As you read the three chapters, be sure to have your post-it notes handy so that you can find key passages that answer our three questions:
Who breaks the rules and why . . .
Who lets them break the rules . . .
Who makes the rules . . .
How do we eradicate ignorance boys and girls?Feel free to read ahead, especially if you have a busy week next week.
If you were absent Friday, you need to write a paragraph on chapters 1 to 4. Choose either 1 or two below:
Compare and contrast the Ewell family to the Cunningham family.
or
Atticus says, " ' You never really understand a person until you consider things fro his point of view -- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it ' " (30). Discuss the examples of lack of empathy and / or understanding that has been revealed in the first four chapters.
Be sure to use your literary must-haves sheet, follow our template, use the how to cite sheet, our transitions examples, strong verbs and sentence variety.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
English 11: How to edit a literary paragraph for basic yet key structural elements . . .
Today, we edited the paragraphs and re-wrote them with a focus on structure, style and insight. Be sure to get the notes from a peer if you were absent today.
I collected the USSR forms for October and any essays and quotation logs from students who had extensions.
I will be away tomorrow but Ms. Moray will be here. Please treat her as a guest in our room and show her the routines. Arrive on time and start USSR immediately, please.
We will be reading the story, "The Sound of the Hollyhocks" by Hugh Garner, page 7. You will be asked to read the story slowly, using post-it notes, to find quotations which help to explain the importance of the title. This question will challenge you. You will need to find motif, symbol, changes in diction, pathetic fallacy, dramatic irony, changes in tone, sentence variety etc as an author's techniques reveal theme and character.
What is the sound of a daffodil? A violet? A crocus? A tulip? A hollyhock?
There are some direct discussions of the hollyhocks in the story but you will find your reasons elsewhere. Who is the hollyhock? What is his sound? Who listened? Who did not?
Be prepared to discuss and write about your discoveries on Monday. You will need to have the key quotations already highlighted with a post-it note. There will not be time to re-read the entire story.
Have a good weekend. Study your vocabulary.
I collected the USSR forms for October and any essays and quotation logs from students who had extensions.
Monday: Vocabulary Test on words 26 to embodiment and words 1 and 2
I will be away tomorrow but Ms. Moray will be here. Please treat her as a guest in our room and show her the routines. Arrive on time and start USSR immediately, please.
We will be reading the story, "The Sound of the Hollyhocks" by Hugh Garner, page 7. You will be asked to read the story slowly, using post-it notes, to find quotations which help to explain the importance of the title. This question will challenge you. You will need to find motif, symbol, changes in diction, pathetic fallacy, dramatic irony, changes in tone, sentence variety etc as an author's techniques reveal theme and character.
What is the sound of a daffodil? A violet? A crocus? A tulip? A hollyhock?
There are some direct discussions of the hollyhocks in the story but you will find your reasons elsewhere. Who is the hollyhock? What is his sound? Who listened? Who did not?
Be prepared to discuss and write about your discoveries on Monday. You will need to have the key quotations already highlighted with a post-it note. There will not be time to re-read the entire story.
Have a good weekend. Study your vocabulary.
Writing 12: Two new poems due tomorrow . . .
Also, if you have not yet submitted your Patrick Lane response, please hand it in tomorrow. Last day to do so. Please be sure that you have checked the marks and that they are accurate.
Manuscript is due next Thursday. You have 10+ poems due. Plan to spend an hour per poem. You will have time during class 3+ hours and 7 hours of homework over the next seven days. Do one poem per night.
If you plan to submit new poems in the manuscript, I need to have seen them and edited them before hand. No poems from English 10 or 11, please. Focus on the exercises or brand new poems for this year.
Hand these in before Tuesday in order to have them edited and returned to you by Wednesday.
We are in the lab on Monday and Wednesday next week.
Tuesday (Sage and Gabe) and Thursday, (Allie and Kaiti) we have student presentations.
We start fiction Nov. 12th. Amy and Tavin, I have you down for poetry on the 13th. Is that correct?
Manuscript is due next Thursday. You have 10+ poems due. Plan to spend an hour per poem. You will have time during class 3+ hours and 7 hours of homework over the next seven days. Do one poem per night.
If you plan to submit new poems in the manuscript, I need to have seen them and edited them before hand. No poems from English 10 or 11, please. Focus on the exercises or brand new poems for this year.
Hand these in before Tuesday in order to have them edited and returned to you by Wednesday.
We are in the lab on Monday and Wednesday next week.
Tuesday (Sage and Gabe) and Thursday, (Allie and Kaiti) we have student presentations.
We start fiction Nov. 12th. Amy and Tavin, I have you down for poetry on the 13th. Is that correct?
English 10: USSR forms collected, Vocab test 1-30
If you are not pleased with your short story test mark, you may do a re-test this Wed. after school. You need to let me know by Monday if you wish to re-write the test and fill out a form so that I can give the E.A. a copy of the test for you. It will be a new story and a new question but the same criteria apply. You may want to come in for extra help and re-do your current paragraph before attempting this next test.
HOW DO WE ERADICATE IGNORANCE? This question should guide the reading of the novel. You will be writing an essay on this topic once we finish reading and discussing the novel.
You will need a lot of post-it notes to keep key quotations fresh in your mind.
Post-it note each time you find an example of any of the following:
1. People who break rules and why . . .
2. Reasons why they get away with it . . .
3. Who makes the rules . . .
Read chapters 3 and 4. Post-it note all of the above circumstances. Also, if you come across a word or acronym (entailment or WPA), look them up.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
English 11: Be sure to finish the paragraph . . .
Today: I collected the essay and the quotation log.
Tomorrow: Please submit all your USSR forms.
See yesterday's blog to help answer the question below. Memorize the definitions of
pathetic fallacy
motif
incongruence
diction
symbol
allusion Here is a link to the allusion The Thinker Rodin's sculpture
Discuss the influence parents can have on their children by referring to Teddy and his aunt and uncle. In your answer discuss how the use of literary techniques such as motif, incongruence, diction, setting, dialogue, allusion, or symbols promote our understanding of this character.
In the story, "The Fall of a City" by Alden Nowlan, the use of diction, allusion, and setting elucidate the relationship between Teddy and his caregivers; without positive role models, a child may never reach his potential and parents can completely hinder a child's development.
English 10: Vocabulary Test and USSR forms due tomorrow . ..
Today I collected the short stories. We reviewed all 30 words.
We discussed the setting of Maycomb and the characters of the three children, Jem, Scout and Dill.
HOW DO WE ERADICATE IGNORANCE? This question should guide the reading of the novel. You will be writing an essay on this topic once we finish reading and discussing the novel.
You will need a lot of post-it notes to keep key quotations fresh in your mind.
Post-it note each time you find an example of any of the following:
1. People who break rules and why . . .
2. Reasons why they get away with it . . .
3. Who makes the rules . . .
We finished reading chapter one during class. Read chapter two tonight.
We discussed the setting of Maycomb and the characters of the three children, Jem, Scout and Dill.
HOW DO WE ERADICATE IGNORANCE? This question should guide the reading of the novel. You will be writing an essay on this topic once we finish reading and discussing the novel.
You will need a lot of post-it notes to keep key quotations fresh in your mind.
Post-it note each time you find an example of any of the following:
1. People who break rules and why . . .
2. Reasons why they get away with it . . .
3. Who makes the rules . . .
We finished reading chapter one during class. Read chapter two tonight.
Writing 12: a speech by Patrick Lane
Before you write your response to Patrick Lane, watch this link to the graduates at UBC Okanagan 2013. Patrick Lane's speech to the graduates
Tomorrow: Meet in the computer lab. If you need to eat a snack, arrive, start your computer, get settled and then go out into the hall to eat.
Friday: Two new poems due . . .
Remember: No new poems in the manuscript unless I have seen them. Please do not include work from grade 9, 10, or 11 English classes. I want to see new work that matches the criteria for the course. Yay.
Tomorrow: Meet in the computer lab. If you need to eat a snack, arrive, start your computer, get settled and then go out into the hall to eat.
Friday: Two new poems due . . .
Remember: No new poems in the manuscript unless I have seen them. Please do not include work from grade 9, 10, or 11 English classes. I want to see new work that matches the criteria for the course. Yay.
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