Introductions and Conclusions

Today, we took Vocabulary Quiz #7, and then we looked at samples of introductions and conclusions.

Click here to view sample introductions and conclusions.

***Please remember that these essays have already been submitted on TurnItIn.com, and if you "borrow" from any of them, you will be plagiarising and that will be a zero in the grade book. Read "Page 1" in the link before you read any of the essays.

Fear Essay

Today, we began working on the Fear Essay. The Fear Essay is a summative assignment worth 20% of  your score for the quarter. This assignment is due at 11:59pm on 12/4/18.

Click here to access all the files for the Fear Essay.

The link above contains all the information you need to complete the Fear Essay. If you click the link, you'll open a Google Drive folder that contains the prompt, the assignment page, the prewriting materials, the MLA/Works Cited materials, and much more.

Click here to see the citation for "Why We Crave Horror Movies"

Vocabulary Unit 7, and "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King

Here are the vocabulary notes from today. Click here to see the Quizlet for Unit 7.



We took the vocabulary notes and read a short essay by horror writer Stephen King.

We will start on our Fear Essay tomorrow.

Gothic Literature: Just for fun

The Devil and Homer Simpson - Part 1
The Devil and Homer Simpson - Part 2

The Simpsons - The Raven

Gothic Literature: "The Devil and Tom Walker"

Today, we finished "The Raven" and read The Devil and Tom Walker.

Here is the audio of The Devil and Tom Walker:



Click here to download the text of the story - The Devil and Tom Walker.

Click here to download the questions for The Devil and Tom Walker.

Gothic Literature: Poe "The Raven"

Today, we are reading "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. I know that many of you have seen this poem before, so I am counting on you to help each other. (I can help, too, of course!)



Click here to download The Raven annotation.

Vocabulary Unit 6 & Gothic Literature Notes

Today, we started class by taking notes for Vocabulary Unit 6.

Click here to view all documents for Unit 6.

Click here to see the Quizlet for Unit 6.



We also took  notes about Gothic literature, which is a type of Romantic literature.




Click here to download the fill-in-the-blank student notes to go with these slides.

Transcendental Art Analysis

Today, we analyzed Romantic and Transcendental art.

Click below to see all the art we discussed:




Click here to download the handout for this assignment.

Romanticism Mid-Unit Test - Block Day 11/7 & 11/8

Today, we took the Romanticism Mid-Unit Test. If you missed class today, please come see me during my posted tutoring times.

Transcendental Poem Annotation Key

Last block day, we did a "speed dating" activity for Transcendental poetry. Today, I am returning that assignment to you. If you are still uncertain about the content of the poems, click here to view my paraphrasing and device annotations for the two poems.

Vocabulary Quiz #5

Today, we took the quiz for Vocabulary Unit #5. Please come and see me during tutoring times to make up this quiz.

Transcendental Poetry "Speed Dating" Activity

This block day, we did a "speed dating" activity with Transcendental poetry from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Click here to download the Speed Dating activity.

Update: I posted my teacher notes for this assignment on 11/6/18. If you scroll up from here, you can see where I posted them. My teacher notes include device annotations and paraphrasing for both poems.