Sunday, December 7, 2008

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



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