Homework - 10 March

English I:

Over the weekend, your primary goal should be to finish a large part of your poetry project.  We are moving quickly to the end of the poetry unit and it will be imperative that your projects are done well and thoroughly.  Over the weekend, try to get one of the writing pieces totally finished - either the essay or poems and then come see me next week for some feedback.

Also, you should begin preparing for your poetry examination.  You will be asked about the poems that we've studied and I will be giving you some new poems and asking you to either answer questions or write an essay on the new pieces.  Review your analysis techniques (Color Coding/TPCASTT) in order to see how to approach these areas.

English III:

Today's review of Anne Bradstreet went really well.  She is the last writer that we will be studying before moving on to The Crucible.  We will not start reading The Crucible until next week, but I would suggest that you go ahead and get your copy this weekend if you have not already done so.

For tonight you should spend time doing preliminary work on your position paper.  If you would like to do some research online tonight about your topic, please do so.  If you would like to further clarify your question, do that.  You should put in approximately one hour tonight working on this assignment.  Tomorrow we will spend half the class in the library working on research.  Also, I will talk to you all about formatting your Bibliography as well as in-text citations.

Some of you will find this link really helpful.  It provides a great way to approach the different elements of this paper as well as the structure of the essay.  I will be collecting an outline from you for this assignment next week.  A good outline is key to a good paper.  Please see me if you need help here.

That's all - Happy Friday tomorrow!