Senior Inquiry 14-15

August Wilson’s Project- Due 10/16

Standards: Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a drama (e.g., the development of the characters and relationships through the lens of socialization)

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.

Targets: I can analyze a play structure...

August Wilson: The Piano Lesson Guiding Questions

Target: I can analyze a play structure and identify themes, as well as make inferences from the August Wilson’s Piano Lesson with a lens of socialization.

Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

CCSS.ELA-LITE...

Think about what you know about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or what is commonly known about him by most people in our country.

Then read one of his most important speeches, When Silence is Betrayal. In addition go to Democracy Now.org and look through past shows. Listen to the segement on 9/11/14 about Dr. King's last year before his death by Tavis Smiley. 

Answer the following questions in short essays using your opinion and insights, as well as evidence from the resources a...

Senior Inquiry 14-­‐15

Bishop/Lupro/Rodgers

Critical Film Analysis – Assignment Sheet 1-­‐2 pages Due Wed Sept 17

Assignment Description: Choose one of the critical perspectives we discussed in class to practice. In (no less than) 1 to (no more than) 2 pages, critically analyze your the film using an appropriate critical perspective. Remember, we are not interested in a thumbs up/thumbs...

Due 9/22/14 Your first paper assignment will be to do an analysis of The Handmaid’s Tale through one of the critical lenses that we have used in class; Class, Race, Gender (suggested), or the lens you used during your reading over the summer. You will analyze the text through your chosen lens and generate a thesis about what the novel is saying about the particular issues that your lens addresses. Your thesis could, for example, answer the question “What is ‘The Handmaid&...

Over the summer you have a two-part assignment. You will read two books, one assigned, the other you will choose from a list. For the shared book, you will gather evidence as you read for our first paper, for the second you will do a short write up on the ending (see details below on both these tasks). Reading two novels over the course of several months is a tiny taste of the levels of work and reading you will be asked to do in college. If you are not already an avid reader, th...