Fri, Feb 26, 2010

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

ALL CLASSES: AR DEADLINE MONDAY

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg, log, and quizzes

Pd 2
1. Show me 600 words of your rough draft and your outline. 15 pts each. No more than one third (200 words)of your essay can be quotations.
HW: AR deadline Mon
HW: Mon Share essay for editing
HW: Tue Final draft, rough drafts, final outline, rough outline due (Use standard topic outline form & begin with your complete thesis). I, A, 1, a

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Begin planning Q3 essay: 500 word minimum with no more than one third quotations.
HW: Read essay ideas pp333-4 in textbook, Critical Responses #4-10. Choose one or write your own topic that is your arguable opinion about some aspect of the play. For example, what is Shakespeare’s central message (theme) and how does he achieve it? (literary elements) Write an outline of the body paragraphs. Show me rough thesis and outline Monday.

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read Conflict p 72- and do Writing Connection

Pd 2
1. Show me your standard format topic outline and 300 words of your essay 15 pts
2. Get study questions back
HW: Finish 600 words of rough draft
Mon: Edit drafts
Tue: Final draft, other drafts, final outline, rough outline due

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Mastery Test Act 1 Macbeth & check

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more essays?
3. Reading analysis practice

Pd 4
1. AR reading and log
2. Hand in essays & initial.
3. Read p 72 Reading Focus, Conflict through tragic flaw.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Check & discuss HW sheet
Macbeth mastery tests tomorrow

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Tue, Feb 23, 2010
Pd 1
1. AR reading and log
2. Hand in essays & initial.
3. Read p 72 Reading Focus & Conflict.
Do Writing Connection and hand in.
Read Macbeth p 73, ¶s 1-2.

Pd 2 1. AR rdg & log
2. Thesis statement of theme:
Did you make it
• arguable and
• universal?
Did you remember the three easy steps to a thesis?
3. Handout 6 pp for help w/ essay
4. Take notes on last essay
5. MC 21-30 J.E. to you, check answers, & give back
6. Show me your 300 words or 14 parts to outline* (see sample outline below)
HW: Write 300 more words or the detailed outline, and show me everything you have so far.
*Thesis: Shakespeare's depiction of the significant women characters in Macbeth suggests that women are evil.
I. Weird sisters
_A. Words
__1. “toil and trouble”
__2. “He shall live a man forbid”
_B. Other characteristics
__1. Presented “killing swine”
__2. Presented as “having beards”
II. Lady Macbeth (done as above)

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Tomorrow after taking essays, we begin reading Macbeth. No use of computers during class after today.
3. Any essays ready? Need any help?
HW: Essay due next class.

Pd 2
1. Show me your 2 theme proposals with support. Choose one to use for your essay.
2. Essay Rubric handout
3. Essay will be 600 words min.
HW: Write a thesis statement that is arguable and universal. Either write 300 words or write a complete outline with evidence included for tomorrow. I will have more options and help for you tomorrow.


Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in project
3. Get Macbeth outline handout
HW: Conflict & Characterization handout

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Comparison
3. Writing your outline
HW: Essay due Tues, Feb 23

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Work on essay or read AR book.
HW: Essay due Wed, Feb 24

Pd 2
1. Quiz chs 37-38
2. Multiple choice 21-30 J.E.
3. Get answers to check 37-38
4. Get information sheet for essay
5. Discuss essay
HW: Decide on a theme and explore ways to support it. Have proposals (supporting subtopics) for 2 different themes for Monday. Possible THEMES:
-inequality
-freedom and liberation
-hypocrisy
-duty
-appearance versus reality
-love and passion
- or your own idea
SUPPORT:
-characterization, the effect of characters on Jane;
-settings and lessons learned there;
-symbolism such as the Red Room, nature, or fire and ice;
-contrast between places or between people (foils?)

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Show me what you have so far on your project
3. Film to end
HW: Finish quotation project
HW: Test on Macbeth Monday

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Pd 4
1. AR reading and log
2. Show me your rough draft
3. Give me your documented sentence to check & return.
4. Work on essay
HW: Essay due Wed, Feb 24

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Qz chps 33-36 & voc
3. Get answers to check 33-36
4. Get study qstns 37-38
5. Discuss chs 25-35 and terms: anaphora, polysyndeton, pathetic fallacy, bildungsroman
HW: Read chs 37-38 and answer study questions

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Get quotes back Acts 1-5
3. Film: Act 4
HW: Quotation/Art Display. Use one sheet of paper or two, but art must fill the page.
Have half by tomorrow.
• Write a Quotation from Macbeth in quotation marks & document.
List in dark, legible print:
Speaker: ___
Occasion: ___
Attitude: ___
Paraphrase: ___
• Art: 3+ colors, contrast black & white, fill the page, no stick figures, use details, appropriate content (no clowns, cartoons)

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR reading and log
2. Show me your complete rough draft
3. Work on essay, edit rough draft & proofread
HW: Essay due Tues, Feb 23

Pd 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Show me the rest of your essay
3. Get back papers blending quote into your sentence. Document your quote with a parenthetical.
HW: Essay due Wed, Feb 24

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Read Act 5 aloud

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Pd1
1. AR reading & log
2. Show me the rest of your essay for points.
3. Practice blending a quotation from the sonnets into your sentence and documenting it with the line number.

Pd 2
1. Qz J.E. chps 29-32
2. Hand in notes on thinking for qstns missed on MC 1-20.
3. Check Study Qstns chps 29-32
4. Checking will be given points. Give each answer a sign as follows: √ X NS (not sure)
5. Get study qstns chs 33-36
6. Discuss chs 21 – 24
7. Two new terms--
• bildungsroman: a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
• pathetic fallacy: A term coined by John Ruskin to deplore the tendency of certain writers and artists to ascribe human emotions and sympathies to nature, a technique used extensively in the late 18th and early 19th centuries by Wordsworth, Shelley, and other Romantic writers.
HW: Read chps 33-36 & answer study questions.

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

Pd 2
1. Quiz chps 27-28
2. Practice Free Response Question 4
3. Pick up the following:
1] answers to study questions chs 27-28 to check
2] study questions chs 29-32
3] Mult choice 1-20 Answers to check your 2 quizzes returned.
HW: On binder paper write a short note about your thinking on each question you missed of 1-20 Jane Eyre Mult Choice. Include part of question.
HW: Read chs 29-32 & answer study questions

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 200 total words due today.
3. Write a sentence blending the quote “only stand and wait” into it. Copy my blending of “late spring” for minimum points. Hand in.
HW: Write the rest of your rough draft due Wednesday, Feb 17. 300 words minimum 700 maximum Final Draft due Wednesday, Feb 24.
• Literary analysis is a formal paper.
• Do not use any slang words or informal speech such as contractions (don’t = do not)
• Write only about the poems, the author, and the ideas. Do not write about yourself, the reader, or what you are writing, except in personal comment at the end.
• Name the author and the sonnets.


Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read Act 4 aloud.
3. Movie

Wed, Feb 10, 2010

Wed, Feb 10, 2010

1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 200 total words due today.
HW: Show me the rest of your rough draft on Tuesday, Feb 16. 300 words minimum 700 maximum Final Draft due Tuesday, Feb 22.
• This is a formal paper.
• Do not use slang or conversational words such as guy for man or a lot for many or much. Don't use informal speech such as contractions (don’t = do not; they're = they are)
• Write only about the poems, the author, and the ideas. Do not write about yourself, the reader, or what you are writing.
• Name the author and the sonnet titles.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me your 100 words and your chart with evidence.
3. Show me 100 more, 200 total, tomorrow.
Essay should be at least 300 words and no more than 700.
Answer these questions:
• What is the meaning of Milton’s two sonnets? To find it, do the following:
• Discuss the problem and solution. Use evidence and show how it supports your ideas.
• Analyze by comparing them. How are they alike and how are they different?
Final Draft due Wed, Feb 23.
4. Get progress reports.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read aloud.
3. Watch play.
4. Get progress reports

Tue, Feb 9, 2010

Tue, Feb 9, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me your 100 words. I will check your chart with evidence tomorrow.
3. Show me 100 more words, 200 total, tomorrow.
Essay should be at least 300 words and no more than 700.
Answer the questions:
• What is the meaning of Milton’s two sonnets?
• Discuss the problem and solution. Use evidence to support your ideas about the meaning and explain your evidence.
• Analyze by comparing sonnets. How are they alike and how are they different?
4. Get progress reports

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Qz J.E. chps 25-26
3. Mult Choice 11-20
4. Check study qstns 25-26
5. Get study qstns 27-28
HW: Read chs 27-28 & answer study qstns
6. Get progress reports.

Mon, Feb 8, 2010

Mon, Feb 8, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Get handout for essay writing
HW: Write 100 words of your rough draft for next class.
Essay should be at least 300 words and no more than 700.
Answer the questions: What is the meaning of Milton’s two sonnets? Analyze by comparing them. How are they alike and how are they different? Discuss the problem and solution and use evidence to support your ideas about the meaning. Evidence should be explained.

Pd2
1. Qz J.E. chps 22-24
2. Check Study Qstns chps 22-24
Hand in TP-CASTT if you haven't already.
3. Discuss ch 18-20 for points
4. New terms:
Anaphora: repeated words or phrases at the beginning of sentences or lines
Polysyndeton: single word repetition
HW: Read chps 25-26 & answer study questions.


Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in quotes Acts 4 & 5
3. Quiz p 329 “Soliloquies and Asides”

Thu, Feb 4, 2010

1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me your paraphrases.
3. Compare Milton’s 2 sonnets using a T chart. Analyze (look at a part to learn about the whole)
4. Examine the octave (problem section) of "Age 23". Write in your own way what you see as his problem. Then supply evidence from the poem to show why you see it that way. Do this for both poems.
5. For evidence, use direct quotes-- "my late spring" (4) -- or use indirect quotes-- He referred to his current age as being in the latter part of spring (4). Instead of documenting in parentheses, you can document within your text by saying "In line 4 Milton writes about his "late spring."
HW: Give the evidence for both poems

Pd 2
1. Quiz chps 20-21
2. Practice Free Response Qstn 1 J.E.
3. Check study qstns 20-21
4. Get study qstns 22-24
HW: Read chs 22-24 & answer study qstns
HW: Any more TP-CASTT?

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read aloud from Act 3 up to scene 6 p 299
HW: Read “Soliloquies and Asides” p 329 for a quiz Monday
Hand in quotes Act 4&5

Wed, Feb 3, 2010

Wed, Feb 3, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on Age 23
3. Comparing Milton’s 2 sonnets with a T chart. Analyze (voc: look at a part to decide about the whole) parts of the 2 poems to understand Milton’s ideas.
4. Examine the octaves (problem section ) of both.
Hand in paraphrases for grade and get back for homework:
HW: Give the evidence for them

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check paraphrase of “On His Having Arrived at the Age of 23”.
HW: Paraphrase “On His Blindness”

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Mult Choice AP Macbeth 1-10
3. Movie to end of Act 2
HW: I forgot to collect quotes for Acts 4 &5. Have them ready tomorrow.

Tue, Feb 2, 2010

Tue, Feb 2, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check paraphrase of “On His Having Arrived at the Age of 23”.
HW: Paraphrase “On His Blindness”

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Multiple Choice 1-10
3. Qz J.E. chps 18-19
4. Check study qstns 18-19
5. Discussion chs 14 & 15
HW: Read chps 20-21 and answer study questions
HW: Hand in TP-CASTT Thursday

Mon, Feb 1, 2010

Mon, Feb 1, 2010

Pd 1&4
1. AR reading & quizzes
2. Write paraphrase on handout of “ On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three”
3. Finish for homework

Pd 2
1. AR quizzes
2. Qz J.E. chps 15-17
3. Check Study Qstns chps 15-17
4. Hand in TP-CASTT
5. Discuss ch 13 for points
HW: Read chps 18&19 & answer study questions.
HW: Finish TP-CASTT (see 1/28 for poem suggestions)

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and quizzes
2. Read aloud in circle Act 3
HW: Pick quote you like from Act 5, write, document, and give Speaker, Occasion, Attitude of speaker, and Paraphrase.

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & new log
2. Discuss poem “ On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three” & answer questions 1,2, 4, 5, 6 on handout. Homework for Pd4.
HW: Finish AR book for quiz Mon, Feb 1, deadline

Pd 2
1. Quiz chs 13 & 14
2. Check study qstns chs 13&14
3. TP-CASTT poetry analysis. Pick a poem you don’t understand well to analyze on a blank form. Suggested poems: p 638 Lucy poems, pp 710-11 Bright Star or When I Have Fears, p 1092 The Second Coming, p 1122 The Naming of Parts
HW: Read chps 15-17 and answer study questions
HW: Finish AR book for quiz Mon, Feb 1, deadline

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in work on quotes for Acts1-3
3. Read aloud
HW: Act 4 quote w/5 parts as done previously
HW: Finish AR book for quiz Mon, Feb 1, deadline