English 10 / Honors English 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Materials

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General Course Materials

 

Summer Reading Assignment

 

Making Connections in Your Reading

 

Interrogating Texts-link to Harvard Library document

"How to Approach an In-Class Writing Assignment"

Figures of Speech

Plagiarism

4-Step Summary sheet

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Test 90/90 Policy

Lists 1-10

Lists 11-15

Lists 16-20

Grammar

Parts of Speech PowerPoint

 

Mythology

The Hero's Journey- PowerPoint show

Hero Mythology Presentation Project

 

The Odyssey

Texts in the Trojan War Epic Cycle

Ithaca Found article

Video Questions- The Odyssey of Troy

Scenes from Homer article

Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou? Essay

Ithaka

 

Julius Caesar

Funeral Speech Analysis

Jordan Article- That Lean and Hungry Look

Essay Topics

The Hives: B is for Brutus

 

Night

The T4 Plan

 

Persuasive Analysis/Speeches

Persuasive Unit Terms and Goals

Honors Unit Reading Cover Sheet

English 10A Reading Cover Sheet

Plutoed articles

Generic Appeals worksheet

Validity and Accuracy with Obama's Knox College Commencement Address

Vocabulary for Frederick Douglass' Independence Day Speech

 

Le Morte d' Arthur

Arthur introduction – PowerPoint show

The Code of Chivalry and the Rules of Courtly Love

Le Morte d'Arthur Extra Credit Assignment: "The Lost Book"

Arthur Final: Study Guide

Arthur Final Paper Topics

 

I- Search Paper

I-Search Paper Introduction

MLA mini Style Manual

Interviews

4 Step Source Sheet

Draft Review worksheet

Works Cited Example

Annotated Bibliography Example

MLA Reading Questions: sections 1.5-1.8

 

Poetry

Dover Poetry Anthology Reading Cover Sheet (honors)

Whitman Explication Assignment (major paper)

Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking by Walt Whitman

Emily Dickinson PowerPoint Introduction

Dickinson Manuscript Activity

Dickinson/Higginson Letters

"Unopened Letter to the World" by the Ataris

Robert Frost PowerPoint Introduction

Basic Scansion & Syllable Stress in Poetry

Basic Poetry Terms

Poetry Analysis with TP-CASTT

Walt Whitman PowerPoint Introduction

American Poets Website Project

Fifteen ICW

The Idea of Order at Key West by Wallace Stevens

 

Short Stories

Theme, Tone and Inference

Plot Chart

"Lather and Nothing Else" Worksheet

"Dead Men's Path" Worksheet

"House Taken Over" Worksheet

"By the Rivers of Babylon" Worksheet

 

Our Town

Grover's Corners Map Template

Lucinda Matlock 4-Step Assignment