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The Scarlet Letter
Quizlet list of 24 Scarlet Letter words. You will be tested on these first 12 words next Monday and the remaining 12 words on Thur/Friday of next week.

Values of the Puritans
Values of the narrator/author
The first six chapters
Romanticism
Jonathon Edwards Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Bereft
Work on memorizing poem for next Thur/Fri. You will write it from memory.
How to memorize: 

• visualize each image
• recite with feeling, paying attention to the rhythm and meter
• act it out with hand gestures
• think through concepts and the development of ideas
• practice, using different voices and intonation
• read it very slowly. Bit by bit. 
• write it over and over again --Oliver Goodness
• if you're a really big nerd (like Sami) you use crazy voices

Watch The Scarlet Letter

The director of a film makes numerous artistic decisions. Your job is to ask if those decisions are true to the text. For example: Does the mood of the music fit; was it a good idea to change the color of a character's eyes; is the actor capturing the right emotion, or should the character be more . . .

Reading time

Reading calendar. 
Finish      By date
Ch. 9       Oct 1st/2nd
Ch. 12     5th/6th
Ch. 14     7th/8th
Ch. 17    12th
Ch. 18    13th/14th
Ch. 20    15th/16th     
Ch. 23    19th
Ch. 24-end 20th/21st    

Thor's day/Freya's day, Sept 22. Welcome to Fall!

Poems to start the year: October, Bereft, Spring and Fall, 73rd Sonnet
Memorize one of these poems for next Thur/Friday

SUMMER READING ESSAY due Monday morning.
WRITE A GOOD ESSAY! THERE WILL BE MANY "B's" and . . . you don't want a "B" or a "C"

Here are the links to your Turnitin class folders:

1st Period class code: 13606097
4th Period class code: 13606073
5th Period class code: 13606088
Password: southsaxons

ALSO, PRINT A COPY  OF YOUR ESSAY AND BRING IT TO CLASS MONDAY

Thursday/Friday you will have a quiz over all of the literary terms (emphasis placed on words past "tone"). You also have to know everyone's name (5 points only, but still . . .)
HOMEWORK:
1.Submit summer reading essay before class Monday.
2.Memorize poem for next Thur/Friday

Poems to start the year: October, Bereft, Spring and Fall, 73rd Sonnet
Memorize one of these poems for next Thur/Friday

SUMMER READING ESSAY due Friday (it's ok if 1st and 4th period wait until Friday to upload it to Turnitin.com)

Here are the links to your Turnitin class folders:

1st Period class code: 13606097
4th Period class code: 13606073
5th Period class code: 13606088

Password: southsaxons
ALSO, PRINT A COPY  OF YOUR ESSAY AND BRING IT TO CLASS MONDAY

Thursday/Friday you will have a quiz over all of the literary terms (emphasis placed on words past "tone"). You also have to know everyone's name (5 points only, but still . . .)
HOMEWORK:
1.Submit summer reading essay by Friday
2.Memorize poem for next Thur/Friday

Today you will finish your rough draft of the essay on "The Lottery." Yes, it is a pre-assessment, but I am, indeed, grading it.  I will go pretty easy on you. You'll score a 9/10 for a strong essay that includes:

• A powerful opening sentence that pulls in the reader
• A focused thesis
• At least three quotes from the story supporting your thesis
• A sentence or two of elaboration of each quote

10/10 will go to students with very strong papers. To write a very strong paper you will need to:

• Elaborate for at least four sentences in one or more of your paragraphs
• Write a strong conclusion that leaves the reader either convinced or thinking
• Write an essay that is interesting. "Ah, I'm glad I read that." You want me to say that :^)
• Use transitions
• Sentence variety. At least one of your sentences should be around 15 words long (rough rule of thumb) and others should vary in length. Remember, combine sentences at times.

HOMEWORK: REVISE AND TYPE A SECOND DRAFT TO HAND IN THURSDAY/FRIDAY
Staple your rough draft to the back of your typed essay. Because this is quite a bit of work, you will receive two grades: 10 participation points and 10 points for the graded essay. The participation points are automatic 10/10 for everyone who submits a typed, double-spaced essay of at least 1.5 pages. The writing points will be graded generously with most students receiving 9's, I'm guessing.


Homework:
Learn the  literary terms by next Thursday/Friday (yes, 40, but you already know most)
This Thur/Fri you will have a 5 point quiz over the first 20--that's "allusion" through  "tone"

• Literary terms--Quizlet  

"Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective; a lot of hope is dangerous"

    --President Snow, The Hunger Games

We are nominating for homecoming court today and students can vote using their phone or computer anytime today between 6:30 am and 4 pm.  

http://tinyurl.com/saxon-homecoming

Today you will finish your rough draft of the essay on "The Lottery." Yes, it is a pre-assessment, but I am, indeed, grading it.  I will go pretty easy on you. You'll score a 9/10 for a strong essay that includes:

• A powerful opening sentence that pulls in the reader
• A focused thesis
• At least three quotes from the story supporting your thesis
• A sentence or two of elaboration of each quote

10/10 will go to students with very strong papers. To write a very strong paper you will need to:

• Elaborate for at least four sentences in one or more of your paragraphs
• Write a strong conclusion that leaves the reader either convinced or thinking
• Write an essay that is interesting. "Ah, I'm glad I read that." You want me to say that :^)
• Use transitions
• Sentence variety. At least one of your sentences should be around 15 words long (rough rule of thumb) and others should vary in length. Remember, combine sentences at times.

YOU WILL REVISE YOUR ESSAYS IN CLASS TUE/WED TO DO ALL OF THIS

Homework:
Learn the  literary terms by next Thursday/Friday (yes, 40, but you already know most)
This Thur/Fri you will have a 5 point quiz over the first 20--that's "allusion" through  "tone"

• Literary terms--Quizlet  

We are nominating for homecoming court today and students can vote using their phone or computer anytime today between 6:30 am and 4 pm.  

http://tinyurl.com/saxon-homecoming

Today you will finish your rough draft of the essay on "The Lottery." Yes, it is a pre-assessment, but I am, indeed, grading it.  I will go pretty easy on you. You'll score a 9/10 for a strong essay that includes:

• A powerful opening sentence that pulls in the reader
• A focused thesis WHAT IS THE STORY SAYING ABOUT PEOPLE?
• At least three quotes from the story supporting your thesis
• A sentence or two of elaboration of each quote

10/10 will go to students with very strong papers. To write a very strong paper you will need to:

• Elaborate for at least four sentences in one or more of your paragraphs
• Write a strong conclusion that leaves the reader either convinced or thinking
• Write an essay that is interesting. "Ah, I'm glad I read that." You want me to say that :^)
• Use transitions
• Sentence variety. At least one of your sentences should be around 15 words long (rough rule of thumb) and others should vary in length. Remember, combine sentences at times.

YOU WILL REVISE YOUR ESSAYS IN CLASS TUE/WED TO DO ALL OF THIS

Homework:
Learn the  literary terms by next Thursday/Friday (yes, 40, but you already know most)
This Thur/Fri you will have a 5 point quiz over the first 20--that's "allusion" through  "tone"

• Literary terms--Quizlet