Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmund Rostand

Homework Assignments: Week 16 World Literature Monday 12/10 Based on peer editing suggestions, grading criteria, and your own ideas, write a second draft of your Cyrano essay. Due Tuesday. Tuesday 12/11 Read through articles on the speech contest wiki. Take notes and label where you’re getting your information. Jot down ideas about different angles and important points. Bring in your notes each day this week so you can receive credit for researching at home. If you don’t have a good internet connection at home, be sure to plan for time at school (during lunch, after school, during a free period) to get this research done. Wednesday 12/12 In addition to reading more articles and taking notes, write up a list of possible solutions to the immigration issue. List your own ideas and ideas you’ve researched. Thursday 12/13 Work on the final draft of your Cyrano essay. Be sure to use the writing notes and the teacher comments to help you revise. Final drafts are due on Monday. Friday 12/14 Read in your IR book and finish the final draft of your Cyrano essay. Homework Assignments: Week 15 Monday 12/3 Work on the study questions for the Cyrano exam. The exam will be on Thursday. Tuesday 12/4 No school Wednesday 12/5 Work on study questions and on the first draft of your Cyrano essay. Try to get at least the first page written.  First drafts are due on Monday. Thursday 12/6 Finish studying for the Cyrano exam. The exam will be on Friday. Friday 12/7 Read in your IR book and finish the first draft of  your Cyrano essay. Homework Assignments: Week 14 Monday 11/26 Work on your visual representation of the balcony scene. Due Friday. See the link for detailed instructions. Tuesday 11/27 Work on your visual representation of the balcony scene. Due Friday. See the link for detailed instructions. Wednesday 11/28 Complete Quotation Reflection #3. Choose two quotations from Act IV and reflect on them in detail. Write at least half a page on each or more than a page on one. See the link for details. Thursday 11/29 Thoroughly answer the Act IV Questions and finish up your visual representation of the balcony scene. Friday 11/30 Read in your IR book. Homework Assignments: Week 13 Monday 11/19 Read in your IR book. Tuesday 11/20 Complete the Act III Questions. See the link for the questions. Read a lot in your IR book start thinking about speech contest angles. This year’s topic is: Immigration—My Solution. Check out some of the links on the school wiki. Homework Assignments: Week 12 Tuesday 11/13 Finish the final draft of your Antigone essay. Due Wednesday. Study for Vocabulary Quiz #5. The quiz will be on Thursday. Wednesday 11/14 Complete Quotation Reflection #2. Choose two thought-provoking quotations from Act II of Cyrano de Bergerac and write at least half a page of each or more than a page on one. See the link for details. Finish studying for the vocabulary quiz. Thursday 11/15 Complete Vocabulary #6. Go to the vocabulary page to get the words. Friday 11/16 Read in your IR book. Homework Assignments: Week 11 Monday 11/5 If you have not done so already, write a second draft of your Antigone essay. Due Tuesday. Study for vocabulary quiz #4. The quiz is also on Tuesday. Tuesday 11/6 Complete Vocabulary #5. See the vocabulary page for details. Wednesday 11/7 Complete the poem-duel scene analysis. Thursday 11/8 Quotation Reflection Act I: choose two thought-provoking quotations from Act I and write at least half a page reflecting on each, or more than one full page on one. Choose your quotations carefully and give an in-depth analysis. See the link for a model and directions. Friday 11/9 Read in your IR book and finish your Antigone essay. Due Tuesday.               Old Assignments 10/13 Analyze the poem-duel scene in Cyrano de Bergerac. Discuss how Cyrano fights on two levels and what the scene reveals about Cyrano's character. Write more than one page and use at least 2 quotations to support your points. 10/15 Quotation Reflection #2. Choose two quotations from Act I of Cyrano de Bergerac and reflect on them in detail. Write at least a half page about each quotation (aim for more). See the link for more directions and a model. 10/16 Character Analysis: Cyrano. Analyze Cyrano’s character. Discuss his personality, his goals, his fears, his strengths, his weaknesses, his integrity. Is he a hero? How much does his nose bother him? Why do you think he acts the way that he does? Be specific in your analysis and use at least two quotations from the play to support your analysis. Write approximately 1 ½ pages.

Assignments Introduction Poem-duel scene Analysis Balcony Scene: Visual Representation Act III Questions Act IV Questions Act V notes Study Questions Essay Prompts Due Dates Balcony Scene Questions: Monday 11/26 Visual Representation of the Balcony Scene: Friday 11/30 Cyrano Exam: Friday 12/07 Cyrano Essay (D1): Monday 12/10 Cyrano Essay (D2): Tuesday 12/11 Cyrano Essay (final): Monday 12/17