Complete a Reader's Companion for the legend "The Sword in the Stone".
Due Thursday, February 11, 2010:
Write a 700+-word first draft of a creation myth according to the following guidelines:
- Explain a natural phenomenon, such as the origin of the sun
- Follow typical narrative structure: set-up, rising action, climax, and denouement
- In your set-up, use lots of sensory description
- Create lively characters that are distinct from one another
- Have a clear protatonist, antagonist and foil(s)
- Put your characters into suspenseful, high-stakes situations rife with conflict
- Resolve the conflicts in highly original ways
- Make sure that there is a clear central theme, which is connected to the explanation of your chosen natural phenomenon
- Use proper mechanics
Submit your myth to BOTH myaccess and turnitin.com by Thursday night at 11:59 PM.
Login Info:
Myaccess.com -
User ID: firstnameSTUDENTID
Password: 999lastname
Turnitin.com -
First, set up an account, then use the following:
Period 1 Class ID: 2961539
Password: isurecan
Period 2 Class ID: 2961540
Password: yousurecan
IMPORTANT:
YOU MUST TURN YOUR ESSAY IN TO BOTH MYACCESS AND TURNITIN.COM.
YOU MAY NOT BRING A HARD COPY OR E-MAIL ME YOUR ESSAY INSTEAD.
YOU MUST WRITE AT LEAST 700 WORDS.
YOU MAY NOT TURN YOUR ESSAY IN LATE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Due Saturday, February 20, 2010:
Submit another draft of your creation myth that was revised according to the "Peer Revision Checklist" that you showed to Ms. K on or before Friday.
Submit this draft to BOTH myaccess and turnitin.com by 11:59 PM. For myaccess, use the original prompt. For turnitin.com use the prompt entitled "Creation Myth - Draft II."
- Outline
- Menu of Literary Elements and Devices
- Sample Essay
Due Friday, March 26, 2010:
Write a 750+-word analysis of a novel, novella, play, biography, autobiography or similar (the book you read with your novel group) and submit your essay to BOTH turnitin.com and myaccess no later than 8 AM.
Also, bring to class an MLA-formatted hard copy so that a peer may easily help you revise and edit.
In order to get credit you MUST submit your essay via ALL THREE METHODS.
NO EXCUSES WILL BE ENTERTAINED.
Due Friday, April 2, 2010:
Study sentence types and literary terms in preparation for a multiple-choice exam.
Due Friday, April 2, 2010:
For those few of you who did NOT submit your March 26th essay via ALL THREE METHODS and/or who did NOT MEET THE WORD REQUIREMENT and/or who PLAGIARIZED IT, submit THAT essay AND the following additional essay by 8 AM via turnitin.com and myaccess (no hard copy).
ADDITIONAL ESSAY:
Explicate the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas. The complete prompt is at myaccess.com.
For further instructions or clarification, after you read the prompt at myaccess, come by AFTER SCHOOL either Wednesday or Thursday.