Welcome to English 10 Honors!

1.  Read "The Fine Art of Judging."
2. Type up final drafts of your crossfire questions for both AFFIRMATIVE and NEGATIVE.
SUGGESTION:  Compile all of your research notes onto one document.

Write the final drafts of your opening/closing statements.  Please print out two copies.  One for me and one for you.

REMINDER:  WE ARE STARTING CLASS IN THE CLASSROOM TOMORROW.  WE WILL THEN GO TO THE LIBRARY.

Opening or Closing Arguments for both Affirmative/Negative sides.
 Bring your research notes to class tomorrow!
 
Today's PowerPoint for those who missed out.
The DEBATE ASSIGNMENT SHEET.  Read carefully if you were absent.
 

Homework:
1. Literary Terms Take Home Quiz (on F451)
2. Read and annotate peer's paper.  Complete the peer editing sheet
3. Get your permission slip signed for Friday.
4. Start studying your vocabulary words (Northanger Abbey List 1).

Your literary terms take home quiz is due on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH.  As you finish reading Fahrenheit 451, remember to look for examples of your literary terms.

Vacation Homework:
Finish reading Fahrenheit 451.
Write a rough draft of your censorship research paper.  Assignment sheet is attached here.  
Sample Student Censorship Paper

Today's PowerPoint with research information.

Please bring your research notes to class tomorrow.  Everyone should have 2-3 pages of single spaced typed notes.  I'm sorry that I was out today so close to vacation, but hopefully you were able to get some feedback on your papers and discuss your independent reading books.  I'll see you all tomorrow!

You will have a short ten question vocabulary quiz at the beginning of class tomorrow. (The ten words that were not tested last week.)
 
Remember that the final draft of your banned book essay is due on Wednesday at 11:59PM.  It needs to be submitted to turnitin.com.  Your peer-editing sheets need to be passed in on Monday, November 29, so don't lose them.

Ms. Samuels found this link for you.  It is a timeline of NEA events of/or related to censorship.

http://www.franklinfurnace.org/research/essays/nea4/neatimeline.html

1.  Write a rough draft of your banned/challenged book paper.  Make sure to bring in a hard copy on Monday.
2.  Continue researching.  A rough draft copy of your notes will be due on Tuesday, November 23rd.  You will need 2-3 single-spaced pages of notes.  Bring them to class on Tuesday.

Remote Access to Library Research Databases:

Pearl K. Wise Library @ CRLS
Open a web browser to the library homepage at http://www.cpsd.us/crls/library
Click Research Databases on the left sidebar.
Select the resource.  Some databases will open without username or password. 

For the databases that ask for a username and password, enter
Username: crls
Password: rindge

If the database requests only a password, enter rindge

RESEARCH:  Your research needs to focus on all aspects of your subtopic of censorship.  You will need to research both the benefits and pitfalls of censorship.  Use the following questions to guide your studies:

    What is the rationale?

    Who is enacting the form of censorship?

    How are the censors threatening the stability of society?

    How are they strengthening the stability of society?

    Is it for the protection of citizens or the protection of an idea (agenda)?  

    What underlying values/traditions/etc. are the censors trying to uphold?

    What aspects of society are being banned?  For whom?