Summer Reading: A Doll's House &
All Quiet on the Western Front
Homework Assignments:
Week 1
English 10 HonorsWednesday
8/27 Choose four quotations from A Doll’s House and reflect on two of them in detail. As you go through the play looking for quotations, review the plot, characters, significant scenes, etc. so that you are prepared for the text tomorrow. Write about one page on each quotation. Focus on analyzing the specific lines rather than summarizing the plot surrounding the quotations. Look at the model quotation reflection if you’re not sure what to do. The key to this assignment is choosing meaty quotations. Don’t start writing about a quotation unless you have a lot to say about it—choose carefully. Please handwrite this assignment because the printers at school are still not working.Thursday
8/28 Re-read pages 58-64 of A Doll’s House and complete a think write analysis of the scene. Emphasize content over grammar and form. Go deep, pull out quotations, and carefully analyze the two characters. Due Friday.Friday
8/29 Choose a new IR book and bring it to school on Tuesday. Start reading your IR book this weekend. Make sure you’re ready for the All Quiet exam on next Friday.
Homework Assignments:
Week 2Tuesday
9/2 Work on your Position Paper: Krogstad vs. Torvald: Who is the villain? Due Thursday Sept. 4. See the link for details.Wednesday
9/3 Finish your Position Paper—due tomorrow.Thursday
9/4 Choose four quotations from All Quiet on the Western Front and reflect on two of them in detail. As you go through the novel looking for quotations, review the plot, characters, significant scenes, etc. so that you are prepared for the test tomorrow. Write about one page on each quotation. Focus on analyzing the specific lines rather than summarizing the plot surrounding the quotations. Look at the model quotation reflection if you’re not sure what to do. The key to this assignment is choosing meaty quotations. Don’t start writing about a quotation unless you have a lot to say about it—choose carefully.Friday
9/5 Read in your IR book. Read now and schedule a test soon—don’t wait until the last minute.
Assignment DetailsQuotation Reflection model
A Doll's House Exam
All Quiet Exam
Foil Essay
Passage Analysis
View of War essay
Model Paragraph
Style essay model
Visual InterpretationAdditional Info
Brief History of WWI
Brief Biography of Remarque
Trench Warfare InformationDue Dates
Wed 8/27 A Doll's House & All Quiet Notes
Thurs 8/28 Doll's House Exam and Quotation Reflections
Tues 9/2 Independent Reading book check
Thurs 9/4 Position Paper
Fri 9/5 All Quiet Exam and Quotation Reflections