HONORS ENGLISH 11: Week of April 13-17
This week:
ZOOM conferences (pick one or visit all) Friday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. Link emailed to you for privacy.
1 - Read this short story about how the "little guy" suffers in the marketplace when the "big guys" try to manipulate the price of a food staple. It is a rigorous text, so be patient and know that you are building mental muscle.
A Deal in Wheat by Frank Norris
The Story
The Building and Organization (Look at all the pictures.)
A Prezi on the story and its context
2 - Check-in Journal #3: Based upon your studying, experience, and observations, write a 300-400-word entry (about 2 typed pages in MLA format) – Draw some comparisons between the precious commodity of “wheat” in the story and items today that are much needed by people in the world but which “the people” have little control over. Who are the “cogs in the wheel” of the economic situation today in this pandemic situation? Can you find metaphors now for the Bear and the Bull? In what ways do we perhaps feel helpless and caught? How can we relate to Lewiston, who when he hit rock bottom still had the fortitude and determination to climb out of the situation?
3 - ACT
English - Complete #'s 33-45 for the Passage "Have You No Shame?"
Check these answers with explanations
I hope you will take advantage of these ungraded opportunities for learning. I promise to read everything.