Oral Book Reports

Oral Book Reports for Second Nine Weeks! On Monday and Tuesday, we will be going to the library to check out a new novel to read for your oral book report. Criteria are the same as last time: Novel must be more than 150 pages, if you have a novel at home that you want to read, you must bring it to class Monday or Tuesday.

For the report itself, you will be required to speak about your novel for at least 3 minutes, but no longer than 5

Provide title and author

You must summarize

Give book's theme

Personal reflection

Green days will give their reports starting on December 16, White days start on December 17.

Ralph Ellison Critical Perspectives

Read the articles found on this website by Kaiser and Corry :
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/ellison-main.html

Do you know your words??

This game allows you to challenge your knowledge of the English language. Test it out and post your scores in the comment section!!

http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords

Ralph Ellison-Invisible Man

Hello, gifted children...please view the following link in order to gain insight into Ellison's life. He was a highly acclaimed, yet criticized writer, and I believe you will find both him and his book interesting.

www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/1914-/lit/ellison.htm

Biography on Erich Maria Remarque

In order to set the stage for the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, it is imperative that you learn about it's author, Erich Maria Remarque. Please follow this link to learn about Erich, his past, and his effect on War literature.

www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/exhibits/
remarque/documents/bio.html

You will be responsible for taking your own notes on this Biography and will be quizzed on the material.

Time for those novels!!

"I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisibility; any way you face it, it is a denial. But to whom can I be responsible, and why should I be, when you refuse to see me?" Prologue, pg. 14

It's that time again...go and purchase, borrow, or check out your respective novels.

Green 1, White 5, White 7~All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Green 2 and 3~Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

White 6~Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
A Separate Peace by John Knowles