Sometimes keeping our most important thoughts short is the most difficult part of English writing. When I was in college I was assigned a paper that could only be two pages long. It meant that I had to get straight to my point and show my point of view very quickly, but without being too cut and dry.
_________________________________________________
You have only 250 words, no more, and the choice of one of the following topics. MLA Format. Printed out to be handed in. You need an introduction, body, and conclusion. It needs to be a full developed paper, not just a paragraph.
You are required to have one source minimum. You need a works cited page (does not count towards your word count) and an intext citation for a quote/research you pull from your source. Refer back to our MLA lessons on the blog to help you.
Your header does not count towards your word count.
Your assignment is due: 6/8 (Two weeks)
50 POINTS.
Pick one of the following topics to PERSUADE me to believe.
- Pick an emotion, convince me that it is the most important emotion of all.
- Pick a political candidate/happening, convince me to see the way you do on the subject.
- Does texting/social media/etc. create isolation and a generation of people who can't talk to each other in person?
- Should all students have to wear school uniforms?
- Should girls be allowed to play on boys sports teams?
Use this to help you write your paper: Writing the Persuasive Essay
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Shakespeare Quizlets
Friday, May 6, 2016
Shakespeare Library Stations
Shakespearean
Stations
1. Shakespearean
and Hip Hop: Rewind to the beginning and watch the video clip until 8:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY
Define iambic pentameter:
Then go the link below and see how if
you figure out whether the lines are Shakespeare or Hip Hop. RECORD YOUR SCORE
HERE:________________ http://www.sporcle.com/games/the_hmh_project/shakespeare-or-hip-hop
Write your own line using iambic
pentameter here:
2. A.
Now visit the website http://www.behindthename.com/
to find the origin and meaning of your first name. Fill in the information
below. Does anything surprise you about your name?
·
Meaning of your first name:
·
Country of origin:
·
Ranking of your name in the US:
Now look up the names
BENVOLIO, TYBALT, and MERCUTIO and list their meanings. Keep these in mind as
you read the play. Is it coincidence that Shakespeare chose these names for
these characters?
·
BENVOLIO:
·
TYBALT:
·
MERCUTIO:
3. A. Take a virtual tour of the Blackfriar’s Playhouse in Staunton, VA, the world’s only re-creation of The Globe Theater in London at https://www.google.com/maps/@38.1492736,-79.0707142,3a,75y,91h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDWXGzA__A5llnQICXJRrvg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DDWXGzA__A5llnQICXJRrvg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D129%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D91.500008%26pitch%3D-3!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 . After you’ve completed your tour, use the Venn diagram at http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/venn_diagrams/ to compare and contrast going to a performance at the Globe to going to see a movie at Regal Cinemas. Enter your first and last name and label it GLOBE. Print your final copy and turn in to Ms. Groah. Things to consider are listed below.
* Previews or advertisements for shows
* Modes of transportation and travel conditions
* Theater Design
* Audience Base
B. Look at the pop-up book about the Globe Theater.
* Look at the next to the last page to find the following information.
1. How many people does the theater hold approximately?
2. Does the audience listen quietly?
* Previews or advertisements for shows
* Modes of transportation and travel conditions
* Theater Design
* Audience Base
B. Look at the pop-up book about the Globe Theater.
* Look at the next to the last page to find the following information.
1. How many people does the theater hold approximately?
2. Does the audience listen quietly?
4. Listen
to the Prologue from Romeo and Juliet
at https://vimeo.com/4575574. As you’re
listening and following along, highlight all the words you hear that are
unfamiliar to you. Compare and contrast which words you highlighted with the
words highlighted by your group members. Use the online dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com/ to
define only the words your whole group does not know. Now, re-listen to the
prologue again. Does it make more sense now? Just for kicks, if your group has
time, watch to the current movie version of the Prologue found here. http://www.teachertube.com/video/romeo-and-juliet-prologue-335319
Two
households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Romeo and Juliet
No Fear Shakespeare! We will be reading the modern version of the text and referring back to the original as we go. If you are out of school, make sure you keep up with the assigned reading.
No Fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet
No Fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet
Monday, April 18, 2016
4/18 Business Letter Info
Today we will be going to the computer lab. You will be making the edits needed to your Business Letters and then finding an email to send your final draft to.
Once you have made all the corrections needed to your letter and reread it multiple times yourself, you will then look up the email for the company you are sending your email to. Try to find the email of the person you are directly sending your letter to. If you cannot find it, try to find a customer service email address.
To receive credit for this assignment (50pts). You will email it or phyiscally mail it to the address you find.
Remember to meet these requirements:
Schools Address
Date
Name of Person You are Sending To
Company Address
Dear NAME OF PERSON: <-- USE A : (COLON) NOT A , (COMMA)
Body Paragraphs (3 Minimum)
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME
Rock Ridge High School Student
- TIMES NEW ROMAN, SINGLE SPACED, 12PT FONT.
- DO NOT INDENT YOUR PARAGRAPHS
For all of your previous instructions click HERE and read through them to make sure you have all of the requirements so that you do not get marked off for anything.
Once you have made all the corrections needed to your letter and reread it multiple times yourself, you will then look up the email for the company you are sending your email to. Try to find the email of the person you are directly sending your letter to. If you cannot find it, try to find a customer service email address.
To receive credit for this assignment (50pts). You will email it or phyiscally mail it to the address you find.
Remember to meet these requirements:
Schools Address
Date
Name of Person You are Sending To
Company Address
Dear NAME OF PERSON: <-- USE A : (COLON) NOT A , (COMMA)
Body Paragraphs (3 Minimum)
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME
Rock Ridge High School Student
- TIMES NEW ROMAN, SINGLE SPACED, 12PT FONT.
- DO NOT INDENT YOUR PARAGRAPHS
For all of your previous instructions click HERE and read through them to make sure you have all of the requirements so that you do not get marked off for anything.
4/18-19 Final HONY Letters (HONORS)
Today we will be going to the computer lab. You will have an hour to take your rough drafts of your HONY letter and type up a final.
When your final is complete, you will submit it (email to turnintomshall@gmail.com) EMAIL SUBJECT: (YOUR NAME/FIRST AND LAST) HONY FINAL DRAFT
This is a process writing assignment and is worth 50 points. Make sure you have the following:
- HEADER (Date/Class Period) on the RIGHT TOP
- GREETING (Dear Adjective Noun) Depending on what your HONY post is about you will come up with a name for your person. Examples: Dear Grieving Mother, Dear Brave Survivor, Dear Confused Adolescent, etc.
- BODY (Minimum 3 paragraphs, ask questions, why are you interested in them, does this relate to you, who you are, why you chose them, what their story means to you, advice, thoughts, how this could help those who read it, etc.) Minimum one page long. INDENT paragraphs.
- SIGNATURE (Sincerely, YOUR NAME and on the next like ROCK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT (Not in caps like this).
-SINGLE SPACED, TIMES NEW ROMAN, 12PT FONT
You will then attach your screen shot of the picture and story you are responding to. Copy and paste it from the email you sent me if needed. Or you can go back to the website and find it there to copy. You need the picture AND the story. If you can make this relatively small, you can feel free to be creative and have your letter text go around your picture/story so that it all stays on one page. Otherwise add this to a separate page.
Have at least one person sitting next to you reread your letter. Take your time, reread yourself, any grammar/spelling mistakes will be counted off for, as well as look bad in a published piece.
We will be sending these to Brandon, the creator of HONY.
Due completed by Wednesday 4/20 11;59pm.
When your final is complete, you will submit it (email to turnintomshall@gmail.com) EMAIL SUBJECT: (YOUR NAME/FIRST AND LAST) HONY FINAL DRAFT
This is a process writing assignment and is worth 50 points. Make sure you have the following:
- HEADER (Date/Class Period) on the RIGHT TOP
- GREETING (Dear Adjective Noun) Depending on what your HONY post is about you will come up with a name for your person. Examples: Dear Grieving Mother, Dear Brave Survivor, Dear Confused Adolescent, etc.
- BODY (Minimum 3 paragraphs, ask questions, why are you interested in them, does this relate to you, who you are, why you chose them, what their story means to you, advice, thoughts, how this could help those who read it, etc.) Minimum one page long. INDENT paragraphs.
- SIGNATURE (Sincerely, YOUR NAME and on the next like ROCK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT (Not in caps like this).
-SINGLE SPACED, TIMES NEW ROMAN, 12PT FONT
You will then attach your screen shot of the picture and story you are responding to. Copy and paste it from the email you sent me if needed. Or you can go back to the website and find it there to copy. You need the picture AND the story. If you can make this relatively small, you can feel free to be creative and have your letter text go around your picture/story so that it all stays on one page. Otherwise add this to a separate page.
Have at least one person sitting next to you reread your letter. Take your time, reread yourself, any grammar/spelling mistakes will be counted off for, as well as look bad in a published piece.
We will be sending these to Brandon, the creator of HONY.
Due completed by Wednesday 4/20 11;59pm.
Friday, April 1, 2016
Create Your Own Epic - Academic
In groups in 2 or 3 you will be creating your own short epic story.
Create a main character, include a tragic flaw, multiple characteristics and don't be afraid to put your hero in dangerous situations.
Create a setting, think about including races common in fantasy such as dragons, fairies, elves, goblins, trolls, etc.
Write your epic story, minimum one page long in (mostly) rhyming lines! You can have a few lines that do not rhyme in order for them to fit your story.
Create a rough draft, make sure you go through it together and edit, then get a piece of computer paper and write your final.
Once you are finished your writing, add a drawing of a map of your setting on your paper!
Create a main character, include a tragic flaw, multiple characteristics and don't be afraid to put your hero in dangerous situations.
Create a setting, think about including races common in fantasy such as dragons, fairies, elves, goblins, trolls, etc.
Write your epic story, minimum one page long in (mostly) rhyming lines! You can have a few lines that do not rhyme in order for them to fit your story.
Create a rough draft, make sure you go through it together and edit, then get a piece of computer paper and write your final.
Once you are finished your writing, add a drawing of a map of your setting on your paper!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)