Week Twenty-Three Assignment

3/11-13/2008

1. Read and Respond:

& What a relief! This week we travel back in time to Elizabethan England to meet one of the most ideal of all heroines—Rosalind. Read Acts One and Two of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Write a one paragraph summary of each act and its characters. (Due March 25).

& Bring Shakespeare to class on Thursday of this week—He may wear his earring and a ruffle around his neck—we won’t insist on a more conservative dress-code!

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2. Vocabulary:

& Unwrap your candy Easter egg—wait! It’s not chocolate—it’s a get-out-of-vocabulary-free card!

3. Write:

& Write an essay in which you discuss the character of Victor Frankenstein. Describe him—his intellectual and spiritual qualities as well as his ambition. Consider the question of his character—what is his sin? Does he ever find redemption? How? (Due March 13).

4. Magnum Opus:

& Huzzah! Research is fun! In April you will begin writing an eight page research paper. You may choose any topic that relates to your history class, your biology class, your Spanish class, your Latin class, or your English class. The thesis of your paper must assert a point that you will labor to prove in your essay by your own clever reasoning and brilliance, and by referring to the knowledge and wisdom of authors of books, articles, and websites.

& The final paper will be due on May 8, 2008. When we return from Easter break, I will give you an itemized assignment schedule for research, note-taking, rough draft, and such.

& Your first task, of course, is to choose a topic and carve out a thesis about which you will research, argue, and write. The topic, thesis, and a page of explanation will be due on March 27.