Trifles

November 10, 2009

Today

1. Trifles2. Preliminary Exam Preparation3. Papers Returned

Trifles

George Henderson, county attorney Henry Peters, sheriff Lewis Hale, a neighbouring farmer Mrs. Peters Mrs. Hale

Your Mission

1. Name five crimes in this play2. Put them in chronological order3. Put them now in order of being heinous

Trifles

Difference between Minnie Foster and Mrs. Wright

Trifles Questions: Page 959-960Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12

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Essay Workshop

Everything you need to know to doing well in the last two essays

Improving essay marks in other classes Focused errors rather than general

information

Schedule

November 10: Trifles November 12: Essay Workshop Part 1 November 17: Essay Workshop Part 2 November 19: In-class Drama Essay November 24: A Clockwork Orange Quiz November 26: A Clockwork Orange December 1: A Clockwork Orange December 3: A Clockwork Orange December 8: Exam Preparation December 10: Exam Preparation

Final Exam

Two Parts1. Quote Identification

1. Author2. Title3. Significance

2. Essay1. Will receive essay topics on second-to-last

day of classes

Final Exam Preparation

With a partner, write down five important quotes from Hamlet that would be fair game for a final exam.

Act 1Act 2Act 3Act 4Act 5

Essays

Fiction Poetry

Narrator Speaker

Author Poet

Paragraph Stanza

Novel Title“Short Story Title”

“Poetry Title”

Essays

Strongest papers: went beyond “similar-yet-different”

Strong quote integration Original angle Mastery of grammar/punctuation Strong topic sentences and ideas/details Didn’t plagiarize