Homework Assignments due for Friday, October 2, 2009
Write a summary for chapters 5-11.
Complete Word Maps for all Vocabulary Words due October 2, 2009.
Classwork Assignments due for Wednesday, September 30, 2009
English II Study Guide and activity questions.
Creative Writing Study Guides Part I and II
October 6 and 7 Nine Weeks Examination
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
This week in English II
This Week in English II, we will be reading Chapters 4-10 of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Also, students will be writing summaries of Chapters 1-4, which will be due on this week. We will also be focusing on the meaning of the first five vocabulary words. Thurdsday, their will be quiz on Chapters 1-4. Please study your questions and summaries.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The Narrative and The Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
While reading the novel, don't forget to do these three things:
1. Create a Character List
2. Create a Special Terms List
3. Formulate a summary for each chapter (will be doing this in class)
Character List
1. Frederick Bailey (Douglass) - author of the novel; autobiography
2. Aunt Hestor - young Frederick witnesses the cruel beating of this beautiful young slave woman by his master Captain Anthony
3. Colonel Lloyd - owner of the entire plantation that is made up of twenty farms
4. Captain Anthony - second in command on the plantation who worked for Colonel Lloyd, but he owned about thirty slaves which included Frederick Douglass
5. Mr. Severe - cruel overseer known as a "profane swearer".
6. Mr. Hopkins - overseer who was too kind to whip the slaves
7. Isaac and Betsey Bailey - Frederick's grandparents
8. Harriet Bailey - Frederick's mother
9. Mr. Austin Gore - harsh overseer who replaces Mr. Hopkins; murder's Demby the slave who ran away from him into the creek
10. Mr. Giles Hick's wife, Mrs. Hicks - murders fifteen year old slave girl by beating her severely with an oak stick
11. Mr. Thomas Lamann - man who killed a slave with a hatchet and later joked about killing the man.
12. Mr. Beal Bondly - man who killed an old man for trepassing on his property.
13. Mrs. Lucretia Auld - Colonel Lloyd's daughter who is married to Thomas Auld; they both live on the Great House Farm
14. Captain Thomas Auld - Colonel Lloyd's son in law; his brother is Mr. Hugh Auld who lives in Baltimore, MD.
15. Mr. Hugh Auld - poorer brother to Thomas Auld who acquires Frederick Douglass as a slave to work for his young son Thomas Auld
16. Mrs. Sophia Auld - Frederick Douglass's mistress who teaches him his letters until Mr. Auld orders her not to; she knows nothing about slavery and teaches Frederick without knowing that she is not suppose to teach him; she later stops after her husband chastises her.
17. Thomas Auld - son of Sophia and Hugh who is Fredericks master and friend.
18. Cousin Tom - Frederick's cousin who could not speak correctly but described to him how bigger Baltimore was compared to the Great House Farm
19. Henrietta and Mary - the two slaves that were owned by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hamilton of Baltimore, MD. The viciously would starve and beat the two girls.
If I am missing anyone, let me know.
Special Terms List
1. Great House Farm - the biggest farm on the plantation; place where the slaves traveled to get their wages (allowances); every slave thought it was a great privilege to be chosen to go to the farm
2. Negro Spirituals - songs that the slaves sung as they would travel to the Great House Farm; Douglass describes these songs as sad.
3. Baltimore, Maryland - at the age of seven or eight Frederick leaves the Great House Farm to be a servant in the Auld Family's home.
4. The Columbian Orator - the book that Douglass used to help teach himself how to read.
1. Create a Character List
2. Create a Special Terms List
3. Formulate a summary for each chapter (will be doing this in class)
Character List
1. Frederick Bailey (Douglass) - author of the novel; autobiography
2. Aunt Hestor - young Frederick witnesses the cruel beating of this beautiful young slave woman by his master Captain Anthony
3. Colonel Lloyd - owner of the entire plantation that is made up of twenty farms
4. Captain Anthony - second in command on the plantation who worked for Colonel Lloyd, but he owned about thirty slaves which included Frederick Douglass
5. Mr. Severe - cruel overseer known as a "profane swearer".
6. Mr. Hopkins - overseer who was too kind to whip the slaves
7. Isaac and Betsey Bailey - Frederick's grandparents
8. Harriet Bailey - Frederick's mother
9. Mr. Austin Gore - harsh overseer who replaces Mr. Hopkins; murder's Demby the slave who ran away from him into the creek
10. Mr. Giles Hick's wife, Mrs. Hicks - murders fifteen year old slave girl by beating her severely with an oak stick
11. Mr. Thomas Lamann - man who killed a slave with a hatchet and later joked about killing the man.
12. Mr. Beal Bondly - man who killed an old man for trepassing on his property.
13. Mrs. Lucretia Auld - Colonel Lloyd's daughter who is married to Thomas Auld; they both live on the Great House Farm
14. Captain Thomas Auld - Colonel Lloyd's son in law; his brother is Mr. Hugh Auld who lives in Baltimore, MD.
15. Mr. Hugh Auld - poorer brother to Thomas Auld who acquires Frederick Douglass as a slave to work for his young son Thomas Auld
16. Mrs. Sophia Auld - Frederick Douglass's mistress who teaches him his letters until Mr. Auld orders her not to; she knows nothing about slavery and teaches Frederick without knowing that she is not suppose to teach him; she later stops after her husband chastises her.
17. Thomas Auld - son of Sophia and Hugh who is Fredericks master and friend.
18. Cousin Tom - Frederick's cousin who could not speak correctly but described to him how bigger Baltimore was compared to the Great House Farm
19. Henrietta and Mary - the two slaves that were owned by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hamilton of Baltimore, MD. The viciously would starve and beat the two girls.
If I am missing anyone, let me know.
Special Terms List
1. Great House Farm - the biggest farm on the plantation; place where the slaves traveled to get their wages (allowances); every slave thought it was a great privilege to be chosen to go to the farm
2. Negro Spirituals - songs that the slaves sung as they would travel to the Great House Farm; Douglass describes these songs as sad.
3. Baltimore, Maryland - at the age of seven or eight Frederick leaves the Great House Farm to be a servant in the Auld Family's home.
4. The Columbian Orator - the book that Douglass used to help teach himself how to read.
USATestprep link
Hey young people, the USATestprep website link is located below.... type in coahomams as your username the student password is newton78. Go in and create your own username and password. Start practicing today...
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Make sure you sign up for my classes......or e-mail me some of your work if you want extra credit... my e-mail address is jbays227@hotmail.com
Monday, September 7, 2009
Roots Volume 2
In this version of the film, we find that Kunta Kinte finally arrives in America. Fiddler is the Negro slave who has been ordered to make Kunta Kinte (Toby) into a proper slave. Mr. Ames the slave driver thinks that the only thing that will make Toby a good slave is the whip. Based on what you have seen thus far, what is your opinion of Fiddler, Master Reynolds, and Mr. Ames?
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Quiz on Tomorrow, Wednesday September 2, 2009
Essay Questions:
1. Compare Dee and Maggie from the story "Everyday Use".
2. Compare the literary works "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "My Furthest Back Person-The African" by Alex Haley. What is it that the two works have in common?
3. Focus on the theme of heritage, and explain Dee's perception of heritage.
4. Discuss why Dee changed her name to Wangero. Make an inference on the mother's feelings concerning Dee's name change.
1. Compare Dee and Maggie from the story "Everyday Use".
2. Compare the literary works "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "My Furthest Back Person-The African" by Alex Haley. What is it that the two works have in common?
3. Focus on the theme of heritage, and explain Dee's perception of heritage.
4. Discuss why Dee changed her name to Wangero. Make an inference on the mother's feelings concerning Dee's name change.
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