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bellow are your assignments * any questions answered beyond that becomes extra credit * points are based on content of each answer *



Literature
UNIT 1 Genre Focus: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY
Week One: Read "I Know why the Caged Bird Sings" pg.5
& "ICE" pg.18
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.28
Week Two: Read "On Top of the World" pg.32
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.36
Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" pg.46
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.52
Week Three: Read "The Book of Rock Stars" pg.56
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.60
Read "The March of the Mill Children" pg.66
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.74
Week Four: Read "Filling Out the Application" pg.78
& "Exploring Careers" pg.86
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.90
Week Five: Read "Akiko in the Forbidden Foothills of Gozmature" pg.100
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.104
Read "Being Japanese American" pg.108
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.114
Week Six: Read "A Gift of Laughter" pg.119
& "A Family Thing" pg.124
Complete:Story Review 1-17 pg.130
UNIT 2 Genre Focus: PERSUASIVE WRITING
Week Seven: Read "Racing the Great Bear" pg.151
& "The People Could Fly" pg.164
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.168
Week Eight: Read "A Father's Daring TREK" pg.172
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.176
Read "Paul Revere's Ride" pg.186
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.192
Week Nine: Read "The Oxcart" pg.196
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.202
Read "The Snake Chief" pg.208
Complete:Story Review 1-5 pg.216
Week Ten: Read "Harriet Tubman" pg.220
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.232
Read "Icarus and Daedalus" pg.242
Complete:Story Review 1-5 pg.246
Week Eleven: Read "A Dose of Medicine" pg.250
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.254
Week Twelve: Read "Kamau's Finish" pg.259
& "The Bunion Derby" pg.268
Complete:Story Review 1-15 pg.274-275
UNIT 3 Genre Focus: INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES
Week Twelve: Read "A Tremendous TRADE" pg.293
& "Out of Balance" pg.300
Complete:Story Review 1-14 pg.308
Week Thirteen: Read "Flowers for Algernon" pg.340
Complete:Story Review 1-15 pg.378
Week Fourteen: Read "Tattoos" pg.390
Complete:Story Review 1-6 pg.396
Read "Veil of Valor" pg.407
& "Zoya's Story" pg.414
Complete:Story Review 1-14 pg.418
UNIT 4 Genre Focus: CONNECTING TO THE QUESTION
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