Mr. Williams

Research Project, Huck Finn, etc.

We are continuing our work on the research project this week by reading and taking notes on our sources. By Thursday, 3/1, everyone should have read and highlighted their sources and written 25 note cards. Instructions for the notecards are attached below (in the link for thesis statements). Remember, shoot for an 80/20 split between paraphrased notes and direct quotes.

Also attached below is the full study guide for Huck Finn. At this point you should have read through chapter 15 and turned in the corresponding questions. By next Monday, 3/5, you should have read chapters 16-23.

And don't forget the quiz on Vocabulary #12 this Friday.

Download Research-Thesis Statements

Download Research-Paraphrase and Quote

Download Huck Finn Study Guide

 

Research Project (continued)

As we continue our work on the research project, we are now working on our bibliography page and working thesis statement and outline to focus our reading. Our tool for creating the bibliography page is Easybib, located on the Walton Media Center page. Simply type in the information from each of your sources, and Easybib will create a correctly formatted MLA entry for them. Then transport them to Word and your bibliography page will be finished. A sample bibliography page is attached below.

The instructions for the working thesis statement and outline are also attached below. This step will give us focus as we read our articles and look for information that will help prove our argument.

Both of these assignments are due on Friday, 2/24!

Download Research-Sample Bibliography Page

Download Research-Thesis Statements 

Research Project & Paper and Huck Finn

As you know from the activities listed on the Three Week Agenda, we have started the research project that will culminate in the research paper in a few weeks. So far we have chosen a topic and started our search for credible sources of information. By Thursday, 2/16, everyone should have at least six sources (articles, etc.), from which we will create our bibliography page and start to read and take notes. Attached below you will find the assignment page for the entire process as well as a page on choosing a topic.

Also, we have started reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. By next Tuesday, 2/21, everyone should be through Chapter 15. We will have our first announced quiz over Chapters 1-15 later next week.

Download Research Paper Assignment Page 2012

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Three Week Agenda (1/30-2/17/12) & Late Romantic Period Test

Attached below you will find the current Three Week Agenda (1/30-2/17/12). Important dates looming in the near future include the Late Romantic Period Test on Thursday, 2/2 (review sheet also attached below), Vocabulary Quiz #10 on Friday, 2/3, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn introduction on Monday, 2/6 ( so have your copy of the book by then), SAT Online Practice Test #3 due next Tuesday, 2/7, and the introduction to the Research Project & Paper next Tuesday, 2/7. Whew! It sounds like a lot, so stay on top of things each day so that you don't feel overwhelmed or fall behind.

 Download 112B Week 4-6 Agenda 2012

Download Late Romantic Period Study Guide

Welcome to Spring Semester

Welcome to a fresh semester of American Lit & Comp. Attached below you will find the Course Outline and Expectations, the Three Week Agenda for 1/9-1/27/12, and the SAT Online Practice assignment, which is due on Tuesday, February 7. Check back to the blog periodically for pertinent information to the class (at least every other week, but more often when we use materials in class that warrant posting so that you have access to them from home, such as when we are working on the research paper). Here's to a great second semester of your junior year. Work hard and have fun!

Download 112B Course Outline and Expectations

Download 112B Week 1-3 Agenda 2012

Download 112B SAT Online Assignment Spring

 

Colonial Period Test & Vocabulary Quiz #2

We have a busy post-Labor Day week, at least as far as grades are concerned. On Thursday, 9/8, we will take the Colonial Period Test. This is the first grade in this major category, so it is obviously important in establishing a solid overall grade early in the semester. The review sheet is attached below. Then on Friday, 9/9, we will take Vocabulary Quiz #2 (the lesson is due on Wednesday, 9/7). Study hard this week!

Download Colonial Period Test Review

Welcome and Three Week Agenda (8/29-9/16/11)

Welcome to the new school year. Classes have been excellent so far, and I trust that things will continue to go well as we move through the first half of the American Lit/Comp 112 course. Check back to the blog periodically (once or twice a week) for pertinent information for the class such as relevant handouts,  supporting materials, and announcements. For instance, you will find the current Three Week Agenda attached below which includes everything we are doing in class each day and homework assignments as well as when tests and quizzes are coming up. I'm happy you found your way here and looking forward to a great semester.

Download 2011 112A Week 3-5 Agenda

The Odyssey Essay (Freshmen)

Our last big assignment for the semester (aside from the final exam) is an essay on The Odyssey. The essay assignment and examples for leading into direct quotes are attached below. Also remember to include the Works Cited at the bottom of the last page of your essay, which you can copy and paste from the assignment page if you would like. The paper is due Friday, 5/13, for 4th and 7th periods; Monday, 5/16, for AP Human Geography students in 4th and 7th periods; and Wednesday, 5/18, for all students in 6th period.

Download The Odyssey Essay

Download Leadins Handout 

Three Week Agenda (3/14-4/1/11) (Freshmen)

Attached below you will find the current Three Week Agenda for 3/14-4/1/11. We will spend most of the next three weeks on poetry, reading several more poems before the Poetry Test on Thursday, 3/31. We will also be working on the Poetry Project, which is actually three smaller assingments that will combine to form the project grade. The first of these assignments is the "Where I'm From" poem, which will be due next Monday, 3/21. Note also that we will complete Vocabulary #13 next week as well.

Download 2011 92B Week 10-12 Agenda

Three Week Agenda (3/14-4/1/11), Realism & Naturalism Test, and Great Gatsby Essay (Juniors)

Attached below you will find the current Three Week Agenda for the weeks leading into Spring Break. On it you will find the Realism & Naturalism Test scheduled for this Thursday, 3/17. The review sheet for the test is attached below. In addition, you should be working on The Great Gatsby Essay, which is due on Friday, 3/25 (after we take the four sections of the Graduation Test on Monday through Thursday). The assignment sheet for the essay as well as sheets on leading-in to direct quotations and on MLA format are also attached below. Finally, we will be starting the Research Paper with a brief introduction this Friday, 3/18, and topic selection due Friday, 3/25. As always, we are busy so keep on top of everything!

Download 112B Week 10-12 Agenda 2011

Download Realism & Naturalism Study Guide

Download The Great Gatsby Essay

Download Research-Leadins

Download Essay Heading and Works Cited--Gatsby