Assignment: NO SCHOOL Date:Mon, May 26, 2008
English 11No School
Assignment: River, 7 Date:Thu, May 22, 2008
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Assignment: River 6 Date:Wed, May 21, 2008
English 11Explain how to do good character sketch. A River Runs Through it is, in some ways, an extended character sketch of Paul.
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Assignment: River, 5 Date:Tue, May 20, 2008
English 111. Read my post “basic rules” then leave a comment stating that you read it. (You don’t need more practice “texting")
2. If you need help send me a message on Ning and I’ll get to you as soon as I can.
3. You should have your “Where I’m From” poem posted today. Go read Ellie’s.Continue “A Moment in Time” Unit, responding to A River Runs Through It
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Assignment: River, 4 Date:Mon, May 19, 2008
English 11You should now have a web site created using Google Web Page Creator, and you should have responded to the email invitation to join the Polson Ning site.
On the Google Website, you should have placed a quote from A River Runs Through It along with your response to that quote.
On the Ning site, you should have created a blog on “My Page” and on that blog you should have posted a link to your Google Web Site.
This was due by the end of the period on Friday.
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Today, we will discuss the novel through page 63. This may be done through oral discussion or it may be done by responding to posts on the Forum on the Ning page.
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Assignment: River, 8 Date:Sun, May 18, 2008
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Assignment: A River Runs Through It, 3 Date:Fri, May 16, 2008
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Assignment: Set up web page Date:Thu, May 15, 2008
English 11Set up web page for River Runs Through It assignments
Work on “character sketch” of family member who exemplifies some of the values of your culture
Assignment: A River Runs Through It, 2 Date:Thu, May 15, 2008
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Assignment: Early Release: Discuss “River Runs Through It” (1-47) Date:Wed, May 14, 2008
English 11Early Out: short periods
Discuss River Runs Through It
Pages 1-24
Norman Maclean wrote this back in 1976. It is a leisurely novel. Give it some time.
Answer the following questions fully.
1. Complete the quote. “In our family there was no clear line between__________________________________” Does this lower religion or elevate fishing? Explain.
2. What question does the father ask his boys on Sundays? What is the answer?
3. How does fly-fishing support the fathers view of life?
4. What is the relationship between grace, art and salvation?
5. What does his younger brother like to bet on? Why, do you suppose, does he like to bet?
6. What is the problem with west coast fishermen?
7. What is the favor? Why does the brother grant it?
8. How was the Big Blackfoot made? What are the Biblical echoes in it’s creation?
9. Why is the dialogue between the two fears a bad thing? Do you suppose that happens to his brother?
10. How does his brother react to the catch? What might the hat move mean, if it isn’t out of respect?
11. What is the purpose of “shadow-casting” Why is that “rhythm” significant?
A River Meanders Through It; 24-55
1. Why is Paul in jail? Who is there with him? Why is she appropriate for Paul? Why would MacLean include those details about Custer?2. What must happen in Hot Springs?
3. Who are Black Irish or Black Scots? Why won’t the men speak of them? Why will the women?
4. How is Paul different from all of these “black uncles”?
5. What does Neils suitcase signify?
6. Norman writes very ill of Rawhide and the like. What nasty things does he write? At the same time, he praises them? How?
7. How has Neal done wrong? How has he “sinned”?
8. What is the hard thing to leave behind? How does it interfere with fishing?
9. Why will fish hang out under the osiers (bushes)? Why won’t Norman fish there? How does that symbolize his relationships?
10. How did Norman lose his line? The author does not make this explicit, but why was he casting into the woods?
11. According to Paul, why should they help Neal?
12. Why is the wife so upset? What could be the deeper reason?
13. Norman seems to be setting up a disturbing theme; that to be excellent at something, you need to be self-destructive. What are his examples of self-destructive excellence?
Assignment: A River Runs Through It, 1 Date:Wed, May 14, 2008
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Assignment: “Issue of Concern” essay (Sub) Date:Tue, May 13, 2008
English 11Substitute periods 4-7
Write “Issue of concern” essay. Due at end of period
Assignment: Postsecondary Essay Date:Mon, May 12, 2008
Postsendary Essay due: Assignment Sheet
In class: write “Work Ethic” essay. Due at end of period.
Chosen: read to page 47 by Wednesday.
Assignment: Writing an Essay of Place Date:Fri, May 09, 2008
English 11Write a descriptive essay about a place that has had some special meaning in your lifea place that is still a part of you. Provide specific physical details about the place, and explain how this place helped form you into the person you are today.
As you get started, take a few minutes to think about how you want to order your essay: What will you summarize? What will you dramatize? Will you use chronological order or flashback?
Publish your essay of place on a new Web page. Link the page to the quotation of place that you’ve chosen from your novel.
Assignment: Hand out “River Runs Through It” Date:Fri, May 09, 2008
English 11Intro to River Runs Through It
Read to page 47 by Wednesday.
Assignment: Chosen (Chap 18: 279-291) Date:Thu, May 08, 2008
English 11Continue watching video: The Chosen
Chapter Eighteen
1. Discuss Reb Saunders reasons for raising Danny in silence. What is ironic about his methods? Are the methods cruel, or correct for a person like Danny?
2. What is the “tortured victory” referred to in the following passage:
“Reb Saunders sat back slowly in his chair. And from his lips came a soft, tremulous sigh. He was silent for a moment, his eyes wide, dark, brooding, gazing upon his son. He nodded his head once, as if in final acknowledgment of his tortured victory.”
3. Why is the following passage ironic:
Reb Saunders looked at me and smiled feebly, nodding his head. “My son, my Daniel, has also become a man. It is a great joy for a father to see his son suddenly become a man.”
Danny stirred faintly in his chair, then was still.
“What will you do after your graduation?” Reb Saunders asked quietly.
“I have another year to student for my smicha.”
“And then what?”
“I am going to the rabbinate.” (pg. 262)4. In what ways is this novel a coming-of-age, rite-of-passage experience for both Reuven and Danny?
5. Another important theme in this novel is the theme of the importance of the father-son relationship. Compare and contrast the two father-son relationships in this story. Do you believe both fathers have raised their sons to the best of their abilities? How much influence does Reuven’s father have over the kind of man Danny becomes and how much influence does Reb Saunders have over Reuven’s development?
6. Cite incidents from the story to support or refute the following statement: Danny and Reuven will remain life-long friends despite their differences.
Assignment: Begin video: The Chosen Date:Wed, May 07, 2008
English 11Begin video The Chosen (105 minutes)
Assignment: Chosen (Chap 17: 267-278) Date:Wed, May 07, 2008
English 11Chapter Seventeen
1. How does Danny’s understanding of silence change since the last chapter?
2. Why is it important that Danny anticipate the questions Reb Saunders will ask him when he tells his father he wants to be a psychologist?
3. What does Mr. Malter say about “silence” as a method of raising children?
4. Why does Danny not tell his father about the plan to be a psychologist?
5. For what reason is Reuven’s father angry with his son at the end of this chapter?
Assignment: Chapter 15-16 (255-266) Date:Tue, May 06, 2008
English 11Chapter Fifteen
1. After the establishment of the Jewish state, what happens to end the anti-Zionist activities inside the school?
Chapter Sixteen
1. How does Reuven feel about Reb Saunders when he meets him again after the ban on his friendship with Danny is lifted? What does Reb Saunders want from Reuven?
Assignment: Chosen (Chap 14: 234-254) /Citizenship Essay Date:Mon, May 05, 2008
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Assignment: First Discussion of “River Runs Through It” Date:Fri, May 02, 2008
English 11Discuss River Runs Through It
Assignment: Chosen (Chap 14: 255-266) Date:Fri, May 02, 2008
English 11Chapter Fourteen
rebbes - plural of rabbi
mishna - written rabbinical law
inyan - a Talmudic passage1. What is the only contact Reuven has with Danny at the beginning of their second year of college? In what way is this contact ironic?
2. Explain the Partition Plan of the United States.Why is Reuven glad he restrains the anger he feels toward the anti-Zionist Hasidic students after this plan is adopted by the United Nations?
3. List the two methods Reuven uses to prepare a passage of the Talmud for Rav Gershenson’s class.
4. Why does Rav Gershenson ask Reuven never to use his father’s method of studying the Talmud in his classroom?
Assignment: Chosen (Chap 13: 207-233) Date:Thu, May 01, 2008
BOOK THREE
Chapter Thirteen
1. What two pieces of advice does Reuven offer Danny to help him deal with his frustration at college?
2. In what way is Mr. Malter’s method of teaching Reuven the Talmud similar to Professor Appleman’s method of teaching psychology?
3. What is the Irgun? Why does Reuven’s father have mixed feelings about its activities?
4. What is Reuven’s father saying when he tells his son,
“I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye is in itself nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something.” (pg. 204)
5. One of the overall themes of this story is friendship. Find a statement in this chapter where Reuven’s father tells his son that good friends can disagree and still remain friends.
6. Why does Danny decide to learn experimental psychology?
7. How does Danny feel about Zionism? Why does he not voice his opinion?
8. Why is Danny not allowed to be seen with Reuven anymore?