American Lit: day two

A few updates:

As decided by student recommendations, the classroom rules are

*Respect each other, teachers, and property

*Act with responsibility

Consequences will begin with a warning, progress to a conference with Miss Brooker  (during lunch or after school), and continue with an office detention.

Please read through the Participation Self- Evaluation and make your own goals for the quarter. We will monitor these goals throughout the quarter, and in October you will assign and defend your grade for participation.

The majority of our time was spent reviewing OUTLINING and creating an outline to be used NEXT CLASS PERIOD as you write your IN CLASS ESSAY OVER SUMMER READING NOVELS. Please make sure your outline includes the following:

Thesis responding to the prompt: Connect the novel you chose to the American dream (or to the theme of dreams). Your thesis should introduce the three ideas you will focus on in your body paragraphs.

Each body paragraph should be organized as follows

I.      Topic sentence

        A.     Quotation #1

       B.       Quotation #2

       C.       Quotations' connection to the American dream

Please come see me if you have any questions

**Remember, orange highlighter means that item appears in the gradebook. If you do not complete it in a timely manner, a zero will appear! Turquoise means I will check for that handout/ question in your binder when I assess your binder.