Thursday, May 17, 2012

FINAL EXAM TOPICS for REVIEW

On Tuesday 5-29-12 we will have a final Poetry Assessment. There will be two poems to read and ten questions to answer - using textual evidence from the poems.

On Monday 6-4-12 we will have our cumulative review essay ... you will demonstrate your understanding of themes/concepts from ALL of the TEXTS we read...summer reading, semester 1, and semester 2.

TOPICS will range from a variety of themes that are seen in all texts...they MAY include:
What does it mean to be human?
1. Man vs Man, Man vs Self, Man vs Society conflicts
2. Dynamic and Static/Flat and Round Characters
3. Characters learning a lesson from their actions
4. Life is a series of choices...how does a character's choice impact their life or others?
5. How do characters reflect the Christian Gentlemen ESLR?
6. Characters "Playing God"
7. Characters wanting to "fit in" ... reasons why isolated/lonely/different
8. A character's fatal flaw
9. Role of Nature ... nature as an unnamed character
10. Information a reader may learn from reading a work of FACT or FICTION
11. Techniques the author uses to make a story entertaining for the target audience


Grammar - multiple choice questions cover topics we addressed this year ... approx 20-30 total

LOOK at the class website for review ideas ... each book's page has a list of reminders on themes, etc.


Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Tuesday and Block Day

Tuesday we completed page 116 in our vocabulary books
Block day 150 and 164

We discussed My Papa's Waltz (470) and At The San Francisco Airport (466). For both, we annotated the poems in our book as we TPCASTT with our partners and with the class as a whole.

Block Day we discussed THE TEMPEST.
Characters
Brothers taking power from Brothers
Isolation on an island
Prospero's Fatal Flaw

I planted the idea...should the book have been titled THE ISLAND...keep in mind as you finish reading.
We'll discuss literal and figurative meanings of the island and tempest after you finish the book!

FRIDAY: Fairy Tale nature of the story

Next Week:
Monday Complete The Tempest ... FINAL HW Worksheet due!!!

Friday 5-25-12
The Tempest Quiz...Character Identification, key details from the story
Grammar Quiz TAKE 2

Tuesday 5-29-12
Naviance Survey Due
Poetry Final ... You will be given two poems to read and answer 5-10 questions based on teh poems...like we do in class and have done with The Tempest and Macbeth

Monday 6-4-12
Cumulative Essay Final


Wednesday 6-6-12
Multiple Choice Final + The Tempest Essay



Monday, May 14, 2012

Monday May 14th

We'll correct the Vocabulary Book pages 41-43 that were completed after the Grammar Quiz on Friday.

This Week:
Tuesday The Tempest - Active Read and complete WS ACT 3 due Tuesday 5-15

Upcoming:

The Tempest ACTS 4 and 5 Active Read/WS due Monday 5-21-12
The Tempest Quiz Friday 5-25-12

DUE NO LATER THAN 5-29-12 printed copy of Naviance Report Do What You Are
Under About Me Tab ... Personality Traits

A FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE will be posted at the end of this week!

REDO Grammar Quiz Friday 5-25-12
Grammar Drop in and ask questions time...THURSDAY this week and next at LUNCH.


Friday, May 11, 2012

Friday 5-11-12

Today any papers that I had in my possession were returned. The GRAMMAR QUIZ was taken and THE TEMPES ACT 2 WS collected.

After the quiz:
Complete Vocabulary Book pages 41-43 for Monday

Next Week:
STEP 1: Continue to Discuss Lit Book Poetry Assignments from THIS WEEK:

Read Pages:
1. 465-471 about Precision of Language in POETRY
We will discuss/analyze/TPCASTT :
At the San Francisco Airport and My Papa’s Waltz

2. 501-504 about Sounds in POETRY
We will discuss/analyze/TPCASTT:
Sound and Sense and The Raven

We will be looking at the following concepts:
TPCASTT
Figurative Language
Diction
Symbolism
Rhyme Scheme
Connotation
Interpretation

STEP 2: Discuss THE TEMPEST

The Tempest WS Act 3 Due Tuesday 5-15-12

Don't forget...
The Tempest WS Acts 4-5 Due Monday 5-21-12
The Tempest Quiz Friday 5-25-12
Do What You Know Survey on Naviance due 5-29-12

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Block Days - May 9th and 10th

We reviewed PREPOSITIONS and PARTICIPLES in preparation for the GRAMMAR QUIZ Friday.

We also discussed My Papa's Waltz from our Lit Book page 470

HOMEWORK Due TUESDAY 5-29-12:
Naviance ...Do What You Know
Take the survey (under About Me/Personality Traits Tabs).
Print the results.
Turn in by 5-29-12.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Monday 5-7-12

Frankenstein TEST DAY
Those ABSENT TODAY, there will be a FRANKENSTEIN MAKE UP TEST THURSDAY AT LUNCH. Make plans to be there!


The Tempest:
Act 1 Read/WS due Tuesday
Act 2 Read/WS due Friday

REMINDER: WS can be found on The Tempest page of class website

Friday Grammar Quiz that was rescheduled from LAST FRIDAY

Bring your LIT BOOK and VOCAB Book to class all week (ALONG with The Tempest)

Friday, May 4, 2012

A Bonus Opportunities

California Youth Playwright's Project.

If you wish to submit a play for the context...complete the play according to the contest guidelines.

The Deadline is June 1st...bring to me prepared for submission. I'll read through, evaluate, and mail for you. DUE TO ME BY May 29th.

WARWICK"S AUTHOR Event
Wednesday May 16th Erik Larson (Book...In the Garden of Beasts)

IF you attend the Warwick's event, print out this Blog Post, have an employee sign, and take your picture with the author. Bring to class the next day. You will explain to your class what you learned from attending the event.

The rest of the week

Block day all the classes got back on track...Grammar Exercises were corrected, Vocabulary Book page 47 (Word Families) was completed and we finished discussing Frankenstein (Role of Women and Victor's Fatal Flaw).

Friday we watched up to PART 4 (each class got between 4 and 5 minutes into part 4) of the ANIMATED Frankenstein video from the class website.

Monday's Test Format: 20 Multiple choice Question - scantron
Your reading guides and old quizzes will help. Read Cliffs Notes and Spark Notes for a review as well.

1 short answer (Paragraph) and 1 essay ... What to study for those? Look at the class worksheets and class notes. The list of themes is a compilation of what we discussed in class. We did NOT cover the Prometheus Myth in depth in all classes so I will not expect that to be covered in ESSAY format.

Tuesday and Friday The Tempest Reading Worksheets
Friday...rescheduled Grammar Quiz


Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Tuesday May 1st

Today the schedule was NOT the same in all classes as I took the AP Art History class on a field trip to the San Diego Museum of Art and Timken Museum.

Block 2: Corrected Gerund Exercise page 74
Block 6: Corrected Participle Exercises page 72 and 608

Blocks 3 and 4 I was not in class

ALL blocks were given a FRANKENSTEIN WS to complete. Question #5 need not be done. We will discuss the role of Women in Frankenstein on block day (potential essay question on the test) as well as the worksheet and the Foreshadowing worksheet. We will also go back over Literary Archetypes (WS given out earlier in the Frankenstein unit).

GRAMMAR QUIZ moved to Friday 5-11-12.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Monday April 30th

Today VOCABULARY BOOKS were returned. Please bring them to class every day until the end of the year. We'll review lessons in the books from day to day.

Today papers were returned and we corrected the PARTICIPLE section of the GRAMMAR exercises we completed.

Some classes go to the Foreshadowing WS (Frankenstein).

Upcoming this week:
Gerunds
Unit 3 review ... Grammar Quiz Friday

Tuesday Frankenstein WS ... what is not done is due BLOCK DAY.

Remember...FRANKENSTEIN TEST MONDAY 5-7-12.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Friday April 27th

Today I passed back papers (ARS and miscellaneous papers).

After the Frankenstein quiz, complete GRAMMAR BOOK pages:
72 Exercise A and B (participles)
608 Exercise 1 and 2 (participles and gerunds)

Monday we'll correct the grammar and go over the Frankenstein Foreshadowing WS.

Tuesday 5-1-12 Start bringing The Tempest
Friday 5-4-12 GRAMMAR QUIZ
Monday 5-7-12 Frankenstein Test (Multiple Choice AND Essay)

Frankenstein Quiz #2 Make-Up

I will hold a Frankenstein Quiz #2 Make-Up on Thursday 5-3-12 BEFORE SCHOOL in ROOM 322. If you missed the quiz today, please plan on attending the make-up session.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The TEMPEST is our next title

This work by Shakespeare will be our last book.

The Study Guides are attached on the TEMPEST page of the class website. If you chose to start reading ahead, they are there for you.

The Due Dates for ACTIVE READING and COMPLETING WS:

Act 1: Tuesday May 8
Act 2: Friday May 11
Act 3: Tuesday May 15th
Acts 4 and 5: Monday May 21st



BLOCK DAYS

Annotated Resource Sets will be collected on Block Day.

We will discuss:
Complete last week's topics
PLUS: Discuss each character's Romantic Quest (Walton, Victor, and Creature)
PLUS: Watched It's A Sin video from Frankenstein page of class website. Question to consider: In all the literature from this YEAR, do you believe that it is a SIN to play God...does textual evidence support this?

Address new concept:
Foreshadowing in Frankenstein.
Foreshadowing WS due Friday if not done in class

Friday: MC format quiz on Chapters 11-end of Frankenstein, Grammar exercise

Next week:
Bring The Tempest by 5-1-12
Grammar Quiz Chapter 3 - Phrases

Upcoming: Frankenstein Test Monday 5-7-12

Frankenstein Study Guide/Themes posted on Frankenstein Page of class website. Just like all books this year, the page of the class website is where to go for review for a test and for the final exam.

** Study Guides/Worksheets not completed in class as part of class discussion/review will be homework due the following class period.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Tuesday April 24th we'll be in the library

You will work on creating an ANNOTATED RESOURCE SET for Macbeth, The Tempest, and Frankenstein. An Annotated Resource Set is the first step in researching. It's a way to compile the sites you wish to further explore when putting together a research report.

QUESTION #1:
How do I create an Annotated Resource Set?
ANSWER: A template is available for your use on the PAPERS page of the class website

QUESTION #2: How many sources do I need?
ANSWER:SIX TOTAL for the Shakespeare works and 6 for Frankenstein

QUESTION #3:
Where do I find the sources?
ANSWER: You need 3 QUALITY websites for each author and 3 scholarly articles (found on Proquest or CQ Researcher)

QUESTION #4: What do I look for?
ANSWER: For the purpose of this assignment, information that helps the reader fully understand the context in which the author wrote. Think searching terms such as: Elizabethan England, Romanticism in literature, Gothic literature, and British authors to name a few.

QUESTION #5: THEN WHAT?
ANSWER: When you find a credible source, fill in the blanks on the template...title of the source, your paraphrase of the content to explain why it is valuable for your research, a visual (cut and paste from the site) and the URL.

What you do not finish in class is due BLOCK DAY THIS WEEK
.

REMEMBER - ONLY PAGE 2 of the ARS must be completed and turned in on Block Day!

Monday April 23rd

Today we discussed Prepositions and Appositives from Chapter 3 of our text.
Block 6 corrected page 68 as we did not get to it on Friday.

Everyone completed page 607 (all) and the assignment was corrected.

Discussed Frankenstein: What it means to be HUMAN and IS the Creature GOOD or EVIL?

Frankenstein Make-up Quiz Tuesday in class.

Friday 4-27-12 Frankenstein Quiz (Multiple Choice) Chapters 11 to end

Upcoming Due Dates:
Bring THE TEMPEST to class 5-1-12
BONUS OR Report due 5-1-12

GRAMMAR QUIZ Friday May 4th - Chapter 3

Frankenstein Test...MC and Essay Format on Monday 5-7-12

Friday, April 20, 2012

Friday April 20th

Today:
1. We corrected GRAMMAR BOOK page 68 (Exercise A and B) We discussed the topic of PREPOSITIONS/PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
 2. I passed back any papers I finished grading.
3. FINAL draft of Resume and Cover Letters were due...NO LATER Than today.
4. After the Frankenstein quiz, an Upfront Magazine was available for reading.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Block Day ... April 17 and 18

Today we discussed Grammar Book Pages 69-70 - Appositives
We completed Exercise A on page 70 and corrected BOTH exercise A and B.

We discussed Frankenstein concepts...will continue where each block left off in the next class periods.
1. Victor's childhood and childhood memories
2. Victor's family...blood relatives and those that lived in his home growing up
3. What it means to be human
4. How one defines creature/monster
5. Can Victor be charged with any crimes? If so, what ones?
6. Does Victor know right from wrong?
7. Can the creature be charged with any crimes?
8. Does the creature know right from wrong?
9. Is the creature inherently good or inherently evil?

REMINDER - MULTIPLE CHOICE FORMAT QUIZ FRIDAY 4-20-12
Covers Frankenstein Chapters 1-10

Break is Over...the year is winding down...

Monday 4-16-12 I attended the California State Assembly Holocaust Remembrance Day Celebration with one of the seven students from Saints that participated in this year's Video Production/Interview of Survivor Hanna Marx.

While I was away, the sub assigned the following to be completed in class:
Grammar Book Pages:
65 ALL
68 Exercise A
70 Exercise B
74 Exercise A and B

The Upfront Magazine from January 2nd was to be read as well. Particular attention should be paid to the article, HINT FIRST READ, Locked Away Forever.

TUESDAY:
I passed back ALL papers I had...Writing Exams and Frankenstein Worksheets. This week the grade book will be updated. We read Locked Away Forever and started to connect to Frankenstein...fiction does mirror reality in some ways.

Resume and Cover Letter Final Drafts were collected (due this week)
Collected Frankenstein Completion Worksheets

Monday, April 2, 2012

Monday 4-2-12

SCHEDULE CHANGE

No school Wednesday...

Therefore DUE DATES:

Resume and Cover Letter Final Drafts due the week of 4-16-12 (any day is considered ON TIME). Final draft rubric on top, final draft below, and rough draft/rubric on bottom)

Tuesday 4-17-12
Frankenstein Active read/finish book...complete WS

Friday 4-20-12
Frankenstein quiz Preface-Chapter 10

**** if you have not gotten back your resume and cover letter draft...stop by tomorrow, 4-3-12.