November 21, 2008
"The Odyssey" background and questions
Homework: Finish the questions on The Odyssey
November 19, 2008
"The Judgment of Paris"; "The Trojan War"; presentation on Egypt; Greek Expressions
Homework: 1. Read The Illustrated Odyssey 2. Be ready for a quiz!
November 17, 2008
Sharing myths; Tips and Errors assignment
Homework: Examine the pattern of errors on your returned essays and complete the Tips and Errors correction assignment
November 14, 2008
Why study mythology? Greek inspired idiomatic expressions
Homework: Write your own myth that explains some aspect of the natural world. Follow the example of the myth of "Persephone"
November 7, 2008
Santilla Assessment Test
Homework: 1. Type the final draft of your essay on Running Loose
November 3, 2008
Literary Persuasive Essay format; color-coding essays; Jerry Springer
Homework: Write a rough draft of your essay on Running Loose
October 30, 2008
Test on Running Loose
Homework: 1. Prepare for Jerry Springer: if you are a character, write one page in the first person; if you are an audience member, write 20 questions that can't be answered with a yes or a no; Jerry--final thought! 2. Inferences worksheet 3. Write a thesis statement
October 10, 2008
Quiz on "Thank You, M'am"
Homework: 1. Write one page choosing one of the six topics:
1. A time you tried something new
2. A time you were afraid
3. A time you felt proud
4. A time something funny happened to you
5. A time something tragic happened to you
6. A time you felt isolated and alone
2. Read chapter 1 and 2 of Running Loose
3. Be ready for a quiz
October 8, 2008
Identifying Lit terms in "Thank You, M'am"
Homework 1. Type your final draft of the autobiographical essay 2. Word, Definition, Sentence, Picture for "The Cask of Amontillado" vocabulary 3. Be ready for a quiz on "Thank You, M'am"
October 6, 2008
Quiz on "The Cask of Amontillado"
Homework: 1. Revise or finish your autobiographical essay
September 30, 2008
Quiz on "The Necklace"; sensory details
Homework: 1. Finish rewriting the sensory detail sentences 2. Write your autobiographical essay.
September 26, 2008
Quiz on "The Scarlet Ibis"; irony, theme
Homework: 1. Read "The Necklace" 2. Be ready for a quiz 3. Vocabulary: word, definition, sentence, picture
September 23, 2008
Quiz on "The Interlopers"; irony; theme
Homework: 1. Read "The Gift of the Magi" 2. Symbolism chart 3. Be ready for a quiz
September 21, 2008
Quiz on "The Interlopers"; complex sentences; symbolism
Homework: 1. Read "The Scarlet Ibis" 2. Vocabulary: Word, Definition, Sentence, Picture 3. Be ready for a quiz!
September 18, 2008
theme, grammar practice, complex sentences
Homework: 1. Read "The Interlopers" 2. Be ready for a quiz on the literature terms and "The Interlopers"
September 16, 2008
plot: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, resolution / denouement, setting, protagonist, antagonist
Homework: 1. Word, definition, sentence, picture for "The Interlopers" 2. Finish plot chart
September 12, 2008
Code Red Drill; CELDT test
September 10, 2008
Quiz on "The Most Dangerous Game"; Cornell Notes
Homework: Complete the "My Poem" assignment
September 7, 2008
STAR test; "The Most Dangerous Game"
Homework: 1. Finish reading "The Most Dangerous Game" 2. Be ready for a quiz!
September 4, 2008
Most Dangerous Game Vocabulary; dependent and independent clauses
September 2, 2008
dependent and independent clauses
Homework: Word, Definition, Sentence, Picture for each of the 10 vocabulary words
November 20, 2008
Study for the test on The Crucible
Know sentence types: Open with a present participle and a gerund. Write a cumulative and perodic sentence, each with at least 2 dependent clauses. Plot, characters, themes in The Scarlet Letter. Vocabulary: These are the magic letters: PAEIODU. Know all the words that begin with these letters.
November 18, 2008
Discussion of the last scaffold scene; vocabulary practice
Homework: Work on SSR Project #2
November 14, 2008
Answer the following questions about your experience wearing the scarlet letter.
1. Approximately how many people judged you with their eyes, gave you funny looks and made jokes or laughed but did not ask about the letter?
2. Approximately how many people asked about the letter and then looked down on you or mocked you? Describe one representative occurrence.
3. Approximately how many people asked about the letter and then offered sympathy or empathy for your experience? Describe one representative experience.
4. How did it feel to be judged by others?
5. How did it feel to receive sympathy from others?
6. Compare Westmont to the Puritan society that Hawthorne depicts. What is similar? What is different?
Homework: 1. Finish The Scarlet Letter 2. Answer the questions 3. Finish your SSR book 3. Get a new SSR book Idea: "The Penelopiad" by Atwood
November 6, 2008
Using sentence layering to analyze text
Homework: 1. Make your own scarlet letter. Make a sign that you can hang around your neck. On one side should appear the letter that represents your "sin". On the back, type a prose narrative passage that describes this incident. You also may express your transgression against your family or the community as a poem. Remember to make the letter large enough so that it will be visible to all on Thursday when you will wear your letter during the school day. 2. Read and answer the questions for chapter 11-17 in The Scarlet Letter
November 4, 2008 Election Day!
Sentence Layering
Homework: 1. Read chapter 8-10 in The Scarlet Letter 2. Answer the questions. Look for quotations that answer these questions. You might use them later when you write your essay.
October 29, 2008
"The Minsiter's Black Veil"; symbolism and theme in Dark Romanticism
Homework: 1. Read chapter 1-4 in The Scarlet Letter 2. Answer questions 1-5
October 23, 2008
Review Test on The Crucible; Writing practice
Homework: 1. Get a copy of The Scarlet Letter 2. Essay on The Crucible DUE. Include the 6 sentence types: infinitive, preposition, participle, gerund, appositive, noun clause. Submit the essay to Turn It In.com
October 21, 2008
Crucible on The Crucible
October 17, 2008
District Writing Exam
October 13, 2008
Debate and Acting with The Crucible
Homework: 1. Work on Crucible essay 2. Study for the test on The Crucible 3. Friday: District Benchmark Assessment
October 9, 2008
Tragedy: Miller vs. Aristotle
Homework: 1. Complete your SSR project and submit it to Turn It In.Com. Here are the class ID numbers:
period 1: 2457429
period 2: 2457435
period 3: 2457440
The password for all classes is: Pynchon
Be sure to capitalize the "P." Why did I pick that name? Look him up! And study for the crucible on The Crucible, which is FRIDAY!
October 7, 2008
How do diction and syntax affect tone and meaning? Analyzing and comparing lyrics and quotations
Homework: 1. Read Aristotle's Poetics, sections 4, 6, 7 and 8. Here is a link: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/classics/resources/poetics/poettran.htm
2. Write a one paragraph summary of Aristotle's view of tragedy 3. Read "Tragedy and the Common Man" 4. Write a one paragraph summary of Miller's view of tragedy 5. Remember: one member of the group needs to e-mail the group response quotation analysis using the groups names and period. Send the analysis as an attachment.
October 3, 2008
Analyzing passages
Homework: 1. Work on your SSR project 2. Get a new SSR book
October 1, 2008
Ideology; summarizing complex texts
Homework: 1. Read Act 4 2. Collaborate with your partner to answer the questions, pick a quotation and write a commentary for the quotation. E-mail your answer to hchaskett@yahoo.com.
September 29, 2008
Descriptive Outlining
Homework: 1. Read Act 3 of The Crucible 2. With your partner, answer the question you've been assigned; include in your answer a quotation and commentary on the quotation 3. Read and write a one page summary of "A Modern Way with the Classic"
SSR Project DUE October 13
Crucible Essay DUE October 27
September 25, 2008
Descriptive Outlining; Ideology
Homework: 1. Read Act 2 of The Crucible 2. With your partner, answer the question you've been assigned; include in your answer a quotation and commentary on the quotation 3. Read and do a descriptive outline of "The Death of Love" PERIOD 1: if you didn't stay to pick up an article, get one on Friday!
September 23, 2008
Descriptive Outlining
Homework: 1. Read Act 1 of The Crucible 2. Answer the question corresponding to the number you received in class 3. Do a descriptive outline of the first 15 paragraphs of "Catherine Barkley and the Hemingway Code: Ritual and Survival in A Farewell to Arms"
September 19, 2008
reading rhetorically; tips and errors
Homework: 1. Write the number of the error; write the definition; write the number of times the error occurs; correct all the sentences with that error. If this error is not a sentence-level error, write how you will avoid the mistake in the future. 2. Vocabulary, Introduction, Thesis, Conclusion for "Catherine Barkley and the Hemingway Code: Ritual and Survival in A Farewell to Arms" 3. Evidence Evaulation of paragraphs 12, 23, 33, 41 in "Catherine Barkley and the Hemingway Code: Ritual and Survival in A Farewell to Arms"
September 17, 2008
collaboration day
Rationalism, Puritanism, Deism, Tips and Errors
Homework: 1. Read "Catherine Barkley and the Hemingway Code: Ritual and Survival in A Farewell to Arms" 2. Write a ONE paragraph summary of Spanier's essay
September 15, 2008
Work in the same groups we used last Tuesday, September 8, when you wrote a story using participles and gerunds. Your homework is to complete whatever steps you do not finish in class.
1. In the Holt textbook, read pages 6-19.
Use one of the large sheets of paper on the front table to do tasks 2 and 3. Each group only needs one sheet of large paper. Pens are in the coffee cans next to the bookcase.
2. Define: Puritanism, Rationalism, Deism
3. Make a Venn Diagram for Puritanism and Rationalism. Include any symbols or images you think are appropriate to make your visual aid more appealing and informative.
4. Read “Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666.” (28-29)
Do the following tasks on a sheet of binder paper. Each group member needs a piece of binder paper to write the answers.
5. Paraphrase the poem.
6. How is this poem an example of plain style?
7. Write a paragraph explaining whether the poem is an example of Puritan ideology, Rationalist ideology or both. Use quotations to support your answer.
8. Read excerpts from The Autobiography and Poor Richard’s Almanac. (66-74)
9. Write a paragraph explaining whether Franklin’s texts represent Puritan ideology, Rationalist ideology or both ideologies. Use quotations to support your answer.
September 11, 2008
Logos, Ethos, Pathos, symploce, anaphora
Homework: Write down a real world example of logos, ethos and pathos that you experience this weekend.
September 8, 2008
Continuous Round Table: short story using gerunds and participles; logos, ethos, pathos
Homework: 1. Write a persuasive speech using logos, ethos and pathos to persuade your parents 2. Get a copy of The Crucible
September 5, 2008
Gerund vs. Participle; Phrase vs. Clause; Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
Homework: 1. Analyze a print advertisement for logos, ethos and pathos 2. Read your SSR book 3. Get a copy of The Crucible
Three-Paragraph Format and More! If you'd like to take English II Honors, take a look at the FAQs and summer work! Fun in the sun with Medea! (She's got a great receipe for kids!)
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