Due 9/30

Please read the Bradstreet poem listed from yesterday.

Also complete the Neoclassicism background reading:

Pages 84-97

Expect a quiz on this material.

Due Wednesday, 9/29

1. Antithesis/Thesis Rewrite. Remember you must come to room 113 to turn it in.

2. Please read:

"Upon a Wasp..." page 62
"To my dear and loving..." page 57

Consider what makes these strong examples of Puritan poetry. Compare and contrast their uses of poetry devices.

Due Tuesday, 9/28

I know we were pressed for time at the end of class today, so hopefully this will help clarify your responsibilities:

1. Your Edwards Intro and Body paragraph are due tomorrow (Tuesday). Please take into account feedback on your history introductions and antithesis/thesis essay as you make changes tonight. Also, please visit the "Welcome to HAMLIT" page where you will find writing guides on the right hand side to help you with your revisions as well. Please take into account the information on "quotation incorporation" as you revise your essay. We will also discuss this in class. There is an introduction to MLA powerpoint there that I posted as well.

2. Your antithesis/thesis rewrites will be due on Wednesday. You will need to come to me before or after school in room 113 to turn in 1. your original paper 2. your rewritten paper and 3. a highlighted version of the "Musings" packet that identifies where to find information helping you to correct your errors.

3. Remember, your history rewrites are due tomorrow as well.

Due 9/27

Edwards Introduction and Body Paragraph


Using the format provided in Part I of your “Musings” packument, write an introduction and body paragraph on “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Make sure to pay careful attention to the question word guidance for the different steps of analysis.


Thesis: Edwards creates fear in the audience in order to ________________________.


POA: Edwards uses imagery, structure, and rhetoric.


Your body paragraph will focus on the discussion of his use of imagery. (Even if something is a simile, for example, we'll still discuss it under the category of imagery since it's the image that really counts here.)

Reminders:

 Limit your use of forms of “to be” especially passive and progressive.
 Maintain formal voice.
 Practice establishing context in your introduction along with relevant background information.

Be sure to provide a quotation from the text that will serve as your evidence (your "where" part of analysis.)

Due 9/22

Read "Wonders of the Invisible World"

Due Tuesday, 9/21

Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" from your textbook paying special attention to vivid and figurative language. Make sure to cross reference this with your knowledge from history.

Due Monday, 9/20

Be prepared for a Passive, Progressive, and Linking quiz.

Create a chart based on the Bradford/Smith readings that has the following:

One column focusing on details more unique to Bradford's work.
One column focusing on details more unique to Smith's work.
One column identifying what similiarites the two pieces had.

Under each column, you may with to consider such things as:

-Characterization of speaker, community members
-Values of community
-Lifestyle/living conditions
-Voyage
-Relationship with Native Americans
-Style of writing
-Purpose of writing
-Selection of details

This is just a start, so you can feel free to include other observations that I haven't mentioned. Try to aim for about 4-5 observations under each column.

Have a great weekend!

Due Friday, 9/17

Your first reading assignment is due on Friday:

Smith: "General History of Virginia" (42-47)
Bradford: "On Plymouth Plantation (50-54)

Compare and contrast the writing styles and content of these two authors. Also, be sure to think about your lecture on geographic determinism and what you know about the differences between the Northern and Southern colonies as you do your reading.

Due Thursday, 9/16

1. Thesis/Antithesis Practice is due Thursday.

2. Passive Progressive Linking Practice is due Thursday. Identify if the sentence is using to be as a linking verb, progressive tense, or passive voice.

3. Your first reading assignment is due on Friday:

Smith: "General History of Virginia" (42-47)
Bradford: "On Plymouth Plantation (50-54)

Compare and contrast the writing styles and content of these two authors. Also, be sure to think about your lecture on geographic determinism and what you know about the differences between the Northern and Southern colonies as you do your reading.

Due Thursday, 9/16

Your thesis/antithesis practice is due Thursday. A link to my categories of transition words should be available off the Hamlit homepage.



Step 1: Select a topic of your choice that you would like to write practice antithesis/thesis paragraphs with. You might consider something from:
 Music
 Movies
 Politics/Policy
 Food
 Hobbies, Sports, activities
 (Anything else that interests you—if you’re unsure about your topic, check with me first)

Step 2: Following the guidelines in the “Musings” packet, write an Antithesis/Thesis statement with 2 POA points. Remember to focus on the concept of opposing, not just opposite. (Note that you’re not writing an entire introduction, just the antithesis/thesis).

Step 3: Write a corresponding antithesis paragraph. Make sure to remember your qualifying transition. You should have 3 pieces of evidence to support your antithesis paragraph and use standard paragraph format.

Step 4: Write a corresponding thesis paragraph. Make sure to use an appropriate contrasting transition word that acknowledges your antithesis, and clearly state your thesis and POA point. You should have 3 pieces of evidence and use standard paragraph format.

Step 5: Proof read your paragraphs, checking for conventions errors, and making sure that you match the structure given to you in the packet.

A more printable version is available here.

Due Monday, September 13th

Read Part 2 of the Musings Packet.

Then, take this list of transitional words, and sort them into like categories of your own choosing. For example, you may create a category of "sequence" and put all words in that category that seem to suggest a sequence.

Randomized Transitional Phrases

Due 9/10

Read Part 1 of the Musings packet and prepare for quiz questions based on your reading.

Due Thursday, 9/9

You have two assignments: Your signed syllabus form and the writing pretest.

Imagine you are writing an essay on one of the following topics:

1. Why is the study of past events (history) important in a world that is focused so much on the present and future developments?

2. Why is the study of past writing (literature) important in a world that seemingly places little emphasis on this medium of expression?

Now, the assignment:

Write an introduction and a body paragraph that address ONE of these topics. Set up your introduction as if you were writing the entire essay, but you, of course, will just be writing one body paragraph.

Please use this as an opportunity to show off your best writing in terms of vocabulary, structure, organization, and ideas. I understand that this is essentially a ‘first draft’ and has not undergone a lengthy revision process, but you should proof read for conventions.

Please type in 12-point font.