4 November 2011
I sure hope everyone's book came in since you have homework in it. If yours did not come in, I think you can go on Amazon and find all the information I requested. Bring those books to class on Tuesday, please. Remember to read over the Cornell notes we took in class on how to write a summary. Also, read over the hand-out I gave to you on this same topic. Writing a summary is not hard, but it takes practice! We all have a tendency to want to write all the information we have, but in a summary, you don't! Remember, it is the main idea, and the details that support it. Do not put your opinion in the summary. The reader does not care what you thought about the piece! That is for book reports and critiques!
If you got the book, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, please begin reading it.
I gave you your report cards, please get them signed and bring them back Tuesday. You will get a daily extra credit grade of 100 if you do. You do not get any credit if it is late (brought in on Friday).
Everyone turned in the book report, but everyone did not turn in the final copy of the St. Benedict paper. If you did not, then you need to turn it in on Tuesday or it is a zero. I only got 5 of those papers so 2 of you did not turn them in. That is not a good way to start the new grading period.
The homework assignments are:
8 November 2011
1. Pg. 127: 23C: #1: a and c:
A. Read the poem assigned.
B. Read the handout on "Writing a Summary"
C. Read the Cornell notes over
D. Read the poem again, following steps 1-3 from handout.
E. Write the summary. Prrofread it!
2. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Using your book, answer these questions. They do NOT have to be in complete sentences:
A. Title?
B. Author? Who is he? (You will have to use the Internet; google Mark Twain!)
C. Publisher?
D. Copyright date?
E. How many chapters?
F. Why are there Roman Numerals used for chapter numbers?
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