Library Visit, essay the second

Today, you will find at least two secondary resources, namely fellow critics, who agrees with your positions regarding the text you have chosen to exclude from "next year's textbook." This will require you to read some secondary criticism of your chosen author. When you think you have stumbled upon a critic who agrees with one of your three central claims about the work, record all relevant bibliographical information along with a short quote that you can include in the body of your argument.

Browse through the contents and indices of the secondary texts in the library on the back or front tables looking for criticism on your author.

Try EBSCO's MAS Ultra search or Advanced Placement search.

Try Infotrac and JStor for other scholarly articles.

Specific author criticism from the Internet Public Library: Shakespeare, Gawain, Chaucer, Malory, Beowulf.

Extra credit, quarter 2

Here are some extra credit opportunities for you in the second quarter.

• Memorize the fourteen line sonnet of Romeo and Juliet's that we discussed in class (25 pts).
• Memorize the first seven lines of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in middle English (25 pts).
• Memorize the "dagger" soliloquy in Macbeth (25 pts).
  
• Record and audio file of the description of one of the characters from the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales in middle English (mp3 format) (25 pts).

All points apply to homework grades.

Bear in mind that first quarter extra credit can be turned in for second quarter extra credit too!