Hamlet Act 2

November 20, 2017: Library E

November 21, 2017:  In classroom…Paraphrase quiz… More “O’ What A Rogue Am I” and “To Be or Not To Be” – Review your Act 2 and Act 3 handouts.

"O What A Rogue And Peasant Slave Am I" quizzes handed back

Computer work

👀If you have finished all three of your article draft summaries...print, staple and submit your three  (3) draft summaries. Each one is worth 4 points. Make sure you have your name, period, date, etc on each draft summary. To get the four points it must meet the requirements for each draft (e.g., 250 word minimum). 

Article #1 - bottom

Article # 2 

Article # 3 - top

Please staple them together and hand them in today or tomorrow in class.

💥Your FINAL Hamlet article summary is due to Canvas by 11:59 tonight;  I will grade your final on Canvas. I do not need a paper copy of it.

•  Late papers will receive a 50% of whatever they would have earned; papers that are not submitted will be marked "missing"  (zero in Infinte Campus)
• So, let's do a peer review of whatever paper you are going to hand in as your final. If you already submitted your final to Canvas, that's okay; you can resubmit it if you make any changes after your peer review. I will grade the
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Please print your "final" article summary for peer reviewing;

now, please hand in your paper so I can redistribute them. Use the peer review sheet to provide feedback, and to reflect on what you will do to improve your final draft.  Hand this sheet in tomorrow (remember, your actual final article summary will be handed in on Canvas). I will staple it to your draft articles.

Peer Reviewer:_______________________                         Writer:________________________________

Content considerations

1. Does the topic sentence/thesis statement reflect the main point of the article?

Comments:

2. Does the summary include important details which support the topic sentence/thesis statement?

Mark in the paper any sentences that include details you think are unnecessary.

Comments:

3. Does the information in the paragraph reflect the meaning of the article, or is there extra meaning/different meaning anywhere?

Comments:

4.  Rate the content of the paragraph below on the continuum by putting an ‘x’ on the line.

Weak summary                                                                                              Strong summary

__________________________________________________________________________

Style considerations

1. Does it meet the 250 word minimum?: ____ (count words per an average line and multiply times the number of lines)
2. Underline all transitional words and phrases on the draft. Count them.  ______
3. Circle all the verbs of being.  (am is are was were seem become be being been)  How many are there? _______
4. Are there any comma splices?  Label them on the paper.   _____
5. Notice any vague or wordy language.  Write “vague” and “wordy” next to the text on the writer’s paragraph.
6. If they start too many sentences in the same way (e.g., “She says…”) underline those so that they are aware and can address that problem with a variety of sentence openers.

Writer:   (after you get your paper back….)

1. What are some things you think you want to change in this piece?

2.  What was the most difficult part of writing this piece?

3.  Which writing skill did you find most difficult?

a.      No comma splices

b.     No verbs of being

c.      Use of transitional words/phrases

d.     No vague/wordy language

Why was that difficult for you?  Be specific.