Today, we divided the two chapters up into sections and partners presented the key passages. Be sure to get these valuable notes if you were absent today. Another way to do the notes is to re-read the two chapters and make your own notes. Pay particular attention to the descriptions of Simon's death, what happens when Jack becomes chief.
Homework: Decorated Found Poem
Based on pages 168 to 170, choose the best words and phrases from the novel and re-organize them into the form of a poem. Find a phrase from the scene to act as a novel. The tone of your poem needs to reflect your interpretation of the events.
Drawing: 10/10 Aim for a metaphorical response rather than a literal one.
Poem: Marks awarded for tone, rhythm, key phrases, insight, effort.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
English 11: Excellent work today
I returned the Chapter 1-5 paragraphs and we read three of our peer paragraphs in order to review and finalize the skills needed in this type of writing. Four things to learn today: to cite speech correctly, to underline titles of novels, integrate quotes in a more sophisticated manner (ask Ethan), and ensure that the thesis answers the question. Don't write one more paragraph without mastering those four skills.
We reviewed the two chapters you read for homework: 6 and 7. Be sure to get the notes and be able to answer this question: How does the symbol of the spear represent the duality of man?
Homework: Read chapters 8 and 9. THESE TWO CHAPTERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE ENTIRE BOOK. Read them slowly and carefully. Post-it note passages that are most crucial to our study of the boys' descent into bestial behaviour. These two paragraphs really focus on the role of Simon in the novel and look for allegorical meanings as well, particularly when he is speaking to the "pig's head" and what he discovers about the "beast".
If you know you will be busy Monday and Tuesday evenings, be sure to finish reading the novel at home. This novel can count for USSR and be reading another novel at home. MAY USSR sheets are due May 31.
We reviewed the two chapters you read for homework: 6 and 7. Be sure to get the notes and be able to answer this question: How does the symbol of the spear represent the duality of man?
Homework: Read chapters 8 and 9. THESE TWO CHAPTERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE ENTIRE BOOK. Read them slowly and carefully. Post-it note passages that are most crucial to our study of the boys' descent into bestial behaviour. These two paragraphs really focus on the role of Simon in the novel and look for allegorical meanings as well, particularly when he is speaking to the "pig's head" and what he discovers about the "beast".
If you know you will be busy Monday and Tuesday evenings, be sure to finish reading the novel at home. This novel can count for USSR and be reading another novel at home. MAY USSR sheets are due May 31.
Lit 12: "Ode to the West Wind"
The groups presented absolutely flawlessly today. I was really impressed by your insights and your ability to find the techniques and explain their usage. Well done.
Unit 3 test is Thursday so study this weekend by re-reading the pieces you may have missed. There are some really long pieces in this section: Swift's essay, Pope's mock-epic, Gray's elegy, Coleridge's literary ballad, all require time. Re-reading them is the best way to prepare. Memorize the style of each one. Elements of satire--check. Elements of the mock-epic and the epic--check. Elegy and epigraph--check, check. Literary ballad--check. Look for ways to remember each author's works--terza rima, heroic couplets, alexandrine, ballad stanzas, neo-classic elements, etc.
Homework: Read Keats' bio in your text book and take careful notes. He started writing at 16. Remind you of anyone? Had he not died at 25, he would have been as prolific and as historic as Shakespeare.
Whenever you have spare time from now until the final exam, review, review, review. Have you read Chaucer lately? Can you recall the theme of Gawain? Who wrote "Whoso List To Hunt"? What is a ballad? What is cavalier poetry? Invocation? Inversion?
Unit 3 test is Thursday so study this weekend by re-reading the pieces you may have missed. There are some really long pieces in this section: Swift's essay, Pope's mock-epic, Gray's elegy, Coleridge's literary ballad, all require time. Re-reading them is the best way to prepare. Memorize the style of each one. Elements of satire--check. Elements of the mock-epic and the epic--check. Elegy and epigraph--check, check. Literary ballad--check. Look for ways to remember each author's works--terza rima, heroic couplets, alexandrine, ballad stanzas, neo-classic elements, etc.
Homework: Read Keats' bio in your text book and take careful notes. He started writing at 16. Remind you of anyone? Had he not died at 25, he would have been as prolific and as historic as Shakespeare.
Whenever you have spare time from now until the final exam, review, review, review. Have you read Chaucer lately? Can you recall the theme of Gawain? Who wrote "Whoso List To Hunt"? What is a ballad? What is cavalier poetry? Invocation? Inversion?
AP Lit: Study for the exam . . .
Homework: Finish reading Camus' novel. Pay particular attention to the last few pages of the last chapter and come prepared to discuss Meursault's epiphany. Also, be prepared to explain the significance of the newspaper article he finds in his cell. Finally, why is Meursault condemned to die?
Yes, it's a trick question. he he he
Exam is Thursday. Be at school by 7:45 at the latest. Make sure to eat a light breakfast and include protein. Dress in layers in case the room begins cold and gets hot. We'll have snacks and dancing after the first hour to prepare you for the second part. You don't want to get worried at any point during the exam as worry can shut down the brain so if a question on the multiple choice section is too challenging, skip it and come back later.
This weekend: Go over the multiple choices sections and notice the "type" of question that you tend to get wrong. Go over the right answers. Notice how they "got" you with their distractors. Bring questions to class on Monday.
Free response section: Look at the essays that you have written. Study your best ones. Strong essays offer 9 examples from the novel or play and repeatedly refer to the question. There is insight (ie you are excited about your discovery) and the language is formal but accurate.
We'll do another free response question in class on Tuesday in 40 minutes and then we'll mark them together.
Spend 10 minutes circling the key parts of the question and creating a chart of your key points. Spend 30 minutes writing. Don't think as you write. Plan. Write. Plan. Write. Thinking as you write tends to create paragraphs without any evidence because you are devising your inferences. Go back to the chart look at the evidence you've created and infer either in your head or brainstorm on the paper. When you have your "ah-ha" write. Bring previous essays so you can share them in groups. Reading peer essays will help you train your ear for formal writing.
Yes, it's a trick question. he he he
Exam is Thursday. Be at school by 7:45 at the latest. Make sure to eat a light breakfast and include protein. Dress in layers in case the room begins cold and gets hot. We'll have snacks and dancing after the first hour to prepare you for the second part. You don't want to get worried at any point during the exam as worry can shut down the brain so if a question on the multiple choice section is too challenging, skip it and come back later.
This weekend: Go over the multiple choices sections and notice the "type" of question that you tend to get wrong. Go over the right answers. Notice how they "got" you with their distractors. Bring questions to class on Monday.
Free response section: Look at the essays that you have written. Study your best ones. Strong essays offer 9 examples from the novel or play and repeatedly refer to the question. There is insight (ie you are excited about your discovery) and the language is formal but accurate.
We'll do another free response question in class on Tuesday in 40 minutes and then we'll mark them together.
Spend 10 minutes circling the key parts of the question and creating a chart of your key points. Spend 30 minutes writing. Don't think as you write. Plan. Write. Plan. Write. Thinking as you write tends to create paragraphs without any evidence because you are devising your inferences. Go back to the chart look at the evidence you've created and infer either in your head or brainstorm on the paper. When you have your "ah-ha" write. Bring previous essays so you can share them in groups. Reading peer essays will help you train your ear for formal writing.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
English 11: Lord of the Flies . . .
Today: We will discuss chapter three and read chapters four and five.
Chapter 3: How does Simon differ from the other boys? 56-59
Jack exclaims, " ' ...you can feel as if you're not hunting, but--being hunted; as if something's behind you all the time in the jungle' " (53).
Explain what the "beastie" could be.
In this chapter, Jack forgets what rescue is and Ralph is jealous of Jack's love of hunting as he feels left out. Why might this scene be significant?
Be sure to post-it note the boys' descent into savagery. Watch how it happens. What prevents it from happening? What makes it happen? What are the allegorical implications, i.e. how do these events mimic events in our own time?
Read chapters four and five and answer the questions below.
Notes for chapter four:
As soon as the fire goes out and the boys lose the chance to be rescued several events occur:
1. the boys paint their faces
2. they begin to chant
3. throw Piggy's specs to the ground
4. Jack provides meat
5. Ralph calls a meeting in the dark
What are the effects of this juxtaposition?
Chapter five: The effects of chapter 4
Find examples of bestial imagery and/or behaviour.
Explain how the ending of this chapter is ironic.
Explain why Ralph gives up his hope that his father will rescue him.
Chapter 3: How does Simon differ from the other boys? 56-59
Jack exclaims, " ' ...you can feel as if you're not hunting, but--being hunted; as if something's behind you all the time in the jungle' " (53).
Explain what the "beastie" could be.
In this chapter, Jack forgets what rescue is and Ralph is jealous of Jack's love of hunting as he feels left out. Why might this scene be significant?
Be sure to post-it note the boys' descent into savagery. Watch how it happens. What prevents it from happening? What makes it happen? What are the allegorical implications, i.e. how do these events mimic events in our own time?
Read chapters four and five and answer the questions below.
Notes for chapter four:
As soon as the fire goes out and the boys lose the chance to be rescued several events occur:
1. the boys paint their faces
2. they begin to chant
3. throw Piggy's specs to the ground
4. Jack provides meat
5. Ralph calls a meeting in the dark
What are the effects of this juxtaposition?
Chapter five: The effects of chapter 4
Find examples of bestial imagery and/or behaviour.
Explain how the ending of this chapter is ironic.
Explain why Ralph gives up his hope that his father will rescue him.
Lit 12: Byron . . . Apostrophe to the Ocean
Today, we ponder the sea!
I returned the modest proposals. What fun. This batch is the best I've ever read. You are devious!! And smart.
The next six weeks are not to be missed. Don't miss one class as the work is too involved to learn on your own. If you do have to miss, definitely make up the time.
I returned the modest proposals. What fun. This batch is the best I've ever read. You are devious!! And smart.
The next six weeks are not to be missed. Don't miss one class as the work is too involved to learn on your own. If you do have to miss, definitely make up the time.
AP Lit: Camus chapters 3-6
We read chapter 3 aloud, discussing Salamano and his dog and Raymond and his woman as character foils. We also spoke about Meursault's emotional distancing and the way sensual details such as light, sound, wet towels, smell of petrol, the sound of a lorry on cobblestones get his attention yet his mother's death or Raymond's violent acts do not seem to affect him.
Get the notes if you were absent.
Also:
Read chapters 4 to 6 which lead to Meursault's crime. Attempt to explain why he commits the crime and why once the crime is committed, he repeats it 4 more times.
Pay attention to the sun imagery: light, heat, sparkles, glints, blindness, etc
Get the notes if you were absent.
Also:
Read chapters 4 to 6 which lead to Meursault's crime. Attempt to explain why he commits the crime and why once the crime is committed, he repeats it 4 more times.
Pay attention to the sun imagery: light, heat, sparkles, glints, blindness, etc
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