**ATTENTION 3rd HAMLIT: INSTRUCTIONS, SOURCES, and OVERVIEW for IN-CLASS WORK on MIDTERM JOURNAL#6: F451/"Dover Beach" RESPONSE**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

**IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR IN-CLASS LESSON and J#6 WRITTEN RESPONSE from MON. 10/5 to THURS. 10/8:**

1) come to class MON. 10/5 expecting to intro into and start the following: 

• FIRST we'll start on and go as far as we can in class with our reading/notes/discussion RE: BRADBURY'S INCLUSION OF MATTHEW ARNOLD'S 19th century poem "DOVER BEACH" IN F451 (WRITING section of binder/given to you MON. 10/5)

2) THEN TUES. 10/6 we'll FINISH UP and RECAP everything we accomplished/learned and took notes on RE: the poem "Dover Beach" and Bradbury's use of it in F451 

3) FINALLY, STARTING IN CLASS TUES. 10/6 and *ALL CLASS THURS. 10/8*, be ready to complete and SUBMIT BY THE END OF CLASS an IN-CLASS (formal/graded) **MIDTERM WRITING CHECK-IN** JOURNAL #6 RESPONSE regarding our last 2-3 day's worth of  PRESENTATION and NOTES/DISCUSSION RE: Bradbury's inclusion of the poem "Dover Beach" within his novella F451

• the specific question for you to answer and ALL instructions/requirements for this FORMAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT will be given Wednesday in class before you write

• **Also, below is the LINK to the F451/"Dover Beach" relationship/tie-in WE WILL BE DISCUSSING/TAKING NOTES ON MON. 10/5 and TUES. 10/6, **especially the last two sections "Common Themes" and "Lost Humanity" (*also linked on the Classroom post for these days/this lesson): 

F451 and "Dover Beach": Why Bradbury Included the Poem in His Novella

• AGAIN, MORE INFO/instructions FOR THIS IN-CLASS WRITING/JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT TBA EACH DAY AS WE BEGIN, MON. 10/5 through THURS. 10/8, but THIS RESPONSE is your BEST CHANCE thus far to show me how much you can incorporate everything we've practiced over the past 9-10 weeks RE: formal analysis writing skills

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• AND IMPORTANT: FOR THIS J#6 RESPONSE, PLEASE HAVE YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU EACH DAY/THROUGH THE LAST DAY(s) BEFORE FALL BREAK! 
• **you'll need it for your IN-CLASS JOURNAL #6 RESPONSE, and after completion of the journal, we'll [finally] remove your post-its and return the book to the library!

**ATTENTION 3rd HAMLIT: FINAL DRAFT REVISED COPY OF YOUR F451 LIT. ANALYSIS EXT. PARAGRAPH DUE BY CLASSTIME TOMORROW WED. 9/23**

3rd HAmLit./Comp.

*MAJOR* HW/ASSIGNMENT DUE WED. 9/23:

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 this PAST WEEK 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 9/23! (*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 9/22 IN CLASS and to TURN IN COMPLETED BY YOU with your FINAL COPY WEDNESDAY 9/23)

**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--still a few more things to do!

**ATTENTION 3rd HAMLIT: CLASSWORK *or* HW DUE COMPLETED BY CLASSTIME TOMORROW TUES. 9/22**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

MON. 9/21 CLASS WORK/*or* HW REMINDER TO COMPLETE DUE BEFORE CLASS BEGINS TUES. 9/22:

In the WRITING SECTION of your binder, IF YOU DID NOT COMPLETE IT TODAY MON. 9/21 IN CLASS, BEFORE CLASS TOMORROW TUES. 9/22, MAKE SURE you've completed the "PRACTICE 10: TRANSITIONAL WORDS" sheet (GIVEN TO YOU ON MON. 9/21 **AND LINKED ON CLASSROOM as PDF) [FRONT OF SHEET ONLY!!!!]: 

--NOTE AGAIN: YOU HAVE *ALL* CLASS TIME MON. 9/21 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. 9/22 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. 9/22 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!