HW DUE MON. 8/20

1st British Lit./Comp.

**NO HW DUE MON. 8/20

**^^UNLESS YOU OWE ME A [LATE!] ROUGH DRAFT OF ESSAY #2 CHOICE (see choices/checklists in post below), MONDAY in class I'll continue returning your ESSAY #2 CHOICE ROUGH DRAFTS to revise/correct before ESSAY #2 FINAL DRAFT DUE DATE is set!


2nd/3rd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE MON. 8/20:

On the back side of the sheet titled "How to Write Clear, Concise, and Direct Sentences," (GRAMMAR SECTION), please complete:

• ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
• Activity One--**ALL of #s 1, 2, and 3
• **be ready to discuss #4 in class Monday!

**REMEMBER: this is an honors-level class, so complete your work PROACTIVELY and DELIBERATELY. You get out of this class what you put into it!

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ALSO, FYI:

**HW DUE TUES. 8/21:

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

--changes/revisions TO BE MADE are based upon our individual meetings last week in class with your *ROUGH DRAFT COPY (*WRITING SECTION of binder)

• CHECKLIST FOR WRITING COMPLETION (to COPY ON CHECKLIST TEMPLATE given to you Monday and to TURN IN COMPLETED BY YOU with your FINAL COPY TUESDAY)

**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 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