Week Twenty-six Assignment

4/8-10/2008

1. Read and Respond:

& Read Acts 3-5 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Write a one paragraph summary of each act and its characters. (Due April 15).

2. Vocabulary:

1. Tryst: An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time or place.

2. Ubiquitous: Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time.

3. Unrequited: Not given, rewarded, or felt in return.

4. Untenable: Impossible to maintain or defend, as against criticism.

5. Vicarious: Experienced or felt by empathy with or imaginary participation in the life of another person.

6. Vile: Loathsome, disgusting; morally depraved or wicked.

7. Waft: To move or cause to move gently or smoothly through the air.

8. White elephant: A possession that is burdensome to or unwanted by its owner.

9. Zealous: Passionately devoted to a cause, ideal, or goal.

10. Zeitgeist: The spirit of the age; trend of thought and feeling in a period of history.

3. Magnum Opus:

This week you will begin your digging through books, internet sources, and other sources of information on your topic and various sub-topics. Your outline will be an invaluable resource for you as you look up key words in order to locate information.

Next week you will turn in a list of prospective sources of information—a list that includes FIVE sources, two of which are books, in correct MLA format--will receive 14 out of the 20 points—a “C.” In order to receive 20 points, you will include at least 12 sources, listed in MLA correct format.

The Calendar

April 8 Outline Due 15 points

April 15 List of Potential Sources Due 20 points

April 22 30 Note-cards Due 30 points

April 29 Rough Draft Due 35 points

May 15 Final Paper Due (No late papers will be accepted!) 100 points

Note-cards:

Once you have your sources, you will begin to read them and record useful information on note-cards. I will examine and grade your note-cards based on how well they meet these rules:

Format: Use index cards, either 3x5 or 4x6. On each card, include the following information:

The name of the source, either written out fully or indexed from your list of sources;

The page number, where applicable, from which the information comes;

The outline topic(s) to which the information relates.

Content: Each card should contain information concerning one topic and should be from one page in one source.

The information should be recorded in YOUR OWN WORDS, abbreviated—NO COMPLETE SENTENCES!

No verbs from the original source should be included in your summary of the information.

A few cards may include direct quotations IF you intend to use the quotation in your essay. Be sure to put quotation marks on the card in order to indicate that the words are directly from the source!