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English II
Honors First
Trimester Out-of-Class Writing Assignments |
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Assignment
1: “The Vice Story” “The
Story of the Captain’s Wife, and an Aged Woman” begins by declaring
that there is no vice to which human nature is more prone than criticizing
others for the fault(s) which we have ourselves.
Write a short story or personal narrative in which you (as the
author of the story does) portray this theme.
Maximum 3 double-spaced, typed pages.
Please type and use MLA style (see your Little Brown Handbook if you are not familiar with this style). |
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Assignment
2: “Ben Franklin’s
Almanack” Ben Franklin in
“Poor Richard’s Almanack” gives many pieces of “homely wisdom.”
Rank and discuss the current efficacy of each piece of advice,
starting with the most relevant and ending with the least relevant to
modern society. Maximum 3 double-spaced, typed
pages. Please type and use
MLA style (see your Little Brown
Handbook if you are not familiar with this style). |
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Assignment
3: The Definition of
Prejudice Keeping
in mind the (indirect) explanation Lee gives of prejudice in Chapter 23 of
To Kill A Mockingbird, and also
the narratives by Equino, Douglass, Jacobs, Crevecoeur, and Jefferson;
write your own definition paper on prejudice.
Look up the word in the Oxford
English Dictionary to find all of its historical meanings, then use
examples of the various types and causes of prejudice in our world, both
past and present. Cite at least three of the above sources to support your
definition. Maximum 3
double-spaced, typed pages. Please
type and use MLA style (see your
Little Brown Handbook if you are not familiar with this style). |