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Your 30 Elizabethan words quiz is tomorrow. I hope you have prepared this week.

Have a good night.
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As I mentioned in class the past two days, you must learn the first list (on the right) of Elizabethan and contemporary language on the sheet I gave you. PLEASE STUDY THESE 30 WORDS ALL WEEK! DO NOT WAIT TO STUDY THESE ON THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE QUIZ ON FRIDAY.
Learning these will increase your comprehension greatly as we read the play.

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Don't forget to have your parent take the "Perfect Mate" survey over spring break. Both of your surveys are due on the day we return.

Have a relaxing and safe spring break!

Ms. Knapp
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Tonight you should continue your research; be sure to run any sources you plan to use in your argument through the CARRDSS process. Groups that ignored these steps really compromised the integrity of their information and grades.

Once you are comfortable with your sources, you may begin writing your rough draft. Don't forget to come straight to the library tomorrow and Wednesday. Arguments are due this Thursday for everyone. You can deliver your argument live or via Youtube.

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For this weekend, your must finish the novel and questions so that you are prepared to write your persuasive argument in the library next week.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Ms. Knapp
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Happy weekend! If you have sources that SIRS did not automatically cite for you, use the Purdue OWL site I showed you in class.

Please be sure to place parenthetical citations on your slides by putting the source in parentheses after information. Example:   In their Preface, the authors point out that "Learning Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) is like learning any new language, computer or human" (Musciano and Kennedy).

Then on your works cited...
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Please be sure to come to class prepared tomorrow with your assignment.  Each person should come to class with 2 reliable sources that have been through the CARRDSS process. On a piece of paper, you should have both website addresses and all of the information from using the CARRDSS method that you used to evaluate the resource. Look at your rubric!
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Please keep reading Of Mice and Men as homework even though we are working on group presentations in class for the remainder of this week.

Also, 3rd quarter binder check is this Thursday, which is the end of the the 3rd quarter. Any missing work must be submitted to me no later than Thursday.

Vocab for chapters 3 and 4 is due and will be tested on Friday.

Have a good evening!
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Reminder: Please keep up with the unit's calendar that I gave each of you. For this weekend, you must complete chapters 1-2 and do the questions and journals associated with these chapters.

Enjoy your evening!
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