DEADLINES: Finish your novel by Friday, March 11. Complete the quotation log by Wed. March 16th. In order to be able to write the in-class essay, you must attend Wed. March 16 in order to review essay format and to write your thesis. We'll write the essay March. 17 (THURS) in the computer lab.
Today: We got to hear Hanna, Claire, Adrian and Katherine recite their poems. Thank you! Thanks for all the support from the Lit class at the slam poetry championships last night.
We read and took notes on the remaining three sonnets: 29, 30 and 73.
I returned the marked paragraphs and charts from sonnet 18. Those students who did not do well, have an opportunity to re-do the paragraph this weekend and re-submit Tuesday.
Homework: Read the novel and post-it note key passages. Start on the quote log as soon as you finish reading the novel.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
English 9, Thurs. March 3
We added the next two vocabulary words: defiant and wayward. We read for 15 minutes in block 2. Block 4 students had an assembly.
I checked the homework. Your story should be at least 500 words in length.
Write another 250 words tonight.
For those students who have completed a first draft, ensure that you are in the process of revising.
We read chapter one of the novel, The Pigman.
Homework: Short story writing. Complete the reading of chapter one and post-it three passages which you feel reveal something important about John.
I checked the homework. Your story should be at least 500 words in length.
Write another 250 words tonight.
For those students who have completed a first draft, ensure that you are in the process of revising.
We read chapter one of the novel, The Pigman.
Homework: Short story writing. Complete the reading of chapter one and post-it three passages which you feel reveal something important about John.
Lit. 12, Thurs. March 3
We read our novels for twenty minutes. Make sure you are half way through your novel at this point and that you have several post-its per chapter which highlight your theme.
We wrote our paragraphs on Sonnet 18.
Tonight: Read your novel. Always review terms, poems, and Renaissance notes.
We wrote our paragraphs on Sonnet 18.
Tonight: Read your novel. Always review terms, poems, and Renaissance notes.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Wed. March 2, English 9
We edited our short stories using the following criteria:
1. 6 marks for having the first 250 words in class, double spaced and edited
2. 6 marks for having a lot of specific detail
3. 6 marks for appealing to all five senses in your descriptions
4. 6 marks for "showing" and not "telling" what your character is like
5. 6 marks for using dialogue creatively--show don't tell what a character is like by the way he/she speaks
If you were absent today, mark your draft using the above criteria. Show me tomorrow.
HOMEWORK: Using all of our criteria, write the next 250 words of your story. If you've already surpassed 500 words, lucky you. You have more time to edit, revise, rethink your story. Bring your best edited version to class tomorrow for peer editing.
Vocabulary: 27 and 28. Big test Tues. March 8.
USSR: Keep reading! Some of you read 8 books in February. Well done. Try to read widely. Not just graphic novels.
Good work today.
1. 6 marks for having the first 250 words in class, double spaced and edited
2. 6 marks for having a lot of specific detail
3. 6 marks for appealing to all five senses in your descriptions
4. 6 marks for "showing" and not "telling" what your character is like
5. 6 marks for using dialogue creatively--show don't tell what a character is like by the way he/she speaks
If you were absent today, mark your draft using the above criteria. Show me tomorrow.
HOMEWORK: Using all of our criteria, write the next 250 words of your story. If you've already surpassed 500 words, lucky you. You have more time to edit, revise, rethink your story. Bring your best edited version to class tomorrow for peer editing.
Vocabulary: 27 and 28. Big test Tues. March 8.
USSR: Keep reading! Some of you read 8 books in February. Well done. Try to read widely. Not just graphic novels.
Good work today.
Lit 12, Wed. March 2
We reviewed literary paragraph writing--the conventions, the expectations, how to get a 5 or a 6.
We worked for 45 minutes on the handout (copied below) on Sonnet 18, page 167. (some of the formatting may have been lost when I pasted it here).
Tonight, read your novel! Let's get these novels finished so we can start our essays.
We worked for 45 minutes on the handout (copied below) on Sonnet 18, page 167. (some of the formatting may have been lost when I pasted it here).
Tonight, read your novel! Let's get these novels finished so we can start our essays.
IMPROVING LITERARY PARAGRAPH WRITING
- LEARN THIS GENRE : THERE ARE CONVENTIONS AND IT CAN BE A POWERFUL WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF.
Sonnet 18 “Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day”
In a formal, literary paragraph of at least 300 words, discuss the attitude toward love revealed in this poem. Marks awarded for insight (epiphanies/analysis), format (3pieces of evidence clearly explained and well-integrated quotes) and style (sentence variety, transitions, strong verbs, clear expression).
Be sure to follow our LITERARY MUST-HAVES LIST and the MLA STYLE SHEET.
Filling in the blanks below will help organize your thoughts.
Thesis: attitude toward love (include the author and “title”) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1a. Love demands/needs/exists when . . . etc
(your opinion here)
___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1b. evidence for that opinion ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________(make sure you cite it properly. Check your how to cite sheets)
1c. connect this evidence to your thesis (elaborate or explain it—this is where you add your epiphany, you flesh out your opinion until you feel it’s clearly understood) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
TRANSITION (a key word or phrase indicating to the reader that you are moving on to your next point)
2a. love also ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2b. evidence ___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2c. explanation (tie to your thesis) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
TRANSITION (a key word or phrase indicating to the reader that you are moving on to your next point)
3. Finally, love also (this should be your strongest point) ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3b. evidence (cited properly or paraphrased well) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3c. explain your point, elaborate, synthesize, Build to a climax here. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Conclude: Re-read the sentences above—do they prove your thesis? If not, change your thesis. If yes, repeat your thesis here but in a more emotionally-charged fashion. Diction is key here. No need to repeat the author or title in the conclusion. No need to say IN CONCLUSION. You may need two sentences to achieve a dramatic finale.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
English 9, Tues. March 1
Excellent work today. We exchanged our short story texts for a novel, The Pigman. If you were absent today, take your short story to the library and ask Mrs. Peacock or Mrs. Ippen to sign out the new book to you. Please do so before you come to class. Thanks.
We reviewed two of our creative writing techniques and added a third. Be sure to call your homework buddies if the notes below do not make any sense.
HOMEWORK: REWRITE/REVISE/START OVER IF NEED BE the first 250 words of your short story. Ensure that you include all three techniques. Remember, you will be submitting this story to the BCTELA writing contest so you want it to be your best. I will mark this first section based on your ability to
1. Add specific detail
2. Make an effort to appeal to the five senses
3. Show but don't tell i.e. let your reader infer what you mean. Don't say Lily is happy. Show Lily's happiness through actions, dialogue, descriptions of the room she is in, what she's wearing, what song is playing in her ipod, what she is eating, what she dreamt last night, what book she is wearing, etc.
4. Dialogue that reveals the character's true motivations without directly saying it
Example:
"Hi."
"Have you seen my black hoodie?"
"Mom is home, you know."
"I think I left it at Susan's. I'd better be going."
Notice what the dialogue reveals about the second speaker.
Example 2:
"Ain't nobody leaving."
"Mr. Smith. I do beseech you. I must call my lawyer immediately."
"You hear what I said, Delayney? Nobody move."
A little dialogue goes a long way. More is less. Intervene with description, thoughts, dreams, sounds etc.
STUDY YOUR VOCABULARY WORDS. WE ADDED 25 AND 26 TODAY. BIG TEST, TUES. MARCH 8. SHORT STORY IS DUE TUES. MARCH 8. MAXIMUM 1500 WORDS.
We reviewed two of our creative writing techniques and added a third. Be sure to call your homework buddies if the notes below do not make any sense.
HOMEWORK: REWRITE/REVISE/START OVER IF NEED BE the first 250 words of your short story. Ensure that you include all three techniques. Remember, you will be submitting this story to the BCTELA writing contest so you want it to be your best. I will mark this first section based on your ability to
1. Add specific detail
2. Make an effort to appeal to the five senses
3. Show but don't tell i.e. let your reader infer what you mean. Don't say Lily is happy. Show Lily's happiness through actions, dialogue, descriptions of the room she is in, what she's wearing, what song is playing in her ipod, what she is eating, what she dreamt last night, what book she is wearing, etc.
4. Dialogue that reveals the character's true motivations without directly saying it
Example:
"Hi."
"Have you seen my black hoodie?"
"Mom is home, you know."
"I think I left it at Susan's. I'd better be going."
Notice what the dialogue reveals about the second speaker.
Example 2:
"Ain't nobody leaving."
"Mr. Smith. I do beseech you. I must call my lawyer immediately."
"You hear what I said, Delayney? Nobody move."
A little dialogue goes a long way. More is less. Intervene with description, thoughts, dreams, sounds etc.
STUDY YOUR VOCABULARY WORDS. WE ADDED 25 AND 26 TODAY. BIG TEST, TUES. MARCH 8. SHORT STORY IS DUE TUES. MARCH 8. MAXIMUM 1500 WORDS.
Lit 12, Tues. March 1
We finished the three sonnets on the core list: 130 "My mistresses eyes are nothing like the son"
116 "Let not the marriage of true minds" and sonnet 29 "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes".
Tomorrow, you'll have a sight passage assignment, which means you will need to read the sonnet and answer a question in a literary paragraph. You have the advantage of knowing that it will be one of the sonnets on pages 166 to 168., i.e. one of the three sonnets not on the core list. Feel free to read and study them tonight. You will not be allowed to use your notes though.
Study the literary must-haves list, how to cite, how to introduce each quote and discuss its significance.
We'll be sure to study the other two sonnets as well.
DON'T FORGET TO COME TO THE SLAM POETRY EVENT THIS THURS. AT REYNOLDS. THE EVENT SELLS OUT SO TO ENSURE A SEAT, GET THERE BY 6:15. $5.00.
CLAIRE, ADRIAN, CAROLYN, KATHERINE AND HANNA APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
116 "Let not the marriage of true minds" and sonnet 29 "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes".
Tomorrow, you'll have a sight passage assignment, which means you will need to read the sonnet and answer a question in a literary paragraph. You have the advantage of knowing that it will be one of the sonnets on pages 166 to 168., i.e. one of the three sonnets not on the core list. Feel free to read and study them tonight. You will not be allowed to use your notes though.
Study the literary must-haves list, how to cite, how to introduce each quote and discuss its significance.
We'll be sure to study the other two sonnets as well.
DON'T FORGET TO COME TO THE SLAM POETRY EVENT THIS THURS. AT REYNOLDS. THE EVENT SELLS OUT SO TO ENSURE A SEAT, GET THERE BY 6:15. $5.00.
CLAIRE, ADRIAN, CAROLYN, KATHERINE AND HANNA APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
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