7/8th grade homework due Monday

Please consider revising the work you've done so far (reference the workshop notes and classwork feedback you have gotten on your first two paragraphs to make corrections). Due Monday: your introduction paragraph and three main body paragraphs (you finished your second main body in class today). Enjoy the three day weekend!

9/10th Grade homework due Thursday

Please read actively act 4, scenes 5 and 6. Those of you who did not ask questions at the start of class today (Tuesday) will be asked to ask questions at the start of class on Thursday, so come prepared with questions from your reading. Also, please write down a rough thesis-- what are you interested in writing your final essay on? (Clapton, we finished act 4.1,2 and 3 in class, but we SKIPPED scene four, so you should do so as well-- also, I have a list of possible essay topics/questions on the play if you'd like that to help you generate your thesis. Just swing by in the morning, if so).

7/8 homework due Wednesday

Please make corrections to your introductory paragraph and write the draft of your first main body paragraph. Email me with any questions or problems. :)

7/8th Grade homework due Monday

Please type and print the draft of your introductory paragraph for _Lord of the Flies_. Remeber to introduce: 1) The author 2) the Work 3) your thesis argument (and discuss any important topics that are important) 4) your essay plan (your three topic ideas). Print these before class for full credit, please. Email me with any questions or problems.

9/10th Homework due Tuesday

Please read actively (noting all questions) act 3.2 and 3.3 in _Hamlet_.

7/8th grade due Friday

Please read Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game" and be thinking, as you read, of the similarities or differences in his presentation of humanity and human nature as compared to William Golding's in _The Lord of the Flies_. Here is the link for the short story, in case you forgot your packet: http://fiction.eserver.org/short/the_most_dangerous_game.html

9/10Th homework due Thursday

It's Shakespeare day! Bring whatever goodies you'd like to share with the class (I'll take care of the cake in honor of Willie's 447th birthday!), dress appropriately, be prepared to recite from memory the opening lines of the silioque you've selected, find your favorite POETIC insult and please read pages 97-107 in act two, scene two.

7/8th grade homework due Wed.

Please fill out the "thesis argument" worksheet as best as you can, determining a thesis statement and three supporing ideas. Bring the worksheet to class on Wed.

7/8th grade homework due Monday

Please compose three poems (of any length). To submit them, they must be typed, with your name on it (though you may submit them officially as "anonymous"). Remember, you will earn extra credit for the class if you choose to submit them to Bruce for consideration in the school poetry magazine).

9/10th due Tuedsay

Please read actively act 1.5 and act 2.1. Mark all questions or trouble spots to prepare for a reading quiz (you'll have as much time as you need to ask ALL the questions you have about every little line). Great job in class today!

7/8th due Friday

Just have your permission slip signed (or commented upon) and return it to class on Friday! That's it! You guys did a GREAT job teaching on Wednesday and deserve a night of homework off! :)

9/10th due Tuesday

Please read in the Hamlet text three sections in the introduction: page xiv to page xLii. Note down what interests you and be prepared to share with the class in class.

7/8th Grade homwork due Wed.

Please read chapter eleven actively! ONly two more chapters to go!!!

7/8th due Wed.

Please read chapter 9 actively! It's short! :)