Term 3 Calendar

January 16 MLK	1-17 Teacher Prep Day	1-18 A	1-19 B Term 3 Overview, Calendar, Presentations, Discuss ACT, Discuss most banned book in America, Study vocab		1-20 A
1-23  B ACT practice Vocab Quiz DH Begin Huck Finn Get new HF vocab	1-24 A	1-25 B HF quiz on 1-4 Motifs ACT prep	1-26 A		1-27 B Baseline ACT Practice Test  50 points Quiz on 5-8 Room 226, meet in 505 first
1-30 A	1-31 B Quiz on 9-12 Vocab #1 quiz	FEB 1 A	FEB 2 B Quiz on 13-16		FEB 3 A
FEB 6 B Quiz on 17-19 Proposal due today! Teach past participles	FEB 7 A	FEB 8 B Quiz on 20-23 Review Comma Rules	FEB 9 A		FEB 10 B 5th floor lab MOCK ACT TEST 50 pts Quiz on 24-26 Vocab #2,meet in 505 first
FEB 13 A	FEB 14 B Quiz on 27-30 Library: Thesis statement due at the end of the period:  50  Library points.  Meet in 505 first	FEB 15 A	FEB 16 B   Comma Rules Test 100 points Quiz on 31-33 past participles		FEB 17 A
FEB 20 Presidents Day	FEB 21 B Quiz on 34-37 Vocab #2 quiz	FEB 22 A	FEB 23 B comma quiz Quiz on 38-41 Read: the rest of Huck Finn Outline due MOCK ACT test 5th floor lab 42-end quiz,   Blending quotations in correctly, Verbs to use in analysis Sentence variety		FEB 24 A
FEB 27 B Huck Finn Paper Due: 200 points  Must be significantly different from presentation, if HF is used Vocabulary #2 Quiz	Feb 28 A /B day ACT !  The Real Thing!	March  1 A	March 2 B Huck Finn Final Test Discuss presentations/critiquing		March 3 A
March 6 B   Work Day Meet in Library	March 7 A	March 8 B	March 9 A		March 10 B Presentations/Critiquing (5)  Individual for IB, pairs for Honors
3-13 A	3-45 B Presentations/Critique (3)    Individual for IB, pairs for Hon	3-15 A	3-16 B  Presentations/Critiquing (5)    Individual for IB, pairs for Honors		3-17 A LAST DAY FOR ANY LATE WORK
3-20 B Presentations/Critiquing (5)  )  Individual for IB, pairs for Honors	3-21 A	3-22 B Presentations/Critiquing (5)  Individual for IB, pairs for Honors	3-23 A	March 24 B Presentations/Critiquing (4)

Literature Choices for IB presentations:  The Crucible, The John and Abigail Adams Letters, The Scarlet Letter.  Honors students may also choose The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the Doll’s House.

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Huck Finn Paper

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Research/Literary Analysis Paper


DUE: February 27, 2017
200 points

Late papers will receive half the credit they would have otherwise received, and probably half the comments from me.

Please familiarize yourself with this rubric, as your grade will be derived from it.

Name____________________________________________ Period_____ Date turned in______

1. Include name, date, teacher’s name, title, class, and period	5
2. Typed, double spaced, no spaces between paragraphs, Times New Roman font. I can’t accept a paper that is not typed.	5
3. Introduction has an attention-getting device that is appropriate for this type of scholarly paper.	10
4. Thesis statement is well-crafted, thoughtful, and gives the reader a road map of your paper. No laundry list thesis statements. Think "over-arching."	20
5. Paper is well-organized. Topic sentences are clear, mini-thesis statements for each paragraph. All sentence belong in their paragraphs. Transitions are used to guide the reader gently to the next idea. Paper should be around four pages long.	10
6. Sentence structure is sound and varied.	5
7. Paper contains few or no mechanical errors, such as punctuation, spelling, grammar, and usage.	10
8. Strong conclusion ties all the information into a nice package. Your thesis is proven. (No new information in conclusion.)	10
9. Work Cited page is flawless. You are required to use four sources. including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn itself. One must be a book source. One may be a blog. Refer to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/	40
10. This paper has accurate parenthetical documentation throughout. Refer to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/	40
11. Ideas are fresh, insightful, convincing, and strongly supported by compelling evidence. Your citations from other authors merely act as support to your own ideas. A good paper is not just a string of quotations.	10
12. Writing style should be a pleasure to read–-graceful, uncluttered, vivid. A good writer makes a paper easy for the reader to read. Quotations are woven into the text gracefully.	15
13. Writer shows he/she is aware of the audience. Scholarly language is appropriate for a paper such as this. A well developed counter-claim is offered, where appropriate.	15
14. Include this rubric, filled out with the scores you believe you will receive.	5
15. Extra credit option: Read your paper aloud to a parent
Total:	200

This paper must be significantly different from your oral presentation. If you are in doubt, clear it with me well in advance.