Drinking from human skulls?

Yep, that happens in the reading for tonight. Your assignment is to read through page 25.

In class we took a quiz, talked about Okonkwo, and finished discussing Igbo culture.

**Don't forget to complete the counselor assignment (previous post) for Friday!!

Things Will Not Fall Apart...

...if you read pages 3-8 for tomorrow.

Also, work on the assignment you received today from the counselor. To do so, follow these instructions:

1. Log onto Family Connections in Naviance. If you have forgotten your password, type in your email address, hit forgot password, and then check your email to retrieve your password.

2. Complete the personal inventory, "Do What You Are," which can be found under the About Me heading on the left tool bar.

3. Analyze your results by answering the questions on the yellow sheets you received today.

4. Submit your responses to ME by Friday (this assignment is worth points in English).

This weekend...

...hopefully the girls will win state!! Besides that, you should be working on your paragraph comparing Ruku and Lalita, Kenny and William Darcy, or the setting of Nectar and the Setting of B&P.
Your paragraph must be typed and must contain:
1. an MLA heading
2. 2 PIEs--in this case, the I(illustration) may be an example rather than textual evidence.

In class I checked for homework, and then we finished B & P.

**Don't forget to blog this weekend! Click here for an interesting article in which a reporter examines his connection to Bollywood.

BP vs. Nectar

Today we compared/contrased Rukmani and Lalita using a double-bubble map. Then, we viewed about 25 minutes of the film. The homework for tonight is to complete another comparison (using double-bubble). You may choose to compare Kenny and Darcy OR the setting of Nectar and the setting of B & P. If you choose to compare the settings, you may have to use more than adjectives to describe--"arranged marriages" may be one of your descriptors, for example.

FINAL ESSAY

Today we did some peer-evaluation of the rough drafts.

The final Nectar essay is due Thursday. On Thursday, you must have:

1. A blank, cream-colored rubric (on Edline if you've lost your copy). This rubric is on the backside of the one used during peer-evaluation.

2. A complete, typed final draft (don't forget a creative title, page #s in a header, and the Works Cited "page")

3. All drafts/paragraphs--I MUST see draft work with peer/other comments on it!

**If you have an excused absence on Thursday, you MUST email me an electronic copy of your final paper by 3:10pm. Then, you must turn in a hard copy of the paper and drafts immediately upon your return to school.

If you are absent on Thursday because of the Girls Hockey (Go Hornets!) game (6th HOUR ONLY), you must turn your paper in on Thursday morning, prior to your departure for the game.

Putting it All Together

Today we did some peer reading of intro, conclusion, and body paragraphs. Individual suggestions for revision are the following:

Try one of the following in your introduction and/or conclusion:
1. Add a sentence using a comparison (simile or metaphor)
2. Use a rhetorical fragment.
3. Combine two sentences
4. Change a word in your attention-getter or closing statement to a more descriptive/sophisticated word.

For tomorrow, the complete, typed, rough draft is due. Your draft must include:

MLA heading
Creative Title
Intro, 3 body paragraphs (2 PIEs each), conclusion
MLA headers with last name and page numbers
Works Cited citation near bottom of final essay page

The Body: Part II

Today we completed more peer evaluation of the Nectar paper paragraphs. Here is the individual editing that students completed in class:

Draw boxes around the first 3 words of each sentence in the paragraph.
• What do you notice?
• Do you begin each sentence the same way? If so—mix it up.

Count the number of words in each sentence.
• What is your pattern?
• What potential problems do you see with the numbers?

Replace two words with more descriptive/sophisticated words.

Replace repetitive signal phrase verbs with more specific verbs.

And here is the assignment for Monday:

Write your introduction and conclusion.
Introduction:
General discussion of topic (beginning with attention-getter)
Introduction of title and author
Specific thesis statement
Conclusion:
Restatement of thesis
Summary of analysis
Return to general discussion of topic


So, you need…
A typed document with:
MLA heading
Introduction
2 body paragraphs
Conclusion
FYI: You will write the 3rd body paragraph, add a Works Cited citation for the book, and number the pages to have a complete rough draft DUE TUESDAY, 2/24.