Grade 12

• Essay reboot
• Went over the objective for the "To be or not to be", as many of the essays submitted were considerebly off target.
• Essays were handed back and we went over the expectations.
• From now on planning pages are mandatory.
• Intro paragraphs need strong thesis statements which solidly connect to the task.
• Body paragraphs provide evidence (quote or praphrase from text) to support the thesis statement. In-text citations are required.
• When quoting four or more lines from Shakespeare, normally you should use block quotation:
• Example: Richard III tells his troops,
  
  Remember whom you are to cope withal:
  A sort of vagabonds, rascals, and runaways,
  A scum of Britains and base lackey peasants,
  Whom their o'ercloyed country vomits forth
  To desperate adventures and assur'd destruction.
  (V.iii.315-319)
  
  In your manuscript, indent block quotations twice -- they are distinct from normal paragraph indentations. Also note the manner of citing the source here. The roman numerals for Act and Scene are standard, although one sees Arabic used by some critics.
• In quoting shorter passages in linear form, you still need to indicate line breaks when Shakespeare is writing in verse: Othello recalls, "Upon this hint I spake: / She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, / And I lov'd her that she did pity them" (I.iii.166-168). Note the withholding of final punctuation in this case until after the parenthetical citation. The slash marks indicate line breaks in the verse.

• Any idea introduced, assumption or conclusion needs to be developed, explained and, where appropriate, citations should be provided.
• Essays due on Thursday. 

Grade 10

• Julius Caesar, Act IV quiz