Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Homework 10/7/08

Period 1
1. Study for Vocab quiz
2. Fill out the Renaissance fact sheet handout
3.Read the packet on Harlem Renaissance literature with a partner.
4. Highlight important information.
5. Take notes on the significance of your highlights on a separate sheet of paper.
  • For each highlight, write the page number and what you think it means in your own words.
  • When you are done, write a paragraph(3-5 sentences) to summarize what the essay is about.

Period 3
1. Fill out the Renaissance fact sheet handout Read the packet on Harlem Renaissance literature with a partner.
2. Highlight important information.
3.Read the packet on Harlem Renaissance literature with a partner.
4. Take notes on the significance of your highlights on a separate sheet of paper.
For each highlight, write the page number and what you think it means in your own words.
(LOOK UP ANY WORDS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW AND READ IT OUT LOUD)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

mrs ramirez this marvin, jacob and myra we couldn't fully understand the meaning of this interesting piece of literature. when we got farther into the packet we didn't remember what we read in the beginning

Ms. Ramirez said...

I would suggest that you highlight important phrases (or phrases that sound important) and then paraphrase the meaning of the sections/paragraphs. I would also suggest that you split up the reading into sections and then you guys can put it together as a sort of puzzle.