Sophomore Blizzard Bag #1
Due to Copy Right Issues, this Blizzard Bag will be passed out in class. In the meantime, please read Henrietta Lacks.
Sophomore Blizzard Bag #2
Due to Copy Right Issues, this Blizzard Bag will be passed out in class. In the meantime, please read Henrietta Lacks.
Sophomore Blizzard Bag #3
- Analyze the following infographics:
o http://yourlocalsecurity.com/violence-on-tv-statistics
o http://www.educationnews.org/parenting/better-tv-better-kids/
- In a large paragraph, explain which infographic Stephen King would most likely use to illustrate his points in his essay “Now You Take ‘Bambi’ or ‘Snow White’—that’s Scary!” Which details from the infographics would he use to further support his argument? Give specific details and examples in your response. Also, explain why he would use these details.
o http://yourlocalsecurity.com/violence-on-tv-statistics
o http://www.educationnews.org/parenting/better-tv-better-kids/
- In a large paragraph, explain which infographic Stephen King would most likely use to illustrate his points in his essay “Now You Take ‘Bambi’ or ‘Snow White’—that’s Scary!” Which details from the infographics would he use to further support his argument? Give specific details and examples in your response. Also, explain why he would use these details.
Honors English I Blizzard Bag #1
Answer the following questions in regard to your Book Club Book. Your responses need to be in paragraphs, including at least one quote from the book per question (properly cited).
Total paragraphs: Three
Questions:
1. Describe the narrator of the book. Is it a first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient narrator? How do you know? Is the narrator biased, reliable, or unreliable? How does this impact the overall story?
2. What are your initial thoughts or impressions of the book? Why did you think this way? Be specific.
3. Describe the setting of the book. Are there historical or cultural events that happened at the same time or place as the story? Can you find any connections to things that happened in real life, or are the events entirely made up? How do you know? Is the setting realistic or futuristic?
*Do NOT use the internet to answer these questions. If you use the internet at all, you are subject to a parent/teacher meeting and consequences such as a major detention & a zero on the assignment.
Total paragraphs: Three
Questions:
1. Describe the narrator of the book. Is it a first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient narrator? How do you know? Is the narrator biased, reliable, or unreliable? How does this impact the overall story?
2. What are your initial thoughts or impressions of the book? Why did you think this way? Be specific.
3. Describe the setting of the book. Are there historical or cultural events that happened at the same time or place as the story? Can you find any connections to things that happened in real life, or are the events entirely made up? How do you know? Is the setting realistic or futuristic?
*Do NOT use the internet to answer these questions. If you use the internet at all, you are subject to a parent/teacher meeting and consequences such as a major detention & a zero on the assignment.
Honors English I Blizzard Bag #2
Answer the following questions in regard to your Book Club Book. Your responses need to be in paragraphs, including at least one quote from the book per question (properly cited).
Total paragraphs: Three
Questions:
1. Describe the protagonist of the story and the antagonist(s) of the story. How are the characters interacting with each other and with their environment? Are these characters round, flat, static, or dynamic? Why?
2. What is the turning point (or turning points) of the story? Why would you classify this event(s) as a turning point? How would the story be different without these?
3. Describe a place in the book where you find detailed imagery. Why is this imagery important, or not important, in your opinion? Does the imagery create a certain mood, or is it symbolic of something else? Be specific.
*Do NOT use the internet to answer these questions. If you use the internet at all, you are subject to a parent/teacher meeting and consequences such as a major detention & a zero on the assignment.
Honors English I Blizzard Bag #3
Answer the following questions in regard to your Book Club Book. Your responses need to be in paragraphs, including at least one quote from the book per question (properly cited). Total paragraphs: Three
Questions:
1. What do you think is the biggest theme the author is trying to portray? How does the author portray this theme (through a character learning a lesson, plot development, etc.)?
2. Describe the story's climax and resolution. What about these plot events make them the climax and resolution? Be sure to give examples and to be specific.
3. Pick one person, object, color, etc. that you believe is a symbol. Describe the item, why you think it is a symbol, and what it could possibly symbolize in the book. How is this symbol connected to the story's theme?
*Do NOT use the internet to answer these questions. If you use the internet at all, you are subject to a parent/teacher meeting and consequences such as a major detention & a zero on the assignment.
Questions:
1. What do you think is the biggest theme the author is trying to portray? How does the author portray this theme (through a character learning a lesson, plot development, etc.)?
2. Describe the story's climax and resolution. What about these plot events make them the climax and resolution? Be sure to give examples and to be specific.
3. Pick one person, object, color, etc. that you believe is a symbol. Describe the item, why you think it is a symbol, and what it could possibly symbolize in the book. How is this symbol connected to the story's theme?
*Do NOT use the internet to answer these questions. If you use the internet at all, you are subject to a parent/teacher meeting and consequences such as a major detention & a zero on the assignment.