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The Scarlet Letter is almost over-- Final Essay!
We are writing a first draft in class--leaving it in class--conferencing about it in class-- then going to turnitin next week to turn it in! Here is the prompt and the assignment

TurnitinInfo (Say that three times fast!)

Before Friday:
go to turnitin.com
Create an account
Register in your class
What you Need to Succeed:
An email account of your own
Class ID  (# 7007920 for third period and #7007932 for seventh period)
Password for all periods: westrocks

Here is a link to the discussion questions we worked with today and will continue with tomorrow:
Wed. and Thursday: Take notes in class as you discuss the questions-- finish the instructions on the bottom of the handout.
Friday: Present: Slideshow of "Modern Day Shunning" and more songs from Slaughterhouse-5

Read, Titans, Read!

Please be sure to keep up with the reading-- see the schedule if you are confused.
The last couple of days we have been working on this vocabulary/allusion ratings sheet-- try to get the skinny on (find out about) as many of these as possible so that you can better understand the text
Vocabulary/Allusions: Scarlet Letter
Also-- we will get involved with creating a Shunning Presentation 
Next Week
Finish Song Presentations-- last chance. Here's how the projects are graded--they are fantastic!
Grading rubric/sheet for playlist project:
Preview: Shunning project assignment.
Link to Slide Show: Presentation platform to post slides on google drive:

The "A" that Everyone Gets: Scarlet!

I hope you enjoying your introduction to Hester Prynne and the Puritan version of shunning.  I have inserted a photo of the reading schedule here-- the top row of RED numbers are Third period, and the Bottom row are for Seventh Period.
See you tomorrow--
Mrs. E

Moving from the Post-Modern to the Romantic!

We read an amazing poem that had a very different message and style than our last novel.  Here is the assignment, and I am sure that you can find the text of the poem online, if you have no access to a textbook from home.
A Psalm of Life Assignment

We also began a lecture--note taking exercise on the wonders of Romanticism-- specifically in literature. Here are the words to include in your notes:
Vocabulary of Romantic Lit.
Fill in the lecture notes you missed by checking in with a classmate-- we will go over the notes in class a few times, too.

Friday we will talk some more about Romantics and work on this assignment:
Emerson's Romantic Ideas

Have a great weekend!
Mrs.E

End of the Book Project

finally off of that crazy roller coaster with Billy-- are you glad, or sad?
Anyway-- Here is the information for the playlist project that we discussed, and will continue to work on, in class. We will discuss a due date today-- It would be nice to get it in before grades, as I am sure you will all do a terrific job-- we'll talk today.
Playlist Project