English III project

Hey--my goal is to conserve on paper as much as I can. On your index card, write the instructions for the project that you will work on with your name and turn it in to Mrs. Johnson for a commital.

1. Memorize a word or two over ten consecutive lines of the Gettysburg Address. You have to write it out by hand to turn in as well. You do not have to present it to the class, but you can for 10 extra points. Each word is basically a point.

2. page 481 Present thirty lines of Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln to the class with gusto!! and dressed up. In costume like Abe Lincoln would get extra points. A typed speech should be turned in as well.

3. Read the letters, diaries and jouirnals on page 496-503. Write either a journal/diary entry or a letter from the perspective of someone affected by the Civil War--a soldier, a mother/father of a soldier, a slave or a general. The length has to be OVER a page double spaced Arial font size 12. USE YOUR OWN WORDS--DO NOT COPY FROM TEXT OR COMPUTER!!

4. Write out a script and act out a scene from "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." The scene has to be tow pages in length--double spaced, Arial size 12. You have to have costumes and props. Two people max.

5. "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" page 543 either number one or number three in the left column.

DUE: MARCH 30th if not before!! If you are presenting in class, you will have to do it on Monday, March 30th. Will be 50 points late until end of class April 1st!! Cannot turn in April 2nd for credit. That would be three zeros. You will have some class time to work on it, but if you are heavily involved in extracurricular activities, you are on your own. They will be working in class on the days you are gone. SORRY!! We will keep going in class. You really only have Thursday this week (12th) and Friday the 13th to work on it in class.

This will count in the grade book three times due.