**ATTENTION 4th HAmLit: WKEND HW RDG/J#7 DUE COMPLETED BY CLASSTIME MON. 3/9**

4th HONORS American Lit./Comp.

HW TO COMPLETE DUE MON. 3/9:

1) Read the Upfront Magazine (Jan. 9, 2017), informational news article "FAKE NEWS FOOLING MILLIONS" pp. 6-7, given to you in class FRI. 3/6 (WRITING SECTION/ALSO PDF ATTACHMENT ON THE CLASSROOM POST)  

2) THEN, in the WRITING section of your binder, complete JOURNAL #7 by answering/responding to BOTH questions below RE: the article:

• Experts say that fake news sites are eroding the public's ability to distinguish between fact and fiction. Why might that be a concern in modern society?

• What does the author [Stoffers] mean when he writes that fake or distorted news is "nothing new" (7)?

**QUICK JOURNAL REMINDERS:

• JOURNAL RESPONSES are 150-200 words (minimum) length, and written or typed responses are fine 
• you may use "I"/"we" [1st person] in these less-formal responses 
• be sure to answer ALL the prompts/questions included and you may also opt to practice "USING THE TEXT to back up your own assertions" (#).

**AND, ATTENTION KIDS: WRITE OUT OR PRINT THESE OUT BEFORE CLASS! DO NOT WAIT TO ASK ME/SHARE w/ME TIL THE LAST MINUTE! You MUST have a 'hard' copy of each of your journal responses ***LABELED WITH YOUR NAME AND J#__ ON THE DOCUMENT!!, PLEASE*** for your BINDER WRITING SECTION!

--MOST OF ALL, BE READY FOR DISCUSSION AND PARTICIPATION POINTS MONDAY IN CLASS for volunteering and adding to our discussion of this article and your JOURNAL #6 response!

**ATTENTION 4th HAmLiT: CLASSWORK/ASSIGNMENT FOR. TUES. 3/3 *AND/OR* HW DUE COMPLETED BY CLASSTIME WED. 3/4**

4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

TUES. 3/3 CLASS WORK/*or* HW REMINDER DUE/TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE CLASS BEGINS WED. 3/4:

In the WRITING SECTION of your binder, IF YOU DID NOT COMPLETE IT TODAY TUES. 3/3 IN CLASS, BEFORE CLASS TOMORROW WED. 3/4, MAKE SURE you've completed the "PRACTICE 10: TRANSITIONAL WORDS" sheet (GIVEN TO YOU ON TUES. 3/3 **AND LINKED ON CLASSROOM as PDF) [FRONT OF SHEET ONLY!!!!]: 

--NOTE AGAIN: YOU HAVE *A MAJORITY* OF CLASS TIME TUES. 3/3 to work on this assignment after we finished some taking some new terms notes

• EVERYONE please REWRITE OR TYPE YOUR TRANSITIONS ASSIGNMENT and add effective transitions/transitional elements to PARAGRAPHS #1 or #2 (AS ASSIGNED TO YOU), and EVERYONE WILL HAVE PARAGRAPH #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 TODAY to help you complete this assignment--IT'S A VALUABLE RESOURCE!!! :)

**SO....you ALL will come to class WED. 3/4 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 in class  your improvements/additions to the x2 paragraphs you  improved WED. 3/4 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 HAmLiT: MAJOR F451 Ext. Para. *FINAL DRAFT/REVISION* DUE COMPLETED/READY TO SUBMIT BY CLASSTIME MON. 3/2**

4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

*MAJOR* HW/ASSIGNMENT DUE MON. 3/2:

The FINAL, REVISED, MLA-style, TYPED copy (*either ALREADY shared with me OR YOU print FOR A +1pt BONUS) 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 YOUR OWN PRINTED COPY to class MONDAY 3/2! (*otherwise, I'll print for you/have it to you first thing Monday!)

• BELOW: CHECKLIST FOR WRITING COMPLETION (to COPY ON CHECKLIST TEMPLATE to be given to you FRIDAY 2/27 IN CLASS and to TURN IN COMPLETED BY YOU with your FINAL COPY MONDAY 3/2)

**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!