April 25

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (Well, at least we know the fire alarms work.)
• Literary Criticism Draft
• Any late or missing work!

April 11

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?)
• Literary Criticism Draft
• Any late or missing work!

Happy Easter!

April 4

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (While you are on the subway you scratch your ear, accidentally signaling to a member of a secret society that you are one of them.)
• Literary criticism
• Thesis statement
• Textual proof (examples from the book that support your thesis)
• Other critical sources (Digital Maine Library is an EXCELLENT source for this material.)
• Begin Outlining your paper

March 21

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (You were thrown into the volcano as a sacrifice.  The volcano spit you back out.)
• Develop a strong working thesis statement 
• Gather and organize support material
• Any late or missing work

March 14

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Research Report (If necessary)
• Persuasive Essay (If necessary)
• Develop an opinion about The Turn of the Screw.  The most obvious is regarding the sanity of the governess.
• Gather proof from the text to support your opinion.  Your proof can be as long as an entire episode or as short as a word choice.

March 7

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting ("Can someone please explain why I was assigned this mission?")
• Research report (if necessary)
• Persuasive paper draft (if necessary)
• Finish reading The Turn of the Screw
• Reflection Paper (You should have completed 2 reflection papers for this book).

Please go online and check the grade book.  Some of you are missing a number or Writing Minutes.  That's a big deal!  See if you can dig them out from under your bed, or even have a parent write a note verifying that you have been doing an appropriate amount of writing at home.

February 28

Homework

• Writing Minutes 
• Research Report Draft
• Read though chapter 18 in The Turn of the Screw
• 1-page Reflection Paper

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