English IV: Quarter 3 Question 1! Due 2/26!

In what ways are the characters in your book realistic? Unrealistic? What is the author's primary means of character development (character's actions, character's words, narrator tells you/ physical description, what others say to or about the character, what others do to the character, etc.) In what ways are any of the characters like or dislike you? Explain!

English III: Quarter 3 Question 1 due 1/16!

• What point of view is your story told in?
• What effect does the point of view have on your book? How would your book be different if it were told from a different character's point of view? (Think about it like this: how would your book have changed if it were told from the antagonist's ("bad guy"-works against the main character) point of view?) Would the audience have different feelings toward some of the characters or events in the plot?
• Would this make your book more or less interesting to you and why?

English III & IV: Quarter 2 Question 1 on Personal Choice Book- Due 12/5!

Tell me a little bit about your new book choice. What book did you choose to read for this next book project? Why did you select this book? In the few pages you have read, what impressions do you get about the setting, characters, plot, etc? Has the introduction captured your attention already? Why or why not? What specifically is good or bad about the introduction, and what would you do to change it if has not not captured your attention right away?

Be sure to elaborate on your response! I don't want to see a bunch of simple sentences!

Example of a "not so good" answer:

"I chose Hunger games. Chose it cuz it is good and there is a movie. I read 10 pages and didn't get any impressions. I think it is going to be so good though. The introduction has captured my attention,  and I am looking forward to the rest of it."

English III-Quarter 2 Question 1 Due 11/ 13!

Main characters often have traits (or flaws) that make them similar to characters in other books. Compare the main character(s) of your book to the character(s) of another book you have read, or of a story we have read in class. In what ways are the characters similar to each other, and in what ways are they different? If these characters were to meet, what could they learn from each other?

English IV- Quarter 2 Question 1 due 11/ 12!

As we have been reading Oedipus Rex, we have discussed dramatic and verbal irony several times. In your book have there been any examples of irony? Describe the situation in detail (what is happening in the situation, what makes it ironic, etc.) and provide specific text evidence from the book to support your answer.

If there is no irony whatsoever in your book, please give me an overview of what's going on in your plot. Tell me how you feel about the plot of your book. What part of the plot are you in (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)? What plot events have come as a surprise to you? What is your opinion on the development of any of the elements of plot (does your author do a good job of developing the plot? How is the pacing?)? Are the plot events believable? Which ones? How so? If they are not believable, why aren't they, and what would you do to change them? Use specific examples from your text!

English III- Question 3! Due 10/17!!!!

Tell me how you feel about the plot of your book so far. What part of the plot are you in (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)? What plot events have come as a surprise to you? What is your opinion on the development of any of the elements of plot (does your author do a good job of developing the plot? How is the pacing?)? Are the plot events believable? Which ones? How so? If they are not believable, why aren't they, and what would you do to change them? Use specific examples from your text!


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English IV- Due 10/8!

Often times, the protagonists (or minor characters) of a story demonstrate characteristics of the classic hero and quests that we have discussed in class. How does your protagonist or plot resemble the hero and quest, which hero/quest characteristics (extraordinary birth, goal/ quest, journey, friend or guide, danger, darkness, success, qualities, tragic flaw) does the book include? How is your protagonist different from the heroes we have read about in class? Use specific examples from your book to support your opinions.