MON, DEC 14, 2009

MON, DEC 14, 2009

Pd 1
1. Semester 1 Exam
2. Writing about six Canterbury Tales due Thursday.

Pd 2
1. Hand in HW on Pope's Essay on Man
2. Semester 1 Exam

Pd 4
1. Review tales for writing about six Canterbury Tales due Thursday and for exam.

SUN, DEC 13,2009

AP EXAM: FINAL COUNT OF QUESTIONS

Essay Writing 10
MLA Form 5
Conventions of Literary Analysis 5
Quotation Use in Literary Analysis 6
Elements of Style (from handout) 7
Literary Periods- Renaissance and Restoration 4
Author Matched to Work 7
Quotation Matched to Work 6
Author Matched to Life Fact 3
Six Traits of Writing 6
Literary Terms from Textbook 35

THU, DEC 10, 2009

THU, DEC 10, 2009

Pd 2
1. Discuss satire. What words first alerted you to the satire in Modest Proposal?
Hand in work on couplets.
2. Quiz on Pope and works.
3. Review for exam.
HW: Why do you think Pope says the first two lines from Essay on Man, p 530?

Pd 4
1. AR reading& log
2. Write about tales
3. Review for exam

Pd 6
1. AR reading& log
2. Quiz on Renaissance drama and poetry
3. Review for exam

WED, DEC 9,2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading & log
2. Review Essay writing & Lit Pds
3. Write more about tales

Pd 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Write about tales
3. Review vocabulary for exam. Questions will be examples.

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Discuss notes & hand in
3. Quiz Renaissance Poetry
HW: Read Renaissance Drama pp 179-183. Concentrate on comprehension and/or take notes

TUE, DEC 8,2009

TUE, DEC 8,2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading& log
2. Write about tales from handout.
3. Exam review sheet

Pd 2
1. AR reading& log
2. Quiz on Growth of Modern English pp438
3. Discuss work p 444
4. Get review sheet for exam
5. Look at Macbeth response #5
1] Did they answer the question?
HW: Read Satire pp514-17. Read “A Modest Proposal” p 518-523 until you come to the words that make you realize that the author MUST be kidding. Make note.
HW: Read about Alexander Pope p525-6, & Heroic Couplets p527. Choose 2 that you are familiar with or that you like. Copy them and explain what they say in your own words. Read An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man for a quiz. See if you can answer the questions.
HW: Learn the elements of style of the Restoration p443 for quiz

MON, DEC 7, 2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading and QUIZ today
2. Write about tales from handout questions

Pd 4
1. AR reading and QUIZ today
2. Finish Franklin’s tale video, add him to list, & describe the tale. Hand in list.

Pd 2
1. Pass out books.
2. Hand in poem you found.
3. Hand in Response#5
4. Quiz Daniel Defoe and Robinson Crusoe
HW: Read pp 438-443 “The Growth of Modern English” for a quiz. You may need to take notes.
HW: On p444, do #1 and #3. For #1 you will need a print dictionary. For #3, make a T chart w/3 columns. The first column will be for the kind of differences to look for, the second for the 1st work, and the third for the 2nd work.

Pd 6
1. AR reading & quiz
2. Hand in facts about reading.
3. Hand in creative sentence: Time passed.
4. Quiz on the Renaissance pp166-175
HW: Read pp 176-179 Renaissance Poetry for quiz. Take notes on terms in bold print.

THU, DEC 3, 2009

THU, DEC 3, 2009

Pd 2
1. Hand in Paradise Lost passage and the ages that appeal and don’t appeal.
2. Discuss Restoration: 3 ages: Dryden, Pope & Swift, & Johnson. Discuss each section of the reading.
3. Quiz: Restoration, 18th Century
4. Train of thought for “The Red Wheelbarrow.” Find a poem that you can think about this way.
HW: Find a short, confusing poem & bring to class
HW: Write a 40 minute essay for Free Response #5 for the Open Question on the AP exam. Take up to 10 minutes out of the 40 to plan first. (1]Answer question, 2]Pick strategies, 3]Find evidence for strategies.) Draw a line at end after 40 minutes, then keep writing if you wish on the other side of the line. Will be looked at by other students in class.
HW: Read pp 480-495 about Daniel Defoe and the selection from Robinson Crusoe for a quiz.


Pd 4
1. AR reading& log
2. Watch, write, & talk about Canterbury Tales. Write who told the tale & what happened in it.
4] Merchant
5] Pardoner
6] Franklin (not finished)

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Finish speeches
3. Creative writing sentences: "It fell to the floor." Write no more than 30 words. Vote 2 at a time.
HW: Read about the Renaissance pp 166-175. For each bold heading division write one interesting fact.
HW: Creative rewriting of this sentence: Time passed.

WED, DEC 2, 2009

WED, DEC 2, 2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading& log
2. Watch, write, & talk about Canterbury Tales. Write who told the tale & what happened in it.
5] Pardoner tells of 3 rioters who want to find & kill death. They find death when they kill each other from greed over money.
6] Franklin tells of a squire who loves a married lady and wins her, but he releases her because of guilt.
7: Who in the Franklin’s tale-- Squire, lady, knight, scholar-- is the most honorable? Explain.

Pd 4
1. AR reading& log
2. Watch, write, & talk about Canterbury Tales. Write who told the tale & what happened in it.
2] Discuss Knight’s tale of two knights who fight for the love of Emily.
3] Wife/Woman of Bath told of a knight who raped a virgin and was punished by being forced to marry an old woman who had magic powers.

Pd 6
1. AR reading& log
2. Speeches

TUE, DEC 1, 2009

TUE, DEC 1, 2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading& log
2. Watch, write, & talk about Canterbury Tales. Write who told the tale & what happened in it.
3] Wife/Woman of Bath told of a knight who raped a virgin and was punished by being forced to marry an old woman who had magic powers.
4] Merchant told of January, an old man who married a young virgin who cheated on him.

Pd 2
1. Pass out books
2. AR reading& log
3. Hand in Syntax answers
4. Discuss Paradise Lost reading
5. Quiz Temptation of Eve
HW: Write a phrase, line, or lines that you like from Paradise Lost, Temptation of Eve.
HW: Read pp 448-457 “The Restoration & the Eighteenth Century” for a quiz. Tell which of the 4 Ages appeals to you most, then tell why it appeals and why the others don’t.

MON, NOV 30, 2009

MON, NOV 30, 2009

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Make up work reminders: essays, Medieval Pd Quiz, Vocab Quiz, Silent Rdg at TASK tomorrow.
3. Watch animated Canterbury Tales
Make list of tales viewed:
1. Priest told tale of rooster who dreamed he was attacked by a fox.
2. Knight told tale of (pd 1 only)

Pd 2
1. "Rules of Usage" pretest & discuss: Part 1: apostrophe, comma, semi-colon, colon
HW: Read pp 420-433 for quiz--from Milton’s Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve
Answer #2 Syntax: a, b, & c only, in the second column of p 434

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Speeches require a card with
1] notes from outline of article and
2] article documentation or article itself
3. Speeches presented

WED, NOV 25. 2009

WED, NOV 25. 2009

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Quiz Medieval Pd.
3. Watch a Centerbury Tale (pd 1)

Pd 2
1. Hand in answer explanations sheet
2. Finish presentations
3. Sentence diagrams examples and quiz
HW: none

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Speeches: writing outline to get notes for index card
3. Rubric

TUE, NOV 24, 2009

TUE, NOV 24, 2009

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
Mastery Learning of the Medieval Period
Art: 3 columns, Draw & color
Corrective: Feudalism, Church, Town and related fact for each. Write and illustrate
Enrichment: Write 3 new facts about the Medieval Pd from silver book pp68-75 and illustrate.

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on Bible, Milton, “On His Blindness”
3. Hand in homework qstns p417
4. Get multiple choice answers
HW: List the numbers you missed and tell why.
5. Continue presentations Macbeth

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Pg 147 “Romance” Read and outline for speech. Know main idea.
3. Get speech rubric.
HW: Prepare your speech presentation from outline and practice to present tomorrow.

MON, NOV 23, 2009

MON, NOV 23

Pd s 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Vocabulary Quiz 1-4, 7-10, 15

Pd 2
1. Quiz on parts of speech & Writing Tip.
2. Write answers to multiple choice test on answer sheet and hand in.
3. Hand in sentence diagrams & discuss
HW: Read for quiz
• pp 394-5 about the King James Bible
• pp 414-16 about John Milton
• p 417 “On His Blindness”
HW: Answer questions 4, 5, and 6 on p 417 in complete sentences

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in speech topic and source
3. Speech:
1] Will have all the parts of an essay: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
2] Will be short, around 2 minutes
3] Will require note card(s) with outline of speech

THU, NOV 19, 2009

THU, NOV 19

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Write and discuss Essential Vocabulary 7-10 for a quiz Monday.
3. Period 1: Mastery Learning- Medieval Period. 80% is mastery.
••Corrective: Art: 3 columns, Draw & color Feudalism, Church, Town and one related fact for each.
Facts:
• The feudal state was based on possession of land. The king was the head of the hierarchy with knights, nobles, and lords as his vassals. Serfs were at the bottom of the system, growing crops and doing the bidding of their lords.
• The Roman Catholic Church unified most of the people of Europe in a common religious faith. It settled disputes among nobles. It was a center for learning. Monks copied, translated, and preserved manuscripts from ancient civilizations. It sponsored the Crusades to take the Holy Lands from the Moslems in the Middle East.
• Towns grew up on major trade routes which developed from the journeys of armies traveling to the Middle East. Serfs left the feudal state to work in the towns for themselves rather than their lords.
••Enrichment: Find 3 new facts about the Medieval Period from the reading on pp 68-75 in Elements of Literature. Is there a connection to the feudal state, the church, or the towns?

Pd 2
1. Hand in “Rules for Style” sheet.
2. Presentations for Macbeth
3. Grades for midquarter
HW: Pg 1273 in text, know the definitions of the 8 parts of speech , a phrase, a clause, and a sentence for a quiz. Look through the highlighted TIPS FOR WRITERS to find a tip you didn’t already know. Be ready to write it on the quiz.
HW: Read Diagramming Sentences handouts. Diagram 1-10 simple sentences. Then try 1-7 of the harder ones.
HW: Multiple Choice Practice Test I

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Voc Quiz 1-5, 7-10, 15
3. Speech on article: Find an interesting nonfiction article to present to the class in a short speech. Magazines and newspapers are good sources. The topic should be appropriate for the classroom. Topic is due Monday.

WED, NOV 18 , 2009

WED, NOV 18

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in essays
• Final draft,
• Rough draft w/corrections in different color, 10 pts
• Outline 5 pts
3. Mastery Learning Medieval Period, Pd 1 only
Art: 3 columns, Draw & Color Corrective: Feudalism, Church, Town and related fact.

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in Donne:Creative or Critical Responses
Hand in Rdg Record Cards
3. Presentations on Macbeth
HW: Read handout on Style.
1] Write on the back of the “Rules for Style” sheet the 4 most important points for you from pp 66-69.
2] Write what you think is the most important sentence/idea/phrase from each section on the “Rules for Style” sheet.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in essays
• Final draft,
• Rough draft w/corrections in different color, 10 pts
• Outline 5 pts
3. Vocabulary 7-10 learn definition
and review 1-4 & 15 for quiz

MON, NOV 16, 2009

MON, NOV 16

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Pd 1: Show me last 100 words or 1¶ for 10 points
Pd 4 : Café duty
DUE WED, NOV 18
• Final draft,
• Rough draft w/corrections in different color,
• Outline

Pd 2
1. Quiz Donne, "Metaphysical Poetry," 3 poems, and prose
2. Movie to end

HW: Do A or B below.
A. Write the 3 Creative Responses for “The Bait,” “Song,” and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” from pp 364,365, & 367
B. For Meditation 17, answer questions 5, 6, and 7, all parts, and do the Critical Response p 369.

HW: Write on an index card on any size (but use the same size for all the cards you make) the information listed on the handout you picked up in class (and that is also given below Period 6) for Macbeth and for your summer novel. (I noticed an allusion to Roman generals dying on their swords at the end of the movie. That refers to Brutus and Cassius, who killed themselves after being defeated in battle by Octavius and Mark Anthony as depicted in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Show me 5 ¶s or 500 words. If you missed class Friday, show me 4 ¶s or 400 words and I’ll check the last 100 words of the rough draft when you turn in your final draft on Wednesday.
3. Peer editing. Have a student or someone else you trust edit your paper before you do your final draft. They need to sign in a different color & write these comments: + (good), ? (unclear), & more (needs more details), They also tell what your main idea is. You and your editor will get points.

Reading Record Cards

The purpose of this card is to keep fresh in your mind information about books you read recently so you can discuss them on the Open Question for the AP exam in May.

Use any size note card, but use the same size for all your books. If you don't have a card, do it on paper and then glue it to a card. Index cards are 3" x 5", 4 x 6, or 5 x 7. I have all sizes.

FORMAT:

1. Title of book
2. Author, Dates of birth and death, Where lived
3. Publication year of the book originally
4. Setting: Place, Time, Current events of that time and place
5. Plot synopsis in 25 words or so
6. Characters, with brief descriptions. Identify protagonist and antagonist.
7. A major symbol or allusion
symbol (something that stands for or suggests something larger and more complex)
allusion (an indirect reference to something in literature, the other arts, history, myths,
8. Distinguishing characteristics of the work (what is different about this work?)
9. Your personal response to the content and style of the work

THU, NOV 12, 2009

THU, NOV 12

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. How to write Introduction ¶
3. Show me thesis and outline for 10 pts and 3 ¶s for 10 pts each
HW: Last 2 ¶s due tomorrow, Friday

Pd 2
1. Hand in Macbeth essay: Final draft, Rough draft w/editing corrections, outline, and 3 steps to write thesis
2. Watch Macbeth movie
3. Presentations handed in
HW: If you did not include your 3 steps to write your thesis with your final draft today, bring it in next class. Can’t find it? Rewrite it and hand it in.
HW: Read about John Donne p362-3 and Metaphysical Poetry p363; Read 3 poems, "The Bait" p364,"Song" p365, and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” p 366-7. Write a favorite line and a line you don’t understand for each poem. Know the answers to the Identifying Details questions for a quiz. Read “Meditation 17” p 368. Know answers to Identifying Facts questions p 369 for a quiz.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. How to write a thesis
Pardoner evidence pp 104,122,129
Priest evidence pp 121, 117, lines 89-99 (no description in Prologue)
Literary Analysis Topics: Guidelines are given on the page for the Critical Response. Choose only one.
The Canterbury Tales: p 131 Critical Responses
2] Comparing Storytellers;
3] Evaluating the Tales as Short Stories;
4] Analyzing Character
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" p146 Critical Response:
3] Analyzing a Romance
3. Show me outline & thesis for 10pts and 200 words for 20 pts
HW: 200 more words (400 total so far) by Friday with 4 quotations circled in your ¶s.
HW: Mon show me all 5 ¶s

TUE, NOV 10, 2009

TUE, NOV 10

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me thesis and outline for 10 pts and100 words for 10 pts
HW: 200 more words (300 total) due Friday

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Editing rough drafts
Peer editing required for credit with your rough draft:
1] Sign name or pen name
2] Mark with + ? more
in a different color
3] Tell what they think main idea is
HW: Final draft, rough draft with corrections, editing in different color, and outline DUE THU
HW: Presentations after movie THU

MON, NOV 9, 2009

MON, NOV 9

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & quizzes
2. Show me thesis & outline expos essay for 10 points
3. Write 100 words due tomorrow

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & quizzes
2. Show me thesis, outline, & one ¶
HW: Write 2 more ¶s for Thur

THESIS: Main idea + subtopic ideas
I learned _________ by/at/from/in (etc) _______, _______, &_______.

I learned about teaching ideas at the Moanalua Conference in an English session, a math session, and the general session.

OUTLINE OF BODY ¶ #1
I. English session
A. Teaching without teaching
B. Can I do it? My answer

Pd 2
1. AR quizzes
2. Quiz on terms
Peer editing
Mark: + ? more
Use a different color
& sign w/pen name
HW: Final draft, rough draft w/ editing, and outline due Thur. Editing tomorrow.
HW: Have presentation passage ready for end of movie.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and quizzes
2. Writing literary analysis: Body paragraphs
3. Show me outline & thesis
HW: Write 200 words by Thur

Literary Analysis

LITERARY ANALYSIS OF FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON BY DANIEL KEYES
Written as an example for sophomore English class

Use MLA format, not the format used here. Double space everything and indent paragraphs instead of using block form.



THESIS: Charlie’s entire life was lonely, not only when he was a child, but also when he worked at the bakery, and even after he became a genius.

OUTLINE:


Introduction Paragraph

1. Attention getting sentence
2. Complete THESIS


Body Paragraphs

I. As a child.

A. Other children
B. His family

II. Workers at the bakery

III. Relationships as a genius

A. Alice
B. Faye
C. Doctor's comments


Conclusion Paragraph:

1. THESIS restated in different words
2. Personal comment



Wilson 1


Pat Wilson
Mrs. Scanlon
English II Period 1
15 December 2003

Loneliness and Love

The average person would love to be a genius. Anyone might change his mind, however, after reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The main character in this novel is a mentally retarded thirty-two-year-old man named Charlie Gordon. After having brain surgery as part of a scientific experiment, his thinking reaches genius level. His life, however, becomes worse instead of better because he cannot get along with other people. Charlie finds that the loneliness he suffered as a child and then as an adult continues and gets even worse after he becomes a genius.

The novel begins with Charlie recalling his childhood as an unhappy one, the beginning of his loneliness. He says no one would be his friend, that his schoolmates made fun of him and sometimes even beat him up. Although he had a family-- a mother, father, and sister, he still felt lonely and sad. His sister lied to her friends: “[Charlie] is not my real brother! He is just a boy we took in because we felt sorry for him” (83). His mother saw Charlie’s mental retardation as a sign that she herself was imperfect, and therefore could not accept Charlie or his handicap. At first she tried to improve his intelligence, but when her second child was born normal, Charlie’s mother gave up on him. She began to mistreat him by beating him for not controlling his bodily functions and then by favoring his sister. Finally she forced her husband to take Charlie to a mental institution.

The second phase of Charlie’s loneliness begins when Charlie grows to be a man, and gets a job cleaning at a bakery. Charlie treats his fellow workers like friends, even though they play tricks on him and laugh at him. He does not know that laughing at someone is different from laughing with them. Later he says he misses “all my friends and the fun we have” (15). But they are the kind of “friends” who get Charlie drunk, tell him to go around the corner to see if it is raining, and then leave. They are not his friends.

After Charlie has surgery on his brain, he expects his life to improve, but loneliness follows him even then. He thinks the other workers will be proud of him for being smart. But they do not know about the surgery, and instead of admiring him, they become hostile and ignore him because he makes them feel stupid. He says, “all of the pleasure is gone because the others resent me.” He is fired from his cleaning job, and even Alice Kinnian, his reading teacher and friend, becomes less friendly when his level of intelligence far exceeds hers. He meets Fay, a free-living artist, and has a relationship with her. Charlie says she is “what I need most of all right now. I’ve been starved for simple human contact” (148). She becomes the only person to keep him from being completely alone. Charlie realizes he was better off when he was retarded because at least then he was not smart enough to know that he had no friends. Charlie’s surgeon says Charlie has lost his faith in his fellow man. It is clear he has.

Charlie’s loneliness is extreme. From his experiences in childhood, to his job at the bakery, to his reincarnation as a genius, he suffers mightily from it. He finally declares that “intelligence and education that hasn’t been tempered by human affection isn’t worth a damn” (173). Soon he finds out that the surgery is wearing off and he will die. But before he deteriorates completely, Alice finds him and refuses to let him be alone. His loneliness is finally over, and Charlie recognizes that in the short time he has left, he and Alice will share more love than “most people find in a lifetime” (205).

641 words in 12 point Times New Roman

THU, NOV 5, 2009

THU, NOV 5

Pd 2
1. Show me your 3 ¶s
2. Film
HW: Complete rough draft due Mon for peer editing
HW: Presentations begin when movie is done. Be ready. Give me a copy of your passage and have one for yourself.
HW: Literary Terms sheet for quiz Mon.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Finish reviewing essay parts & take quiz
3. Check HW list of 5, hand in
4. Writing essay: outline & thesis

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Test on Medieval Pd, Chaucer, & the Canterbury Tales
3. Go over essay assignment.
HW: Write outline and thesis

WED, Nov 4, 2009

WED, Nov 4

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Review handout- Introduction to the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
3. Quiz on the information reviewed
4. Discuss ¶s & their parts for a 5¶ essay
5. Discuss writing an expository essay about something you learned in the last year. Choose a topic from your brainstorming list or something else you think of. It could be anything in your life--school, job, family, hobbies, friends, experiences, yourself, etc.
HW: Write outline & thesis

Pd 4:
1. AR rdg & log
2. Review handout Introduction to Prologue to Canterbury Tales
3. Quiz on Canterbury Tales
4. Expository essay: Discuss the ¶s and their parts in a 5 ¶ essay.
HW: Write 5 things learned or experienced in the last year. It could be anything in your life--school, job, family, hobbies, friends, experiences, yourself, etc.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
Review for test on Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales.
* Feudalism & Knighthood pp69-70
* Chivalry & Courtly Love p71
* New City Classes p71
* The Crusades p72
* Chaucer :
p84, ¶3 and
p85, column 1, the last 3 ¶s beginning with “Most important…”
* Canterbury Tales p86
* Prologue, lines 1-102 and 122-166, the Knight, the Squire, and the Prioress (nun)
* Be familiar with details about
the Merchant- lines 280-294,
the Franklin- lines 341-370,
the Wife of Bath- lines 455-487,
the Pardoner- lines 689-734 p104, and
the Nun’s Priest- page 121.
* Know the story each one told.
3. Test tomorrow

TUE, Nov 3, 2009

TUE, Nov 3

Pd 1:
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check qstns Canterbury Tales
3. Quiz tomorrow on CT
4. Expository essay: Explain something learned in past year.

TUE Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me your outline or freewrite
3. Macbeth outline handout
4. Watch film
HW: 3 ¶s due Thur. on Macbeth essay.
Read handouts for literary analysis.

MON, NOV 2, 2009

MON, NOV 2

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check HW
HW: Pd 1 Read about knight, squire, nun & answer remaining questions.

Pd 2
1. Check steps for 3 ideas for literary analysis essay on Macbeth.
2. Discuss Free Response #4: language & imagery, and hand in.
3. Presentations postponed
4. Film: Macbeth
HW: Write outline of supporting ideas and details for your Macbeth essay. OR freewrite 500 words exploring ideas for your topic & your outline for THU.
Due THU 3 ¶s of your rough draft
Due MON Complete rough draft
Due TUE Final draft, rough draft w/ corrections, outline, and thesis development

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check & hand in HW: chart & 8 questions answered on story.
REVIEW for test on Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales as follows:
* Feudalism & Knighthood pp69-70
* Chivalry & Courtly Love p71
* New City Classes p71
* The Crusades p72
* Chaucer p84, ¶3 & p85, column 1, the last 3 ¶s “Most important…”
* Canterbury Tales p86
* Prologue, lines 1-102 and 122-166, the knight, the squire, and the prioress (nun)
* One distinctive detail about each of these pilgrims:
the Merchant lines280-294,
the Franklin lines341-370,
the Wife of Bath lines455-487,
the Pardoner lines 689-734 p104, and
the Nun’s Priest page 121.
* Know what story each one told.

THU, OCT 29, 2009

THU, OCT 29

Pd 2 THU
1. Discuss Knocking article, favorite quotes, & free response qstns1&3
2. Discuss reading a play aloud
HW: 1] Select a passage of between 50 & 100 words from Macbeth to present to the class. 2] Begin by writing the speaker: ___, the occasion: ___, and the speaker’s tone: ___. 3] Type or handwrite the passage perfectly & legibly. To present: Read/Speak loudly, slowly, clearly, and with inflection. Stay in character. Inappropriate laughter will lower the score of the provoker and/or the laugher. You may work in a group, but only those who have 50 –100 words will be graded. Due Tuesday
HW: Use “How To Write a Thesis in 3 Easy Steps” for the upcoming literary analysis of Macbeth. Write three ideas from Macbeth that interest you. Do steps 1 & 2 for all. Do step 3 for the idea you want to try for your essay. Bring in to check on Monday.
HW: Free Response Essay #4 from handout is due Monday.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales: Read Introduction to the Prologue from purple Reading Literature, discussing vocabulary.
3. Watch Nun’s Priest’s Tale.
HW: Furlough Friday: Read about 3 pilgrims and answer all the questions w/ complete sentences.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Past work on Medieval Pd returned for test review. Test on Wednesday.
HW: Use a T chart w/ Pilgrim Traits on the left and How Tale Fits Him on the right for the pilgrims whose tale we have read or seen. We did the Pardoner yesterday, and we finished the Knight in class today. Do the other four--Wife of Bath, Merchant, Franklin, Nun’s Priest--for Monday.
HW: Read EITHER The Nun’s Priest’s Tale on p 110, & answer qstns 1-8 OR read Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, p 133, & answer 8 qstns from Interpreting Meaning. Our essay will be a Critical Response (found at the end of the reading) for either the Canterbury Tales or Sir Gawain.

WED, OCT 28, 2009

WED, OCT 28

PD 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales:
Read Introduction to the Prologue from purple Rdg Literature
HW: Furlough Friday
Answer qstns 1 & 2 about introduction. For the 3 pilgrims, find a descriptive phrase about each.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. How to study-What is important?
3. Hand in notes on Medieval Per.
4. Quiz

Pd 6 WED
1. AR rdg and log
2. Finish discussing Pilgrims and their tales.
Pardoner
Knight
Wife of Bath
Franklin
Nun’s Priest
Merchant
3. Take notes

TUE, OCT 27, 2009

TUE, OCT 27

Pd 1
Mrs. Kau, college counselor
1. AR rdg & log
2. How to study-What is important?
3. Hand in notes on Medieval Per.
4. Quiz

Pd 2 TUE
Mrs. Kau, college counselor
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in blended sentences.
3. Quiz on handouts & discuss.
4. Discuss AR logs, books, days.
HW: Read pp 335-7 "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth"
What is the author's thesis? What points does he make to support it? What does the bolded introduction do to help you understand? What is the tone? What do you think of De Quincey’s writing?
HW: Choose one short quotation that you like from each act of Macbeth, document with act.scene.line and page # as well as giving the speaker, the situation, and the tone.

MON, OCT 26, 2009

MON, OCT 26

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Finish notes on Medieval Pd
3. Quiz on feudal system
4. Quiz tomorrow on Medieval Period

Pd 4
Mrs. Kau, college counselor presentation
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in homework Prologue or Chaucer
3. Take notes on Medieval Pd
HW: Finish notes for Medieval Pd for quiz

Pd 2
1. Hand in
* HW 1: Qtr 1 exam answer sheet,
MC explanation for answers, &
Essay score based on rubric with comments on why you think you would get that score. Quote what you did well.
*HW 2: Rubric you wrote for Macbeth Free Response #1 or 3
*HW 3: AP exam-style essay Macbeth Free Response # 3
2. Handouts: 4 pages on 2 sheets
• How To Quote from Shakespeare,
• Notes on Macbeth,
• How to Make a Thesis in 3 Easy Steps,
• How to Quote w/ Sophistication
HW: Read for quiz or writing response
HW: Choose a short quote and a long (= or > 4 lines) quotation from Macbeth. For each quotation write a sentence and blend the quotation into it. Example: First Macduff calls Macbeth a “Hellhound,” and then he sends Macbeth to Hell.
3. Check more MC qstns 1-25 for Macbeth

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in HW:
• character + tale,
• Imagery 1-4 pg 131, and
• handout-Characterization
3. Discuss char + tale, writing an essay of literary analysis, Romance and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
-Pardoner-vulgar, low class, dishonest
-Wife of Bath: Likes marriage, men
-Knight
-Franklin
-Nun’s Priest
-Merchant

THU, OCT 22, 2009

THU, OCT 22: Includes Furlough Friday assignments

Pd 2
1. AR rdg in the library
2. Hand in HW. Keep essay prompt.
3. Drill instruction
4. Quiz on last 7 terms p1272
5. Look at multiple choice answers and discuss MC instruction on Macbeth MC #s 1-20
HW: For the Qtr 1 exam, figure out why you missed the ones you missed, and tell why on a separate sheet. For the essay, tell what score you think you got and why. For the qualities you find in your essay that affected your score, give a textual reference (quote yourself)
HW: For the Macbeth essay, write a rubric description for an 8-9 score in the style of the BBP rubric
HW: Macbeth FreeResponse Qstn 3

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Take notes on Medieval Period
HW: Choose one, due Monday:
• In your own words (paraphrase), tell what is happening in the first 10 lines of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
• Find some interesting facts about Geoffrey Chaucer online, copy the page, and present your facts to the class orally.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in writing on Nun’s Priest’s Tale and Homework p 121
3. Finish Knight’s Tale. Which knight deserved Emily and why?
4. Watch Wife of Bath’s Tale. How was the consequence of the crime appropriate? What other events fit the character of the crime?
HW: Characterization handout for Canterbury Tales Prologue
HW: Find the description of the teller of each tale. What is Chaucer’s overall impression of him/her? How does the story he/she tells fit with that impression? Give at least three examples supporting your answer to each question.
HW: Pg 131: Imagery-Answer 1-4

WED, OCT 21, 2009

WED, OCT 21

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log; Pd 4 Library
2. Take notes on Medieval Pd
Pd 1 up to Towns ¶ #1 Development: 2 details
Pd 4 up to Feudal System
3. Will take Quiz when finished
4. Pd 4 Drill instruction

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log in Library
2. Watch Nun’s Priest’s Tale, write what happened, and write 100 words on what you think the moral(s) is(are).
HW: Read p 121 and answer qstn # 7, both parts.
3. Drill instruction

TUE, OCT 20, 2009

TUE, OCT 20

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read and take notes on the Medieval Period

Pd 2
1. Quiz on terms Q-S
2. Return MOA forms
3. Finish notes Blackberry rubric 9-8
4. Get in groups to discuss scores for Blackberry essays
HW: Last 7 terms p 1272.
HW: Multiple choice for Macbeth
HW: AP exam style essay for Macbeth

MON, OCT 19, 2009

MON, OCT 19

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check qstns "Seafarer"
3. “Seafarer” quiz Period 1 only

Pd 2
1. MAO sheets to sign and return
2. Hand in evaluation sheets for Blackberry essays
3. Get back essay O evaluation w/rubric
4. Rubric analysis: what makes a top essay? Overall view, Task, Options, Top qualities. Find each part in rubric.
HW: Study terms Q-S for quiz. Omit rhyme, setting, simile, sonnet, Spenserian stanza, and suspense.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Watch and write about the Franklin’s Tale. Besides general notes on teller and plot, write 100 words giving your opinion about who of the four characters (knight, lady, squire, scholar) you think is the most noble and why.
3 tales so far: Merchant, Pardoner, Franklin

FRI, OCT 16, 2009

FRI, OCT 16

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Check Seafarer qstns & hand in
3. Get essays back
4. Make notes “Essay Comments” listing College/Application Essay, Strongest trait, Weakest trait, and Other for things you need to correct on the next essay. Hand in essay and notes.

Pd 2
1. Discuss rubric for AP exam essays, your list of qualities for a top essay, and what words in the “O” essay illustrated each quality. Hand in.
HW: Evaluate Blackberry essays based on the rubric from yesterday’s handout. Comment to explain why you rated it as you did.

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Check the 50 words for the Merchant’s tale. You may write about the next tale on the same paper.
3. Watch tales, write
• who told the tale and
• what happened. Eventually we will make connections between the tale and the pilgrim telling the tale.
4. Write 100 words comparing the Merchant’s tale to the Pardoner’s tale, what is similar and what is different.

THU, OCT 15, 2009

THU, OCT 15

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2.
pd 1 Check "Seafarer" questions
pd 4 Finish questions. Pick up handout to take home.

Pd 2
1. Hand in college essays , all drafts
2. Quiz Act 5 Macbeth
3. Hand in synopses
4. Discuss grades
HW:
1) From "Blackberry Picking" handout, make a list of qualities that describe a top-rated essay on the AP exam.
2) Find an example from essay O in handout that illustrates each quality

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Check and discuss answers to "Edward, Edward"
3. Watch Canterbury Tale (unfinished)
HW: Write 50 words on what you think about the tale

WED, OCT 14, 2009

WED, OCT 14

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Get grades for Qtr 1

Pd 2
1. Reminder of HW due tomorrow:
• Final draft & rough drafts for college essay (pg 3 of handout for polishing)
• Read Macbeth Act V & write scene synopses for quiz.
2. Get grades for Qtr 1

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Get grades for Qtr 1

FRI, OCT 2, 2009

FRI, OCT 2

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Finish qstns 1-10 p 51 and hand in
3. Write a response: Tell which story you prefered, Beowulf or The Seafarer in a paragraph. Give as many reasons as you can.
4. Discuss possible answers p 51, #1-10

Pd 2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in synopses
3. Quiz Act 4
4. Discuss summaries and questions on pp 315-316 and hand in
3. Multiple choice questions for Macbeth

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Turn in Canterbury Art
3. Read “Edward Edward” pp148-149 in purple books by windows.
4. Answer qstns 1-10 and 1-5 p150

THU, OCT 1, 2009

THU, OCT 1

Pd 1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Read “The Seafarer” p 49-51
3. Answer qstns 1-10 p 51 and hand in

Pd 2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Read Macbeth aloud to p 262 line 144
HW: Read Act 4 and do scene synopses
HW: Summarize “The King’s Evil” and “Hecate” p315. See the following site for information on how to summarize an article:
www.class.uidaho.edu/adv_tech_wrt/resources/general/how_to_summarize.htm (from the University of Idaho)
HW: Answer questions 9&10 p 316
HW: Polish your final draft (pg 3) by 2nd day back., Thur, Oct 15
HW: Read Macbeth Act V and write scene synopses. Due 2nd day back

Pd 6
1. Exam
2. Work on art project due Friday
3. Read AR book

WED, SEP 30, 2009

WED, SEP 30

Pd 4
Quarter 1 Exam

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2 Discuss review sheet for exam

TUES, SEP 29, 2009

TUES, SEP 29

Pd 1
Quarter 1 Exam

Pd 2
Quarter 1 Exam
HW: Read Act 4 and write synopses for scenes. Due Friday

Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Read “The Seafarer” p 49-51
3. Answer qstns 1-10 p 51 and hand in

MON, SEP 28, 2009

MON, SEP 28

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading and logs
2. Review sheet to study for exam
3. Makeup art & new quarter 2 AR log

Pd 2
1. Edit each other’s rough drafts by writing “Edited by_____” at the top in a different color. Write + for good, ? for don’t understand, and “more” for parts that need specific details or that the editor is interested in reading more about.
Hand in drafts.
HW: Read Act 4 and write synopses for scenes. Due Friday

Pd 6
1. AR reading and logs
2. Hand in homework
3. Canterbury Art Project
•Pick a pilgrim from pp 95-103.
•Write details about him or her from story. Document pg & line #s.Ex: (p103 l265)
•Draw the pilgrim based on descriptive quotations (no stick figures) and write quotations near the art
Materials:
- 1 sheet unlined paper 8&1/2 by 11 in
- 3 colors minimum
Requirements:
1) Find a pilgrim from pp 95-103
2) Write who it is in big, dark letters across the top of the paper
3) Draw a picture of the pilgrim described, using details given in the Prologue (no stick figures)
4) Add quotations to the drawing that describe the pilgrim
5) Make the art fill the space
6) Show effort by using details
7) Use contrast from black to white

FRI, SEP 25, 2009

FRI, SEP 25

Pds 1& 4
1. AR reading & new logs
2. Get exam topics for review from front board
3. Finish art and hand in

Pd 2
1. AR reading & new logs
2. Quiz Act 3 Macbeth
3. Hand in synopses for Act 3 scenes
HW: Write first draft college essay.
The title is your Approach,
tell Stylistic Device used, and
write which General idea is the most important to you.


Pd 6
1. AR reading & new logs
2. Quiz on “The Pardoner’s Tale”
HW: Read pp 95-103 For each pilgrim write one trait that shows whether Chaucer paints an honorable or dishonorable picture of him or her.
Example: The nun: She is dishonorable because she swears “By Saint Loy.” (from an earlier page)

THU, SEP 24, 2009

THU, SEP 24

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz Act 2 Macbeth
3. Check questions p 271 & 284
HW: Rd Act 3, do scene synopses. Due tomorrow.
HW: Read from college essay handout pp 3-4: Some Common Approaches, Stylistic Devices, and General ideas. Write a first draft, using your approach as your title. Also tell what Stylistic Device you use and what General idea is important to you.
Due Monday

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Vocabulary 3 & 4, THESIS & THEME. Study, review 1&2, practice quiz 1-4.
3. Beowulf art
• Materials:
- 1 sheet unlined paper
- 3 colors minimum
- “Grendel” handout
• Requirements:
1) Find a quotation from “Grendel.”
2) Write the quotation in big, dark letters with quotation marks across the top of the paper, with chapter# in parentheses.
Example: "A powerful monster, living down in the darkness" (1)
3) Draw a picture of the image described (no stick figures).
4) Make the art fill the space.
5) Show effort by using details.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on pp 91-95: the Nun, the Monk, and the Friar
3. Read aloud pp 87-88 in Middle English, 103 the Summoner in modern English
HW: Read p104 about the Pardoner, then “The Pardoner’s Tale” pp 122-129 for quiz.

WED, SEP 23, 2009

WED, SEP 23, 2009

Pd1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Vocabulary 3 & 4: Study, review 1&2, take practice quiz.
THESIS: a statement to be supported
THEME: the meaning, the message, the main idea
3. Beowulf art
• Materials:
- 1 sheet unlined paper
- 3 colors minimum
- “Grendel” handout
• Requirements:
1) Find a quotation from “Grendel.”
2) Write the quotation in big, dark letters with quotation marks across the top of the paper.
3) Draw a picture of the image described (no stick figures).
4) Make the art fill the space.
5) Show effort by using details.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg, log
2. Check questions p 10
3. Test on Beowulf

Pd 6
1. AR rdg, log
2. Quiz pp 89-91 "General Prologue" from The Canterbury Tales
HW: Read pp 91-95 (lines 121-279)

TUE, SEP 22, 2009

TUE, SEP 22

Pd 1
1. AR rdg, log
2. Check questions p 10
3. Test on Beowulf

Pd 2
1. Quiz on article p 253 and Act I of Macbeth.
2. Hand in scene synopses
3. Check MC
4. Read aloud Act 1 scene 7 and get handout.
HW: Answer questions 12,13 p 271
HW: Read Act II. Write a one- sentence synopsis of each scene. Answer questions 1,11,12,16,17 p 284

MON, SEP 21, 2009

MON, SEP 21

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg, log, and quiz
2. Finish questions 1-10 for Beowulf p 10 in Globe (or get a handout of the questions).

Pd 2
1. AR rdg, log, and quiz
2. Quiz on Shakespeare p247-252
HW: Read “Macbeth” p 253 and Macbeth Act I. Write a 1 sentence synopsis of each scene. Quiz

Pd 6
1. AR rdg, log, and quiz
2. Check notes on Chaucer & the Canterbury Tales. (9 notes)
3. Quiz on topics in #2 above
HW: Read lines 1-42 p 89 carefully for a detailed quiz: who, what, where, when, why, etc.
HW: Read lines 43-121 p 89-91 to recognize traits of the 3 pilgrims described

FRI, SEPT 18, 2009

FRI, SEPT 18

Pds 1 &4
1. AR reading and log, teacher initial
Pd 1 Finish reading Beowulf and answer qstns p 10
Pd 4 Quiz:Beowulf & answer qstns1-4 &6

Pd 2:
1. AR reading and log, teacher initial
2. Quiz pp241-6, Renaissance Theater
3. Hand in notes: College & Renaissance Theater
4. Check MC
HW: Read William Shakespeare pp 247- 252 for quiz. Pay attention to facts new to you. Quiz Mon
HW: for Tue, Read “Macbeth” p 253 and Macbeth Act I. Write a 1 sentence synopsis of each scene. Quiz Tues

Pd 6
1. AR reading and log, teacher initial
2. Quiz on Middle Ages pp 68-75
3. Check notes & hand in.
HW: Geoffrey Chaucer pp 84-85. Take 3 notes each on 1) his life and 2) the Canterbury Tales. Read p 86. Take one note per ¶.

THU, SEPT 17, 2009

THU, SEPT 17

Pd 2
1. AR rdg and log. Bring the book you are reading for AR to class before you take the quiz. Deadline for the quiz is Mon 9/21.
2. Quiz: sonnets + Shakespeare’s Sonnets pp 338-346.
3. Hand in work on the 6 sonnets.
4. Check MC quizzes and hand in.
HW: College essay. Read page 1 of the handout “It's Not a Pain, It's an Opportunity,” and annotate on the page in pencil. Do 9 of the 10 activities on p 2 for "Getting Started, Brainstorming," in ink on a sheet of paper.
HW: Read pp 241-246, "Renaissance Theater," noting facts that are new to you. Quiz Friday.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log.
2. Review Beowulf using handout to annotate (make notes).
HW: Finish reading the handout of Grendel from Beowulf for quiz Fri.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log.
2. Quiz on Eng Lang pp 59-65.
3. Discussion on writing a summary.
HW: Read pp 68-75. Make a note of one idea for every Red and Black bold heading (11 of them) Enjoy reading the details, but make the note a summary of the information in that section.

WED, SEPT 16, 2009

WED, SEPT 16

Pd 1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Review Beowulf w/Think Aloud using handout to make notes

Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Essential Vocabulary #s 1 & 2
•Figurative: imaginative, fanciful, metaphorical; not literal
•Literal: actual, factual, to the letter
3. Read Beowulf aloud pp 4-5

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Quiz on “The Seafarer”
3. Check qstns 1, 6, 7
4. Reading analysis assessment
HW: Read “The English Language” pp 59-65 for quiz

TUE, SEPT 15, 2009

TUE, SEPT 15

Pd 1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Essential Vocabulary #s 1 & 2
•Figurative: imaginative, fanciful, metaphorical, not literal
•Literal: actual, factual, to the letter
3. Read Beowulf aloud pp 4-8

Pd 2
1. Terms quiz
2. Hand in essay on three carpe diem poems
3. Multiple choice practice with two poems
HW: Read introduction & Shakespeare’s sonnets pp338-346, give the main idea of each sonnet, choose your favorite, say what quality you like about it, and give evidence. Quiz Thur on all.
HW: Finish the MC questions

MON, SEPT 14, 2009

MON, SEPT 14

Pds 1& 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Quiz on Anglo-Saxon Period

Pd 2
1. Quiz on terms
2. Hand in work on poems 3. Sonnets/handouts TPCASTT, tone, analyzing words, poetry categories
HW: p 437 Critical Response: Make the list and write the essay.
HW: terms K, L, the first 5 P words

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in essays on Beowulf
3. Get back college essays and discuss.
HW: Read “The Seafarer” p46-51 for quiz. Answer questions 1, 6, 7. pg51

FRI, SEPT 11, 2009

FRI, SEPT 11, 2009

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & library visit
2. Any more essays?
3. Notes on Anglo Saxon Period p 2 Gold textbook for quiz Monday:
"Life in Early Britain: Warfare & Conquest"
1) Celts: the first people found to be living on the British Isles.
2) Romans: invaded & built towns but went back to Rome when it was being attacked.
3) Anglo-Saxons: invaded and the country became Angloland , then England
4) Danes: a Viking people, conquered a large area in central Britain.
5) Normans: from France, conquered and united the country into one kingdom.

Pd 2 AP
1. AR rdg 10 minutes
2. Hand in responses to poems.
3. Quiz on terms.
HW: Read “To the Virgins” p385 Write theme & supporting evidence.
HW: Read “To His Coy Mistress” p 436. Briefly restate qstns 1-7 and give the answers. Which line of the poem is unclear and which is your favorite? HW: Terms F, H, I & A-E

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & library visit
2. Show me your main idea, supporting subtopics (outline) and the first 100 words of your essay.
Our library has a graphic novel of Beowulf.

THU, SEPT 10, 2009

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.

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

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

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)

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

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.

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.

MON, AUG 31, 2009

MON, AUG 31, 2009

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

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

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

E-mailing your essay

Students,

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

THU, AUG 27, 2009

THU, AUG 27, 2009

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

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

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

WED, AUG 26, 2009

WED, AUG 26, 2009

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

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

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

TUE, AUG 25, 2009

TUE, AUG 25, 2009

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

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

MON, AUG 24, 2009

MON, AUG 24, 2009

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

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

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

THU, AUG 20,2009

THU, AUG 20,2009

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

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

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

WED, AUG 19, 2009

WED, AUG 19

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

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

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

TUE, AUG 18, 2009

TUE, AUG 18

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

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

MON, AUG 17, 2009

MON, AUG 17

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

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

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

FRI, AUG 14, 2009

FRI, AUG 14

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

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

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

THU, AUG 13, 2009

THU, AUG 13

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

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

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

WED, AUG 12, 2009

WED, AUG 12

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

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

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

TUE, AUG 11, 2009

TUE, AUG 11

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

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

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

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

MON, AUG 10, 2009

MON, AUG 10

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

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

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

FRI, AUG 7, 2009

FRI, AUG 7

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

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

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

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

THU, AUG 6

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

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

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

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

Wed, Aug 5, 2009

Wed, Aug 5

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

Pd 4
1. Go for ID photo
2. Café duty

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

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

Tue, August 4, 2009

Tues, Aug 4

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

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

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

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

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. Essay How to Mark a Book By Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D.   You know you have to read "between the lines" to get the most out of anything. I want to persuade you to do something equally important in the course of your reading. I want to persuade you to write between the lines. Unless you do, you are not likely to do the most efficient kind of reading. I contend, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of mutilation but of love. You shouldn't mark up a book which isn't yours. Librarians (or your friends) who lend you books expect you to keep them clean, and you should. If you decide that I am right about the usefulness of marking books, you will have to buy them. Most of the world's great books are available today, in reprint editions. There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the property right you establish by paying for it, just as you pay for clothes and furniture. But this act of purchase is only the prelude to possession. Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it. An illustration may make the point clear. You buy a beefsteak and transfer it from the butcher's icebox to your own. But you do not own the beefsteak in the most important sense until you consume it and get it into your bloodstream. I am arguing that books, too, must be absorbed in your blood stream to do you any good. Confusion about what it means to "own" a book leads people to a false reverence for paper, binding, and type -- a respect for the physical thing -- the craft of the printer rather than the genius of the author. They forget that it is possible for a man to acquire the idea, to possess the beauty, which a great book contains, without staking his claim by pasting his bookplate inside the cover. Having a fine library doesn't prove that its owner has a mind enriched by books; it proves nothing more than that he, his father, or his wife, was rich enough to buy them. There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the standard sets and best sellers -- unread, untouched. (This deluded individual owns woodpulp and ink, not books.) The second has a great many books -- a few of them read through, most of them dipped into, but all of them as clean and shiny as the day they were bought. (This person would probably like to make books his own, but is restrained by a false respect for their physical appearance.) The third has a few books or many -- every one of them dog-eared and dilapidated, shaken and loosened by continual use, marked and scribbled in from front to back. (This man owns books.) Is it false respect, you may ask, to preserve intact and unblemished a beautifully printed book, an elegantly bound edition? Of course not. I'd no more scribble all over a first edition of 'Paradise Lost' than I'd give my baby a set of crayons and an original Rembrandt. I wouldn't mark up a painting or a statue. Its soul, so to speak, is inseparable from its body. And the beauty of a rare edition or of a richly manufactured volume is like that of a painting or a statue. But the soul of a book "can" be separate from its body. A book is more like the score of a piece of music than it is like a painting. No great musician confuses a symphony with the printed sheets of music. Arturo Toscanini reveres Brahms, but Toscanini's score of the G minor Symphony is so thoroughly marked up that no one but the maestro himself can read it. The reason why a great conductor makes notations on his musical scores -- marks them up again and again each time he returns to study them--is the reason why you should mark your books. If your respect for magnificent binding or typography gets in the way, buy yourself a cheap edition and pay your respects to the author. Why is marking up a book indispensable to reading? First, it keeps you awake. (And I don't mean merely conscious; I mean awake.) In the second place; reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The marked book is usually the thought-through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed. Let me develop these three points. If reading is to accomplish anything more than passing time, it must be active. You can't let your eyes glide across the lines of a book and come up with an understanding of what you have read. Now an ordinary piece of light fiction, like, say, "Gone With the Wind," doesn't require the most active kind of reading. The books you read for pleasure can be read in a state of relaxation, and nothing is lost. But a great book, rich in ideas and beauty, a book that raises and tries to answer great fundamental questions, demands the most active reading of which you are capable. You don't absorb the ideas of John Dewey the way you absorb the crooning of Mr. Vallee. You have to reach for them. That you cannot do while you're asleep. If, when you've finished reading a book, the pages are filled with your notes, you know that you read actively. The most famous "active" reader of great books I know is President Hutchins, of the University of Chicago. He also has the hardest schedule of business activities of any man I know. He invariably reads with a pencil, and sometimes, when he picks up a book and pencil in the evening, he finds himself, instead of making intelligent notes, drawing what he calls 'caviar factories' on the margins. When that happens, he puts the book down. He knows he's too tired to read, and he's just wasting time. But, you may ask, why is writing necessary? Well, the physical act of writing, with your own hand, brings words and sentences more sharply before your mind and preserves them better in your memory. To set down your reaction to important words and sentences you have read, and the questions they have raised in your mind, is to preserve those reactions and sharpen those questions. Even if you wrote on a scratch pad, and threw the paper away when you had finished writing, your grasp of the book would be surer. But you don't have to throw the paper away. The margins (top as bottom, and well as side), the end-papers, the very space between the lines, are all available. They aren't sacred. And, best of all, your marks and notes become an integral part of the book and stay there forever. You can pick up the book the following week or year, and there are all your points of agreement, disagreement, doubt, and inquiry. It's like resuming an interrupted conversation with the advantage of being able to pick up where you left off. And that is exactly what reading a book should be: a conversation between you and the author. Presumably he knows more about the subject than you do; naturally, you'll have the proper humility as you approach him. But don't let anybody tell you that a reader is supposed to be solely on the receiving end. Understanding is a two-way operation; learning doesn't consist in being an empty receptacle. The learner has to question himself and question the teacher. He even has to argue with the teacher, once he understands what the teacher is saying. And marking a book is literally an expression of differences, or agreements of opinion, with the author. There are all kinds of devices for marking a book intelligently and fruitfully. Here's the way I do it:       .      Underlining (or highlighting): of major points, of important or forceful statements.       .      Vertical lines at the margin: to emphasize a statement already underlined.       .      Star, asterisk, or other doo-dad at the margin: to be used sparingly, to emphasize the ten or twenty most important statements in the book. (You may want to fold the bottom comer of each page on which you use such marks. It won't hurt the sturdy paper on which most modern books are printed, and you will be able take the book off the shelf at any time and, by opening it at the folded-corner page, refresh your recollection of the book.)       .      Numbers in the margin: to indicate the sequence of points the author makes in developing a single argument.       .      Numbers of other pages in the margin: to indicate where else in the book the author made points relevant to the point marked; to tie up the ideas in a book, which, though they may be separated by many pages, belong together.       .      Circling or highlighting of key words or phrases.       .      Writing in the margin, or at the top or bottom of the page, for the sake of: recording questions (and perhaps answers) which a passage raised in your mind; reducing a complicated discussion to a simple statement; recording the sequence of major points right through the books. I use the end-papers at the back of the book to make a personal index of the author's points in the order of their appearance. The front end-papers are to me the most important. Some people reserve them for a fancy bookplate. I reserve them for fancy thinking. After I have finished reading the book and making my personal index on the back end-papers, I turn to the front and try to outline the book, not page by page or point by point (I've already done that at the back), but as an integrated structure, with a basic unity and an order of parts. This outline is, to me, the measure of my understanding of the work. If you're a die-hard anti-book-marker, you may object that the margins, the space between the lines, and the end-papers don't give you room enough. All right. How about using a scratch pad slightly smaller than the page-size of the book -- so that the edges of the sheets won't protrude? Make your index, outlines and even your notes on the pad, and then insert these sheets permanently inside the front and back covers of the book. Or, you may say that this business of marking books is going to slow up your reading. It probably will. That's one of the reasons for doing it. Most of us have been taken in by the notion that speed of reading is a measure of our intelligence. There is no such thing as the right speed for intelligent reading. Some things should be read quickly and effortlessly and some should be read slowly and even laboriously. The sign of intelligence in reading is the ability to read different things differently according to their worth. In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through you -- how many you can make your own. A few friends are better than a thousand acquaintances. If this be your aim, as it should be, you will not be impatient if it takes more time and effort to read a great book than it does a newspaper. You may have one final objection to marking books. You can't lend them to your friends because nobody else can read them without being distracted by your notes. Furthermore, you won't want to lend them because a marked copy is kind of an intellectual diary, and lending it is almost like giving your mind away. If your friend wishes to read your Plutarch's Lives, Shakespeare, or The Federalist Papers, tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat -- but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart.   Instructions for Annotating a Text:[1]  Annotate – v. To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes [ad near + nota a mark, note] 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: b/c = because + = and w/ = with w/o = without b/t = between e.g. = for example ex = example info = information b4 = before ↑= increase, improvement, rising ↓ = decrease, decline, falling * = important ** = very important # = of the utmost importance; crucial to understanding > = use caret to point to an exact location   ∆ = change PLOT = plot item (and/or use one of the following)       EXP = exposition       TP = turning point       cf = conflict       RA = rising action       Cx = climax       FA = falling action       RES = resolution Ch = characterization S = setting POV = point of view (mention type: 1st person, limited omniscient, etc.) Th = theme LT = literary term (identify the term by name: irony, tone, foreshadowing, personification, metaphor, symbol, etc.)     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.