American Literature period 5 Chapter 10-end and beginning of Chapter 11

1. Explain Frederick's luck again, after being released from jail? Where was he sent to live?
2. When Frederick was sent to live with Mr. Gardner, he was sent to learn a trade as a caulker.  There, he found the white carpenters stopped working with the black carpenters.  Why? Explain why the white carpenters refused to work with black carpenters when they previously had before?
3.  Why is Master Hugh unable to arrest the white carpenters who beat Frederick? (There are several reasons).
4.  Why is Frederick NOT happy even though he learns to calk, and begins to earn money?

Summer Reading 2019

11th Grade Students, Summer Reading is here and has been posted! There is virtually little change, so simply read a book that you didnt read last year.  Assignments will be posted on the King Drew Magnet High School Web Page on the English Department Summer Reading Section. Dont Fall Behind--be sure to check your assignment!

American Lit. Period 4 and 5 Articles of The Week for SOAPS

Here is the link to access todays Article of The Week. Once you click the link, the article to read is "Children Are Children Until They Commit Crimes"  You are to complete a SOAPS and Summary and turn in to Ms. Wells.  Then, complete the handout on semicolons.
If you have extra time after submitting, you are to finish reading chapter 10 of The Narrative of Frederick Douglass OR You may read your Independent Novel (period 5) OR You may type your Chapter 1 of your Autobiographical Narrative (I Was born....) OR you may submit a revised Final Draft of the Performance Task. I have been grading these and what was submitted lowers your grade, so you probably want to really re-read and resubmit. Period 4 students, you may also work on a new poem or rap or finish and type your--"After the Unhappy Ending Prompt" and email to Englishlit114@gmail.com

American Literature Period 5

1. Complete a one page summary of today's, "AofW" including two Author and You Questions; 2 On My Own Questions and an academic summary of the article. You may consult the format, but must use your own lined paper.

American Literature Period 5

1. Read your Independent Novel approximately 30 pages over the weekend. Complete three new Journal Entries that are at least a half page and a half.
2. Review your timeline, and re-read parts of The Narrative of Frederick Douglass after chapter 8. Prepare your self for an in-class writing on how Frederick is developing and the evidence to support it.  What do you think makes him develop differently from other slaves?

American Literature Period 4

1. After the Unhappy Ending. Read your beginning to After the Unhappy Ending.  Then, write a new story, that begins the same way.  Work on your new short story and make it at least two pages.  OR if you like the first one, continue to develop it until it is at least two pages.
2. Those readers of The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, PRACTICE your reading sections!
3. Pick your new novel for Independent Reading and bring it to class! If you didnt finish your first one, then bring that to class EVERY DAY now!

American Literature period 4

1. Be prepared for those students to read their assigned parts in class tomorrow and Monday.
2. Check rude, disrespectful attitudes and actions at the door OR be prepared to be held accountable  for them: U in Cooperation; Parent Phone Call; etc. You can be bored, behind, confused, down, hungry, sad--but disrespectful is not one of those options.
3. Working on your Chapter 1.