Friday, May 27

Freshmen: Today we took the final vocab exam. We will finish the Capstone Projects next week and do some stuff with Great Expectations.

Sophomores: Today we had our final seminar on Hamlet (good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest...). You need Tuesdays with Morrie for next week. Also, here is your final writing assignment for the year:

Explain who your hero is. This may be a real or fictional person, living or dead. Doesn't matter. In your essay do the following things:
-Describe this person. Explain why he or she is your hero.
-Include some explanation of what you feel it means to be a hero in your essay, and how this person fits that description.
-Compare your hero to one of the characters we studied this year.
-Cite from something we read this semester at least twice in your essay. Be sure to include the page number, text, etc.
-Refer to elements of either the four stages of the hero or the monomyth when describing your hero.
-Analyze which archetype best fits your hero in your essay.
-State CORRECTLY in your header which lead and conclusion technique you are using.
-Craft a compelling title.
Each of these things are worth about 12.5 points, for a total of 100. If you do not submit it to turnitin.com, you will not recieve credit. It is due Friday, 7:59 AM. I will not accept a paper or email submission.

CNF: Today we continued talking about promises as well as hatred.