Monday/Tuesday
Meet in room 234. Then we will go to the computer lab. I expect at least one completed rough draft of a canto by the end of the period. It will be saved in the shared file or printed out (depending upon computer lab accommodations).
Read cantos 28-31 for homework.
Wednesday/Thursday
Possible reading quiz on cantos 26-31. Go over. Then we will go to the computer lab. You should finish a second canto (a first draft, at least).
Homework: Vocabulary Chapter 12.
Friday:
Check vocabulary homework. Go over. Work quietly on Infernos.
A few notes:
- When researching, I also expect you to take notes. I don't consider it research if you just put in a URL address. I expect to see that you have learned something.
- People are in the Inferno for doing wrong. Do not create a hierarchy of rewards.
- The guide needs to be relatively famous, famous enough that I could find information on him/her.
- Do not create stock characters that resemble anyone from this school--no students, teachers, staff, or administration.
- Do not even think about modeling a stock character after the teacher who will grade this huge project. Besides, doing so shows a great lack of common sense.
- Each day that we have to write during class time needs to be saved under that date--from now on.
- Each student's Inferno will have a header and page numbers. If you need help doing this, ask me or a tech-savvy person to help.
- Dialog: The following is wrong: "Let's go to the movies." He said.
- Dialog: The following is correct: "Let's got to the movies," he said.
- Dialog: The following is correct: "Let's go to the movies!" he said. (You should not replace "said" with "exclaimed" if you are already using an exclamation point. It is redundant.
- Dialog: The following is correct: "Would you like to go to the movies," she asked.
- Dialog: The following is correct: "Would you like to go to the movies?" she said.
- Dialog: The following is correct: "Would you like to go to the movies?" she asked.
- When editing, get rid of the following words: "stated," "questioned," "queried."
- As you are saving your various drafts (and printing them out), keep the oldest material on the bottom and the newest on top.
- Any questions?
Homework: Finish reading Dante's Inferno (Cantos 32-34). Continue working on your contemporary Infernos.
