Freshmen:
Vocab quiz then SSR. (Except for period 7 where we read some more R & J so we don't get too far behind since we have the early release on Monday.) Also, I explained your SSR Project: 5 things you learned.
AP Lit:
Well, in 3rd period most of you were at the Every 15 Minutes assembly. ( A big thank you to all of the responsible students who came back for the last few minutes of 3rd to check in and turn in your scantrons for this week's practice test. Thanks to those of you who dropped by later in the day for this purpose, too.) I also handed out reminders and test day instructions for next Thursday's AP Lit Test.
In 6th period, we talked about rhyme scheme, other rhyming terms and ideas related to internal poetic structure. (We'll talk about these things on Monday for 3rd period.)
HW: Have fun and be careful if you're going to prom tomorrow.
Friday
Thursday
4/29/2010
Freshmen:
More reading of the R and the J. Keep taking scene summary notes as we read. I promise these will be a nice and easy way to review when it's test time.
HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow. Bring your SSR books too.
AP Lit:
Every 15 minutes
HW: For Friday read Mr. Flood's Party, Church Going, Sonrisas, The Victims, The Dance and be ready to turn in the Multiple Choice Practice Test.
More reading of the R and the J. Keep taking scene summary notes as we read. I promise these will be a nice and easy way to review when it's test time.
HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow. Bring your SSR books too.
AP Lit:
Every 15 minutes
HW: For Friday read Mr. Flood's Party, Church Going, Sonrisas, The Victims, The Dance and be ready to turn in the Multiple Choice Practice Test.
Tuesday
4/27/2010
Freshmen:
Journal #12-- How much influence should parents have in who their children go out with?
Continued with Romeo and Juliet 1.1
AP Lit:
Discussed notes, HW poems, symbols and some rose poems.
HW: For Wednesday read The Word Plum, Dirge, Emily Dickinson and The Raven. Notice the cool sound devices in these poems. We'll discuss them tomorrow. Also, be working on the Multiple Choice Practice Test (due on Friday).
Thursday will be our visit with Gresham Police.
Journal #12-- How much influence should parents have in who their children go out with?
Continued with Romeo and Juliet 1.1
AP Lit:
Discussed notes, HW poems, symbols and some rose poems.
HW: For Wednesday read The Word Plum, Dirge, Emily Dickinson and The Raven. Notice the cool sound devices in these poems. We'll discuss them tomorrow. Also, be working on the Multiple Choice Practice Test (due on Friday).
Thursday will be our visit with Gresham Police.
Monday
4/26/2010
Freshmen:
Turned in your Hero Stories. Copied down new vocabulary words. Reviewed your paraphrase of the Prologue from last week, then began reading Act 1, scene 1.
AP Lit:
Prom court nominations (Am I going to win Prom Queen this year? I sure hope so!)
Turned in your papers and metacognitions. (For those of you who were "absent" today, remember that late papers will be accepted for one day only and for a maximum of 70% credit.) I also collected the notes you took on the poems you read last week. Handed out another Practice Multiple Choice AP Test. This will be due on Friday and will be worth 30 points in the gradebook. Also, it will be scored in the same way as the actual AP test. (1 point for correct answers, -1/4 point for incorrect answers, no credit for blank answers.) We then took some notes on terms related to analyzing the language of poetry-- diction, syntax, precision/ambiguity, denotation/connotation, etc. Tomorrow we'll continue discussing interesting language choices.
HW: Read That time of year... , Marks, At the Hospital, and Wild Nights--Wild Nights! (starting on page 481) In your notes, identify and explain the figurative language used in each (simile, metaphor, symbol, etc.)
Turned in your Hero Stories. Copied down new vocabulary words. Reviewed your paraphrase of the Prologue from last week, then began reading Act 1, scene 1.
AP Lit:
Prom court nominations (Am I going to win Prom Queen this year? I sure hope so!)
Turned in your papers and metacognitions. (For those of you who were "absent" today, remember that late papers will be accepted for one day only and for a maximum of 70% credit.) I also collected the notes you took on the poems you read last week. Handed out another Practice Multiple Choice AP Test. This will be due on Friday and will be worth 30 points in the gradebook. Also, it will be scored in the same way as the actual AP test. (1 point for correct answers, -1/4 point for incorrect answers, no credit for blank answers.) We then took some notes on terms related to analyzing the language of poetry-- diction, syntax, precision/ambiguity, denotation/connotation, etc. Tomorrow we'll continue discussing interesting language choices.
HW: Read That time of year... , Marks, At the Hospital, and Wild Nights--Wild Nights! (starting on page 481) In your notes, identify and explain the figurative language used in each (simile, metaphor, symbol, etc.)
Friday
4/23/2010
Freshmen:
Vocab quiz 8.2
SSR or Writing time for Hero Stories
HW: Hero Story is due on Monday-- typed, MLA format, etc.
AP Lit:
Senior questionnaire for the Reveille
Multiple Choice Practice Results
HW: See reading schedule for poems to read and notes to take
Comparison Essay due with your Metacognition on Monday
Vocab quiz 8.2
SSR or Writing time for Hero Stories
HW: Hero Story is due on Monday-- typed, MLA format, etc.
AP Lit:
Senior questionnaire for the Reveille
Multiple Choice Practice Results
HW: See reading schedule for poems to read and notes to take
Comparison Essay due with your Metacognition on Monday
4/22/2010
Freshmen:
Journal #11: Do you believe in love at first sight? Why? Why not?
The Prologue contest.
HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow. Bring SSR book tomorrow. Paraphrase the Prologue into modern English.
AP Lit:
Turn in Multiple Choice Practice test.
Discussed a few poems-- To a Louse, A Certain Lady, We Real Cool, etc.
HW: Work on your paper!
Journal #11: Do you believe in love at first sight? Why? Why not?
The Prologue contest.
HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow. Bring SSR book tomorrow. Paraphrase the Prologue into modern English.
AP Lit:
Turn in Multiple Choice Practice test.
Discussed a few poems-- To a Louse, A Certain Lady, We Real Cool, etc.
HW: Work on your paper!
Wednesday
4/21/2010
Freshmen:
Journal #10- Is it ever okay to hold a grudge? When? Why?
Discussed more interesting stuff... the authorship conspiracy, the theater, etc.
HW: Same as all week. Hero Stories- due Monday. SSR Book by Friday. Vocab quiz on Friday.
AP Lit:
Looked at Aunt Jennifer's Tigers and Those Winter Sundays.
Notes on speaker, situation and setting.
HW: Papers due Monday. Practice Mult. Choice due Thursday. See reading schedule for reading and notes for tomorrow.
Journal #10- Is it ever okay to hold a grudge? When? Why?
Discussed more interesting stuff... the authorship conspiracy, the theater, etc.
HW: Same as all week. Hero Stories- due Monday. SSR Book by Friday. Vocab quiz on Friday.
AP Lit:
Looked at Aunt Jennifer's Tigers and Those Winter Sundays.
Notes on speaker, situation and setting.
HW: Papers due Monday. Practice Mult. Choice due Thursday. See reading schedule for reading and notes for tomorrow.
Monday
4/19/2010
Freshmen:
New vocabulary words
Understanding Shakespeare and Elizabethan Drama
HW: Be working on your hero story (due Mon 4/26). Also, choose a new SSR book. Bring it to class with you on Friday.
AP Lit:
Handed out a bunch of things: Reading/Homework schedule for this week, Multiple Choice Practice #1 and a scantron (due on Thursday), Tone Words.
Took some notes in class and talked about identifying a poem's tone with precise vocabulary.
HW: Read the following poems and take notes on the tone of each.
Barbie Doll, Woodchucks, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, After Making Love We Hear Footsteps, Those Winter Sundays, The Clock, Alzheimer’s
Also, remember that your comparison essay is due next Monday.
New vocabulary words
Understanding Shakespeare and Elizabethan Drama
HW: Be working on your hero story (due Mon 4/26). Also, choose a new SSR book. Bring it to class with you on Friday.
AP Lit:
Handed out a bunch of things: Reading/Homework schedule for this week, Multiple Choice Practice #1 and a scantron (due on Thursday), Tone Words.
Took some notes in class and talked about identifying a poem's tone with precise vocabulary.
HW: Read the following poems and take notes on the tone of each.
Barbie Doll, Woodchucks, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, After Making Love We Hear Footsteps, Those Winter Sundays, The Clock, Alzheimer’s
Also, remember that your comparison essay is due next Monday.
Thursday
4/15/2010
Freshmen:
Reviewed the Hero's Journey handout I gave out yesterday. Then gave you the outline sheet for your Personal Hero Story. We will work on these more tomorrow. Final drafts will be due Monday, April 26th.
AP Lit:
Talked briefly about the paper you will be working on. Here is the handout explaining the assignment, if you lost yours. Then we generated a list of questions we ask when approaching poetry and looked at "On Opening a Box of Crayola Crayons."
HW: Read pages 398-415 in the anthology. Then, respond to one of the Suggestions for Writing on page 415. (This does not have to be an essay, as your book says. Instead, this should be a quick 1-2 paragraph informal response.)
Reviewed the Hero's Journey handout I gave out yesterday. Then gave you the outline sheet for your Personal Hero Story. We will work on these more tomorrow. Final drafts will be due Monday, April 26th.
AP Lit:
Talked briefly about the paper you will be working on. Here is the handout explaining the assignment, if you lost yours. Then we generated a list of questions we ask when approaching poetry and looked at "On Opening a Box of Crayola Crayons."
HW: Read pages 398-415 in the anthology. Then, respond to one of the Suggestions for Writing on page 415. (This does not have to be an essay, as your book says. Instead, this should be a quick 1-2 paragraph informal response.)
4/8/2010
Freshmen:
Finally, the big test I've been telling you about for well over a week. Hopefully, you all studied and when I score them tomorrow I will be pleasantly surprised at your Greek Mythology prowess.
AP Lit:
Last day of reading R &G Are Dead together. We got (mostly) to the end of Act 2. Thanks so much to Marty and Josh for reading the part of Rosencrantz to my Guildenstern. You guys did such a great job!
HW: Please finish reading the play for next Tuesday. As you do, think about possible topics you could write about for a comparison essay between Hamlet, Death of a Salesman and Ros & Guil).
Also, if anyone is just completely bored on Friday since you have no school, feel free to come on over to my classroom and help grade the matching and multiple choice on the mountain of mythology tests I have awaiting me! (Nice alliteration, huh?)
If you're not completely bored, I'm glad. I hope you have a fantastic four day weekend of fun.
Finally, the big test I've been telling you about for well over a week. Hopefully, you all studied and when I score them tomorrow I will be pleasantly surprised at your Greek Mythology prowess.
AP Lit:
Last day of reading R &G Are Dead together. We got (mostly) to the end of Act 2. Thanks so much to Marty and Josh for reading the part of Rosencrantz to my Guildenstern. You guys did such a great job!
HW: Please finish reading the play for next Tuesday. As you do, think about possible topics you could write about for a comparison essay between Hamlet, Death of a Salesman and Ros & Guil).
Also, if anyone is just completely bored on Friday since you have no school, feel free to come on over to my classroom and help grade the matching and multiple choice on the mountain of mythology tests I have awaiting me! (Nice alliteration, huh?)
If you're not completely bored, I'm glad. I hope you have a fantastic four day weekend of fun.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Extra Credit! NY Times Found Poetry
Need a few more points right at the end of the term?
Well, it's National Poetry Month. Try this activity and email your finished poem to me at courtney_peterson@reynolds.k12.or.us by 8:00 pm, Sunday, April 11th.
Have fun reading and creating!
Well, it's National Poetry Month. Try this activity and email your finished poem to me at courtney_peterson@reynolds.k12.or.us by 8:00 pm, Sunday, April 11th.
Have fun reading and creating!
April 6, 2010
Freshmen:
Just like yesterday... a few book talks and then we watched more of The Odyssey.
HW: Like I've been telling you for over a week now, TEST on THURSDAY. Be prepared.
AP Lit:
Read some more R & G are Dead together. Will continue tomorrow.
Just like yesterday... a few book talks and then we watched more of The Odyssey.
HW: Like I've been telling you for over a week now, TEST on THURSDAY. Be prepared.
AP Lit:
Read some more R & G are Dead together. Will continue tomorrow.
Monday
4/5/2010
Freshmen:
Book Talks
Finish up reading the last few pages of The Odyssey Part 2.
Begin watching The Odyssey movie. (Poor little goat!)
HW: STUDY. Test on Thursday.
AP Lit:
Went to the library to check out copies of, and begin reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
HW: Finish reading Act 1. Be ready to discuss thoughts, observations and questions.
Book Talks
Finish up reading the last few pages of The Odyssey Part 2.
Begin watching The Odyssey movie. (Poor little goat!)
HW: STUDY. Test on Thursday.
AP Lit:
Went to the library to check out copies of, and begin reading Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
HW: Finish reading Act 1. Be ready to discuss thoughts, observations and questions.
4/2/2010
Freshmen:
Book talks.
Vocab quiz.
Read part 2 of The Odyssey.
HW: Be studying for the test on Thursday. Seriously. Look over ALL your Greek Mythology/Odyssey stuff. If you won't be here on THURSDAY (band competition, anyone?) you need to make arrangements to take your test ahead of time. It can not wait until next week. Grades must be turned in before Monday!
AP Lit:
Part Two of the Tragedy Test.
HW: Nope.
Book talks.
Vocab quiz.
Read part 2 of The Odyssey.
HW: Be studying for the test on Thursday. Seriously. Look over ALL your Greek Mythology/Odyssey stuff. If you won't be here on THURSDAY (band competition, anyone?) you need to make arrangements to take your test ahead of time. It can not wait until next week. Grades must be turned in before Monday!
AP Lit:
Part Two of the Tragedy Test.
HW: Nope.
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