Of Mice and Men PPT research project

Here are the topics for the research project:

1. Life of John Steinbeck


2. African Americans and women during the 1930's


3. Mercy Killing


4. Mental Disabilities


5. The Migrant Experience in the United States


6. The Great Depression


7. The Dust Bowl


8. The Pulitzer Prize


9. Geography, History, and Agriculture of the Salinas River Valley in California

Common Proofreading Symbols

Here is a link to the proofreading symbols used to edit your AIN.

Bookmark this link! I expect you to pay attention to the proofreading marks, as well as all of the other marks in the paper, and make ALL the changes indicated.

This will be the only way to improve the grade on your AIN.

Learning Styles

Take the following learning styles quiz, and when you get your results, copy/paste the link into an email and send it to hfleming@pleasanton.k12.ca.us.

http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Make sure to enter your name in the field where it says "Full Name" - your results will not be stored anywhere, but if you do not put your name, I will not be able to give you credit!

Study Skills Packet #4: Answer Key

Dear Students,

Here is the answer key to the Study Skills Packet #4: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BzL0G8D3R89uMzljNGExMmQtNzE0Ni00NWVhLWI1N2QtZDVkMDNkZmQwNmUx&hl=en&authkey=COrMqkw
Make sure to use a red pen for corrections! That way you will receive full credit.

Have a lovely weekend,

Dr. F

Study Skills Packet #3: Answer Key

Dear Students,

Here is the answer key:
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BzL0G8D3R89uYmI2Yjc2ZDMtM2M3OC00ZDU1LWI0NTYtYzRkYWY5MDI3NGJl&hl=en&authkey=CKL68bMJ

AIN Outline

Dear English 9 Students:

Tonight you will create an outline for your Autobiographical Incident Narrative (AIN).
First, read all three pages at the Purdue OWL website here on "Developing an Outline": "Outline Components," "How to Outline," and "Types of Outlines."

• Then, create an Alphanumeric Outline using the notes and ideas you wrote down in class today. Make sure to group your ideas in a logical way, so that there is a "bare bones" structure of your future narrative composition.
• Include upper-case Roman numeral headings for an introduction and a conclusion, although you may not know what you will say in these parts of your paper yet. You should also have AT LEAST five upper-case Roman numeral headings for the body of your paper.
• Double-space your outline, and make sure that all of your indentations are even (all like headings should line up: all the upper-case Roman numerals, all the upper-case Latin letters, all the lower-case Roman numerals, and all the lower-case Latin letters should line up with each other, just like in this example)
• Check and correct your outline for parallelism, coordination, subordination, and division.
• Make sure your work is NEAT.

This outline is due tomorrow, and we will also edit your outline tomorrow.

Study Skills Packet #2: Answer Key

Here is the answer key for the SQRW packet:

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BzL0G8D3R89uY2YyOGU0ZTQtMTc3My00Y2E5LWEwYTUtMzU4MTllYTdmYmM0&hl=en&authkey=COO53L8L