A - 11/22/2013
B - 11/25/2013
Food for Thought: Many of you, or your parents/host parents, have asked me how to improve your English. Sometimes it's for a specific goal or career, sometimes it's writing, sometimes it's reading. If I could give you only one piece of advice on this, it would be to READ. Read books. Read fiction, read non-fiction, read the newspaper, read magazines, read things you are interested in. Read books at a level where you don't have to look up every word (no, this doesn't mean pre-school level books. This means reading books that you can sit down and enjoy, books that challenge you, but books where you can figure out the meaning of most words through context.) As you read, you will be learning new words, you will be seeing fluent sentences in many different constructions, and you will be absorbing the rhetoric of the writers you read.
For more focused instruction/help with English. Go to a good bookstore that will have a few different options for you to look at and flip through the various help books. Find a good vocab book (preferably with information on word roots), and find a good grammar book. Each of you has slightly different tastes and preferences, so I really do suggest you find one that looks appealing and interesting to you. Set aside 10-15 minutes a day to review vocab and/or grammar and set a weekly goal for yourself. When I study for big tests, I might set a goal of 10 new words a day - it's not overwhelming, but think of how quickly my vocab can improve then - that's 70 words a week, 300 words a month, 3,600 words a year . . . then try to incorporate those words into your daily vocabulary.
The Yellow Wallpaper
You are each going to write a critical analysis of "The Yellow Wallpaper".
B - 11/25/2013
Food for Thought: Many of you, or your parents/host parents, have asked me how to improve your English. Sometimes it's for a specific goal or career, sometimes it's writing, sometimes it's reading. If I could give you only one piece of advice on this, it would be to READ. Read books. Read fiction, read non-fiction, read the newspaper, read magazines, read things you are interested in. Read books at a level where you don't have to look up every word (no, this doesn't mean pre-school level books. This means reading books that you can sit down and enjoy, books that challenge you, but books where you can figure out the meaning of most words through context.) As you read, you will be learning new words, you will be seeing fluent sentences in many different constructions, and you will be absorbing the rhetoric of the writers you read.
For more focused instruction/help with English. Go to a good bookstore that will have a few different options for you to look at and flip through the various help books. Find a good vocab book (preferably with information on word roots), and find a good grammar book. Each of you has slightly different tastes and preferences, so I really do suggest you find one that looks appealing and interesting to you. Set aside 10-15 minutes a day to review vocab and/or grammar and set a weekly goal for yourself. When I study for big tests, I might set a goal of 10 new words a day - it's not overwhelming, but think of how quickly my vocab can improve then - that's 70 words a week, 300 words a month, 3,600 words a year . . . then try to incorporate those words into your daily vocabulary.
The Yellow Wallpaper
You are each going to write a critical analysis of "The Yellow Wallpaper".
A Critical Analysis is NOT:
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This assignment will be worth 25 points. Please read the instructions carefully and make certain your citations are correct. To see a correctly formatted (MLA-style) paper see this example from Purdue OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Best of luck. Email me at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Best of luck. Email me at [email protected] if you have any questions.
The Yellow Wallpaper Assignment |