The Woman Warrior
by Maxine Hong Kingston

 
Homework Assignments: Week 28
AP English

Monday
4/6            Finish preparing for the essay exam on The Woman Warrior. Make an outline and find quotations for both essay topics. Only one will be on the exam tomorrow.

Tuesday
4/7            Work on your visual representation (due Friday) and on studying for The Woman Warrior exam (Thursday).

Wednesday
4/8            Finish studying for The Woman Warrior exam. Remember you can earn up to 10 points extra credit by thoroughly completing the study questions.

Thursday
4/9            Finish your visual representation on the theme of paradox in The Woman Warrior. Due tomorrow.

Friday
4/10            Read in your IR book and enjoy the holiday.

 


Old Assignments: Week 25 - 27

Week 27

Monday
3/30            Read to page 174 in The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Tuesday.

Tuesday
3/31            Read to page 197 in The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Wednesday.

Wednesday
4/1            Finish reading The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Thursday. Find and write down 3 important/interesting quotations for discussion tomorrow.
           
Thursday
4/2           Do a think write on the power of talk-story in the autobiography.What is talk story and how does it influence Kingston? How do words, stories, and silence play out in Kingston's life? What does she say about the importance of stories and words through her autobiography? Finish or add to your think write from class if necessary. Look at the model essay or notes on the ending if you want.

Friday
4/3            Read in your IR book. Work on your visual rep or on studying for the exams next week.

 

Week 26

Monday
3/16            Read to page 109 in The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Tuesday.

Tuesday
3/17          Read to page 133 in The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Wednesday.

Wednesday
3/18           Read to page 154 in The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Thursday. Choose three quotations from pages 113-154 and write a reflection on each one--due Monday when we return from the college trip. Try to write one page on each quotation.
           
Thursday
3/19            No homework—good luck at the mock trial competition.

Friday
3/20            Read in your IR book. Finish your reading in The Woman Warrior and complete your 3 quotation reflection if you have not done so already. Due Monday 3/30.

 

Week 25

Monday
3/9            Read to page 38 in The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Tuesday.

Tuesday
3/10            Read to page 53 in The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Wednesday.

Wednesday
3/11            Read to page 75 in The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Thursday.
           
Thursday
3/12            Finish your writing the final draft of your poetry essay if you have not done so already. Read to page 96 in The Woman Warrior. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Friday.

Friday
3/13            Read in your IR book. All IR tests must be taken next week, by Tuesday March 17th.


 

In-class Assignments

Introduction
“No Name Woman”
“White Tigers” part I
“White Tigers” part II
Shaman” I
Quiz #3: pages 87 - 123
“At the Western Palace”

Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe

Think write on the ending

Notes on the ending

Major Assignments

Essay Exam: Tuesday April 7
Study Questions
Woman Warrior Exam: Thursday April 9
Visual Representation: Friday April 10
Sample Outline for Essay #1

Model Essay fragment

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