Monday, November 30, 2015

Monday November 30, 2015

English 9- Today we took notes on claim and types of evidence. The 5 Types of Evidence annotation exercise is due tomorrow!! This is any easy grade, please be prepared!  Also, start thinking about which social issue you will want to research and write about!


English 10- Today we looked at the anticipation guide for the upcoming play Fences that we will be reading. You are to answer and explain your answer to the following statements. Please complete this in your notebook:

Fences by August Wilson – Anticipation Guide

Directions: Select an answer for each question and explain your reasoning.

1.  A husband and father’s only responsibility is to take care of his family’s needs (food, clothes, shelter), but he does not need to like his children or his wife.
YES  or NO




2.  Having good friends and a good family are more important than having a prestigious job or a successful career.
YES  or  NO




3.  Before the beginning of the play beings, Wilson has a poem that reads, “When the sins of our fathers visit us/ We do not have to pay host./We can banish them with forgiveness…”  Do you agree that we do not have to make the same mistakes that our parents or older relatives made?  
YES  or  NO




4.  If something bad happened in our own lives, or we were mistreated for certain reasons, we should not let our children pursue their dreams because they could get hurt in the very same way? 
YES or NO




5.  If you or your family was in desperate need of something and you didn’t have any money, you would steal to provide for your family.  
YES or NO




6.  The man who takes care of his responsibilities has more freedom than the man who does whatever he feels like.

YES  or  NO

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