12th Grade ELA (Al-Madinah School) //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ Class Name: 12th Grade ELA Instructor(s): FOZIA ARAIN en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 05/02/2019]]> //www.almadinah-school.com/homeworkItem5202849 //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ H.W. # 34:  How does Leslie Marmon Silko’s interactions with other individuals develop a central idea in paragraphs 4-10 in her personal narrative essay titled 
“Yellow Woman and the Beauty of the Spirit”?  Explain.

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H.W. # 33:  Analyze how Leslie Marmon Silko creates a smooth progression of events at the beginning of her personal narrative essay titled “Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit”.

]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:59:35 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/22/2019]]> //www.almadinah-school.com/homeworkItem5193898 //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ EXAM # 3:  PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
                                             
TEXT-BASED RESPONSE
 
YOUR TASK:  Based on your reading of Benazir Bhutto’s “Ideas Live On,” and Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”, write a multi-paragraph response to one of the following prompts:
 
1).  Is democracy “the last improvement possible in government” (Thoreau, part 3, par. 19)?
2).   What is the role and responsibility of government?
3).   Who should have power to make decisions in a society?
 
Your response will be assessed using the Performance Assessment Rubric.
 
Guidelines:  1). Closely read the prompt.
                     2). Organize your ideas and evidence.
                     3). Develop a response that synthesizes content from both texts.
                      4). Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support your analysis.
                      5). Follow the conventions of standard written English.
 

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:54:57 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/09/2019]]> //www.almadinah-school.com/homeworkItem5186972 //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ H.W. # 32:  Which sentence of part 3, paragraphs 17-19 is MOST CRITICAL to your understanding of Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience" and WHY? Explain in a well-developed paragraph.
]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2019 06:46:54 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/03/2019]]> //www.almadinah-school.com/homeworkItem5183167 //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ H.W. # 31:  Preview part 3, paragraphs 1-8 of Thoreau's 
"Civil Disobedience" and box any unfamiliar words and look up their definitions.  Answer the following questions.
1)  How does Thoreau describe his experience in the jail?
2)  What effect does Thoreau create through his description of the jail?
3)   What does Thoreau do when he is freed from jail?  How do his descriptions of his actions develop a central idea? Explain.

]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 06:01:49 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/02/2019]]> //www.almadinah-school.com/homeworkItem5183164 //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ H.W. # 30:  Read part 2, paragraphs 10-12 of "Civil Disobedience".  Box any unfamiliar words and look up their definitions.  Respond to the following questions.
1)  What relationship does Thoreu establish between wealth and morality in part 2, paragraph 10?
2)  What advice does Thoreau offer those who are afraid to
"deny the authority of the "State"
(part 2, paragraph 11)?
3)  How does Thoreau develop the central idea of the relationship between the individual and the state in part 2, paragraphs 10-12?

]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:55:45 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/28/2019]]> //www.almadinah-school.com/homeworkItem5180421 //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ H.W. # 29:  Read paragraph 12
(from "I hear of a convention to be held at Baltimore" to "the Mutual Insurance company, which has promised to bury him decently") of "Civil Disobedience" and write a summary of the paragraph.

]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:01:59 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/20/2019]]> //www.almadinah-school.com/homeworkItem5172424 //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ H.W. # 28:  Read paragraph 7 of
"Civil Disobedience".  How does this paragraph develop Thoreau's point of view of the relationship between the individual and the state?

]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2019 05:33:00 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/15/2019]]> //www.almadinah-school.com/homeworkItem5168507 //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ H.W. # 27:  How does Thoreu establish his point of view in the opening paragraph of his essay 
"Civil Disobedience"?

]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 05:59:09 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 03/14/2019]]> //www.almadinah-school.com/homeworkItem5168505 //www.almadinah-school.com/apps/classes/908256/assignments/ H.W. # 26:  How do Bhutto's choices about how to end her speech, "Ideas Live On", relate to the choices she made about how to begin her speech?
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