river oaks [english]

Your final draft is due MONDAY. Please include the following in your folder, in this order: (1) Your final draft of Paper #2 (including works cited page) (2) Your graded draft of Paper #1 (the one with my comments) (3) Your annotated bibliography (4) ALL sources used in the paper -- stapled, with noted cards, in the order that they appear on the work cited page. Bring everything to class on Monday! Don't "forget" to bring your Paper #1 or your sources. It's all due MONDAY! The penalty for late work in my class is 10 points/day . Total Points possible = 200

Wow. FINALS. Your final exam will be 50 questions, multiple choice, on scantron (bring a pencil). There may be a brief writing component...emphasis on brief . Please study the following: John Milton Paradise Lost (Fall of Satan) Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal Satire Fairy Tales ~ Archetype, Motif, Allegory Marchen, Grimm Brothers Charles Perrault Andrew Lang Cinderella Bluebeard Hansel & Grettel Sleeping Beauty Uraschimataro & the Turtle The Slaying of the Tanuki That's it. Read everything again, and look at your notes, and you should be fine. Both finals are Monday morning, and we have Doc's make-up day on Thursday. Let me know if you have any questions.

Each of you have been tracking a character throughout the reading of John Hersey's Hiroshima . Now's the time to put your close reading to use. Each of you will write an essay answering the same question: What is the most important event/change/influence in your character's life? Your opinion, your answer, is your thesis. Your paper must support that thesis with reasonable evidence and explination. Your evidence should come directly from the book and should be cited according to MLA . The essay should be 2-3 pages, typed, double-spaced, and formatted according to MLA.

Okay, you have three more writing assignments for me before you go, two poems and one letter. As mentioned in class, the two poems will go into your scrapbook but should also be typed and turned in to me. The copy for me should use MLA format (single-spaced is fine). The other you may cut out of a printout (with your choice of font) or hand-letter yourself. It's also up to you to decide which one you want to put on the front page of your scrapbook (the other will be your last page). The two poems should follow these guidelines: (1) A free-verse poem of at least 10 lines, describing the school, using at least three of the five senses. Try not to rhyme, but instead to mimic the human voice. Think about this, please. Take it somewhat seriously, even if the poem itself is not. (2) A ballad of at least three four-line stanzas, about the senior class. In case you've forgotten, a ballad is traditionally sung, using a steady rhythm and an alternating rhyme scheme (ABAB CDCD...

Okay, it's a scrapbook. Whatever. Your assignment is to gather material for a scrapbook that will memorialize the last four years of your life. For each year of high school, you are required to have at least four pages (front & back) organized into the following categories: (1) Student Life -- includes life inside and outside the school (2) Sports/Clubs/Activities -- includes religious groups (3) Popular Culture (4) Politics/Current Events/Headlines NOTE: Four sheets = 8 pages/year = 32 total pages (16 sheets). Although everyone is required to use these same four categories, consider them as starting points. You can break each category into sections if you'd like. Use headings and titles for each section. Use copies of photos or printouts for images. You can use text and graphics, as well. You can find pop culture and current events for each year of high school on the Internet. Print out or cut out headings and headlines, or create your own. Some suggestions: CNN...

The ULM library trip has been temporarily cancelled due to time constraints. It's been an extremely busy five days. THANKS to all those who helped out at Habitat For Humanity on Saturday. Sunday was a two-family whirlwind. Yesterday, I had to go to a funeral in Arkansas... That said, we still might go to the library this week if necessary. Again, I have SEVERAL articles that would helpful to some of you, in books and on my computer. Most of you, of course, have enough sources now. And, I hope, most of you have now read and highlighted those sources. Your assignment for the break (due tomorrow) is to write your annotated bibliography . As discussed in class, this requires that you do TWO things for EACH source: (1) create a bibliographic citation using the form on the handout I gave you (2) write a short paragraph summarizing the source as it relates to your topic Use MLA format, including double-spacing and page numbers. An example can be found at Cornell and Purdue .

Your assignment for tonight (and the rest of the week) is to gather sources from the Internet related to your topic. We will evaluate your sources and, if found reliable, we will learn how to create a bibliographic citation for each. You will need your notecards for this, so please bring them by Wednesday. The 4X6 or 5X7 notecards work best. You will need from 10-20 each, depending on how many sources you find. Please evaluate each source before printing: Relevance -- Is the source related directly to your topic? How long is the article, more than a page? Reliability -- Is the source reputable? Is it connected to a university or library? Is there an author? Has the article been published in print? Print out a copy of each source you find, and keep your citation worksheet handy. Also, staple each source individually as you print it. If you do this now, it will save you time later. As discussed in class, the best way to find articles on topics pertaining to literature is to g...

Paper #1 is due tomorrow, and we didn't have time on Friday to go over the citatiom for the book. It can be found at the Purdue OWL site. Coming this week: * Lecture on Monday about Internet research * Going to the library (TBA) * ACT prep (test on Sat)