ENGLISH 9
MR. BENJAMIN
ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 4-1, 3-10 APR 06

MON. 3 APR
    Drop Day
    H.W.:  Work on Essays.  Purchase The Catcher in the Rye

    Essay, due Tuesday 4 April.  Analyze the overall meaning of Dulce et Decorum Est.  Include consideration of tone, imagery, and diction (a paragraph on each).  Explain how each of these elements contributes to the meaning of the work.

TUES. 4 APR
    ERBs
    H.W.:  Begin The Catcher in the Rye

WEDS. 5 APR
    ERBs
    H.W.: Read Chaps. 1 & 2 in The Catcher in the Rye

THURS. 6 APR
    Discussion of Black Boy.
    H.W.:  Essay, due Tuesday, 11 April:.  Write an essay in which you analyze the theme of hunger as it appears in Richard Wright's Black Boy.  What different kinds of hunger exist in the book?  How does Wright satisfy this hunger?  Provide specific examples from the text.  What larger issues does this theme of hunger raise? 

FRI. 7 APR
    Drop Day
    H.W.:  Essays. 
   
MON. 10 APR
    Discussion of The Catcher in the Rye
    H.W.:  Work on Essays. Study for Vocabulary Quiz Unit #13.