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Weighted Grades
  • 0% = Class info
  • 20% = Homework/classwork/online work
  • 20% = Quizzes/Tests
  • 20% = Participation, behavior, & contribution to class
  • 20% = Writing/Essays/Research Project
  • 20% = Final exam

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  • Skyward averages grades in each category and weights them accordingly into the final grade.
  • Any homework, classwork, quizzes/tests, or e-mod work NOT SUBMITTED by the end of the semester will result in a 1-step decrease in the final grade (A to A-, A- to B+, etc.)
  • Any major writing assignment (creative, formal, research) NOT SUBMITTED will result in a 3-step decrease (A to B, B to C, etc.)
  • If there's a major project and it's NOT SUBMITTED, the final grade will become an automatic F.


Grading Scale

  • A+ = 101+%
  • A = 94-100
  • A- = 90-93
  • B+ = 87-89
  • B = 84-86
  • B- = 80-83
  • C+ = 77-79
  • C = 74-76
  • C- = 70-73
  • D+ = 67-69
  • D = 64-66
  • D- = 60-63
  • F = 0-59
Submission Deadlines
  • Homework/classwork/quizzes/tests/projects/writing are due in class on the day indicated.
  • Online work is usually due by midnight (11:59 pm) on the day indicated.
  • There is no longer a grace period. If something is not submitted on the due date, then it still must be submitted, but it will receive an automatic F. Better luck next time!



January


REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS
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ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS (E-MODS)
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  1. Section 11. Read Whitman's "Song of Myself" Section 11, the "28 bathers" section. Write or type 1/2 page (minimum) describing how the themes of Whitman we've discussed so far are evident in this section of his poem. Be prepared to share your observations with the class.
  2. Inaugural address. Read the full transcript of President Barack Obama's Inaugual Address. Look for examples of American myths. When you find one (something you learned from 1st semester or are learning from Whitman), underline it in the text and write a short note about it in the margin next to it (describe what American myth you're detecting). Go to the home page for some good definitions of myth (especially the one describing it as any big idea, belief, or value we have as people, as Americans--and the stories we tell to defend those things) or visit the American Myth Flag page to see some of the myths we uncovered 1st semester.
  3. EXTRA CREDIT: Read the poem that Elizabeth Alexander recited at the inauguration, "Praise Song for the Day." Do something that makes you think and that'll make me think: Reflect, respond, analyze, write your own poem. Be creative!
  4. Whitmanesque poem. Write a 20-line poem starting with one of Whitman's lines (see handout) or one of your own choosing. Please type.
  1. 11-12 = C , Wed, 1/21 13-14 = D, Thur, 1/22
  2. 11-12 = D, Thur, 1/22, 13-14 = C, Wed, 1/21
  3. Whenever!
  4. 11-12 = B, Tues, 2/3 13-14 = A, Mon, 2/2
  1. Website. Join (if you're already not a member) and create a profile.
  2. Favorite Whitman quote. Choose your favorite Whitman quote, post it in the Discussion Forum on the Whitman page of the American Yearbook page, and explain why you chose it and how it's relevant to us in 2009. (250-word minimum)
How-to:


  1. Go to the American Myth Yearbook.
  2. Click on Whitman's picture.
  3. Scroll down to the Discussion Forum.
  4. Find the Discussion Forum that says Favorite Whitman Quote.
  5. Click on Post Reply.
  6. You should now see a posting box.
  7. Type away, then click Post.
    Hint: You could type your review in Word first, then copy and paste it into the posting box.
  1. E, Fri, 1/9, midnight
  2. E, Fri, 1/30, midnight



February


REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS
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ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS (E-MODS)
Deadline
  1. Rule of the Bone: Chap. 1 responses on handout
  2. Rule of the Bone: Chap. 2 responses on handout
  3. Rule of the Bone: Chap. 3 responses on handout
  4. Rule of the Bone: Chap. 4 responses on handout
  5. Rule of the Bone: Chap. 5 responses on handout
  6. Rule of the Bone: Chap. 6 responses (EXTRA CREDIT)
  7. Rule of the Bone: Chap. 7 responses (EXTRA CREDIT)
  8. Letters between Whitman & Chappie/Bone. First, type a 1-2 page letter from Whitman to Chappie/Bone, integrating either direct quotations from his poetry or (more sophisticated) blending Whitman's words, phrases, and ideas into your own sentences. Then, type a 1-2 page letter from Chappie/Bone responding to Whitman, integrating or blending his own words into your own. In both cases, project yourself into their shoes; be honest; if you want, try mimicking their writing/speaking style; be creative; have fun; achieve sympathy.
  9. Huck Finn: Start reading! Chap. 1-2
  1. D, Thu, 2/5
  2. A, Mon, 9
  3. C, Wed, 2/11
  4. D, Thu, 2/12
  5. A, Mon, 2/16
  6. C, Wed, 2/18
  7. D, Thu, 2/19
  8. 11-12=E , Mon, 2/23 13-14=A, Tue, 2/24
  9. 11-12=E , Tue, 3/3 13-14=D, Mon, 3/2





March


REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS
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ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS (E-MODS)
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1. Huck Finn: See Reading Schedule...Complete a Personal Discussion Preparation (PDP) for each set of chapters (plotline, questions, responses)
2. EXTRA CREDIT: Lots of opportunities!
  • Choose a significant scene featuring Jim and retell it through his point of view (either describe what he'd be seeing, thinking, feeling, and/or saying OR write the scene in the style of Mark Twain, complete with dialogue, description, and dialects)
  • Create a book cover for Huck Finn, complete with front and inside flaps featuring an original and enticing summary, reviews, and a bio of the author)
  • Create a movie poster for Huck Finn, complete with dominant image, enticing tagline, and cast and crew.
  • Cast a new film of Huck Finn, complete with names and photos of the cast and an explanation of why you've cast it like this.
  • Create an original board game for Huck Finn, complete with objectives, goals, instructions, pieces, cards, etc.
  • Describe an original video game for Huck Finn.
  • Shoot an original video of a significant scene in Huck Finn.
  • Shoot a movie trailer for Huck Finn.
3. Begin Research Project process! 		1. See Reading Schedule for details. You should be finished around April 8...
2. After Spring Break.
3. Week of March 30.		 1. Huck Finn: Write a review of the novel (min. 250 words). Post your review in the American Myth Yearbook under Huck's photo. 1. To be announced (TBA)




April


REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS
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May


REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS
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ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS (E-MODS)
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holter.jacob Whitman section 11 analysis 0 Feb 12 2009, 11:18 AM EST by holter.jacob
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In section 11 one main theme is how it wouldnt be normal for the rich woman to imagine her self swimming with the 28 poor men batheing in the water by the shore. Ussually a rich woman would be disgusted by the fact that there are 28 poor men batheing naked behind her house. But Whitman puts this girl imagineing her self batheing with the men. Another theme of Walts that is expressed in this section is the fact that everything is natural and that we shouldnt be grossed out disgusted by anything that is natural like are own bodies or anybody elses bodies because that is natural. This section also shows how we urge, urge and urge. This section shows this because the young woman has an urge to bathe with the poor men.
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