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     ENGLISH 12

Final homework assignment sheet given out on odd day (May 1) and even day (May 2).  If sheet is lost, homework assignments are on the site calendar.

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FOR ALL CLASSES

No student should type a final research paper until he/she has received his/her corrected first draft back from me.

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FOR ALL CLASSES:

WORDS NOT ALLOWED IN A RESEARCH PAPER: unless used in a direct quote

• first person pronouns (I, me, we, us, my, mine, our, myself, ourselves)
• a lot
• contractions
• slang/colloqualisms
• cliches
• you- remember to use another type of reference.  Use person, individual, one, etc.
• abbreviations

Using the above will cause a loss of a point for each infraction.

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PPRESEARCH PAPERSPP 

STUDENTS RECEIVED ASSIGNMENT SHEETS BEFORE SPRING BREAK.  SEE SITE CALENDAR FOR DUE DATES.

All students will be using MLA format in order to complete a research paper.  English 12 will complete a position paper while Honors English 12 will complete a British literature themed paper.  Each student will receive a copy of assignment due dates and needed supplies.  As with all due dates, no assignments will be accepted late.

See the two PowerPoint presentations below for MLA format information.  Also, at the top of this Website I have included many links to helpful Websites which will also help with MLA formatting.

ideas for Honors English 12:

• the role of women in Shakespeare's plays
• the fatal queens in HAMLET and MACBETH
• the theme of temptation in Marlowe's DOCTOR FAUSYUS and Milton's PARADISE LOST
• Apocalyptic theme in Joseph Conrad's THE HEART OF DARKNESS
• love and darkness in JANE EYRE
• music in Shakespeare's comedies
• comarison and contrast of the supernatural in Shakespeare's tragedies
• themes of nature in 19th century poetry
• a comparison of the satire of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift
• significance of the theater of the absurb
• in defense of Dr. Frankenstein
• Gothic literature of the Romantic period
• impact of dramatic monologue on Victorian society
• religious influence on 17th century literature
• influence of Celtic rituals on literature
• a comparison of chivalric behavior of the legendary knights
• "To be or not to be"- Hamlet's indecision
• "Frailty, thy name is woman"- weak female characters
• love connection in Spenserial and Petrarchan sonnets
• the Dark Lady of Shakespearean sonnets
• How Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes' series influenced Edgar Allan Poe's writing
• James Joyce's use of the strean-of-consciousness technique in A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
• how folk ballads mirror the lives of scops and peasants
• Guinevere in Celtic literature
• influence of Britiah literature on American literature
• the clergy in British literature
• the Bible as literature
• carpe diem in British literature
• British literature as inspiration for artists
• the roles of servants in Shaksperean drama
• the changes of genre as British literature periods change
• Black British literature
• the influence of war on British literature
• King Arthur: fiction or nonfiction
• THE CANTERBURY TALES as insight to life in Middle English period (Medieval England)
• literature of the Medieval knight
• priests as British authors

English 12: Topic: Position Paper

English 12 classes are writing position papers.  Students are to select a topic that interests them.  But, students are to remember that it must be a topic about which they can take a side.  They are to prove that their side is correct.  In order to do so, both sides must be researched.

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Class Supplies:

For all classes:

• 1 one inch (or larger) three-ringed binder
• blue or black pens
• loose leaf paper
• three-ringed notebook dividers
• 3.5 disk/CD-RW/or Jump drive removable disk
• 8.5" x 11" computer paper (for home)
• for research paper: teacher-given envelope for turning in research material
• for research paper: see research paper supplies material