Watch "There Will Come Soft Rains"

A short film based on "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains"  can be found here:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/1192818

Commencement Speeches

Commencement Speech Clips from CBS News:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrxt1sA02wM


Two full speeches:


http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/notable-commencement-speeches-amy-poehler-at-harvard-and-tom-hanks-at-yale-679.php

Commencement Speech 2013

Commencement Speech 2013

You have been asked to speak at a graduation ceremony next Friday. However, it is not for High School West. You have been asked to speak at the 8th grade moving-up ceremony at one of Smithtown’s middle schools.

Your comments will be brief (1-2 typed pages, 12 pt. Times New Roman), but you should address your audience by talking about their present lives, their future hopes, their dreams, their misconceptions, etc…

You are a valued speaker to this audience because you’ve lived the last four years as a high school student, and you know how you’ve changed since that last day of 8th grade. You know better than anyone the ups and downs that await the senior class of 2017.

Use your personality to make this an informed, insightful, humorous, and memorable speech. Don't let the kids down.

Sample Works Cited

Go here to see a sample Works Cited page.  Notice the heading, page number, and citations.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/


For the most part you will be listing your three short stories.  You'll have to find the year of publication and where they first appeared.


Dahl, Roald.  "Lamb to the Slaughter." Harper's Magazine.  New York: September 1953.

Sample Outline

Go to the link below to view a sample outline:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xz0VDxqL3qljJ3Z3jw76e6yP6f9qGq0dC0MyusyRP-4/edit?usp=sharing

Due Dates:

Your literary paper will be due in various stages.  All due dates refer to the end of the period.  The due dates are as follows:

Proper heading, title, first paragraph, thesis  -  Thursday, May 9th
First page                                                       -   Friday, May 10th
Rough Draft                                                   -   Monday, May 13th
Works Cited Page                                          - Tuesday, May 14th
Final Paper                                                     -  Wednesday, May 15th

Front Page and MLA Format

Go to the link below to see how to format your first page.  There are also links to creating citations all along the left side of the page.

These citations will make up your Works Cited page.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/1/


This next link is from the same website, but it deals specifically with writing about literature.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/618/03/