Notebook Check

I'm checking notebooks tomorrow. Here's what I'm looking for (30 points):

Approximately 20 Reading Minute Thesis Statements (11/17-the present)

Complete, Up-to-Date Table of Contents, including the following pages:
11/4 Theme Statements in English
11/10 Hero Definition
11/19 Monomyth Map
11/20 Ethics/Morals
11/23 Reflection Response
12/3 Act 1 Discussion (All My Sons)
12/8 Act 2 Activity (All My Sons)
12/18 AMS Quote Study
12/18 AMS Group Quote Study
1/5 Shpakespeare
1/8 Themes in Midsummer

The Semester is Nearing a Close...

If you don't have 14 blog posts by Monday, you are behind. Please try to catch up since those posts are worth 75 posts. Also, be careful that you are responding to your reading, and not copying--or cutting and pasting--your reading onto your blog. Posting the reading material, itself, as if it is your summary, is PLAGIARISM.

On Monday we'll find out what happens when Lysander wakes to find that he is in love with Helena. How is Hermia going to react?!

Tomorrow...

...we see what happens when beings try to mess with love...

A Tale of Two Suitors

...so both Lysander and Demetrius want to marry Hermia. She loves Lysander and her friend, Helena, loves Demetrius. So, problem solved, right?...except that Hermia's father wants her to face Athenian law and be killed if she does not obey his decision that she marry Demetrius.

As Luke L. pointed out 3rd hour, this book sounds a lot like The Hills. If only Heidi's father had prevented her from marrying Spencer...

...the drama continues tomorrow.

Break Out!

Almost everyone submitted the research work. So, that is done (for now). Next semester we will work on a longer research assignment where you will write a full research paper. When you return we will begin our study of Shakespeare. We're reading A Midsummer Night's Dream which is a fun, magical story.

Have a wonderful break!

RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT DUE TOMORROW!!!

The entire research assignment is due tomorrow. The following requirements must be met in order to receive some or all of the assignment's 42 points:

1. All pieces of the assignment must be included--even if I have seen a piece before. The required pieces are:

Cream-colored checklist (copy on Edline)

3 printed articles, with completed credibility sheets and highlighting/underlining of important info.

Annotated Works Cited Page (CLEAN COPY--NO WRITING FROM ME) completed correctly. That is, if I made comments on the one you submitted on Monday, corrections must be made and a new copy should be submitted.

Research paper outline

2. The assignment is due tomorrow with NO EXCEPTIONS. If you are absent, the Annotated Works Cited and research paper outline MUST be emailed to me and a hard copy must be submitted after break. If I have not seen final copies of your work before break, I will not accept them after break.

**There is a great deal of information regarding this assignment on both Edline and the blog. If you have questions, please access these two resources.

This Week...

Today I checked Annotated Works Cited pages. Make any corrections indicated, and print out a new copy to turn in on Friday. The power point that I used to discuss the outline today is on Edline. The outline, along with all source information and Annotated Works Cited, is due on Friday.

TOMORROW IS AMNESTY DAY!! Come in between 9-10:15 to drop off any outstanding late work.