WORD OF THE DAY>>halcyon (adj):  calm, peaceful, happy (as in "halcyon days of my childhood")

Period 1
English 12AP

Discussed Thursday night's homework reading.  Do not neglect your research paper books.  If you have completed them, it is time to revisit them for a closer reading in preparation for your critical analysis.

Period 3
English 12CP

Class dropped today (D-day).

Period 4
English 12CP

Began Sir Gawain and the Green Night."  Familiarized ourselves with Sir Gawain's symbolic pentangle on his shield.

HW:  Reading projects due on Tuesday, 10-23-12.  Word quiz on Wednesday, 10-24-12 from words "accost" to "incendiary".

The following are the instructions for the "Theme Tracking Booklet Assignment":

Identify a significant theme in the novel
Develop a thesis statement about this theme
Compose three topic sentences that clearly support your thesis statement (in other words, create three sentences that you could use to begin three separate paragraphs in a critical essay)
Locate three passages that demonstrate the theme your thesis statement address (three significant quotations that point directly to your thesis)

Booklet should be 6 pages total (a front cover, a thesis statement page, 3 topic sentence pages, and a final page with a proper MLA heading/title and author of novel/thesis statement re-typed here/topic sentences re-typed here/passages (quotations) with page numbers re-copied here/one paragraph (7-10 sentences) explanation of how novel clearly demonstrates the theme that you have identified in your thesis/and a proper MLA Works Cited entry for the novel.

Hope everyone had a great week-end!  See you tomorrow...