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Please email me your essays: Times New Roman, Double-spaced, 12-point font by Saturday at 11:59PM.

Email an attachment(and put in the body of email)to: emailmrsrock@gmail.com

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Oh Oedipus, You So Tragic!

Your assignment: Find a parallel tragic hero in modern history, literature, movies, television,etc.

Complete a full, written sketch of your modern tragic hero. Follow Aristotle's definition. You will have a chart(which we will get on Monday) that very nicely illustrates these qualities. Use the chart!!!

Yeah, you can probably Google this. You can find millions of professor-given examples online. But c'mon, this isn't so hard. Utilize your interests to get this done. Me, I love celebrity gossip, so I'm likely to pick some sad starlet. Or Steve Jobs. Maybe.

Is anyone off-limits? Of course. Actual tragic heroes, from literature? Off-limits. And what constitutes modern, you may ask? For me, it should be a figure that existed or was created anywhere from 1900 to the present. That's a pretty big window.

This can't be emailed to me because I'd like it to be pretty. I'd like a picture of your hero, surrounded by their Aristotlian, (is that a word?) tragic qualities. You should be as specific as possible. If every hero needs a flaw, for example, you should name that flaw. Maybe even give an example of it in action. If I was doing Steve Jobs(ahem...this another no-no for you guys), then I may say his flaw was his ego. That ego was deadly, in fact, because it led to him believing he could cure his cancer without modern medicine, which, in turn, killed him. Tragic stuff.

Here's my pathetic example...here

I only completed one of the six characteristics, but I hope you get the point. Contact me at any point before the due date(January 2nd!) if you have a question.

Rock out.

Some Essay Resources

Tomorrow, your rough draft is due.

On the side, I have posted citationmachine.net and the handy-dandy powerpoint-ish thing you saw today.

Here is a sample MLA paper, complete with works cited:

MLA Paper

Tomorrow, we will peer edit and talk conclusions and MLA format.

Research Day 2, Question 6

Follow these links to some very popular sites and stories.  Tell me if they're credible or not, and explain why.

1. Kanye

2. Facebook

3. Vick

4. Dogs

5. Ebola

6. Speak 1

7. Speak 2

Unit 2 Samples

Name____________________

English I Honors

Mrs. Rock           

Vocabulary Unit 2 Sample Sentences

1.        The girl didn’t want anyone to know about her sadness, so she went through her day smiling superficially. (Wilfred Salvatierra)

2.       It was indisputable; he was going to be grounded no matter what he had to say.  (Ben Delano)

3.       As I approached the volcano, I could hear an ominous rumbling.  (Matthew Carter)

4.       Hypothetically, Olaf shouldn’t be alive!  Elsa has ice powers, not life power.  (Hannah DuBois)

5.       The modernity of the building stood out against the old buildings surrounding it.  (Lena Nguyen)

6.       When my brother’s eyes gleamed with joy as soon as he saw chocolate sitting on the counter, I preemptively snatched it away and stuffed it inside my mouth.  (Melissa Zou)

7.       Many of us have a hard time with the infiltration of a straw through a Caprisun, which is why we usually have to ask someone nearby for help.  (Alexa Dimino)

8.       One student rebel went in the principal’s office and created a very violent coup against the grading policies.  (Bernice Ntambwe)

9.       The boy’s rationale for being late to class was that he tripped and his books flew all over the hallways.  (Louis DiFabio)

10.   The inception of my relationship with Ms. Chiappini was the moment we realized we shared a mutual love of the Baby Sitters Club book series.  (Mrs. Rock)

**Study for the quiz tomorrow!

Vocabulary Unit 2 Definitions

Vocabulary Unit 2

1.       Indisputable-unable to be challenged or denied, beyond doubt

2.       Preemptive-taken as a measure against something possible

3.       Superficially-concerned with outward appearance or what’s on the surface; fakely

4.       Ominous-the feeling that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

5.       Coup-a highly successfully, unexpected attack or takeover

6.       Hypothetical-based on a guess, not well-supported by available evidence

7.       Inception-beginning

8.       Modernity-the quality of being present or with recent times

9.       Rationale-reasons

       Infiltration-to break into stealthily 

Watch your Tone! (this weekend...)

This weekend, please read through page 77, stopping at "Coloring..."

Also, please complete the tone sheet I gave you in class for pages 65-66 ONLY.  ("Peeled and Cored.")


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