Friday, May 17, 2013

Themes Paper

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dLAH_jcYgNe_1YndzrK79PRXTkeuelUp2QB6Tx01o-8/edit?usp=sharing

Monday, May 13, 2013

May 13th discussion

- author hints at murders, but does not bluntly say they are murders
- lots of suspicion, but no one ever talks about it
- style of writing... "Like reading paperwork" (mainly Burnham chapters)
- "steamy letter"
- Holmes kills almost all only women
- Holmes' children
- common theme: drive for power
- Buffalo Bill- who is he?
- predictions for book
- Burnham and Root vs Burnham and Millet
- Jack the Ripper vs Holmes
- relating the fair with Holmes
- Holmes' motives and how they change

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Rubric


Erin Mulder, Lici Koryciak, Emma Parker, Haleigh Hielkema, Chaela Shook
The Devil in the White City
Broad Topic: Crime
Driving Question: "Why do serial killers act the way they do?" 



Grammar    /10

Flow of paper    /15

Organization     /15

Details/ Examples   /30

MLA formatting     /30


Total: 100 pts