybe it just sags

      like a heavy load.

      Or does it explode?

PAST HOMEWORK

04/20 – 04/24 – UNIT 1: The Human Experience, Character and Culture in Literature

04/27 – 05/01 – UNIT 1: The Human Experience, "By the Waters of Babylon," Part 1: Analyzing Setting

05/04 – 05/08 – UNIT 1: The Human Experience, "By the Waters of Babylon," Part 2: Analyzing Theme

NOTE: For additional information/clarifications, see the thread on the class website titled "Important 2nd Semester Update!! 04/20"

www.eahsworldlit.blogspot.com

Edgenuity Homework 04/20 -- 04/24

Edgenuity Homework 04/27 -- 05/01
Engenuity Homework 05/04 -- 05/08
Edgenuity Homework 05/11 -- 05/15

IMPORTANT 2nd SEMESTER UPDATE!!

HI EVERYONE! Mr. Scott and Ms. Durrant-Samii here. We have some important information to share with you; basically, we want to tell you what you will be doing for the rest of the semester AND how to pass your English class.  

GRADES: It has been decided by the District that in order to pass a class for 2^nd semester YOU HAVE TO DO WORK IN EDGENUITY. Whatever you were told before, things are different now. I repeat: In order to pass a class, you have to show progress in Edgenuity.

ENGLISH COURSE: The course for sophomores is called ENG 202 – Sophomore English B 2020.

UNITS: This course consists of FOUR units. Those units are:

[UNIT 1] The Human Experience

[UNIT 2] Striving for Equality

[UNIT 3] The Language of Leaders

[UNIT 4] Globalization and the Future

[5] Cumulative Exam

UNIT ACTIVITIES: Each unit consists of activities. Here is an example from Unit 1:  

[UNIT 1] The Human Experience

[a] Character and Culture in Literature

[b] Applying Critical Approaches to Literary Analysis

[c] Comparing Poetry and Art

[d] "By the Waters of Babylon," Part 1: Analyzing Setting

[e] "By the Waters of Babylon," Part 2: Analyzing Theme

[f] Unit Test

Each of the above includes warm ups, instruction, assignment, more instruction, summary, more assignments, and some sort of assessment.

HOMEWORK: You do NOT have to complete all four units. YOU WILL ONLY NEED TO COMPLETE THE UNITS/ACTIVITIES THAT WE ASSIGN TO YOU. We can jump around the units/activities in any order that we want. Each week, usually on Monday, we will assign you units/activities to do for that week.   

MICROSOFT GROUPS: We will be communicating with you mainly through Microsoft Groups. It is here that we will be giving you your weekly Edgenuity homework assignments, sending you personal messages, etc.  

4^th QUARTER: Right now it looks like school will be ending 05/22, which means we have FIVE WEEKS remaining in 4^th quarter. You will be given different Edgenuity homework each week.

04/20 – 04/24

04/27 – 05/01

05/04 – 05/08

05/11 – 05/15

05/18 – 05/22   

SCHEDULE/TIME SPENT EACH DAY:

The district would like you to work on different classes on different days at different times. Here is the schedule:

MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS

1^st period: 8:30 AM – 10 AM

2^nd Period: 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

3^rd or 7^th Period: 12 PM – 1:30 PM

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS

4^th or 7^th period: 8:30 AM – 10 AM

5^th or 7^th Period: 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM

6^th or 7^th Period: 12 PM – 1:30 PM

*Students will engage with coursework for period 7 in place of their lunch/study hall period.

You can contact teachers at these times.   

*Fridays will be a self-care day for students to complete academic instruction and select activities to build upon their own social and emotional learning. Teachers may be providing students with self-care activity suggestions.

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT: The goal is that every Monday (probably starting 04/27), Ms. Durrant-Samii and I will be giving you specific homework to do for Edgenuity. The goal is to finish it by the end of the day on Thursday.      

CONTACT INFO: Please reach out with questions to Mr. Scott @ ascott@d131.org OR Ms. D @ adurrantsamii@d131.org

You can also try chatting with us on Microsoft Groups.