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Please be sure to read all instructions and to use the resources provided for today's assignments. You will need to use your best writing skills, including standard capitalization and punctuation. You also need to provide text evidence and detailed explanations. As of right now, May 15 is the last day to turn in work. If you are missing assignments, you need to complete them within the next few days. Please do not wait until May 15. When you have made up late work, please email me with the name of the assignment. I will be available today for emailed questions between 12:00-2:00. Literature Assignment: Read Chapter 21 of Farewell to Manzanar. Answer the questions below in a Google document labeled with your last name (and first initial, if needed) and the word "Manzanar 21." This is due Thursday, April 23, by 7:00 PM. 1. How did Jeanne's relationship with Radine change during this chapter? Provide at least two pieces of quoted text evidence to support your answer and explain each in detail. Cite quotes with page numbers. (5 points) 2. Who was Leonard Rodriguez and how did he influence Jeanne at this time? Was he a good influence in Jeanne's life or not? Why or why not? Provide two pieces of quoted text evidence to support your ideas and explain each in detail. Cite quotes with page numbers. (5 points) 3. Who was Lois Carson and how did she influence Jeanne at this time? Was she a good influence in Jeanne's life or not? Why or why not? Provide two pieces of quoted text evidence to support your ideas and explain each in detail. Cite quotes with page numbers. (5 points) 4. In this chapter, Jeanne contrasts two symbolic dresses and struggles with two personal identities as she tries to find her true self. What were the two dresses and what did each represent? What choice did she make in the end and why? How did the song "Girl of My Dreams" fit into Jeanne's struggle? Provide two or more pieces of quoted text evidence to support your ideas and explain each in detail Cite quotes with page numbers. (5 points) Writing Assignment: Watch the YouTube video introducing Infinitive Phrases and complete IXL GG.8. This is due by Thursday, April 23, 7:00 PM. Comments are closed.
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A Classroom Prayer
Holy Spirit, Giver of all good gifts, enter into my mind and heart. Give me the gift of knowledge and the grace to use it wisely. Help me in all my endeavors. Give me perseverance and fortitude. Help my memory, that I may remember what I learn and recall it when necessary. Guide me in the classroom.
O Jesus, You who are the Way, the Truth, and the Life, let me not be deceived by false teaching. Our Lady of Good Studies, pray for me. Amen. Mary, Undoer of Knots,
Pray for Us! A Prayer to Christ, the Divine Teacher
O source of all Wisdom, Christ the Teacher,
You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Teach us to embrace the truths You have revealed to Your Church. Fill our souls with Your Grace that we may love God above all and our neighbors as ourselves. Christ Jesus, friend and Teacher most patient, bless us and teach us. O Light of the world, teach us always to follow You that we should not walk in darkness, but have forever the Light of Life! Amen. Archives
August 2023
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