In the library today, check that you have all body paragraphs properly researched and sourced. For research tips, check the blog entry from our first library visit.
When you are ready to submit your "final" draft, click here.
"What do I do when I'm done?" you ask?
Read the new CM blog.
Click on the hyperlinked text in the U-Va edition of The Ryme of the Ancient Mariner and look at the pretty illustrations from the original illustrated edition.
Practice writing a works cited page for your essay the first, second, or third. Follow the rules here.
Check out the extra credit possibilities below.
Solve this week's National-Public-Radio puzzle.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Extra credit, quarter 3
Here are some extra credit opportunities for the third quarter. You must turn any of these in before the quarter closes.
-Write seven heroic couplets that serve as Pope-like epigrams offering advice to freshmen on how to be a good high school student.
-Create a monster. Using a graphic design program (and no internet images), create a monster of your own based on the description of the monster in the text of Frankenstein.
-Read another of Mary Shelley's novels and present a brief presentation to the class about how her writing style changed after Frankenstein, offering proof through quotations offered in a Powerpoint slideshow.
-Design a website using html that presents 19th century criticism of Frankenstein. Put some pretty pictures on the website as well to jazz it up and made the criticism more enticing to read.
Note: Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 extra credit opportunities are still being accepted. You may also scavenge extra credit opportunities from the non-honors blog if you must.
-Write seven heroic couplets that serve as Pope-like epigrams offering advice to freshmen on how to be a good high school student.
-Create a monster. Using a graphic design program (and no internet images), create a monster of your own based on the description of the monster in the text of Frankenstein.
-Read another of Mary Shelley's novels and present a brief presentation to the class about how her writing style changed after Frankenstein, offering proof through quotations offered in a Powerpoint slideshow.
-Design a website using html that presents 19th century criticism of Frankenstein. Put some pretty pictures on the website as well to jazz it up and made the criticism more enticing to read.
Note: Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 extra credit opportunities are still being accepted. You may also scavenge extra credit opportunities from the non-honors blog if you must.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Library visit, 3/11 for Essay the Third
Here are some research ideas for each job you have to do in your essay-the-third.
Introduction:
-Find a print source in the library (encyclopedia of sports, book on your sport) that will verify the date/origin of your sport. Do not rely simply on internet data!
-Look up the sport in the OED to find what you can learn about the origin of the word.
-Head to the London Times, the Mirror, the Telegraph, the Metro, and the Evening Standard. Do a "popularity" search on their sports pages and come to a conclusion about how popular your sport is.
-Determine, after reading the articles above, the scope of your paper--England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, India, Kenya, etc. In your thesis, you should identify the region you'll be discussing in your body paragraphs.
Body paragraphs:
-Find out from the articles in the newspapers above what the name of a professional organization is of your sport. Then go directly to that organization's website (google should not be required). This website might be able to give you some of the specialized rules, if any, of your sport in a particular region. (It might also give you a nice history of your sport there.)
-Find the name of an amateur organization of your sport by reading articles from the newspapers above. Go directly to that organization's website.
-Once you have figured out a professional or amateur player's name, try finding an interview with them. Type "their name" and "interview" into EBSCO or Infotrac or JStor to look for interviews.
-Try looking at sportsillustrated.com or the Sporting News websites for recent articles about your sport--type your sport and the region associated with it into their search bars.
-Have you found a piece of literature yet that mentions, references, or is inspired by your sport?
-Try searching for a poem at this poetry site. Or this one. Or try searching for a story here. Also try going back to the OED.
Introduction:
-Find a print source in the library (encyclopedia of sports, book on your sport) that will verify the date/origin of your sport. Do not rely simply on internet data!
-Look up the sport in the OED to find what you can learn about the origin of the word.
-Head to the London Times, the Mirror, the Telegraph, the Metro, and the Evening Standard. Do a "popularity" search on their sports pages and come to a conclusion about how popular your sport is.
-Determine, after reading the articles above, the scope of your paper--England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, India, Kenya, etc. In your thesis, you should identify the region you'll be discussing in your body paragraphs.
Body paragraphs:
-Find out from the articles in the newspapers above what the name of a professional organization is of your sport. Then go directly to that organization's website (google should not be required). This website might be able to give you some of the specialized rules, if any, of your sport in a particular region. (It might also give you a nice history of your sport there.)
-Find the name of an amateur organization of your sport by reading articles from the newspapers above. Go directly to that organization's website.
-Once you have figured out a professional or amateur player's name, try finding an interview with them. Type "their name" and "interview" into EBSCO or Infotrac or JStor to look for interviews.
-Try looking at sportsillustrated.com or the Sporting News websites for recent articles about your sport--type your sport and the region associated with it into their search bars.
-Have you found a piece of literature yet that mentions, references, or is inspired by your sport?
-Try searching for a poem at this poetry site. Or this one. Or try searching for a story here. Also try going back to the OED.
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