English 1A Week 12
11/13 Quick Review – MLA!
Q & A The Harder They Come
by T.C. Boyle – Finish Mendocino
V. The Noyo
VI. The Jefferson
(Chapters 15 – 20)
11/15 Wednesday
Research Paper = DUE
Finish THTC VI.
Text Ch 20, APA,
Handbook APA
Begin Debate Preparation!
Topic Choices & Research in APA
Alert: 11/17 = last DROP!
MLA STYLE – use you handbook, textbook or Purdue guides:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/675/01/
APA STYLE – use you handbook, textbook or Purdue guides:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/664/01/
THTC -- Catching up from last week!
IV Mendocino (p. 125 – 158)
Ch. 12
1. In this chapter Sten grapples with his fame over the Costa Rican situation and the discovery
of the name of the man he'd killed, twenty-four-year-old Warner Ayala. We see him taking
Xanax and washing it down with alcohol, a watered-down version of his son's careless
combining of controlled substances. In what other ways do we see "like father, like son"?
2. Sten and Carolee go out to eat and see Adam and Sara. They exchange some disagreeable
words about Adam. What do readers learn about Adam's behavioral issues, here?
Ch. 13
1. After their dinner, Carolee had insisted she and Sten got to the bar across the street,
essentially to spy on their son and Sara. The Stensens are out of place there, and the
scene doesn't go well. Describe it.
2. Sten runs into his friend Carey at the grocery store. What does Carey get Sten to do?
Ch. 14
1. T. C. Boyle has an uncanny way of making readers feel uneasy about American cultural
issues, particularly about racial prejudice. What is going on in this chapter that lays bare
small-minded Whites' prejudice against Mexican-Americans?
2. At the end of the confrontation, which pair shows the best judgment? Why do you think so?
T. C. Boyle The Harder They Come
Part V: The Noyo
Ch. 15
1. What is the Noyo?
2. On the phone, Christabel says "I'm just having a little taste to see what I'm missing," What is
she doing, and what is she inferring about what Sara is doing?
3. What's the status of Kutya, the dog, at this point?
4. What does Sara's second, surprise phone call revel about her situation?
5. After Sara's cleaning and shopping, who arrives in the silver Prius, and what happens?
6. What do Boyle's additional descriptions in this chapter tell us about Adam?
Ch. 16
1. How is Christabel dressed, and how does her encounter with Sten go?
2. After his shower, how does Adam arrive at the table?
3. How does the "threesome" evening end?
Ch. 17
1. We see a bit of Adam's temper at the breakfast table. What's it all about?
2. What's the midnight adventure Sara and Adam are planning?
Ch. 18
1. Sara hears gunfire when she goes back to her house. What is the source?
2.How do Adam and Sara escape police attention and where do they spend the night?
Part VI: The Jefferson
Ch. 19
1. Where is Coulter, as the chapter opens, and what is he doing?
2. Boyle juxtaposes a Coulter story with Adam's. What's incongruous about it?
3. Why does Coulter compare his father to John Potts from the Colter story?
Ch. 20
1. What do we learn about Adam's plants and his habits?
2. Why did Adam "drop that hostile" on the Georgia Pacific land?
11/13 Quick Review – MLA!
Q & A The Harder They Come
by T.C. Boyle – Finish Mendocino
V. The Noyo
VI. The Jefferson
(Chapters 15 – 20)
11/15 Wednesday
Research Paper = DUE
Finish THTC VI.
Text Ch 20, APA,
Handbook APA
Begin Debate Preparation!
Topic Choices & Research in APA
Alert: 11/17 = last DROP!
MLA STYLE – use you handbook, textbook or Purdue guides:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/675/01/
APA STYLE – use you handbook, textbook or Purdue guides:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/664/01/
THTC -- Catching up from last week!
IV Mendocino (p. 125 – 158)
Ch. 12
1. In this chapter Sten grapples with his fame over the Costa Rican situation and the discovery
of the name of the man he'd killed, twenty-four-year-old Warner Ayala. We see him taking
Xanax and washing it down with alcohol, a watered-down version of his son's careless
combining of controlled substances. In what other ways do we see "like father, like son"?
2. Sten and Carolee go out to eat and see Adam and Sara. They exchange some disagreeable
words about Adam. What do readers learn about Adam's behavioral issues, here?
Ch. 13
1. After their dinner, Carolee had insisted she and Sten got to the bar across the street,
essentially to spy on their son and Sara. The Stensens are out of place there, and the
scene doesn't go well. Describe it.
2. Sten runs into his friend Carey at the grocery store. What does Carey get Sten to do?
Ch. 14
1. T. C. Boyle has an uncanny way of making readers feel uneasy about American cultural
issues, particularly about racial prejudice. What is going on in this chapter that lays bare
small-minded Whites' prejudice against Mexican-Americans?
2. At the end of the confrontation, which pair shows the best judgment? Why do you think so?
T. C. Boyle The Harder They Come
Part V: The Noyo
Ch. 15
1. What is the Noyo?
2. On the phone, Christabel says "I'm just having a little taste to see what I'm missing," What is
she doing, and what is she inferring about what Sara is doing?
3. What's the status of Kutya, the dog, at this point?
4. What does Sara's second, surprise phone call revel about her situation?
5. After Sara's cleaning and shopping, who arrives in the silver Prius, and what happens?
6. What do Boyle's additional descriptions in this chapter tell us about Adam?
Ch. 16
1. How is Christabel dressed, and how does her encounter with Sten go?
2. After his shower, how does Adam arrive at the table?
3. How does the "threesome" evening end?
Ch. 17
1. We see a bit of Adam's temper at the breakfast table. What's it all about?
2. What's the midnight adventure Sara and Adam are planning?
Ch. 18
1. Sara hears gunfire when she goes back to her house. What is the source?
2.How do Adam and Sara escape police attention and where do they spend the night?
Part VI: The Jefferson
Ch. 19
1. Where is Coulter, as the chapter opens, and what is he doing?
2. Boyle juxtaposes a Coulter story with Adam's. What's incongruous about it?
3. Why does Coulter compare his father to John Potts from the Colter story?
Ch. 20
1. What do we learn about Adam's plants and his habits?
2. Why did Adam "drop that hostile" on the Georgia Pacific land?