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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.
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
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
