Week 3:3 (Dec. 2-6)

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SENIORs Watchmen Journal, Watchmen Sketches, Watchmen Prompts, Watchmen Essay Rubric, Watchmen Notes, Reading Schedule for 3:1-4

FRESHMEN   Animal Farm: Animal Farm Vocab List, AF Notes, Theme Log; Great Expectations: E-Text, Essay Outline & Rubric, Citing & Weaving Examples; Journal: GE Ch. 20-29, GE Ch. 30-59, AF Ch. 1-5, AF Ch. 6-10, Proofreading Expectations, Journal Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms; Turnitin Registration Instructions

Writing a Thesis Statement: Thesis/Essay Prompt (general directions handout), Thesis Tips (theme-specific summaries), Thesis Questions (theme-specific thought-provoking questions), Thesis Notes (given in class), Thesis Help (getting your ideas together), Thesis Development (forming your ideas into a sentence), Subordinate Conjunctions (forming complex sentences with useful words), Thesis Generator (if you can’t quite get your ideas into a sentence), Thesis Builder (another thesis generator if you’re having trouble fitting it all in one sentence)

Week 1:2 (Aug. 26-30)

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Seniors: Course Syllabus, Discussion Instructions (question-writing for Monday’s class discussion), Poems for Poetry Responses (instructions included), MLA Template (for Poetry Responses), Plagiarism Notes, Jane Eyre Journal (Turnitin.com instructions included), Siddhartha “Open Essay” Rubric, Jane Eyre E-text, Reading Schedule for 1:2-1:6, Jane Eyre Vocab Assignment

Freshmen: Course Syllabus, Four Questions, Vocab Presentation Instructions and Word List (specific word assignment obtained in class), Journal Expectations, Literature Terms (specific directions given in class), Usage Notes (Parts I & II), Colormarking #2, Proofreading Expectations (1st Six Weeks), Theme Writing #1, “The Scarlet Ibis” Questions