3/30/16

• Career Research Paper: Discussion Q&A on using sources in the research paper
• Paper is due Thurs. 4/7/16
• Here is a sample paper for you to reference in your drafting process.
• Here is the research paper assignment (see examples of in-text and works cited citations in the assignment packet)
• How to properly cite sources
• How to avoid plagiarism (intentional or unintentional)
• How to evaluate a website for reliability

• Introduction to Shakespeare and Hamlet
• Group video assignment due Fri. 4/1/16
• How to cite an image from the Internet
• How to cite clip art, graphs, charts
• How to cite a YouTube video

3/28/16

• TEST: The Canterbury Tales
• HW: Continue working on draft of research paper. Discussion / Q&A on Wednesday will be on using sources.
• STAAR testing will take place on Tues. and Thurs. this week. Here is the modified bell schedule:

New Scholarships

3/23/16

• Canterbury Tales
• EXAM will be Mon. 3/28/16. Here is the study guide.
• Review activities:
• Discussion / Q&A on Chaucer's retraction and genres of the tales
• Overview (summaries) of the tales and the accepted order of them [NOTE that you will not be tested on the tales we did not read for class.]
• In-class assignment: Read and annotate the article, "Literary Devices and Themes" by Clarice Swisher.

• Research project
 
• Assignment for Stage 3 of project: Research Paper
• Discussion on how to organize to write the research paper.
• Outlining
• Write in 3rd person only
• 2 main sections
• Q&A
• Here is a sample paper for this assignment.
• How to properly cite sources
• How to avoid plagiarism (intentional or unintentional)
• How to evaluate a website for reliability

• Check out this great opportunity! A former student who works in Washington D.C. sent it to me:

3/21/16

• Canterbury Tales
• EXAM will be Mon. 3/28/16. Here is the study guide.
• Review activities:
• Genres in The Canterbury Tales
• Chaucer's Retraction

• Career Research Project
• Gradesheets for document folders returned and discussed. If you earned less than 75% and plan to revise and show me your improvements, the deadline is after school Thurs. 3/24/16.
• Assignment for Stage 3 of project: Research Paper. This was reviewed in detail. Be sure to read the handout carefully. Final draft due Thurs. 4/7/16.
• How to properly cite sources
• How to avoid plagiarism (intentional or unintentional)
• How to evaluate a website for reliability

3/10/16

• The Canterbury Tales- The Nun's Priest
• Discussion / viewing of film version of the Nun's Priest's Tale (00:00 to 7:52)
• Annotation assignment: Nun's Priest's Tale

• Career Research Project- Stage 2: Gathering Secondary Sources (due Fri. 3/11/16)
• Search resources:
• Department of Labor & Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Wage Estimates- Texas
• Massive Online Open Course Sites (find syllabi and assignments)
• UTx (UTexas system MOOCs)
• Yale Open Courses (search under "Courses")
• MIT Open Courseware
• Harvard Open Learning
• Citation resources:
• KnightCite
• Citation Machine

3/8/16

• The Canterbury Tales- The Wife of Bath
• 4A- QUIZ (Make up if you were absent.)
• Wife of Bath Prologue diagram turned in
• Discussion / viewing of film version of the Wife of Bath's Tale
• Assignment: Wife of Bath annotation
• HW due Thurs. 3/10/16- Read and annotate the Nun's Priest's Tale

Career Research Project- Stage 2: Gathering Secondary Sources (due Fri. 3/11/16)

• Search resources:
• Department of Labor & Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Wage Estimates- Texas
• Massive Online Open Course Sites (find syllabi and assignments)
• UTx (UTexas system MOOCs)
• Yale Open Courses (search under "Courses")
• MIT Open Courseware
• Harvard Open Learning
• Citation resources:
• KnightCite
• Citation Machine

3/4/16

• Canterbury Tales
• 2A- QUIZ on Wife of Bath prologue
• ALL- Assignment for Wife of Bath characterization
• HW due Tues. 3/8/16- Read and annotate the Wife of Bath's tale

• Career Research Project
• Stage 2: Gathering Secondary Sources (due Fri. 3/11/16)
• Search resources:
• Department of Labor & Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Wage Estimates- Texas
• Massive Online Open Course Sites (find syllabi and assignments)
• UTx (UTexas system MOOCs)
• Yale Open Courses (search under "Courses")
• MIT Open Courseware
• Harvard Open Learning
• Citation resources:
• KnightCite
• Citation Machine

3/2/16

• The Canterbury Tales
• Pardoner's Tale annotations (your original notes on vocab. / allusions, etc. + the homework assignment notes) were turned in.
• Discussion of the Pardoner's Tale / Viewing of film version
• HW due Fri. 3/4/16: Read the Wife of Bath's PROLOGUE (p. 166 - 183) and annotate for vocab. / allusions, reactions, etc. Also, make notes on the Wife of Bath's personality traits:
• The Wife of Bath is one of the most iconic characters in English literature. Some scholars credit Chaucer for creating in her the first literary feminist. The prologue to the Wife’s tale (p. 166-183) is longer than the tale itself and reveals much about her perspective on gender roles, her point of view, and the events of her life. Read and mark it to reveal the complex character traits revealed in her words. Try to identify as many personality traits as possible and mark them next to the evidence of each trait. Come to class with ideas about who the Wife is and reasons why Chaucer might have drawn her so vividly.

• Career Research Project
• Stage 2: Gathering Secondary Sources (due Fri. 3/11/16)
• Search resources:
• Department of Labor & Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Wage Estimates- Texas
• Massive Online Open Course Sites (find syllabi and assignments)
• UTx (UTexas system MOOCs)
• Yale Open Courses (search under "Courses")
• MIT Open Courseware
• Harvard Open Learning
• Citation resources:
• KnightCite
• Citation Machine