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!