The Odyssey Summary Portfolio Chart English 9B – Unit 1 For this portfolio, you are not writing a formal essay. Instead, you will choose one part of the poem The Odyssey and write a page-by-page summary of it using the chart below. When completed, you will submit ONLY this chart through the drop box in Unit 1, Lesson 7. If you choose to summarize part 1, you’ll be covering pages 468 – 484 in your Pathways textbook. If you choose to summarize part 2, you’ll be covering pages 490 – 500 in your Pathways textbook.
10th Grade Common Writing Assessment #1 In “Harrison Bergeron,” Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. uses irony to illustrate how enforcing absolute equality would require a ridiculously totalitarian society. This story begins with introducing George, who is forced to wear handicaps the government from thinking or having physical abilities above average. His wife Hazel is not handicapped and to the reader seems unintelligent. Their son Harrison has been taken away by the government and on his own revolts. Vonnegut uses the characterization of Harrison, Hazel, and George to show how conformity stifles individualism and is detrimental to society.
For Sean, such a low grade on a math exam was an ___________________. (deviation) 3. The king mistakenly believed that he could break laws with ____________, but he found that even he was not exempt from punishment. 4. Heather’s essay discusses the _________________ (contradictory) between good and evil in Stephen King’s novels.
Essay 7: ‘Keller was bad for me, the worst possible teacher: revealing perfection to me, and at the same time snatching it away.’ Is Paul’s assessment of Keller correct? Essay 8: ‘Paul’s rite of passage from childhood through adolescence to maturity is dominated by the influence of Eduard Keller.’ Discuss. Essay 9: ‘Keller advises Paul: “Don’t trust the beautiful”.’ In what ways does Maestro show that appearances cannot always be relied upon? Essay 10: ‘What Keller could not teach Paul might have been what Paul most needed to learn.’ Discuss. Practice topics 2 3 12 14 19 24 29 33 38 43 48 53 57 62 © Insight Publications 2010 Sample essays on texts Character map John & Nancy Crabbe Paul’s parents; good amateur musicians; support Paul’s music studies and ambitions.
Literature Circles The Crucible Act 4 Discussion: Provide a summary of Act Four below. Proctor asks Elizabeth if she thinks that he should confess. He says that he does not hold out, like Rebecca and Martha, because of religious conviction. Rather, he does so out of spite because he wants his persecutors to feel the weight of guilt for seeing him hanged when they know he is innocent. Connector: Provide a connection below.
Crystal Tenhet Professor Scott Point of View and Theme Essay February 7, 2010 Poe writes the story “The Tell Tale Heart” from the perspective of the murderer of an old man. The unreliable narrator tells the story in first-person point of view. The theme of this story can be a little confusing. First you have that all humans have a good and evil side, Second, the bad within each of us is worse than that which is outside of us and that the fear of being found out can actually lead to being found out The narrator is not named anywhere in the story. When the narrator is the protagonist and tells the story from a personal account it makes the overall impact of the story more vivid.
ENC1102 Chapter 2 Active Reading Exercise Readings “Winning Hearts and Minds in the War on Plagiarism” by Scott Jaschik “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” by Donald M. Murray “Tabula Asiae” by Michael Ondaatje Directions Answer the following questions. Submit your completed document to the appropriate submission drop box in the Blackboard Assignments folder. 1. Considering what this unit presented about nonfiction genre, identify the primary genre of each of the readings. In Winning Hearts and Minds in the War on Plagiarism” Jaschik essay was based more on reflection and personal opinions because his were on different studies by different professors on the "war on plaguarism" among students and how common plagiarizing is and the different methods used to change that.
Lies of a Truth Mark Twain once said “A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.” But to be able to acknowledge one’s self as a liar you must first now your lies. Stephanie Ericsson wrote a short essay called “The Ways We Lie” where she clearly defines nine different types of lies three-of-which include facades, omission, and the exclusive white lie which I give examples of from my life, the life of a famous deceiver, and “The Crucible” by Author Miller. (Ericsson 1, 2) One of the most famous acts of lying is nicknamed the Ponzi scheme. One of the more well know and resent accounts of this lie was committed my Bernard Madoff who scammed tons of people out of $50 billion dollars, but most people don’t know how that name came about. Charles Ponzi, more well know as Carlo Ponzi
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1) Go to https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/23164877 and download the case. 2) Form a group of 2 to 4 people. If you submit the case alone or with more than 4 other people, I will discount 25% of your case grade. 3) Write a report (min 2 pages-max 4 pages, including all analysis/tables/graphs). The report should have professional format (Example: typed - Times New Roman Font 12, 1.5 spaced).
“witch accusations” Many missionaries are working at a mission field where “witchcraft” is involved. And generally missionaries do not know how to deal with witchcraft. Most missionaries ignore it or regard it as satanic power. Aftertimes they are afraid of involving themselves with witchcraft. So I would like to give a workshop for my young missionary colleagues as I have learned in the seminary course I took on “popular religions” where readings and lectures discussed witch accusations.