All Quiet on the Western Front
Test Friday, 3/17/2017
Vocabulary List #5
#1. Generation: Group of genetically related organisms, constituting a single step in the line of decent.
#2. Scatter: To cause to separate and go in different directions.
#3. Derive: Come from
#4. Mutter: Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
#5.Attribute: An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity.
#6. Aberration: A state or condition marked different from the norm
#7. Acrid: Strong and sharp
#8. Patronizing: Characteristic f those who treat others with condensation
#9. Camaraderie: the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
#10. Obliquely: in a roundabout way, not a direct route/way.
Tuesday: 3/14: AQWF Chapter 9, Analysis, Cornell Notes. Group Discussion
Wednesday: 3/15 and 3/16: AQWF Chapter 10, Analysis, Cornell Notes. Group Discussion
Friday: 3/17: Vocabulary Quiz AQWF List #5
Review Synthesized Assessment for AQWF: Timeline will be posted as soon as AQWF novel is complete.
Required Synthesized Essay Assignment for ALL Quiet on the Western Front Unit
Spring 2017
This essay will be a synthesized essay with harvested CD from the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front (AQWF) as well as two other sources such as a poem or song about war, Lord of the Flies, or Night that focuses on one or two of the major themes we have discussed studying this novel.
Themes:
- The Horror of War
- The Effect of War on the Soldier
- Nationalism and Political Power
- A well thought out thesis that highlights and makes an argument using one or two of the three themes in a synthesis essay using 3 sources total—two of the CD’s must be from the book, AQWF.
- A well- crafted 4- paragraph essay with a strong commentary and a minimum of 6 CD’s (3 chunks per each paragraph).
- Excellent word choice
- Carefully crafted sentences
- Please make sure you have printed out and attached the complete text of poem or song lyrics to your final essay document at the end.
- Final Due Date will be given once the novel is completed. And posted on my website.
- I will not accept this essay in an email or a google.doc email, it must be turned into TURNITIN.com under Synthesized Essay Assignment for AQWF.
- Thesis. (20 Points)
- All CD’s harvested and put into a google document. You will need a minimum of six from 3 different sources. (30 points).
- Essay must follow the rule of a synthesized essay. Minimum of 8 sentence body paragraphs with two different sources for each argument presented to prove your thesis.
- You will have 5 working days in class to produce this essay, and the weekend if you need the additional time or have an IEP or 504 allowances. You have to show evidence in class each day of working on this assignment.