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Highlights:
HW for Tuesday 10/11 read two basketball poems p. 41 and p.49: How would you structure a compare/contrast essay?  Or for Out, Out p.13 vs. Athlete p.21?
HW for Wed 10/12: Blog about plot in Austen and another work. Read p.59 + 92
HW for Thur 10/13: Study for quiz on lit terms (p.1490-1500) and plot
HW for Mon. 10/17: Read Act I of Hamlet; blog about Claudius' speech p.728-730

Homework due

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1.      You have an essay due Sunday before midnight. Upload it to turnitin.com at  https://turnitin.com/static/index.php. At that site, find the most recent assignment: Individual vs. Society Final Revised Draft.

2.      Keep reading Pride and Prejudice for a test next Thursday.

3.      Bring the rough draft of your essay to class on Monday to turn in.

Click the Rubric page tab and scroll down to see the rubric being used to mark your essays. Remember to develop an interesting main point. Also, clean up your sentences to make them clear and readable.

This week's homework updated and revised (a little)

Be sure to check the 'Homework Page' tab every week for updates and revisions. Here is an overview for this week:

█3^rd week: Pride and Prejudice, Comp, Blog, Poem, + problems with 5 paragraph essays + Revision   (updated and revised!)    

Compare two POEMS about basketball: Slam, Dunk, Hook p41 + Fast Break p49

BLOGS DUE:

Due BY MON 9/12 first paragraph of your essay

Due BY WED 9/14 blog14 due Wed: Rank three SAMPLE essays using rubric. (new!)

Due BY THUR 9/15 Two paragraphs of your essay (at least two)  (new!)

Due BY MON. 9/19 FIRST DRAFT OF YOUR ESSAY TO TURNITIN.COM (not a blog)

MonSep12 Blog12 due (see above)   

-HW: P&P to p.175 + no blogs due Tuesdays

TuSep13 Composing essays and Revising them (see samples and rubrics)

-HW due 9/14: P&P to p.202 + blog14 due Wed: Rank essays using rubric. (new!)

 (updated and revised!)

WSep14 Blog14 BRING YOUR LAPTOP (if you can)

-LAPTOPS: WRITE FIRST DRAFT OF ESSAY

-HW due 9/15: P&P p.220 + blog15 due Thu: Two paragraphs of your essay (new!)

ThSep15 Blog15 BRING YOUR LAPTOP (if you can)

Short Quiz on lit terms 1484-1487 (climax thru epiphany + examples) + simple grammar errors/P&P        

-LAPTOPS: WRITE FIRST DRAFT OF ESSAY (updated and revised!)

-HW due 9/20: P&P catch up to p.220 (even though no class meeting)

                                                                                          Hw: Annotate P&P to p. 220

█4^th week                                Read Pride and Prejudice to p. 220

Mon Sep 19 First draft of you essay on Individual vs. Society should be uploaded no later than midnight on Monday, Sept. 19 (you won’t come to school this day because instructors are renewing their CPR training)