Peyten Dobbs

Agenda:
1. How can I connect poetry to my life through journaling? ELA11W4
2. How can I practice using grammar and conventions correctly? ELA11C1
3. How can I use and acquire new vocabulary? ELAALRL5
4. How can I revise my writing for style and proofread my writing for conventions? ELA11W1,2,4
5. (If Time) How does a poet's choice of form (Whitman and Bryant) reveal a deeper meaning of the poem? How can form and function connect?

Homework:
1. Final Draft of Great Gatbsy Paper WITH TURN IT IN.Com report!- F 11/21 (if you turn it in early, I will grade it early)
2. Vocabulary Quiz 10 - F 11/21

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Agenda:
1. DGP
2. Vocabulary Quiz
3. Play with DICTION and how its use DEVELOPS CHARACTER (ELAALRL1)
4. Journal Entry using diction: rewrite the first paragraph of Huck
5. Examine the use of DICTION in chapters 1 and 2 of Huck Finn and the way it develops Huck's character and Jim's character.

Homework:
1. Huck Finn Readings- on the paper I gave you and also on the blog
2. Romantics Present - M 9/12
3. Ben Franklin Moral Chart of Perfection and Reflection- TR 9/25
4. Dark Romantics Present- TR 9/25
5. GHSWT Persuasive Writing for JUNIORS- W 9/24

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Check out the attached flyer for a contest!!! Download file

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check out www.quizlet.com and www.vocabularyworkshop.com

Both of these websites have great resources for you to use to quiz yourself!

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Want to listen to your readings online for free?
Check out Project Gutenberg! You can read books online or download them and listen to them!

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Want to listen to your readings online for free?
Check out Project Gutenberg! You can read books online or download them and listen to them!

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

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BRING YOUR RED LIT BRICK TOMORROW 9/3!!!

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So that I don't clog up this blog, please access the powerpoints on the WIKI!
Access them at: http://hhshonorsamericandobbs.wikispaces.com/

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A helpful link for Persuasive Writing!

This website rocks! The GHSGWT (Georgia High School Graduation Writing Test), which everyone must take, posts last year's prompt and then several example papers. You can see some really bad ones, some pretty good ones, and some really good ones so that you get an idea of what/how you need to write in order to pass the test!

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Turnitin.com

You will be running your papers through Turnitin.com, a plagiarism prevention website. This is not a "gotcha," but rather a learning experience to help you be able to understand what needs citing and how to avoid plagiarism.

Please download the document below and follow the instructions for signing up for turnitin.com.
Download file
Once you have done this, you must run your first persuasive paper through the site and print out your origninality report. Because you only have a few days until Wednesday, you may turn in your originality report (on the same paper you turn in on Wednesday) by Friday.

Note: the paper is still due to me in class on Wednesday, but the report can be handed in later if necessary. This will be the only time you may hand in a report "late." For all other papers in this class, you will run them through TurnItIn.

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Good readers get their knowledge base (plot, characters ,etc) first, and then move up into analysis of symbols, themes, diction, etc.

In order to help you find your knowledge base with a book like this with such tough vocabulary, use guides to help you with (not replace!) the book!

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/scarlet/

You can also join our wiki page by signing up for the wiki: (See direcitons under the Wiki section of Honors American Lit). There are GREAT study questions her to help you guide your reading.

http://hhshonorsamericandobbs.wikispaces.com/

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In case you forgot who is in your family!

Click here: Download file

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Want to help? Got some extra cash?

Kiva.org is an online organization that lends money to hopeful entrepreneuers in Third World Countries. These people start up companies and then pay the loans back. So, if you donate 25 dollars, eventually, you'll get that 25 dollars back either to keep for yourself or to reinvest in another person.

Invest in LIFE!!!!

www.kiva.org

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Check out our wiki at :

http://hhshonorsamericandobbs.wikispaces.com/

We will be using this website as a collaborative spot, for questions, answers, videos, pictures, and fun!

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Student passwords are preset to happy. Once you log in, you will be prompted to change your password. Write this password down somewhere. Once you have set your password, the media ladies have no way to look it up. You will need this password when we go to the computer labs and media center to work on research.

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