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Look up the following terms using Google. Find examples. Write down the definitions and at least one example for each item. If you are confused and need more clarification, make a note in your binder to ask me during class. (We may have discussed these terms before or you may have defined them already, but repetition is the mother of memory.)

Short Story Presentation Rubric Student Names: 1=lowest score; 5=highest score

Key Objectives Identifying Critical Information Examining Similarities and Differences You will engage the class in a discussion/presentation of the short story assigned to you.  As you do the tasks below, also think of questions to ask your peers,  including excerpts to read aloud.  Your peers should have a thorough understanding of the story by the time you complete your presentation.  Expect to answer questions.  You may also consider adding some creative activity (other than what is listed below).

Using an incompatible subject and verb: Jacob's talent in English and Science prove he is a scholar. Shifting verb tenses: She gives me a birthday present and sang.

Click this link to print out a copy of MLK's famous letter. You will annotate this text during class discussion. https://www.uncg.edu/hhs/docs/MLKLetter1963.pdf

  Writing Rules to Live By 1. Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's: Paul's friend. 2.   In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term, including a comma before the "and " : red, white, and blue

See post on this website, "Poetry Explication." Copy and paste into a Word document, print, and keep in your binder. Read pages 169-190, "Writing about Poems." Take copious notes in your binder. Read and take notes on the following poems. Keep the notes in your binder: "Those Winter Sundays" (384), "My Papa's Waltz" (385), "Let me not to the marriage of two minds" (516), "Bright Star" (517), "How Do I Love Thee" (518), "Tell all the truth but tell it slant" (736), "Much madness is divinest Sense" (736), "Incident" (894), "What Work Is" (900), "Punishment" (905), "When Death Comes" (1115), "Death Be Not Proud" (1117), "Because I could not stop for death" (1119).  Poetry Link:  https://penlighten.com/basic-elements-of-poetry

We have read and discussed narrative essays from individuals with varied backgrounds. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the life experiences of the individuals. How were their life experiences similar and different? What lessons and insights did they gain from their histories? How were the authors changed by events in their lives? In what ways were their insights and changes similar or different? Choose any two essays to compare and contrast. Format: Typed, MLA format, 12 point font, one-inch margins, literary present tense, two double-spaced pages (to the bottom margin of second page) 

Print out, read, and annotate "Once More to the Lake": http://fd.valenciacollege.edu/file/jcarpen1/Week_3_EBWhiteLakeEssay.pdf

  ENC1101   SPRING 2019                                           Instructor: James Mulhern Email: james.mulhern@browardschools.com .   Please do not email assignments to me.   You must give all assignments to me in hard-copy form.

 ENC1101  English Composition I  Instructor: James Mulhern Email: james.mulhern@browardschools.com .   Please do not email assignments to me.   You must give all assignments to me in hard-copy form.

ENC 1101 --PowerPoint Group Presentation on assigned group speech due Tuesday, November 13th; individual reading and note taking on all speeches also due on this day; Reflection Essay due on November 14th; MyLabsPlus completed by November 15th. ENG IV --PowerPoint Group Presentation on assigned group speech due Tuesday, November 13th; individual reading and note taking on  all  speeches also due on this day; Reflection Essay due on November 14th; Word List Four due on November 15th. You have known about all the above assignments for a long time. They have been posted on the board. You have been given explanations, handouts, and many reminders. No late work will be accepted. Work hard to succeed.

You will read all of the short speeches listed at the bottom of this post. Take notes on the main argument, important points, and examples of effective rhetoric. You also will be assigned to a group so that you and your partners can lead a discussion and create a PowerPoint presentation (flash drive) on one of the speeches.

Due November 15, 2018 Directions: Copy the vocabulary words. Most of them have been taken from your textbook; some words/terms may not be typical vocabulary words (for example, names of places, allusions to famous things, names of famous people); nevertheless, you should know them. 

Click on the following link. Print out the speech; then read and annotate it. How and why is it effective? President Obama on the Death of Bin Laden: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-dead