Monday, October 8, 2012

HW DUE WED. 10/10

9III 2nd:
**FIRST, we will be meeting in the LAB down the hall to complete the EOCT BENCHMARK TEST***

HW DUE WED. 10/10: 

EACH PERSON WILL HAVE COMPLETED AN INDIVIDUAL INTRO PARAGRAPH 'DRAFT' for your "TMDG" three-para. essay to share with your group tomorrow


**CHECKLIST FOR INTRO PARAGRAPH COMPLETION:
 
__COMPLETE 5 to 7 sentences, typed or written

__HOOK your reader w/an interesting YET APPROPRIATE FORMAL intro sentence (or two)

__NO quotes/evidence from text in this paragraph

__mention Connell and/or "The Most Dangerous Game" in the first sentence or two (and YES, spell out the story name! ^^)

__DEFINE BOTH FORESHADOWING and SUSPENSE

__get creative and work in a THEME from the story w/your discussion of suspense/foreshadowing
 

__KEEP STORY 'summary' details AT MINIMUM!  This is ANALYSIS WRITING, not a summary
 

__NO PASSIVE VOICE/1st or 2nd person

__USE PRESENT TENSE about the STORY DETAILS

__*LAST SENTENCE OF THE PARA: USE THE THESIS FROM YOUR GROUP WORK TODAY IN CLASS

__please keep your green RC handy if you need story details, such as AUTHOR's NAME, characters, spelling, etc.

***ALSO, EVERYONE NOTE: have the memoir NIGHT read by this THURSDAY 10/11, PLEASE!!!


9th 3rd/4th:

NO HOMEWORK!

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