HW10 due 12/9 (12/10 for 10G): SH5

December 6, 2013 By

1. SH5–Read and annotate the rest of Chapter 2.
2. 1984 Essay–Complete first draft due Wednesday. Remember, the stronger the first draft the stronger the second. Pay attention to how your topic sentences are working in concert to develop the thesis. You should not have any orphan paragraphs, sitting all alone removed from the rest of the discussion. So, focus on cohesion between paragraphs. More details to come this evening… Also, get most of your essay done this weekend, because there will be two forum responses on SH5 in the coming week.
3. Alanis Morissette Project–Print out and read the lyrics to the song Ironic. In preparation for the project, this weekend you are to either work with the situations in the song (i.e. the lottery winner, black fly, cigarette break, etc) and rewrite them so they ARE ironic or write your own fresh situations. You are to write THREE situations! Be thoughtful and creative.

HW10 due 11/25 (11/26 for 10G): 1984 and Thesis

November 22, 2013 By

1. 1984–Complete the novel! I hope your annotating game is strong.
2. Essay–You have had two opportunities to gather your thoughts around various Points of Analysis combinations. This weekend, working with the points of analysis that you already written about (forum response and in-class writing activity) or new ones (now that you are finished with the novel), you are to come up with TWO compelling ARGUMENTS (One argument with an in-text so what and one with an out-of-text so what). [Read more…]