October 10th and 11th 2013

Today we went over the following:

• Words and Phrases to Avoid When Writing an Essay (handout)
• Writing a Constructed Response (handout)
• Quoting Shakespeare (notes)
• PSAT Questions

Homework:

Tuesday the 16th: 1st draft of a constructed response

Thursday the 18th: vocabulary assessment and final draft of constructed response

Friday the 19th: vocabulary assessment and first draft of constructed response

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Quoting Shakespeare:

Three or fewer lines (example)

Macbeth’s most interesting line in this act is “Wake Duncan with thy knocking. I would thou / couldst” (II.iii.94-95).

Four or more lines (example)

Lady Macbeth says,

          My hands are of your color, but I shame

          To wear a heart so white.

          I hear a knocking

          At the south entry. Retire we to our chamber. (II.ii.81-84)

Then you go back out to the left margin (don’t begin a new paragraph).