Intro to Lit & Comp:  5/21 - 5/25

Mon 5/21:  Finish and review Act IV.  Block out sheets; Quote Finder due today.

Tues 5/22:  Short periods due to Mass and Senior awards; work on Introductory paragraph.

Wed 5/23:  Review Act IV; begin Act V; work on Literary Analysis.

Thus 5/24:  Act IV quiz; work on literary analysis; journal #4 is officially assigned.

Fri. 5/25:  Finish Act V; work on literary analysis.

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Homework:  Work on Cumulative Review Pages 72-83.  We'll begin reviewing these pages next week.

Literary Analysis:  due 5/31/2012.  Remember, 30% of your paper grade will be added to the final exam!

                
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Journals:   Journals 1, 2, 3, and 4 are assigned.  Get your journals completed as they become assigned.  Otherwise, you will have too much to do at the end of the month!

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RESEARCH PAPER REVISIONS:  Please see me if you wish to revise your research paper.  We will discuss what needs to be done and a time table for completing the revisions.  SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY!! 

  Language Arts Enhancement I and II:    

Mon 5/21:  Conjunctions and interjections (this completes parts of speech.  Find all 8 handouts and begin review for exam).

Tues 5/22:  Review stated and implied main ideas.  Detail sentences.

Wed 5/23:  Review sequencing, summary using GIST.  "Scarlett O'Hara Hollyhocks."

Thurs 5/24:  Grammar review:  subject/verb; agreement; punctuation review.

Fri 5/25:  Review fact and opinion; author purpose and tone.

I Study aid for vocabulary tests   

 This site works best for chapter tests. 

 Formatting MLA citations        

This is the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University - an excellent resource for all your MLA formatting needs.

  Quick MLA Formatting How-To: 

1.     1.  Check your margins.  MLA formatting requires 1” margins on top, bottom, and both sides.

 ·         Open a blank document in Microsoft Word.

·         On the top toolbar, click “Page Layout”

·         Click on “margins”

·         Choose 1” and click on that

 2.     You need a header on each page of your paper, including the first page.

·         Click on “Insert”

·         Click on “page number”

·         Choose “Plain 3”

·         Type in your last name in front of the  number – make sure you don’t accidentally erase or delete the number!

·         Close the header by clicking on the red box with the X in it.

 3.    The paper must be double spaced. 

·         From the home position, locate the block that says “paragraph”.  There is a little arrow in the lower right hand corner of the block.

·         Click on the little arrow.  A drop down box will appear.

·         In the “Line Spacing” box, choose double.

·         Then, click on the box that says “don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style.” A check mark will appear in the box.

·         Then click “OK”

Your Name

Mrs. Pickens

Intro to Lit & Comp

Period #

Date Paper is Due

Center your title -- and remember, no fancy fonts, bigger fonts, underlines, etc. for your title!

That’s all that is required.