English 10 -- Prepare to write the paragraph

Arrive prepared and you will do well.

Finish you chart on the poem, "A Slow Fuse" by Jay Ruzesky.
Know how you will answer the question based on the evidence you found.

Memorize the literary must-haves: present tense, how to cite a quote, no contractions, formal vocabulary, sentence structure, sentence variety etc

You may use the chart and the poem during the paragraph write. No dictionaries or thesauruses though.

Use vocabulary from our list in your paragraph.

Remember the format:
Thesis plus author/title
Opinion
Proof
Explanantion
Transition

Repeat

Transition

Repeat

Conclude

The key is to answer the question with insight. Study.

YOUR POEM ABOUT THE ANIMAL IS DUE ON MONDAY. TYPE IT UP. MAKE SURE YOUR LANGUAGE IS UNIQUE. NO CLICHÉS. FOLLOW THE SAMPLE POEMS I GAVE YOU. 

Wr 12:Bring poems for workshop editing

Friday's class will be short due to Spartan Day but we'll have time to edit our
workshop poems and then the remaining time will be for creating new work for Tuesday to relieve the pressure put on that dreaded Monday night.

One poem due for your workshop group, tomorrow.

Two poems, edited, typed due Tuesday.

Next week: Plan to come to UVic Wednesday night. You will not be disappointed.
Plus, free food. Who can resist? Lorna Crozier's book launch. 7:30 UVic bookstore, beside the McKinnon gym, across the circle from the University Centre, right beside the main bus stop.

Next Friday, Patrick Lane will be here. Review how to write a response.

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR MONEY AND PERMISSION FORMS for The Belfry!!

And you call me ugly? Shame on you!

Eng 11 E

Friday: Ms. Klovance will be guiding you through a vocab pre-test so study those words tonight. Be sure to keep comparing your story to the criteria list so that you stay on track. Lots of latitude but know what you are doing and why.

You may have tomorrow's class to work on your story after USSR and the quiz.

Email yourself the story so you can work on the computer.

English 10: Test Friday, Ronald Wright tomorrow

If you missed today, you missed a lot!!

We worked on our charts to prepare for the paragraph write, Friday, on the poem by Jay Ruzesky, called, "A Slow Fuse".

We reviewed our vocabulary words but did not add any new.

We wrote two poems. One about a photo in a magazine and one about an animal.
I handed out a Manuscript criteria list and four model poems that describe animals.

Monday: Create, edit and type up a poem on an animal. Use Carla Funk's poem, In Praise of Zebras as your guide.

You must include at least
3 facts
3 comparisons
2-3 unique uses of language
strong verbs: gut, richochet, flap, stirfry, saute, meddle, cuddle, whack, zip, zoom etc

Focus on praising and talking to your animal.
You want your reader to see the animal in a new way.

Manuscript (Your best four poems are due, Wed. Oct. 10.)

Stay well. This is not a time to miss class. You cannot learn how to write poems from a text book. You need time to write, create, and edit during class.

You will choose one of your poems and create a film about it.

I have booked the Mac lab and I will show you how to make a film. Those who already know how will be able to help. We will post our films on youtube.

For a sample, visit this film-poem:
Video Poem of Wendy Morton's poem

Wr 12: Choose your author for the presentation

If you were absent today, ask for the author presentation handout and for the model literary response handout. Two key pieces of information for a successful year in Writing 12.

Arrive with your first three author choices and your partner's name tomorrow.

Writing: Tonight, write a poem which focuses on adding specific detail. Move away from expectations in a given situation. Push for detail, ie, don't rest on half a description, take it to the limit, as they say. Mix up the senses. We looked at an example from Robin Daniels' poem, "Through a Paramedic's Eyes" which is in The Claremont Review, number 19.

Red like the lips of Barbies,
the ones she bandaged as a girl,
ear preseed against plastic
breaast, listening, lub-dub,
lub-dub, lub-dub.

We spoke about attending to language, rhythm and sound.

We practiced creating similes and I read a poem by two American poets, James Wright and Jack Gilbert. Look them up www.poetryfoundation.org

James Wright describes the pony's ears as delicate as the skin on the inside of a girl's wrist.

Now, that's poetry!!! 

English 11E: space montage / time montage

In preparation for your stories, we worked on adding detail (showing not telling) and we did creative writing exercises on both space and time montage plot structures. If you were absent, you must get the notes from a partner and do the exercises.

Tuesday: Vocabulary quiz 1-25
Monday: Double spaced typed draft of your short story (follow the criteria)
Thursday: short story test and Belfry Theatre trip: Meet in front of the school at noon.

RETURN YOUR PERMISSION FORMS AND $20.00 FOR THE BELFRY TRIP BY TUES. OCT 2. AT THE LATEST.

THANKS.

English 10: Poetry Anthology is due Tuesday

Bring the completed project to school on Tuesday.

We will complete the bibliography during class on Tuesday.

Try to finish one of your silent reading novels this weekend as we are nearing the end of the month.

Study your vocabulary. We will have a quiz on Wednesday.

We'll be writing the "Slow Fuse" paragraph in class on Thursday.

Next week? We start writing our own poems.