Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Essay due Tuesday: Part Two: Look beyond this blog entry, there is much more after this blog entry.

1. You may use my Introduction and Setting Paragraphs, or you may write your own. 

 2. Make your Character and Theme paragraphs one paragraph each. In other words, synthesize them better.

3. Also, make my Thesis more clear by a) identifying the attitudes of the characters and b) actually stating the theme. For example: "Though these stories are set in different places and times, both characters are... (state the attitude they share), and show how....(state the theme). "

4) Concluding Paragraph is 5 sentences, including the Thesis Reworded.

There is more below.  Cheers!!

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Monday, March 3:

1. Booktalk: Come with your novel and your Booktalk write-up (following the format of my handouts). You will be sharing your novel with another student, using your write-up and your novel.  The written-notes you will hand in after you have finished.

2. Synthesis Essay: Have this essay finished for Tuesday (March 4).  Word-process in 12 point font, Times New Roman, double-spaced, and indent your paragraphs using the Tab key. Underline the following and nothing else: Thesis in the introduction, Topic Sentences of your Body Paragraphs, Concluding Sentences of your Body Paragraphs, and the Thesis-reworded, the first sentence of your Conclusion paragraph.

Your Introductory Paragraph, and your Setting Paragraph(s) are my exemplars, but if you want to, you could write your own. But it is not mandatory.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Monday, March 3:

1. "Old Man" Essay: Work carefully on your Essay Outline following the instructions. 

You will hand in both edited Essay Drafts on Monday before you write. Don't forget them.

Alert!! Be sure to look on the back of the Acceptable Outline Example. You may have your "direct references (quotes)" listed on your outline after the bullets for your Conclusion Paragraph.  Be sure that they are the quotes only, not integrated yet, but a just a list of quotes with the citation. You will integrate them into your essay as you write it in class.

ex. "looked more like a huge decrepit hen among the fascinated chickens" (270) 

"dungheap stench that still hung everywhere like a ghost" (273)

Your citations are just the page numbers. Do not use pg. When you have written your sentences with integrated references in them, please put the citation at the end of the sentence and put the period AFTER the citation.

Example of an integrated reference in a sentence in your essay:  The "angel" is described as having "huge buzzard wings, dirty and half-plucked" that are "entangled in the mud"(269).

 

 

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Thurs. Feb. 27:

1. Please reread the 3 articles I gave you Tuesday:  1) Please finish the vocabulary tonight, and 2) Write a thesis statement - the main point - for each article, in one to three sentences. It's a mini precis!

Example: The article, "The Internet May Be Rewiring Our Brains," by Kevin Horrigan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, looks at a Stanford University research report, and a book by writer Nicholas Carr, who argue that the Internet is rewiring our brains and making us less attentive and more unable to think in a sustained and deep way.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thurs. Feb.27:

1. Synthesis Essay: Please revise your Character and Theme paragraphs for tomorrow's class.  The Theme paragraph should be one paragraph: at most 3/4 of a page. 

Reread every sentence you write and read the paragraphs several times, checking for expression and sentence error,  before you print.

2. You are working on your Booktalk ideas and write-up for Monday's class.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Wed. Feb 26:

1. "The Sniper" and "Sentry" essay: Your are to revise your Character paragraph, by improving your sentence structures, vocabulary, and ideas. This is not due tomorrow, but you should be working on it. You should also try to integrate a quotation in your Character paragraph.

Your Theme paragraph is due tomorrow. This is the last Body Paragraph and discusses the common theme these stories share. You need to show and explain in this paragraph also.

Please bring your Theme paragraph with you tomorrow, preferably word-processed in the usual style.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Wed. Feb 25:

1. Working on "Old Man" Essay: You are revising your First Draft to improve it.  Please use 12 point font, Times New Roman, double-spaced. Check your sentence structures, and check that the content can be understood by a stranger. Let your mother/father/brother etc. read it!   Bring both your First and Second Drafts.