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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Julius Caesar Act I and II Test Review

Julius Caesar Acts I and II Test Review
Vocabulary
Pre-Reading :ambition, pulpit, triumvirate, fickle
Act I: construe, cogitations, accoutered, entreat, fain, mettle, prodigies, portentous
Act II: augmented, visage, affability, ingrafted, augurers (augur), appertain, emulation

Shakespeare/Julius Caesar-related Questions
(1) Shakespearean Characters: Puck, Hamlet, Yorick
(2) Terms: anachronism, define, give example
(3) First triumvirate

Act I
(4) Why are Marullus and Flavius angry in Act I, Scene i?
(5) What is happening as Caesar enters the play? What has just happened?
(6) How does Caesar react to the Soothsayer’s warning to “Beware the Ides of March”?
(7) What 2 stories does Cassius tell that characterize Caesar as weak?
(8) How will Cassius get Brutus to join the conspiracy?
(9) Cassius says:

Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves that we are underlings.

What does Cassius mean? Paraphrase these lines.

(10) What is the difference between how Cassius feels about Caesar and how Brutus feels about Caesar?
(11) Why does Cassius want Brutus to join the conspiracy?
(12) What do the violent storm and other unnatural events suggest/symbolize/foreshadow?
(13) What wondrous things has Casca seen on this night?
(14) What reason does Cassius give for the terrible storm?
(15) What will the Senate do the next day?
(16) Why does Casca want Brutus to join their cause?
Act II
(17) Who is Brutus talking about in his soliloquy at the beginning of Act II?
(18) Even though they are friends, why doesn’t Brutus want Caesar to become king?
(19) Why does Brutus compare Caesar to a serpent’s egg? What’s the point? What is he saying about Caesar?
(20) Why does Metellus Cimber think Cicero should join the conspiracy?
(21) Why is Brutus against Cicero joining them?
(22) Why is Brutus against killing Mark Antony?
(23) What does Brutus tell Portia when she asks him what is wrong?
(24) Why does Portia deserve to know what is wrong with Brutus?
(25) Why does Caesar first decide to stay home instead of go to the Senate?
(26) Describe Calpurnia’s dream
(27) Who dies “many times before their death”?
(28) Calpurnia says, “When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze for the death of princes.” What does she mean? Paraphrase.
(29) Why does Caesar finally decide to go to the Senate meeting?
(30) When he arrives to take Caesar to the Senate, how is Decius characterized? What kind of person is he?
(31) What does Artemidorus try to do?

Watch this video for clarification of events that occur in Act I and II.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Shakespeare YouTube Videos

JC Part 1


JC Part 2


JC Part 3


Antony's Funeral Oration

Monday, April 20, 2009

Julius Caesar Vocabulary #1

(To be assigned at a later date)
Click on the words below to see their definitions.
Pre-reading vocabulary
triumvirate
fickle

Act I
construe
cogitation
accoutered
entreat
fain
mettle
prodigies (A portentous sign or event; an omen. )
portentous

Act II
augmented
visage
affability
ingrafted
augurers: augur
appertain
emulation

Preparing to Turn in the Paper

This is what your heading and header should look like. (2nd and 6th period's date should be "22 April 2009" since that is the day the paper is due. 3rd period's date should be "23 April 2009")

Preparing the Final Draft


  1. Give your paper a title that reflects your thesis. (Don’t be too vague)
  2. Un-highlight all highlighted sentences if you haven’t done this yet.
  3. Double check the following:
    □ 1” margins all around
    □ 12 point Times New Roman, black font (There should be no bolded or underlined text. Make sure the header’s font is correct.)
    □ Double-spacing (no more; no less)
    □ Paragraphs are properly indented
    □ MLA heading (see heading on this handout)
    □ MLA header (see header on this handout)
    □ Correct title, centered, after the heading (see title on this handout)
    □ Parenthetical citations match Works Cited entries
    □ Works Cited entries are in alphabetical order
    □ Website and publication titles are italicized
    □ Webpage and article titles are in quotation marks
    □ Other parts of the works cited entries are formatted correctly (dates, punctuation, etc.)

  4. Check the word count, 500-700 words: highlight your introduction through conclusion. Go to the “tools” menu and click “word count.” (Your paper should be between 2 and 3 pages, not including the works cited page. 4 page is too much.)
  5. Is your paper 5-7 paragraphs?
  6. Direct Quotes: You must have at least 3 short quotes (less than 3 lines) and no more than 5 quotes. There should be no long quotes (more than 3 lines)
  7. Thesis statement should be an opinion.
  8. Cited information in paragraphs should come from more than one source.
  9. All sources must be parenthetically cited in your paper.

Turning in Your Note Cards


Note cards are due with your final draft and folder. Put them in a ziplock or rubber band. (These will not be available to you; you must bring your own.) If your note cards are not held together by ziplock or rubber band, they will not be accepted. Note cards (minimum of 50) are worth a quiz grade.


Preparing the 3-Prong Folder (This folder is worth 1 quiz grade.)


Right Pocket: Put the following in order with (1) on top.
(1) Annotated Bibliography Practice
(2) What I Already Know (Part A), What I Want to Find Out (Part B).
(3) 7 Research Questions (narrowed down from Part B above)
(4) Source card handout (with 6 rectangles)
(5) “How to Create Bibliography / Works Cited Entries”
(6) Annotated Bibliography & corrections
(7) Outline brainstorming
(8) Copies of your 6 sources

Left Pocket: Put revised and edited rough drafts with Rough Draft #1 on top. (These drafts make up one major grade. You should have revision and editing marks on all drafts Rough Draft #4 and any subsequent drafts include a works cited page.)
(1) Rough Draft #1
(2) Rough Draft #2 (If you didn’t need to revise for first/second-person point of view, make a note on Rough Draft 2. You will not lose points for having 3 drafts.)
(3) Rough Draft #3
(4) Rough Draft #4
(5) Any additional drafts.

Prongs: Research paper handouts (14 of them) in the order they were received and any work you did for the paper that is not in the right or left pocket.

(1) The paper assignment (lime green sheet)
(2) Calendar
(3) Source packet (yellow)
(4) Article: “Many Americans Vexed by Spelling”
(5) Article: “Telling Their Stories” (about museum curators)
(6) Annotated Bibliography Instructions (with example)
(7) Note card handout (PowerPoint slide handout)
(8) 3 revision handouts
a. Revision Instructions
b. Highlighting text & finding 1st/2nd person point of view instructions
c. Peer Revision Handout,
(9) 3 editing handouts
a. Editing instructions
b. Transition words
c. Preparing the Works Cited Page
(10) Preparing the Final Draft instructions (this handout)

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Research Presentation

Presentation Assignment Handout (click on pictures for larger image):


How to Make a Good PowerPoint Handout:


Preparing the Works Cited

Preparing the Works Cited Page

  1. Make corrections to annotated bibliography entries.
  2. If you found new sources that you did not include on the annotated bibliography, you will have to make new bibliography entries for them.
  3. Delete the annotations from the annotated bibliography.
  4. Delete the heading. (The works cited page is the last page in your paper, so it does not need a heading.)
  5. Copy and paste everything that is left onto a new page (the last page) of Rough Draft #4 (or your most recent draft).
  6. Title this page: Works Cited (The title goes on the first line at the top of the page and is centered. It is NOT bolded, NOT in quotation marks or underlined!!!)
  7. Like the rest of your paper, the works cited page is ONLY double-spaced. Delete any extra spaces between entries.
  8. All entries should have a hanging indent (see instructions below)
  9. All entries should be in alphabetical order according to author’s last name or first major word in the entry (not by “a” “an” or “the”).
  10. Entries should NOT be numbered anymore. (But you still need to know which source number you labeled each source. Next, you will replace the source number with appropriate citation information.)
  11. Below is an example of a works cited page for a paper that is 2 pages long. Your works cited page should have 6 entries because you were to cite all 6 sources.







Editing Instructions

English 10: Editing Instructions
  1. Print Rough Draft #3 (if you didn’t last class)
  2. Is each paragraph indented? Is the paper double-spaced? (There should be no extra spaces between paragraphs. See picture 1 below that shows how to set correct spacing.)
  3. Are the heading and header/page numbers correct?Are all margins 1”? (see picture 2 below that shows how to set margins)
  4. Start with the last sentence of your paper. Read it. Using a colored pen or pencil, edit it for sentence-level issues/errors such as
    a. Combine simple sentences into compound &/or complex sentences.
    b. Word variety (sentences shouldn’t start with the same words)
    c. Transitions (see list here)
    d. Sentence fragments
    e. Run-on sentences
    f. Subject-verb agreement
    g. Spelling, plurals
    h. Capitalization
    i. Punctuation
  5. Read and edit the next-to-last sentence. Continue until you finish the first sentence.
  6. Now, make these corrections on your Word document.
  7. Title it: Rough Draft #4
  8. Save it.
  9. Prepare your Works Cited page (see instructions here)
  10. Next, replace source numbers in parentheses with proper citation information. (see 3 below)

1, double-spacing instructions


2, instructions for setting 1" margins
3, Creating correct parenthetical citations - example

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Peer Revision Handout

English 10: Peer Revision
  • First, if you did not do this on your Word document, highlight the thesis statement in the introduction, the topic sentence of each body paragraph, and the restated thesis statement in the conclusion.
  • Next, copy those sentences onto the lines below.
  • Now, trade papers with a partner and answer lettered questions about your partner’s paper.
  • Partner: You will read and help revise the paper. You are looking for content-level errors (not spelling or punctuation). Your job is to
    **identify paragraph details that are off topic.
    **analyze and assess the thesis statement.
    **look for and identify awkward sounding sentences (awk)
  • If your paper has 5 paragraphs, do #1-4 and 7 below. For a 6 paragraph paper, do #1-5 and 7.
  1. Introduction and Thesis Statement. Copy the thesis statement:
    a. Does the thesis statement encompass main ideas of each body paragraph? (Answer this question after you have read the topic sentences of each body paragraph.)
    b. Is the thesis statement too vague?
    c. Is the thesis statement too specific?
    d. What changes can the writer make?
    e. Additional comments:
  2. Topic sentence of body paragraph 1. Copy it here:
    a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
    b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
    c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
    d. Additional comments:
  3. Topic sentence of body paragraph 2. Copy it here:
    a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
    b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
    c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
    d. Additional comments:
  4. Topic sentence of body paragraph 3. Copy it here:
    a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
    b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
    c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
    d. Additional comments:
  5. Topic sentence of body paragraph 4. Copy it here:
    a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
    b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
    c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
    d. Additional comments:
  6. Topic sentence of body paragraph 5. Copy it here:
    a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
    b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
    c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
    d. Additional comments:
  7. Conclusion’s restated thesis statement. Copy it here:
    a. Is it adequately restated?
    b. If the thesis statement in the introduction was too vague or specific and needs revising, this restated thesis needs revising, too. The writer must address this.
    c. Additional comments:


Revision Instructions

English 10: Research Paper Revision

Follow these instructions. After you have completed a step, put a check next to it.

  1. Log on to your computer and open your rough draft.
  2. Title it: Rough Draft #1
  3. Highlight the following sentences (see instructions below):
    a. Thesis statement in the introduction
    b. The topic sentence of each body paragraph
    c. Restated thesis statement in the conclusion
  4. Print the rough draft
  5. Follow instructions on the “Peer Revision Handout” (Identify off-topic details and awkward sounding sentences.) (If your paper is too long, ask your partner to identify wordiness that you can later revise.)
  6. After completing handout #2, make necessary revisions to your rough draft. (Revise off-topic details so they support the topic sentence. Revise the thesis statement so it conveys the full idea of your paper. Revise awkward sounding sentences.)
  7. Search the document for first or second person point of view. (See instructions below.)
  8. Re-title it: Rough Draft #2
  9. Save as: Rough Draft #2
  10. Print.
  11. On the printed copy, revise any uses of first and second-person point of view.
  12. Make changes to your Word document. Instead of writing “If you have diabetes, you should lower your sugar intake” write “Diabetics have to lower their sugar intake” or “When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, he must lower his sugar intake.”
  13. Re-title it: Rough Draft #3
  14. Save as: Rough Draft #3
  15. Next class, you will edit Rough Draft #3.




Using "find" to search for first and second-person points of view.