English 10A-Spring 2022 Assignments

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. 

1. What happens to Boxer? How do the animals accept it?


2. What changes have the years brought to the farm?


3. All seven commandments are erased. What is the new commandment and how has it been true from the beginning?


4. At the conference with neighboring farmers, what new changes does Napoleon point out?


5. What happens to the pigs’ appearance?

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. How does Napoleon react when the hens’ rebel against his orders?


2. Why does Napoleon order the animals to stop singing “Beasts of England?”


3.  How is Napoleon becoming more and more like a typical dictator?


4. What makes the battle against Frederick’s men different from the Battle of the Cowshed?


5. What are living conditions like for all of the animals except the pigs and dogs?

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. 

1. In what ways are the pigs beginning to undermine the original values Animal Farm was founded on? 

2. What name was given to the battle in which Jones and his friends tried to retake Animal Farm?

3. What was the reason for the war?

4. What was ironic about the animals working on the windmill on Sundays?

5. Look again at the Seven Commandments (pg 24-5). Which one is no longer in effect?

1. Explain Plato's allegory of the cave in 7-10 sentences. 
2. Trade allegories with one other person in class and explain the message behind theirs and what each character represents (15-20 sentences) OR think of an example of an allegory that you've encountered and explain its message and characters IN YOUR OWN WORDS (15-20 sentences). 

Answer the following questions in 5-7 complete sentences.  
1. What is significant about how the animals arrange themselves as they gather to hear Major?
What might this arrangement say about future meetings or events? 
2. According to Major, what is the cause of all the animals’ problems?
3. What motto does Major give the animals? 
Answer this question in 10-15 sentences using quotes from the song. An
4. Examine the song “Beasts of England” as poetry. What imagery is present? What is the
message? Why do the animals like it so much that they memorize it on the spot? To what
emotions and needs does it appeal?  

Write your own allegory in 1-2 pages, double spaced, Times New Roman font, 12pt. This is an effort grade, so just do your best.

Why do you think Orwell would have such a big problem with the USSR? What about his morality clashed with this political event? 10-15 sentences.

After we read and discuss Geroge Orwell's "Why I Write," explain in 10-15 sentences what we can expect as readers from an Orwell novel.

Most of the action in this play takes place in the woods. Can you name any other plays/books/movies/TV shows that are set in the woods? What do you think the woods represent in Midsummer Night's Dream? 10-15 sentences. 

Can you make any guesses as to what the theme of the play is going to be? explain in 10-15 sentences. 

Choose one example of either verbal or situational irony from Midsummer Night's Dream and explain why you think it was included. 10-15 sentences. 

Choose one relationship that we've read about in Midsummer and explain a major problem it has and how you think it should be fixed. 10-15 sentences. 

Answer the following in complete sentences:

Act One, Scene One
 
1. Who is Theseus, and whom is he marrying? 
 
2. Who is Egeus, and why is he angry? What is the “ancient privilege of Athens”? 
 
3.What is Hermia and Lysander’s plan? 
 
4. Who is Helena, and whom does she love? What is her plan? 
 
Act One, Scene Two
 
5. What jobs in the city do each of these working class characters hold? What parts do they play in the drama they are putting on for the Athenian court? 
 
6.  What is the purpose of their gathering? Who is in charge?
 
7.What play do they plan to perform, and what is it about?


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8. In the attached essay, what are three specific things from the rubric we've used (look at the assigned essays) that the author (who is your age!) did well? use specific quotes as examples. 10-15 sentences. 
 

Write a 2-3 page paper identifying a major theme in "The Hate U Give" and supporting it with evidence (that means direct quotes) from the novel. Your essay should be in Times New Roman font, double spaced, 1" margins. You should also put an MLA heading at the top of your paper and a title.

Name one character we've met so far in Midsummer and choose a word that best represents who they are so far. Explain your choice in 10-15 sentences.

After watching up until 10:04 in the Globe video, explain what was/is special about the globe theater in 10-15 sentences. 

Name three important facts about Shakespeare that you learned from the mini documentary and explain why he was an important writer. 10-15 sentences. 

Once you receive your topic card, write as much about it as you can, then, wait for Ms. West's directions.

Brainstorm 1-5 themes for THUG

Name three differences between the book and the movie that you either liked or disliked and explain why. 10-15 sentences. 

Complete the attached assignment in the given class time. You may always use the provided graphic organizers in the back of the room. 


You may work on this over break, but you shouldn't have to.

Using at least two quotes from the video AND two quotes from the novel, explain what Starr, Seven, and DeVante were feeling during the violence that erupted in Garden Heights after the DA's decision. (20-25 sentences)

1. Please read up to Chapter 17 in The Hate U Give (PG 291). remember, there's an audio book on Google Classroom and headphones in the back cabinet. 
2. Any leftover time can be dedicated to your essay that's due on 3/18

What character from THUG is best represented by this poem? 10-15 sentences.

What achracter in the book does this song best represent? 10-15 sentences. 

What character from THUG is best represented by the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou? 10-15 sentences. 

What character from THUG is best represented by this poem? Explain using specific examples from the book. 10-15 sentences.

Lisa tells Starr "Sometimes you can do everything right and things still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right," on page 154. This is one of the most important themes in the book. Explain what Lisa means and why it's important to never stop doing the right thing. 10-15 sentences.

After watching the poem "No Child Left Behind," compare it to what Mav says on 169 on generational poverty and systemic injustice. 10-15 sentences. 

Why is it easier for people to blame themselves after a trauma than to try to understand the situation more fully? Can you connect that to the book (pg 140). 10-15 sentences. 

Why does Starr feel like a "phony" at Khalil's funeral? explain in 10-15 sentences. 

What does Hailey say to Starr to make you wonder if she has some internal biases she isn't addressing? Did she seem sorry? What would have been an effective way to apologize? 10-15 sentences.

What do adults sound like when they believe you? What do they sound like when they don't? How can you show someone that you really hear them with your words and body language? 10-15 sentences. 

In what ways do you think Starr and Chris are a good match? What challenges do you think they will face as a couple over the course of the book? 10-15 sentences 

Since our first text is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, if you attend the Black Lives Matter flag raising at SVSU Central Office on 2/9 at 3:30pm and take a selfie of you at the event, you can get up to 10 points of extra credit (that's a whole journal!). We'll be discussing the event and hopefully watching the footage as a class, but it would be exciting to be there in person to really brig the class text to life.  

Watch the Tucker Bryant poem "Oreo" and compare/contrast it with the passage on page 71 of THUG where Starr describes "Williamson Starr." 10-15 sentences. 

Write 2-3 paragraphs (3-5 sentences each) on why you chose your independent book, what's happened so far, and if you would recommend it to others.

Which of Starr's parents wants to stay in Garden Heights, which wants to move away? What's their reasoning? Who do you agree with and why? 10-15 sentences.

Watch the speech by Malcolm X and explain why you think Mav values his contributions so highly using specific examples from the book. 10-15 sentences. 

What do people in positions of power owe to the people they have power over? Can you relate these ideas to the book? To your own life? 10-15 sentences. 

Starr says on the first page of the book " There are just some places it's not enough to be me. Either version of me." Explain what Starr means by this and whether you can relate and why. 10-15 sentences. 

Are you a different person at home and at school? Do you ever have to change who you are depending on your location? Explain in 10-15 sentences. 

After watching and discussing the poem "Facts About Myself," by Tucker Bryant, write a 10-15 sentence list poem of facts about yourself. 

TW: abstract references to self harm and mental health