Hero Project 2008

For this project, you will research viable sources to gather evidence that will help you to persuasively support your answer to one of the following questions.

Essay questions:

1. Is there a person in contemporary society that can be considered a true hero? Prove your choice by explaining the impact this person has had on our world today.

2. If you could create a superhero who could help save one aspect of the world, who would your superhero be, what powers would your superhero have, and from what problem would your superhero save the world? Justify the creation of your superhero by thoroughly explaining the gravity of the problem that is facing the world.

3. Is there any person throughout history that is often hailed to be a hero that you believe does not deserve to be considered a hero? Support your demotion of this “hero” by explaining the less than heroic qualities this person exhibited at one time or another.

Requirements:

· You must create an original, arguable thesis statement.

· You must support your thesis using significant and relevant evidence from credible sources.

· You must use evidence from at least two credible sources.

· You must document all of your research using http://www.noodletools.com/.

· You must cite your sources in your paper using proper MLA formatting.

· Your paper must be at least two typed pages in MLA format and must include a Works Cited page.

· The final draft of your paper must be uploaded to http://www.turnitin.com/ by Friday, November 14, 2008.

· The final draft of your paper must have less than 40% matching.

Notes on Sentence Structures

To help you review for the essay

Lord of the Flies Review Notes

Lord of the Flies Homework

For each chapter of Lord of the Flies, you must find three quotes. One quote should be an example of imagery. Include the page number and an identification of the type of imagery being used (visual, tactile, etc.). One quote should be an example of indirect characterization. Include the page number, the name of the character, and an inference of the character trait being shown. One quote should be an example of conflict. Include the page number, the conflict, and the type of conflict (man vs. ­__________) being shown.

Diagramming Homework Answers

Notes and Homework

Guidelines for the Plot Diagram for "The Sound of Thunder"

Thursday's Class

Notes from Wednesday

Tuesday's Vocabulary Review

Notes from Monday, September 15th

MLA Format

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dghsk79h_100cnrhd9g7

Grammar Practice

Practice 2

1. conj.
2. v. action
3. conj.
4. n.
5. prep.
6. conj.
7. prep.
8. adv.
9. n.
10. adj.
11. adv.
12. prep.
13. prep.
14. adj.
15. v. action
16. adj.
17. adj.
18. conj.
19. conj.
20. adj.
21. adv.
22. adv.
23. prep.
24. adj.
25. conj.

Practice 3

1. adj.
2. adv.
3. adj.
4. prep.
5. prep.
6. intj.
7. v. linking
8. adj.
9. adv.
10. adj.
11. v. action
12. conj.
13. prep.
14. adj.
15. pro.
16. prep.
17. n.
18. conj.
19. conj.
20. prep.
21. v. action
22. n.
23. v. action
24. n.
25. prep.

Practice 4

1. conj.
2. conj.
3. prep.
4. prep.
5. skip this question
6. prep.
7. skip this question
8. adj.
9. skip this question
10. v. action
11. adj.
12. intj.
13. prep.
14. adv.
15. adj.
16. adj.
17. v. action
18. pro.
19. v. action
20. n.
21. prep.
22. adj.
23. conj.
24. v. action
25. adv.

Sample Vocabulary Study Sheet

Your study sheet for the Unit 1 Vocabulary is due Friday. Here is a sample of what your sheet should look like. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dghsk79h_98dsgzbrc2



Remember: Don't write on the back of the page for a study sheet.



A copy of the words can be found here http://quizlet.com/print/353005/

Grammar Homework

Whenever you see that you have Class Marker homework, you need to link to this website:

www.classmarker.com

Your username was given to you in class, and your password is "cheese."

TURNITIN INFORMATION

Sorry. I forgot to give you this information during class.

Period One
Class ID: 2391131
Password: cheese


Period Three
Class ID: 2391138
Password: cheese


Period Four
Class ID: 2391140
Password: cheese


Period Six
Class ID: 2391141
Password: cheese


Period Seven
Class ID: 2391147
Password: cheese

Our First Day of Class

Welcome to Tenth Grade English!

Today we will begin by reviewing the expectations of this course. Here is a copy of the Course Outline. Then we will spend some time introducing ourselves and getting to know each other.