Intersession Assignments

STEP 1:
LOCATE YOUR GRAMMAR BOOK, MACBETH, FRANKENSTEIN AND THE TEMPEST.
KEEP ALL OF YOUR PAPERS FROM SEMESTER 1

STEP 2:
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
DUE:UPLOADED to turnitin.com by 1-15-12 (11:59 PM)
Document linked to Papers Page of Class Website (https://sites.google.com/site/english2macvay/) TITLED Intersession20112012.doc AND Chapman.pdf for more information

STEP 3:
READ FROM UPFRONT MAGAZINE
DUE:First day of Second Semester

Read and be prepared for a debate on the following articles:
September 5th and 19th Issues...10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know
October 3rd Issue: Hey, Who Shrank my Doritos?

STEP 4: NOT REQUIRED...
IF YOU WISH TO READ AHEAD...Macbeth will be the first piece of literature for the semester. Get a head start reading...save time during the semester! (I have 4 copies in the classroom...first 4 to stop by can get a copy!

STEP 5: BONUS included in Writing Assignment

Final Exam Rooms...Intersession Assignments

The English Final Exam is Wednesday 12-14-11 at 8:30 AM
Bring a #2 Pencil, Eraser, and a Pen

Block 2 - Room 318
Block 3 - Room 319
Block 4 - Room 320
Block 6 - Room 322 with me

Intersession Assignments will be posted Wednesday 12-14-11. Let me know if you have any questions.

Last DAY of class on Monday

We'll discuss the end of BNW and take our vocabulary TEST. Bring Brave New World, Your Vocabulary Book, a pencil (scantron) and a pen (sentences).

The Final Exam is Scheduled for WEDNESDAY 12-14-11. The Proctor list and room assignments will be posted on Monday and will be posted on my door as well.

Intersession Assignments will be posted Wednesday after school...after you successfully complete this semester!

Monday 12-5-11

Today papers were passed back and reminders given:
Brave New World completion due BLOCK DAY

Outside Reading BLOG due 12-8-11 ... if we do not meet for class...it is still due so I can give you feedback by Friday 12-9-11 ... bring before school, at lunch or after school...or between classes

Today we started vocabulary Unit 15 Synonyms and Antonyms page 169

The LAST week of classes...week of December 5th

Next week we'll review Vocabulary lessons 13-14-15 for Friday's Multiple Choice Quiz as well as review ALL lessons for the test on 12-12-11.

We'll also discuss Brave New World. Stay current with the reading...we'll act out scenes and discuss key concepts all week!

See me during TUTORING TIME if you have questions about Final Exam concepts.

You can rewrite 1 paper each semester...due the last day of class (in class ... no exceptions) 12-12-11. If you wish to do so, your rewrite MUST be turned in with your original rubric/assignment (no re-write w/o this. The changes (sections) must be highlighted so I know what to go back over.

Friday 12-2-11

We completed Vocabulary Book pages 154 and 163. Then we discussed Brave New World.

The Diary of Anne Frank is playing in Chula Vista

at the OnStage Playhouse now through SUNDAY DECEMBER 4th. Mr. Haggerty just informed me about the play...he was told it was superb!

I you attend the play and want a bonus you must: get a playbill, your ticket, take notes after the show and bring in everything on Monday. I'll give you an assignment that you can return for your BONUS...applied to the HOLOCAUST TEST SECTION OF THE GRADEBOOK.



Story from 10 News

Retreat Days 11-30 and 12-1

Today we organized binders, completed vocabulary book page 154 (1-10) and 163 (1-10), then discussed Brave New World.

The vocabulary quiz for this Friday is being extended to next Friday 12-9-11. It will be over 13, 14 and 15.

Monday 12-12-11 Vocabulary Test will be 30 Multiple Choice Questions and 20 points of sentences (Based on Brave New World)

Friday this week the Holocaust Unit tests will be returned to those students that do not have them back.

Tuesday 11-29-11

Finals are approaching! Today we did our usual Monday routine and wrote down in our planner all assignments due the rest of the semester...as noted on LAST TUESDAY"S blog Post.

Reminded students that the final exam study guide was posted on the blog last Wednesday. There will be no IN CLASS REVIEW. Tutoring time before school I am available to answer any questions about the final.

Today in class:
We completed Vocabulary Book SYNONYMS Lesson 14 (Page 162 NUMBERS 1-10)
Students stood up and discussed their Outside Reading Book Selections
Block 2 was given back their Holocaust Test.

TONIGHT...Sunday 9 PM ABC...Mitch Albom's Have A Little Faith

Made for TV Movie...Read more about the movie and book on the Detroit Free Press website.

BONUS...Watch the movie, take notes. Bring in the notes to class on Tuesday and I'll give you an assignment to earn the bonus.

TUESDAYS WITH RENE' resumes this week...we'll finish watching (or come close to it) The Five People You Meet in Heaven.

Final Exam Study Guide

The Final exam will contain ESSAY and Multiple Choice Questions. The ESSAY Questions will be derived from ALL literature from the semester:
Summer Reading, Literature Book, Survival in Auschwitz, In My Hands and Brave New World. The essays will deal with common themes and literary concepts.

Question #1: Where to go to look at concepts?
Answer: The Home Pages for each book.
Summer Reading
Survival In Auschwitz
In My Hands
Brave New World
Literature Book

Question #2: What should I study for the Multiple Choice Section?
Answer: Study guides, active reading, class discussion and past assessments

Upcoming Assignments

DUE DATES:

Monday 11-29-11
Paper # 2 Being American final draft uploaded to turnitin.com by 11:59 PM. Bring your rubric to class on Tuesday 11-29-11 with the WORD COUNT indicated.

Tuesday 11-29-11
1. Outside Reading Report Due (Rubric on PAPERS PAGE of Website). Bring BOOK with you to class also.
2. READ Brave New World up to and including Chapter 10

Friday 12-2-11
1. Multiple Choice Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 13 & 14
2. Read BNW up to and including all of Chap. 12

Monday 12-5-11
Read BNW up to and including Ch. 15

Block Day 12/7 and 12/8
1. Outside Reading Blog Option Due
2. Finish Reading BNW

Friday 12-9-11
Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 15

Monday 12-12-11
1. Vocabulary TEST...Multiple Choice and WRITE sentences format
2. BNW Essay

WEDNESDAY 12-14-11 FINAL EXAM DAY...study guide to be uploaded by 11-23-11 at noon

KEY INFORMATION:
Tuesday 11-29-11 TIE DAY
Wednesday 11-30 or Thursday 12-1 are Retreat Days...let your teachers know the day you will miss. No BLOCK DAYS next week.

Tuesday 11-22-11

I returned paper rubrics and we discussed Brave New World.

ALL comments on PAPER #2 Rough Drafts will be done by the end of the day today (11:59 PM)

Monday 11-21-11

Vocabulary Quiz 11/12 was returned. Quiz 13/14 will be next week on back of that scantron.

In class we completed Vocabulary page 155 (all synonyms) and discussed Brave New World.

ANNOUNCEMENT:
Read Brave New World up to and including Chapter 10 by TUESDAY 11-29-11

Wednesday 11-23-11
Final Exam Study Guide will be posted (BY NOON) as well as ALL assignments for the rest of the semester...with pertinent links.

Block Day...Holocaust Unit Test...

Block Day is the Holocaust Unit test.

After the test...read Brave New World. By MONDAY 11-21-11 have read up to and including Chapter 5. Print out the study guide and bring to class.

ANNOUNCEMENT: PAPER #2 Final Draft EXTENDED to Monday 11-28-11 at 11:59 PM...I cannot get all paper drafts back, and looked at with care, in time for it to be due next week.

Tuesday 11-15-11

In class we worked on Vocabulary Book Pages 127 (1-10) and 136 (1-10). We discussed the calendar for the rest of the semester...all assignments on SOTW already. 17 days of class before finals...time flies!

Block Day Holocaust Test and read Brave New World

Friday - Vocabulary Quiz and read Brave New World

Monday 11-14-11

Today in class we complete Vocabulary Book Pages 129 (1-10) and 134 (1-10) to review for the quiz Friday (lessons 11 and 12 multiple choice format)

We started to discuss the Men Primo Levi met in the lager that helped him survive.

We discussed Brave New World...the context that it was written in this era and it is SATIRE and Science Fiction...understanding context of history makes us "get" the satire and enjoy it...similar to Animal Farm...

Holocaust Unit Test BLOCK DAY

By Block Day...read Eva's diary...pay special attention to the difference in voice between male and female diary entries AS well as male and female voice in the memoirs.

Holocaust UNIT Test on Block Day (11/16 and 11/17)

The Holocaust UNIT Test will be essay/short answer. That's the only way for each block to have a test that is unique to their block ... over two days.

What to study?
1. Make sure you read the two memoirs (In My Hands and Survival in Auschwitz) and the two diary selections (Petr Ginz and Eva Ginzova). Note the difference in representation of the event between diary and memoir.

2. Go back through your group project, notes from World Cafe and study guide information
Visit the webiste for themes listed...that is where essay questions will be derived (Survival in Auschwitz) and (In My Hands).

3. Review the Holocaust Studies page of the webiste. Review groups involved, use of propaganda, Kristallnacht, and role of the USA.

Vocabulary Quix 9-10

If your score was low because you wrote using words from 9-10 and not just words on the word list OR used only 7 not 7 from each list (TRANSLATE...did not accurately read the directions)...there is a re-take chance...Tuesday 11-15-11 at 7:10 AM. Bring a pen, lined paper and your creativity!

Upcoming Assignments

Due Monday 11-14-11:
Diary of Petr Ginz
3 Peer Reviews
Bring in Brave New World

Tuesday 11-15
Blocks 3-4-6 Vocabulary lesson 9/10 corrections

Block Day:
Holocaust Unit Test

Friday 11-18
Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 11/12 Multiple Choice Quiz

Tuesday 11-22
Final Draft Due to turnitin.com by 11:59 PM (TURN IN RUBRIC in class)


AFTER THANKSGIVING...Outside Reading Report Due...Rubric Located on Papers Page of the Class Website

Block Day 11-9 and 11-10

In class we discussed Propaganda, Antisemitism and the concept of Indoctrinating the Youth. Check out the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Propaganda Exhibit on your own to see more of what we are looking at in class. We discussed Book Burning and censorship. We related these topics to our next literature selection...Brave New World...written and published in the 1930s.

We read a selection from Salvaged Pages - a 14 year old boy named Klaus Langer. His diary entry about life after Kristallnacht (73 years ago today).

Homework: Due Monday 11-14-11
Read the diary of Petr Ginz. Pay attention to what his focus was on in Terezin Ghetto that helped him find a reason to survive. We'll discuss that as well as the people that Helped Primo Levi find the will/keep the will to survive while in Auschwitz.

More information on Petr Ginz

Upcoming Film: The Last Flight of Petr Ginz

Monday 11-7-11

Today in class I passed back papers and discussed upcoming due dates between now and Thanksgiving...nothing NEW posted. Just a review/reminder.

Tonight:
Complete Vocabulary Words and Definitions Chapters 11 and 12 if not done in class

Tuesday:
SIA Quiz on chapters 6,8,9,12,14,16

Block Day:
Turn in Rubric (same one from Thesis grade) for Paper #2 ... draft uploaded to turnitin.com by 11:59 PM

Vocabulary Corrections 9/10 due

Friday 11-11-11 DAY OFF

Monday 11-14
Peer Reviews completed (3) by 11:59 PM
Bring Brave New World to class

Presidential Medal of Honor Speaker...

Chapman University in Orange will have Gerda Weissmann Klein speak...you read her story All But My Life last year with Mrs. Arnn.

Here's the announcement from Chapman:

November 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Film Screening of "One Survivor Remembers" followed by comments by Holocaust Survivor and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Gerda Weissmann Klein.

IF you can go to this FREE event...please take notes on her talk to the group and have someone from the Rogers Center at Chapman University sign your notes to show you were there. ALSO Take a picture with Mrs. Klein and share it with the class. You'll be given a few minutes in class to talk about the experience. Bonus points will be awarded on your Holocaust Unit Test.

The rest of the week...

We got a good start on our papers over block day. If you paper thesis was not approved in class and you did not get back your rubric, please bring me your thesis tomorrow or email it to me tonight. HINT: Best time to find me tomorrow...before school stairwell duty.

Thursday:
IMH quiz part 3
Vocabulary Review
SIA study guide chapter 12 due

Friday:
SIA Study Guide chapter 14 due
Vocabulary quiz...write sentences...lessons 9 and 10

WEEKEND WORK:
Rough Draft Paper 2
Continue Reading Outside Reading Book
SIA Chapter 16 Study Guide Due Monday 11-7-11

Survival in Auschwitz Study Guide Linked Here

Opportunity...TUESDAYS WITH RENE'

Today we finished Tuesdays With Morrie

Next week...those in attendance got to pick out the next Bonus Opportunity Movie...Options Include...
The Five People You Meet in heaven
A Holocaust Film
Brave New World

What we start will be concluded before Thanksgiving...we'll have time for one more after Thanksgiving!

Block Day...Library

Bring your Vocabulary Book and creativity!

We'll review vocabulary and work on the Being American Essay Contest.

Key Details:
Contest Home Page
Student Resources
Founding Principles
Constitution
Turnitin.com
OWL Website - MLA Format


What to keep in mind as you write:

Paragraph 1 A CATCHY introduction and your thesis

Paragraph 2 Discussion and Analysis of Founding Principle in the Constitution, Explication and analysis of the ongoing importance of the principle

Paragraph 3 Discussion of how at least one Founder believed the principle would safeguard liberty as expressed in a primary source document from the Founding Era

Paragraph 4 Personal response explaining what the author has done and/or will do in order to preserve a culture of liberty in the U.S. that protects the inalienable rights of all

Paragraph 5 Conclusion

Works Cited Page - an Alphabetical list of works cited w/in paper.

BEFORE you turn in your draft...now write a catchy title...try for 3-5 words that draw the reader's interest and relate to your paper

REMEMBER ... your paper should be 1000 words or less



JUDGES SCORING RUBRIC can be found here





The Rough Draft needs to be uploaded by Block Day November 9/10, 2011

Your Admission Ticket...

In order to start the research portion/MLA review for PAPER #2 ... when you arrive in the library on BLOCK DAY next week you need to have completed the following:

1. Thesis approved by me
2. Read the comments on paper # 1 on turnitin.com ... you need to see what mistakes you made and learn from them. ASK me if you have any questions.
3. Make sure you know your password to get on the computers in the library...no wasting class time with that...

It's Almost November...time flies when you are having fun!

Monday 10-31-11 Halloween
Since you are allowed to be in costume...you can come dressed as your favorite character from literature (SCHOOL APPROPRIATE). You will need to tell the class who you are and how your attire corresponds with a literary character. This can be through a "guess who I am riddle" or a simple explanation. Bonus points will be applied to the Holocaust Test.

Upcoming Assignments
10-31-11 Read SIA Chapters 6-8-9 and Complete Study Guide

BLOCK DAYS 11-2- and 11-3
Meet in Library...Vocabulary work and time to work on ROUGH DRAFT of Being American Essay Contest Paper. Due Uploaded to turnitin.com by 11:59 on YOUR Block Day 11-9 or 11-10.

11-3
IMH Quiz Part 3
SIA read and complete Study Guide for Chapter 12

11-4
SIA read and complete study guide for Chapter 14
Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 9 and 10 Sentence Format

11-7-11
Work in Library on SECOND group Holocaust Project...due 11-15-11

Key Dates to REMEMBER
Paper #2
ROUGH DRAFT SUBMITTED MIDNIGHT BLOCK DAY 11-9/10 (RESPECTIVELY) and rubric handed in in class
THREE PEER REVIEWS BY 11-14-11
FINAL DRAFT DUE TO TURINITIN.COM BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK...11-22-11 (RUBRIC BROUGHT TO CLASS THAT DAY)

Outside Reading ... depending on your choice...
Report Due 11-28-11
Blog/Report Due 12-8-11
Rubric Information is located on the Papers Page of the Class Website

BRAVE NEW WORLD ... Bring BOOK to class Starting 11-14-11

Cross Country Connections ... Blogging About Books

A new post has been added to the blog. Those of you who are doing this assignment have work to do...10 posts meed to be made by the time the report is due 12-8-11.

Visit the Cross Country Connections Blog...Join in the conversation!

Library of Congress Contest

If you wish to submit your paper into the contest, please do the following:

Create a cover page with the Book Title, Author’s Name and Your Name
On Page 1 add to the upper right corner: Your Name and complete HOME return address
Print your paper (perhaps making changes from comments on final draft??)

Entry Coupon in the PDF I emailed your parents needs to be completed

IF YOU WISH TO ENTER THE CONTEST, Please bring the above items to me by MONDAY NOVEMBER 14TH AT THE LATEST. I WILL COMPILE AND SEND EVERYTHING OUT!

Being American Essay Contest

Perhaps a quick read of the CONSTITUTION, from the National Archives Website, will help you as you work on your thesis.

Remember that this needs to be FINALIZED by FRIDAY...as of 5:56 PM today...it is NOT done for anyone. Saving this till FRIDAY will not work for anyone. DO NOT DELAY!

Being American Essay Contest

As you work on your Thesis...go to the Contest Home Page.

The go to the Resources Tab on the left...The Student Resources TAB has links to Founding Principles, quotes from founders and links to relevant news stories today. All will be helpful as you develop your thesis.

Survival In Auschwitz

We have been reading PARTS of "SIA" in conjunction with In My Hands.
Chapters 6-8-9 are due Monday 10-31-11
Chapter 12 due 11-2/3
Chapter 14 due 11-4
Chapter 16 due 11-7

Study Guides for those chapters can be found on the Survival in Auschwitz Page of the class website.

Paper #2 .... Thesis formation NEXT WEEK

Paper # 2 is the BEING AMERICAN ESSAY CONTEST. It is an opportunity to do research and incorporate that research in proper MLA format into a paper. PLUS IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A PRIZE! Details about the contest are on the CONTEST WEBSITE LINKED HERE.

starting NOW you can read the instructions and respond (with your thesis) to my original discussion thread on the www.turnitin.com DISCUSSION TAB.

Block Days 11/2 and 11/3 we will be in the library researching and working on MLA format.

Tips for Writing your Thesis Statement Linked Here

MLA STYLE Guide (Pay special attention to IN TEXT CITATIONS and works cited for this paper)

Bonus Writing Opportunity

A Writing Contest that has been posted on the back board in the classroom is nearing its DEADLINE of November 1st. The CATE Writing Contest prompt states: Write an essay, short story, or poem that includes the following phrase:

Now you’ve crossed the line.

Details can be found on the CATE website.

If you wish to submit for a BONUS...it needs to be given to me NO LATER THAN FRIDAY 10-28-11 With all necessary parent release forms, etc.

What's Coming Up?

Friday 10-21-11 MASS DAY...school starts with Homeroom then Mass.
Vocabulary Quiz will be on lessons 8 and 1 (10 Multiple Choice Questions)
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Monday 10-24-11 Day off for Students
BUT starting Monday...Thesis proposal for Paper #2 due to www.turnitin.com DISCUSSION BOARD. You have ALL WEEK to work on this...responding back and forth to me until it's ALL SET TO GO!
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Paper 2 Topic ... Being An American Essay Contest is Linked HERE.

Key Due Dates:
Thesis completed week of 10-24-11 (rubric handed in 10/25/11)
ROUGH DRAFT SUBMITTED MIDNIGHT BLOCK DAY 11-9/10 (RESPECTIVELY) rubric handed in in class
THREE PEER REVIEWS BY 11-14-11
FINAL DRAFT DUE TO TURINITIN.COM BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK...11-22-11 (RUBRIC BROUGHT TO CLASS THAT DAY)

Tuesday 10-25-11
In My Hands Part 3 Study Guide Due
Vocabulary Lesson 9 Words and definitions
Continue class discussion that we started block days 10-19 and 10-20

Block Days 10-26 and 10-27
Vocabulary Review
QUIZ IMH Part 2 and SIA Ch 2 and 3
IMH and SIA discussion

Friday 10-28-11
No Vocabulary Quiz This Week

Monday 10-31-11
Read SIA Chapters: Work, The Side of Good and Evil, and Comrades Study Guide will be linked here by 10-24-11
Introduce Vocabulary Lesson 10


BLOCK DAY 11-2 and 11-3 we will be in the library researching for PAPER #2, working on rough drafts and MLA formatting

VOCABULARY QUIZ Friday 11-4-11 Lessons 9 and 10 (Sentence Format)


****I'll be going through Turnitin.com grading PAPER #1 - rubrics slowly returned as I go through the papers.

Opportunity...TUESDAYS WITH RENE'

STARTING TOMORROW I'll be in the classroom on TUESDAYS at lunch...I'll show films Tuesdays with Morrie then The Five People You Meet in Heaven as review...opportunity for Summer Reading Category Bonus Points.

The "film screenings" start 5 minutes after the block 4 bell and end 5 minutes before lunch ends...

We'll screen Holocaust Films and Brave New World after summer reading as additional review/bonus opportunities.

First 32 here into the classroom get seats!

Due to Schedule Change...

Tutoring time will be from 8:00-8:30 AM on Wednesday due to the LATE start.

Wednesday's Schedule:
8:50-10:15 Blk. 2
10:15-10:20 Break
10:25-11:50 Blk. 4
11:50-12:30 Lunch
12:35-2:00 Block 6

Maus

Art Spiegelman tells his father's story in Maus. In MetaMaus he tells his story of how he came about writing a graphic novel about the Holocaust. See the YouTube Video.

Check out the Article in the New Republic about Art Spiegelman..."This writer is not Elie Wiesel or Primo Levi, though his work, like theirs, is based in testimony. He is not Piotr Rawicz or H.G. Adler, though he shares their interest in viewing real events through a filter of surrealism. He is not Thomas Keneally, though his work has a quality of the “nonfiction novel” about it; nor is he W.G. Sebald, though his books, like Sebald’s, have been described as a mix of fiction, documentary, and memoir. He is Art Spiegelman, and he has done more than any other writer of the last few decades to change our understanding of the way stories about the Holocaust can be written. Maus, Spiegelman’s “epic story told in tiny pictures”.

Next week...

Today in class we had vocabulary quiz 6/7. Papers were returned after the quiz,. Time was given to read In My Hands or Outside Reading Book.

Next Week's Plan:
Monday: Introduce Vocabulary Unit 8 (words and definitions), In My Hands (Part 1) and Survival in Auschwitz (Chapter 1), discuss Literature

Tuesday: NEW SEATS TODAY
In My Hands Part 2 Study Guide Due
Continue vocabulary Study and Literature Discussion
DUE BLOCK DAY: Read Survival in Auschwitz Chapters 2 and 3

Block Day:
Review Vocabulary...Quiz 8 and 1 on Friday...Multiple choice format
Discuss Literature

Friday (Mass Day):
Vocabulary Quiz 8/1 (Multiple Choice)
Time to read after quiz (IMH, Outside Reading)

Monday 10-24-11 Day Off For Students
Thesis proposal submitted to turnitin.com DISCUSSION based off paper #2 Being American Essay Contest. Paper linked here.
Tuesday 10-25-11 Lit Quiz IMH Part 2 and SIA Chapters 2 and 3

This coming week...

This week's schedule is a bit different from last week. Yet another anomalous schedule (vocab word):

Monday
we'll introduce vocabulary Lesson 7
library group web project due
bring Survival in Auschwitz .. read Chapter 1 for Block Day

Tuesday is MASS day and Block 2-4-6
we'll discuss In My Hands and Survival in Auschwitz and well as work on vocabulary

Wednesday is PSAT testing...spirit attire...test in HOMEROOM

Thursday Blocks 1-3-5 and club day during homeroom
Same as Tuesday

Friday
Vocabulary quiz 6/7 (6 = sentences and 7 = multiple choice)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. IN MY HANDS QUIZ ... PART 1 ON FRIDAY 10/14 OR MONDAY 10/17
2. PAPER 1 FINAL DRAFT DUE BY MONDAY 10/17 AT 11:59 (UPLOADED TO WWW.TURNITIN.COM) I POSTED THE TAB TO SUBMIT THE FINAL DRAFT ON FRIDAY 10-7-11. You can turn in the final draft early. The rubric (same one from rough draft) is due on Monday 10-14-11 in class...or earlier if you submit it early!!!! Make sure you write word count on rubric as well as write out your thesis. You get points for both.
3. In My Hands...Part 2 Due Tuesday 10-18 and Part 3 due on the 25th... Link to study guide documents

Mitch Albom

Many of your Library of Congress Rough Drafts were letters to Mitch Albom. I am linking his website here so you can peruse his site for other books, his latest newspaper articles, etc.

Block Day...World Cafe Day

Block Day...Announced that Vocabulary Lesson 6 and 7 will be a JOINT Quiz on Friday 10-14-11.Lesson 6 will be covered with sentences and 7 will be multiple choice.

Today we had World Cafe Discussions...will continue Friday. Powerpoint we look through will be linked to the website on Friday.

Friday...In My Hands Read Part 1 and Study Guide Due

Due Monday: Group Project from Tuesday in the library

PSAT WEDNESDAY 10-12-11

Friday 10-14-11 Vocabulary Quiz 6-7

Holocaust Studies Web Search in the Library Today

You will work with your classroom "neighbor" today. The assignment is due by the end of the period. If, for some reason, you do NOT get the assignment completed, you and your partner are responsible for turning it in No LATER THAN Monday 10-10-11.

What do you do?

Start with going to the class website...Holocaust Studies Page.

Download the Holocaust Web Activity Document...that is the one you are teaming up to complete.

Useful link to open in a NEW window...United State Holocaust Memorial Museum (www.ushmm.org). ALL of your web research will be from this site.

Monday 10-3-11

Today I passed back Vocabulary Quiz 5 ... corrections due Block Day.

Literature Quiz 1 (Short Answer format) was given in class...time was given to sign up for Outside Reading, Read In My Hands, correct vocabulary Quiz or start Vocabulary Lesson 6 words and definitions.

Complete Vocabulary Words and Definitions lesson 6 if not done in class...due Block Day

Tuesday:
Mass Day...wear Tie Day Attire
Meet in the library for group work/research ... library work is due Monday 10-10-11.

Block Day:
Vocabulary Study
Literature Discussion "World Cafe"

Friday:
Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 6 (sentence format)
In My Hands Part 1 reading ans Study Guide Due

Books About Football History

Perhaps this is a topic about which you wish to read...check it out

Smithsonian Magazine Article The Essentials: Five Books on Football History

TOP 10 Books Lost to Time

Read this fascinating article from Smithsonian.com

Friday 9-30-11

Today was vocabulary Quiz Lesson 5 (multiple choice format). Next week lesson 6 will be sentence format.

After the quiz you were to take one paper from each of the three piles on my desk and to put them in the WRITING section of your binders. We'll look to those pages from time to time as we discuss paper revisions, etc. They are RESOURCES to keep in your binder ... NOT necessary to read ASAP.

After the quiz, you had the rest of the class time to read In My Hands. Part 1 reading and worksheet are due next Friday 10-7-11.

MONDAY...literature quiz #1 (short answer format).

As I complete your drafts, I'll send emails through turnitin.com to the class. Make sure you check as you may be required to submit an additional draft so that I can give you more feedback.

Tuesday 9-27-11

Today we discussed the homework assignment from the weekend and will continue on Block Day.

Did words and definitions chapter 5...Multiple Choice 25 point quiz on Friday.

Monday 9-26-11

House cleaning and get organized day!!

Papers passed back. Time was given to hole punch and get all papers put in the correct location in class binders. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Key Dates to know:
Rubric for paper 1 was due in class today. Assignment must be uploaded to www.turnitin.com by 11:59 tonight to be on time.

Correct vocabulary quiz lessons (2/3) and 4 by BLOCK DAY. Return scantron (4) for use on Friday's quiz.

Friday 9-30-11 Vocabulary quiz 5 (multiple choice)

Monday 10-3-11 Have outside reading book chosen. If you chose BLOG Cross Country Connections, have joined as a "follower" no later than this date.

Monday 10-3-11 Literature Quiz on Management of Grief, Trail of the Green Blazer, Story of an Hour, Thesis, Lit Book 12-21 and writing/reading handouts. (Short Answer format)

Friday 10-7-11 Vocabulary Lesson 6 quiz...use words in sentences AND In My Hands Part 1 Reading and Study Guide Due. Linked Here

I found a link to the Story of an Hour

if you do not have your book...click on the link below:

Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin (1894)

Friday...

Friday is Vocabulary Quiz 4 ... Multiple Choice
After the quiz...Read Story from an Hour (314-315 Lit Book) and answer all the questions on the worksheet. Typed responses due Monday. Document linked on the SHORT STORY page of the webiste. Linked here.


Upcoming Due Dates:
Monday 9-26-11 Library of Congress ROUGH DRAFT...due to www.turnitin.com by Midnight Monday. Rubric due in class Monday. Remember guidelines can be found on papers page of website. Email me at renemacvay@yahoo.com if you have questions. I'll be in class on Monday as well to answer questions.


Monday Papers that have been graded...everything on SOTW will be passed back. Vocabulary quiz corrections 2-3-4 due BLOCK DAY.

Friday 9-30-11 Vocabulary Lesson 5 Multiple Choice Format Quiz and Literature Quiz.


REMINDER
My Tutoring Time...Wednesdays 7 AM

Starting in October...
Tuesday AM...writing workshop...get help or work on CONTEST entries
Thursday AM...vocabulary games...learn while having fun and earning BONUS points!


Mr. Osberg Tutors at lunch M-Th in Mrs. Arnn's room.

In My Hands Study Guide

was posted on the In My Hands page of the class website

I pushed back the first deadline as several students were without books. WE CANNOT delay the rest of the books. September 19th was the deadline. You are expected to have Survival in Auschwitz and Brave New World already. We will start Survival in Auschwitz by October 15th.


Part 1: Due Friday 10/7/11
Part 2: Due Tuesday 10/18/11
Part 3: Due Tuesday 10/25/11

Block Day

Vocabulary Review: Words/Definitions Card Game to make sentences

Management of Grief Discussion

Tuesday 9-20-11

Today we worked on Vocabulary Lesson 4 pages 54 and 56 (1-10 on each page).

We discussed the concepts of THESIS, reading and predicting and the Significance of a story's title (discussing 20/20 and The Management of Grief).

Block Day...We'll continue discussing:
FOIL
Mood
Setting
Characters
Role of Gender, Role of Immigrant
Religion and Culture Clash
Search for Self
Culture Study Through Reading Literature

Tutoring Hours...

Remember I have morning duty at the stairwell until the 21st. If you need to come in on Wednesday make sure you stop by early since I cannot stay in the classroom all the time until Mass begins.


Starting in OCTOBER...

Tuesday mornings will be drop in writing help. We can work on your current papers or creative writing OR writing contest entries...BONUS points in writing category for well developed, insightful contest entries. Bonus goes to papers that are created with effort, over and above the general requirements for the class.

Thursday Mornings we'll have drop in vocabulary games. We'll have Scrabble and Upwords and Crosswords. Interact with words, study vocabulary. Have FUN learning. Earn BONUS points in vocabulary quiz category.

Week of 9-19-11

Monday:
1. We completed words and definitions for lesson 4 in the Vocabulary Book and completed 1-5 of the synonyms and 15-20 of the antonyms section in lesson 4
2. I showed everyone how to upload their paper draft to www.turnitin.com (due NEXT MONDAY night by 11:59 PM)
3. Due Tomorrow...read literature Book pages 12-21
4. Of the Semester 1 books, bring to class In My Hands starting tomorrow. The rest can stay in your locker.

Tuesday and Block Day:
Vocabulary Review and Literature Discussion
Return vocabulary quiz lessons 2/3 and Summer Reading tests.Vocabulary corrections due Monday 9-26-11.

Friday:
1. Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 4 (Multiple choice)
2. When finished with the vocabulary quiz, read The Story of an Hour (ACTIVE READ) from your lit book...page 314-315.

Outside Reading Book ... you need to make a choice...

After you read the rubric on the papers page of the website, you are reminded that you can chose, OPTION 1 ... participate in Cross Country Connections and do 2 small parts of the Outside Reading Report OR to complete the outside reading report. The due date to decide is the last day of September. You need to have your book APPROVED by me BEFORE the first class day in October OR have committed to the blog Cross Country Connections by JOINING.

You CAN do both, one would be considered BONUS. You NEED to make a decision by the first day of class in OCTOBER.

I can work with you on the publication date...preferably it is within your lifetime but exceptions can be made...see me!

If you wish to do MAUS I and II ... you can order off Amazon (at this time used books start at $2.03) or go to Barnes and Noble in town.

If you are looking to find a Historical Fiction, Coming of Age Story or Memoir that was written NEAR your lifetime...you can look to some of these locations for lists of books, book reviews and other helpful information.

For the Love of Ya (a Blog about Young Adult literature, author interviews, book reviews). This blog is by a friend of mine, one of my fellow USHMM Teacher Fellows.

Coming of Age Books Website
Nonfiction Coming of Age List by Amazon

Top 9 Coming of Age Novels on About.com

Coming of Age Book Club Classics

Historical Fiction Novels listed by time and place

Historical Novel Society ... information about NEW historical titles

Historical Fiction and Memoir titles

Historical Fiction Novels List by Amazon.com

Top 10 Best Memoir Novels

Popular Memoir Books

Biographies and Memoirs of Athletes

Thesis Statements...and upcoming class schedule...

Friday we'll have Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 2/3. After the quiz, the assignment is to read the handout about FORMING A THESIS STATEMENT. (Linked here)

All students NEED to go to the papers page of the webiste and start to formulate ideas for paper draft #1 Due uploaded to turnitin.com by midnight Monday 9-26-11. All students need to also make a decision as to their Outside Reading Book...Options 1 or 2 or BOTH read the book and participate in the blog ... Bonus if you do more than what is minimum expectation! A decision needs to be made/title chosen and approved by the first day of class in October (Paper Grade for your choice).

No written homework this weekend...start to work on your paper!

Next week...

We'll work on vocabulary lesson 4 & discuss short stories. Bring your semester 1 novel In My Hands with you on Block Day. Vocabulary quiz lesson 4 (multiple choice) on Friday.

I have morning duty ... just realized I forgot to tell you in class today.

September 15-21...I will not be avail;able in the classroom for assistance but will be at the parking stairwell (outside college counseling) from 7:25-7:40 each day. Stop by if you have any questions that I can answer from there!

I'll post a note on the door as an additional reminder.

Block Days...Upcoming Due Dates

BLOCK DAYS the Portfolios you had in Mrs. Arnn's class will be returned. They are to be kept in your locker OR at home. We will access them once or twice per semester. You will have notice as to when to bring them back to class.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Outside reading books can be kept at home or in your lockers till Semester Exam Review in December.

Today I went over due dates and paper topic information for Paper #1 and The Outside Reading Report. All dates and rubrics can be found on the papers page of the class website. We wrote down the dates in our planner.

We complete vocabulary Book Pages 38 (1-10) and 40 (1-10). We went over the answers to those as well as the synonyms and antonyms from yesterday.

We started to discuss A Management of Grief and Trail of the Green Blazer....more next week.

Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday: Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 2/3
Monday 9/19 have Semester 1 novels in class.
Friday 8/23 Vocabulary Quiz (4...Multiple Choice)
Monday 9/26 Rough Draft Paper #1
Friday 9/30 Vocabulary (5...Multiple Choice)
Monday 10/3 Have Outside Reading Book Chosen and Approved and written down on chart in class. Choice MUST be finalized by today for full credit.

Papers Page of the Website is finalized...

Announcement about Outside Reading, and papers to be given in class on block days this week.

Tuesday 9-13-11

I missed everyone yesterday. Nice to be back today!

I passed back papers today. The MULTIPLE CHOICE section of the summer reading test was given today. If you missed it, come in before school tomorrow during my tutoring hours or art lunch Thursday. If those times do not work for you, email me asap so we can make plans.

After the test, students had time to work on vocabulary lesson 3 synonyms and antonyms. Block 3 corrected the assignment, the other classes will start by correcting that block day. What was not finished in class is homework.

Block day we'll review vocabulary and discuss A Management of Grief and Trail of the Green Blazer. Paper Topics for the Semester AND Outside Reading Options will be discussed.

Friday...quiz on Vocabulary Lessons 2-3 (50 Multiple choice and 10 words (from lesson 2) that you must use 5 of them in sentences about a given comic.

WOW...did not expect today off!

Change in Plans...

Monday...you will still have your Summer Reading Essay Test...Read Management of Grief and complete vocabulary words and definitions lesson 3 when you finish. Finish for homework.

Tuesday - Summer Reading Multiple Choice Test

Friday - Vocabulary Quiz...2 AND 3 (format of 2 is still Multiple choice and sentences...three will be ONLY multiple choice)

Q: What else will we do during the week?
A: Return papers, discuss Trail of Green Blazer and Discuss Management of Grief, vocabulary lesson 3 AND discuss paper topics for this semester.

Block Day

Vocabulary Unit 2 group work:
Page 31 (1-0)
Page 32 (first 5 of antonyms and synonyms)
Page 33 (1-10)

Discuss Tuesdays With Morrie Questions from Last Block Day Blog Post
Discuss The Five People You Meet in Heaven and create conflict chart (found on summer reading page of class website)

Vocabulary Quiz Unit 1 corrections collected

Blocks 2-4-6 did not get to starting The Management of Grief on Wednesday.

Due Friday:
Have Lit Book or story copied and with you in class
Vocabulary Quiz unit 2 (multiple choice + sentences)
Summer Reading Test

Outside Reading

Did you read the August 30th Blog Post? As you are starting to think about picking an outside reading title...perhaps taking the option and participating in the online book club is the option you wish to take.

If so...look for the book...it is officially announced and open today!

http://crosscountryconnections.blogspot.com/

Tuesday 9-6-11

Today I passed back Vocabulary Quiz #1. Some time was given for students to make corrections. If not completed in class, the corrections are homework due BLOCK DAY.

In class there was time to start working on activities in the vocabulary book (pages 31, 33 1-10 each page).

Friday's vocabulary quiz will be part multiple choice and part writing sentences using the words.

I collected $12.00 for the Upfront Magazine.

Make a copy of The Management of Grief (lit book page 224-236) if you do not have your book yet.

Friday...Multiple Choice Test based on summer reading...Monday essay test.

Connention to the Curriculum

The Tempest is playing at the Old Globe for a few more weeks.



If you wish to attend a performance and earn bonus points, you may do so. (Keep in mind, the show is not free, there is an expense involved.) If you see a performance, bring in your ticket stubs and you will be given an assignment to complete to earn the bonus points. We will read the play after Easter Break.

September 1, 2011

Friday we will have our first vocabulary quiz. Remember it is Multiple Choice this week...words and definitions and completing the sentences. Make sure to have a pencil for use on the SCANTRON!

When you complete your vocabulary quiz, you will have the rest of the class period to complete the following:

Due Tuesday 9-6-11

1. Write the words and definitions for Vocabulary Unit 2

2. Bring your LITERATURE BOOK to class

3. Bring the $12.00 for the Upfront Magazine

4. Active Read Trail of the Green Blazer by
R.K. Narayan and complete the questions found on the Short Story page of the class website . Be prepared for a reading quiz on Tuesday.

Next Week:
Tuesday and Block Day...discuss vocabulary and summer reading.
Friday: Vocabulary quiz...unit 2 (use the words in sentences and multiple choice) AND Multiple Choice Format Summer Reading Test

Week of 9/12/11
Monday 9-12-11 Summer Reading Essay Test.

Block Day

Block Day
We started with Vocabulary Words and Definitions then moved on to Discus Tuesdays With Morrie. Concepts we are discussing include:

1. What were the warning signs that Morrie had that alerted him that something was wrong with his body/health?
2. When did MITCH first encounter death? How did the event change him?
3. Describe MITCH’s life (goals, activities, personality, etc.) in the first few years after he graduated from Brandeis?
4. Who is Ted Koppel and what is the TV Show Nightline?
What was MITCH doing in 1995 when the show was on TV?
5. Mitch was young for his grade. What did he do to “fit in”?
6. Explain the concept of “culture” in the story? (See the section
Taking Attendance)
7. Define COMPASSION. How is it missed in today’s society?
8. Morrie taught his students they mattered…how? Why?
9. There is an obsession with youth in today’s culture. What
does MORRIE mean by this?
10. Death ends a life, not a relationship. What does this mean to
MORRIE? What does this mean to you?
11. Morrie learned to live as he learned to die. What does this
mean?
12. What lesson do YOU take from this book?

Literary Concepts
TARGET AUDIENCE? WHY WAS THE BOOK WRITTEN?
CHARACTERS…classify according to: Dynamic Round, Dynamic Flat,Static Round, Static Flat
WORD CHOICE
BIAS

Friday Quiz on Vocabulary Lesson 1

Summer Reading Test Announcemnet

Multiple Choice Section will be Friday 9-9-11, Essay Monday 9-12-11.

Books, Books and More Books

I challenge each of you to make a New SCHOOL Year's Resolution. I challenge you to embrace literature. We'll read current events from the New York Times Upfront Magazine, we'll explore literature, poetry, graphic novels, music, and images. Literacy can be fun! Give it a chance!

Purchase your books for this semester or check them out of the library. Remember if you check them out...you'll need to keep renewing them till the Semester Exam. Take good notes so you have the notes for the second semester. Brave New World can be read online (free), as well as Macbeth and Frankenstein and The Tempest. The links are on the blog.

Each semester we'll have an Outside Reading Book to complete. The first semester it is either a memoir, historical fiction or Coming of Age story written within your lifetime. Semester two is a biography.

Semester One...there is an option to BLOG About Books at Cross Country Connections. Follow the link here or at the sidebar of the blog. The blog can be participated in as PART of your outside reading or as a BONUS. Semester Two it will be a bonus as well. Students, male and female, from across the country will participate. Teachers that are part of my United States Holocaust Memorial Fellowship Group will share the site with their classes.

For those of you that enjoy reading or enjoy a challenge...you can go to Goodreads and join the 20112012 group I created. Perhaps, create a challenge number of books to read this year (we'll have 4 this semester) or write a review of the books we read as a class. this is an option, a bonus.

Remember, your web presence must be POSITIVE. You MUST be a proper digital citizen. Give credit where credit is due and use appropriate vocabulary. Your efforts must reflect thoughtful consideration of the topic and not be offensive to anyone who may read/view what you post. Your web presence is a picture of you. Develop it as a Christian Gentleman. It will remain with you forever.

A few sites to check out...Time Magazine's List of 100 All-Time Best Nonfiction Books, and The 10 Greatest Books of All Time.

Tuesday 8-30-11

Today we reviewed Vocabulary Books pages 24-26. We also discussed Characters...Dynamic Round, Dynamic Flat, Static Round and Static Flat.

Block Day:
Vocab Review...quiz Friday
Summer Reading Discussions
Sign up for turnitin.com by the end of BLOCK DAY

Friday: Grammar Quiz...when completed there may be time to start a Writing Assignment due (TYPED) on Tuesday

Reminders:
Signed Syllabus is DUE
$12.00 for Upfront Magazine and Norton Anthology Portable Edition needs to be in class TUESDAY 9-6-11

Monday 8-29-11

Today in class we started Vocabulary Unit 1 Words and Definitions. We completed page 24 #1-10.

Blocks 3-4-6 were given passwords for turnitin.com registration. Blocks 4 and 6 I made an error in the password I gave you...will give you the correct one tomorrow. Block 2 will get this info as well. Register by 11:59 PM on your block day this week.

I collected signed syllabus sheets and $12.00 for the Upfront Magazine (due 9-6-11).

Vocabulary Quiz (Multiple Choice Format this week) on Friday (and each Friday to come).

Tomorrow...summer reading discussion...

Week of August 29th

Monday we'll introduce UNIT 1 of the vocabulary book. The quiz will be FRIDAY September 2, 2011. (Multiple Choice format this week)

Monday-Thursday we'll discuss Summer Reading. The homework assignment will be returned on Monday.

Topics to discuss on Monday:
Characters: Dynamic Round, Static Round, Dynamic Flat, Static Flat
Albom's storytelling devices

Image: Mitch Albom
BONUS: What is the name of the band in which he performs? Due emailed to my yahoo account by Monday 8-29-11 (10 PM)

Glad to meet you today...

Thursday in class...

reminder to purchase vocabulary book for use MONDAY 8-29-11
reminder to purchase lit book
introductions
discuss syllabus and summer reading

Friday Plans:

discuss syllabus...bring signed form on Monday
discuss Summer Reading!
Turnitin.com registration...do over the weekend

Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year

I am excited to work with each and every one of you this year! We'll read, write, analyze and discuss A LOT this year! I hope we can find time to laugh a bit as well!!

Let's start the year strong! Bookmark this blog, become a follower of the blog and bookmark the class website TONIGHT. That's homework assignment #1, a easy one to complete...takes little time!

Order your TEXTBOOK ASAP...the MOST economical shipping takes a few days...order it tonight to ensure it is here by Tuesday September 6, 2011 (Monday September 5th is a holiday so no mail is delivered). The Norton Introduction to Literature Portable edition can be ordered at Amazon.com or through any bookseller.

Please bring your Summer Reading Books and Grammar Book with you to class EVERY DAY until notified not to do so.

Summer Reading 2011-2012

I have had a few emails on my yahoo account with people asking me about the summer reading assignment. I the previous post I state it is on the website (link in previous post) and is labeled summerreading2011-2012.

YOU DO NOT NEED to do 5 assignments, just that ONE.

The other documents will be used in class discussions, etc.

Summer Reading for ALL 10th Grade Saintsmen

All incoming 10th grade Saintsmen need to complete the Summer Reading. The assignment (TITLED summerreading20112012) can be downloaded from Ms. MacVay's Website (https://sites.google.com/site/english2macvay/summer-reading).

All students should bring the books to class on Day 1 as well as the homework assignment (open in a word document and TYPE the answers AFTER the questions). There will be a test shortly after school begins.

Any questions? Email Ms. MacVay (renemacvay@yahoo.com).

June 9th...Happy Summer Vacation

Sophomores...you are now half way through high school! Congrats! If you read any good books this summer, please share so I can pass on the titles to the next class!

Have a great summer!

Ms. MacVay

May 31st

Today we took our pronoun quiz and all papers were returned. Block 1 started The Road Less Traveled by Frost (Lit book)

June 1st/2nd Block Day: The Road Less Traveled + 1 additional poem
The Tempest Essay and Short Answer section of final exam
Friday June 4th: Poetry Final
Tuesday June 7th: 8:30 Final Exam

Thursday May 26th

Today we reviewed pronouns (page 196 exercise A and page 623-624 exercise 7). Tuesday we'll have a pronoun quiz. Blocks 3 and 4 were given their vocabulary books to take home or recycle. Block 1 will get them on Tuesday.

We discussed The Tempest and the Theme/Motif review assignment.

Tuesday: Grammar Quiz and Poetry
Block Day: Poetry and Tempest Essay Test (part of final)
Friday: Poetry Final

Tuesday June 7th Final Exam at 8:30 (100 Scantron, 1 essay)
Block 1...room 316
Block 3...room 318
Block 4...with me in room 322

Wednesday 5-25-11

Today we continued to review pronouns. Today we discussed nominative and objective case as well as elliptical clauses. We discussed The Waking by Roethke and took The Tempest quiz on Acts 3-5.

Thursday the exam review editorial cartoon assignment is due. We'll discuss pronouns, poetry and the cartoons in class.

Tuesday 5-31-11: Pronoun Quiz, Tempest Talk and Poetry Discussion
Block Day: Poetry Discussion and Tempest Final Exam Essay/Short Answer
Friday June 4: Poetry Final in class (2 poems, 1 NEW ... 10 Questions)

Tuesday June 7: 8:30 AM Final Exam (100 Scantron, 1 cumulative essay ... Need PENCIL and PEN)

Monday 5-20-11

Pronoun Packet Review (Pages 9, 11)
The Tempest Discussion
Topics:
1. Literal and Figurative Meaning of Title
2. "Playing God"
3. Is the Tempest a blessing or a curse?
4. Miranda
5. Colonialism - Shakespeare's attitude about it
6. Restoration of Natural Order
7. Prospero's Fatal flaw that lead to his loss of his Dukedom

Final Exam Review...Introduced editorial Cartoom Assignment. Blocks 1, 4 had 10-15 minutes to work on it...block 3 will get assignment at the start of class tomorrow.

We did not get to TPCASTT...will do so tomorrow with Brother Barney visiting the class and continye on Wednesday and Thursday

The Tempest Quiz on Wednesday (Acts 3-5)

Friday 5-20-11

Today we discussed The Tempest, Pronouns (Packet page 8 exercise 2 #'s 10-20), and were given a poetry assignment for Monday/Tuesday.

For Monday TPCASTT:
The Road Not Taken and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Brooks (Lit book pages 584-585)
Harlem and The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes (Lit Book pages 592-593)
London by William Blake (Lit book page 422-423)

And Poem printed in packet: The Waking by Theodore Roethke

For Tuesday the following poems printed int the packet:
Anthem of a Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen
Suicide in the Trenches Siegfried Sassoon
Five Ways to Kill a Man by: Edwin Brock

Block Days May 18 and 19

Block Days we finished The Tempest Acts 1-2 Presentations, Reviewed Pronouns (Packet...Antecedents, Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns), and discussed poetry.

We reviewed Dule at Decorum Est on page 604 in our text and connected it with One by Metallica

Check out the Final Exam Review Information on the FINAL EXAM REVIEW page on the website.

Tomorrow...Friday 5-20-11
Pronoun Review, Tempest Talk and Poems

HOMEWORK for the weekend = TPCASTT worksheet

May 17th

In class papers were returned and the class presented portions of Acts 1 and 2 to their peers.

Block Day:
Acts 4 and 5 are due
BRING YOUR LITERATURE BOOKS - Poetry Discussion
Grammar Activity - Pronouns
Tempest Talk

Thursday: SPIRIT DRESS, Friday Tie Day

Friday...More of the Same

IMPORTANT SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pronoun quiz will now be May 31st
The Tempest Acts 3 -5 Quiz Block Days May 25/26

Monday May 16th

Today we took our quizzes on Punctuation and The Tempest Acts 1 and 2.

Tuesday Group Presentations of Acts 1 and 2, Pronoun review

Block Day The Tempest Act 3 Due
Bring Your LITERATURE BOOKS as well as The Tempest
The Tempest discussion and Pronoun review

I created a FINAL EXAM review page on the class website. It includes a class assignment that we will start in class on Monday 5-23-11. What is not completed in class is due Block Day 5-25/26.

Friday May 13th...

Friday the 13th was a LUCKY DAY for many! The Underclass Awards Assembly ran long...therefore we did not have our quizzes...they will be Monday.

Instead, Here's what we did if you were absent:
Block 1: Began group work on Acts 1 and 2 of The Tempest
Blocks 3 and 4: Finished Grammar Packet review

Monday:
The Tempest Acts 1 and 2 and Punctuation Quiz (Correct both AND Commonly Confused words)
The Tempest Act 3 WS due

Tuesday:
Pronouns and The Tempest

Block Day:
Pronouns, The Tempest Acts 4 and 5 Due

Friday 5-20-11
Senior Awards Assembly
Quiz: Pronouns, The Tempest Acts 3-5

Image: Miranda by John William Waterhouse 1916

Block Day and the rest of the week...

We worked on IMPROVING PARAGRAPHS in our vocabulary book (44-45, 86-87)
We completed the commas worksheet packet
We revised our resume and cover letter

Thursday:
Grammar WS Packet #2
Tempest

Friday:
Grammar Quiz and Tempest Quiz

Bonus Due tomorrow

those of you that are doing the bonus that is due tomorrow...

email me a copy of the document AND print out a hard copy. Due by 2:15 PM.

Monday 5-9-11

Blocks 3 and 4 have a bit of classwork to complete:
Block 3...Grammar WS page 165 (EX 1) 1-5, Page 167 (EX 1) 1-5, (EX 2) 1-3
Block 4...Grammar WS page 165 (EX 1) evens, Page 167 (EX 1) evens, (EX 2) odds

All classes completed Vocabulary Book pages 129-131 and 215-216

Due Block Day: Resume, Cover Letter and Rubric
Due Thursday: Tempest Act 2

Friday: Tempest Quiz, Grammar Quiz (Punctuation)

This week in class: Tempest and Grammar (Punctuation)

Friday 5-6-11

Block 1: Completed Improving Paragraphs (Vocabulary Book pages 129-134)

Blocks 3 and 4: Completed Tempest Video

ALL Blocks:
Discussed Resume and cover letter completion tips.

Items to include on your resume that you may not have considered adding:
Are you CPR Certified? Any other certifications...SCUBA?
Are you an Eagle Scout?
Have you been accepted into any workshops for this summer?
Have you taken summer courses (not for remediation) at another school? (either for advancement or enrichment?)

Remember Schedule Change for NEXT Week:
Tuesday Mass Day - BLOCK schedule
Wednesday - Homeroom - BLOCK schedule

DUE DATES:
Monday 5-8-11 Tempest Act 1
Thursday 5-12-11 Tempest Act 2
** Friday 5-13-11 Tempest Quiz and Grammar Quiz (Punctuation)
Resume BLOCK Day

REMINDER:
Two students need to complete the ESLR ... come in before school Tuesday 5-10 or Wednesday 5-11

Block Day...Resume Work

In the library today you will work on your resume.

First, look at the rubric on the PAPERS page of the website.

Then go to NAVIANCE on the school website.

Enter Naviance and start to build your resume with key information about your current and past accomplishments. Remember...DO NOT PROJECT into the future.

DRAFT DUE...with rubric...IN CLASS Tuesday May 10th

Final Due ...with rough draft and rubric as well...IN CLASS Tuesday May 24th

BONUS OPPORTUNITY

I was sent information about a writing contest...DEADLINE MAY 10TH. If you complete the writing contest and have all appropriate forms filled out and given to me to mail on May 10th, you will earn up to 25 BONUS points in the PAPERS Category! See me for topic information and entry details.

May 3, 2011

Block 1: Death Penalty Debate based on Upfront Magazine 4-18-11

Blocks 3 and 4: Lou Dunst (Holocaust Survivor) as guest speaker. Read a story about him in the LA Times (March 6, 2006)

Sign on San Diego story about Lou.

Lou Dunst's Story: When Lou Dunst was a teenager, imprisoned in a series of Nazi concentration camps, he begged God: “Please let me live – if for nothing else than to tell my story.” Dunst did survive the war. His is a gripping tale, full of heartache and suspense.

Born in 1926, Lou was only fourteen years old when all Jewish males in Jasina, Czechoslovakia 14 years and older were taken as slave labor. He was transported in boxcars to various concentration camps over time.

On the morning of May 6, 1945, Dunst was literally at death's door. A 19-year-old Ukrainian Jew in a Nazi concentration camp in Austria, he had crawled onto a pile of corpses outside the crematorium to perish. But that afternoon, General Patton's Third Army drove liberated Dunst and the rest of Ebensee's 18,000 prisoners. (Courtesy of Chabad of Downtown)

BLOCK DAY: Meet in the library to work on your RESUME

May 2, 2011

Welcome back from break! Today I passed back some papers and we got organized for the last 5 weeks of school. We started to watch a TEMPEST video (on The Tempest page on the class website)

A few things to remember:

1. If there is NO ARS grade in SOTW, bring a printed copy to class tomorrow. That means I could not read what you submitted or the formatting was changed so much in the upload that I need a printed copy.

2. Make-Up Frankenstein tests: Before or After School Wednesday (5-4-11)

3. Make-up ESLR completion for the TWO that need to finish due to absences before break. Wednesday this week before or after school or Tuesday and Wednesday next week (5/10 or 5/11 before school)

4. Paper regrades, if desired, due NO LATER THAN JUNE 1, 2011. Print the regrade and turn in with original rubric and original assignment if it is not on turnitin.com for me to access.

5. Naviance passwords...you need to know for BLOCK day this week.

The Tempest

Study Guides are attached to the TEMPEST page of the class website. A short BBC animated film is there...we'll watch in class but you can view as you read if that helps you.

Due Dates:
Act 1...Monday 5-9-11
Act 2...Block Day 5-11/12-11
Act 3...Monday 5-16-11
Acts 4 and 5...Block Day 5-18/19-11

Image by George Romney, the most fashionable British painter of his day...late 1700s.

Thursday 4-21-11

Commonly Confused Words Quiz today
Block 1: Upfront Debate
Blocks 3/4: Frankenstein Animation

Wednesday 4-20-11

Grammar Review - Commonly Confused Words V
Grammar Quiz TOMORROW

Frankenstein Multiple Choice Test
Read Upfront Magazine 2-21-11 (6-9,22)

Thursday - UPFRONT Debate from Monday and Tuesday's Readings

IF TIME...Frankenstein Animation

Tuesday 4-19-11

Today we continued to work on COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS...part IV "A". QUIZ THURSDAY.

The Frankenstein essay was completed.

After the essay...read:
UPFRONT Magazine April 4, 2011 (8-11, 20, 22). Prepare for a debate on Thursday!

Frankenstein Test

You will turn in your BOOK when you take the essay test. You get it back the next day. It is ALLOWED, EVEN ENCOURAGED, to look that the themes on the Frankenstein page of the website and put post-it notes on KEY pages where quotes are that you wish to use. That will speed up your textual evidence gathering.

Tuesday: ESSAY test
Wednesday: scantron portion

Frankenstein and Grammar

Today we continued to review commonly confused words ans Frankenstein.

Next Week:
Monday ARS due
Tuesday and Wednesday Frankenstein test
Thursday Commonly Confused Words Quiz/Upfront Debate
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Frankenstin Discussion

Today we discussed Frankenstein and related Frankenstein to the Holocaust literature, Macbeth and Brave New World from THE FIRST SEMESTER.

Topics Discussed include:
SEEING (and lack of sight)...literally and figuratively (relate to Holocaust literature)
Water and symbolism in literature, symbolism in this story
The role of weather in foreshadowing actions to come
Victor's Fatal Flaw
SIN...are Victor's actions considered sinful or not?
Nature vs Nurture...is the Creature Good or Evil?
Human vs Creature
Why the Creature has NO NAME?
Cycle of Revenge


BONUS: What is the FIRST novel written on a TYPEWRITER? Submit by 5 PM Tuesday 4-12-11.