Chris Brune

Week of April 28th

WORLD LITERATURE:

On the horizon, make sure you have your portfolio complete with your favorite piece typed up in MLA Format and ready to present on Wednesday.  Also, you will have a test over Night on Thursday.  Make sure you are keeping up with your study guides. 

AMERICAN LITERATURE:

RESEARCH PAPER DUE WEDNESDAY APRIL 30TH.  NO EXCUSES ABOUT LATE PAPERS.  IF YOU WILL NOT BE HERE ON THAT DAY, YOU NEED TO GET IT TO ME VIA EMAIL: christopher.brune@cobbk12.org

Also, we will be transitioning from Transcendentalism into Naturalism/Realism this week.  Make sure you are bringing your books.  WORK ON RESEARCH PAPERS.

Research Paper Guidelines

Attached is the research paper guidelines.  Note the due dates and requirements involving citations.

Download inhumanitytomanguidelines.doc

Week of April 21st

World Literature

Make sure you are keeping up with your non-fiction portfolio pieces.  As of Monday, you should have the following:

Five Senses/Descriptive Words Handout
In Cold Blood Doodle plus Intersection Description
How-To
Memory

We will be adding to them this week, and I will discuss the final due date for the portfolio.

American Literature

Don't lose track of the research paper due dates.  Due dates for this week and next are as follows:

Monday, April 21st - Formal Outline
Thursday, April 24 - Typed Rough Draft
Wednesday, April 30 - Final Paper Due

Also, this week The Great Gatsby has been postponed, so ignore last week's post. 

We will finish Transcendentalism this week with a test on Thursday April 24.  So make sure to look over your notes and ask questions if you have them. 

Welcome Back!

Welcome back, everyone!  We're in the final stretch of the semester, and it's time to buckle down.

AMERICAN LITERATURE:

As you are aware, we've been working on the research paper.  Make sure you come prepared with questions and keep in mind the following Due Dates:

4/18 Note Cards Due
4/21 Working Outline
4/25 Rough Draft Due
4/30 Final Draft Due

Also, we'll begin to read The Great Gatsby this week.  Be sure you keep up with the reading and be prepared to take a quiz covering the chapters due.  Here is a guide to where you need to be in your reading.

4/22 Chapters 1-2
4/28 Chapters 3-4
5/2 Chapters 5-6
5/5 Chapters 7
5/8 Chapters 8-9

Note: You will have a quiz over the chapters due each day above.  Keep up with the reading.

Week of March 24th

10th World Literature:

We'll continue and finish up our poetry unit this week.  Be sure you hang on to everything.  Poetry Test next week. 

No Vocabulary this week due to testing.

11th American Literature

Good luck on your Georgia High School Graduation Tests.  We'll continue Romanticism with Transcendentalism this week as well as start the research phase of the Research Paper at the end of the week. 

No Vocabulary this week due to testing. 

Week of March 17th

World Literature Class:

BE SURE TO KEEP BRINGING YOUR TEXTBOOK EACH DAY THIS WEEK.  You will need each day for working in your poetry groups.

American Literature Class:

Remember Of Mice and Men essay is due on Wednesday March 19th.  Also this week, you will have a test over Romanticism and Dark Romanticism on Thursday March 20th.  We will review on Wednesday, so don't miss that. 

Romanticism/Dark Romanticism will cover the following items:
Background notes on R./D.R.
"Thanatopsis"
"The First Snowfall"
"The Most Sublime Spectacle on Earth"
"Snowbound"
Edgar Allan Poe Notes
"Fall of the House of Usher"
"The Raven" and other poems
"The Black Cat"
"Masque of the Red Death"
"The Minister's Black Veil"
Moby Dick and Melville Notes

REMINDER: 10th Grade Research Paper/11th Grade Essay

Important Paper Deadlines:

10th Grade Macbeth Research Paper:

3/18 Rough Draft Due
3/21 Final Essay Due w/ Rough Draft, Research, Psych Notes included

11th Grade Of Mice and Men Essay:

3/14 Rough Draft Due
3/19 Final Paper Due

If you have any questions about MLA Format, use the following websites for help.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm

Week of January 28

Upcoming News for the Week:

World Literature:

We will beginning the Iliad this week, so make sure you bring your book to class.  As well as don't forget about vocabulary.  Sentences Due: 1/30  Vocabulary Quiz 2/1

American Literature:

We will be finishing up The Crucible this week, so make sure you keep up with the study guide questions.  Tentative Dates for The Crucible:

Crucible Review 1/30
Crucible Test 1/31

Good Luck!  Have a great week.

Upcoming Due Dates

World Literature:

1/23 Archetypes Quiz
1/24 Vocabulary #2 Sentences Due
1/28 Hero WebQuest Due

American Literature:
1/22 Puritan Background Quiz
1/24 The Crucible Act 1 Quiz
1/25 Vocabulary #3 Quiz

Welcome Back!

Welcome back, students.  Stay tuned to this blog for any upcoming class assignments, projects, due dates, and important handouts.  I look forward to a great year.