English 10 Take-home exam images

The Pearl Chapter 6 Question

Answer the four questions you find most compelling.

1. How does Steinbeck compare Kino and Juana to animals in the chapter?
2. How does Steinbeck use the four different visions Kino sees in the pearl to suggest that Kino's dreams will never be acheived?
3. How do the songs change from chapter 5?
4. How has the appearance of the pearl (at least in Kino's mind) changed in the book?
5. Are Kino and Juana victorious or defeated at the end?
6. Do you think this is a racist novel? Why or why not?
7. Do you think this is a sexist novel? Why or why not?

"First Call" poster

"Curandera" painting

Harlem Renaissance Take-Home Exam Link

Here is the link for the Harlem Renaissance art presentation. Good luck!

Prewriting assignment #2 directions

1. Shift between present and past tense.
2. Describe yourself or a person associated with your place using characteristics of your place.
3. Use four similes.
4. Use the phrase: “The history of [your place] goes like this: ….”
5. Describe someone’s actions/the consequences of those actions on your place.
6. Write five guidelines for future generations concerning your place. List them and explain each.
7. Use all five sensory images
8. Choose your favorite sentence from #1 to begin #2.

Post your prewrite to your blog and print out a copy.

Welcome to American Lit!

Hello Everyone! I am very excited to have you in my Spring 2006 American Literature class. This semester, we will be studying poetry from the Romantic era, American Realism and Modernism, African American literature, and Latino American literature. We will be using blogs extensively for our commonplace books assignment, so I suggest you spend some time getting used to the technology. Good luck!