Malden High School English 11 Honors Ms. Y.

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Homework Agenda (2-2)

Homework: Due Wed, Jan. 4, 2012 (4,5) Complete your assigned Thanatopsis analysis. Homework #20: Due Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 (4, 5) Read Emersons Self-Reliance o Annotate the reading with questions, comments, reactions, etc. o Complete a detailed rhetorical triangle on the reading. o Make a separate list of major points/ideas Emerson addresses in the essay. o Be prepared for a class discussion! Homework #21: Due Tues, Jan. 10, 2011 (4,5) Emersons Self-Reliance o Now that youve read, analyzed, and discussed Emersons essay, write a personal response about the ideas presented in the essay in relation to your life and the world now in 2012. In your response, you may address whether or not you fit Emersons definition of selfreliance, whether his ideas are realistically attainable, the importance (or impossibility) of Emersons ideas in this millennium, etc. Be insightful and elaborate! Homework #1: Due Wed., Jan. 11, 2012 (4,5) Read Thoreaus Civil Disobedience o Annotate the reading with questions, comments, reactions, etc. o Make a separate list of major points/ideas Thoreau addresses in the essay. o Be prepared for a class discussion! Homework #2: Due Thurs., Jan. 12, 2012 (4,5) Open-Response: Using your rhetorical triangle and understanding of Thoreaus Civil Disobedience, complete a thoughtful Open-Response answering the following: What is Thoreaus purpose for writing his essay On Civil Disobedience and how does he achieve it? Homework: Due Fri., Jan. 13, 2012 (4, 5) Study for your Romanticism/Transcendentalism Quiz! o Review major ideas/points associated with Romanticism, with an extra focus on transcendentalist ideas. o Review Emerson and Thoreaus ideas as presented in their respective essays, as well as the poems weve discussed in class.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: Jan. 13: RomanticismTranscendentalism Quiz