Block 5 did not have their quiz

due to the length of the assembly.

EVERY BLOCK is responsible for the Annabel Lee poem and Frankenstein for Monday. Block 5 will have their poetry quiz next week.

Thursday 4-29

Today we discussed Tintern Abbey. Tomorrow we will have our poetry quiz.

Homework for the weekend:
1. ACTIVE Read Annabel Lee (Poem by Poe)
2. Read/complete WS for Frankenstein Chapters 13-15. There WILL be a quiz next Monday on chapters 9-15.
3. Start to organize your BINDERS...finals are approaching.

Looking ahead:
Chapters 16-18 are due on Thursday 5-6-10
ESLR Make up opportunities Wed/Thurs 5/5 and 5/6

Other Bonus Opportunities...

Barnes and Noble and Borders often have authors speak or other special events. If you know of an event at a local bookstore, please let me know and I can share with the class as a bonus opportunity

Thursday 4-29

In class we will discuss Tintern Abbey and Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe.

ESLR Make up time after school. If you do not come in this week then you need to Wednesday 5-5 or Thursday 5-6.

Poetry Quiz on Friday (4-30-10).

April 28

Today I read the poem Tintern Abbey (Wordsworth) to the class. Then the class divided into groups to discuss Tintern Abbey. What was not finished in class (group time) is homework. Come in prepared to discuss the poem ... the answers you prepared and others that will follow. Reread the poem if you need.

Questions to consider for tonight...use textual evidence to support:
Find shifts in the poem (TONE)
Who is the narrator?
Who is the intended audience?
How and why are alliteration and assonance used in the poem?
Why are some words capitalized when they are NOT proper nouns?

Friday's quiz:
Study the Figurative Language document (we have used most of the words). There will be matching as well as a poem where you must apply what you know about the terms to the analysis of the poem.

I posted a POETRY TERMS document on the Poetry Page...those terms must be known for a quiz on Friday May 14th.

Image: Tintern Abbey by J.M.W. Turner

Tuesday 4-27-10

Today we discussed Frankenstein and tomorrow the Resume and Cover Letter draft are due. Tomorrow we will be discussing Poetry as well since our quiz is Friday.

Week of April 26th

Frankenstein 9-12 due 4-26
Resume/Cover letter draft due 4/28 (final 5-14)
Poetry quiz due 4-30

ESLR make up dates:
Wed 4-27
Thurs 4/28
Wed 5/5
Thurs 5/6

I will stay after school any of those 4 days for ESLR Make-ups...please let me know the date you wish to attend. I want to make sure I can go through your paper with you prior to your rewrite.

Frankenstein Assignment Due Monday 4-26-10

Remember chapters 9-12 are due on Monday 4-26-10. Make sure to read the vocabulary words/concepts document on the website. The vocabulary words may show up on a quiz...the concepts not until the TEST and/or final exam.

Friday April 23rd Poetry Quiz...moved to Friday April 30th

tomorrow we'll discuss Frankenstein, vocabulary book grammar exercises from the day I was away on a filed trip then discuss POETRY.

Bring your Literature and Grammar books along with Frankenstein.

Homework due 4-22-10

Research the TIME PERIOD in which Frankenstein was written. What are the cultural norms (etiquette, laws, etc.). Where was the novel written? What religion is dominant?

This can be in a paragraph or a chart.

You MUST state sources. WIKIPEDIA does not count.

Week of April 19th

Monday April 19th: Turn in Frankenstein Chapters 6-8 and take a quiz. Papers will be returned.

Tuesday April 20th: More papers to be returned...all that I have that have been corrected. You will have a sub as I am taking Blocks 1 and 6 to the LA County Museum of Art. Work not completed in class is homework.

Sub Info:

STEP 1: Write down the poetry terms on the back board and keep in the literature section of your binder.

STEP 2: CAREFULLY tear out pages from the vocabulary book:
•118-121. ADD to directions: Active Read and answer the questions. Put paragraph #’s next to the answer to show were they “found” the answer
•111-112 ADD to directions: State reason why you made the choice you did
•153-154 ADD to directions: State reason why you made the choice you did


Wednesday April 21st: Ballad draft due, class time for Frankenstein and poetry discussion. Ballad topic is Holocaust or Holocaust Remembrance Day...broad so you can find information for the poem...after all the poem is a bit long...

Thursday April 22nd: Class time for Frankenstein and poetry discussion

Friday April 23rd: Poetry Quiz (terms on the back board, Chapters 9 and 10 discussion of poetry from Lit Book)

Next week:
Frankenstein chapters 9-12 due Monday 4-26
Resume and Cover letter draft due Wed 4-28

Friday April 16

Today we corrected page 633 (GRAMMAR) and took a chapter 11 quiz.

After the quiz there was time in class to start the BALLAD poem assignment (link in poetry page of class website if you seem to misplace copy given out in class). You will write a BALLAD about the Holocaust and/or Holocaust Remembrance Day celebrations.

BALLAD assignment due Wednesday 4-21-10.

Monday - Frankenstein assignment...read/ws chapters 6-8 (quiz on that also)

Thursday 4-15-10

If you did not complete Grammar Book page 633 Exercise 7 in class then it is homework. It will be turned in tomorrow.

Friday 4-16-10...grammar quiz (Unit 11)
Friday 4-16-10 ... bring in notes from previous blog entry about the Holocaust Remembrance Days this week. We will turn in the notes with an in-class writing assignment.

I am concerned, no everyone that had unfinished ESLRs came in this week to complete them. If yours was in the "not done pile" you need to see me tomorrow BEFORE SCHOOL or at the short break between classes.

Wednesday 4-14-10

Holocaust Remembrance Day Website look-up...bring the materials to class on Friday 4-16-10.

Tomorrow we will have our quiz on Frankenstein and review grammar for the quiz Friday and Discuss Resume/Cover Letter draft that is due 4-28-10.

Friday Grammar quiz and Holocaust Remembrance Day Activity.

Holocaust Remembrance Day passed...Sunday April 11th

This Year's Theme...Stories of Freedom: What You Do Matters.

Read the information on the USHMM website - take notes ( they will be turned in). This will be turned into a writing assignment. Due April 15th.

Poem to read by Wednesday 4-14-10

Read Rime of the Ancient Mariner
a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (http://www.poetry-online.org/coleridge_rime_of_the_ancient_mariner.htm)

Link is also on the Frankenstein page.

TPCASTT Poem

Fourth Quarter Starts Tuesday April 13th

You are almost half way through your high school career...time to focus for a few more weeks to end this year on a STRONG NOTE!!

This week:
1. Frankenstein worksheet due tomorrow (4-13) and a quiz on what you were assigned to read.
2. Grammar quiz on Unit 11 on Friday (semi colons, colons, etc).
3. Poetry discussed (from the lit book...when I was out ill)
4. Make-up/finish ESLRs after school Tuesday-Wednesday or Thursday for 1 hour. This is the LAST opportunity.

CHANGE...paper draft (Resume) NOT due 4-14-10 as I did not alert you to it before break. It will now be due Wed. the 28th and the final draft due Friday May 14th. We will discuss details in class this week.

Next week:
1. Frankenstein chapters 6-8 due Monday 4-19
2. Poetry Quiz on Friday 4-23
3. Grammar discussions

Continue to bring Frankenstein, Grammar and Literature books to class each day.

Interesting Article About the History of Paperback Novels

Read the Smithsonian Magazine Article about the start of PAPERBACKS...

Where do you see the "next" step in book publishing to be? E-readers? Another technology? Just think...you could be the inventor of the new technology...or a writer for it...

Keep your eyes open to opportunities for creative thought!