Thank you for handing in the essays, checklist, peer edited copy and the quotation log today. You can see how many steps are involved in a literary essay. Now you have a tried and true method for creating essays on any topic. You cannot go wrong if you follow these steps because your thesis flows naturally from your research (quote log).
Today--mostly I wanted to give you a chance to read your USSR books and to fill in the forms for the draw. You've read a lot. Good luck.
For homework (due Wednesday (sigh) next Wed.) choose ten poems that you really admire--they may be comical, insightful, delightful, mysterious . . . anything you like.
Choose poems from two sources only please (so that you learn what is being published these days and why). The Claremont Review or www.poetryfoundation.org (but on this site, check to see if the poem is modern, say post 1960).
Bring all 10 poems to class on Wednesday to share with a partner.
We'll be turning the poems into a book--
I'll give you the criteria on Wednesday.
Have a terrific holiday.
If you asked for an extension on your essay, bring it to my office Thurs. morning. If the office is locked, take it to the staff lounge and ask a teacher to put it in my box. Thanks.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Lit 12
Great work today. We made notes on the first three Acts. Keep your eye on Lear and descriptions of Lear as we discovered some pretty interesting attitudes toward sin and sinners today and poor Gloucester. I cannot even prepare you for what will happen to him. What is his sin, do you think?
Read and make notes on Scenes 4 and 5 in Act 3 and be prepared to share your epiphanies with the class tomorrow. We should be able to finish Act 3 tomorrow and then start our essays early next week. Any ideas what you will write about?
Read and make notes on Scenes 4 and 5 in Act 3 and be prepared to share your epiphanies with the class tomorrow. We should be able to finish Act 3 tomorrow and then start our essays early next week. Any ideas what you will write about?
Monday, January 30, 2012
AP Lit
Thanks for submitting the essays today. If you were absent, I will need a note in order for you to receive an extension on the poetry essay.
We discussed the first chapter of Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist . . .
We'll spend a period on each chapter. I gave out two handouts today and we took a board full of notes. Those absent today should borrow the notes.
Prepare for Wednesday's class by doing a close read of Chapter 2. Narrow the focus to what is revealed about Stephen --i.e. Which aspect of his artist portrait is revealed and what is revealed about the power of art or the imagination.
Be ready to present a key passage (similar to our discussions today). Spark notes are actually helpful to catalyze your research. There are numerous essays on aspects of Joyce on the web and I have a good selection of essays in a bok edited by Mark Wollaeger if you'd like to have a look.
Two in-class compositions will be required on this novel. One will be a site passage and the other will be an open-ended essay. We have a Joyce scholar here at SMUS, Dr. Jennifer Fraser and she will be coming to give us a guest lecture once we have finished the book. How lucky are we???
Toodles.
We discussed the first chapter of Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist . . .
We'll spend a period on each chapter. I gave out two handouts today and we took a board full of notes. Those absent today should borrow the notes.
Prepare for Wednesday's class by doing a close read of Chapter 2. Narrow the focus to what is revealed about Stephen --i.e. Which aspect of his artist portrait is revealed and what is revealed about the power of art or the imagination.
Be ready to present a key passage (similar to our discussions today). Spark notes are actually helpful to catalyze your research. There are numerous essays on aspects of Joyce on the web and I have a good selection of essays in a bok edited by Mark Wollaeger if you'd like to have a look.
Two in-class compositions will be required on this novel. One will be a site passage and the other will be an open-ended essay. We have a Joyce scholar here at SMUS, Dr. Jennifer Fraser and she will be coming to give us a guest lecture once we have finished the book. How lucky are we???
Toodles.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Writing 12
Congratulations!!! Your five months of creativity has birthed beautiful manuscripts. I've only read Ariel's so far and the poems there are absolutely breathtaking. Congrats, Ariel. You can breathe now!!
For one of the contests, they need a picture of you so could you please have a picture that is ready to send available in your email. Next day 9, we will send four poems to two American magazines and we'll get an entry ready for The Claremont Review contest and for the BCTELA. The Review contest has a $20.00 entry fee. You can bring cash, or a cheque made out to The Claremont Review or I can charge it to your account if you have your parents' permission. You get a one year subscription to the magazine with your entry fee so you literally can't lose!!
Monday, Sena and Karen present.
See if you can find a teacher this week and set up a date. Deadline for that presentation is March 14th. I suggest you complete it in Feb. though so you will have more experience before we have our GALA evening.
Date for the poetry evening is Wed. March 8 because Thurs. March 9 is taken by the French Dept. Let me know asap if this date will not work for us so I can change it in SDS. I've used the title of Ariel's manuscript as the title of our evening? The evening is called Writing 12 presents Kiss it Better! an evening celebrating new poetry. Wed. March 8. 7 p.m. Copeland Lecture Theatre. Ariel, could you get all this info on the poster and then I can get them printed. Colour is fine.
Anyone not like the title? Bring your ideas to class on Monday and we can debate it. I think it works.
For one of the contests, they need a picture of you so could you please have a picture that is ready to send available in your email. Next day 9, we will send four poems to two American magazines and we'll get an entry ready for The Claremont Review contest and for the BCTELA. The Review contest has a $20.00 entry fee. You can bring cash, or a cheque made out to The Claremont Review or I can charge it to your account if you have your parents' permission. You get a one year subscription to the magazine with your entry fee so you literally can't lose!!
Monday, Sena and Karen present.
See if you can find a teacher this week and set up a date. Deadline for that presentation is March 14th. I suggest you complete it in Feb. though so you will have more experience before we have our GALA evening.
Date for the poetry evening is Wed. March 8 because Thurs. March 9 is taken by the French Dept. Let me know asap if this date will not work for us so I can change it in SDS. I've used the title of Ariel's manuscript as the title of our evening? The evening is called Writing 12 presents Kiss it Better! an evening celebrating new poetry. Wed. March 8. 7 p.m. Copeland Lecture Theatre. Ariel, could you get all this info on the poster and then I can get them printed. Colour is fine.
Anyone not like the title? Bring your ideas to class on Monday and we can debate it. I think it works.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Writing 12
Hope you all enjoyed writing the English provinical today. Writing 12 students usually ace the composition section. Yay. All that concrete imagery/show don't tell adages will finally pay off.
Email me your manuscript, bio, address etc. tonight.
Hand me a copy tomorrow during class. Paper clip the poems together, no staples, please. Thanks.
Email me your manuscript, bio, address etc. tonight.
Hand me a copy tomorrow during class. Paper clip the poems together, no staples, please. Thanks.
AP Lit
If you need assistance with your thesis statement, pop around the office on Friday.
Monday, Jan. 30, submit:
the essay, double spaced, the TICK charts and thematic statements, the works cited sheet, copies of the poems
I'm sure those English 12 markers will LOVE your writing. It's that good!
Monday, Jan. 30, submit:
the essay, double spaced, the TICK charts and thematic statements, the works cited sheet, copies of the poems
I'm sure those English 12 markers will LOVE your writing. It's that good!
English 10
Great work in the lab today. Tomorrow, (Friday) we'll peer edit so bring a copy of your essay.
You should have a typed introduction and three body paragraphs: (350-450 words each).
Follow the sample I gave you and its guidelines. Body paragraphs follow all the rules of the literary paragraphs you have been writing except that they must refer to the overall thesis as well as referring to the topic sentence of the paragraph. Make sure you are proving your thesis throughout the entire essay.
You never want the reader to have to wade back into the introduction to remind them of what it is you are proving.
We'll have a checklist to follow for the peer editing session. I will also show you how to write the conclusion.
Tuesday Checklist:
Submit: the good copy (double spaced) essay, the edited draft, the quotation log, plus a title page and works cited page.
I'm really looking forward to reading your essays.
You should have a typed introduction and three body paragraphs: (350-450 words each).
Follow the sample I gave you and its guidelines. Body paragraphs follow all the rules of the literary paragraphs you have been writing except that they must refer to the overall thesis as well as referring to the topic sentence of the paragraph. Make sure you are proving your thesis throughout the entire essay.
You never want the reader to have to wade back into the introduction to remind them of what it is you are proving.
We'll have a checklist to follow for the peer editing session. I will also show you how to write the conclusion.
Tuesday Checklist:
Submit: the good copy (double spaced) essay, the edited draft, the quotation log, plus a title page and works cited page.
I'm really looking forward to reading your essays.
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