AP English Literature period 1 -- these assignments are due on Thursday June 7. Past is Prologue. Think of an event from your past, social, personal or academic that you feel still influences you (postively or negatively). WRite an extended reflection about this past and how you would like it to continue to influence you, or how you will work to lessen its impact. be descriptive, tell your story. Think autobiographical incident with a twist. 2. Finish reading your chart and reading chapters 4, 5, and 6. Complete a precis paragraph of EACH CHAPTER. BE PREPARED FOR A SHORT READING QUIZ ON THE CHAPTERS AND TO DISCUSS THEM IN DEPTH. Additional questions: how much of Mr. Washington's past influences how he treats Rashid? What similiarities do Rashid and Washington, irnoically share (think their backgrounds)

English 10 per. 6/english 10 period 4

Directions: Carefully read three chapters "El Mangle"; "Casi Senorita" and Letters from New York" and answer study questions for each chapters. (2) Also respond in your journals your reflection and reactions to each cahpter. Finally, create your interview questions which will be checked and discussed in class on Wednesday. Enjoy your break! Study Questions for El Mangle 1. Mami and Dona Andrea, for different reasons, made fun of Esmeralda's fear of the bathroom. Why did they do that? 2. Do you agree with Mami and Dona Andrea's way of treating Esmeralda in the bathroom incident? What alternatives could have been used? 1. When Esmeralda was called on in Sra. Leona's class to sove a math problem, she was thinking about bananas, guavas and oranges. What happened in this incident? (p. 138) Esmeralda said she didn't like Sra. Lenoa. What kind of evil tricks did she want to play on the teacher? (p. 150) 2. When the class was working on a composition assignment, Sra. Lenoa said to Esmeralda, "Thi is not time for daydreaming. You're supposed to be writing, not thinking" (p. 150). How did Esmeralda feel about this statement? How do YOU feel about this statement? 3. How did Esmeralda prove that she was not the stupid student that Sra. Lenoa thought she was? Find 2 examples to show this. (p. 149 - 150) 4. Papi was often absent in Esmeralda's life, but he came at the right time to rescue her from Sra. Leona's classroom. Describe Esmeralda's feelings about her father at the end of this chapter. (p. 151) Study Questions for the "Letters from New York" Chapter 1. In the beginning of the chapter, there are 5 lines of text printed in italics. What are they supposed to be? (p. 155) 2. In what ways did the boleros reflect and/or distort the notion of love? 3. Who was Felipe Rodriguez? Why was he important in the chapter?Why did Esmeralda mention Felipe Rodriguez and her parents' quarrel in the same paragraph? (p. 158) 4. Esmeralda enjoyed learning from Mami how to iron clothes. What was the most important reason that made her happy? 5. The Santiago family's house was right behind a bar. What kinds of problems did it pose for the children? (p. 155 - 156) 6. Why did Esmeralda feel insulted and belittled by Tata's letter? (p. 157 - 158) 7. What kind of exotic food did the Santiago family eat to celebrate Christmas? (p. 160 - 162) Why was it important for Esmeralda to describe these things for the readers? Study Questions for the "Casi Senorita" Chapter 1. Esmeralda attended a religious ceremony. (p. 173 to 175) Summarize what happened and explain her response to this event. 2. After Esmeralda was molested by her principal, she described her pain in very vivid language. Find the section where she talked about this traumatic experience, and explain what kind of pain she was suffering. 3. After finishing the chapter, it is quite obvious that there are at least two reasons why Santiago named it "Casi Senorita" (Almost A Woman). Discuss what these reasons are.

Digging Deeper "Mami Gets a Job" H English 10 Period 6

We've agreed that "Mami Gets a Job" is a pivotal chapter. There are many, many, firsts for Negi in the chapter, in part because her mother is no longer always so present in Esmerelda's life. These parts need to be analyzed to see how they contribute to the whole or overall theme of the chapter. To do this, take the section you chose from the text and do the following: Summarize what happens in the excerpt you selected from the text. What happens literally and figuratively? Why is it important? What does Mai or Negi learn indirectly and directly in this segment? What do you think the narrator wants us to learn or understand about life and her life? What seems to be the author's purpose for this segnment? Write your response in one page or more. Your response may be typed or handwritten. YOu may brainstrom for this assignment.

AP English Literature Article of the Week

Directions: visit the following link: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1978773,00.html or do a google search for the article When Bullying Goes Criminal. Read it. Complete a SOAPS Chart and a Full out Precis

English 10B/ When I Was Puerto Rican Study Questions

Directions: CArefulyl finish up reading of The American Invasion of Macun. Please answer the following dsicussion questions: Up to page 83 1. Make a list to summarize all the "generous" actions the American government had done in this time period to help the Puerto Rican people. 2. Explain the irony of the foods suggested by the American government. 3. Esmeralda ate something that made her stomach upset and she threw up. What happened to her? 4. Can you interpret Esmeralda's throwing up of food in a symbolic way? In other words, what really made her sick and what was she rejecting? 5. Discuss the importance of the parcels sent to the Esmeralda family from Tata, her grandmother, in New York. How did these presents affect Esmeralda's mind? 6. Esmeralda introduced a long list of attractive material things that she was exposed to in this chapter, e.g. tooth brush, tooth paste, American groceries, etc. Early in the book, she described the poor living conditions in her native village. Such a juxtaposition of events and items serves a special function. Discuss her writing technique and explain why she wrote the chapters that way.

American Literature period 5

3. 20 minutes-- Answer all of the questions 1-7a on page 252. Ms. Turner will check your answers to questions 1, 2, and 3 for classwork. (including a&b). You may work in pairs to answer questions 1-3. Each students must however, work on his or her own paper. Turn in 1-3 to Ms. Turner 4. Homework: Answer questions 4-7 both parts A&B on page 252. You must title it, Review and Assess, “The Devil and Tom Walker”. Reading Quiz on “The Devil and Tom Walker” . 5. Complete Draft due—neatly handwritten or typed of Student Declaration of Independence, with your first draft.

English 10 homwork When I Was Puerto Rican due 5/7/12 periods 4& 6

Study Questions for the "Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap" Chapter: 1. Why did Mami move Negi and the rest of the family to Santource? After moving to Santurce, the Santiago family experienced a significant improvement in living conditions. List the improvements, compared with the primitive conditions in Macun. 2. Esmeralda experienced discrimination when she started attending school in Santurce, after moving from the rural area of Macun. Describe what happened to her. 3. Why do you think Mami doesn’t like Rita? I mean why do you think she really did n’t like her. Do you think in any way Mami (Negi’s mother) envied Rita? How is Rita much different than Mami? 4. Out of childish curiosity (p. 43 - 44), Esmeralda quizzed her father on the topic of sin. Papi's answers were an ironic contrast of what he practiced. Discuss the irony in his answer. 5. Don Berto, a well respected elderly man, passed away. What does his physical description reveal about the peoples of Puerto Rico? In what ways did his death have an important impact on Esmeralda? 6. Why had Esmeralda devoted three pages (p. 58 - 60) to tell the readers about rain in a certain afternoon in May? Also, describe the way in which Mami and the children played in the rain. 7. This chapter is one about relationships. What relationships are there in this chapter? 8. Homework: Write a précis for the Chapter “Someone is Coming to Take Your Lap". Include three discussion questions you would like to discuss on Monday.