In order to participate in Verso discussions, you must be registered for your class group. Follow these steps to get connected:
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In this video from the British “Red Nose” fundraiser, actors David Tennant (the tenth Doctor Who) and Catherine Tate (well-known for her obnoxious schoolgirl character Lauren Cooper) spar a bit over Shakespearean sonnets. Enjoy!
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In golf, a mulligan is a do-over, a chance to take a second swing at a ball for a better result. Now that you have reviewed your graded essays, you have the chance to do just that.
In class, you worked through the TEASE organizer to identify specific ways to improve one of your submitted essays. Here is your mulligan: If you are willing to rewrite the essay with an eye toward improving at least one score point, then I am willing to adjust your score card (grade) for that essay. Here are the requirements:
Mulligan essays must be submitted to Edmodo by Friday, January 8. Good luck!
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As you complete your revisions for your Lord of the Flies archetype essay, please consider the following:
DO: Include Golding’s full name and the name of the work in the first paragraph.
DON’T: Refer to Golding as “William” unless he’s your uncle or regularly comes to your house for dinner.
DO: Include a strong thesis in your first paragraph. It should be obvious which character, archetypal role, and theme/MOWAW you have chosen to explore.
DON’T: Summarize!
DO: Integrate appropriate quotations or examples into the essay to illustrate your points. For example, let’s say you wish to include the following quotation from Ralph on p. 54: “I was talking about smoke! Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!”
AWKWARD:
“I was talking about smoke! Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!” (54) This is what Ralph says when…
Don’t plop quotations in and expect the reader to connect the dots for you.
BETTER:
Ralph’s frustration with Jack’s focus on hunting boils over when he yells, “I was talking about smoke! Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!” (54)
Reveal your thinking about why you chose the quotation or example and how it connects to what you’re developing in the writing.
Anything quoted directly from the book, whether dialogue or description, needs to be cited with a page number.
DO: Include the bibliographic citation for the work at the bottom of your last page:
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Perigee, 1954.
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Congratulations to the newly-inducted members of NEHS!
Michele Bowersox
Alexandra Garrett
Leila Hafizbegovic
Kiana Jiang
Aliya Junaideen
Faisal Mithavayani
Kelly Peebles
Kaylah Riley
Carmen Rodriguez
Nicolina Trimarche
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Now that we have completed our reading of Lord of the Flies, you will be submitting an analytical essay as your final assessment in lieu of an AP-style prompt. The objective is to reveal your knowledge of how Golding uses archetypes within Lord of the Flies to support the larger theme of the work.
In your essay, you will select a focus character from the following and identify his primary archetypal role in the work:
Ralph
Piggy
Jack
Simon
Roger
A good explanation of archetypal roles may be found here or in this Archetypes and Symbols handout. You may also refer to the Archetype_PowerPoint we referenced in class or consult the handouts on archetypes available on the AP Resources page to provide additional background and clarification.
Your essay should show, using appropriate directly quoted or paraphrased support from the novel, how your selected character develops to fulfill his designated archetypal role within the novel and how that role contributes to the work’s overall theme. You may also include references to other archetypal or symbolic information, such as the use of color, shape, etc. as you build your argument. Direct quotations from Golding should be cited according to MLA guidelines.
Archetypal themes to consider—remember that themes must be stated in a phrase, not as a single word!
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This year, all of your formal papers will be submitted and marked through Edmodo. Follow all the steps of the process to ensure that your work is submitted on time.
PREPARE YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR UPLOADING
Edmodo’s internal software allows me to mark your papers electronically. However, it works best with papers formatted as .pdf. If you are using Word Pad, Works, Pages, Open Office, Google Docs, or another text editor to create your papers, you must first convert the file format before it can be uploaded. If you cannot save your file as a .pdf using your software, use Zamzar. Follow these steps to convert your file:
1. Save your file and close the file window (very important!).
2. Go to the Zamzar website, which is listed in the links menu under Simplify Your Life
3. Click “Choose Files” and select your document.
4. Pull down “Convert files to:” and choose .pdf
5. Enter your email address and click “Convert.”
6. Zamzar will email a converted copy of your file. Save it to your computer.
UPLOAD YOUR ASSIGNMENT
1. Open Edmodo and find the assignment post. You may click on your class to bring up our group’s posts and search for it there, or you can click on Assignment under the right hand “Filter posts by…”menu.
2. Click the grey “Turn In” button.
3. In the Assignment window, click the page (file) icon. Navigate to your saved file and click to upload. NOTE: If your document is open when you try this, it will not upload! Your document must be saved and closed before you upload.
4. Once your document title appears on the page as an active link, click the blue button to submit the assignment for grading. You may resubmit the assignment as many times as you wish before the assignment deadline; only the newest version will be saved in the system.
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Missing homework assignments? You can set Edmodo to send you text message reminders.
Want to get reminders about quizzes? Want to be notified when Mrs. Wells replies to a post? Setting up your account information and notifications is just a click away! From the “Settings” page, you can sign up to receive (or disable) notifications, control your privacy options and manage your profile information.
Note: You can also access your account settings by clicking on the profile icon on the top toolbar, then clicking “Edit” to the right of your name.
From there you can edit your:
Email & Text Updates Tab:
Notification Type – Choose text message from the dropdown to edit.
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