During the 4th quater, we read Hamlet.  When we finished, we wrote acedemic papers around a variety of topics.  I chose to focus my paper on the Laertes foil to Hamlet.

For this project, we were asked to brainstorm a list of 20 memories.  We then had to add sensory detals to five of them.  Finally we choose one, and expanded it, telling the full story of the memory.  I choose to write about my experience of leaving the girl's department for the junior's.

Our english benchmark consisted of a 5 paragraph essay with a chosen theme that was based on the book Kindred. I chose to write the pro's and cons' about the protagonist Dana, having lived in the 1970s before being transported to the 1800s. My paper argues both sides, stating that at some times it helped her, and at others it hurt her.

Our english benchmark consisted of a 5 paragraph essay with a chosen theme that was based on the book Kindred. I chose to write the pro's and cons' about the protagonist Dana, having lived in the 1970s before being transported to the 1800s. My paper argues both sides, stating that at some times it helped her, and at others it hurt her.

During the first quarter, we read Octavia Butler's Kindred. Once we had reached the end, we were required to write an essay that focused on the relationship between characters in the book, roles protrayed by the characters or how the main character's previous experience affected her later in the book. We also focused on essay structure, proper grammar, quoting the text.

I focused on the role that Dana, the main character, protrayed throught the book. I argued that the role of a black women ahd imporved from the time of the Ante Bellum South to 1976 and today. Most of the writn took place at home, but we worked on editing in class. This project took about a week to complete.

If I were to do this project again, I would have created my own topic because it would have made my essay more unique.

The Q1 benchamark assignment wa to write a 5 paragraph essay about one of three choices or our own Idea. I chose to talk about different levels of power women had in the book, Kindred, compared to the men/ power over the men. We wrote most of the essay at home, but then had a full class of editing time.  The teachers told us which words we should not use, to make our language more powerful. The project took about a week or a little more. I would not change anything if I could go back and re do it. The only thing I might change would be the corrections that Ms. Weinraub and Mr. Chase made when they graded it.