World Literature
Week Eight Assignment
10/30-11/1/2007
1. Read and Respond:
Tuesday: Read Oliver Twist, chapters
34-37. Write an intelligent, thought
provoking question for each chapter. I
will use these for our reading quiz on Thursday!
Thursday:
Read chapters 38-44. Summarize
each chapter in two or three sentences (due November 6).
2. Vocabulary:
No vocabulary this week: instead, you will be tested on your memorized piece next Tuesday.
3. Write:
Write at least 500
words to describe and discuss one of the characters we have met so far. Like any essay, this one should state a
thesis—a sentence that sums up the central point about the character that you wish to make. Be sure
that you mention specific episodes from the story and quote at least three
phrases. You should not quote any long
passage in this brief paper (due November 6).
4. Finger Exercise:
Bring
your Kaplan SAT book to class.
5. Very Important!!! Memorize your selection for the open house. Be prepared to recite it from memory on Tuesday, November 6. You will receive a grade for it!!!
6. A Lark, a lark!!! I will be traveling back in time
to visit the Dickens Faire at the