A MIXED BAG

First order of business:

Let's see how many people can successfully establish your AP English Lit turnitin.com account before class-time on Wednesday, and can successfully get two papers into the new account.

I am going to publish all three classes together here; just make sure you choose the correct one.  I use a shortened form of our course name (AP English) plus the period of your class.  You will also need the Class ID and the Enrollment Password for each section:

1st--2901618   purple
2nd--2901620  gold        Thanks to Lucas for catching an earlier typo!!
3rd--2901624  eagles

Please make sure to enroll in the correct section!  The complete instructions can be found here:
http://www.ihs.issaquah.wednet.edu/LanguageArts/Using%20TurnItIn.doc

I can't back up the start date for either of these assignments, so it looks odd to have them as 1-day wonders.  But try to get at least the Self-Definition in before school so I can check if it worked.  If you have problems, no worries--we can deal with it later.  And I almost always have the shut-down point for papers as 11:59 p.m. on the evening of the day that a paper was due in class.  That way you can always submit from school if you have internet problems at home.

But  remember, you MUST have the hard copy of your draft with you in class on Wednesday to get the process points.

Today in Class
We went over the written section of the first Atonement quiz--focus is on close reading of the quote, ruling out unworkable choices, and making sure to deal with all parts of the assigned writing.  Bring Atonement with you tomorrow; the peer response on the first draft does not take the full period.

If you have your essay draft ready and waiting, you might want to go ahead with the homework for Thursday:

Read Katherine Mansfield's "Miss Brill"  (in your big text book or available here): http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/MissBril.shtml

Then write out (in their entirety) FIVE fine sentences, and justify each choice.  Your reasons can vary (style--be precise--or something the sentence does in relation to tone, characterization, theme, etc., that in some way enhances your experience with the story.)  Do NOT settle for generic praise:  ". . . creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind." 

Do this in your RRJ--I asked you to number the next page before I collected the last set.