Posted: May 25, 2015
Reminder that research essay is due Thursday, May 28th. Sonnet poster due Monday, June 1st.
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Posted: May 7, 2015
Plagiarism is a serious offense and students must ensure that all work passed in is their own and is properly cited. A valuable resource on the topic ishttp://www.plagiarism.org/ From the website:All of the following are considered plagiarism:turning in someone else's work as your owncopying words or ideas from someone else without giving creditfailing to put a quotation in quotation marksgiving incorrect information about the source of a quotationchanging words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving creditcopying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on "fair use" rules)
Posted: May 7, 2015
English 122 Essay
Must use a minimum of three sources
Essay Topics
1. What role do women
and children play in Things Fall Apart?
2. Analyze the
various customs presented by Achebe. How do they
connect to those we practice?
3. Achebe presents 3
generations of men - Unoka, Okonkwo, and Nwoye.
Compare
and contrast these characters. What does
each reperesent within
the Igbo culture?
4. The story of Okonkwo is a Shakespearean tragedy. Discuss.
Your essay MUST be typed (font 12, times New Roman, double
space).
Your essay MUST follow MLA formatting. Essay length: 5 typed pages (not including
work cited page). Value = 100. Spelling and
mechanics count for 30%. MLA
format counts for 20%
AVOID PLAGIARISM
DUE: May 28, 2015
Posted: April 24, 2015
Read Things Fall Apart nightlyWork on Chapters 3-6 for MondayEssay reminder
Posted: April 24, 2015
Homework for Monday - Sports article - Media journal on Miss Representation
Posted: April 20, 2015
Due May 5th. Get it in early for MLA format review!
Posted: April 18, 2015
Interview Assignment You are to interview a person of interest.
This person CANNOT be a friend,family member, or someone from MVHS. He/she must be someone with an interesting story to tell. Once the interview has been conducted, you are to write a profile on the person. Length: 3 typed pages. TNR. Font 12. Double spaced. All interview notes are to be passed in also. Value: 100 (spelling and mechanics = 30%) Due: April 20th
Posted: April 5, 2015
Wednesday April 8th - Media log on this article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/paul-franklin-veteran-and-amputee-fears-... Thursday April 9th - Photo essay assignment Tuesday April 14 - Interview must be conducted by this date. Monday April 20 - Interview assignment due.
Posted: March 20, 2015
Interview Assignment
You are to interview a person of interest.
This person CANNOT be a friend,family
member, or someone from MVHS. He/she
must be someone with an interesting story to tell. Once the interview has been conducted, you
are to write a profile on the person.
Length: 3 typed
pages. TNR. Font 12. Double spaced. All interview notes are to be passed in also.
Value: 100 (spelling and mechanics = 30%)
Due: April 20th
Student Life
Write an article about the daily happenings around the
school. Write about sporting events, activities, accomplishments, changes in
policy, rules, teacher changes, and more. Things to consider writing an article
about are:
Your sports teams
Your clubs Your
teachers Your administrators
School changes
The cafeteria food Extra-circular
activities
Field trips
School needs Information
about upcoming events and activities
350 words
Typed TNR 12
Include one quote
Title
Strong lead
Due Monday March 23rd
Posted: February 2, 2015
First media log entry is due February 9th.Watch a 30 minute news broadcast and evaluate what you see. Follow the format given in class. Your media log should be about one page in length.
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Posted: November 14, 2014
Complete a close reading of the following:
Soliloquy Act III Scene iii
Now might I do it pat, now he is praying;
And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heaven;
And so am I revenged. That would be scann'd:
A villain kills my father; and for that, (80)
I, his sole son, do this same villain send
To heaven.
O, this is hire and salary, not revenge.
He took my father grossly, full of bread;
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May; (85)
And how his audit stands who knows save heaven?
But in our circumstance and course of thought,
'Tis heavy with him. And am I then revenged,
To take him in the purging of his soul,
When he is fit and season'd for his passage? (90)
No!
Up, sword; and know thou a more horrid hent:
When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,
Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed;
At game, a-swearing, or about some act (95)
That has no relish of salvation in't;
Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven,
And that his soul may be as damn'd and black
As hell, whereto it goes. My mother stays:
This physic but prolongs thy sickly days.
Posted: October 31, 2014
Act I Scene iii and iv
Act I Scene iii
1. According to Laertes, why should Ophelia not believe Hamlet's professions of love?
2. What advice does he give her regarding honour? What is Ophelia's response?
3. Make note of Polonius's advice to Laertes.
4. What does Polonius's advice reveal about his character? What type of father is he?
Act I Scene iv
1. How does Hamlet feel about the drunken revelry?
2. What mixed feelings does Hamlet have after seeing the Ghost?
3. Why doesn’t Horatio want Hamlet to follow the Ghost?