by: Kenzie
by: Tina
by: Stacie
by: Lacey
Wednesday
Monday
1/25/2010
Okay kids, we're winding down. Make sure you're getting your stuff done.
Freshmen:
Today was a work day to finish up your group assignment, study vocab, work on book projects, etc.
Tues: Vocabulary Test. Know your words.
Wed: Last day to turn in Book Project #2!
AP Lit:
Today we made a list of some of the ways that reading/studying drama differs from reading/studying other kinds of literature.
Tues: Bring your Anthologies. We'll be reading Trifles.
Wed: Literary Terms Test. Here is a link of the terms that may be on it. Also, BNW essays and metacognitions are due.
EXTRA CREDIT must be received by Wednesday!
Freshmen:
Today was a work day to finish up your group assignment, study vocab, work on book projects, etc.
Tues: Vocabulary Test. Know your words.
Wed: Last day to turn in Book Project #2!
AP Lit:
Today we made a list of some of the ways that reading/studying drama differs from reading/studying other kinds of literature.
Tues: Bring your Anthologies. We'll be reading Trifles.
Wed: Literary Terms Test. Here is a link of the terms that may be on it. Also, BNW essays and metacognitions are due.
EXTRA CREDIT must be received by Wednesday!
Thursday
1/21/2010
Freshmen:
Began final assessment/assignment in groups.
Coming up--
Fri: Finish and turn in final assessment.
Mon: Review vocab.
Tues: Final vocab quiz-- covering all 60 words from this year.
Wed: Last day to turn in SSR Book Project #2 and extra credit.
AP Lit:
Second in-class AP timed style essay.
Coming up--
Fri: Review, self-score and select a timed essay to submit for my scoring.
Mon/Tues: Intro to Drama, Trifles & "A Jury of Her Peers"
Wed: Test over Fiction Literary Terms (follow this link to an old blog post that lists all the terms we've covered that might appear on the test) and, of course, your Brave New World essays are due.
Began final assessment/assignment in groups.
Coming up--
Fri: Finish and turn in final assessment.
Mon: Review vocab.
Tues: Final vocab quiz-- covering all 60 words from this year.
Wed: Last day to turn in SSR Book Project #2 and extra credit.
AP Lit:
Second in-class AP timed style essay.
Coming up--
Fri: Review, self-score and select a timed essay to submit for my scoring.
Mon/Tues: Intro to Drama, Trifles & "A Jury of Her Peers"
Wed: Test over Fiction Literary Terms (follow this link to an old blog post that lists all the terms we've covered that might appear on the test) and, of course, your Brave New World essays are due.
EXTRA CREDIT: Freshmen
Honors English 9 First Semester Wordle
Have you ever checked this website out? It's kind of fun and artistic and cool. To claim your extra credit points, follow these simple instructions:
1) Follow this link to the WORDLE site.
2) Create a lovely word picture using at least 50 words that relate to the literature and ideas that we have covered in class so far this year. (Read the FAQ if you are having trouble)
3) Print out or email me the code to link to your finished Wordle, along with a written explanantion of why you chose at least 10 of the words included.
Have you ever checked this website out? It's kind of fun and artistic and cool. To claim your extra credit points, follow these simple instructions:
1) Follow this link to the WORDLE site.
2) Create a lovely word picture using at least 50 words that relate to the literature and ideas that we have covered in class so far this year. (Read the FAQ if you are having trouble)
3) Print out or email me the code to link to your finished Wordle, along with a written explanantion of why you chose at least 10 of the words included.
DUE: No later than Wednesday, January 27th.
HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH? Depending on the quality of your finished product, this extra credit may be worth up to 20 points (Just enough to compensate for a low score or make up for a missing assignment.)
EXTRA CREDIT: AP Lit
Brave New World Soundtrack
For all you music lovers out there, here you go...
For all you music lovers out there, here you go...
- Choose 8-12 songs that you think fit nicely with the ideas, events or characters of Brave New World.
- List the titles and artists of the songs.
- Provide a copy of the lyrics, (or meaningful portion of the lyrics).
- Write a brief explanation for each song explaining why you chose it and what part of the novel it applies to.
DUE: No later than Wednesday, January 27th.
HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH? Depending on the quality of your finished product, this extra credit may be worth up to 20 points (Just enough to compensate for a low score or make up for a missing assignment.)
Tuesday
1/19/2010
Freshmen:
Reviewed and finished vocabulary activity we started last Thursday. Then, we began reading the article "When Good People Do Evil."
Here's the upcoming time line of events for the rest of the semester:
Wed: Finish article
Thurs: Begin final assessment/assignment (all in-class in small groups)
Fri: Finish final assessment/assignment and turn in
Mon: Review day
Tues: Vocabulary Final Exam (know all 60 words)
Wed: Last day to turn in Book Project #2
AP Lit:
Shared Brave New World essay drafts. Please take the next several days to work on these. If you want specific feedback or input from me, please arrange to come see me before or after school and we can sit down together and discuss your paper before you turn in your final draft next week.
HW: Read "Once Upon a Time" in preparation for in-class essay tomorrow.
So you can plan accordingly, here is a breakdown of the rest of the term:
Wed: In-class essay on "Once Upon a Time" and Brave New World
Thurs: Another in-class essay involving Brave New World
Fri: Choose which in-class essay you will submit for scoring
Tues or Wed(?): Final Fiction Exam. This will be over the literary terminology and works we have covered so far this year. Here is a link to the terms that may appear on this test.
Wed: Brave New World essay and Metacognition due.
Reviewed and finished vocabulary activity we started last Thursday. Then, we began reading the article "When Good People Do Evil."
Here's the upcoming time line of events for the rest of the semester:
Wed: Finish article
Thurs: Begin final assessment/assignment (all in-class in small groups)
Fri: Finish final assessment/assignment and turn in
Mon: Review day
Tues: Vocabulary Final Exam (know all 60 words)
Wed: Last day to turn in Book Project #2
AP Lit:
Shared Brave New World essay drafts. Please take the next several days to work on these. If you want specific feedback or input from me, please arrange to come see me before or after school and we can sit down together and discuss your paper before you turn in your final draft next week.
HW: Read "Once Upon a Time" in preparation for in-class essay tomorrow.
So you can plan accordingly, here is a breakdown of the rest of the term:
Wed: In-class essay on "Once Upon a Time" and Brave New World
Thurs: Another in-class essay involving Brave New World
Fri: Choose which in-class essay you will submit for scoring
Tues or Wed(?): Final Fiction Exam. This will be over the literary terminology and works we have covered so far this year. Here is a link to the terms that may appear on this test.
Wed: Brave New World essay and Metacognition due.
Friday
1/15/10
Freshmen:
Vocabulary Quiz #11.
Time to read your SSR book or work on book project #2.
AP Lit:
Vocabulary Quiz #10.
Watched a few minutes of Brave New World movie ridiculousness. Seriously. It's painful. Feel free to watch the whole thing on You Tube in 8 minute segments now.
HW: Bring a draft of your Brave New World essay on Tuesday.
Vocabulary Quiz #11.
Time to read your SSR book or work on book project #2.
AP Lit:
Vocabulary Quiz #10.
Watched a few minutes of Brave New World movie ridiculousness. Seriously. It's painful. Feel free to watch the whole thing on You Tube in 8 minute segments now.
HW: Bring a draft of your Brave New World essay on Tuesday.
Thursday
1/14/2010
Freshmen:
Turned in LOTF essay final-final drafts.
Vocabulary activity in preparation for reading "When good people do evil" next week.
HW: Study for your vocab quiz tomorrow and bring an SSR book to read.
AP Lit:
Reviewed our silent discussion, generating some good ideas about theme for your papers.
You should begin working on your BNW papers. Your thesis should be something to the effect of: In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses [literary device(s)] to show [meaning of the work as a whole]. (Only you fill in the brackets, of course, with actual information...) I'd like you to bring drafts of your essay to class with you on Tuesday.
HW: Vocabulary quiz tomorrow!
Turned in LOTF essay final-final drafts.
Vocabulary activity in preparation for reading "When good people do evil" next week.
HW: Study for your vocab quiz tomorrow and bring an SSR book to read.
AP Lit:
Reviewed our silent discussion, generating some good ideas about theme for your papers.
You should begin working on your BNW papers. Your thesis should be something to the effect of: In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses [literary device(s)] to show [meaning of the work as a whole]. (Only you fill in the brackets, of course, with actual information...) I'd like you to bring drafts of your essay to class with you on Tuesday.
HW: Vocabulary quiz tomorrow!
Wednesday
1/13/10
Freshmen:
We've been continuing to work on LOTF essays. Final drafts were due in class today. We used our class time to write a reflection letter about your essays and your writing process. I made the offer that if students (who after reviewing their essay which was completed on time) felt like they could use one more draft to write a better paper, they could take it home and bring a final- final draft tomorrow. This last draft must be turned in with the one I stamped in class, in order not to be counted for late points.
HW: Study for your vocab quiz on Friday!
AP Lit:
Silent discussion of the topics we began brainstorming about yesterday: Community, Identity, Stability, Freedom, Dependence, Suffering, Faith, Humanity, Technology, Solitude, Adulthood. We will go over your collected thoughts tomorrow and begin to write possible thesis statements for your BNW essay.
HW: Study for your vocab quiz on Friday!
We've been continuing to work on LOTF essays. Final drafts were due in class today. We used our class time to write a reflection letter about your essays and your writing process. I made the offer that if students (who after reviewing their essay which was completed on time) felt like they could use one more draft to write a better paper, they could take it home and bring a final- final draft tomorrow. This last draft must be turned in with the one I stamped in class, in order not to be counted for late points.
HW: Study for your vocab quiz on Friday!
AP Lit:
Silent discussion of the topics we began brainstorming about yesterday: Community, Identity, Stability, Freedom, Dependence, Suffering, Faith, Humanity, Technology, Solitude, Adulthood. We will go over your collected thoughts tomorrow and begin to write possible thesis statements for your BNW essay.
HW: Study for your vocab quiz on Friday!
Monday
1/11/2010
Freshmen:
New vocabulary words. Quiz on Friday will include these words and others from this 9 weeks.
Gave points for having completed rough drafts.
HW: Work on another draft of LOTF essay. We'll look at OMAM essays, MLA and use of quotes tomorrow. Final Draft (typed, double spaced, MLA format) is due on Wednesday.
AP Lit:
New vocab words. Quiz on Friday over all the words from this 9 weeks.
Looked at and discussed the visuals that you created on Friday. Will discuss the specifics of BNW's ending tomorrow. Also, we may begin discussing the papers you will be writing.
New vocabulary words. Quiz on Friday will include these words and others from this 9 weeks.
Gave points for having completed rough drafts.
HW: Work on another draft of LOTF essay. We'll look at OMAM essays, MLA and use of quotes tomorrow. Final Draft (typed, double spaced, MLA format) is due on Wednesday.
AP Lit:
New vocab words. Quiz on Friday over all the words from this 9 weeks.
Looked at and discussed the visuals that you created on Friday. Will discuss the specifics of BNW's ending tomorrow. Also, we may begin discussing the papers you will be writing.
Thursday
1/7/10
Freshmen:
We finished the LOTF movie yesterday and, as promised started working on our papers today. Using the Abstractions List, we brainstormed a bunch of themes related to LOTF. Then we expanded these into at least 5 workable thesis statements. Tomorrow, we will narrow our choices and begin writing.
HW: By Monday you will need to have a fully developed functional rough draft of your Lord of the Flies essay. Final drafts (typed, in MLA format) will be due next Wednesday!
AP Lit:
Wrapped up our discussion of characters and comparisons in BNW.
HW: Be ready to discuss chapters 16 and 17 tomorrow. Finish the book by Monday.
We finished the LOTF movie yesterday and, as promised started working on our papers today. Using the Abstractions List, we brainstormed a bunch of themes related to LOTF. Then we expanded these into at least 5 workable thesis statements. Tomorrow, we will narrow our choices and begin writing.
HW: By Monday you will need to have a fully developed functional rough draft of your Lord of the Flies essay. Final drafts (typed, in MLA format) will be due next Wednesday!
AP Lit:
Wrapped up our discussion of characters and comparisons in BNW.
HW: Be ready to discuss chapters 16 and 17 tomorrow. Finish the book by Monday.
Tuesday
Happy New Year! 1/5/10
Freshmen:
Continued watching the LOTF movie! We'll finish it up tomorrow.
AP Lit:
BNW quiz over chapters 10-15.
Began the discussion of the comparisons I asked you to take notes on over break.
We'll add to these tomorrow and continue our discussion.
Continued watching the LOTF movie! We'll finish it up tomorrow.
AP Lit:
BNW quiz over chapters 10-15.
Began the discussion of the comparisons I asked you to take notes on over break.
We'll add to these tomorrow and continue our discussion.
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