Time Video

Religious Trends in the United States

How has the Protestant participation changed over this time period?
How has the Catholic participation changed over this time period?
What do you attribute the change in "No Religion" to?
What trends do you notice?

Thesis Statement Mad Lib from Class

Rubric for Hollow Men/Heart of Darkness Essay

Here is a link to the rubric I will be using for the essay. Check through your work to see that you have paid close attention to these details.

Rubric for Heart of Darkness/Hollow Men Essay

Writing a Sonnet

Integration of Source Material

Citation Issues Power Point

Outside Reading Book

Reminder...bring your outside reading  book to class tomorrow.

Writing a Conclusion

Guiding Questions for Explanations in Essay

Introduction Paragraph Example: Default

Literary Terms Section 1

Heart of Darkness

New link to Heart of Darkness

Just click on the section and scroll down. It's there...keep scrolling...If you want Section 2, go to Section 1 and scroll down near the bottom. Section 2 actually starts in Section 1.

The Hollow Men

The Hollow Men

Outside Reading Assignment

Below are all of the things you need to put on the blog...IN THE SAME ORDER AS THEY APPEAR!

Picture of the Book

Title

Author

Rating of book (1-10)

Briefly summarize the book (1-2 paragraphs)

Now choose 3 of the prompts below and answer them for your novel. Each response to each question should be 1-2 paragraphs:

1.       Choose one of the following sentence starters and write a brief reflection for it.

I noticed…I wonder…I was reminded of…I think…I was surprised that…I’d like to know…I realized…If I were…The central issue(s) is (are)…One consequence of ___________________________could be…If _________________, then…I’m not sure…Although it seems…

2.       Describe the character/person who changed the most from the beginning of the book to the end of the book. Explain the change and what caused it.

3.       Describe a minor character/person in the book who had major importance. Explain.

4.       Describe on major external conflict and on major internal conflict found in this book.

5.       Above you rated this book. Explain in detail why you gave this book that score.

6.       Evaluate the ending of this book. Considering how the book unfolded, is it an effective ending? Why? Why not?

7.       If this book had gone one more chapter, what would have happened? Explain.

Santa Letter Form

Here is the link to the form

Angela This Week

12/9 -- Chapter 17
12/10 -- Chapter 18-19
12/11 -- Quiz Chapters 10-19
12/12 -- Review
12/13 -- Review
12/16 -- Test
1/6 -- Projects Due

This week's schedule

12/9 -- Chapter 38
12/10 -- Chapter 39
12/11 -- Quiz Chapters 30-39
12/12 -- Review
12/13 -- Review
12/16 -- Test
1/6 -- Project Due

Shipping News Calender

12/2 -- Chapters 22-24
12/3 -- Chapters 25-26
12/4 -- Chapters 27-29
12/5 -- Quiz over chapters 22-29 (either Thur or Fri depending on the 1/2 day schedule) and read Chapters 30-32
12/6 -- Chapters 33-34
12/7 -- Chapters 35-36
12/8 -- Chapter 37

Whether you are here or not, you are responsible for the daily reading and expected to be ready for quizzes.

Angela's Ashes Calendar

12/2 -- Chapter 10
12/3 -- Chapter 11
12/4 -- Chapter 12
12/5 -- Chapter 13
12/6 -- Chapter 14
12/7 -- Chapter 15
12/8 -- Chapter 16

Whether you are here or not, you are responsible for the daily reading. Make sure you get it done.