English Essay helpful link
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
English 11
May 13, 2011English 11
May 11, 2011Your annotated bibliographies are due at the end of this week. Using the citation format below, you need to give the citations for the book you are using and then the two articles of literary criticism about the book that you have chosen. Then write a paragraph under each citation giving a short summary of the article and describing how you are planning on using it in your paper. Will you support what the article says or will you present evidence against it?
Here are the formats we discussed in class:
Basic format for an article
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.
Example
Poniewozik, James. “TV Makes a Too-Close Call.” Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. Print.
Basic format for a book
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York. HarperCollins Publishers, 1937. Print.
English 11
May 9, 2011This week your Hamlet Act IV questions and your annotated bibliographies are due
mbatastini@stmaryhs.org
May 4, 2011
English 11 Research Paper Topic
Due Friday May 6th
This Friday, you will need to hand in a typed paragraph about the topic of your research paper. For this topic, you need to let me know which book you will be writing about as well as what sources of literary criticism you’ve looked at so far. I expect that you have started looking at sources of literary criticism. What issues do these authors (who are writing about the book) tend to write about (such as dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God or the role of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s personal life in The Great Gatsby)? What kinds of issues addressed in the book could you write about in your research paper?
English 11: This week we will work on Act III of Hamlet. A test on Acts 1-3 will be on Thursday.
May 2, 2011English 11: I hope you all had a happy Easter! Here are the Hamlet Act 3 questions due Monday May 2nd
April 26, 2011Act 3, scene 1
1. What news from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern makes Claudius hopeful?
2. What does Claudius and Polonius plan to do?
3. What does Polonius say that prompts an aside from Claudius? What does he reveal in this aside?
4. What happens in the conversation between Ophelia and Hamlet? Why does Hamlet criticize himself? What does he say?
5. What command to Ophelia does Hamlet repeat throughout his conversation with her?
6. What is Claudius’ assessment of what he has heard? What does he decide to do?
7. What does Polonius suggest?
8. Why does Claudius believe that Hamlet must be watched?
Act 3, scene 2
1. What advice does Hamlet give in the beginning of Act 3 scene 2?
2. What does Hamlet say to Horatio and what does he asked him to do?
3. What happens in the play the actors put on at Elsinore?
4. With whom does Hamlet watch the play?
5. What is Hamlet’s conversation with Claudius and Gertrude during the play like?
6. What is his conversation with Ophelia like?
7. What is Claudius’ reaction to the play?
8. How does Hamlet respond to the questions from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern on the topic of his future?
9. What does Hamlet decide to do in his soliloquy at the end of Act 3 scene 2?
Act 3, scene 3
1. What is Claudius upset about at the beginning of Act III scene 3?
2. What does he decide to do about it?
3. What does Polonius decide to do when Hamlet speaks to his mother?
4. What does Claudius say in his soliloquy after Polonius exits? (around line 36)
5. What does Hamlet say while Claudius is praying?
6. What happens when Hamlet meets with his mother?
7. Why does she think he’s crazy?
8. How is the ghost different in Act III scene 3 than he was in the beginning of the play?
9. How does Hamlet react to Gertrude’s assertion that he’s crazy?
French I: 4/18
April 18, 2011Here are the links that will help you with today’s activity:
http://www.voyages-sncf.com/billet-train
http://www.parispages.com/Gares/gares.f.html
http://www.tgv.com/fr/index/plan-du-site
French II: Week of 4/18
April 18, 2011This week we will begin working on technological vocabulary. You will also have time to research for the Francophone country project due after break.
