Registering for TurnItIn.com

ALL major essays must be turned in via this website AND hardcopy!
All students must have an email address to log in

If you ALREADY have used turnitin.com in another class, you have an account, and must either

Log in IF YOU REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD
OR
Click on “Password Help” and follow their instructions
OR
Enter an ENTIRELY NEW email address and follow the steps below to create a new account

To create a NEW account:
1. Go to www.turnitin.com
2. Click on “new users”
3. Select “Student” as user type
4. Enter class ID and enrollment password (see below).

The enrollment password is: brock
PERIOD 1: 3844531
PERIOD 5/6: 3844557

5. Click “next”
6. Enter your email address
7. Click “next”
8. Enter a SIX LETTER OR MORE password THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER — Ms. Brock will not have this password!
9. Click “next”
10. Select a secret question and enter the answer
11. Click “next”
12. Enter your first and last name
13. Click “next”
14. Click “I agree” on user agreement
15. Click “End wizard and Login”
16. NOTE: Submit a random word document under “Practice Assignment” to make sure you know how to submit a paper.

Exam Review & Tragic Hero Handout

Your Study Guide should cover the following information.

Titles and Characters:

• Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), Antigone – Sophocles (Oedipus, Antigone, Creon)
• The Stranger- Albert Camus (Meursault)
• Othello – Shakespeare (Othello, Iago)
• Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe (Okonkwo)
  

Things to Know:

• Characters, Authors
• Protagonists (main characters)
• Antagonists (those opposing the main character- be flexible with this)
• Plot Details and order – especially cause & effect
• Tragic Hero Traits – this is listed on the Aristotelian Tragic Hero Traits handout
  Tragic Hero Traits (PDF file – handout)

Lit Log REMINDERS

click here to download the file

TurnItIn.com – The Stranger

The essay assignment is posted on TurnItIn.com. If the assignment didn’t appear in your browser, empty your cache and reload the page.

The essay assignment handout with requirements (including CDW labels and elements can be downloaded here).

The Grading Rubric/Focus Correction Area List will be handed out in class on Tuesday and will be attached to your essay when you turn it in on Wednesday. Remember: NO late essays are accepted without prior arrangement in person.

Antigone sample outlines

Click here to download a copy of the sample outline

NOTE: you must have made *significant* changes to this outline to receive 25 points credit on Friday, 10/22.

Outline:    due Friday 10/22  (25 points)
Typed Draft:    due Monday 10/25   (50 pts)
Final Paper:     due ONLINE and in HARDCOPY Thursday, 10/28   (100 pts)

TurnItIn.com Registration

ALL major essays must be turned in via this website AND hardcopy!

All students must have an email address to log in

If you ALREADY have used turnitin.com in another class, you have an account, and must either

Log in IF YOU REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD
OR
Click on “Password Help” and follow their instructions
OR
Enter an ENTIRELY NEW email address and follow the steps below to create a new account

To create a NEW account:
1. Go to www.turnitin.com
2. Click on “new users”
3. Select “Student” as user type
4. Enter class ID and enrollment password (see below).

The enrollment password is: brock
PERIOD 1: 3428299
PERIOD 5/6: 3428303

5. Click “next”
6. Enter your email address
7. Click “next”
8. Enter a SIX LETTER OR MORE password THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER — Ms. Brock will not have this password!
9. Click “next”
10. Select a secret question and enter the answer
11. Click “next”
12. Enter your first and last name
13. Click “next”
14. Click “I agree” on user agreement
15. Click “End wizard and Login”
16. NOTE: Submit a random word document under “Practice Assignment” to make sure you know how to submit a paper.

Class of 2011 – Welcome!

Welcome to your Senior year! I look forward to having you as a member of our World Lit class. This is the site where you will find helpful and essential links and information for our class.

10-11 World Lit Syllabus (click to download in MS Word)

It’s going to be a great year!

Themes In Blade Runner – Essay

Follow these steps:
1. Research a theme here and develop a thesis based on how the theme is illustrated throughout the film. Note: You do not have to use a theme from the Wikipedia page- in fact, you are better off developing one on your own that we discussed in class.
2. Use the information found in the articles as support for your theme.
3. Be sure to use specific examples from the film and your film analysis vocabulary.
4. You MUST include one of the following: text to world, text to text OR text to self
5. You MUST submit your essay to http://www.turnitin.com in addition to a hard copy. Essays not submitted online will not be graded.

NOTE: Your theme *cannot* be “Deckard is a Replicant” – that is too vague.

Your theme instead should be a specific idea about life, philosophy, existentialism, the creation inevitably turns on the creator/the prodigal son, identity (example: memories create identity) that relates to Blade Runner and HOW Ridley Scott demonstrates the theme.

Other articles of interest:

NOTE: WHEN YOU QUOTE THE ARTICLES, YOU MUST INCLUDE CITATIONS.  Failure to cite a source is plagiarism.

Memorable Quotes in Blade Runner (IMDB)

BBC News: Blade Runner Riddle Solved

Wired Magazine: Q&A with Ridley Scott

What makes a good discussion question?

OUR GOAL:  To determine the reader’s level of comprehension of the text and to have a lively and interesting class discussion of the material.

These are starting points, and may not serve as your questions.

Make your question much more specific than the “starters” below.

Remember, your objective is to engage the class in an active and thoughtful discussion about the text.

AVOID:             simple questions
question with a “yes” or “no” answer
plot summary questions

Topics to cover: Plot- WHAT, WHEN, HOW, PREDICT

How is the plot developing?

What has happened so far and what are the ramifications of…
Why does the author write about….
What do you think may happen in the future?

Characters- WHO, WHY

Who is involved?
Why do characters act as they do, or what’s their motivation?
What purpose are the characters serving?

Setting- WHERE, WHY, TO WHAT PURPOSE

Why the author chose this setting
How does it affect characters
To what end does the setting exist?

Opinion

What is the reader’s opinion of _____ events/plot/etc
Use contrasting opinions to generate discussion.

Remember, the quality of your questions will dictate the success of the class discussion!

Sample Outlines – Research Project

READ THIS FIRST!
You will copy and paste the outline into MS Word and save the file under your login.
Then, you will type in your thesis and begin writing your essay IN the outline, so your outline will fade into the background and become more of an essay –> We call this a WORKING OUTLINE.

The Working Outline is essentially a hybrid of part outline, part essay- it is THIS that you will work on over the next three days and then PRINT to turn in on THURSDAY for a 50 point grade.

STEP 1:
click (film_research_outline) to download the MS Word File.

STEP 2:
Decide which option you want to use – OPTION 1, or OPTION 2

STEP 3:
Begin typing your essay paragraphs in the outline.