Short Story Test

The Short Story Test has been rescheduled to either Wednesday, 1/7 or Thursday, 1/8.

• The stories that appear on the test are listed in the left side bar.
• Know the "Elements of the Short Story;" you have a notes handout, and we discussed them while analyzing the stories. Things like point of view, the types of point of view, setting, conflict, style, theme, climax, denouement, etc.
  
• See the notes you took on various elements such as foreshadowing, mood, suspense, irony, dramatic irony, verbal irony, situational irony, etc.
• You do need to know who wrote the stories, but you don't need to know the exact year each story was written.
• Look over your study guides! The better you filled them out as we initially completed them, the more helpful they will be when studying. Hold on to these until after the midterm.
  

Test Postponement

Due to the snow, the Short Story Test, originally scheduled for 12/22, 23 will be postponed to the SECOND class after Winter Break (Wednesday 1/7 or Thursday 1/8).

For white day classes, the Subjects-Predicates Quiz will occur on Tuesday, 12/23 as a make up date from last Friday.

See the blog over vacation for additional details about the test.

Monday, 12/15, W3

W3: English 110--In Class
Monday, December 15

· Pass in grammar homework (7-11)
· Finish reading the rest of “Memento Mori”
· Write about one page: What you think happened in “Memento Mori”—explain the story as you understood it; we will discuss the story next class
· Finish reading book report book, if needed (hopefully not)


HOMEWORK: Book Report #2

Homework for the Week of December 8

Monday, December 8 (G1)
Due: Vocab Exercises 4 pp. 35-39 ex.1.22, 1.23, 1.24, & 1.27
Assigned: Study Vocab 4 Qz; Light Blue Grammar Book pp. 39-45 ex. 1, 4, 5

Tuesday, December 9 (W3)
Due: Vocab Exercises 4 pp. 35-39 ex.1.22, 1.23, 1.24, & 1.27
Assigned: Study Vocab 4 Qz; Light Blue Grammar Book pp. 39-45 ex. 1, 4, 5

Wednesday, December 10 (G1)
Due: Grammar Book pp. 39-45 ex. 1, 4, 5
In Class: Vocab 4 Quiz
Assigned: Finish reading “Memento Mori” and Grammar Book pp. 46-54 ex. 7-11

Thursday, December 11 (W3)
Due: Grammar Book pp. 39-45 ex. 1, 4, 5
In Class: Vocab 4 Quiz
Assigned: Finish reading “Memento Mori” and Grammar Book pp. 46-54 ex. 7-11

Friday, December 12 (G1)
Due: Finish reading “Memento Mori” and Grammar Book pp. 46-54 ex. 7-11
Assigned: BOOK REPORT #2 (scroll down for Book Report post); Grammar Book pp. __-__ ex.

Monday, December 15 (W3)
Due: Finish reading “Memento Mori” and Grammar Book pp. 46-54 ex. 7-11
Assigned: BOOK REPORT #2 (scroll down for Book Report post); Grammar Book pp. __-__ ex.

Upcoming Due Dates

There are numerous assignments that have the potential to greatly affect your grade prior to Winter Break. Enter the following due dates in your agenda or write them in your notebook to refer to.

Test-weighted Assignments
Book Report #2: Page to Screen ::: G, Tues., 12/16 or W, Wed., 12/17
Must be printed as well as sent to Turnitin.com. Papers submitted after the class begins will be assessed with a 10 point lateness deduction per day. Follow all directions; find them on a blog below, where you can also download the project template, save it to your computer, and fill it in as you go along.

Short Story Test::: G, Thurs., 12/18 or W, Fri., 12/19
Test is on the "Elements of the Short Story" (notes handed out in September) and the 9 stories that we read or out of class:

*"The Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
*"Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl
*"Thus I Refute Beelzy" by John Collier
*"The Chaser" by John Collier
*"The Cask of Amontillado" by E.A. Poe
*"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
*"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber
*"The Cop and the Anthem" by O. Henry
*"Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan

Quiz-weighted Assignments
Vocabulary 4 Quiz ::: G, Wednesday, 10/10 or W, Thursday, 12/11

"Memento Mori"

"Memento Mori"

"Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan is the last short story we will read before the test. It's a cool story, but you have to pay attention as you're reading, or you'll be very, very confused. We'll be discussing it in class later this week. You can access the story on the web at http://www.impulsenine.com/homepage/pages/shortstories/memento_mori.htm.

Point of view is an important feature of the style of this story. Remember:

First Person: "I did this..."

Second Person: "You did this..."

Third Person: "He did this..." or "They did this..."

Third Person can be

Omniscient: The narrator knows what all characters are thinking.

Limited: The narrator only knows what one person is thinking.

Dramatic/Objective: The narrator doesn't know what anyone's thinking; all that is known is due to actions, speech, and observations.

Book Report #2: Page to Screen

Counts As: Test

Due Dates: (G) Tuesday, 12/16, (W) Wednesday, 12/17

Note: Just to refresh, I'm going to post the documents of some assignments here to make it easier for the both of us. In this case, you already have the format all set up for you report, and you just have to enter your information. Also, you won't accidentally miss a part of the project. Lastly, you know where to go to find it, no looking through mounds of papers or asking for a new one.

**Download Book Report Template** Click the title link (or "Download Book...") to download and save the book report template to your computer. This way, you just have to type your own information directly into the already-formatted document.

***The document says that it is Book Report #3, but that is an error; you can just switch the 3 to a 2. Also, you can remove my examples from the document before printing it to save some trees.***

Submit to: You will be required to submit your paper to Turnitin.com. An assignment has already been created on the site, and you can submit your book report any time between now and the due date.

You must also print this out. You do not need to submit the title page to Turnitin; just staple it to the front of your printed report.

Book Report #2: Page to Screen

Book Report #2: Page to Screen English 110

Due Date: (G) Tuesday, 12/16, (W) Wednesday, 12/17

Book Approval Date: (G) Wednesday, 11/12, (W) Thursday, 11/13

Counts as: Test grade

Type of Book: You are going to choose a novel that has been made into a movie from a provided list. The novel must have come before the film. Some potential topics are listed; for a complete list, go to http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/. Make sure it is a novel and not a short story, etc.

*Make sure you can get access to a movie to confirm that it’s not out of print or a random tv movie.*

Project: Read a book that was made into a movie, watch the movie, and complete a project (details will be available soon).

Which book/film combinations can I NOT do?
• Don’t read a book that you’ve used for another book report/school project at any point
• Can read the book of a movie you’ve already seen
• No elementary/middle school books
• No Harry Potter, Holes, etc.
• Certain book/film adaptations may require a parental sign off form

Potential Titles
About a Boy / Nick Hornby
Anywhere but Here / Mona Simpson
Basketball Diaries / Jim Carroll
Big Fish / Daniel Wallace
Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum
Bridget Jones’ Diary / Helen Fielding
Clancy, Tom books: i.e. Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears
daVinci Code, The / Dan Brown
Dick, Phillip K. books: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner, Next
Emma / Jane Austen
Eragon / Christopher Paolini
Everything Is Illuminated / Jonathan Safran Foer
Fan, The / Peter Abrahams
Fever Pitch / Nick Hornby
Flags of Our Fathers / James Bradley
Forest Gump / Winston Groom
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang / Joyce Carol Oates
Freaky Friday / Mary Rodgers
Freedom Writers Diary, The / Erin Gruwell
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream / Buzz Bissinger
Ghost World / Daniel Clowes
Girl, Interrupted / Susanna Kaysen
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The / Douglas Adams
I Am Legend / Richard Matheson
Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles / Anthony Swofford
K-PAX: A Novel / Gene Brewer
King, Stephen books
Legally Blonde / Amanda Brown
Mommie Dearest / Cristina Crawford
Natural , The / Bernard Malamud
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest / Ken Kesey
Patterson, James books
Pay It Forward / Catherine Ryan Hyde
Perfect Storm / Sebastian Junger
Princess Diaries, The / Meg Cabot
Pursuit of Happyness, The / Chris Gardner
Queen Bees & Wannabes (Mean Girls) / Rosalind Wiseman
Riding in Cars With Boys / Beverly D'Onofrio
Seabiscuit: An American Legend / Laura Hillenbrand
Sparks, Nicholas: The Notebook, A Walk to Remember
Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson
Starship Troopers / Robert A. Heinlein
Stormbreaker / Anthony Horowitz
Time Machine, The / H. G. Wells
Twilight / Stephenie Meyer
Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team (Munich) / George Jonas
War of the Worlds / H. G. Wells
We Were Soldiers Once -- and Young: Ia Drang: The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam (We Were Soldiers) /Harold G. Moore
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? / Peter Hedges
Where the Heart Is / Billie Letts
White Oleander / Janet Fitch
Wonder Boys, The / Michael Chabon

Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives Review

To use flash cards to review the parts of speech, go to http://www.studybulb.com/item/1018101230123.

Review the different types of pronouns using the following flash cards: http://www.studybulb.com/item/1011140566909.

Download a review sheet:

Book Report #1

Book Report #1

English 9: Level 1
Counts as: Test Grade
Due Dates: Monday/Tuesday, October 20/21 (whichever we meet)
Book Type: Choice APPROVED Novels not pre-approved will be subject to major point deductions. Must be at least 175 pages.
Assignment: Select one project from the provided list.
Late Work: Follows late policy (-10 points/day—three days max.)
Cheating/Plagiarism: A zero on the paper/project, a call to your parent(s) or guardian, and your name submitted to the administration.

You must complete one of the following projects for your book report. Make sure you complete all required components of the project you choose to avoid point deductions. Going above and beyond what is stated is always acceptable and graded accordingly. All projects are individual projects unless noted. If you have any questions regarding the directions, see me. Remember, this is a test-level assignment, and it will be graded as such.

Download the Book Report Instructions:


In case that doesn't work, try this: http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?u=815636.

Turnitin.com Paper Submission Directions

Submitting a Paper to Turnitin.com
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Submitting a Paper
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3. Select “file upload” from the “submit a paper” by: pull down menu
4. Click the “Browse” button and select the file to upload. Fill in the “submission title” field with the paper name
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Warning: If the digital receipt is not shown on screen after submission, return to the class portfolio page and view the assignment to ensure the paper submission completed correctly. Submissions can be checked and viewed by clicking on the title of the paper under the title column to the right of the assignment name.

Turnitin.com Sign Up Directions

Turnitin.com is a site that allows students submit their papers electronically. It can also detect plagiarism very well by analyzing your paper against the internet. So, watch out! Students that plagiarize receive a zero, a call home, and office notification.

You can sign up and log in at http://www.turnitin.com/ using the directions below.

Class IDs:

G1:

W3:

1. Join our class at http://www.turnitin.com/ by clicking “New Users” at the top right side of the page.

2. Answer the question are you a student or instructor? by choosing “student.” Click “next.”

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4. Enter your email address. Click “next.”

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10. From here, you will be able to access your student homepage. This is where you will submit your essays, use the discussion boards, etc.

Turnitin.com Discussion Board Directions

To Post on the Turnitin Discussion Board
1. Sign in to Turnitin.com.
2. Click “Discussion.”
3. From the discussion board page, click on the name or title of the assignment.
4. Click on the “reply to topic” button next to the discussion topic.
5. Enter the response in the reply box provided. By default, only the latest reply is shown.
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Responding to Previous Replies
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To respond to a reply rather than to the discussion topic, use the “reply” link to the right of the specific reply instead of the “reply to topic” link.

Rules
1. Keep your comments appropriate for class.
2. Keep your comments appropriate for ENGLISH class (no “r u gunna go 2mara?”). Capital letters and periods, please. You may want to consider typing your reply in Word first, and then copy/paste it to the discussion board.
3. Be respectful of all students; you can disagree with someone, but no personal attacks. The whole point of discussion boards is to hear various opinions on a subject.
4. Make sure you write an appropriate amount; a simple “I agree” will not earn credit. Post your own original thoughts and ideas.