Franz Kafka’s “Letter to His Father”

Seniors,

Attached is the excerpt of Franz Kafka’s “Letter to His Father” that we are reading in class.

from Letter to His Father

Final Great Expectations Paper

Great Expectations

Analytical/Evaluative Essay

Consider what you have read so far from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

Draft an essay in which you discuss the theme of social justice in Great Expectations.  Concepts you might want to explore are:

• Hunger
• Human Dignity
• Treatment of the Poor/Needy
• Crime and Punishment
• Interaction Among Social Classes

You should compose your answer in a 3-5-paragraph essay.  Be sure to clearly state whether or not you feel concepts from the book are just or unjust, and justify reasons why Dickens might have included such concepts in Great Expectations.

Senior Research Paper – Outline

Seniors,

Click on the link below to access the document on how to format your outline, which is due Friday, February 24.

Writing an Outline

How to Submit Documents for the Research Paper

Seniors,

Please follow the following guidelines to submit your research paper documents:

• Log into Google Docs (see the guide below to set up a Google Account)
• Either create your document on Google Docs using the “Create” button, choosing “Document” or upload your document using the “Upload” button, which is to the right of “Create.”
• Save your document as “Your Name – Assignment Title” (ex. James Young – Working Thesis)
• Upon completion of your document/upload, click the “Share” button.  You may need to click on the document name to see this button.
• Share your document to mryoungenglishgmailcom
• After sharing the document, it will be counted as submitted, and you will be finished!

To create a Google Account:

• Go to Google Accounts
• Click on “Sign Up for a New Google Account”
• Enter all of the information and agree to the user agreement.

Senior Research Paper – Thesis Statement Materials

Seniors,

Below are links to the materials reviewed in class that will help you to develop a working thesis statement for your research papers.

Purdue OWL: Creating a Thesis Statement

Purdue OWL: Writing about Literature

PPT: Writing Your Thesis Statement

Senior Research Paper – Book Assignments

Period 6 – English IV

Blair, Lauren – Pride and Prejudice

Brennan, Mariah – Animal Farm

Burger, Dakota – The Lost World

Clark, McKenzie – Gulliver’s Travels (Part 4)

Daniels, Olivia – The Time Machine

Durham, Jack – The Picture of Dorian Gray

Garber, Trevor – The Hound of Baskerville

Gilmore, Colleen – Undecided

Lopez, Cristina – Undecided

Lough, James – The Canterbury Tales

Maddern, Elizabeth – Peter Pan

Parker, Clay – The Hobbit

Pourier, Joseph – The Screwtape Letters

Sabo, Ana – Sarah’s Key

Tomlinson, Jessica – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Vernau, Garrett – The Canterbury Tales

Period 7 – AP English IV

Adam, Devani – The Faerie Queene

Berryhill, Jonathan – The Time Machine/War of the Worlds

Bowman, Natalie – Wuthering Heights

Brown, Tia – The Metamorphosis

Buchanan, Ian – Animal Farm

Ceneviva, Meghan – The Kite Runner

Feightner, Hayley – The Aeneid

Graves, Jayla – The Great Divorce

Horton, Eleanor – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Marmie, Madison – The Screwtape Letters

Mauter, Luke – The God Delusion

Ohl, Nathanael – The Art of War

Ortega, Olivia – The House on Mango Street

Roche, Julia – The Screwtape Letters

Scullion, Ali – Sarah’s Keys

Stallworth, Audrey – The Count of Monte Cristo

Period 8 – English IV

Back, Brian – 1984

Berryhill, Jordan – 1984

Brownlee, Lisa – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Edly, Elane – The Jungle Book

Ghiloni, Carrie – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Harrington, Catherine – The Count of Monte Cristo

Jewell, Shane – Lord of the Flies

Klein, Nicholas – The Divine Comedy

Lewis, Nicole – Undecided?

Lutze, Renee – The Kite Runner

Meek, Taylor – Wuthering Heights

Mercer, Nicholas – Animal Farm

Potts, Tanner – The Screwtape Letters

Ridzon, Megan – The Screwtape Letters

Riley, Jordan – The Four Zoas

Roth, Joel – Frankenstein

Ruess, Spencer – The Lost World

Shook, Connor – Animal Farm

Sims, Erin – The Invisible Man

Stein, Stephen – The Art of War

Toth, Katherine – The Screwtape Letters

Wagner, Haley – Jane Eyre

White, Kimberly – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (pre-approved)

Winter, Hannah – The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Wolfe, Brittany – The Magician’s Nephew