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ENGLISH 11 Mrs. Kurucz
This web page is a "work in progress" this year, so be patient and keep checking it.	Here is the one constant assignment link. Check it frequently!

A Raisin in the Sun Each student received a "direction" sheet at the end of English 10 to complete the web quest. The brochure is due within the first week of school for ALL English 11 students. Click here: DIRECTION SHEET to read what you need to do for your web quest. You definitely need this to work with the web quest link above! *Honors Option: The Great Gatsby Treasure Hunt --Read Gatsby as we read A Raisin in the Sun in class. Here is the link for the treasure hunt: http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/gatsbyhunt.html

John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men & Travels with Charley We will be listening to Of Mice and Men in class. There is an extensive study guide to use as you are listening. Be sure this is completed with thoughtful responses. In addition, there are some introductory activities (click here) that you are to complete. Your intro. activity will count as a double homework grade. If you are having trouble with any of the vocabulary, allusions, or idioms, check out the link! English 11Honors will be reading Travels with Charley at the same time. Please read the link about the novel and Rocinante. Since Rocinante refers to the novel, Don Quixote, read the summary of that too. You are to write a list of 5 pieces of information you learned in connection with the novel -- be sure one of your pieces connects to the idea of dreams in Don Quixote.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller This is the first piece of literature in our Individual vs. Society unit. Before we begin, There are certain pieces of background that you need to know about the Salem Witch Hunts. Click here for the intro question sheet. Below are the links to use to answer the questions!	Here are a few sites that you might like to check out as we are reading the play. The Salem Witch Trials Study Notes
The Puritans Puritans in New England: http://www.victorianweb.org/religion/puritan2.html Puritan Daily Life: http://www.ushistory.org/us/3d.asp The Witches History Explains the Puzzle of Salem: http://www.dreric.org/library/salem.shtml Witchcraft in Salem: http://www.ushistory.org/us/3g.asp GO ON A WITCH HUNT: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/ McCarthyism What is McCarthyism: http://www.essortment.com/all/mccarthyismred_rmfw.htm

The Individual vs Society
Literature Circles using The Wave, Whale Talk, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Socratic Seminar
Reading Log Template















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