Homework Due Monday November 24,2008
Finish reading "The Cask of Amontillado" Answer questions 1 and 2 page 940.
Also, complete the literary elements.
Homework Due Monday November 17, 2008
Read pages 1110 - 1114, "A&P". Answer questions page 1114 # 1 - 4.
Homework Due Thursday November 14, 2008
Paper Due.
Homework Due Thursday 10/16/08
Read Chapters I & II of Maus II.
Homework Due Tuesday 10/14/08
1. TEST on Maus I. Bring a pencil.
2. Read CH. 1 - 3 of Maus II by Friday 10/17/08
Homework Due Monday 9/29/08
Read Chapters 3 and 4 of Maus. Answer the following questions on looseleaf.
Chapter Three
1. Why does Vladek continue to shoot at a soldier who holds up a hand in surrender?
2. Why does Vladek stand out from his fellow prisoners?
3. What does Vladek think about the way the Germans clear the prisoners out of camp?
4. How does Art portray Vladek’s attempt to pass for a Polish person on the train?
5. What incident at the end of the chapter explains the generation gap between Vladek and Art?
Chapter Four
1. How does Art introduce the members of Vladek’s family?
2. What has happened to the Jewish businesses during Vladek’s absence?
3. Why does Vladek lie to his family about the money ha makes from his illegal deals?
4. How does Art visualize the fact that the streets have become unsafe for Jews?
5. How does Vladek manage to survive when the German officers catch him on the street?
6. Who were the Jewish police?
Due Thursday September 25, 2008
1. Outline for Informative Speech.
2. Answer the following questions for Maus:
1. What has happened to Artie's mother?
2. How does Vladek get along with Mala, his second wife?
3. How does Vladek respond when Artie first asks him about his life in Poland?
Why is Vladek reluctant to talk about it?
4. Describe Vladek's relationship with Lucia Greenberg. How was Vladek
introduced to Anja Zylberberg? Why did he choose Anja over Lucia?
5. How does Vladek become wealthy?
6. Why is Miss Stefanska arrested?
7. When does Anja first start to feel suicidal?
8. What does Vladek see for the first time while traveling to Czechoslovakia?
9. Why does Vladek think that Sosnowiec will be a safer place for Jews than
Bielsko?
10. Why must Anja and Vladek part ways at the end of this chapter?
Due Wednesday September 24, 2008
Read Chapter Two - Maus - Be prepared for a quiz on Chapters 1 and 2.
Homework Due Monday September 22, 2008
Read the Prologue and Chapter 1 of Maus, answer questions. Be prepared for a quiz on Monday.
Work on Informative Speech.
Homework Due Monday September 15, 2008
Topic for Informative Speech
Homework Due Monday September 8, 2008
1. Research College Essay Writing Tips and Strategies
2. College Essay (one - two pages typed double space).