TEWWG Culminating Essay - DUE November 9

Reminder - To wrap up "Their Eyes Were Watching God," you will be writing an essay on one of the three main themes from the novel.  Printed essays are due no later than 2:45 PM on Friday, November 9 (and late essays cannot be accepted after 2:30 on Monday, November 12).

Use the information in these two documents to assist you in writing your essay:
TEWWG Culminating Essay assignment and Sample Outline
Blank Themes chart for notes

TEWWG Ch 18 Online Assignment

We will soon be reading Chapter 18 of "Their Eyes Were Watching God."  
As you read this chapter, you will notice many examples of suspense and foreshadowing.  

Your assignment is:

1) Define Suspense and Foreshadowing.  
You may use Google or an online dictionary to find these definitions.  

2) Provide two examples of each literary device from Chapter 18 of TEWWG.  
These four total examples MUST BE in the form of a quotation,
and MUST include the page number on which they were found.

This assignment is due no later than midnight on Monday, November 5,
and must be submitted as either an email or a shared Google Doc.  
The completed assignment is worth 50 points.

Labeling Shared Documents

When you turn in a digital assignment via shared Google Doc, regardless of what it is, you need to title your document like this:

LAST NAME HOUR ASSIGNMENT NAME 

So, if I was turning in an online assignment on Ch 7-9 in TEWWG*, my document would be:

Shier 2 TEWWG Ch 7-9 

This makes it easier for you to find it in your Drive and for me to grade it in the right spot.

*TEWWG = Their Eyes Were Watching God

TEWWG Chapters 7, 8, and 9 - Figurative Language Assignment

Chapters 7, 8, and 9 of "Their Eyes Were Watching God" have some fantastic examples of figurative language in them.  Before you read these chapters, and then as you read, complete the assignment below. Your answers can be turned in by email or by a shared Google Doc, but the completed assignment is due by MIDNIGHT on Monday, October 29.  

PART 1 - Before you read:

Look up definitions and examples of these types of figurative language.  Share your definitions and examples with me. Each definition and example is worth up to 10 points (total of 60 points).

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Allusion
• Irony
• Alliteration

PART 2 - As you read:

Find examples of four of the six types of figurative language listed above in Chapters 7, 8, and 9.  Share your findings with me as a quote and a page number. Each quote and page number is worth up to 10 points (total of 40 points).  

The completed assignment is worth up to 100 points.  For extra credit points, share examples from the book of all six types.

You are welcome to share this as either two separate emails/Docs or as one email/Doc with both parts of the assignment.  Either way, the entire assignment is due by midnight on Monday, October 29.

"Their Eyes Were Watching God" - information and online assignment

We are starting our first novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," by Zora Neale Hurston on Monday, October 8.  

A couple of reminders before we read:

1 - We will be doing a lot of the reading for this particular novel in class.  Yes, that means you should have very little outside reading to do, but that also means that you are responsible for catching up on missed reading assignments if you happen to miss class for any reason.  You will sign out a book to use, and I have provided a link to an ebook you can read if you forget your book at school.  The assignment calendar will tell you what readings are due when.

2 - This book is written in a mix of dialect and formal English.  This can make reading a challenge.  To assist you on this, I have provided links to the audiobook we will be using in class.  See the set of links on the right side of the page for the recording, as well as a link to the ebook version.

This book is an excellent example of a work by an African American writer and is based in a real location and loosely based on actual events.  Before we read, you need to read these two short background essays and complete the assignment described below:

Reading: History of Eatonville, FL

Reading: Zora Neale Hurston biography

When you have finished the assigned reading, send me answers to these two questions, either via email or in a shared Google Doc:

1) Who were five of the twenty-nine men who signed the incorporation papers for Eatonville?  What is odd about the men who signed?

2) Who discovered Hurston's grave and published an essay about Hurston?  Where was that essay published, and in what year?

Each answer is worth up to 25 points.  Your answers are due to me no later than MIDNIGHT on Friday, October 12.