10^th Grade Honors

Dr. Gingrich, Spring 2012

Grade Categories and Assignments

Books:  Have by the date

You may get these at the library (Fulton County), a bookstore, or amazon.com. You may use a nook or reader as well.  Many students like to use No Fear Shakespeare or some such version, as long as it has the original text that is fine.  Also Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing are available online, print out at home not in the computer lab!

Macbeth

http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MobMacb.html

Much Ado About Nothing

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/much_ado/full.html

Shakespeare, William.  The Tragedy of Macbeth.  January 17th

Huxley, Aldous.  A Brave New World.  February 21st

Shakespeare, William.  Much Ado About Nothing. March 13th

Lewis, Michael.  The Blind Side. The Evolution of a Game. April 17th

Formative 55%

Paper 5 Research Project 150 points

Paper 6 Literary Commentary 2 100 points

Paper 7 Portfolio 150  points

Test 1 100 points (Macbeth)

Test 2 100 points (Brave New World/Much Ado About Nothing)

Paper 2 Literary Commentary 100 points

Paper 1 Technology  Persuasive Essay 100 points

 800  points, 100 points is roughly %

Summative 30 %

Mock Trial 100 points

Paper 4 Video Project/Screenplay/Film Review  200 points

Quizzes 200 points approximately (reading, vocab, DGP)

Paper 3 Creative Writing  (story, poems, play) 100 points

3 Socratic Seminars.  120 points

Much Ado About Nothing Project  100 points

820 points, 100 points is slightly less than  4%

Major Project Due Dates

Paper 1:  Electronic Communication Synthesis January 27^th

Paper 2:  Macbeth Persuasion February 24^th

Paper 3:  Creative Paper (story, poems, or play act) March 16^th

Paper 4: Group Screenplay for film March 30^th, film will be due the beginning of May

Paper 5:  Research Project  April 27