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Extra Credit 3rd Quarter

Creative Extra Credit Assignment
Points: Extra 100 pt assignment (only to benefit, not to hurt)

Using your 3rd Quarter SSR book, create one of the following using your SSR book as inspiration:

1. Create EITHER:
· 8x10 photo with artist statement
· recorded piece of music with artist statement
· drawing, painting, or sculpture with artist statement

2. Write EITHER (2-3 pages):
· rewrite a chapter of your book from another character’s point of view
· create an alternate ending
· literary criticism (needs clear thesis statement)
o examples: feminist theory, queer theory, psychoanalytical perspective

What is an artist statement? Check it out using the link below:

http://www.artistsfoundation.org/art_pages/resources/resources_arts_statement.htm

WARNING: Make sure to connect your piece of art to your SSR book!

DUE: Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Jack Kerouac's On The Road

Take a look at the information below. This information will be included in the final quiz.






Kerouac Website: Scroll











Below is a PowerPoint on the Beat Culture

PowerPoint of On The Road:Beats

Uploaded on authorSTREAM by mr.cmwhite

On The Road: Grammar Project

SOME GRAMMAR WEBSITES TO GET YOU STARTED:

Commas:

http://www.waukesha.uwc.edu/academics/owl/commas.html

http://www.utsa.edu/twc/tutorials/lesson04.htm

http://www.harpercollege.edu/writ_ctr/comma.htm

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml

The comma splice:

http://www.yorku.ca/bethune/writing/comma.html

General Tutorials:

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml

http://www.geocities.com/athens/aegean/6354/grammar.html

http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/fawcett/evergreen/7e/students/grammar_errors.html

Pronoun Agreement:

http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~timwhel/Writing%20Clinic/rule9a.html

Hamlet Criticism

Choose one of the criticisms below and write your reaction to it. In your reaction, make sure the reader can easily answer the following:

1. Does the blogger agree or disagree with the criticism?

2. What quote or quotes from the criticism does the blogger use in his/her reaction?

3. What original insight does the blogger add?

Eminem: A Modern Hamlet?

A Pyschoanalytical Analysis of "Mother" in Hamlet: Making Mother Matter. In Oedipal terms, does Hamlet love his mother?

Your reaction does not need to be lengthy. A paragraph or two will suffice.
Post your reaction as follows:

Criticism chosen: Either "Eminem" or "Making Mother Matter"

Reaction: Write your reaction making sure to cover the three questions above.

WOD :Dec 15 - Jan 9th

Below are the Words of the Day for the above dates:

Ostentatious
Altruistic
Exhaust
Disciple
Homely
Humility
Bourgeois

Extra Information on the Vietnam War

Check out the link below for more information on the Vietnam War.

The Vietnam War