English 10 Classwork for Monday February 24, 2014

English 10

Select a prompt from list A and one from list B.  Use the writing process to prepare a five-paragraph essay for each prompt.

List A

1. Is studying in a college important to get educated?

2. Has technology made us aloof?

3. An arm for an arm, a life for a life. Is death penalty justified?

4. Has sex education been successful to bring down teenage pregnancies?

5. The role of a man in a family has undergone a sea of change. Give arguments for and against it.

6. Vegetarians are healthier than meat eaters. Do you agree?

7. The rise in crime rate among the teens could be attributed to the mass media, including the newspaper, films, TV, radio, etc. Give your opinion for or against this statement.

8. Should immigrants be welcomed in America?

9. Is outsourcing of jobs to the Asian countries good for America's economy?

List B

1. Predict something that is going to happen in the year 2080. How can you stop that from happening now?

2. Did you help somebody in the past one week? If yes, how? If not, then why?

3. Which fruit describes your personality the best, and how?

4. What is more important for you - being famous or being content with life?

5. Write an essay by relating the following words - soccer, aphrodisiac, intellectual, career, peace and globalization.

6. Who is the most successful person in the world today and why?

Extra Credit

Watch the movie The Color Purple and answer the following questions.

1. Women are not treated well in The Color Purple. Is their treatment a gender or an ethnic identity issue or both?
2. Is Alice Walker sexist because the men in her story are almost universally mean? Should she have placed more emphasis on race rather than gender?
3. Is it important that Nettie’s exile took place in Africa?
4. Does it add or detract from the story that Celie – an uneducated woman writes sporadically and narrates the novel?

Homework on Subject Complements for English 9 and 10

Identifying Subject Complements. Underline the subject complement in each of the following sentences. Look for the linking verb to help you find the subject complement.
Example: Cheddar cheese is orange. John feels sick today.

1. The mongoose, introduced to Puerto Rico to kill poisonous snakes, has become the island’s most annoying predator.
   
2. Why are many of our folk heroes outlaws?
   
3. The chlorine in the pool smelled harsh.
   
4. This bread tastes moldy to me.
   
5. The hungry beggar felt too faint to hold out his cup.
   
6. The caged tiger gets especially restless during storms.
   
7. After my yoga exercises, I feel almost weightless.
   
8. Mahatma Gandhi always remained peaceful, despite his opponents’ most outrageous provocation.
   
9. One of a mail carrier’s occupational hazards is the overzealous watchdog.
   
10. Our captain’s last words to us sounded prophetic.
    
11. The sunflowers by the gate grow taller every day.
    
12. The class gift will be a new set of curtains for the auditorium stage.
    
13. The achievements and courage of Dr. Martin Luther King have become part of our American
    heritage.
    
14. A horse’s staggering gait can be a sign of swamp fever.
    
15. Her story rings true.
    
16. According to Dr. W. H. Sheldon’s classification of humans into physical types, the thin, slender-
    boned ectomorph is introspective.
    
17. Are you nervous about making the speech?
    
18. The dirigible is lighter than air.
    
19. Is his pulse normal?
    
20. The moon looked close enough to touch.
    
    
    

The Soul Selects Her Own Society

by Emily Dickinson

The Soul selects her own Society --
Then -- shuts the Door --
To her divine Majority --
Present no more --

Unmoved -- she notes the Chariots -- pausing --
At her low Gate --
Unmoved -- an Emperor be kneeling
Upon her Mat --

I've known her -- from an ample nation --
Choose One --
Then -- close the Valves of her attention --
Like Stone --

How about a Haiku

Mrs. Nickens English Classes

They come in loudly.
Spoiled Brats cute to death, rotten.
Teen-agers---bad-butts!

Today's Quote

A good teacher, like a good entertainer must first hold his audience's attention then he can teach his lesson. 

John Henrik Clark, Pan-Africanist Writer Historian, Professor

Literary Terminology

The following is the list of Literary Terms for the Poet Unit.

allegory
alliteration
assonance
consonance
blank verse
epic poem
rhyme
iambic
pentameter
onomatopoeia
extended metaphor
satire
verse