21. foreboding
22. rendered
23. accord
24. eluded
25. lingering
26. aspiration
27. morass
28. benevolent
29. anarchists
30. peeved
31. yearning
32. reproach
33. queer
34. lulled
35. endure
36. ebbed
37. alibi
38. conjectured
39. imperiously
40. awe
41. impalpable
42. labyrinth
43. augmented
44. vigilantes
45. exhorted
Friday, April 8, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
vocabulary/spelling words due Monday no late homework is accepted
These are vocabulary words that you need to know. They are also your spelling words. You will be tested/quizzed on these words next week; therefore, you must know how to spell them and know their definitions.
1. surly
2. belligerently
3. abstractedly
4. irked
5. impulse
6. taut
7. consented
8. hysterical
9. succumb
10. sullen
11. vowed
12. impelled
13. gratify
14. condemned
15. inarticulate
16. indelible
17. contagion
18. apprehensively
19. irrevocable
20. subsided
1. surly
2. belligerently
3. abstractedly
4. irked
5. impulse
6. taut
7. consented
8. hysterical
9. succumb
10. sullen
11. vowed
12. impelled
13. gratify
14. condemned
15. inarticulate
16. indelible
17. contagion
18. apprehensively
19. irrevocable
20. subsided
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
choose one due at the end of this novel
Directions: Choose one of the following topics and write an essay that analyzes Richard Wright’s Native Son. You do not need to answer all of the questions I posed for each topic. Use the questions as a starting point and develop your own thesis. If you have another topic you would like to write about that is not listed below, come talk to me. You may use your book, classroom notes, and reading logs to write the paper. Good luck!
3-4 pages, double-spaced
50 possible points
1. Throughout the novel, Bigger Thomas often describes himself as feeling trapped in a hopeless existence plagued by poverty and racism. How is Bigger confined in his daily existence, even before his arrest and trial? Is Bigger physically confined? Mentally confined? Emotionally confined? Socially confined? Could he escape these feelings of confinement? Does this sense of confinement affect his ultimate downfall? How so?
2. In the novel, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton, as well as their liberal and free-spirited daughter, Mary, and her Communist boyfriend, Jan, are all portrayed as being sympathetic to the oppression suffered by African Americans. Choose one or two of these characters and describe their views on race relations. How do these characters perpetuate racial stereotypes? How do they continue to exploit Blacks? Are subtle forms of racism just as harmful as more overt prejudices? How so?
3. Throughout the novel, Wright comments on the media, film industry, and other forms of popular culture during the 1930’s. How are African Americans portrayed in the media and in popular culture during the 1930’s? What effect do these images have on African Americans? Does the media and popular culture influence the way Bigger Thomas acts around White people? How so? How does the media influence Bigger’s trial?
3-4 pages, double-spaced
50 possible points
1. Throughout the novel, Bigger Thomas often describes himself as feeling trapped in a hopeless existence plagued by poverty and racism. How is Bigger confined in his daily existence, even before his arrest and trial? Is Bigger physically confined? Mentally confined? Emotionally confined? Socially confined? Could he escape these feelings of confinement? Does this sense of confinement affect his ultimate downfall? How so?
2. In the novel, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton, as well as their liberal and free-spirited daughter, Mary, and her Communist boyfriend, Jan, are all portrayed as being sympathetic to the oppression suffered by African Americans. Choose one or two of these characters and describe their views on race relations. How do these characters perpetuate racial stereotypes? How do they continue to exploit Blacks? Are subtle forms of racism just as harmful as more overt prejudices? How so?
3. Throughout the novel, Wright comments on the media, film industry, and other forms of popular culture during the 1930’s. How are African Americans portrayed in the media and in popular culture during the 1930’s? What effect do these images have on African Americans? Does the media and popular culture influence the way Bigger Thomas acts around White people? How so? How does the media influence Bigger’s trial?
complete for thurday..no late work is accepted
NONFICTION ASSIGNMENT SHEET(To be completed after reading the required nonfiction article) Name Date
Title of Nonfiction Read Written By Publication Date
I. Factual Summary:
II. Write a short summary of the piece you read.
II. Vocabulary
1. With which vocabulary
words in the
piece did you encounter
some degree of difficulty?
2. How did you resolve your lack of understanding with these words?
III. Interpretation: What was the main point the author wanted you to get from reading his work?
IV. Criticism
1. With which points of the piece did you agree or find easy to accept? Why?
2. With which points of the piece did you disagree or find difficult to believe? Why?
V. Personal Response: What do you think about this piece? OR How does this piece influence your ideas?
Title of Nonfiction Read Written By Publication Date
I. Factual Summary:
II. Write a short summary of the piece you read.
II. Vocabulary
1. With which vocabulary
words in the
piece did you encounter
some degree of difficulty?
2. How did you resolve your lack of understanding with these words?
III. Interpretation: What was the main point the author wanted you to get from reading his work?
IV. Criticism
1. With which points of the piece did you agree or find easy to accept? Why?
2. With which points of the piece did you disagree or find difficult to believe? Why?
V. Personal Response: What do you think about this piece? OR How does this piece influence your ideas?
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