Samurai’s Garden Extra Credit Options

Due by December 12^th.  You can only complete one of the assignments for points.

Option 1: Visit the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco.  (Located in Golden Gate Park. Open daily from 9-6.  Admission is 5 to 7 dollars.)  Take pictures while you are there.  After visiting, write a one-page reflection on your experience.  Share your experience and pictures with the class.  25 points extra credit.

Option 2: Visit Green Gulch Zen Center and participate in a Buddhist meditation and talk.  Sunday programs are open to the public on most weekends (check their website to verify the weekend you want to go).  Arrive at 8:15 for meditation instruction.  Stay for the meditation and Dharma Talk (9:15-11:15).  Afterwards, you can choose to stay for tea and the discussion with the lecturer if you want.  Remember to be EXTREMELY RESPECTFUL as you participate in their religious service.  Afterwards, write a one-page reflection about your experience.  In class you will share your experience with the class. 50 points extra credit.

Option 3: Interview someone who lived through WWII.  First, write out at least 10 questions you would like to ask someone about WWII.  Next, find someone who was old enough to remember WWII. This could be a relative, neighbor or you could visit a retirement home.  Interview that person about their experience and take notes about what they say.  After the interview, type up the interview questions and a summary of their answers. Finally, write a reflection about what you learned from this person.  In class you will share your experience with the class. 25 points extra credit.

All Quiet on the Western Front Essay

Now that we have finished reading All Quit on the Western Front, you will be writing an essay exploring the horrors of war. 

Essay Requirements:

·         At least FOUR quotations from the novel

·         At least THREE full pages in length

·         Typed, Times New Roman, 12 point font

·         Edited and polished writing

DUE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3^rd, 2014

Points: 250

Bring printed copy to class on date due AND turn it in to the website TURNITIN.COM

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o   Class ID: 8952000

o   Password: Novato

Reminder late policy: 20 percent off for one day late, 30 percent off for two days late, 40 percent off three days late. 

Reminder: essays are REQUIRED in this class.  If you do not turn in your essay by Thursday, November 6^th, you will be held after class to complete your essay.

Outline

Essay Topic: From reading the book All Quiet on the Western Front, what have you learned about the horrors of war? Include examples from solders’ experiences on the battlefield, soldiers’ experiences off the battlefield as well as civilians.

Introduction

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THESIS:

Body Paragraph 1

Topic:

Quotation:

Body Paragraph 2

Topic:

Quotation:

Body Paragraph 3

Topic:

Quotation:

Body Paragraph 4

Topic:

Quotation:

Conclusion

Restate Thesis:

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WWI Paintings

 Directions: Look at the following pieces of art from WWI and connect them to the novel. The group needs to work together to answer these questions and each person should be responsible for writing one of the sets of answers.

1.       Look at the painting here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/wars_conflict/art/art_frontline_gal_01.shtml

a.       Read about the painting on the website. 

b.      Answer the following questions on binder paper.

                                                               i.      Who painted this piece?

                                                             ii.      When was it painted?

                                                            iii.      What are the colors used?

                                                           iv.      What is the emotion of the artwork? 

                                                             v.      How does the artist create that emotion?

                                                           vi.      What does this painting remind you of in All Quiet on the Western Front?  Write a short paragraph and INCLUDE A QUOTATION.

2.       Look at the painting here: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/20087

a.       Read about the painting on the website. 

b.      Answer the following questions on binder paper.

                                                               i.      Who painted this piece?

                                                             ii.      When was it painted?

                                                            iii.      What are the colors used?

                                                           iv.      What is the emotion of the artwork? 

                                                             v.      How does the artist create that emotion?

                                                           vi.      What does this painting remind you of in All Quiet on the Western Front?  Write a short paragraph and INCLUDE A QUOTATION.

3.       Look at the painting here: http://vintagraph.com/collections/wwi-posters/products/what-will-your-pals-think-of-you

a.       Read about the painting on the website. 

b.      Answer the following questions on binder paper.

                                                               i.      Who painted this piece?

                                                             ii.      When was it painted?

                                                            iii.      What are the colors used?

                                                           iv.      What is the emotion of the artwork? 

                                                             v.      How does the artist create that emotion?

                                                           vi.      What does this painting remind you of in All Quiet on the Western Front?  Write a short paragraph and INCLUDE A QUOTATION.

4.       Look at the painting here: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/20211

a.       Read about the painting on the website. 

b.      Answer the following questions on binder paper.

                                                               i.      Who painted this piece?

                                                             ii.      When was it painted?

                                                            iii.      What are the colors used?

                                                           iv.      What is the emotion of the artwork? 

                                                             v.      How does the artist create that emotion?

                                                           vi.      What does this painting remind you of in All Quiet on the Western Front?  Write a short paragraph and INCLUDE A QUOTATION.

WWI Posters

Click here to find the folder of WWI posters.

“Lamb of the Slaughter” Take Home Essay

You are going to type and revise your essay on “Lamb of the Slaughter.”  Your essay should be carefully edited for errors.  It should be in Times New Roman, twelve point font and double spaced.

Your essay is due in class Monday, September 22nd. If you want to see the short story again, you can search online for the title and you will find the full text.

Option 1: Dark comedy is defined as having grim or sarcastic humor; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements.  Explain three elements which make this story a dark comedy. Write at least 2.5 pages.

Option 2: Trace Mary Maloney’s emotional state through the story.  Write at least 2.5 pages.

For this essay I will be grading you on:

*Quotations: Did you use a signal phrase and cite it correctly?

*Analysis Paragraph Parts: Did you include all six parts of the analysis paragraph in your body paragraph?

*Full and thoughtful introduction and conclusion

Turn your work in on time:

First day late: 20 percent drop in points

Second day late: 30 percent drop in points

Third day late: 40 percent drop in points

Reminder:

In this class, essays are required.  If you do not turn in your essay by Thursday, September 25th, you will have after school detention with me to type your essay.

You must turn in your:

*outlines

*written essay

*reflections

*typed essay

400 points possible

WWI in Pictures

Part 1:

1. Go to the website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10925556/In-pictures-Never-before-seen-photographs-from-World-War-One-frontline.html
2. Take time to look at all of the pictures in the album.  Think about the feeling you have while looking at the photos as well as look for details that tell you about the experience of living through WWI.
3. Pick one of the photos from the album. Write a paragraph describing what the picture is of and your reaction to it.  You can write about emotions you feel, thoughts or questions you have and why you picked this photograph.

Part 2:

4. Now go to the website: http://www.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/wwi/ 

5. Click on the introduction link and read through the photo captions.  Take your time to read them all and look at the pictures thoughtfully.

6. Pick three photos and share your thoughts.  In a paragraph, describe the photos and your feelings and questions about them. Include information that you learned about through the pictures and captions.

7. If you have time, you can look at the other photo collections on The Atlantic website for WWI.

All Quiet on the Western Front Homework Assignments

Chapters 1-3:

DUE Friday, September 19^th 

Homework: Bring the written response to these two questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is worth 25 points.

No late homework accepted!

1. In Medias Res:  a narrative technique in which a story opens in the middle or end rather than the beginning

Explain how you know All Quiet on the Western Front starts in medias res.  What is the effect starting in medias res have on the story?

2. Flashback: an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story.

Find one flashback in these chapters and include a quotation from it. Explain what happened in the flashback. What is the reason the author would use flashbacks in this story?

Hint: for your quiz know who these characters are: Paul, Kemmerich, Kantorek, Muller, Himmelstoss, and Katczinsky

All Quiet on the Western Front Homework Questions

Chapter 3-5:

DUE Thursday, September 25^th

Homework: Bring the written response to these two questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is worth 25 points.

No late homework accepted!

1.       After the bombardment in chapter 4, Paul and Kat find the “young recruit” with a badly damaged hip.  Explain the debate they have and what you think the right action would be.

2.      In the incident with Paul, Kat and the goose, what does it show about their characters?  Pick a quotation, cite it correctly, and explain what it shows about one of them.

All Quiet on the Western Front Homework Questions

Chapter 6 - page 151:

DUE Block Day September 30^th

Homework: Bring the written response to these two questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is worth 25 points.

No late homework accepted!

1.       Protagonist: the principal character in a literary work (as a drama or story).

Antagonist: the person or thing that the protagonist struggles against.

Who is the protagonist in this story?  Who or what is the antagonist?  Include a quotation that captures the antagonist and explain why you selected that quotation.

2. Paul recalls a time when he and Kropp are looking at poster with young man and woman on it. What were their thoughts and feelings as they looked at the poster?  How were they different from Leer and Tjaden’s reaction?  Why do you think they had such different reactions to the same poster?

All Quiet on the Western Front Homework Questions

Page 151 - chapter 8:

DUE Block Day October 7^th or 8^th 

Homework: Bring the written response to these two questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is worth 25 points.

No late homework accepted!

1.       How does Paul’s classmate Mittelstaedt taunt and humiliate Kantorek? Do you think this treatment of Kantorek is justified? Explain.

2.      How does Paul treat the Russian prisoners?  Why does he act this way? Include a quotation.

All Quiet on the Western Front Homework Questions

Chapter 9-Page 255:

Due Block Day, October 14^th or 15^th 

Homework: Bring the written response to these two questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is worth 25 points.

No late homework accepted!

1.       When Paul and his friends are guard the abandoned village, what do they do while there?  Why do they take such risks while doing it?  Include a quotation.

2.      Why does Paul fall out of the train bed?  What is he embarrassed about?

All Quiet on the Western Front Homework Questions

Page 256-end of book (NOTE: BOOK ENDS ON PAGE 296, not 295)

DUE: Block Day, October 21^st

Homework: Bring the written response to these two questions on the day of your quiz. Answer the questions fully, thoughtfully and with details from the story to demonstrate that you read. This assignment is worth 25 points.

No late homework accepted!

1.       Lewandowski’s wife comes to visit. How does this visit go? 

2.      What happens to Detering?  Why did he do this?  Include a quotation.