19-20 Per 6 English 12 LLC Assignments

Read through the presentation and do the daily assigned work. The work will be turned in as a package on June 2. This is your final project!

Type your final copy of the speech here

Here is the text of George Saunders' graduation speech. Follow the instructions at the top of the sheet.

Read the story and do the assignments listed after the story. Due Sunday

Read the story and answer the questions at the end of the story.

Read the article and fill out the worksheet.

Look at the cartoons and based on the definition of Satire you've learned answer the questions on the sheet.

Watch these satirical commercials and fill out the worksheet

Read over the worksheet and fill in the blanks

See presentation for instructions

Read the article posted and work on one row each day. I will be grading this assignment.

Write a 1 page business letter to the author of your poems. In your letter, discuss:• Paragraph 1 (6 sentences + 1 quotation): Describe what you learned about the migrant experience from reading this poem. Talk about your new understanding of the journey and its repercussions. Somewhere in your paragraph, integrate context plus a line from the poem in quotation marks to represent what you learned. Be sure to include the line number in parenthesis. Follow it up with commentary to explain.

• Paragraph 2 (6 sentences + 1 quotation): Describe your favorite part of the “On Leaving” section of the poem. Detail what is happening in that section of the poem, and then explain why it was your favorite. Somewhere in your paragraph, integrate context plus a quote from your favorite section. Include the line number in parenthesis. Follow it up with commentary.

• Paragraph 3 (6 sentences + 1 quotation): Describe your favorite part of the “On Staying Behind” section of the poem. Detail what is happening in that section of the poem, and then explain why it was your favorite. Somewhere in your paragraph, integrate context plus a line from the poem in quotation marks from your favorite section. Be sure to include the line number and follow up with commentary to explain.

• Paragraph 4 (6 sentences + 1 quotation): Give the author your overall evaluation of the poem. Why do you think it was chosen by the CSU system to be shared with ERWC students? Would you recommend it to other people, who and why? Somewhere in your paragraph, integrate context plus a quotation that represents what you believe best represents the author’s main idea (cannot be quote already used). Include line number & follow up with commentary.

Write a letter to the author of your novel in which you evaluate whether the character/s in your novel helped to educate readers about a serious life issue or whether the coverage in the novel under-served or misrepresented a serious life issue. Note: You may qualify your position (maybe yes for some claims, no for others). You may not use the same quotation more than once. All paragraphs must be at least 7 sentences. Follow the business letter format. Do not begin or end a sentence with a quotation.