MON, AUG 31, 2009

MON, AUG 31, 2009

Pds 1 & 4
1. Show me your 300-500 word free-write
2. Write rough draft of college/application essay.
200 words due by end of next class.
Next 100 with 300 minimum words due by end of class after next.
Final draft due Tuesday, Sept 8.

Pd 2
1. Check passages 4 & 5 analyses and introduction & conclusion ¶s in rough draft. (6 parts)
2. Share essay for editing. Sign near owner’s name in different color.
3. Advice on literary analysis. Pick up a set of handouts after school.
HW: Start writing the final draft of the analysis of your summer book. Have 3 of the 7 paragraphs done for Tue. Passages must be included. Completed final draft with rough draft is due Thursday.

Pd 6
1. Quiz Beowulf pp30-38 & 2 articles: Mark of Cain & Comment on the Epic
2. Hand in time lines
HW: p39 Critical Response #1 or #2. Pick one and plan by finding 2 pieces of evidence.

E-mailing your essay

Students,

The only word processing program my computers can read is Microsoft Word, any edition, or Pages. If you do not have either one of those, you must copy the essay, paste it into an email, and send.

THU, AUG 27, 2009

THU, AUG 27, 2009

Pd4
1. College/Application Essay handout
2. Free write at least 300 to 500 words about an experience you had and what you learned from it. If you like the results, use the best parts for your essay. If you don’t, write about a different experience & what you learned.

Pd 2
1. Check summaries
2. Check passages 2 & 3 analyses
3. Discuss "gift from God" analysis: symbol & inference
HW: Due Mon: Copy & analyze Passages 4 & 5. Write intro ¶ and conclusion ¶. Look at the “Essay Analysis Form” sheet, front and back, for expectations about writing literary analysis essays.

Pd 6
1. Qz :Beowulf parts1-10.
2. Discuss imagery, allusions, symbolism (evil-what is it?), Christian and pagan elements (animism and Norse myths), source of the story and author’s nationality and faith.
HW: Read Beowulf pp 30-38 & 2 articles: The Mark of Cain & Comment on the Epic

WED, AUG 26, 2009

WED, AUG 26, 2009

Pd 1
1. Take STAR in Mac Lab
2. College/application essay. Free-write at least 300 words about an experience. Write in ink, double space. Purpose is to get ideas & details to use in your essay.

Pd 4
1. Hand in HW art or poem
2. College/application essay; Read 2 essays, from Tina and Molly; Read from” Getting In” p 10

Pd 6
1. Check notes on pp 2-9 in textbook
2. Quiz
3. Read Beowulf aloud p14
HW: Read parts 1-10 for quiz
HW: Finish timeline for tomorrow

TUE, AUG 25, 2009

TUE, AUG 25, 2009

Pd 1
1. Hand in homework corrections and enrichment
2. Review drills
3. College/Application essays
Read 2, from Tina and Molly
Read from ”Getting In” p 10

Pd 2
1. Quiz on Poetry & Drama to p 183
2. Check summer book essay. Underline literary terms. Keep to hand in with complete draft.
3. Discuss questions from "gift from God" analysis: tone and what words create the tone
HW: Read Renaissance Prose and Decline 184-186 and write a summary of both. Look for ideas, not details; for the Main idea and supporting ideas.
HW: due Thur: Two more passages analyzed (= 3 so far) Use literary terms that you recognize evidence of in a passage.
Due Mon: all 5 passages analyzed and introduction and conclusion ¶s, in a rough draft. Keep essay rubric in mind.

MON, AUG 24, 2009

MON, AUG 24, 2009

Pds 1&4
1. Check questions p 496
2. Correctives & enrichment for 4 kinds writing.
Corrective: Use art and definition to illustrate the kinds you missed.
Enrichment: Write a poem to illustrate the 4 kinds of writing however you wish.
NARRATIVE: tells a story
DESCRIPTIVE: describes using the senses (5: sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
EXPOSITORY: explains or exposes facts
PERSUASIVE: persuades with 1) an opinion & 2) supporting facts

Pd 2
1. Hand in notes
2. Quiz: Raleigh, Nature, p 191 sonnet or p 193 meter
3. Handouts on essay grading & summer book assignment. Discuss.
HW: Read Renaissance Poetry & Drama pp 176-183
HW: Begin “Literary Analysis of Summer Novel” by choosing, copying, and analyzing the first passage for tomorrow.

Pd 6
1. Hand in college essay final draft, rough draft w/ corrections in different color, and 5 part outline
HW: Read pp 2-9, take Cornell notes w/bold headings on left and 2 most important details on the right for each
For details, do not use more than 5 words in a row for a note. e.g. "note <6 wrds "
HW: Draw a timeline (horizontally on binder paper or on computer) for the years on the chart on p 11. One space=50 years. Label the events.
TIMELINE INFORMATION
The red margin line on the back of a sheet is good to use for the line.
Write year # in margin & event on other side of line, for example
Example: 300BC| Celts called Brythons occupied the islands
Use one space for 50 years. You will need 26 spaces for all 1300 years.
The first mark on the left (start) should be marked 300 BC. Count down to 0 by 50s, then up to 1000 AD by 50s.
BC means Before Christ (new name is BCE, meaning Before the Common Era).
AD means Anno Domini, Latin for "In the year of our Lord." To remember what it means some call it After Death (of Christ).

THU, AUG 20,2009

THU, AUG 20,2009

Pd 2
1. Quizzes on homework reading
2. Discuss analysis of the passage about Mr. Earnshaw and the child he brings home.
HW: Read “Sir Walter Raleigh” p194 and “Nature, That Washed Her Hands in Milk” p195. Take Cornell notes, as you think necessary, for both, to hand in and to help you study for the quizzes. Also, read and study Sonnets p191 or Meter p193

Pd 4
1. Quiz on 4 kinds of writing:
Descriptive: describes using the five senses
Narrative: tells a story or tells what happened
Expository: explains or "exposes" facts
Persuasive (Argumentative): persuades with an opinion and support
2. Finish reading from Face to Face.
3. Answer questions p 496 and hand in

Pd 6
1. Share examples of essays w/ class
2. Exchange essay with a partner. Use your handout to find at least one strength and one weakness, preferably more. Exchange with someone else to see if they agree or not.
Due Mon: Final drafts, Rough draft w/corrections in different color, Outline

WED, AUG 19, 2009

WED, AUG 19

Pd 1
1. Quiz on 4 kinds of writing
2. Finish reading from Face to Face.
3. Answer 10 questions p 496 and hand in

Pd 4
1. Check 6 Traits quiz
2. Notes on 4 Kinds of Writing
3. Nonfiction p 484-5 for the 4 kinds of writing. Read from Face to Face by Ved Mehta aloud p 486-490, discussing exposition and the point when the story becomes more interesting

Pd 6
1. Check what writing you have done on your essay so far. none!
2. Discuss riding bicycle downhill experience.
HW: Completed rough draft due tomorrow w/ 5 part outline.
Example:
Introduction: Interesting & related to bike
I. My bike
II. Falling
III. Learning independence
Conclusion: Relating specific bike incident to general idea on independence without being predictable!

TUE, AUG 18, 2009

TUE, AUG 18

Pd 1
1. Take notes on 4 Kinds of Writing
2. Practice procedure for passing books out and replacing after use.
3. Nonfiction p 484-5 in the gold book for the 4 kinds of writing. Read from Face to Face by Ved Mehta aloud p 486-491, discussing exposition, the point when the story becomes more interesting, and inferences about the letter Ved writes.

Pd 2
1. Put notes in tray.
2. Check and discuss analysis in groups and as a class.
3. 11:00 leave for library to check out textbooks.
HW: Read about the Renaissance pp 166-175; “Whoso List to Hunt” p188 and answer questions 1-6; “Petrarchan Sonnets” p 193, noticing words in bold to know for quiz; and the definition of “conceit” p 1262 to memorize.

MON, AUG 17, 2009

MON, AUG 17

Pds 1 & 4
1. Review 6 Traits +1 and take quiz

Pd 2
1. Analysis of excerpt due tomorrow, not Wed.
2. Presentations

Pd 6
1. College essay: Read the Bad Essay on p 11 of handout and answer questions at the bottom. Discuss with class
2. Get back freewrite for experience & assignment sheet for College essay. Start writing about the experience you select. Final due Mon Aug 24.

FRI, AUG 14, 2009

FRI, AUG 14

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR deadline Thursday, Aug 27
2. Editing quiz
3. Any more presentations?
4. Cornell notes on Six Traits +1 of writing (Pd 1 only)

Pd 2
1. Hand in book notes; deadline for AR quiz on summer book is Tues, 8/18. Answer questions from summer assignment related to the literary terms.
2. Hand in persuasive essay.
3. Explanation of homework
HW: Literary analysis questions handout. due Wed.

Pd 6
1. Write a sentence for each kind of writing that is PRIMARILY that kind.
2. College essay handout. Find your personality
3. RHS Library website (p22 in planner) to access AR book list.

THU, AUG 13, 2009

THU, AUG 13

Pds 1&4
1. Library website for AR list of books (Pd1 only)
2. Meet w/partner to review editing marks. Quiz tomorrow.
3. Presentation of partners
HW: Study for Editing Marks quiz

Pd 2
1. Hand in book notes to tray
2. Quizzes: Editing Marks; Basic Literary Terms and check
HW: Write a persuasive essay for tomorrow about a topic in which your knowledge of facts is the only evidence. Choose from the following: Radford is a good/bad school. The café is a good/bad place to eat. My bedroom is clean/dirty. A _______ is an excellent pet. Computers are good/bad. 300-500 words. Grade based 90% on Ideas and their development with evidence and 10% on legibility. Be persuasive.

Pd 6
1. Quiz Editing Marks
2. Presentations of partners
3. Cornell notes on Four kinds of writing:
DESCRIPTIVE: uses the 5 senses
NARRATIVE: tells what happened
EXPOSITORY: explains; exposes facts
PERSUASIVE: convinces, sways the reader

WED, AUG 12, 2009

WED, AUG 12

Pds 1&4
1. Presentations of partners
2. Give your paragraphs to your partner to edit with editing marks for homework
HW: Edit your partner's writing with editing marks

Pd 2
1. Hand in reading notes to tray
2. Hand in best college essay
3. Quiz on Six Traits +1 of Writing
4. Meet with partner to check editing. Bring writing in tomorrow to hand in and take Quiz.
5. Discuss summer literature terms for Quiz tomorrow
HW: Quizzes: Editing Marks; Basic Literature terms (see summer assignment handout or Blog archive May 26)

Pd 6
1. Quiz on Six Traits +1
2. Meet with partner to check editing. Hand in. Quiz tomorrow.
3. Presentations of partners
HW: Editing Marks Quiz

TUE, AUG 11, 2009

TUE, AUG 11

Pds 1 & 4
1. Meecher partner quizzes
2. Presentations
3. Editing notes handout
HW: Write a ¶ that needs all 16 editing marks.

Pd 2
1. Notes to tray
2. Partners switch editing ¶s for homework.
3. Six Traits* of writing Quiz Wed (see below for traits)
HW: Read and answer questions on pp 4&5 of College Essay handout. We will be writing a college essay based on this handout.
HW: Bring in a copy of your best college essay if you have written any.

Pd 6
1. Presentations of partners
2. Six Traits* of writing Quiz Wed (see below for traits)
3. Exchange editing ¶s with your partner
HW: Edit partners writing with editing marks

*SIX TRAITS PLUS 1 OF WRITING
1. IDEAS: Meaning, message, content
2. ORGANIZATION: Structure, order
3. CONVENTIONS: Rules
4. VOICE: Writing is engaging, honest, and/or personal
5. WORD CHOICE: Words are rich, precise, and/or colorful
6. SENTENCE FLUENCY: The rhythm and flow of language
+1 PRESENTATION: Looks, appearance of the piece of writing

MON, AUG 10, 2009

MON, AUG 10

Pds 1&4
1. Finish Meecher Teacher
2. Write a quiz about yourself. Have 5 questions with 3 answers for each. Circle the right answer.

Pd2
1. Notes to tray
2. Share good example of writing about you and your book
2. Check editing quiz & get editing handout
3. Give your meecher quiz to partner
HW: Write a ¶ that needs all 16 editing marks.

Pd 6
1. Meecher partner quiz
2. Editing notes: Homework: Write a ¶ that needs all 16 editing marks.
3. Presentations

FRI, AUG 7, 2009

FRI, AUG 7

Pd 1
1. Cornell notes on Class Info sheet and new procedures
2. Meecher Teacher

Pd 4
1. Hand in list of experiences
2. Cornell notes on procedures

Pd 2
1. Hand in homework notes
2. Everyone has to have a book they will read or reread by Aug 18, do annotations for, and take an AR test on.
3. Notes on procedures for class
4. Meecher teacher quiz

Pd 6
1. Procedure notes
2. Get textbooks from library
3. Meecher teacher quiz
HW: Make a list of 10 interesting or unique facts about you or your life. Pick 5 and make a quiz about yourself with a multiple choice of 3 answers ( 2 wrong)

THU, AUG 6

Pd 1
1. AR rdg starts Mon
2. Editing Quiz
3. Finish names on planners
4. Teen Care

Pd 4
1. AR rdg starts Mon
2. Read & quiz on Class Info. Sheet
3. Teen Care
Homework: List 5-10 experiences you remember. Ex:1. Caesar the duck 2. Riding bike downhill

Pd 2
1.Take AR quiz if finished with book
2. Put HW in tray
3. Discuss notetaking
4. editing quiz & AR quizzes
5. Teen Care
HW: Not finished reading summer book?: Read, write down page numbers for the day, take some notes, and hand in every day until finished. Finish by 8/18.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg Monday
2. Cornell notes & procedures
3. Teen Care

Wed, Aug 5, 2009

Wed, Aug 5

Pd 1
1 Put HW list of 5-10 experiences in tray near desk
2. Get Class Info; read & qstn
3. Hand in Contact sheets
4. 9AM go to rm 117 photo ID

Pd 4
1. Go for ID photo
2. Café duty

Pd 2
1. Go for ID photo
2. Hand in essays
3. Books returned to students
4. Cornell notes on annotating
HW:
• If you have finished reading your book, do this for the plot: 1. Describe briefly the parts of your book that correspond to the 6 plot elements. 2. Find the climax in book and give location by page number. What qstns do you have? What possible answers?
• If you have not finished reading your book, you have until Aug 18 to finish:
Hand in pp read & notes daily until then. Ex: p230-245 &nts

Pd 6
1. Go for ID photo
2. Hand in HW
3. Qz Editing & check
4. Freewrite about one of your experiences. Can you write at least 300 words?

Tue, August 4, 2009

Tues, Aug 4

Pd 1
1. Alpha seating
2. Contact Sheet assignment
3. Write name on planner
HW: (Homework) List 5 –10 experiences you remember in your life, 10=100%

Pd 4
1. Alpha seating
2. Contact Sheet assignment
3. Quiz on Editing
4. Meet in rm 117 tomorrow for ID photos
No HW (Homework)

Pd 2
1. Alpha seating
2. Hand in literary term qstns
3. Quiz on Literary Terms
4. Hand in books w/annotation
5. Class Information: Eng 12
6. Contact Info sheets to return signed
HW: (Homework) Write a first person narrative essay of at least 750 words about your summer book experience. This is not literary analysis. Write a narrative (story) about you and your book. Make it interesting with details that only you could write. Include your thoughts, feelings, questions, realizations, and/or other similar sorts of things.
If you did not do the summer assignment, write about another book of merit that you read recently.

Pd 6
1. Alpha seating
2. Class Info: Eng 12 handout
3. Contact Sheet assignment
HW: (Homework) List 5 –10 experiences you remember in your life, 10=100%