You have two major deadlines this week:
- Tuesday (in class): To Kill a Mockingbird exam
- Thursday by 3:30 Confederate Flag revision (with 5 properly embedded quotes in the text)
The resources you will need for the Confederate flag essay are all located here. The essay is due at noon on Sunday, March 25. Use your class time wisely.
Assignment
Sources of Information
- New York Times Room for Debate
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
- Why Do We Still Care About the Confederate Flag?
- The Complicated History of the Confederate Flag
- Why the Confederacy Still Lives
- The Confederate flag isn’t just offensive. It’s treasonous
- I am a black South Carolinian. Here’s why I support the Confederate flag.
- Opposing Viewpoints
For the next few weeks, we’ll be working on two major projects: reading and discussing Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra and learning how to write effective synthesis essays. All the material you’ll need for both can be found on these two web pages:
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Synthesis Essays
Friday, January 12:
- All MISSING ESSAYS due
- Complete Beowulf and Work on Study Guide
Wednesday, January 17:
- Latin Roots Test 16 (Covering Weeks 13,14,15)
- Test Over Beowulf, Notes on Heroism, and Outside Reading
For those of you who are behind on essays or other work, we’ll have a couple of sessions over break where you can get yourself caught up. There might even be pizza there.
December 27: 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
December 29: 1:00 p.m -3:00 p.m.
The door by the history hallway will be open. If you arrive late and the doors are shut, you can text me using Remind and I will open the door.
Let’s get this done. You can turn in any assignment for credit.