Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Homework for Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Go to Wynton Marsalis's site www.wyntonmarsalis.org and watch the following podcasts:

"The Story of Jazz"

and "Syncopation"

and then write some notes in the table from class.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Homework for weekend of April 4-5

This weekend, please try to wrangle your thoughts about your essay into an outline and write an introductory paragraph.

Outline:
- write down your main question or thesis
- organize your quotes and ideas into groups that build a response to the question or develop the thesis
- fill out an outline sheet (check that each paragraph is directly related to your question or thesis

Introductory paragraph:
- look at your quickwrite on your original topic - can it be developed into an introduction to your essay?
- if not, write some thoughts down about your main question or your thesis - write about why this is an important idea or question for human beings to be concerned about
- try to take the above thoughts and put them into a paragraph
- also remember to introduce your novel and its author in this paragraph

See you on Monday... email me if you need help!

Ms. Datoo