CONGRATULATIONS

TO HILDA AGYEKUM, AVIONNE WALLACE, LUM NYAMBOLI AND STEPHANIE JACQUES-SIMON FOR EARNING HIGH HONOR ROLL. THIS IS WHAT I EXPECT FROM ALL OF YOU SCHOLARS!

EXCELLENT WORK AND BIG IMPROVEMENTS EVERYONE IN MP 2.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT

FIRST SET OF EXPECTATIONS FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECT

1. CREATE BLOG
2. IDENTIFY COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROBLEM THAT INTERESTS YOU/ANNOYS YOU.
3. PREDICT A SOLUTION
4. INTERVIEWS
5.VIDEOS
6.PHOTOS
7.NOTES
8. UPDATES/FINDINGS ON CAUSES OF PROBLEM
9.ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE PROBLEM

ATTENTION HSPA/AHSA

Your Literary Craft Tracker and Quote Analysis Projects will be due our last class before Christmas (12/22 or 12/23) break. If you lose or ruin your construction paper, you must get your own.

The LCT should include 5 books or movies filled out across all six categories. Come to me after school for help. This is a 200 point authentic assessment. Your Quote Analysis Projects are also 200 point authentic assessments. These should include the quote, your paraphrase, literal or figurative, an image of an example and 2 images of characters from books or movies that show examples of the quotes validity of falseness.

Short Story Requirements

Short Story Rubric

 1 simile

1 metaphor

A theme (moral or lesson)

1 example of irony

A conflict

2 or more characters

JULIUS CAESER PAPER REVISIONS AND RULES FOR ALL PAPERS

Dear students,


All your papers should follow standard formatting of Times New Roman 12 pt size font, double-spaced, and about 1" margins. You should have page numbers and an original title as well. Anything else will result in points taken off.


Overall, the play reviews were excellently critical and honest. For your final draft, be sure to not only fix the formatting but also add evidence for your opinions. Use quotes if possible. Also, limit your plot summary. Don't give away the whole plot.


Best,


Mr. Larkins

CONNECTING NATIVE SON AND THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS TO CURRENT EVENTS

 Two-three sentences connecting Mumia Abu Jamal, Leonard Peltier, or Liu Xiaobo to the Scottsboro Boys and Bigger.

PROPER CITATION FOR RESEARCH

Here are two websites that will make bibliographies and works cited pages much easier for you.


1. The Rules: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/


2. What it looks like done for you  http://www.easybib.com/

RUBRIC FOR JULIUS CAESAR REVIEW

THE ROUGH DRAFT WILL BE WORTH 100 POINTS AND THE FINAL DRAFT WILL BE WORTH 200 POINTS.


THE TYPED 1.5 PAGE ROUGH DRAFT IS DUE TUESDAY, DEC 6. THE TYPED 2 PAGE FINAL DRAFT IS DUE MONDAY DEC 12.


ROUGH DRAFT:
25 PTS PLOT SUMMARY 
25 PTS LITERARY COMPARISONS 
50 PTS CRITIQUE/OPINION (ON ALL THE ASPECTS OF THE PRODUCTION, ESPECIALLY ACTING)


FINAL DRAFT:
25 PTS PLOT SUMMARY
25 PTS LITERARY COMPARISONS
100 PTS CRITIQUE/OPINION
50 PTS* DISCUSSION OF UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT PLAY


YOUR OPINIONS SHOULD BE SPECIFIC AND BASED ON PARTICULAR, SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FROM THE PLAY ITSELF.