The Alchemist Assignments:
Part I reading due on Monday, March 10
Notes for Part I due on Monday, March 10
Practice AP Multiple Choice Questions due on Monday, March 10
Pages 51-112 due on Thursday, March 13
Pages 112-end due on Monday, March 17
PRO/CON Essay:
You will receive the requirements for the Pro/Con Essay during the week of March 10. This essay will include examples from Minority Report, "DNA as Destiny," The Alchemist, and Oedipus the King. This formal essay will be in MLA format and will maintain a formal tone throughout. A Works Cited page is required. The essay will be turned in to turnitin.com. The due date for the final paper will be Wednesday, March 26 by 11:59 PM. A penalty of a letter grade lower for each day the paper is late.
Works Cited Information for PRO/CON Paper:
DVD/Film - The Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg for DreamWorks in Universal City, California (original release date is 2002 and it came out on DVD in 2003).
Magazine - The magazine article "DNA as Destiny" was written by David Ewing Duncan. It first appeared in Wired magazine November of 2002.
Anthology - Sophocles is the author of Oedipus the King (keep the original date of print blank). This work appears on pages 433-471 in the following Anthology: Literature World Masterpieces which was published in 1995 in Englewood Cliffs by Prentice Hall Publishing Company.
Vocabulary Test (note change in date): Unit 5 Vocabulary test will be on Thursday, March 13.
