Email the correct answers to the following questions to me before midnight on Tuesday September 30th to receive your points. Note: All the questions must be answered correctly to claim your prize!
In 1960, American author John Steinbeck took a road trip to "rediscover America."
1) What is the title of the book he published about the adventure?
2) Who is Charley?
3) What did he name the truck he drove, and after whom did he name it?
4) Where is the truck today?
Friday
Extra Credit #1 Winners!
And the first ten to claim their extra credit were...
(in the order I received the emails)
Ana Rosa Aispuro
Cristian Flores
Scott Weidlich
Tom Albers
Chloe Bosnar
Audrey Stroh
Alyssa Kauth
Veronika Fitzgerald
Miranda Vanyi
Ke'Arah Tate
Sorry to those who didn't quite get to it in time! But, keep your eyes open for more opportunities to come...
(in the order I received the emails)
Ana Rosa Aispuro
Cristian Flores
Scott Weidlich
Tom Albers
Chloe Bosnar
Audrey Stroh
Alyssa Kauth
Veronika Fitzgerald
Miranda Vanyi
Ke'Arah Tate
Sorry to those who didn't quite get to it in time! But, keep your eyes open for more opportunities to come...
"B" day- 9/26/08
Periods 2&4: Freshmen
After SSR, we took a pop quiz over what we've been working on in class over the past several weeks. Then we began some prewriting for a narrative. Students were asked to think of a place that is significant to them and then, instead of describing the place itself, they were asked to describe getting to that place. These beginnings of prewriting/drafting were placed in their writing work folders and we will get back to them another day.
For homework, students were given a handout with four different scenarios that present a moral dilemma. Students are to read each scenario, decide what they would do and explain their justification for it. We will discuss these in class next time.
Period 8: AP Lit.
Vocabulary list #2 was given. Quiz over these words will be on Thurs. 10/2. We then spent a few minutes discussing thoughts and questions about"White Elephants", "P.O." and "Bartleby." ("I would prefer not to.") Assigned character sketch writing. Due on Tuesday 9/30. I also collected 3 days worth of prep notes to score. Then, we looked at an article about J.D. Salinger and the poem "Comin' Thro' the Rye" by Robert Burns and handed out Catcher in the Rye books.
Homework: write the character sketch and read at least the first 4 chapters of Catcher and note observations on Holden's absolutes, extremes and exaggerations.
After SSR, we took a pop quiz over what we've been working on in class over the past several weeks. Then we began some prewriting for a narrative. Students were asked to think of a place that is significant to them and then, instead of describing the place itself, they were asked to describe getting to that place. These beginnings of prewriting/drafting were placed in their writing work folders and we will get back to them another day.
For homework, students were given a handout with four different scenarios that present a moral dilemma. Students are to read each scenario, decide what they would do and explain their justification for it. We will discuss these in class next time.
Period 8: AP Lit.
Vocabulary list #2 was given. Quiz over these words will be on Thurs. 10/2. We then spent a few minutes discussing thoughts and questions about"White Elephants", "P.O." and "Bartleby." ("I would prefer not to.") Assigned character sketch writing. Due on Tuesday 9/30. I also collected 3 days worth of prep notes to score. Then, we looked at an article about J.D. Salinger and the poem "Comin' Thro' the Rye" by Robert Burns and handed out Catcher in the Rye books.
Homework: write the character sketch and read at least the first 4 chapters of Catcher and note observations on Holden's absolutes, extremes and exaggerations.
"A" day - 9/25/08
Period 1: Freshmen
After SSR, we took a pop quiz over what we've been working on in class over the past several weeks. Then we began some prewriting for a narrative. Students were asked to think of a place that is significant to them and then, instead of describing the place itself, they were asked to describe getting to that place. These beginnings of prewriting/drafting were placed in their writing work folders and we will get back to them another day.
For homework, students were given a handout with four different scenarios that present a moral dilemma. Students are to read each scenario, decide what they would do and explain their justification for it. We will discuss these in class next time.
Period 5: AP Lit.
Vocabulary list #2 was given. Quiz over these words will be on Wed. 10/1. We then spent a few minutes discussing thoughts and questions about "P.O." and "Bartleby." ("I would prefer not to.") Assigned character sketch writing. Due on Monday 9/29. I also collected 3 days worth of prep notes to score. Then, we looked at an article about J.D. Salinger and the poem "Comin' Thro' the Rye" by Robert Burns and handed out Catcher in the Rye books.
Homework: write the character sketch and read at least the first 4 chapters of Catcher and note observations on Holden's absolutes, extremes and exaggerations.
Period 7: Shakespeare
Added golden lines for Act II, scenes 1 and 2. We updated the list of contradictions and oxymorons as a class. Then read the rest of Act II together. (Oooooh...Macbeth seems to be getting away with it...or is he? Better watch out for Macduff.)
Homework:read Act III, scenes 1 and 2 for Monday.
After SSR, we took a pop quiz over what we've been working on in class over the past several weeks. Then we began some prewriting for a narrative. Students were asked to think of a place that is significant to them and then, instead of describing the place itself, they were asked to describe getting to that place. These beginnings of prewriting/drafting were placed in their writing work folders and we will get back to them another day.
For homework, students were given a handout with four different scenarios that present a moral dilemma. Students are to read each scenario, decide what they would do and explain their justification for it. We will discuss these in class next time.
Period 5: AP Lit.
Vocabulary list #2 was given. Quiz over these words will be on Wed. 10/1. We then spent a few minutes discussing thoughts and questions about "P.O." and "Bartleby." ("I would prefer not to.") Assigned character sketch writing. Due on Monday 9/29. I also collected 3 days worth of prep notes to score. Then, we looked at an article about J.D. Salinger and the poem "Comin' Thro' the Rye" by Robert Burns and handed out Catcher in the Rye books.
Homework: write the character sketch and read at least the first 4 chapters of Catcher and note observations on Holden's absolutes, extremes and exaggerations.
Period 7: Shakespeare
Added golden lines for Act II, scenes 1 and 2. We updated the list of contradictions and oxymorons as a class. Then read the rest of Act II together. (Oooooh...Macbeth seems to be getting away with it...or is he? Better watch out for Macduff.)
Homework:read Act III, scenes 1 and 2 for Monday.
"B" day- 9/24/08
Periods 2&4: Freshmen
1) SSR
2) Set up writing folders, which we will utilize all year long
3) Read and highlighted an article on My Space, then on Carburated Engines. Follow-up conversation on what techniques good readers can use when they encounter new, difficult or confusing reading passages. Looked at list of "fix-up strategies" and "common distractions."
Period 8: AP Lit.
We began with some notes on Narration and Point of View Terms, and then got into a great discussion about "The Cask of Amontillado" and its narrative style, the disturbing insanity of Montressor and how Poe builds the story with the use of description and sound details. We ran short on time for our discussion of Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" and its lack of descriptive details and abundance of dialogue.
HW: Read "Why I Live at the P.O" and "Bartleby, the Scrivener," paying special attention to characterization.
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