I think this is the best course at Magnet! We explore literature from a variety of cultures and eat, drink, and dance! The truth is that many of the problems in the world today are because people do not understand differences in cultures or do not take the time to listen to the differences. We also write, write, and then write! You may contact me at deborah.morehead@gmail.com World Literature Deborah Morehead - 3rd period planning – school # is 221-2501 Gifted and Talented English 10 is a humanities approach to World Literature that follows a chronological order in coordination with World History and places an emphasis on multiculturalism and real audiences. Students use computers to facilitate research, collaborations, and presentations with a multi-discipline approach. World Literature focuses on four areas of study: literature, composition, grammar, and vocabulary. Teachers base writing assignments primarily on literature and include creative writing and writing using formal research skills and documentation. First semester assignments include eighteen creative writings and five essays. Second semester includes seven creative writings, three research papers, and two essays. All creative writings will be presented in class. Grammar instruction is a part of writing, with formal study in areas where students need additional practice. Students learn vocabulary through literature and by formal instruction using a vocabulary text. Each of these areas exceeds the Caddo Parish Curriculum Guide's requirements for English 10. World Literature Semester Exam Review: Answer questions on Aristotle’s Poetics Oldest epic Longest epic Homer wrote Virgil wrote French National Epic German National Epic Metaphor Personification Simile You will answer comprehension questions about a poem Questions on notes from Tempest Questions from Canto I of Dante’s Inferno Questions on notes from Much Ado About Nothing Renaisance Unit Below the daily plans, you will find Morehead's Marvelous Method and all the directions for the Renaissance Unit. January 5-9 STUDENTS WILL: Monday 1.review for exam Tuesday 1. review for exam Wednesday 1. take exams Thursday 1. take exams Friday 1. take exams January 12 – 15 Monday 1. receive Renaissance booklet & a Research Paper booklet & learn about the assignments and how to write a research paper 2. Choose the person to research for their monologue 3. begin research Tuesday Library & Room 1. continue researching and taking notes Wednesday Library IEP Conferences in the library 1. continue researching and taking notes Thursday Room 1. continue researching and taking notes in the library Friday NO SCHOOL January 19-23 Students will: Monday NO SCHOOL Tuesday 20 1 go to lab, and begin powerpoint 2. continue researching and taking notes Wednesday21 1. turn in 1st research paper and meet individually with teacher to discuss paper 2. continue researching and taking notes Thursday 22 1. continue lab, researching, and taking notes Friday 23 1. turn in 2 typed copies of monologue 2. continue researching, taking notes, and working in the lab January 26-30 STUDENTS WILL Monday 26 1. continue researching, taking notes, and working in the lab HW Memorize monologue Tuesday 27 1. continue researching, taking notes, and working in the lab HW continue practicing monologue Wednesday 28 1. take voc. 28-29 test 2. research, work in lab HW – memorize monologue Thursday 29 1. turn in 2nd research paper 2. work on powerpoint HW continue practicing monologue Friday 30 1. present memorized monoloue February 2 – 6 students will: Monday 2 1. work in lab 2. practice monologue in class and at home every day Tuesday 3 1. work in lab and practice monologue in class and at home Wednesday 4 1. take Cyrano test practice monologue in class and at home Thursday 5 1. take voc. 30-31 test 2. work in lab and practice monologue in class and at home Friday 6 1. present powerpont 2. practice monologue at school and at home Feb. 9 - 13 STUDENTS WILL: Monday 9 1. continue powerpoint presentations 2. practice monologue in class each day and for HW everyday Tuesday 10 1. continue powerpoint presentations 2. practice monologue in class each day and for HW everyday Wednesday 11 1. practice monologue in class and at home 2. art activity - profiles Thursday 12 1. Go to the middle schools, in costume and present monologues Eat lunch out. Friday 13 1. reciprocal time for classes missed yesterday Morehead’s Marvelous Method of Writing Research Papers A Fast & Easy Approach by Deborah Morehead (WARNING: This method could be hazardous to your grade in any other English class that checks your progress. Use this approach when the teacher requires a final copy, such as science papers and college papers.) History: Each year, college students return to Magnet and thank me for teaching them how to write papers with this method. They say that their friends are amazed at how quickly and efficiently my students write papers. When I was working on my first Master’s, I wrote ten to twelve research papers each semester for two years. The length of each paper varied from ten to twenty pages. I gradually developed this research paper method because I did not have the time to use the method my English teachers taught me. I began to enjoy writing papers and still do. I hope that this information will help you to stop cringing at the idea of writing a research paper and cause you to actually enjoy the treasure hunt for information. Please do not gag at my enthusiasm. A Few Thoughts About Research in General 1. Avoid the lazy approach to research. The lazy way is to stand in front of a bookshelf and look in the books that have the exact title or topic you are researching. A good researcher learns to look in the table of contents and index. Even an Internet search may just give you what is in a title. The information will not come to you; you must go to it! 2. At this stage in your life, do not use general encyclopedias because compilers have done the research, and you are now at the level where you need to do your own research. You may use specific encyclopedias such as those on art, music, or medicine. Signed articles are always superior. 3. Be sure that you explore all sides of an issue. You may end up changing or even disproving your thesis. 4. Remember to use formal writing rules. You do not need to use first person, because the reader knows that if information is not documented, it is yours. Step One: Choosing Your Topic If you have any leeway in choosing your topic, think about subjects that interest you. A paper can be so much fun when you like the area of research or when you can prove an original idea. In one of my graduate classes, the teacher said we needed to write a research paper on a piece of Romantic literature, and we could choose the direction. I had recently taught Poetics. As I read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, I could clearly see elements of tragedy; therefore, I asked the professor if I could prove that Frankenstein had elements of tragedy as defined by Aristotle. He agreed and had never thought of that idea. I really enjoyed proving my point. I assign my students a comparison research paper for their final exam. I tell them to think about all the books they have ever read and compare literature to literature, literature to history, or literature to present-day life. One year, as we were reading Song of Roland, a student looked at me with that kind of expression that tells the viewer a light has gone off inside the person’s head. He recognized people and objects in the epic that were in a series of science fiction books that he enjoyed reading. He asked if he could compare the series he was reading to Song of Roland and show the similarities. He thoroughly enjoyed writing that paper because he came up with the idea and proved it. Step Two: Taking Notes A. This is where my method differs from what normal English teachers require. I use regular notebook paper. (If this makes you feel guilty, buy large note cards!) First of all, I get three or four sheets of lined paper and staple them together. I use these for all my bibliographic information that I will later need on my Works Cited page. You may choose to use a spiral notebook. In that case, use a section in the back for this information. Every time I am about to take notes from a book, I write down all the pertinent information on these sheets. I do not take the time to put this in the correct order, but write it down as I find it. I jot down the author, title, city, company, and publishing date. If there are editors or translators instead of authors, I write them down. If the book is one of a series, I include the name of the series. B. Whether you use lined paper, cards, or a spiral notebook, follow the format I am about to explain on each page or card. 1. At the top of the page, write the author’s or translator’s last name. Use the name instead of a library number. This helps in research because you need to identify your expert with the information he or she gives you. Each time you change pages, write the same person’s last name at the top of the page and the page number. If you already know that your information can be divided into different categories or opinions, include the category or opinion at the top of the page or at various times in your notes. 2. WRITE ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAPER AND PLACE PAGE NUMBERS IN THE MARGIN. In the left margin of your notes, write the book’s page number, and each time you change pages in the book show the correct page number in the margin. When you change pages, write the book’s page number from the page before in the margin at the top of the page, even if you are continuing on the same page. Trust me that you need to do this. Later on you will need the exact page numbers for proper documentation. 3. Write your quotation marks very dark, underline, or choose some other method to make sure that you can easily tell the difference in what you quoted and what you paraphrased. 4. Try to avoid the easy way of just writing down a few words. Go ahead and take really good and thorough notes. By writing in complete sentences now, you are saving yourself time when you are ready to put your paper together. If you come to a conclusion or make a connection that is yours alone and did not come from the book, make a note of that. 5. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, TAKE NOTES WITHOUT GETTING THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND WITHOUT WRITING DOWN THE PAGE NUMBERS. 7. If your teacher asks you to write a five-to seven-page, double-spaced, typed paper, you will need about twenty, full handwritten pages of notes--that is, if your handwriting is about normal size. If you write tiny, you may not need as many pages. Step Three: Writing the Paper Here comes the fun part and the reason this is such a quick and easy method. Get a pair of scissors and some scotch tape. Yes, you heard me right. Get the scissors and tape. Read all of your notes and make sure your thesis holds true. If you need to change it, do so now. If you took notes in a spiral notebook, tear out all of the pages you used. Now, spread all of your cards or pages out on the floor in front of you and begin putting them in the order of your thesis and into categories or opinions. To do this you will need to cut apart the information. Now you should understand why it is so important that you write only on one side of the paper and that each page have the author’s name at the top and the page numbers in the left margin. As you cut off a section of a page, write the author’s name in the top of the left margin and the page number, if it is not included in that section. Tape sections together by page and set them down in order. Number these so you do not get confused. Continue this until you have all of the paper in the order you like. If you took thorough notes, you should now be looking at the body of your paper. You can probably go directly to the computer for the writing of the first paragraph. Be sure your thesis outlines your paper. Type your paper in the order that you cut and taped and add whatever is needed to connect the paragraphs and ideas. When you have typed in all that you have except the conclusion, stop. Go back to the very beginning and read your paper. Now write the conclusion and make connections by tying together all of the ideas you have researched. Remember that you must not put any new information in the conclusion. Be sure that you do all of your internal documentation correctly. It is really simple. Every time you use an idea or any information from a source, place the page number and the author’s name at the end. This way we know that all of the information above came from that source. You must document at the end of every paragraph, except the first and last. If you change sources within a paragraph, be sure to document. Also, you must document at the end of each quote. All of the “ins” and “outs” of documenting are on the pages I have made for you from the MLA Handbook. Step Four: Works Cited Go back to those sheets that you stapled together, to the back of your spiral notebook, or to the note cards with all of your bibliographic information. Cut them apart, using only those that you documented in your paper. Tape them together in alphabetical order by last name of author or editor. The specific directions for order are found on the sheets about MLA documentation. After this has been done, type the bibliographic information on a Works Cited page that will go at the end of your paper. I remember the order by A B C C D. Author, Book, City, Company, Date. Summary This method is a bit questionable for English teachers because it leaves out the tedious task of each note card adhering to a specific format. In my opinion, that old method takes up valuable time and is wasted effort. However, if your grade depends on that, follow directions. The Morehead Method can be used when you are required to show the final product and not the process. Think of writing research papers as putting a puzzle together. If you look at it as fun and challenging, you will be surprised at how painless the process is and will be pleased with your results. Enjoy! Most Common Mistakes Found on Research Papers Mistake #1 Thesis statement does not outline the paper The paper must be in the exact order of the thesis statement and clearly support your thesis. You may even start out with a working thesis that you have to change after thorough research. Be sure to support your thesis with examples from the literature you are using. Mistake #2 Placing the period before internal documentation The documentation goes inside of the period. Correct example - (Morehead 10). Incorrect example - “To be or not to know.” (Morehead 11) Mistake #3 Placing a comma after author in internal documentation or using the word page In MLA there is no comma between the author’s last name and the page number. Correct example (Morehead 44). Incorrect example (Morehead, page 44). Mistake #4 Paragraphs with no documentation You must document at the end of any section where you use ideas or information that is not your own. Place the author’s name and page number at the end of every paragraph, except the first and the last. If you change sources within a paragraph, be sure to document before moving to the new source. This way we know that all of the information in front of the documentation came from that source. Mistake #5 Documenting at the end of the first paragraph or the end of the paper The last sentence in the first paragraph should be your thesis statement and does not need documentation because it is your idea. If you used information from sources in your first paragraph, internally document before the last sentence. Since you are not to introduce any new material in the conclusion and since that information is where you tie together ideas, you should not need documentation at the end of the last paragraph. You may choose to use a short quote somewhere in the paragraph, but do not use it in the last sentence. Mistake #6 No documentation after a quote You must document at the end of each quote, even if there is only one sentence left in the paragraph. Document after the quote and again at the end of the paragraph. If the first four sentences come from page ten and the fifth sentence is a quote from page eleven, you must document before and after the quote. If there is still more information from that source following the quote, you must document again. Mistake #7 A page number at the end of the paragraph, but no author’s name in the sentence The only way you do not have to place the author’s name and the page number at the end of the sentence is if the author’s name is in that particular sentence. Mistake #8 Numbered Works Cited or incorrect spacing Your Works Cited is to be in alphabetical order and not numbered. You are to double space the entire page. Do not single space the source and double space between sources. Mistake #9 Reversing the city and the publishing company in the Works Cited The city comes before the publishing company. Correct example: Victor, Olivia E. The Technology of Wellness. New York: Macmillan, 1988. Mistake #10 Giving the last page a title of Bibliography or Sources Cited In MLA documentation you should have a Works Cited page to give bibliographic information on the works that you used in the paper. Mistake #11 Placing quotation marks after internal documentation Correct example: According to Bell “researchers designed six motors” (81). Incorrect example: According to Bell “researchers designed six motors (81).” Mistake #12 Placing a quote with no lead. Leading into quotes makes your paper stronger. Correct: According to Will Durant, “Jefferson was not as popular as his opponent” (41). Incorrect: “Jefferson was not as popular as his opponent” (Durant 41). Mistake #13 Incorrect use of indirect sources When an author quotes someone else, this is an indirect source. Most college professors have you look up the original source in order to quote the person; however, I let you use indirect sources if you acknowledge the correct source. Correct example: Will Durant quotes Thomas Jefferson from his first speech as saying “. . . . . “ (quoted from Durant 10). Another correct example: In Will Durant’s book Civilization, he quotes Thomas Jefferson “. . . . . . . .” (34). Mistake #14 Incorrect internal documentation Look at your Works Cited. Whatever goes first in that particular citing is what goes in your internal documentation. Sample Works Cited: Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun Collection. ED. Lindsay Patterson. New York: Dodd, 1971. 221-76. Correct internal documentation example: (Hansberry 222). Incorrect internal documentation example: (A Raisin in the Sun 222). Incorrect internal documentation example: (Lorraine 222). Mistake #15 Not enough paragraphs This is not an essay: you are not trying to have a paragraph for each point in your thesis statement. This is a research paper, so you will have multiple paragraphs per idea! Internal Documentation When Do I Document? What Do I Document? The books say we do not need to document information that is general knowledge. My philosophy is, “When in doubt, document.” The reader needs to know pertinent ideas, facts, quotes, or statistics that come from your sources. This enables readers to check out the information for themselves. This also avoids plagiarism on your part. Document anytime you use someone’s exact words or when you paraphrase ideas or other information. Internal documentation is easy! Simply place the author’s name and a page number in parentheses after the information. This tells us that all of the preceding information in the paragraph came from that source. Look at your Works Cited. Whatever goes first in that particular citing is what goes in your internal documentation. Author’s name in your sentence Examples: Mrs. Morehead describes the difficulties that Kaki has in keeping attendants (33-44). Will Durant notes that “hardly an ancient people went without a flood story” (330). A work with two authors Example: Manu, in a Hindu story, was warned by gods and built a ship in which he escaped from a deluge that destroyed all creatures (Halley and Asminov 14). A work with three or more authors Example: In 1929 the English archaeologist Sir Charles Leonard Wolley reported finding water-deposited layers as much as ten feet thick in his excavations near the Euphrates (Asimov et al. 332-333). A work with no author or editor Use the title or shortened version of the title and a page number. Example: This implies that Ararat is a region or nation containing a mountain range on which the ark landed (“Archaeology” 2). Source on a page with no page number (This example applies to books only – not to Internet sources.) Example: A huge tidal wave swept upstream, northwestward toward Ararat (Asimov n. page). More than one source at a time Example: Picasso rolled up the just-finished Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and stored it for over twenty years (Penrose12; McCully 86). Quotation of more than four lines Place the reference at the end of the passage, after the final period, and do not use quotation marks. There is an example of this on the pages that show a sample paper in this booklet. More than one work by the same author Use the author’s name, an abbreviation of the title, and a page number. Example: (Morehead, Disabilities 67) Two authors with the same last name Give the initial of the author’s first name in the reference. Example: (D. Morehead 33). If you use the author’s name in the sentence, use the entire first name. Example: Stephen Jay Gould argues that traditional composers will never change (228). A work with multiple volumes Show which volume of the work you used. After the volume number, place a colon and a space, followed by the page number. Example: Frankenstein is one of the best examples of Romantic Literature (Pope 3:433). A literary work Because literary works may be available in various editions, give enough information to allow readers to find the passage in their copies. Give page number in your edition, followed by a semicolon; then, give other relevant information, such as the section or chapter. Use lowercase abbreviations. Example: Bronte felt that female characters should possess strength, intelligence, and above all, courage. Thus, Jane Eyre expresses a desire ”to seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils” (99;ch.10). A play When documenting a play, place the act, scene, and line numbers at the end of the sentence. Example: Hidden behind Prospero’s speech is Shakespeare’s farewell to his public (II, iv, 15-17). An Online Book Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice, Ed. Henry Churchyard. 1996. 10 Sept. 1998 <http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfor/prideprej.html>. Part of an Online Book Keats, John. “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” Poetical Works. 1884. Project Bartleby. Ed. Steven van Leeuwen. May 1998. Columbia U. 8 May 1998 http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/keats/keats43.html. Renaissance Unit Directions Literary or Dramatist Research Paper 1. Choose one of the following Renaissance writers, educators, philosophers, or dramatists. William Shakespeare Edward Alleyn Francesco Petrarch William Kemp Miguel de Cervantes Richard Tarlton Thomas More Desiderius Erasmus Niccolo Machiavelli Francois Rabelais Michel de Montaigne Anne Hathaway (A look at Shakespeare from her point of view) Thomas Platter Descartes 2. Research his/her life and contributions to Renaissance ideas and literature. 3. Mention specific literary works; use short quotes from the writers themselves. 4. Give your research an original title. Use formal writing rules and MLA documentation. List as least five sources on a Works Cited page at the end of the paper. 3 pages - 12 pt. font - 5 sources only one is to be from the internet Age of Discovery Research Paper 1. Pick one of the following explorers, scientists, doctors, inventors, or adventurers: Christopher Columbus Prince Henry the Navigator Nicolaus Copernicus Galileo Galilei Martin Frobisher Johannes Kepler Amerigo Vespucci Andreas Versalius Sir Frances Drake Ferdinand Magellan Johannes Gutenberg Vasco da Gama Anton Leeuwenhoek John Cabot Pedro Cabral Hernando Cortes Francisco Pizarro Bartholomew Dias Vasco de Balboa Cabeza de Vaca Juan Ponce de Leon Mercator Philippus Paracelus Simon Forman Nostradamas Sir Francis Bacon William Caxton Sir Walter Raleigh 2. Research the person’s life, taking notes from various sources. What major events, dangers, accomplishments, discoveries, frustrations, victories, defeats, achievements, or failures influenced this person? Explain the importance of this person to his time period and to our time period. Be sure to include character traits such as pride, vanity, egotism, humility, courage, curiosity, religious zeal, patriotism, or skepticism. Also include people who had an impact on your person. 3. Give your three-page research paper an original title. Use formal writing rules and MLA documentation. List at least five sources on a Works Cited page at the end of the paper. 3 pages - 12 pt. font - 5 sources only one may be from the internet Reformation Research Paper 1. Choose one of the following religious leaders of the Renaissance-Reformation era: Martin Luther Julius II Paul III John Calvin Clement VII Ignatius Loyola John Wycliffe Innocent VIII Thomas Crammer Jan Hus Alexander VI Thomas Moore Savonarola Leo X Ulrich Zwingli Adrian VI William Tyndale St. Catherine of Siena Cardinal Richelieu Desiderius Erasmus Teresa of Avila 2. As you research, check on such topics as the sale of indulgences, simony, interpretation of the Bible, salvation by faith, the authority of the pope, art and the church, wealth and poverty, church organization and hierarchy, celibacy and asceticism, the relationship of the clergy to secular leaders such as kings and emperors, and the education and moral behavior of the clergy. Include people or events that had an impact on your person and show how your person influenced those in his time period and in our time period. 3. Give your three-page research paper an original title. Use formal writing rules and MLA documentation. List as least five sources on a Works Cited page at the end of the paper. 3 pages - 12 pt. font - 5 sources only one may be from the internet Art History Research Paper Painters - Sculptors - Architects Leonardo Da Vinci Michelangelo Caravaggio Raphael Titian Tintoretto Jan Van Eyck Albrect Durer Hans Holbein (Elder) Han Holbein(Younger) Pieter, the Elder Bruegel Andrea Mantegna Robert Campin Peiro della Francesca Giorgione Giotto Giovanni Bellini El Greco Massaccio Hieronymus Bosch Gentile Bellini Filippino Lippi Alberti Brunilesky Jacopo Bellini Filippo Lippi Sandro Botticelli Filippi Brunelleschi Del Castagno Lucas Cranach, The Elder Fra Angelico Benvenuto Cellini Giovanni Pisano Donatello Nicola Pisano Lorenzo Ghiberti Andrea Palladio Leone Battista Alberti 1. This research paper will discuss: a. the artist’s life b. subject matter of the artist’s work c. themes of the Renaissance reflected in the works d. who influenced this artist and whom this artist influenced d. the artist’s style, technique, media, individuality, creativity, etc. 2. Give your three-page research paper an original title. Use formal writing rules and MLA documentation. List as least five sources on a Works Cited page at the end of the paper. 3 pages - 12 pt. font - 5 sources only one from the internet Political Figure Research Paper Choose a political figure of the Renaissance and write a research paper using MLA format. Follow all instructions, using your best thinking, grammar, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, and clarity of expression. Use accurate facts and specific examples to explain your ideas. Give your three-page research paper an original title. List as least five sources on a Works Cited page at the end of the paper. 3 pages - 12 pt. font - 5 sources 1. Search for the main facts about when and where the person lived, including brief information about his/her family and education. What were the most important accomplishments of this person as an adult? 2. How does this person compare to another person or persons of that time period? Be sure to include contemporaries that influenced your person or that your person influenced. Choices For Political Figures Henry III Edward IV Richard III Edward VI Lady Jane Grey Anne of Cleaves Anne Bolyn Elizabeth I Mary Queen of Scots Katherine of Aragon Jane Seymour Queen Isabella Louis XIII Louis XIV Niccolo Machiavelli Sir Thomas More Katherine Parr Catherine Howard Bloody Mary Catherine de Medici Lorenzo de Medici Lucretia Borgia Isabella d’Este Francis I of France Phillip II Ferdinand I Thomas Cromwell Margaret Tudor Sir Henry Unton Beatrice d’Este Charles V Margaret of Austria Charles IX James VI of Scotland = James I of England Caesare Borgia Visconti family governed Milan, Italy early 1300’s to 1447 Sforza family governed Milan, Italy until late 1400’s Este family in Ferara Italy House of Tudor in England ruled from 1485 to 1603 (Henry VII was the first) Montefeltro family in Urbino, Italy Power Point Project & Presentation Student’s Name ___________________ Class Period ___________ Power Point Project Criteria - Due Friday, February 6 _____ 10 pts. Title of Project with your name & due date 1 slide _____ 50 pts. Introduce the Renaissance (include definition and dates) 5 - 6 slides During the Renaissance great changes took place in the areas of art, religion, exploration, science, and ______. Choose your fifth one from politics, philosophy, medicine, or literature. _____ 20 pts. Facts about your monologue person - 4 slides What contributions did this person make to the Renaissance? _____ 30 pts. Two or three slides with information about an artist, plus six more slides of his work You must include where the piece of art may be seen & document each slide. _____ 10 pts. Type in a poem or hymn written during the Renaissance _____ 10 pts. Materials appropriately and esthetically placed _____ 20 pts. One or more pictures on each file _____ 150 pts. total Multi-media Presentation Criteria Presentation Dates - February 6, 9, and 10 ¬¬¬¬___ 10 pts. Clearly stated thesis for presentation (Your overall impression of the significance of the Renaissance) ___ 10 pts. How your monologue person reflects the Spirit of the Renaissance (show slides) ___ 10 pts. How your artist reflects the Spirit of the Renaissance (show slides) ___ 10 pts. Read your poem or hymn to the class and explain the meaning (show slide) ___ 10 pts. Speech considerations: appearance, voice, eye contact, projection, ability to summarize large research results in a single bound, technical expertise with video. ___ 50 pts. total Renaissance Monologue Assignment You will take on the persona of the person you have chosen. After you have researched and written a paper about your chosen person, write a dramatic monologue based on an actual incident in that person’s life. You will type the monologue and hand in two copies. About one and one-half pages, double-spaced will be two minutes. Part 1 - Written Monologue – 2 typed copies Friday, January 23 _____20 pts. Creates a believable character _____20 pts. Uses conversational language appropriate to the person’s time, status, and personality _____30 pts. Reveals something about the person’s character, thoughts, or feelings _____30 pts. Uses only those details necessary -- Do not summarize the person’s life history, but dramatize a “slice of life” _____ out of 100 pts. Part II - Memorized Monologue – Friday, January 30 _____25 pts. Memorized monologue - presents a believable character _____25 pts. Delivery - expression, poise, eye-contact, projection _____ out of 50 pts. Part III - Present Monologues to Middle Schools Thursday, February 12 _____ out of 50 pts. Costume and school’s performances - Costume should represent the character and enhance the monologue Costume - There are several ways to create your costume: make it, have it made, borrow, buy, rent, or go to the Good Will/Salvation Army stores and put together an outfit. Remember that you are to become this person. Your costume should enhance your ability to create your character. ***Please turn in one question and answer that 6th grade students should know after listening to your monologue. Here are some thesis statements that students have written in past years. Catherine of Sienna’s works of mercy and political influence made her an important Renaissance figure. Raised in an aristocratic family, Lorenzo de Medici became a powerful political figure who developed into a famous patron of the arts. Born into an artistic family and influenced by his contemporaries, Raphael developed his unique style of Renaissance painting. Though seemingly insignificant at birth, Anne Boleyn’s marriage to Henry VIII influenced church history and political history. Known mostly for his six wives, Henry VIII changed church history, influenced politics, wrote music, and . . . . . . Martin Luther was a pious monk, a radical reformer, and a scholarly father. Against his family’s wishes, Martin Luther became a priest and after becoming aware of the corruption in the church, inadvertedly began the Reformation. After initial popularity as King, Henry VIII often yielded political power to others and changed church history, but he is most known for having six wives. Copernicus spent most of his life formulating his scientific theory that was published four weeks prior to his death. Interested in art at an early age, Leonardo da Vinci ultimately became a famous painter and a pioneer in engineering. Lucretia Borgia lived an unhappy life due to her family and three prearranged marriages. Although history primarily promotes Katherine Parr as the sixth wife of Henry VIII, she was also an educator and a writer. Machiavelli’s image as a devoted diplomat and political figure in the Florentine republic sharply contrasts with his notorious and shocking political revelations articulated in his influential letter, The Prince. Born to aristocracy, Mary Stuart became queen of two countries; however she is best known for her political stands as Mary Queen of Scots. First daughter of Henry VIII, Mary was Queen of England from ___ to __ , but she is best known as Bloody Mary due to protestant persecution. Motivated by religious zeal and greed, Hernando Cortez is most noted for his brutal conquests of the Aztec Empire. As Henry VIII’s third wife and the mother of Edward, Jane Seymour holds an important role in the history of England. Rising above the dislike of the French people, Catherine de Medici ruled France for __ years and continued to make political decisions while her sons ruled. Born into royalty, Isabella of Spain is most noted for her role in the Spanish Inquisition, her commissioning of Christopher Columbus, and her development of Spain into . . . . . Raised in a politically active family, William Shakespeare married young and spent most of his life in London writing and producing plays. Guided by her family’s selfish ambition, Lady Jane Grey reigned as queen for nine days before she was imprisoned and executed. Groomed for royalty, Catherine Howard faced personal disappointment, reigned as Queen of England for one year, and died a traitor’s death. Although brought up in a politically conservative family, Machiavelli popularized liberal political ideals that he published in four writings, most notably The Prince. Because Michelangelo’s personal life influenced his sculpting and painting, his work epitomized Renaissance art. Though persecuted by the church, Galileo’s pendulum principle, falling object’s law, and the proving of Copernicus’ theory helped to shape scientific thought of today. Overcoming persecution and personal disappointment before and after becoming Queen of England, Mary I attempted to establish Catholicism as the English religion. Motivated by religious zeal, Francis Drake is most noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Overcoming persecutions and personal disappointments, Queen Elizabeth established the Church of England, fought numerous wars and . . .. . Motivated by selfish ambition and greed of gold, Vasco da Gama’s journey to India resulted in his appointment as . . . . Motivated to find a new route to the West Indies, Christopher Columbus made four trips to the New World. Motivated by greed, Sir Walter Raleigh is most noted for his failed attempts to settle Roanoke Island and his quest for gold along the Ornaka River. THE YEAR AT A GLANCE Textbooks: World Masterpieces The Reader’s Choice Grammar and Language Workbook *1100 Words You Need To Know Evaluation: Methods of evaluation include tests, compositions, research papers, plays, oral presentations, workbooks, and computer projects. FIRST SEMESTER FIRST NINE WEEKS Summer Reading Tests, Vocabulary, Grammar Sumerian, Egyptian, and Hebrew Literature Gilgamesh epic Egyptian poetry Old Testament selections Passover - Friday, September 5 Greek Literature Homer Sappho Sophocles Pindar Plato Aesop Roman Literature Virgil Tacitus Catullus Ovid Horace Julius Caesar Prandium - Monday, October 6 (wear a white or other solid color sheet) Outside Reading: The Chosen - Chaim Potok Julius Caesar – Shakespeare SECOND NINE WEEKS Vocabulary, Grammar Persian and Arabic Literature Firdawsi Omar Khayyam Sa’di Indian Literature Rig Veda Mahabharata Upanishads Panchatantra Chinese and Japanese Literature T'ao Ch'ien Basho TuFu Confucius Zeame Li Po Mei Yao Chen Wang Wei Yoshida Kenko Kakinomoto Hitomaro Orient Express - 4th hour - During lunch shifts Wednesday, November 5 (Indian/Oriental/Persian potluck at school) Storytelling at Stoner Hill - Thursday, Nov. 6 Middle Ages Literature Dante Chaucer Nibelungenlied Song of Roland Marie de France Perceval Villion Everyman One Act Play Outside Reading: Siddhartha - Herman Hess Pilgrims Progress - John Bunyan (Bk 1) Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare SECOND SEMESTER THIRD NINE WEEKS Vocabulary Grammar Leap Tests Research Papers Essays Monologues Power Point Projects Renaissance Sonnets Shakespeare Luther Donne Boccaccio Cervantes Montaigne Renaissance Celebration Thursday, February 10 Wear Costume - Field Trip Rationalism Voltaire Pope Goethe Moliere Milton Fontaine Outside Reading: Cyrano de Bergerac - Edmond Ronstand Night - Eile Wiesel Frankenstein - Mary Shelley FOURTH NINE WEEKS Vocabulary Grammar Writing Final Exam = Research Paper Romanticism and Realism: Ibsen Goethe Guy de Maupassant Wordsworth Tennyson Heine Keats Browning Tolstoy Pushkin Zola Chekhov Modern World & Contemporary World Hopkins Hardy T.S. Eliot Hesse Paton Lorca Nicol Leitner Soyinka Mansfield Mann Pirandello Joyce Kafka Lessing Lagerkvist Camus Ionesco Dinesen Dario Akhmatova Head Mahfouz Amichai Camus Narayan Pak Tu-jin Yasunari Thi Vinh Cortazar Marquez Solzhenitsyn Outside Reading: Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (Bantam Classic edition) Cry, The Beloved Country -Alan Paton Things Fall Apart -Chinua Achebe General Information Do you know that you will be absent? Turn in your work and take any tests before leaving. It is your responsibility to make up any work that you missed without being told. Check your calendar and the board to know exactly what needs to be done. You may come in before school or during Activity Period to make up a test. You may not make up tests during class. I get to school each morning about 7:30 AM, so I can help you or give tests before school. Late Papers: 1 day late = 75% is highest grade; 2 days late = 70% etc. Supplies: book cover -- jump drive -- folder or notebook that can hold paper and that has pockets -- 1100 Words You Need To Know (*Please purchase this book. I placed orders with Barnes & Noble and Tower. ) Class Fee - $5.00 for booklets, copies, buses, research books, etc. |