Homework Due September 7

Homework for the week

Read

REA: Prose: Reading Novels

Take notes and add to notebook

English Literature:

Beowulf page 9-11 answering the questions on page 11

Gulliver's Travels page 182-194 answering the questions on page 194

Tony Kytes, the Arch-deceiver page 425-429 answering the question on page 429

For each of the readings note:

• Initial Response- What are your first thoughts on reading the passage?
• Notes on Setting- How does the author use words to reveal different facets of the setting? List various aspects of the setting.
• Characters- Who are the major characters? What do you know about them?
• Themes- Is there a predominate theme in the passage?
• Narrator- What kind of narrator?

Put these notes in your notebook

Character Activity

Part 1

For two works of literature you have read recently, identify the protagonist and the antagonist. Describe the nature of their conflict, how it affects their behavior and what its resolution, if any, contributes to the overall meaning of the book.

Part 2

Choose a memorable character of a novel or play you've read recently and analyze the techniques used by the author to present that character to the reader.

Review Quizlets

Extra Credit

Read a Jane Austen or Charles Dickens novel and complete an outline of the book (up to 15 points)