SENIORCRITICALPAPER

PAST & PRESENT

On your paper, write a sentence or two about your general feeling towards THIS critical paper.

- Are you worried about anything in particular?

- Do your past experiences with the critical paper worry you?

- What will you do differently this time around?

SOME QUICK FACTS• 3-4 pages long

• 110 points total

• Must print out 3 critical articles from databases

• 3 primary quotes

• 3 secondary quotes

• Paper is due December 22, 2014

EFFECTIVE/INEFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES

On your paper, please rank some of the following techniques.

Use a 1-5 scale (1 least helpful, 5 most helpful).

1. Outline?

2. Peer Review?

3. Complete Rough Draft?

4. 15-20 notecards?

5. Database instruction in library?

TEST YOUR SKILLS

IN-TEXT CITATIONS (MLA)

Which is correct?

a. An interviewer explains that country musician Merle Haggard “is not happy about much that is currently being packaged as ‘country.’ He will name no names but is manifestly disgusted by most of what’s on the charts” (Hentoff 163).

b. An interviewer explains that country musician Merle Haggard “is not happy about much that is currently being packaged as ‘country.’ He will name no names but is manifestly disgusted by most of what’s on the charts” (163).

WORKS CITED (MLA)What’s wrong here?

Works Cited

"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.

Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.

Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.

Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009.

WHAT’S A PRIMARY SOURCE?

WHAT’S A SECONDARY SOURCE?• Any critical, peer-reviewed article found on one of our

databases here at NP.

• We’ll talk about how to access these secondary sources tomorrow (you’ll need to find 3 of these articles)

WHAT SHOULD MY TOPIC BE?• Topic should be arguable. If you can’t argue against your

topic, then it’s not a suitable topic for your paper.

POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR MACBETH1. “Macbeth is doomed not by fate, but by a flaw in his character.”

2. “Macbeth’s tragedy is that he understands the evil nature of his actions, but proceeds with them anyway.”

3. “The witches are the most powerful characters in the play and the catalyst to all of Macbeth’s crimes.” 

4. “Macbeth is a perfect example of a tragic hero.”

5. “Macbeth becomes more like Lady Macbeth by the end of the play, and vice-versa.”

FOR TODAY…

1) Choose a topic for your critical paper by the end of the class period.

2) Using the Macbeth text, find 5 quotes that relate to your topic.

QUICK RUN-DOWN OF ACTSAct I:

• Macbeth defeats Norway/Macdonwald

• Weird Sisters confront Macbeth/Banquo

• Macbeth sends letter to Lady M; Lady M makes murder plan

• Macbeth reluctantly agrees to kill Duncan

Act II:

• Macbeth freaks out, Lady M has to plant daggers with servants

• Macduff arrives at castle, sees Duncan dead

• Malcolm/Donalbain flee Scotland

Act III:

• Banquo suspects Macbeth

• Macbeth sends murderers for Banquo/Fleance

• Macbeth freaks out at banquet

Act IV:

• Macbeth meets 3 apparitions

• Malcolm tests Macduff’s loyalty in England

Act V:

• Lady Macbeth sleepwalks

• Scottish lords decide to rebel against Macbeth

• Macbeth fights Macduff to death

GOAL FOR TOMORROW & WEDNESDAY

1) Go directly to library, please do not be late

2) Find 3 articles related to your topic

3) Print out those 3 articles