Honors English
II Homework
due on Friday, September 5, 2017 (A day class) and Monday, September
11, 2017 (B day class) at the very start
of class
The assignment: In dark blue or black ink, write two
or more paragraphs of at least five complete sentences each about what
you think about living in the United
States of America. You may want to address the
advantages and/or disadvantages to living here; comparisons to other places you
have lived, would like to live or have learned about; and/or favorite or least
favorite, most or least interesting aspects of U.S. cultures, history,
lifestyles, etc.
Although I am asking student to not use you or other second-person pronouns, for an assignment like this one, first-person pronouns (I, me, mine, etc.) are entirely appropriate.
Although I am asking student to not use you or other second-person pronouns, for an assignment like this one, first-person pronouns (I, me, mine, etc.) are entirely appropriate.
Notes: A.
If
students choose to do this homework on a keyboard, they must use an easily read
font that has serifs (Bookman, Librarian, Times, Times New Roman, New York,
Georgia, Book Antiqua, and Garamond) in 11- or 12-point type, and double-spaced in order to be eligible
for full credit.
B. Students who turn in the homework
one class day late (meaning that they were present in class on the due date but
turn it in any time after I’ve collected it at the start of the day it is due
and before I am done asking for it during their next class period) are eligible
for up to 80% of the original credit. Students who are absent will need to
supply me with an absence note, whether it’s a hard copy or a photograph of a
note that has been turned in to the office.
Formality of Writing (please pretend this shows up on the blog as two columns):
For full credit, avoid
these:
♦
gonna,
wanna, hafta
♦
coulda, shoulda
♦
a/b, b/t,
b/c
♦
y’all,
you, your, yourself,
♦
mom, my
Mom, granddad, his grandma, her daddy
♦
using symbols in the place of words (such as &,
+, / [except in and/or])
♦
slang expressions.
Instead,
♦
write going
to, want to, have to
♦
use could
have, should have
♦
spell out about,
between, because
♦
find a way to make generalizations that does not
require you
♦
use my
mother, Mom, Granddad or my
grandfather, his grandmother, her father
♦
spell out
and use more formal terms.
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