Homework for April 27-29

Wednesday: Please complete the "Is Batman an Epic Hero?" worksheet by next class. (Due Thursday for 491, 492, and 493; due Friday for 494.)

If you have not turned in the Critical Lens Essay, you MUST do so no later than THIS week. (See details below.)

There will be a quiz on the conventions of the epic, the characteristics of the epic hero, and Homer on MONDAY, May 2.

Click here for a link to this week's Power Point presentations. You'll need this information for the quiz.

Homework for April 11-15

The Critical Lens Project is due on Thursday, April 14, for 391, 392, and 393, and on Friday, April 15, for 394.

Click here for the link to the Critical Lens Project guidelines.

In addition to the final draft of the essay, you must turn in:

• notes taken during the movie version of Romeo and Juliet
• draft of introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion with evidence of revision and editing

In addition, there will be a unit test that will cover the following concepts as they relate to Romeo and Juliet:
Blank verse

• Heroic couplet
• Prose
• Pun
• Oxymoron
• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Monologue
• Protagonist
• Foil
• Theme
• Motif
• Chorus
• Prologue
• All vocabulary covered during the poetry unit

Homework for April 4-8

The "Reacting to Act V" questions are due on Monday, April 11. (Scroll down to find the link to the packet.)