**ATTENTION 3HAmLiT: CLASSWORK/ASSIGNMENT FOR MON. 9/22 *AND/OR* HW DUE COMPLETED TUES. 9/23**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

MON. 9/22 CLASS WORK/*or* HW REMINDER TO COMPLETE DUE BEFORE CLASS BEGINS TUES. 9/23:

In the WRITING SECTION of your binder, IF YOU DID NOT COMPLETE IT TODAY MON. 9/22 IN CLASS, BEFORE CLASS TOMORROW TUES. 9/23, MAKE SURE you've completed the "PRACTICE 10: TRANSITIONAL WORDS" sheet (GIVEN TO YOU ON TUES. 9/24 **AND LINKED ON CLASSROOM as PDF) [FRONT OF SHEET ONLY!!!!]: 

--NOTE AGAIN: YOU HAVE *ALL* CLASS TIME MON. 9/22 to work on this as I finish meeting w/students individually RE: their F451 extended para. draft revisons/etc. during class!

• EVERYONE please REWRITE OR TYPE YOUR TRANSITIONS ASSIGNMENT and add effective transitions/transitional elements to PARAGRAPHS #1, #2 (AS ASSIGNED TO YOU), and EVERYONE WILL HAVE #3 as a practice skill/application for your own graded writing assignments
• **PRO TIP: use the *TRANSITIONS/SIGNAL WORDS* LIST (back side of POWER VERBS SHEET/WRITING SECTION) given to you in class last week to help you complete this assignment--IT'S A VALUABLE RESOURCE!!! :)

**SO....you ALL will come to class TUES. 9/23 with TWO PARAGRAPHS [either #1 or #2 as assigned/EVERYONE #3] rewritten OR **typed (**with a PRINTED hard copy--it's YOUR responsibility if you choose to go this route--YOU print *or* GET TO ME/SHARE EARLY!!) with added transitions

 

--be prepared to share your improvements/additions in class TUES. 9/23 for weekly CCR/participation points!!

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**ALSO PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY; we're not done with it just yet!

**ATTENTION 3rd HAmLiT: MAJOR F451 Ext. Para. *FINAL DRAFT/REVISION* DUE COMPLETED/READY TO SUBMIT BY CLASSTIME WED. 9/24**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

*MAJOR* HW/ASSIGNMENT DUE WED. 9/24:

The FINAL, REVISED, MLA-style, TYPED copy (*either shared with me OR printed) of your Fahrenheit 451 Literary Analysis Extended Paragraph Response

--changes/revisions TO BE MADE/APPLIED are based upon our INDIVIDUAL REVISION CONFERENCES IN CLASS all this PAST WEEK/LAST TWO DAYS in class with your *ROUGH DRAFT COPY (*HARD COPY(ies) in WRITING SECTION of binder)

**REMEMBER: +1pt. BONUS to FINAL DRAFT for bringing a PRINTED COPY to class WEDNESDAY 9/24! (*otherwise, I'll print for you/have it to you first thing Wednesday!)

• BELOW: CHECKLIST FOR WRITING COMPLETION (to COPY ON CHECKLIST TEMPLATE to be given to you TUESDAY 9/23 IN CLASS and to TURN IN COMPLETED BY YOU with your FINAL COPY WEDNESDAY 9/24)

**items on checklist below with **TWO STARS** are to be included on your WRITING CHECKLIST to turn in with FINAL DRAFT

CONTENT: 
**___DID YOU ANSWER THE PROMPT QUESTION??? (audience/purpose/context)
**___ANALYSIS of Montag's CONFLICT, NOT SUMMARY/EVALUATION
**___Use of/explanation of LITERARY DEVICE(s) in text (tone/symbol/imagery/etc.)
**___Writing about literature = PRESENT TENSE VERBS
**___Response AVOIDS METADISCOURSE (and first-/second-person POV)

**___AVOIDS "THE ABYSS OF INCOHERENCE" in the conclusion/ends with the ORIGINAL QUESTION in mind (Montag's internal struggle)
___ONE 8-12 sentence EXTENDED PARAGRAPH response  
___Includes solid TRANSITIONS for writing coherence (at least 2-3)  

MLA FORMAT:

**___Follows all MLA STYLE 9th edition BASICS for formatting/general rules outlined in class
**___MLA PROPERLY "blended/CITED quotes" (1-2) to back up your assertions (#).

**___Follows 'THIS + NOUN' rule
**___***Within "quotations," the correct use of commas/quotes 
___'Cliche quotes' vs. "textual evidence" (proper format) 

MISC.:

**___AVOIDS USING PASSIVE VOICE (PV)/uses strong POWER VERBS instead
**___AVOID 'LETTER GRADE ERRORS' and PEDANTIC/'flowery' WORDING
**___Corrected ALL ISSUES pointed out by Mrs. Krieger
**___INCLUDES A CORRECT WORK CITED for the novella at the end of the response
___REVISED (ideas) and EDITED (typos) by self/friend before submitting/ALL ROUGH DRAFT(S) IN WRITING SECTION OF YOUR BINDER

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**ALSO PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO KEEP BRINGING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY--a few more things to do!

**ATTENTION 3rd HAmLit: COMPLETED ROUGH DRAFT for F451 LIT. ANALYSIS EXTENDED PARAGRAPH DUE MON. 9/15**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE **MON. 9/15:

By classtime MON. 9/15, complete a 'WORKING' [yet complete!] ROUGH DRAFT' for your Fahrenheit 451 LITERARY ANALYSIS EXTENDED PARAGRAPH you received instructions for on Thurs. 9/11 and again FRI. 9/12 

• to help guide you as you formulate/compose your ext. para. analysis response, use the PINK INSTRUCTIONS/PROMPT/GUIDE SHEET with the response question given to you WED. 9/10 (*hard copy in your binder WRITING SECTION/also attached the Classroom posts NOW and THROUGH MON. 9/15 due date!)
• ALSO!!! ---> you've had TIME IN CLASS BOTH 9/11 and 9/12 to begin work on this draft as well, so **NO EXCUSES!**

**REMEMBER: for this GRADED ROUGH DRAFT, 

• you can have a TYPED/PRINTED to present to me in class 
• OTHERWISE, SHARE THE DOCUMENT with me OR EMAIL your draft to me BEFORE CLASS BEGINS FRIDAY, PLEASE!!
• **make sure to have the settings on the share document to "EDIT"

**ALSO, FYI: we will be spending a good amount of class time the next two class blocks PLUS BLOCKS NEXT WEEK using MANY writing tips/resources/MLA notes/discussion, etc. I've given you/will give you to REVISE AND EDIT these drafts into a FINAL COPY for a major grade (*FINAL DRAFT DUE DATE TBA/within next two weeks*)

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**AND, FINALLY: SOME USEFUL, "GRADE-SAVING" FINAL THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER AS WE FINISH THE SIXTH WEEK (!!!) OF THE SEMESTER/ENTER WEEK #7: 

• CHECK THE CLASSROOM/REMIND FROM ME EACH NIGHT!
• HAVE YOUR COURSE BINDER WITH YOU DAILY--and BE ORGANIZED!!!
• BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 TO CLASS EVERY DAY; **you need it to complete your extended paragraph writing assignment!