Assignment: 039b
10th Grade English (Intensified), Mr. Greene
Unit Final Assessment
Medieval Literature and Beowulf
Part I: Close Reading (50 points).
Directions: Select either “A Supermarket in California” by
Allen Ginsburg or “Mayflower” by Sylvia Plath. Using
headphones, listen to a reading of the text posted to this
assignment on Google Classroom. Get a paper copy of your
selected text, then close read it. Annotate as required.
After you complete your close reading and annotation of
your selected text, provide an interpretation of its meaning
in a concise, well-written, and elegantly-expressed
analytical essay. Your response should offer your
interpretation, supported by your analysis of the text’s
literary form, literary devices, and literary elements.
Type your interpretation in the space below and add to this
assignment in Google Classroom the submit:
Continue your response below:
Continue your response below: