Restoration Period Project

One of the major forms of writing that was produced during this period was called Social Observation.  This form of writing tended to be nonfiction and could be found in formats such as diary entries, letters, or newspapers.
For this project you will pick one of the forms below and create one week's worth of observations from your own life.

A. Diary Entry -- You will write about your day.  Entries may include a description of the events of your day, personal thoughts, conversations you had with people, or general information about the day (the weather, major news events that you found interesting, television shows you may have watched).
You must write 7 days worth of diary entries.

B. Letters -- You will write a letter to someone (a friend, family member, boyfriend/girlfriend, etc.) The letter should be communicating some message to the person about your life and asking about them as well.  You will need to create 5 letters to at least 2 different people.

C. Newspaper -- You will write newspaper entries.  You can base your entries on actual events that take place during the week.  You will need to write 7 newspaper entries and they should be real not fiction.

Once you have selected a style you will type up your work and put it into the appropriate format.

A. Diary entries should be stapled together to look like an actual diary (book).
B. Letters will include a mailing address (you can put them in envelopes if you want them to look authentic or fold them to look like envelopes).
C. Newspaper should look like the front page of an actual newspaper.  (Example: You can cut and paste your stories onto the front page of an actual newspaper.)

This project is due March 3 (periods 2,4,6) or March 4 (periods 1,3,5)

Worth 20 points

Research Paper Rough Draft

You need to upload the rough draft of your research paper to www.turnitin.com by
Friday, January 30th before midnight.

If you do not have your minimum of 6 pages yet you need  to upload whatever you have typed up so far.
Requirements:
1. Heading on left hand corner of first page only (Name, teacher, class, date)
Example:  Joe Smith
                 Mrs. Manfra
                 English IV
                 January 30, 2015
2. Font size 12
3. Double spaced
4. Indent paragraphs
5. Insert page numbers (top right corner with your last name and page number)
6. One inch margins
7. Include citations for your quotes (include last name of writer and the page number)

Worth 25% of nine weeks grade

Ford Salute to Education Scholarship

Dear students,

Take advantage of the long weekend and submit and application to the Ford Salute to Education Scholarship program.
https://www.stescholarships.org/SC_onlineapplication.html

The deadline is February 2nd so don't procrastinate!
You must meet the following criteria to apply:

• Must be enrolled in a Miami-Dade or Broward County public or private High School.
• Applicants must maintain a 3.0 WEIGHTED GPA or higher and graduate in 2015.
• Students must be a citizen or permanent resident with a U.S. issued social security number.

There are 6 categories:
Athletics, Foreign Language & Language Arts, Performing & Visual Arts, Leadership Service, Math/Computer science, and Natural science.

Let me know if you have any questions about the online application.
Good luck!

Mrs. Manfra read...

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

If you are into plot twists and books that make you think then you are going to like this book.  The main characters are Nick and Amy Dunne -- a married couple from New York that move back to Missouri so that Nick can help out his family.  The author divides the book into three parts: his story, her story, and both of them together.  Your opinion about the characters will be changed from one part to another.
Gillian Flynn does an incredible job of creating characters that are believable and creates a story dealing with hot topics like domestic violence, the importance of public opinion, how difficult relationships and marriage can be, revenge and even staging your own disappearance.
The movie is already out, but I wanted to read the book first and I am glad I did.  If you like crime dramas and trying to figure out what will happen next this is a book for you.

Quote Assignment

“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.”

Explain this quote by creating a real-life example or story.  
You will upload your writing to turnitin.com by Friday, January 9 before midnight.  Make sure it is clear that you explain what the quote means to you through the example.

Creating a turnitin.com account:
1. Go to www.turnitin.com
2. In the upper-right hand corner click on Create Account or Log In if you already have an account.
3. Type in your email address and the class password is manfra1
4. The class code is English IV 8378504

You must have a Turnitin account because you will be uploading your Research Paper rough draft in the next couple of weeks.

Please come and see me if you have any issues or problems setting up your account.
You can also try the following link from their help center that has step-by-step instructions:

http://turnitin.com/en_us/support/help-center