Mr. Aubain, when I click on your blog — it says “Fatal Error”– this is not good.
If you had not yet made a post about your progess, please remember to do so each time you work. Also, take a few minutes to read other blogs! You may be inspired!
Your Task: Congratulations! You will create your own piece of social commentary. First you must determine your topic of interest and research this topic.
Part One: How have other people treated this topic? Examine multiple genres – short stories, poems, paintings, music and so on. Please track your sources and responses in posts on your blog.
Part [...]
For second quarter, pages will be categorized by topic instead of theme. You are required to publish 3 pages this quarter. Each page must:
Include fiction and nonfiction pieces of writing
Have 5 different pieces per page
Include literary analysis of each piece
Include personal or contemporary social connections/response
Have MLA doumentation
Have a distinct topic that is meaningful to you!
Your [...]
First quarter long work is now due Monday, November 19th!
Please be reminded that you must follow the directions in the previous post in order to have your blog graded. I will not grade your blog until I see the ‘Ready to be Graded’ post. Remember — late assignments lose ten percent of the assignment value per day!
Blogs — with the exception of the long work assignment — are due November 2nd. When your blog is ready to grade, please create a post called “Ready to Grade.” Before you submit your work to be graded, check the following items:
Gather all necessary MLA information. You may keep this information with each piece of [...]
Please check out my new blog at www.mspatterson.edublogs.org.
Chris Bohjalian is an author who writes about a variety of intriguing topics. In the past he has corresponded with students who were analyzing his novels. You may want to consider him for this project.
http://www.chrisbohjalian.com/
I have been checking your blog pages and I can’t find some of them! Please use the widgets to make sure your pages appear on your home page.
Invite Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
into Your High School’s English and Theater Classrooms!
Sign-Up Deadline: October 31, 2007
Register your school to participate in Poetry Out Loud! Administered by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the New York State Alliance for Arts Education (NYSAAE) and sponsored by Time Warner Cable, Poetry [...]
