Homework continues to be....

Read independently!

One book per quarter should be your goal.

Study for SAT quiz #3 next Monday.

Over the weekend!

Periods 1 and 2:
Translate Macbeth lines through the killing of king Duncan.


All periods:

Study for Vocabulary Quiz Group #2

Homework reminder!

Periods 5 and 6

If you have not already finished your worksample you need to do this by scheduling a time with me either before school, after school, or at lunch.

Vocab Quiz #1 Wednesday for periods 5 and 6 at the beginning of the period.

Final Drafts of Things Fall Apart polished and complete due on Wednesday at the latest with highlights for all of the changes.
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Periods 1, 2

If you have not already finished your worksample you need to do this by scheduling a time with me either before school, after school, or at lunch.

Hamlet translation of "To be or not to be" due at the beginning of class on Thursday (12 March 2015)
 worth 20 points.

Homework

Final TFA essays are due tomorrow for 2nd period only.

Periods 1 and 6: your revised TFA essays are due next Tuesday (you have one extra day because I will be gone on Monday). This does not include you if you have not gotten your draft back from me yet. In that case you will have a week from the day I give you your essay back.

Period 5: You will have a week from this Wednesday (when I hand them back) so until March 11th to revise your essays.

No other homework unless you are period 6 and you need to present your reason for playing a character in Macbeth.

Over the weekend read over the character descriptions from Macbeth. Choose a character you would most like to play. In a well-written paragraph, typed or in final draft form handwrite, an argument about why you want to play the part and why you are best suited for that part. Use at least three reasons to support your argument.

25 points. These speeches will be delivered Monday.

30 Day Project In-Class Essay

Monday we wrote in-class timed essays. These will not be graded as a final draft but as what we call a formative assignment. I want to see what you can do--how developed you are at this time--at composing a formal essay based on a prompt and a little pre-writing. This assignment will give me a good idea of where your strengths and weaknesses are and where we need to go by the end of the semester.

This is worth 40 points and is weighted like an in-class assignment.

If you missed this assignment, you need to find a 45 minute slot to come in and re-take the essay.

This week we will be diving into Macbeth. No homework for Thursday/Friday.

Your very developed almost finished drafts of your Things Fall Apart essays are due....

Tuesday the 17th and Wednesday the 18th of the coming week. We will deeply peer-edit those days and then you will have a quick turn around to make your final edits.

Final papers are due Thursday the 19th/Friday the 20th of the very same week!

We are starting Macbeth this coming week. Get ready for witches!