In the library today, check that you have all body paragraphs properly researched and sourced. For research tips, check the blog entry from our first library visit.
When you are ready to submit your "final" draft, click here.
"What do I do when I'm done?" you ask?
Read the new CM blog.
Practice writing a works cited page for your essay the first, second, or third. Follow the rules here.
See what anagrams the Internet Anagram Server makes with your name and/or with this week's vocab words.
Check out the extra credit possibilities below.
Solve this week's National-Public-Radio puzzle.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Extra credit, quarter 3
Here are some extra credit opportunities for the third quarter:
-Trace or sketch a plate from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell onto at least an 8 1/2" by 11" poster.
-Memorize and recite the poem "The World is Too Much With Us" by William Wordsworth.
-Read another book (other than Book 1) from Paradise Lost by John Milton and give a brief presentation to the class about it, citing a few key lines.
-Trace or sketch a plate from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell onto at least an 8 1/2" by 11" poster.
-Memorize and recite the poem "The World is Too Much With Us" by William Wordsworth.
-Read another book (other than Book 1) from Paradise Lost by John Milton and give a brief presentation to the class about it, citing a few key lines.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Library visit, essay the third, 3/11
Here are some research ideas for each job you have to do in your essay-the-third.
Introduction:
-Find a print source in the library (encyclopedia of sports, book on your sport) that will verify the date/origin of your sport. Do not rely simply on internet data!
-Look up the sport in the OED to find what you can learn about the origin of the word.
-Head to the London Times, the Mirror, the Telegraph, the Metro, and the Evening Standard. Do a "popularity" search on their sports pages and come to a conclusion about how popular your sport is.
-Determine, after reading the articles above, the scope of your paper--England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, India, Kenya, etc. In your thesis, you should identify the region you'll be discussing in your body paragraphs.
Body paragraphs:
-Find out from the articles in the newspapers above what the name of a professional organization is of your sport. Then go directly to that organization's website (google should not be required). This website might be able to give you some of the specialized rules, if any, of your sport in a particular region. (It might also give you a nice history of your sport there.)
-Find the name of an amateur organization of your sport by reading articles from the newspapers above. Go directly to that organization's website.
-Once you have figured out a professional or amateur player's name, try finding an interview with them. Type "their name" and "interview" into EBSCO or Infotrac or JStor to look for interviews.
-Try looking at sportsillustrated.com or the Sporting News websites for recent articles about your sport--type your sport and the region associated with it into their search bars.
-Have you found a piece of literature yet that mentions, references, or is inspired by your sport?
-Try searching for a poem at this poetry site. Or this one. Or try searching for a story here. Also try going back to the OED.
Introduction:
-Find a print source in the library (encyclopedia of sports, book on your sport) that will verify the date/origin of your sport. Do not rely simply on internet data!
-Look up the sport in the OED to find what you can learn about the origin of the word.
-Head to the London Times, the Mirror, the Telegraph, the Metro, and the Evening Standard. Do a "popularity" search on their sports pages and come to a conclusion about how popular your sport is.
-Determine, after reading the articles above, the scope of your paper--England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, India, Kenya, etc. In your thesis, you should identify the region you'll be discussing in your body paragraphs.
Body paragraphs:
-Find out from the articles in the newspapers above what the name of a professional organization is of your sport. Then go directly to that organization's website (google should not be required). This website might be able to give you some of the specialized rules, if any, of your sport in a particular region. (It might also give you a nice history of your sport there.)
-Find the name of an amateur organization of your sport by reading articles from the newspapers above. Go directly to that organization's website.
-Once you have figured out a professional or amateur player's name, try finding an interview with them. Type "their name" and "interview" into EBSCO or Infotrac or JStor to look for interviews.
-Try looking at sportsillustrated.com or the Sporting News websites for recent articles about your sport--type your sport and the region associated with it into their search bars.
-Have you found a piece of literature yet that mentions, references, or is inspired by your sport?
-Try searching for a poem at this poetry site. Or this one. Or try searching for a story here. Also try going back to the OED.
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