4th Quarter Extra Credit

4th Quarter Extra Credit – Mr. Guay

Following the news

As an extra credit option for the 4th quarter, complete the criteria below:

1. Cut out a front-page article in the newspaper and paste it into a notebook. Highlight the most important information in the article. Underneath the article or on the next page, write a response to the article that both summarizes the article and has your thoughts and reactions to it.

2. Now, follow this article that was first pasted. It probably won’t be on the front page anymore, so you may have to search online or throughout a newspaper. Find 4 articles that relate to the original article. These should be from dates after the original article, but may be from earlier. Cut and paste the article into the notebook. Highlight the most important information, then summarize the article and write your thoughts and reactions to it.

Total: 5 articles, cut and pasted into notebook with summarizing and thoughts written below or next to it.

DUE: June 4th, 2009

Extra Credit

1 pt Extra Credit Option

Memorize and recite one of the following monologues for class on Monday May 18th, 2009

Macbeth:
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Macbeth Act 5, scene 5, 19–28


Lady Macbeth:
Yet here's a spot.
Out, damn'd spot! out, I say!
One; two: why, then
'tis time to do't.
Hell is murky.
Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and
afeard? What need we fear who knows it,
when none can call our
pow'r to accompt?
Yet who would have thought the old man to
have had so much blood in him?

Macbeth Adapted

Below are links and video footage of films adapted from Macbeth.

Throne of Blood




Click below to read about all the different film versions
Different Film Versions

Persuasive Essay

Below is the information needed to write the persuasive essay. Make sure to include information from both the overall video and the bar graph used within the first three minutes of the film.

Killing Us Softly 3


If the link below doesn't work, go to this site
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1993368502337678412&ei=2BYKSpmtIIPcrQL98PCaAQ&q=killing+us+softly+3

Vocab Macbeth - Week 4-26 - 05-01

Antidote
Augment
Augury
Avarice
Balm
Bane, baneful

Beguile

Bestow

Blanch

Blasphemous

Buffeted

Vocab Macbeth Vocab Test 1

Vocabulary – Macbeth

1. abhor (verb) – loathe

2. abjure (verb) – deny, renounce

Also check front page of study guide for the rest of the vocabulary words.

WOD 04-16-2009

Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for the return of WOD in blog format!

Below are some updates to WOD:

Fatalism:
The acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate.
"Her fatalism helped her to face death with a sense of calmness. "

Primogeniture:
Laws of inheritance, 1st son inherits everything: $,title,debt

Regicide:
Killing of a king to gain title / change power (the king and the land are one)

Thane: noble title – Feudal Lord or Baron in Scotland
Man ranking above an ordinary freeman

Wyrd (weird): eerie, relating to the supernatural, bizarre.
Wyrd: of or relating to fate “ to see” Old English: destiny

Journal Prompt:
A. What is fate? Do you believe in it? To what extent does it control one's life?
B. Does Macbeth believe in fate? What makes you say so? Explain



C. Without sharing, predict what will happen next - the role of fate. Elaborate - don't just say the third prophecy will come true.

Extra Credit Option 3rd Quarter

Creative Extra Credit Assignment
Points: Extra 100 pt assignment (only to benefit, not to hurt)

Using your 3rd Quarter SSR book, create one of the following using your SSR book as inspiration:

1. Create EITHER:
· 8x10 photo with artist statement
· recorded piece of music with artist statement
· drawing, painting, or sculpture with artist statement

2. Write EITHER (2-3 pages):
· rewrite a chapter of your book from another character’s point of view
· create an alternate ending
· literary criticism (needs clear thesis statement)
o examples: feminist theory, queer theory, psychoanalytical perspective

What is an artist statement? Check it out using the link below:

http://www.artistsfoundation.org/art_pages/resources/resources_arts_statement.htm

WARNING: Make sure to connect your piece of art to your SSR book!

DUE: Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Grammar Websites

SOME GRAMMAR WEBSITES TO GET YOU STARTED:

Commas: http://www.waukesha.uwc.edu/academics/owl/commas.html http://www.utsa.edu/twc/tutorials/lesson04.htm http://www.harpercollege.edu/writ_ctr/comma.htm http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml The comma splice: http://www.yorku.ca/bethune/writing/comma.html General Tutorials: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml http://www.geocities.com/athens/aegean/6354/grammar.html http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/fawcett/evergreen/7e/students/grammar_errors.html Pronoun Agreement:
http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~timwhel/Writing%20Clinic/rule9a.html

Sample Outline - Research Paper

Sample outline sketch for research paper:

Joe Schmo
English 11
Mr. Guay
03-18-2009

Diagnosing Holden Caulfield: PTSD

Motivator: Imagine not having control of your emotions, at times feeling like you’re under attack. Taking a look at Holden Caulfield, the main character from The Catcher in the Rye, readers get a look into this lifestyle.

Thesis Statement: Due to the loss of his brother Allie, Holden may suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

I. Background of PTSD
A. Definition:
B. Background information
1. Quote from source
2. Why quote is significant
C. Statistics
1. Quote from source
2. Why quote is significant

II. Examples from text of why Holden may have PTSD
A. Summary of point in text that exemplifies PTSD
1. Relation to prior fact or statistic stated in first major topic
2. Why it is significant
B. Summary of point in text that exemplifies PTSD
1. Relation to prior fact or statistic stated in first major topic
2. Why it is significant
C. Summary of point in text that exemplifies PTSD
1. Relation to prior fact or statistic stated in first major topic
2. Why it is significant
III. Treatment of PTSD
A. Example of treatment from source
1. Relation to Catcher and how this could help Holden (either paraphrase a from the book or use a quote making sure to use a parenthetical citation)
B. Example of treatment from source
2. Relation to Catcher and how this could help Holden (either paraphrase a scene from the book or use a quote making sure to use a parenthetical citation)
C. Example of treatment from source
1. Relation to Catcher and how this could help Holden (either paraphrase a scene from the book or use a quote making sure to use a parenthetical citation)

IV. Conclusion
A. By taking a closer look at Holden Caulfield, readers are able to psychoanalyze him. It becomes clear when backed with this research that Holden Caulfield has PTSD. This helps explain his rash emotions, when he at times acts mature and other times very immature. Even though Holden may be a fiction character, applying treatments for PTSD to Holden may offer insight into the somewhat difficult realm of the teenage mind.

THEN:

Turning it into an introduction goes like this,


Imagine not having control of your emotions, at times feeling like you’re under attack. Taking a look at Holden Caulfield, the main character from The Catcher in the Rye, readers get a look into this lifestyle. Due to the loss of his brother Allie, Holden may suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). By looking at the background and definition of PTSD and then relating this scenes from the novel, readers can go on and apply treatments for PTSD to Holden.

Research Paper Websites

Use the site below to aid you in writing your research paper. These are great sites that you can rely on for accurate information (notice the .edu domain name).

English Works! MLA Guidelines

OWL(Online Writing Lab) at Purdue (an incredible site)








ALSO, POST, AS A COMMENT, YOUR APPROVED THESIS TO YOUR RESEARCH PAPER! :)

This I Believe

Hello! Welcome once again to the class blog! Please post your belief statement using the format of the sample below. Also, notice that the Words of the Day are in the post below. Please refer to the class blog for any missing Words of the Day.

"I believe that if you smile long enough you will be happy."
- Frank G.
First name and first letter of last name

WOD :Dec 15 - Jan 9th

Below are the Words of the Day for the above dates:

Ostentatious
Altruistic
Exhaust
Disciple
Homely
Humility
Bourgeois