This assignment is the final grade for the section of "A Worker's Life" in Edgenuity and counts for credit in English and the corresponding class in U.S. history. Upon completion of the assignment, your grade and SAR will be shared with your history teacher.
This activity is an alternative for the topic test in the section "Contemporary Voices" for English III B.
You will read a poem by Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Mr. Rodriguez's brother, and analyze the current events or social / cultural truths of life in America today present in the poem. Then, you will write your own poem reflecting your own cultural experience. This is an alternative assignment for the Edgenuity on "Modern Drama Study."
The point of this section in your curriculum is to understand how people convey important ideas and character motivations in a type of writing, the play or screenplay, that makes it much more difficult to figure out. You will build a character and write a short scene in a modern screenplay format (like for TV and Hollywood). This assignment is an alternative to the topic test for the section on "Civil War and Regionalism" for English 3A.
For both options, students can either write an essay OR record a video with an explanation on the same content. There are also options on how to approach the material. |