Speak Literary Analysis Essay - Rough Draft Due Friday, 10/21/11

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Reading Assignment for 10/12

Please finish the book Speak by tomorrow.

Reading Assignment for 10/11/11

If you were absent, please read through page 173 in Speak.

Journal #12: Quotes Where Melinda is Struggling to Speak

Find 3 quotes/paragphrases in which Melinda struggles with speaking.  Be sure to introduce the quote and use MLA citations at the end.

Journal #11: Three Quotes from Speak/Beginning

Find and write down three quotes, or if it is longer quote, PARAPHRASE that quote.  The quotes should somehow describe Melinda's struggle with expressing herself through her tree project in the beginning/middle of the novel.

Reading Assignment for 10/5

In class reading through page 150.  Homework is to work on Object Project, which is due on Friday.

Reading Assignment for 10/4

Please read through page 143 for Wednesday.

Reading Assignment for 10/3

For students absent on 10/3:  Read Speak through page 119.

Reading Assignment for 9/29

Please read Speak to page 107.

Object Project - Due Friday, October 7

Now that you have been doing some writing about your object, I want you to take your ideas and turn your project into a piece of art that has no words, but expresses something meaningful. It should express something about you, life in general, or society. You can make a sculpture, a drawing, a collage, a painting, a film, or any other form of artistic expression that you come up with. R-read your writing to get some inspiration and perspective. You have two weeks to do this project, so i am expecting to see two weeks worth of effort.

I will grade you on the following:

1. Effort and time put into the piece.
2. No words used in the piece.
3. The piece expresses something meaningful about your, life, or society.
4. The object you assigned is either the subject of the piece, or a significant element in the piece.
5. Your piece of art is original and a product of YOUR OWN creative expression.
6. Piece is completed and presented in class on October 7.

Reading Assignment for 9/28

Read through page 97 in Speak.  Nuth is testing students on Thursday and will be out. 
HW tonight is to come up with some solid ideas for your Object Project.

Reading Assignment for 9/27/11

Please read Speak up to "Can It" on page 88.

Reading Assignment Due Tues., 9/26

Read through page 68 in Speak.  Reading check on Tuesday.

Reading Assignment due Monday 9/26

Finish reading "First Marking Period" in Speak.

Reading Assignment (In-Class) for 9/22

In class today, we read up to page 39 in Speak.

Journal #8: From the perspective of someone interacting with your object...

Write one "showing" paragraph from the perspective of someone interacting (i.e. using, viewing, discussing) with your object in some way.

Reading Assignment 9/20/11

Read Speak up to page 26 (completed in class).

Reading Assignment 9/19/11

Today in class, we read up to page 21.  There will be no reading homework tonight.

Journal #5: Research Your Object

Spend some time doing research on your object and summarize your findings. You might look at the history of your object, how it is built, its uses, scientific information about it, etc. You will share your findings on Thursday. (One 8-sentence paragraphs worth 5 points.)

Journal #4: High School "Clans"

Re-read the passage from Speak on page 4 that begins with "Older students" and ends with "And I don't have anyone to sit with."  You may choose ONE of the two questions to respond to in an 8-sentence paragraph.

1.  Describe a time when you felt like the speaker.

OR

2.  Do you think it is important to have a clan in high school?  Explain why or why not.

Do not forget your Topic Sentence, Concrete Details, and Conclusion Sentence in your 8-Sentence Paragraph.