Week of May 3-7

This Week--

Literature: Continuing our reading of Oedipus Rex.
Grammar: Work on and Practice with Phrases
Vocabulary: Vocab Lesson 14--last quiz before final, cumulative test on words of the year

finish background notes
discuss literary elements and character development in the play

April 26-30

This week--
Grammar: Phrases
Intro to Oedipus Rex
--intro slides and discussions
--Tom Lehrer

Monday HW: Vocab 12 workbook
Tuesday HW: Read Oedipus pages _________ (note from class)
Thursday: "Embracing our Differences" papers are due today! HW: Reading Oedipus and study for quiz
Friday: Vocab quiz today and first Oedipus quiz

March 22-26

Final Drafts of Research Papers due by 8:00 a.m. Wednesday morning! Plan on turning your paper in during class time on Tuesday. Use Wednesday morning for emergency only!

Pay attention to submission requirements. We will use Turnitin, a software program that guards against plagiarism. You will also be required to submit a hard copy of your paper.

Papers will include, in this order:
1) cover page
2) outline
3) paper (3-5 pages)
4) works cited

Work through Romeo and Juliet. Goal: get through Act IV before break, finishing over break as needed.

March 8-12

This Week
Reading Romeo and Juliet
understanding story, literary devices, and identifying quote-worthy passages.

Research Paper
Intros due Monday
Returned Tuesday

Homework
Full rough draft of your paper is due Tuesday March 16th!
Reading in Romeo and Juliet as assigned.

Week of March 1-5

We'll continue this week to work though our reading of Romeo and Juliet. Our focus at present is on understanding the action of the play and identifying literary devices in the text. These include personification, metaphors, similes, apostrophe, symbol, hyperbole, and allusions.

We continue to explore character development as we discuss Romeo and Juliet's interactions.

Our research into the Elizabethan world continues with our work this week on making notecards, refining our searches, and making outlines.

Please be sure to consider our list of due dates on the research project handout. Introduction drafts are due Monday the 8th!

Working Bibliography: Tips and Model

Today in Class--
--quiz on parts of the sentence
--quiz on Act I

Homework Over Break
Finish your working bibliography.
Tips and Model available as downloadable documents on Edmodo and http://drop.io/cgiraud#

Working Bibliography due Monday after break. You will lose 1 point for every formatting error. Use the model and your MLA handbook to guide you. Don't forget these key points.

1. Center your title: Working Bibliography
2. Have 10 or more sources cited. Should be mostly books you have found on Questia or in the library (ours or another local library)
3. Alphabetize your entries
4. Do not number your entries
5. Each entry should have a "hanging indent"
6. No extra spaces between entries
7. no heading needed. Write your name in pencil at the top.

For Thurday's Class

We will meet in the library to work on research projects. Be prepared to boogie as you find sources for your "working bibliography." If you are focused during class time, you should have no trouble building a working bib in class. If you don't finish, you will have to work over break to collect and document those sources.

Homework from Tuesday night:
You should be through Act I, scene iv.
For Thursday night, read Act I, scene v.

Quiz on Friday on all of Act I.
Quiz on Parts of Sentence on Friday.