Winter Break Assignments-- All Classes

Dear Students,
I hope that all of you enjoyed your first week of vacation and are now back on track. By now, all of you (except period 5) should have created a blog and at least four posts and responses to those in your group. Please look for your class title below for more information:

1. AP English Literature- You should be reading your independent novel, making your posts, and responding to the questions of your group members.
2. You should have selected your vocabulary words to memorize. You also must purchase or check out The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles--but translated by Paul Roche.
3. Don't forget your practice AP Exam.
4. When we return, if you have started using your three ring spiral for other classes, you will need to clean it out. We will now begin having daily 10-15 minute routines. One some days we will do Voice Lessons, other days sentence combining; other days grammar, and possibly the fourth day will be a reading quiz of some sort, or silent reading.

Great Books period 2
1 You should also be blogging on your independent reading novel.
2. Additionally, you also need to check out or purchase The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles translated by Paul Roche ISBN 978-0-452-01167-0

English ten period 4 and 6
1.You should be reading your independent reading novel in your reading groups. Each student should have their own blog and should be making their blog posts and responding to the questions of your team members. If you are doing extra credit, be sure to create complete journal entries for your extra credit novel.

American Literature Period 5
1. Be sure to finish your Crucible Writing Questions that were distributed. Do not wait until the last minute to answer these questions. Each response should be at least three to four paragraphs.
2. Our next text is The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. To help prepare you for this text, please complete each of the following activities. Under the section of my blog, entitled "Websites of Interest" visit the links Frederick Douglass biography. Listen to the brief biography of Frederick Douglass. 2. Visit the link to the Introduction to Slave Narratives and read about the written narrative form. 3. Also visit the link for the short written biography of Frederick Douglass. Following this, complete the reflective journal (it is a google doc). Include a total of ten facts learned about Frederick Douglass/slavery Two questions; two ways you can apply or connect; two surprises you had.

The Kite Runner

Directions, Read The Kite Runner up to page 100 as stated in your reading journal. Underline thought provoking and character revealing statements or those you find significant. Then, be sure to also answer the following: 1. Who is Assef? Describe him. Why do you think his physical description is so important? Do you think it contributes to his behavior? How?
2. Explain what happened in the tournament. How does Hassan again demonstrate his superiority over Amir?
3. What Biblical connection comes to mind when Hassan hits Assef with his slingshot?
4. Even in spite of a grumesome act, how does Amir describe Hassan?
5. Explain the significance of a lamb in two religions: Islam and Christianity. How does Hassan fit this description?
6. How is Baba's affection for Amir shortlived? What disrupts it?
Be prepared to discuss the Assef, the incident, irony and sacrifices.

AP English Literature Close Reading Questions The Kite Runner

Directions: Read The Kite Runner up to page 35. Answer the following Close Reading Questions. You may answer as a narrative or each question individually. Be prepared to discuss your insights in class on Thursday.
1. What can one infer (guess) about the amount of narrative space (10 lines) on page 3 to describe Hassan and his features?
2. What condition disfigured Hassan? Why do you think the narrator states, "where the Chinese doll maker's instrument may have slipped, or perhaps he had simply grown tired and careless."
3. What details from pages 2-3 imply that Hassan and the narrator are not equals although they enjoy each others company and are wonderful friends?
4. Why do you think the narrator recollects the pictures he sees in the living room in the following order: (1) the photo of his grandfather and King Nadir Shah taken in 1931; (2) a picture of his parents' wedding night and finally, (3) a picture of the narrator's father, and Rahim Kham standing outside the house, neither one of them smiling, with Rahim Khan holding the narrator's pinky finger? What is significant about the ordering of these pictures knowing what we know about the narrator's mother?
5. What might Rahim Khan holding the narrator's pinky foreshadow or indicate? Who actually calls the narrator as the story begins in Chapter 1?
6. How does one group, the Pashtun's maintain superiority over the Hasaras?
7. Why is it significant that the narrator's first word is "Baba"?
8. Why is it significant that Hassan's first word is "Amir"?
9. Look up the name "Amir" online. What does it mean?
10. What does the story about what Amir learns in school from Mullah Fatiullah Khan (about drinking) conflict with Baba's behavior? What does Baba say about it?
11. Baba tells Amir that"every sin is a variation of theft". What other sins/crimes are a variation of theft? Consider the following: fraud; embezzlement; cheating; adultery; identity theft, speculatating/betting. Are each of those "Crimes" variations of theft? How so?
12. What details let you know that Amir is closer to Rahim Kham than his baba?
13. Why is Baba's stature significant?
14. How does the relationship between Ali and Baba mirror somewhat that relationship between Amir and Hassan?
15. How did Ali come to know Baba?
16. Why did Amir stop reading riddles to Hassan? What might this predict?
17. What question does Hassan ask of Amir in reference to his story?
18. How does Amir react to Hassan's question? Why is this significant?

American Literature Period 5- Introduction to the Salem Witch Trials

Next week, we will begin reading our first play of the year, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Our play is set during the Salem Witchcraft Trials that rocked Salem Massachesetts in 1692. To help you learn more about the Salem Witchcraft Trials and life in Salem, complete each of the following activities. You will need a computer in order to view the interactive activities. The assignment is due Monday, November 14, 2011.

1. Scroll to the right hand of the screen to view "Websites of General Interest". Visit all three links, choose from National Geographic, Discovery and the Salem Witch Trials Link. Read the information about the Salem Witch Trials, you can also play an interactive game at the National Geographic Site. When you are finished browsing all three sites, record what you learned about the Salem With Trials in your Reflective Journal. Click on the link to the right that states Reflective Journal. If the link does not work, create your own reflective journal with 6 facts that you learned, 3 Surprises Encountered; 3 questions you have about the Witch Trials; 4 vocabulary words; and 2 ways you can apply the information.

Reaction Response- Great Books Period 2

Take time to re-read previously assigned sections of the Academic Literacy Report. Brainstorm your ideas, thoughts, and reactions to the information contained in the document. Then, in a two page typed paper, respond to the following questions. Your response should be in paragraph form, and not read as a laundry list. You may quote the document or include your feelings and concerns.

What did you read? What did it say, and what are the consequences of the information contained in the document. Does it impact you? How or how not? Does it change or will it possibly change any of your established behaviors? With what ideas contained in the document (Academic Literacy) do you especially agree?

You must use the following words somewhere in your response: competency(ies); disposition, discipline, explicit.

AP English Literature Homework

1. In preparation to answer the question:
In retrospect, the reader often discovers that the first chapter of a novel or the opening scene of a drama introduces some of the major themes of the work. Write an essay about the opening scene of a drama or the first chapter of a novel in which you explain how it functions in this way.
Be sure to re-read Chapter 1 of your independent novel. Write out answers to the following: (1) Fully identify the setting: time, place and social circumstances that are identified in Chapter 1 of your Independent Reading Novel

2. Identify at least three (things) details that are unique, important. Hint...notice the way the author describes something in chapter 1-- the way the author takes his or her time and uses adjectives, or adverbs or precise nouns.
3. From what point of view is the novel or play told? Is it from a character? If so , what is the character's name? Describe that character? Is that character a participant or a reporter? Why do you think the author chose this form of narration? If needed, you may consult your perrine text for assistance.
4. Finally, once you have thoroughly answered each of these questions, respond to the following: Why is the setting an appropriate for a conflict to take place.
5. What themes emanate from Chapter 1 based on your re-reading and analysis of it?

AP Lit

No paragraphs to write: simply read the new article- What is Critical Reading. Tomorrow in class you will write paragraphs on excerpt taken from "The Street" Ms. G

Dear TeAchEr.... (all periods, due Wednesday 9/8/11)

Dear Student,
Please write a letter of introduction to me, your English Teacher. At the top left hand corner of your letter, include a thought-provoking quote, lyric from a song, or excerpt from one of your favorite stories. In your letter, tell me about yourself, your summer, (did you travel, read, take a class over the summer, meet new friends, visit a college--what did you do?)DO you have brothers or sisters? Are you an only child?
What did you read your last year's English class? Who was your teacher? What are your goals academically, in terms of higher education? Anything else that you feel I should know? Tell me in your letter, and be sure to sign it at the bottom!
Ms. G

AP English Liteature TH eFall of Rome Response

As a reminder, on Monday, you must have written responses for any two questions from the Readers/Discussion Guide from The Fall of Rome. You may not respond to quesitons 1 or 13. Additionally, be sure your response demonstrates full reading of the novel. Do not forget to bring the novel to class on Monday.

Great Books "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" Reflection

Reminder: This reflection is DUE on Monday at 8:00 a.m. Also on Monday Remember to bring your literature circle text and any snacks for the class. We will have one last literature circle meeting. You will also write one last literature circle response.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone Reflection
Directions: Think about answers to each of the following questions and combine your responses into a well written reflection. The reflection still needs an introductory paragraph; transitional words and phrases. Questions should not necessarily be answered in the order in which they are written. Suggested length at least two full pages. Must show evidence of brainstorming. It might be helpdful to re-read the section called "The Play" before the actual play begins.

1. What obstacles and opportunies do African-Americans face at the turn of the century (1900's) and how are these conflicts reflected in the lives of Seth, Bertha, Bynum, Loomis, Jeremy, Molly, Mattie and even Zonia?
2. With which character's struggle do you most admire and why? Identify that character and why you connect or understand that character's struggle.
3. What do you feel to be a major theme of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone"? Why
4. Did you enjoy reading the play? Why? Which part was the most important or significant or meaningul to you? Why?

English 10B Fahrenheit 451 Questions

Re-read the Sieve and the Sand pages 71-110
1. When was the last liberal arts college closed and why?
2. Why did Faber's fear disappear when Montag stood outside his door?
3. How did Montag finally get Faber to agree to help him?
4. What item did Faber create to help him hear conversations?
5. When Faber says, "Those that don't build, burn". What do you think he means? How might this apply to our world?

The Past is Prologue

In Chapter 4, entitled Past is Prologue, we learn an important lesson that is paradoxically true: the past influences our future--not just events that happened in our past, also the past of of family. For this writing assignment you are to create a timeline of events, both large and small, monumental and mudane that you feel in some ways currently does influence you OR Might influence your behavior, your disposition, your personality, your career choices, etc. First start with you: identify ten likes/dislikes/habits you have. Then identify 5-10 goals you have for your immediate future and perhaps the next 8 years.
Then, write down basic information about your parents/household. Do you live with one or two parents? granparents? foster care? other relative? What work does each of your parents do? Did they emigrate to Los Angeles from another country? city? state? what is your income, roughly? have your parents obtained higher education in the US or home country? Do your parents have good credit? HOw do you know? Do your parents own or rent?
Take several minutes and compile answers to these questions to form a narrative that you will construct outlining your Past.

AP English Literature The Fall of Rome Chapter 4-7

The Fall of Rome Response and Discussion Questions

Directions: the Following reading questions assess your understanding of events from Chapter 4-7. Be sure to also complete two entries in your Race, Class, Gender journal.

1. Explain the concept—The Past is Prologue? What does it mean literally and symbolically? How is this true, even if we don’t acknowledge it?
2. What in Mr. Washington’s family life, his upbringing, suggest his outlook on education? Relationships? Why was the relationship between Washington’s mother and father strained? What happened to Mr. Washington’s brother? How do these events affect Washington?
3. Why do you think Mr. Washington only focuses on Rashid’s running ability? Which of the “dozen demons” is this connected to?
4. Explain the different reactions that Ms. Hansen and Mr. Washington have when learning of Kofi’s death.
5. How do you explain Mr. Washington’s mother’s reaction to Isaiah’s? Why do you think Mr. Washington never thought about Isaiah until he met Rashid?
6. Carefully re-read the bottom of page 91, beginning at “Fox had been with the Chelsea school for only ten years..” Do you think that Mr. Washington had been unfairly overlooked for the position of headmaster? Why or why not? Why did he remain at Chelsea?
7. On pages 94-95, Mr. Washington gives questions that speak to his beliefs about race, and privilege. He also questions Mr. Fox’s sincerity when asking him to go on a recruiting trip. Why does Mr. Washington object to going on the trip? What do his thoughts on pages 95 reveal about his beliefs of acceptance to Chelsea?
8. What “complex of problems” do many inner city kids arrive to school with that, in the words of Mr. Fox (pg96) we (the Chelsea staff) are not equipped to deal with? Do you think the staff was not equipped to deal with these problems, or simply unwilling? Why do schools prefer the likes of Gerald Davis and not Rashid?
9. Why is Mr. Washington so resistant to recruiting African-American students? What flaws does it reveal in his character?
10. What two events suggest that Mr. Washington has been the victim of racism and discrimination himself?

AP English Literature

1. Be sure you have read, and re-read the Introduction packet to Race, Class, Gender studies and answered questions on the board.
2. Homework: Finish reading Chapter 1 and read Chapter 2 of The Fall of Rome. Questions:
1. Why is it significant that chapter 1 is written from the point of view of a participant of the story (Mr. Washington the Latin teacher?) What can we predict about this? List at two concepts about first person narration and how it may inform the novel.
2. What evidence is there in Chapter 1 of "institutionalized racism"?
3. What has happened to Rashid Bryson before he comes to Chelsea school? (paragraph answer)
4. Chapter two is told from the point of view of an omniscent narrator? Why do you think the author chooses this switch?
5. Gerald and Rashid are two African-American male students both attending Chelsea. What differences do you perceive between Rashid and Gerald? Explain the role social class plays in the "invisible differences" between them.
6. What evidence of educational inequlity is found in chapter 2? Explain, then, the (ironic)link/s between race, social class and education.

Be prepared to write in your Race, Class, Gender journal about a time you were misperceived or misperceived.

GReat Books/Expos Comp.

Directions: Finish Reading Chapter 10- The Narrative of Frederick Douglass and respond to the questions that follow:
Why and where does Frederick begin a Sabbath school? Why is it essential that the slaves tell no one about it?
Why does Frederick decide to include the slaves in his Sabbath school in his plans to obtain his freedom? Why is this dangerous?
Frederick makes the point that many slaves would “rather bear those ills we had, than fly to others, that we knew not of ”
(p. 93). How does this help explain why so few slaves escaped?
How do the slaves plan to run away?
What is the purpose of the “protections” written by Frederick?
What happens to their plan, and how do the “protections” nearly cause their deaths?
What happens to each of the slaves who attempted to run away?
When Frederick returns to Baltimore, what does he do?
Frederick again decides to fight when he is attacked. What happens to him? What does Master Hugh attempt to do for Frederick?
What must Frederick do with the wages he earns each week as a caulker? Why?

AP English Literature Saturday Review

For all interested students of all AP classes, I will conduct a Saturday Review April 30th in room 114 from 9:45-11:45ish. We will review poetry, Things Fall Apart and Candide. All those students in attendance for the full two hours will receive 16 points of extra credit to be distributed over two lowest assignments. Otherwise homework is as follows:
Complete Major Data Works Sheet for Things Fall Apart. Review Tone Words. Additionally, review blog listing for independent reading novel. Review Candide and concepts associated with it:
Optimism/Theodicy; the Engligtement; the goals of satire; how tragedy and comedy differ.

Additionally, another AP English Literature Study session will be held on Monday afterschool.

AP English Literature Homework Spring Break

1. All students must be finished reading Things Fall Apart. Reading/Discussion Questions will be posted. You will complete a Major Data Works Sheet with a TBD due date. I will post questions later today.

AP Literature TFA Discussion and Test Prep Session

Dear AP English Lit Class-- I have to reschedule our planning session. I have a dental appointment Monday that I forgot to cancel :(. Please let me know if Tuesday at 9 works well for you all? You may simply email me at mslrguy@gmail.com In the meantime, please do the following:

1. Read all of Things Fall Apart. Be sure you understand the method the missionaries "slipped" into the Ibo village of Umuofia.
2. Understand why Nwoye joins the Christians. Also be able to describe the other groups who join the Christians: the osu and the efulefu.
3. By now, you should be thinking about the social ramifications of having an "intruder" enter a society. Also thin about the words: outcast; hierarchy; division; weakest link.
4.Be sure you have read both the Open Response (orange) and Prose Response handouts. Mark these.

I hope to see all those registered students on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at from 9-11 a.m. Please let me know via email if this works for you. If you know you and another student will be there, include that in the email. If this does not work for at least 10 students I will reschedule. Please be sure to check back Monday after 6:30 or text (310) 945-8670.

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE FOCUS

Carefully read Chapters 13-16 of Things Fall Apart. Be sure to review the funeral scene Ezeudus funeral, and what it reveals about the community. Also consider the multiple sources of iront found throughout these chapters. Consider also the sense of balance resored to the female. Be sure to bring "The Whipping" to class.

AP English Literature Homework

Great job on your effort and the work you produced today in class as you wrote four short Character Analysis Paragraphs ( 1 for each character analyzed) while being limited to three or less forms of the verb "to be". For homework please do the following: Type each of your character analysis paragraphs. Please do not change anything unless an egregious error! You may single space your paragraphs to fit two on one page. PLease do not use a font smaller than 12.

2. Write a reflections in which you respond to the following: What did you do syntactically and in terms of word selection and arrangement in order to avoid using more than three forms of the verb "to be" in each character analysis paragraph? Feel free to use examples from your paragraphs to support your commentary. Please also use the correct syntactical names discussed/identified today as a result of sharing: using active verbs; writing in present tense; indicative mood; combining sentences-using compound or complex sentences; inverting sentences; using apposition (appositive phrases); using transitional phrases; using the verb form of words commonly used as nouns. Select those syntactical structures that APPLY TO YOUR WRITING. Be ready to submit on Friday.

3. Read and re-read "The Whipping" by Robert Hayden. Identify the literary (narrative) techniques used in the poem and answer the responses at the bottom.
4. RE-read Things Fall Apart Chapter 12/13. Be ready to share/question/discuss!

AP English Literature

1. Read The Worlds of Fiction Packet on Character and on Setting. Really get familar with these two sections.
The analysis continues: Please consider, think about, answer and be ready to discuss the following:
1. Why must there be a character in Things Fall Apart who FOILS Okonkwo?
2. Why must Obierika have a son who "has the right spirit?"
3. Why must OKonkwo wish his daughter Ezinma was a boy? Why do you think Achebe includes details about Enzinma's illness and Ekeki's courtship of Okonkwo?
4. Read Chapters 8-12. Pay attention to each of the stories told including the story about the Tortoise. What is the purpose of each of the stories?
5. Fina an element of irony; imagey; euphony (pleasing sounds); cacophony; metaphor all from Chapters 7-12 of Things Fall Apart. You only need one example of each.

AP English Literature Things Fall Apart

Homework: Wonderful job today! Many themes, conflicts and sources of irnoy were expcised from our discussion of Things Fall Apart. I hope we continue to read the text and take the literal events and actions that happen in the novel and discuss their symbolism. Be sure to re-read and add post it notes to imporatnt sections highglighted in class today.

1. Write a reflection of todays discussion of Things Fall Apart in light the quiz questions presented you. In your reflection, allow the following to guide you: What idea or theme that came up in class discussion or your own pair shairing do you feel is most insightful, evocative, significant or meaningful? Who made the comment that sparked your thinking this way? What specific connections did you make from onvel to theme as a result of your particiaption (listening and/or speaking and writing) in today's class discussion? What new insight have you gained about Okonkwo or the society or parental relationships as a result of reading and discussion today?

2. Brainstorm and then construct two paragraphs in which you answer the 1977 prompt (recuring events). Be sure to use the words parrallel or recurring in your introduction. After your two paragraphs, you may use bullets to provide support and examples of events that prove your claim/theisis or use bullets to highlight other parallel events in the novel thus far.

AP English Literature Homework--Things Fall Apart Chapters 2-4

Directions: Answer the following in a notebook or composition book or section or your spiral entitled Things Fall Apart. I will not collect your responses, rather I will either stamp them or quickly peruse them.
Chapter 2
1. How does Okonkwo display his fierce and warlike nature at important occasions in the village?
2. Give examples illustrating the Igbo people’s vague terror of darkness.
3. Why would the people of Umuofia be beaten in the war with Mbaino if they disobeyed the Oracles of the
Hills and Caves?
4. Why is Ikemefuna selected by the people of Mbaino to serve as the peace sacrifice for Umuofia?
5. Okonkwo is very strong and rarely feels tired. How would you describe Okonkwo’s three wives and
children?
6. Why is Nwoye developing into a sad-faced youth?
7. Which one of Okonkwo’s wives is the most afraid of him and why?
8. Why does Okonkwo rule his household with a heavy hand?
9. How is Unoka regarded by many members of the village?
10. Why is Okonkwo asked to become Ikemefuna’s guardian?
11. What narrative technique/s predominate in this chapter

Chapter 3 Questions
Study Questions
1. Why is Unoka, who dies of swelling in the stomach, abandoned and left to die in the Evil Forest?
2. Why is Nwakibie considered a successful man in Igbo society?
3. Nwakibie says, “You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch
and let the eagle perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.”
(p. 14) What is the meaning of Nwakibie’s words?
4. What is the meaning of the proverb “A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing”? (p. 15)
5. Why does Okonkwo laugh uneasily at the story of Obiako and the oracle?
6. What is the meaning of the proverb “The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he
would praise himself if no one else did”? (p. 16)
7. Why is sharecropping a slow way to build up a barn?
8. Give two examples of how Okonkwo tries to save his yams during the drought.
9. Why is the poor harvest like a sad funeral for the Igbo people?
10. What narrative technique/s predominate in this chapter

Chapter 4 Questions and Answers
Study Questions
1. An old man refers to Okonkwo saying, “Looking at a king’s mouth, one would think he never sucked at
his mother’s breast.” (p. 19) What does he mean?
2. How does Okonkwo demonstrate his fondness for Ikemefuna? How is demonstration both ironic and acceptable?
3. Why does Nwoye’s mother claim that Ojiugo has asked her to feed her children?
4. Why is Okonkwo’s first wife always called “Nwoye’s mother”?
5. What does the kola nut symbolize, and why does Ezeani refuse to accept it from Okonkwo during the Week
of Peace?
6. Why do Okonkwo’s enemies called him the little bird nza?
7. In the past, a man who broke the sacred peace was dragged around the village until he died. Why was the
custom stopped? What narrative technique/s predominate in this chapter

Great Books/Expository Composition Homework

1. Write or type a one or more page reflection or letter to another classmate in which you explain the purpose of a narrative, identify techniques used in narratives, and discuss the patterns and structures common to slave narratives.
2. Read The Narrative of Frederick Douglass Chapters 2-3. Respond to the following questions. You may respond to each question individually, or you may group your answer together in EACH in a narrative response.
Who were the family members of Frederick’s master Colonel Edward Lloyd?
What is the relationship of Colonel Lloyd to Frederick’s master?
Explain the pecking order among slaves.
Why would a slave whose life on a plantation was very bad fear being sold to a slave-trader?
Why was Severe an appropriate name for the overseer?
QUESTIONS- Chapter 3
How did Colonel Lloyd keep the slave boys from taking his fruit?
Why was it particularly difficult to be the slaves in charge of Colonel Lloyd’s horses?
What is ironic about Colonel Lloyd’s treatment of his horses compared to the treatment of his slaves? (English) *
What happened to the slave who told Colonel Lloyd the truth about his master?

Read The Character Analysis essay. Your Character Analysis Essay is not due on Monday, but bring your rough draft on Monday.

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE

Read Chapters Two and Three of Things Fall Apart. Respond to the following: Know what happens in each chapter. What details indicate that the novel is not during contemporary times? What values of Umofia are illustrated in a chapter 2. In what ways is Okonkwo's behavior "normal" considering his background? Why is the third person omniscient narrator appropriate in chapter 2. Also know the setting of the novel. What conflicts emerge from chapter 2 and 3? Construct four of your own questions, two for chapter 3 and two for chapter 3. Your questions may be abouy anything anything theme, motivation or a question about the culture of the Ibo people during this time
Be ready to discuss.

Candide Major Data Works Sheet

Begin completing the Major Data Works Sheet. You may use the powerpoint on Candide plus all of the handouts on the Enlightenment, and Comedic and Satirical Techniques. The following sections must be fully completed and filled to capacity: Biographical Information (refer to powerpoint); Historical Information about the Period (refer to lecture notes about the Engligtenment); Characteristics of the Genre (refer to notes on satire/comedy handouts).

Page 2- Describe the Author's style: Be sure to include the following terms: satire; black humor; understatement and how they are used by Voltaire. Be sure to provide specific examples from the novel. You will start/do the Plot Summary and Structure Analysis in class

Candide Chapters 1-3

Re-read Candide (the photocpied version) Chapters 1-3 and respond to the following study guide questions:
Chapter 1:
1. What does the word Candide mean? Give three or four definitions, synonyms.
2. Whose castle does Candide live in? Under what circumstances was he born?
3. Who is Cunegonde and how old is she?
4. Fill in the blank/spaces that following using Dr. Panglosses optimistic philosophy: "It is demonstrated," [Pangloss] said, that things cannot be otherwise: for, since was made for a
is necessary for the ."
5. Why do we have spectable and breeches?
6. Why is the baron the greatest in the province?
7. Why does Candide get kicked out of the baron's castle?
8. Name two techniques or ways the uniformed men use to get Candide to join the Bulgar army.
9. How was Candide punished when he tried to go for a "walk without permission?"
10. Identify two of the the "glories of war".

AP English Literature Assignments

AP Lit Students: If you did not finish your complete precis on "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America". Do so, and be ready to submit on Tuesday. Additionally, you will need to carefully view the uploaded powerpoint presentation on Voltaie, author of Candide. The powerpoint, although lengthy, contains information vital to understanding the Engligtenment Period, Voltaire, as well as the social context that produced Candide. Scroll down to the link Candide Powerpoint. Click on thie link to view the powerpoint. Be sure that you read and re-read the powerpoint, especially information about the Lisbon earthquake, Pangloss anf the philosophy of Lebinitz.