Monday Update

Here's what we did in class, as well as some important deadlines!

Writing Prompt: The writer Thomas Mann said, “War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.” Do you agree with this claim? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
 Remember, to earn full credit on your Writing Prompt, you should write at least 3/4 to a full page!!


Quotation Marks - Fast Overview

1. Introduce the quote
2. Use quotation marks before and after the quote.
3. If you are citing the quote, put the page number in
    parenthesis after the closing quotations marks and put
    punctuation at the end.
4. If you are not citing the quote, put the punctuation inside the
    closing quotation marks.


1. According to Tim O'Brien, "When you're afraid, really afraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world" (34).

2. In his novel The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien states, "When you're afraid, really afraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world."


Great job today with the poems! Remember to keep your handouts (hint, hint).

Deadlines
Summer Reading Essay - Tuesday, 9/14 by 3pm
Signed Syllabus - Wednesday, 9/15
America Poem + Response - Wednesday, 9/15
Quiz on the first 50 literary terms - Thursday, 9/16
Extra Credit Parent Letter - Friday, 9/17

First 30 Lit Terms power point