ATTENTION 4th HONORS AMLIT: CLASSWORK TO BE COMPLETED/HW *AS NEEDED* DUE TUES. 2/25**

4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

MON. 2/24 CLASS WORK/*or* HW REMINDER TO COMPLETE DUE BEFORE CLASS BEGINS TUES. 2/25:

In the WRITING SECTION of your binder, IF YOU DID NOT COMPLETE IT MON. 2/24 IN CLASS, BEFORE CLASS TUES. 2/25, 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. 2/24 to work on this as I meet w/students RE: F451 extended para. ROUGH 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) given to you in class to help you complete this assignment--IT'S A VALUABLE RESOURCE!!! :)

**SO....you ALL will come to class TUES. 2/25 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!) with added transitions

 

--be prepared to share your improvements/additions in class TUES. 2/25 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 4th Honors AMLIT: IMPORTANT *COMPLETED HW ROUGH DRAFT* DUE BY CLASSTIME THURS. 2/20**

4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

HW **NOW** DUE FRI. 2/21:

By the START of classtime tomorrow FRI. 2/21 complete a 'WORKING' [yet complete!] ROUGH DRAFT' for your Fahrenheit 451 LITERARY ANALYSIS EXTENDED PARAGRAPH you received instructions for in class TUES. 2/18 and we went over again/worked on together THURS. 2/20 

• 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 TUES. 2/18 (*hard copy in your binder WRITING SECTION/also attached the Classroom posts NOW and THROUGH *AMENDED* FRI. 2/21 due date!)
• you'll have PROTECTED TIME IN CLASS THURS. 2/20 to begin work on this draft/share draft w/me as well, so NO EXCUSES!

**REMEMBER: for this GRADED ROUGH DRAFT, 

• for this formal/academic/MLA STYLE writing assignment (even this ROUGH DRAFT), I need a PRINTED COPY to present to me in class 
• You'll SHARE THE DOCUMENT with me OR EMAIL your draft to me today, THURS. 2/20, and *AT LEAST* 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/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 NEXT WK*)

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**AND, FINALLY: SOME USEFUL, "GRADE-SAVING" FINAL THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER AS WE FINISH THE SEVENTH WEEK (!!!) OF THE SEMESTER/ENTER WEEK #8: 

• CHECK THE CLASSROOM/REMIND FROM ME EACH NIGHT!
• HAVE YOUR COURSE BINDER WITH YOU DAILY
• BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 TO CLASS EVERY DAY; **more on where we're going next with the novel(la) this week and next....

**ATTN: 1st/2nd AP/1102: LONG/4-DAY WKEND HW READING AND J#15 ASSIGNMENT DUE COMPLETED BY CLASSTIME TUES. 2/18**

 1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

HW DUE TUES. 2/18 AFTER 4-DAY WKEND: 

**FIRST: After our intro/background/overview in class Wed. 2/12 and Thurs. 2/13, MAKE SURE you've all read the following introductory parts/sections in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible:

• "A NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THIS PLAY" (short first page)

• ACT ONE: An Overture (**NOTE: READ JUST 'An Overture'--ends at the BOTTOM OF pp. 7 **OR** TOP OF pp. 8 with "..and did burst out in general revenge.")
• **AGAIN, in BOTH the paperback copy you either checked out/got in class Wed. 2/12 and the linked PDF version below (and on the Classroom), you'll be reading through EITHER the bottom of pp. 7 OR the top of pp. 8!!!

•  **LINK HERE TO THE PDF FULL TEXT OF THE CRUCIBLE if you were absent to get a copy (*this is the SAME TEXT AS THE PAPERBACK COPIES)**

**NEXT: on POST-ITS and/or PAPER/TYPED UP ANSWER AS JOURNAL #15 the following five (5) qu's while/after you read (NOTE: post-its, paper notes, pg. # references, typed/printed/LABELED J#15, jotting down the answer(s) for each is fine, so long as you have THOROUGH responses & GIVE ME YOUR BEST EFFORT); these qu's will guide our PLAY INTRO DISCUSSION TUESDAY 2/18 and beyond in class!

ACT ONE, AN OVERTURE Qu's TO ANSWER for J#15:

• FIRST THING, look up the definitionS (<< there are several) of CRUCIBLE and be ready share and connect these to this play, even considering what little (or much!) you may know now about its context.

• Describe with the text and your own words Reverend Parris' beliefs about himself (spiritual, moral, societal, etc.)

• After reading pp. 3-4 of the Overture, describe what seems to be most important to the townspeople of Salem. What text evidence validates your assessment?

• What is a THEOCRACY, and why did the town of Salem essentially create one?

• Based on the final pages (pp. 7-8) of the Overture, why were so many people accusing others of witchcraft? In other words, what were the accusers' motives?