Announcement - Required Projects

The following is a schedule of due dates and homework assignments so far as of October 6 for the first marking period (which ends 10/17). Those entries in BOLD can still be turned in for partial credit. The deadline for those in italics has passed and cannot be made up this marking period.

Major Projects:

Baseline piece (draft #1) due 9/8
Baseline piece (draft #2 - revision)due 9/12
Short Story #1, draft #1 (composition) due 9/24
Short Story #1,draft #2 (rewrite, expansion) due 9/30Short Story #1, draft #3 (rewrite, edit) due 10/3

Homework assignments: (all from the Oxford Book of American Short Stories)

9/12 - Town Smokes, The House on Mango Street, Gravity (pp. 741-750)
Respond to each story. Focus on how the author begins the story. How does this beginning foreshadow the end, or hook the audience?

9/16 - The Management of Grief, Two Kinds, Fleur (pp. 697-740)
No written homework. Just read and enjoy.

9/18 Big Bertha Stories, Fever (pp. 655-696)
For each story, examine how the author characterizes one character in the story.

9/23 Hunters in the Snow, The Things They Carried (pp. 620-654)
Choose one of the 2 stories and respond to the story's protagonist/character.

9/25 The Shawl, Heat (pp. 601-619)
Choose 1 story to examine a foil, choose the other story to examine an antagonist.

9/29 Texts, The School, The Persistence of Desire, Alaska, Are These Actual Miles, Yellow Woman (pp. 552-600)
No written homework. Just read and enjoy.
10/1 My Son the Murderer, Something to Remember Me By, The Death of Justina (pp. 504-551)
For each story examine and comment on the type of ending.

10/3 Rain in the Heart, Where is the Voice Coming From, The Lecture (pp. 463-503)
Choose one of the stories and examine its plot.

10/6 There Will Come Soft Rains (pp. 456-461)
Examine and comment on the use of setting to reflect theme in the story.

10/8 Quiz: Sonny's Blues (pp. 408-439)(there will be a pop quiz on this story involving character, setting, and plot.)

10/14 Red-Headed Baby, Battle Royal, The Man Who Was Almost a Man, A Distant Episode, A Late Enounter with the Enemy (pp. 365-397)
Just read and enjoy.

10/16 Sweat, The Yellow Wallpaper, The Tell-Tale Heart
Quiz: answer questions about plot, character, setting, theme, and openings, endings, voice, POV.