Oswalt – English II/Honors PreAP



Emergency Lesson #1?Student/Teacher’s Edition Pages: 664–677The naturalist Jane Goodall makes an impassioned and persuasive argument for humane treatment of chimpanzees in research labs. Students will be engaged by the ethical issues in “I Acknowledge Mine.” Summary In “I Acknowledge Mine,” Jane Goodall—a naturalist, animal-rights activist, and conservationist—describes the pitiful conditions at labs that use chimpanzees for medical research. Goodall then argues passionately for more humane and ethical treatment of these animals. Engaging the Students Many people feel strongly about the thorny issue of animal rights versus medical advancement. As students study Goodall’s passionate plea on behalf of the chimpanzees she loves, they learn to identify and to evaluate emotional arguments and to assess this controversy more objectively.TEKS FOCUS ? Persuasive Techniques ? SummarizeDIRECTIONS - Answer on notebook paper all 11 (eleven) questions on page 675 – and turn in before the end of class. Make sure your responses are in complete sentences when possible. Title for this assignment is Emergency #1----------------------------------------------------------Emergency Lesson #2?Student/Teacher’s Edition Pages: 900–909Sandra Cisneros’ writing addresses the Latino experience in the United States. These selections allow students to hear her literary voice and consider the techniques that create it. Summary “Only Daughter” In this personal essay, Cisneros reflects on being the only daughter in a Mexican-American family of six sons. Because she was expected simply to become someone’s wife, her father treated her writing as a waste of time—until he read a story of hers. from Caramelo In this novel excerpt, the narrator describes a family beach photograph in which she is missing: nobody had noticed that she was off playing by herself. TEKS FOCUS ? Style and Voice ? Identify Author’s PurposeDIRECTIONSAnswer on notebook paper all 10 (ten) questions on page 908 & the first 5 (five) vocabulary questions on page 909 – and turn in everything before the end of class. Make sure your responses are in complete sentences when possible. Title for this assignment is Emergency #2 ................
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