THU, SEPT 10, 2009
Pd 2
1. AR rdg 10 minutes
2. Check & hand in stream of consciousness thinking for “The Virgins” p1137.
3. Write Critical Response p 1137 and hand in.
4. Handout STAR reports
5. Vote on Shakespeare play
HW: Terms C, D, & E for quiz. SEE BELOW FOR THE LIST TO STUDY.
HW: Read The Passionate Shepherd p 232 & The Nymph’s Reply p 234. Do Creative Response AND Critical Response p 234.
Pd 4
1. AR silent reading 10 minutes and log
2. Get STAR reports and write ZPD range in planner
3. The Anglo Saxon Period: Begin notes.
Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Quiz Anglo-Saxon Period
3. Read Beowulf aloud
HW: Write thesis (main idea) for essay from p 39 Critical Response #2 Grendel or #3 The Epic ( Christian or pagan?).
Outline (list) 2 or 3 supporting subtopic ideas or facts
I.
II.
III.
Write at least 100 words of the essay tonight.
Essay will be due Monday and need at least 300 words.
TERMS FOR AP QUIZ: C, D, E
CAESURA A pause in a line of poetry dictated by natural speaking rhythm
CANTO A subdivision in a long poem, comparable to a chapter in a book.
COMEDY In general, a story that ends happily.
CONCEIT An elaborate and often surprising comparison between two apparently highly dissimilar things
CONNOTATIONS All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.
CONSONANCE The repetition of final consonant sounds after different vowel sounds (made/ wood)
COUPLET Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
DENOTATION The dictionary definition of a word
DENOUEMENT The resolution or unraveling of mysteries after the climax in a plot
DEUS EX MACHINA Any artificial device used at the end of a plot to resolve the conflict
DIALECT A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people
DICTION A writer's or speaker's choice of words
DISSONANCE A harsh discordant combination of sounds
ELEGY A poem that mourns the death of a person or the loss of something
EPIC A long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society.
EPITHET An adjective or other descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing.
ESSAY A short piece of nonfiction prose that examines a single subject from a limited point of view.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
WED, SEPT 9, 2009
WED, SEPT 9, 2009
Pd 1
1. AR silent reading 10 minutes & log
2. Discuss the Anglo Saxon Period p2 in Gold book.
We study the history of Britain because it is the home of our language.
Take notes titled Early British History: War and Conquest
1) Celts= the first type of people living in Britain when written history began.
Pd 4
1. AR silent reading 10 minutes & log
2. Hand in college essays:
• Final draft,
• Rough Draft w/corrections in a different color,
• FreeWrite,
• Outline of 3 body paragraphs
Pd 6
1. AR silent reading 10 minutes & log
2. Anglo Saxon Period quiz for review
3. Put AR reading range in planner
4. Look for evidence for essay topics (Grendel and religions) as we read Beowulf tomorrow
Pd 1
1. AR silent reading 10 minutes & log
2. Discuss the Anglo Saxon Period p2 in Gold book.
We study the history of Britain because it is the home of our language.
Take notes titled Early British History: War and Conquest
1) Celts= the first type of people living in Britain when written history began.
Pd 4
1. AR silent reading 10 minutes & log
2. Hand in college essays:
• Final draft,
• Rough Draft w/corrections in a different color,
• FreeWrite,
• Outline of 3 body paragraphs
Pd 6
1. AR silent reading 10 minutes & log
2. Anglo Saxon Period quiz for review
3. Put AR reading range in planner
4. Look for evidence for essay topics (Grendel and religions) as we read Beowulf tomorrow
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
TUE, SEPT 8, 2009
TUE, SEPT 8
Pd 1
1. AR silent reading 10 minutes
2. Hand in college essays: Final Draft, RoughDraft w/corrections in a different color, Free-Write, and Outline of body paragraphs
3. PreTest Reading Analysis
Pd 2
1. Discuss & Quiz on A & B terms
2. Stream-of-consciousness thinking about a poem p 1128-9, “Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London”
HW: Write down your Stream-of-consciousness thinking about “The Virgins” p 1137
Pd 1
1. AR silent reading 10 minutes
2. Hand in college essays: Final Draft, RoughDraft w/corrections in a different color, Free-Write, and Outline of body paragraphs
3. PreTest Reading Analysis
Pd 2
1. Discuss & Quiz on A & B terms
2. Stream-of-consciousness thinking about a poem p 1128-9, “Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London”
HW: Write down your Stream-of-consciousness thinking about “The Virgins” p 1137
Friday, September 04, 2009
FRI, SEPT 4, 2009
FRI, SEPT 4
Pds 1 & 4
1. AR/SRFing & makeup STAR
2. Work on essays FINAL DRAFTS
3. Grades
HW: Due Tuesday pd 1
Due Wed pd 4
Pd 2
1. AR/SRFing
2. Hand in art for FQ
3. Quiz on FQ
4. Grades
HW: Learn Literary terms A’s &B’s on pp 1259-60 for a quiz where you give the definition. Read the explanation to help you understand and remember the term.
Pd 6
1. AR/SRFing
2. Review Anglo-Saxon Pd (notes)
Pds 1 & 4
1. AR/SRFing & makeup STAR
2. Work on essays FINAL DRAFTS
3. Grades
HW: Due Tuesday pd 1
Due Wed pd 4
Pd 2
1. AR/SRFing
2. Hand in art for FQ
3. Quiz on FQ
4. Grades
HW: Learn Literary terms A’s &B’s on pp 1259-60 for a quiz where you give the definition. Read the explanation to help you understand and remember the term.
Pd 6
1. AR/SRFing
2. Review Anglo-Saxon Pd (notes)
Thursday, September 03, 2009
THU, SEPT 3, 2009
THU, SEPT 3, 2009
Pd 2
1. AR rdg/SRFg
2. Quiz: Spenser; Sonnets 30& 75; p200
2. Hand in passage-analysis essays
3. Paraphrase Faerie Queene in class
HW: Read from The Faerie Queene pp 201-210 for brief quiz
HW: Read the bold-print introduction on p201.
• Do a story board of the events described in the second column of the bold-print introduction.
• Use 4 sheets of unlined paper to
1) draw the events and
2) write the 6 sentence(s) being illustrated at the bottom of the drawings.
• Label all characters with their names and what they stand for, if anything. ( Truth, Falsehood, and Pride)
ART TECHNIQUES
Use at least 3 colors (minimum)
Use contrast (black & white)
Fill the page
Don’t use stick figures.
Pd 4
1. STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Show me 300 words total minimum for your college/application essay.
3. Start typing your FINAL DRAFT and write your OUTLINE. due Wed 9/9 Along with rough draft with corrections in a different color, free-write, and outline of your ¶s
Pd 6
1. AR rdg/SRFg
2. Check body ¶s
3. Discuss writing literary analysis essay
4. Handout: "Loneliness & Love"
5. Read Beowulf aloud and discuss pp 14-24
Grendel is unhappy with the songs of men singing of the creation of Earth.
At night he goes to Herot Hall and attacks Hrothgar's men, who are sleeping there after drinking mead.
He kills 30 men and carries their bodies home to his lair.
After 12 years of Grendel's horror, Beowulf hears of Herot's grief.
Beowulf takes 14 of his bravest warriors and they sail to Denmark and Herot.
Beowulf introduces himself to King Hrothgar, and one of the king's men calls him a boastful fool.
Beowulf tells all the men the details of his mighty deeds, and Queen Welthow is pleased and welcomes him and his men.
HW: none
Pd 2
1. AR rdg/SRFg
2. Quiz: Spenser; Sonnets 30& 75; p200
2. Hand in passage-analysis essays
3. Paraphrase Faerie Queene in class
HW: Read from The Faerie Queene pp 201-210 for brief quiz
HW: Read the bold-print introduction on p201.
• Do a story board of the events described in the second column of the bold-print introduction.
• Use 4 sheets of unlined paper to
1) draw the events and
2) write the 6 sentence(s) being illustrated at the bottom of the drawings.
• Label all characters with their names and what they stand for, if anything. ( Truth, Falsehood, and Pride)
ART TECHNIQUES
Use at least 3 colors (minimum)
Use contrast (black & white)
Fill the page
Don’t use stick figures.
Pd 4
1. STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Show me 300 words total minimum for your college/application essay.
3. Start typing your FINAL DRAFT and write your OUTLINE. due Wed 9/9 Along with rough draft with corrections in a different color, free-write, and outline of your ¶s
Pd 6
1. AR rdg/SRFg
2. Check body ¶s
3. Discuss writing literary analysis essay
4. Handout: "Loneliness & Love"
5. Read Beowulf aloud and discuss pp 14-24
Grendel is unhappy with the songs of men singing of the creation of Earth.
At night he goes to Herot Hall and attacks Hrothgar's men, who are sleeping there after drinking mead.
He kills 30 men and carries their bodies home to his lair.
After 12 years of Grendel's horror, Beowulf hears of Herot's grief.
Beowulf takes 14 of his bravest warriors and they sail to Denmark and Herot.
Beowulf introduces himself to King Hrothgar, and one of the king's men calls him a boastful fool.
Beowulf tells all the men the details of his mighty deeds, and Queen Welthow is pleased and welcomes him and his men.
HW: none
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
WED, SEPT 2, 2009
WED, SEP 2, 2009
Pd 1
1. Show me 300 words total, minimum, for your college/application essay.
2. Start typing your FINAL DRAFT and write your OUTLINE. due9/8 w/RD & corrections in different color and your free-write
Pd 4
1. Work on rough draft. Show me your first 200 words by the end of class today.
2. Next 100 words due by end of class Thur.
3. AR logs
Final draft due Wednesday, Sept 9
Also: Rough draft with corrections in a different color, Free-write, and Outline of your ¶s
Pd 6
1. AR logs
2. Discuss Beowulf and the Critical Response (check HW) p39 #2 or #3
3. Handouts for literary analysis
4. STAR test in Mac Lab
HW: Read handouts
HW: Write first draft of one Body paragraph, due Thurs.
Pd 1
1. Show me 300 words total, minimum, for your college/application essay.
2. Start typing your FINAL DRAFT and write your OUTLINE. due9/8 w/RD & corrections in different color and your free-write
Pd 4
1. Work on rough draft. Show me your first 200 words by the end of class today.
2. Next 100 words due by end of class Thur.
3. AR logs
Final draft due Wednesday, Sept 9
Also: Rough draft with corrections in a different color, Free-write, and Outline of your ¶s
Pd 6
1. AR logs
2. Discuss Beowulf and the Critical Response (check HW) p39 #2 or #3
3. Handouts for literary analysis
4. STAR test in Mac Lab
HW: Read handouts
HW: Write first draft of one Body paragraph, due Thurs.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
TUE, SEP 1, 2009
TUE, SEP 1, 2009
Pd 1
1. Work on rough draft. Show me your first 200 words by the end of class.
2. Next 100 words due by end of the next class.
3. Fill out name and file AR logs.
Due Tuesday, Sept 8:
• Final draft
Also include:
• Rough draft with corrections in a different color,
• Free-write, and
• Outline of your paragraphs
Pd 2
STAR test today
1. Show me your 3 ¶s in your final draft.
2. Read & write a summary p 200.
HW. Read Spenser pp198-99 and Sonnets 30 & 75 from Amoretti pp212&13 for a quiz. If you feel you don’t understand something, study/engage your mind by either taking notes, summarizing, or answering the questions.
Pd 1
1. Work on rough draft. Show me your first 200 words by the end of class.
2. Next 100 words due by end of the next class.
3. Fill out name and file AR logs.
Due Tuesday, Sept 8:
• Final draft
Also include:
• Rough draft with corrections in a different color,
• Free-write, and
• Outline of your paragraphs
Pd 2
STAR test today
1. Show me your 3 ¶s in your final draft.
2. Read & write a summary p 200.
HW. Read Spenser pp198-99 and Sonnets 30 & 75 from Amoretti pp212&13 for a quiz. If you feel you don’t understand something, study/engage your mind by either taking notes, summarizing, or answering the questions.
Monday, August 31, 2009
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.
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.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
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.
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.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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
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
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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
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
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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.
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.
Monday, August 24, 2009
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).
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).
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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
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
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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!
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!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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.
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.
Monday, August 17, 2009
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.
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.
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.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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
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
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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
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
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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
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
Monday, August 10, 2009
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
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
Friday, August 07, 2009
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)
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)
Thursday, August 06, 2009
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
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
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
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?
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?
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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%
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%
Monday, July 20, 2009
Summer Assignment: Instructions for Annotating a Text
| For AP Literature students who did not get a copy of the Summer Assignment, here are the two articles you need to read for annotating the book you chose in the previous blog entry.
Annotate – v. To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes [ Inside Front Cover: Keep a character list with a small space for character summary and for page references for key scenes, moments of character development, etc. Inside Back Cover: Make note of your thoughts about Themes, allusions, images, motifs, key scenes, plot line, epiphanies, etc. List and add page references and/or notes as you read. Additional Markings: Chapter summaries/titles: At the end of each chapter, write a brief summary of the plot as it occurred in that chapter. This does not have to be long or greatly detailed, but should include all relevant incidents. Use plot-related language (TP, cf, Cx, RA, etc.), see below, whenever possible in your summary. Supply an instructive title for each chapter of the book. This may prove useful for books in which chapters are already titled. This practice will help you solidify your understanding of a chapter in just a few of your own words. Underline: Within the text of the book, and as you read, underline or otherwise note anything that strikes you as important, significant, or memorable. If possible and profitable, write brief comments within the side margins that indicate your motivation in underlining. Focus on essential stylistic devices (diction, syntax, imagery, literary devices, tone) and elements of literature (plot, setting, characterization, point of view and theme). Often, I underline isolated words and phrases. Occasionally, I connect such underlinings with a line, in essence creating a new sentence, a distillation of ideas or meaning. Brackets: Use brackets, as you read, together with abbreviations and symbols to indicate passages (too long to underline) that contain important themes, wonderfully nuanced descriptions, especially delightful phrasing and/or syntax, provocative assertions, and figurative language. And, of course, write comments and analytical snippets to clarify your thinking. Vocabulary/unusual diction: Within the text of the book, circle words that are unfamiliar to you or whose use strikes you as unusual or inventive. Look up words in a dictionary that seem essential to an understanding of the meaning or the sense of the author. If it helps to do so, jot a brief definition or synonym nearby. Questions: Actively engage the text and further/confirm your understanding of each chapter by writing at least two open-ended questions for each. Short essay questions are most useful. Shifts: Note all shifts in point of view. Note all shifts in time. Note all shifts in diction and syntax. The Process: There are a number of procedural expectations that make annotation practical and effective. 1. Implement a consistent system. Use the same abbreviations and symbols every time you annotate (See Below). 2. Use one color ink or pencil to make initial markings while reading; then go back with another color or colors to mark more thoroughly once you have finished a larger section and have had time to think about it. Why? You may change your mind or get it wrong the first time, or subsequent discoveries may prompt a reevaluation of earlier findings. 3. Do underlining, bracket notations, and circling as you read 4. At chapter or section ends, stop to index page numbers on your front cover list of character information and traits as well as on your back cover list of themes, images, allusions, etc. Also, write chapter summaries at that time. 5. Be neat and be disciplined. Some suggested Abbreviations/Symbols:
Final Thoughts on Annotation: Think critically about what you are reading. While the amount of annotation may vary widely from page to page, any thoughtful notes you add to a text will help you to read more critically – any thoughtful attempt to annotate your book will help you to understand the reading as you read – and, as I hope these instructions made clear, will help you return to the reading with confidence later. [1] These Annotation Instructions have been adapted from Chris Rokous’s excellent guide to annotating which, in turn, was in part inspired and informed by “How to Mark a Book,” an essay by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph. D Reprinted from a link provided by Michelle Garbis, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Miami, Florida. |
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
AP SUMMER ASSIGNMENT
Summer Reading - AP English Literature and Composition 2009-10
Ms. Scanlon: shscanlon@aol.com & www.scanlons.blogspot.com
CONGRATULATIONS on your acceptance into the AP English Literature and Composition class! I welcome you to an extremely rewarding and challenging course for your senior year. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me by email or phone 545-5023. See you in August, ready for the challenge!
1. This summer you will read and annotate one book from the list below. You will need to bring your book with annotations the first day of school. You will have a writing assignment (within the first two weeks of school) based on the questions generated from the text. You will also take an Accelerated Reader (AR) quiz when school begins. Read “How to Mark a Book” and “Instructions for Annotating a Text.” Bring both to class and keep in a binder for English.
2. You are to answer questions about basic literary elements for your book that are due the first day of school. This will be your study guide for the Question 3 essay on the AP Exam in May. We will also have a quiz on the basic literary term definitions the first day of class. To see this list, scroll down past the book list.
TITLE/ AUTHOR/ NATION/ PUBLISHING DATE/ BRIEF SUMMARY
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy Russian 1876
Tale of the married Anna and her love for Count Vronsky.
As I Lay Dying William Faulkner American 1930
The Bundren family must take the body of Addie, matriarch of the family, away to be buried. Along the way, we listen to each member of the macabre pilgrimage.
The Awakening Kate Chopin American 1899
The story of one woman's emotional journey from a stifled, miserable marriage to a spirited and lusty freedom.
Beloved Toni Morrison American 1987
Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad.
Billy Budd Herman Melville American 1886
A handsome young sailor is unjustly accused of plotting mutiny in this timeless tale of the sea.
Catch-22 Joseph Heller American 1961
Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier, was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament.
Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko American 1981
Tayo, a World War II veteran of mixed ancestry, returns to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. He is deeply scarred by his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese and further wounded by the rejection he encounters from his people.
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevski Russian 1866
An impoverished St. Petersburg ex-student formulates a plan to kill a hated, unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money, thereby solving his financial problems and at the same time, he argues, ridding the world of an evil, worthless parasite.
A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen British play 1879
The story of Nora and Torvald rises above simple gender issues to ask the bigger question: "To what extent have we sacrificed our selves for the sake of social customs and to protect what we think is love?"
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad British 1899 Assigned by an ivory company to take command of a cargo boat stranded in the interior of Africa, Marlow makes his way, witnessing the brutalization of the natives by white traders.
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison American 1953
Invisible Man is narrated in the first person by the protagonist, an unnamed African American man who considers himself socially invisible.
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad British 1899
A young, idealistic Englishman is disgraced by cowardice while serving as an officer on a merchant-ship. His life is ruined, but then his courage is put to the test once more. This book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth is one of the most profound and rewarding psychological novels in English.
Macbeth William Shakespeare British 1605
Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman in the king's army, is prophesied by witches to become king. Taking their words seriously, he and his wife plot to murder their king. Afterwards, Macbeth's insecurity and guilt lead him to kill innocent people until he himself is defeated.
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert French 1856
Emma Bovary, a bored country housewife, abandons her husband to pursue the libertine Rodolphe in a desperate love affair. Written in a modern style, this powerful novel was a scandal in its day.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy British 1886
Michael Henchard, having sold his wife and baby early in the novel for five guineas while in a drunken rage, gets what he deserves despite his valiant efforts at atonement years later.
Medea Euripides Greek 341 BCE
Medea tells the story of the jealousy and revenge of a woman betrayed by her husband. She leaves home and father for Jason's sake, and after she has borne him children, he forsakes her.
Middlemarch George Eliot British 1871
This "Study of Provincial Life" has a multiple plot with a large cast of characters, and it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, and education.
Moby Dick Herman Melville American 1851
This story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale, Moby Dick, a white whale of tremendous size and ferocity.
Obasan Joy Kogawa Canadian 1981
Obasan uses a combination of personal narrative, lyrical outpourings, official letters, and dreams to protest the treatment of Japanese-Canadians during World War II. The voices clash and mesh until they reach the ending, which both stuns and reveals truth.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy British 1891
Tess of the d'Urbervilles describes the experiences of a woman who, through no fault of her own, falls outside of the moral code of the Victorian era in which she lives and suffers long-reaching consequences as a social outcast.
Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston American 1937
An African American woman, Janie Crawford, tells the story of her life in Florida in the early 1900s and her marriages to three very different men.
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte British 1847
This swirling tale of largely unlikeable people caught up in obsessive love that turns to dark madness is cruel, violent, dark and brooding. And yet it possesses a grandeur of language and design, a sense of pity and great loss that sets it apart.
LITERARY ELEMENTS & DEFINITIONS
You will write these definitions on a quiz the first day of class.
• THEME: The central or dominant meaning of a work as a whole. It is often a universal idea.
Theme is the most important term to understand in literature (fiction).
• PLOT: The sequence of events. It includes:
Exposition: background facts,
Conflict: problems or struggles,
Rising action: increasing levels of conflict,
Climax: point of greatest tension or the turning point,
Falling action: action that leads to the resolution,
Resolution: the culmination of the plot. ( also known as denouement)
• SETTING: A combination of:
(1) Place,
(2) Historical time, and
(3) Social environment
• CHARACTERIZATION: The ways an author describes and develops the characters.
FLAT characters are types, defined by a single quality.
ROUND characters have the three-dimensional complexity of real people & are developed by author.
• POINT OF VIEW: The vantage point from which a narrative is told.
FIRST person: The author tells the story through a character referred to as “I.”
THIRD person: The narrator is omniscient (all knowing) or limited.
• SYMBOL: Something that stands for itself and also suggests something larger and more complex--often an idea or a range of interrelated ideas, attitudes, and practices.
• ALLUSION: An indirect reference to a person, event, statement, or theme found in literature, the other arts, history, myths, religion, or popular culture.
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BOOK
Write the question. Write the answer on the line below it. Be sure you know the meaning of the terms.
1. In a well-written story, all other elements support the theme. What do you see as the theme of the book you read?
2. Write a statement (a précis) of the plot in one sentence, around 25 words. Do not go over 30!
3. Describe the three parts of the setting on three separate lines.
4. How does the setting impact the meaning of the work as a whole?
Answer questions 5, 6, 7, and 8
for at least two characters.
5. Name a character important to the theme.
6. Tell whether the character is flat or round.
7. Give the evidence that makes you think so. (Evidence is a literal fact or detail from the story)
8. How does the character fit into the meaning of the work as a whole?
9. What is the narrative point of view of your book?
10. How does the point of view fit with the meaning of the work as a whole?
11. Pick out a possible symbol and give the page and chapter where it is mentioned.
12. What might the symbol represent?
13. How is the symbol related to the meaning of the work as a whole?
14. Name an allusion and list the page and chapter where it is mentioned.
15. How does the use of the allusion add to the meaning of the work as a whole?
To learn to identify these elements, you must not get an answer from someone else. If you cannot find an answer or do not understand the question, I will help you learn how to find and understand it, either when school starts or in an email during the summer. shscanlon@aol.com
ANY WORK TAKEN FROM A STUDY GUIDE IS PLAGIARISM AND RECEIVES A FAILING GRADE
Ms. Scanlon: shscanlon@aol.com & www.scanlons.blogspot.com
CONGRATULATIONS on your acceptance into the AP English Literature and Composition class! I welcome you to an extremely rewarding and challenging course for your senior year. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me by email or phone 545-5023. See you in August, ready for the challenge!
1. This summer you will read and annotate one book from the list below. You will need to bring your book with annotations the first day of school. You will have a writing assignment (within the first two weeks of school) based on the questions generated from the text. You will also take an Accelerated Reader (AR) quiz when school begins. Read “How to Mark a Book” and “Instructions for Annotating a Text.” Bring both to class and keep in a binder for English.
2. You are to answer questions about basic literary elements for your book that are due the first day of school. This will be your study guide for the Question 3 essay on the AP Exam in May. We will also have a quiz on the basic literary term definitions the first day of class. To see this list, scroll down past the book list.
TITLE/ AUTHOR/ NATION/ PUBLISHING DATE/ BRIEF SUMMARY
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy Russian 1876
Tale of the married Anna and her love for Count Vronsky.
As I Lay Dying William Faulkner American 1930
The Bundren family must take the body of Addie, matriarch of the family, away to be buried. Along the way, we listen to each member of the macabre pilgrimage.
The Awakening Kate Chopin American 1899
The story of one woman's emotional journey from a stifled, miserable marriage to a spirited and lusty freedom.
Beloved Toni Morrison American 1987
Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad.
Billy Budd Herman Melville American 1886
A handsome young sailor is unjustly accused of plotting mutiny in this timeless tale of the sea.
Catch-22 Joseph Heller American 1961
Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier, was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament.
Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko American 1981
Tayo, a World War II veteran of mixed ancestry, returns to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. He is deeply scarred by his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese and further wounded by the rejection he encounters from his people.
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevski Russian 1866
An impoverished St. Petersburg ex-student formulates a plan to kill a hated, unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money, thereby solving his financial problems and at the same time, he argues, ridding the world of an evil, worthless parasite.
A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen British play 1879
The story of Nora and Torvald rises above simple gender issues to ask the bigger question: "To what extent have we sacrificed our selves for the sake of social customs and to protect what we think is love?"
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad British 1899 Assigned by an ivory company to take command of a cargo boat stranded in the interior of Africa, Marlow makes his way, witnessing the brutalization of the natives by white traders.
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison American 1953
Invisible Man is narrated in the first person by the protagonist, an unnamed African American man who considers himself socially invisible.
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad British 1899
A young, idealistic Englishman is disgraced by cowardice while serving as an officer on a merchant-ship. His life is ruined, but then his courage is put to the test once more. This book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth is one of the most profound and rewarding psychological novels in English.
Macbeth William Shakespeare British 1605
Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman in the king's army, is prophesied by witches to become king. Taking their words seriously, he and his wife plot to murder their king. Afterwards, Macbeth's insecurity and guilt lead him to kill innocent people until he himself is defeated.
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert French 1856
Emma Bovary, a bored country housewife, abandons her husband to pursue the libertine Rodolphe in a desperate love affair. Written in a modern style, this powerful novel was a scandal in its day.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy British 1886
Michael Henchard, having sold his wife and baby early in the novel for five guineas while in a drunken rage, gets what he deserves despite his valiant efforts at atonement years later.
Medea Euripides Greek 341 BCE
Medea tells the story of the jealousy and revenge of a woman betrayed by her husband. She leaves home and father for Jason's sake, and after she has borne him children, he forsakes her.
Middlemarch George Eliot British 1871
This "Study of Provincial Life" has a multiple plot with a large cast of characters, and it pursues a number of underlying themes, including the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion and hypocrisy, and education.
Moby Dick Herman Melville American 1851
This story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale, Moby Dick, a white whale of tremendous size and ferocity.
Obasan Joy Kogawa Canadian 1981
Obasan uses a combination of personal narrative, lyrical outpourings, official letters, and dreams to protest the treatment of Japanese-Canadians during World War II. The voices clash and mesh until they reach the ending, which both stuns and reveals truth.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy British 1891
Tess of the d'Urbervilles describes the experiences of a woman who, through no fault of her own, falls outside of the moral code of the Victorian era in which she lives and suffers long-reaching consequences as a social outcast.
Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston American 1937
An African American woman, Janie Crawford, tells the story of her life in Florida in the early 1900s and her marriages to three very different men.
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte British 1847
This swirling tale of largely unlikeable people caught up in obsessive love that turns to dark madness is cruel, violent, dark and brooding. And yet it possesses a grandeur of language and design, a sense of pity and great loss that sets it apart.
LITERARY ELEMENTS & DEFINITIONS
You will write these definitions on a quiz the first day of class.
• THEME: The central or dominant meaning of a work as a whole. It is often a universal idea.
Theme is the most important term to understand in literature (fiction).
• PLOT: The sequence of events. It includes:
Exposition: background facts,
Conflict: problems or struggles,
Rising action: increasing levels of conflict,
Climax: point of greatest tension or the turning point,
Falling action: action that leads to the resolution,
Resolution: the culmination of the plot. ( also known as denouement)
• SETTING: A combination of:
(1) Place,
(2) Historical time, and
(3) Social environment
• CHARACTERIZATION: The ways an author describes and develops the characters.
FLAT characters are types, defined by a single quality.
ROUND characters have the three-dimensional complexity of real people & are developed by author.
• POINT OF VIEW: The vantage point from which a narrative is told.
FIRST person: The author tells the story through a character referred to as “I.”
THIRD person: The narrator is omniscient (all knowing) or limited.
• SYMBOL: Something that stands for itself and also suggests something larger and more complex--often an idea or a range of interrelated ideas, attitudes, and practices.
• ALLUSION: An indirect reference to a person, event, statement, or theme found in literature, the other arts, history, myths, religion, or popular culture.
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BOOK
Write the question. Write the answer on the line below it. Be sure you know the meaning of the terms.
1. In a well-written story, all other elements support the theme. What do you see as the theme of the book you read?
2. Write a statement (a précis) of the plot in one sentence, around 25 words. Do not go over 30!
3. Describe the three parts of the setting on three separate lines.
4. How does the setting impact the meaning of the work as a whole?
Answer questions 5, 6, 7, and 8
for at least two characters.
5. Name a character important to the theme.
6. Tell whether the character is flat or round.
7. Give the evidence that makes you think so. (Evidence is a literal fact or detail from the story)
8. How does the character fit into the meaning of the work as a whole?
9. What is the narrative point of view of your book?
10. How does the point of view fit with the meaning of the work as a whole?
11. Pick out a possible symbol and give the page and chapter where it is mentioned.
12. What might the symbol represent?
13. How is the symbol related to the meaning of the work as a whole?
14. Name an allusion and list the page and chapter where it is mentioned.
15. How does the use of the allusion add to the meaning of the work as a whole?
To learn to identify these elements, you must not get an answer from someone else. If you cannot find an answer or do not understand the question, I will help you learn how to find and understand it, either when school starts or in an email during the summer. shscanlon@aol.com
ANY WORK TAKEN FROM A STUDY GUIDE IS PLAGIARISM AND RECEIVES A FAILING GRADE
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Tue, May 19, 2009
Tue, May 19
Pds 1, 2
Final Exam
Pd 4
Literary Circle Presentations for Journal of the Plague Year
Pds 1, 2
Final Exam
Pd 4
Literary Circle Presentations for Journal of the Plague Year
Monday, May 18, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Friday, May 15
Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Study for exam: Voc. Terms 1-25
2. Prepare for presentation for Journal of the Plague Year
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Survey
3. Quiz on The Pardoner's Tale and the Pardoner from p 104, the text, not the small description on the side
Periods 1, 2, 4
1. Study for exam: Voc. Terms 1-25
2. Prepare for presentation for Journal of the Plague Year
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Survey
3. Quiz on The Pardoner's Tale and the Pardoner from p 104, the text, not the small description on the side
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Thu, May 14, 2009
Thu, May 14
Pds 2,4
1. Voc 16-25
2. STAR
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Nun’s Priest’s tale and discuss what is implied about priest on p121. = [
3. STAR test in Mac lab
HW: Read the Pardoner’s tale pp 122-129 and about the Pardoner on p 104.
Pds 2,4
1. Voc 16-25
2. STAR
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Nun’s Priest’s tale and discuss what is implied about priest on p121. = [
3. STAR test in Mac lab
HW: Read the Pardoner’s tale pp 122-129 and about the Pardoner on p 104.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Wed. May 13, 2009
Wed. May 13
Pd 1
1. STAR
2. Voc Qz 1-25
3. Lit Circles
Pd 4
1. Voc Quiz 11-22
2. Lit Circles
Pd 1
1. STAR
2. Voc Qz 1-25
3. Lit Circles
Pd 4
1. Voc Quiz 11-22
2. Lit Circles
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tue, May 12, 2009
Tue, May 12
Pds 1, 2
1. AR rdg
2. Vocabulary Qz 11-22
3. Literary Circles
Pd 5
1. Quiz on Middle Ages/ Medieval Period
2. Present One-Pagers
3. Read the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
4. Watch the Nun’s Priest’s tale about Chanticleer. It’s in the book beginning on p 110. Those who were absent today need to read it for Thursday.
HW: Read p 121 What is the host implying about the Priest?
Pds 1, 2
1. AR rdg
2. Vocabulary Qz 11-22
3. Literary Circles
Pd 5
1. Quiz on Middle Ages/ Medieval Period
2. Present One-Pagers
3. Read the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
4. Watch the Nun’s Priest’s tale about Chanticleer. It’s in the book beginning on p 110. Those who were absent today need to read it for Thursday.
HW: Read p 121 What is the host implying about the Priest?
Monday, May 11, 2009
Mon, May 11, 2009
Mon, May 11
Pds 1, 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Voc Qz 11-20 Pd 4
Pds 1 & 2 study #s 19 & 20 for inclusion with Tues quiz 11-22.
Pd 5
1. Discuss Essential Vocabulary 1-25. Idiom: an expression (group of words) that can't be understood from the meaning of its separate words. For example, to "kick the bucket" means to die.
2. The Anglo-Saxon period is notable for the groups of people who lived in England during formative invasions. The earliest people known to live there were Celts. The Romans came and built roads, walls, towns, and forts. They left when Rome was attacked. Germanic tribes such as the Angles and the Saxons invaded and took over from the Celts. The country came to be called Angland. Vikings from Denmark invaded and held land called the DaneLaw but were eventually defeated by the Anglo-Saxons. Finally, the French from Normandy defeated the Anglo-Saxons and united England under one king.
3. Beowulf: Quiz
HW: Do a “One-Pager” for Beowulf quotes. See quotations below. Select a quotation to illustrate. Write the quote, documented MLA style, in large, dark letters. Art should have at least 3 colors, contrast from dark to light, fill the page, use no stick figures, and fit the quote and period appropriately.
HW: Read about the Middle Ages/ Medieval Period pp 68-75 for T/F quiz. Know the two major elements of the period.
Quotations for Burton Raffel’s translation of Beowulf
• Quote 3: "recalling/ The Almighty making of the earth, shaping/ These beautiful plains marked off by oceans,/ Then proudly setting the sun and moon/ To glow across the land and light it;/...made quick with life, with each/ Of the nations who now move on its face." pg. 26, lines 91-98
• Quote 4: "Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend/Grendel who haunted the moors, the wild/Marshes, and made his home in a hell./Not hell but hell on earth. He was spawned in that slime/Of Cain, murderous creatures banished/ By God, punished forever for the crime/ Of Abel's death." pg. 26, lines 101-108
• Quote 5: "Twelve winters of grief for Hrothgar, king/ Of the Danes, sorrow heaped at his door/ By hell-forged hands, His misery leaped/ The seas, was told and sung in all/ Men's ears" pg. 28, lines 147-151
• Quote 6: "Grendel's hatred began,/...the monster relished his savage war/ On the Danes, keeping the bloody feud/ Alive, seeking no peace, offering/ No truce, accepting no settlement, no price/ In gold or land, and paying the living/ For one crime only with another. No one/ Waited for reparation from his plundering claws:/ That shadow of death hunted in the darkness,/ Stalked Hrothgar's warriors." pg. 28, lines 151-160
Pds 1, 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Voc Qz 11-20 Pd 4
Pds 1 & 2 study #s 19 & 20 for inclusion with Tues quiz 11-22.
Pd 5
1. Discuss Essential Vocabulary 1-25. Idiom: an expression (group of words) that can't be understood from the meaning of its separate words. For example, to "kick the bucket" means to die.
2. The Anglo-Saxon period is notable for the groups of people who lived in England during formative invasions. The earliest people known to live there were Celts. The Romans came and built roads, walls, towns, and forts. They left when Rome was attacked. Germanic tribes such as the Angles and the Saxons invaded and took over from the Celts. The country came to be called Angland. Vikings from Denmark invaded and held land called the DaneLaw but were eventually defeated by the Anglo-Saxons. Finally, the French from Normandy defeated the Anglo-Saxons and united England under one king.
3. Beowulf: Quiz
HW: Do a “One-Pager” for Beowulf quotes. See quotations below. Select a quotation to illustrate. Write the quote, documented MLA style, in large, dark letters. Art should have at least 3 colors, contrast from dark to light, fill the page, use no stick figures, and fit the quote and period appropriately.
HW: Read about the Middle Ages/ Medieval Period pp 68-75 for T/F quiz. Know the two major elements of the period.
Quotations for Burton Raffel’s translation of Beowulf
• Quote 3: "recalling/ The Almighty making of the earth, shaping/ These beautiful plains marked off by oceans,/ Then proudly setting the sun and moon/ To glow across the land and light it;/...made quick with life, with each/ Of the nations who now move on its face." pg. 26, lines 91-98
• Quote 4: "Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend/Grendel who haunted the moors, the wild/Marshes, and made his home in a hell./Not hell but hell on earth. He was spawned in that slime/Of Cain, murderous creatures banished/ By God, punished forever for the crime/ Of Abel's death." pg. 26, lines 101-108
• Quote 5: "Twelve winters of grief for Hrothgar, king/ Of the Danes, sorrow heaped at his door/ By hell-forged hands, His misery leaped/ The seas, was told and sung in all/ Men's ears" pg. 28, lines 147-151
• Quote 6: "Grendel's hatred began,/...the monster relished his savage war/ On the Danes, keeping the bloody feud/ Alive, seeking no peace, offering/ No truce, accepting no settlement, no price/ In gold or land, and paying the living/ For one crime only with another. No one/ Waited for reparation from his plundering claws:/ That shadow of death hunted in the darkness,/ Stalked Hrothgar's warriors." pg. 28, lines 151-160
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Wed, May 6
Wed, May 6
Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2.Voc Qz 7-16
3. Literature Circles
Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Finish reading from Journal of the Plague Year
p 500 part 4 to end
3. Discuss and take Quiz
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Tue, May 5, 2009
Tue, May 5
Pds 1, 2
1. AR rdg
2. Finish reading from Journal of the Plague Year
Pds 1&2: p 501 part 5
3. Discuss and take Quiz
4. Voc Quiz 5-14, analysis
Pd 5 On the AP exam, don't forget Eliza (or Liza) Doolittle, Henry Higgins, Colonel Pickering, Freddy and Clara Eynsford Hill, Mrs Pearce (Henry's housekeeper). Pygmalion is a satire on English class values.
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in AP exam essay
3. Discuss essays on prose, poetry, and the "open" question. Look at syntax power point.
HW: Look over your cards to get names of characters, places, etc. in your head for the open question.
Pds 1, 2
1. AR rdg
2. Finish reading from Journal of the Plague Year
Pds 1&2: p 501 part 5
3. Discuss and take Quiz
4. Voc Quiz 5-14, analysis
Pd 5 On the AP exam, don't forget Eliza (or Liza) Doolittle, Henry Higgins, Colonel Pickering, Freddy and Clara Eynsford Hill, Mrs Pearce (Henry's housekeeper). Pygmalion is a satire on English class values.
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in AP exam essay
3. Discuss essays on prose, poetry, and the "open" question. Look at syntax power point.
HW: Look over your cards to get names of characters, places, etc. in your head for the open question.
Monday, May 04, 2009
Mon, May 4, 2009
Mon, May 4
Pds 1, 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Handout: vocabulary lists 1-25
3. Voc Quiz 3-12, sonnet
Pd 4: Progress reports
Pd 5
1. Hand in style essays
2. Discuss AP term quiz
3. Discuss AP exam essays and strategies.
HW: AP exam essay, prose from The Crossing. Students taking other AP exams this week, write the introduction at least.
TWO IDEAS FOR AP EXAM ESSAYS
1. Check out this power point of syntax examples:
http://exchange.guhsd.net/details.php?object_id=643
2. Workable strategy for essay
• 1-3 minutes reading and working the prompt
• 5 mins rdg and making marginal notes about the passage. Try to isolate 2 quotes that strike you. This may give you your opening and closing.
• 10 minutes preparing to write.
---Choose 1 or 2 of these:
-underlining, bracketing, circling
-marginal notes
-charts or key word/one word/line # outlining
• 20 minutes to write
• 3 minutes proofreading
Pds 1, 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Handout: vocabulary lists 1-25
3. Voc Quiz 3-12, sonnet
Pd 4: Progress reports
Pd 5
1. Hand in style essays
2. Discuss AP term quiz
3. Discuss AP exam essays and strategies.
HW: AP exam essay, prose from The Crossing. Students taking other AP exams this week, write the introduction at least.
TWO IDEAS FOR AP EXAM ESSAYS
1. Check out this power point of syntax examples:
http://exchange.guhsd.net/details.php?object_id=643
2. Workable strategy for essay
• 1-3 minutes reading and working the prompt
• 5 mins rdg and making marginal notes about the passage. Try to isolate 2 quotes that strike you. This may give you your opening and closing.
• 10 minutes preparing to write.
---Choose 1 or 2 of these:
-underlining, bracketing, circling
-marginal notes
-charts or key word/one word/line # outlining
• 20 minutes to write
• 3 minutes proofreading
Friday, May 01, 2009
Fri, May 1, 2009
Fri, May 1
Pds 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Continue reading from Journal of the Plague Year
3. Discuss and take Quiz
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in AP exam essay
3. Continue AP term quiz and discuss
HW: Style essay due Monday final draft, 2 rough drafts, and outline of thesis (main idea and 3 subtopics).
Pds 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Continue reading from Journal of the Plague Year
3. Discuss and take Quiz
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in AP exam essay
3. Continue AP term quiz and discuss
HW: Style essay due Monday final draft, 2 rough drafts, and outline of thesis (main idea and 3 subtopics).
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Thu, Apr 30. 2009
Thu, Apr 30
Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Continue reading from Journal of the Plague Year
p 498 to p 501 part 5
Pd s 2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essays: Final draft, rough draft, outline, chart
3. Vocabulary quiz 1-10 Pd 2
4. Read from Journal of the Plague Year Intro p 497
Pd 2 finished Intro
Pd 4 to part 2
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in introductions
3. Share style essay with partner.
4. Continue AP exam essay terms quiz . Discuss 1,2,4
HW: Do other AP exam essay.
HW: Due Mon-Style Essay , drafts, and thesis outline (main idea and 3 supporting subtopics)
Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Continue reading from Journal of the Plague Year
p 498 to p 501 part 5
Pd s 2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essays: Final draft, rough draft, outline, chart
3. Vocabulary quiz 1-10 Pd 2
4. Read from Journal of the Plague Year Intro p 497
Pd 2 finished Intro
Pd 4 to part 2
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in introductions
3. Share style essay with partner.
4. Continue AP exam essay terms quiz . Discuss 1,2,4
HW: Do other AP exam essay.
HW: Due Mon-Style Essay , drafts, and thesis outline (main idea and 3 supporting subtopics)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Wed, Apr 29, 2009
Wed, Apr 29
Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essays: Final draft, rough draft, outline, chart
3. Vocabulary quiz 1-10
4. Read from Journal of the Plague Year Intro p 497 to p 498, col 2, ¶ 2
Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essays: Final draft, rough draft, outline, chart
3. Vocabulary quiz 1-10
4. Literary Period & Pepys Diary review
Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essays: Final draft, rough draft, outline, chart
3. Vocabulary quiz 1-10
4. Read from Journal of the Plague Year Intro p 497 to p 498, col 2, ¶ 2
Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essays: Final draft, rough draft, outline, chart
3. Vocabulary quiz 1-10
4. Literary Period & Pepys Diary review
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tue, Apr 28, 2009
Tue, Apr 28
Pds 1, 2
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essays: Final draft, rough draft, outline, chart
3. Six traits quiz
4. Vocabulary review Pd 1
Lit Pd & Diary review Pd 2
Pd 5
1. Quiz AP essay terms
2. AP essay
HW: Pick up Qstn 3 sheet and your rdg record cards. Address the prompt for each of the three books we read and write the introductions for them as you would on the AP exam essay.
Bring your style essay draft 2 to class Thursday.
Pds 1, 2
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essays: Final draft, rough draft, outline, chart
3. Six traits quiz
4. Vocabulary review Pd 1
Lit Pd & Diary review Pd 2
Pd 5
1. Quiz AP essay terms
2. AP essay
HW: Pick up Qstn 3 sheet and your rdg record cards. Address the prompt for each of the three books we read and write the introductions for them as you would on the AP exam essay.
Bring your style essay draft 2 to class Thursday.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Fri, Apr 24, 2009
Fri, Apr 24 Substitute today: Mr. Gumm
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. In the gold books p134 read aloud the first three sections: The Rise of the Romantics and THE RESTORATION & THE ENLIGHTENMENT, then take notes on the handout.
3. Read Samuel Pepys Diary p205-207 aloud. Answer the questions after and hand in.
Pd 5
1. AR reading?
2. Ms Fukuji AP exam documents
3. Quiz on the Epilogue to Pygmalion and check.
HW: Write second (and possibly final) draft of style essay.
HW: Read Defns of AP Essay Terms for quiz on secondary information
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. In the gold books p134 read aloud the first three sections: The Rise of the Romantics and THE RESTORATION & THE ENLIGHTENMENT, then take notes on the handout.
3. Read Samuel Pepys Diary p205-207 aloud. Answer the questions after and hand in.
Pd 5
1. AR reading?
2. Ms Fukuji AP exam documents
3. Quiz on the Epilogue to Pygmalion and check.
HW: Write second (and possibly final) draft of style essay.
HW: Read Defns of AP Essay Terms for quiz on secondary information
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Thu, Apr 23, 2009
Thu, Apr 23
Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Write the last 2 ¶ s of your essay.
3. Due date
pd 2: Tues 4/28
pd 4: Wed 4/29
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Act 5 Pygmalion
3. Show me your thesis & outline for style essay
4. Discussion of essay writing
HW: Write a first draft for Friday to discuss with partner. 400 word minimum. You will comment using signs for GOOD, UNCLEAR, and ADD DETAILS
HW: Read Epilogue pp 1201-1207 for quiz.
Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Write the last 2 ¶ s of your essay.
3. Due date
pd 2: Tues 4/28
pd 4: Wed 4/29
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Act 5 Pygmalion
3. Show me your thesis & outline for style essay
4. Discussion of essay writing
HW: Write a first draft for Friday to discuss with partner. 400 word minimum. You will comment using signs for GOOD, UNCLEAR, and ADD DETAILS
HW: Read Epilogue pp 1201-1207 for quiz.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Writing a Persuasive Essay Using Your Experience
Persuasive Essay in Seven Easy Steps
1. Think of topics of interest to you that you have some personal experience with.
For example, for me it would be books, my school, places I have lived, restaurants and stores, cafeteria food, my children, sailing, cars I have driven, etc.
2. Pick one and write an opinion about it that some people might disagree with.
For example, I picked BOOKS, and my opinion is that you should read Tuesdays with Morrie. In the past I chose If you want a good car, you should buy a Camry.
3. Make a chart listing reasons why your opinion is right (for it) and reasons why it is wrong (against it).
For example:
You should read Tuesdays with Morrie
FOR
1. Lessons about life
2. Two men struggle
with problems and
solve them
AGAINST
1. It’s about death
4. If you have 2 good reasons FOR and one good reason AGAINST, you can write a THESIS statement by filling in the blanks:
Even though ___[reason Against]____,
___[put your Opinion on this line]____
because ___[second-best reason For]_
and ____[best reason For]__________.
For example:
Even though it is about death,
you should read Tuesdays with Morrie
because 2 men in it solve terrible problems,
and it teaches amazing lessons about life.
5. Write an Outline of the body ¶ s based on your thesis. Begin with people’s objection to your opinion, because they will see you considering both sides to the argument and then they will listen to your side.
For example:
Write the OUTLINE of the BODY ¶ s from this THESIS:
Even though it is about death, I.
you should read Tuesdays with Morrie
because 2 men solve terrible problems, II.
and it teaches amazing lessons on life. III.
I. It is about death
A.
B.
II. Solving terrible problems
A.
B.
III. Lessons on life
A.
B.
Fill in the outline by writing 2 things about each subtopic. Now you have a plan!
6. Write your body ¶ s. I. II. III.
If you write the objection to your opinion first, don’t convince them NOT to agree with you! Play down the argument against you. Or if you can’t weaken it, admit it and say that your idea is so good, they will want to agree with you anyway!
And don’t make it your biggest, best paragraph!
To argue For your opinion, use all the specific details you know from your experience with the topic. Help the reader feel what you feel, know what you know.
7. Write your beginning and ending-- the introduction ¶ and the conclusion ¶. Both consist mostly of your THESIS.
Introduction ¶
1. Attention getter related to topic
2. THESIS
Conclusion ¶
1. THESIS restated in different words or a different way
2. A personal comment not said before, and related to your topic
1. Think of topics of interest to you that you have some personal experience with.
For example, for me it would be books, my school, places I have lived, restaurants and stores, cafeteria food, my children, sailing, cars I have driven, etc.
2. Pick one and write an opinion about it that some people might disagree with.
For example, I picked BOOKS, and my opinion is that you should read Tuesdays with Morrie. In the past I chose If you want a good car, you should buy a Camry.
3. Make a chart listing reasons why your opinion is right (for it) and reasons why it is wrong (against it).
For example:
You should read Tuesdays with Morrie
FOR
1. Lessons about life
2. Two men struggle
with problems and
solve them
AGAINST
1. It’s about death
4. If you have 2 good reasons FOR and one good reason AGAINST, you can write a THESIS statement by filling in the blanks:
Even though ___[reason Against]____,
___[put your Opinion on this line]____
because ___[second-best reason For]_
and ____[best reason For]__________.
For example:
Even though it is about death,
you should read Tuesdays with Morrie
because 2 men in it solve terrible problems,
and it teaches amazing lessons about life.
5. Write an Outline of the body ¶ s based on your thesis. Begin with people’s objection to your opinion, because they will see you considering both sides to the argument and then they will listen to your side.
For example:
Write the OUTLINE of the BODY ¶ s from this THESIS:
Even though it is about death, I.
you should read Tuesdays with Morrie
because 2 men solve terrible problems, II.
and it teaches amazing lessons on life. III.
I. It is about death
A.
B.
II. Solving terrible problems
A.
B.
III. Lessons on life
A.
B.
Fill in the outline by writing 2 things about each subtopic. Now you have a plan!
6. Write your body ¶ s. I. II. III.
If you write the objection to your opinion first, don’t convince them NOT to agree with you! Play down the argument against you. Or if you can’t weaken it, admit it and say that your idea is so good, they will want to agree with you anyway!
And don’t make it your biggest, best paragraph!
To argue For your opinion, use all the specific details you know from your experience with the topic. Help the reader feel what you feel, know what you know.
7. Write your beginning and ending-- the introduction ¶ and the conclusion ¶. Both consist mostly of your THESIS.
Introduction ¶
1. Attention getter related to topic
2. THESIS
Conclusion ¶
1. THESIS restated in different words or a different way
2. A personal comment not said before, and related to your topic
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Wed, Apr 22
Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Write the last 2 ¶ s for persuasive essay.
Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Write 2 more ¶ s for 10 more points on the persuasive essay.
Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Write the last 2 ¶ s for persuasive essay.
Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Write 2 more ¶ s for 10 more points on the persuasive essay.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Tue, Apr 21, 2009
Tue, Apr 21
Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg
2. Write 2 more ¶ s for 10 pts.
Pd 5
1. Quiz Act 4 & TPCASTT
2. Discuss AP essays on poems
3. Look at work p 1229 with respect to significance of author’s style. Use work to help with your essay and hand in with essay.
HW: Read Act 5 Pygmalion
HW: Write a thesis and outline for the style essay p 1229.
Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg
2. Write 2 more ¶ s for 10 pts.
Pd 5
1. Quiz Act 4 & TPCASTT
2. Discuss AP essays on poems
3. Look at work p 1229 with respect to significance of author’s style. Use work to help with your essay and hand in with essay.
HW: Read Act 5 Pygmalion
HW: Write a thesis and outline for the style essay p 1229.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Mon, Apr 20, 2009
Mon, Apr 20
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Write 1 ¶.
Pd 5
1. Hand in qstn 10 and discuss.
2. Quiz Act 3 & p1229 Style
3. Check passages and review p1229.
HW: Read Act 4
HW: Select 30-35 lines in one column from the textbook for a story you select from the 20th century authors. Select a passage that is significant to the story. Answer qstns 1-5 for words, 1-4 for sentences, & 1-2 for stylistic devices, p 1229 for tomorrow. We will be writing an essay following the suggestions on p1229.
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Write 1 ¶.
Pd 5
1. Hand in qstn 10 and discuss.
2. Quiz Act 3 & p1229 Style
3. Check passages and review p1229.
HW: Read Act 4
HW: Select 30-35 lines in one column from the textbook for a story you select from the 20th century authors. Select a passage that is significant to the story. Answer qstns 1-5 for words, 1-4 for sentences, & 1-2 for stylistic devices, p 1229 for tomorrow. We will be writing an essay following the suggestions on p1229.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Fri, Apr 17, 2009
Fri, Apr 17
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Work on outline of essay. Take body ¶ s from thesis.
Even though _____I_____,
______[my opinion]______
because _________II_____
and __________III________.
Write at least two details for each of the 3 body ¶ s and hand in. (9 points)
Pd5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Act 2 Pygmalion
3. Writing an AP essay
• Read poem twice
• Set up triangle: Answer the question using literary strategies and several examples of evidence for each.
• Use analysis technique such as TP-CASTT
4. Review TPCASTT for quiz
T=Title
P=Paraphrase
C=Connotations
A=Attitude (like Tone but too many T's already)
S=Shifts
T=Title again
T=Theme
HW: Read Act 3, p 1174-1185, answer qstn #10 p 1185
HW: Read p 1229 for quiz.
Copy a passage of several representative sentences (100-200 words) from each author:
Conrad p 925- Secret Sharer
Munro p 951- Sredni Vashtar
Joyce p 959- or 966- Araby or Portrait of the Artist
Lawrence p 973- Rocking Horse. You may copy pages from the book on a copier.
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Work on outline of essay. Take body ¶ s from thesis.
Even though _____I_____,
______[my opinion]______
because _________II_____
and __________III________.
Write at least two details for each of the 3 body ¶ s and hand in. (9 points)
Pd5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Act 2 Pygmalion
3. Writing an AP essay
• Read poem twice
• Set up triangle: Answer the question using literary strategies and several examples of evidence for each.
• Use analysis technique such as TP-CASTT
4. Review TPCASTT for quiz
T=Title
P=Paraphrase
C=Connotations
A=Attitude (like Tone but too many T's already)
S=Shifts
T=Title again
T=Theme
HW: Read Act 3, p 1174-1185, answer qstn #10 p 1185
HW: Read p 1229 for quiz.
Copy a passage of several representative sentences (100-200 words) from each author:
Conrad p 925- Secret Sharer
Munro p 951- Sredni Vashtar
Joyce p 959- or 966- Araby or Portrait of the Artist
Lawrence p 973- Rocking Horse. You may copy pages from the book on a copier.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Thu, Apr 16, 2009
Thu, Apr 16
Pds 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Persuasive Essay:
Write 4 part thesis:
Even though_____[objection]_____,
[your opinion]____________
because _____[2nd best support]_________
and ____[best support]______________
3. Begin essay
4. Hand in or show me work
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Lawrence, "Rocking Horse Winner", Pygmalion Preface, and Act 1.
3. Hand in critical response
4. Writing an AP essay on "Blackberry Picking"
• Read poem twice
• Set up triangle
• Use analysis technique such as TP-CASTT
HW: Read Act 2 Pygmalion pp 1159-1173
Pds 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Persuasive Essay:
Write 4 part thesis:
Even though_____[objection]_____,
[your opinion]____________
because _____[2nd best support]_________
and ____[best support]______________
3. Begin essay
4. Hand in or show me work
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Lawrence, "Rocking Horse Winner", Pygmalion Preface, and Act 1.
3. Hand in critical response
4. Writing an AP essay on "Blackberry Picking"
• Read poem twice
• Set up triangle
• Use analysis technique such as TP-CASTT
HW: Read Act 2 Pygmalion pp 1159-1173
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Wed, Apr 15, 2009
Wed, Apr 15
Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Write 4 part thesis:
Even though__________,
[my opinion]____________,
because ______________,
and __________________.
Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Ideas for essay – brainstorm
Don’t use issues of faith or anything you are highly emotional about. Use logic and reason. Use only topics you can support with your own personal experience.
3. Of the brainstormed ideas, choose one. Make a chart of at least one reason supporting your opinion and one opposing your opinion.
Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Write 4 part thesis:
Even though__________,
[my opinion]____________,
because ______________,
and __________________.
Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Ideas for essay – brainstorm
Don’t use issues of faith or anything you are highly emotional about. Use logic and reason. Use only topics you can support with your own personal experience.
3. Of the brainstormed ideas, choose one. Make a chart of at least one reason supporting your opinion and one opposing your opinion.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Tue, Apr 14, 2009
Tue, Apr 14
Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg
2. Ideas for essay – brainstorm
Don’t use issues of faith or anything you are highly emotional about. Use logic and reason. Use only topics you can support with your own personal experience.
3. Of the brainstormed ideas, choose one. Make a chart of at least one reason supporting your opinion (for) and one opposing your opinion (against).
Pd 5
1. Quiz Joyce, Araby, Portrait, Stream of Consciousness.
2. Hand in critical response
3. Write "Blackberry Picking" essay
HW: Read D.H.Lawrence p971-2, “The Rocking Horse Winner” p973-981, and write Critical Response p 982 #4
HW: Read Pygmalion:
• Preface- A Professor of Phonetics (only), p1148
• Two ¶s on p 1151, column 2, ¶s 2 & 3, beginning w/ “I wish…” and ending with “ ridiculous.”
• Act 1 p 1152-1158
Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg
2. Ideas for essay – brainstorm
Don’t use issues of faith or anything you are highly emotional about. Use logic and reason. Use only topics you can support with your own personal experience.
3. Of the brainstormed ideas, choose one. Make a chart of at least one reason supporting your opinion (for) and one opposing your opinion (against).
Pd 5
1. Quiz Joyce, Araby, Portrait, Stream of Consciousness.
2. Hand in critical response
3. Write "Blackberry Picking" essay
HW: Read D.H.Lawrence p971-2, “The Rocking Horse Winner” p973-981, and write Critical Response p 982 #4
HW: Read Pygmalion:
• Preface- A Professor of Phonetics (only), p1148
• Two ¶s on p 1151, column 2, ¶s 2 & 3, beginning w/ “I wish…” and ending with “ ridiculous.”
• Act 1 p 1152-1158
Monday, April 13, 2009
Mon, Apr 13, 2009
Mon, Apr 13
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Return 6 Traits quiz & notes
3. Mastery 80+% required. For study help, use art to connect word to definition, i.e. Ideas = content. Make “content” concrete with art, as a coffee cup’s content being full of ideas.
4. Begin persuasive essay with topic ideas: a good place to live, a good place to shop, a good place to eat, or a bad place etc.
Per 5 For Reading Record Card Format see "Note to AP Students" posted Tuesday, March 24
1. Quiz Munro/ Saki and “Sredni Vashtar”
2. Hand in rdg record card for group novel.
3. Note from essay: Know when to use underline/italics and when to use quotation marks.
Use underline/italics for long works (or works containing shorter works). Use quote marks for short works (or works contained in longer works).Tip: UnderLine for Long (LL) and lines are long. “Quote marks are short” “” Example: Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" is found in his book Leaves of Grass.
HW: Read James Joyce p 956, “Araby” p 959, from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man p 966, & “The Stream of Consciousness” p 969
HW: Write a Critical Response for either p 964 Analyzing a Theme or p 969 Comparing and Contrasting Characters
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Return 6 Traits quiz & notes
3. Mastery 80+% required. For study help, use art to connect word to definition, i.e. Ideas = content. Make “content” concrete with art, as a coffee cup’s content being full of ideas.
4. Begin persuasive essay with topic ideas: a good place to live, a good place to shop, a good place to eat, or a bad place etc.
Per 5 For Reading Record Card Format see "Note to AP Students" posted Tuesday, March 24
1. Quiz Munro/ Saki and “Sredni Vashtar”
2. Hand in rdg record card for group novel.
3. Note from essay: Know when to use underline/italics and when to use quotation marks.
Use underline/italics for long works (or works containing shorter works). Use quote marks for short works (or works contained in longer works).Tip: UnderLine for Long (LL) and lines are long. “Quote marks are short” “” Example: Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" is found in his book Leaves of Grass.
HW: Read James Joyce p 956, “Araby” p 959, from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man p 966, & “The Stream of Consciousness” p 969
HW: Write a Critical Response for either p 964 Analyzing a Theme or p 969 Comparing and Contrasting Characters
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