P. 1 - AMER LIT 5/6 Assignments

Each student must submit their own study guide.

You have 5 minutes to complete this quiz.

New Characters:
Swain: Harpo’s friend
Henry “Buster” Broadnax: Sofia’s new companion
Squeak (Mary Agnes): Harpo’s new girlfriend

Questions
1. How does Shug describe the first time she made love with Mr.____?
2. What does having sex with Mr.____ feel like to Celie?
3. How does Shug act like a man?

You have 5 minutes to complete this quiz. You must submit this no later than the time stated.

After reading the assigned letters, work with your group to answer the questions. List your group names at the top of the document. Only ONE group member should submit this assignment by the end of the period. Have the oldest person in the group be the one to submit the assignment if no one volunteers to submit it.

Group members who are not contributing will be required to submit their own assignment and will receive a zero for participation for today's class. If someone is not participating, please let me know. These will be your reading groups for this unit. Hopefully, as you grow more comfortable with each other, you will work well together.

New Characters:
Shug Avery: a nightclub singer, and girlfriend of Mr.____
Old Mr.____: Mr.____’s father
Tobias: Mr.____’s brother

Questions

1. Describe Mr.____’s father.

2. Why does Tobias wish his wife, Margaret, was a lot more like Celie?

Complete these questions with your group. Only one person needs to turn the assignment in. Group members who did not contribute will not receive credit.

Complete these questions with your group. Only one person needs to turn the assignment in. Group members who did not contribute will not receive credit.

After reading the assigned letters, work with your group to answer the questions. List your group names at the top of the document. Only ONE group member should submit this assignment by the end of the period. Have the oldest person in the group be the one to submit the assignment if no one volunteers to submit it.

Group members who are not contributing will be required to submit their own assignment and will receive a zero for participation for today's class. If someone is not participating, please let me know. These will be your reading groups for this unit. Hopefully, as you grow more comfortable with each other, you will work well together.

At this point, you should have at least a 3-paragraph rough draft explaining the story behind your emotional or physical scar. It should have a clear beginning, middle, and end. It should also have smooth transitions from one paragraph to the other. Now you will complete your story.

Your Scar Story must have the following elements:
1. Examples of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, etc.)
2. MLA Format
3. One semicolon and one colon
4. Correct grammar/spelling/punctuation

See the attachments to refresh your memory on figurative language, MLA format, and Colons/Semicolons.

After reading the assigned letters, work with your group to answer the questions. List your group names at the top of the document. Only ONE group member should submit this assignment by the end of the period. Have the oldest person in the group be the one to submit the assignment if no one volunteers to submit it.

Group members who are not contributing will be required to submit their own assignment and will receive a zero for participation for today's class. If someone is not participating, please let me know. These will be your reading groups for this unit. Hopefully, as you grow more comfortable with each other, you will work well together.

Complete the attached organizer to help you put your story together in a cohesive way.

Once you have answered the questions in the organizer, begin a rough draft of your story. This DOES NOT need to be perfect. Your rough draft should be at least three well-developed paragraphs and should have a clear beginning, middle, and end.

The Color Purple explores the various ways people become scarred. I want you to get in touch with your own scars before we begin reading. Make a list of four scars you have with a brief description on how you got them (one sentence is fine). Your scars can be physical or emotional.

Watch this video on Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic, and write a well-developed one paragraph reaction to the video. You should have proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

This is due tonight and will not receive any extra credit if it is turned in late.

1. In what ways have women (of any race) experienced the similar struggles to black people?

2. In your opinion, do black women specifically experience more discrimination than other groups? Explain your answer.

1. How were the items in the museum used to promote segregation and racism?

2. How was violence also used to control black people during the Jim Crow era?

3. When it comes to toys and games, how are the black characters generally portrayed as? What effect does this have?

In a group breakout room, you will be responsible for researching black activism during your assigned time period.

Oldest Person: 1950s-1964
Youngest Person: 1965-1969
Ate Biggest Breakfast: 1970s and 1980s
Least Hours of Sleep: 1990s and 2000s
Most Hours of Sleep: 2010-2020

Use the website that is linked on the worksheet to complete your research. If you finish research on your time period before other members in your group, help them complete their section. Once everyone has completed their boxes, share your findings with each other. Then, come up with a slogan that you think best represents each time period's activism. Turn your assignment in when it is complete and return to the main room.

Based on the excerpt of the chapter we read in class, along with what we know about Jim Crow laws, why do you think Michelle Alexander titled her book "The New Jim Crow"?

Answer this question thoroughly by also including a quote from the chapter or specific example to support your answer. Your answer should be at least four sentences.

Here is a frame of a possible answer:

I believe that Michelle Alexander chose the title "The New Jim Crow" because _______________________________________________. This theory is supported by an excerpt from the text that states, "(INSERT QUOTE)." This shows that ____________________________________________, which supports my claim that ______________________________________________. Overall, the title of this book is appropriate because ______________________________________________.

After you answer this question, comment on another student's response.
Here are some sentence starters that you can use for your comment on another student's response:

Option 1 - Hi (INSERT NAME), I completely agree with you because __________________________.
Option 2 - Hi (INSERT NAME), your response really gave me perspective. I never thought about how __________________.

Watch the video on Black Lives Matter and answer the questions about it. Your answers should be in complete sentences and should be written with proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

1. What are your thoughts and feelings about this video?

2. What is the main take away for you from this video?

3. How do you think this movement might relate to the novel we will read?

Discuss the questions below with your group:
1. What do you know about the Black Lives Matter movement?
2. What are your questions about the Black Lives Matter movement?

Write down what your group discussed on an empty slide in the attached Google Slides.
Please also include the names of those in your group (first and last name).

Please read the instructions and complete the test. You will only be able to take this one time. It is due at the end of the period.

Complete the study guide with your partner. Do not submit the assignment until I tell you to.

Complete the Alabama Sentence Surgeon activity and screenshot the notification that you have completed three levels. Attach the screenshot here.

Follow the link and play the Extreme Sentence Surgeons Game. You must complete two levels in order to receive a certificate. Save your certificate and upload it here.

After revising your 2020 Event Writing Piece for correct comma usage, please submit it here.

At this point, your 2020 Event Writing Piece should have the following elements:
- MLA Format (double-spaced, size 12, Times New Roman, correct heading and page number)
- Highlighted Figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and alliteration)
- Varied Sentence Types (three compound, three complex, and three compound-complex)
- Correct Comma Usage
- One Semicolon
- One Colon

Read your partner's final draft and use this form to help give them feedback on what they can improve. This is due at the end of the period.

When you are peer editing, look for the following things:
Correct MLA Format (double-spaced, size 12, Times New Roman, correct heading)
Correct Figurative Language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and alliteration)
Three complex, three compound, and three compound-complex sentences
Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation (commas, one semicolon, and one colon)

Complete the worksheet attached. Please use the PowerPoint as a resource if you need it.

Copy what you have in your 2020 Writing Piece: Figurative Language and MLA Format assignment and paste it into a Google Doc within this assignment.

Now, you will incorporate three compound sentences, three complex sentences, and three compound-complex sentences into your 2020 Event Writing Piece.

Underline the compound sentences
Bold the complex sentences
Underline & Bold the compound-complex sentences

See the attached file for instructions. Please create your document within this assignment, so that I am able to see it and dismiss you when you are finished.

Complete the attached worksheet.

Use the "Sentence Types" Review attachment to help you complete the "Sentence Types Practice" worksheet. Please wait to begin this until we have discussed this in class.

Click "+Create" and create a Google Doc within this post. Copy and paste what you have in your 2020 Event Rough Draft into the Google Doc here. Then, use the MLA Format document, the MLA Format Video, or the MLA Format Step-by-Step Link to put your piece in MLA Format.

Once I have verified that your piece is in MLA Format, you will add five different examples of figurative language into your writing piece:

1 Simile - Highlight Yellow
1 Metaphor - Highlight Blue
1 Personification - Highlight Green
1 Hyperbole - Highlight Pink
1 Alliteration - Highlight Orange

I strongly recommend starting off your paper with an example of figurative language to engage your reader. For example, "Kobe Bryant's death is a wound that will never heal."

Also, make sure your writing piece is well written by checking for proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Feel free to use Grammarly or another source to help you out.

Please begin the worksheet with your breakout room in class. Then, finish the worksheet by the end of the day. Attached is a PowerPoint that reviews basic forms of figurative language.

Use your 2020 Event Writing Piece Outline to create a rough draft. Use the guide I provided to write your rough draft in a cohesive and organized way. Click to links on the guide for resources with transition examples. Please wait to begin this assignment until I have gone over it with you in class.

Complete the attached outline. See example. Please wait to begin this assignment until I have gone over it with you in class.

You will create your own image that shows a little bit about yourself. When you are eventually selected to share your image, your class mates will take turns sharing things that they can tell about you based on your image.

You can take a photo of yourself, combine several different pictures with a basic editing app, or create a drawing. I attached my image as an example for you to see. I used Google Image Search to find a cartoon human that I liked, and then I copy and pasted different pictures (in PNG format, so that there was no background) into the original image. I also used Emojis, which I placed inside the thought bubble.

Although the way you create your image is up to you, it requires the following elements:
- Shows at least 5 things about you
- Shows that you spent time and effort
- Must be school-appropriate