You gys have a been a great class this semester. I have enjoyed you very much!

Objective:  The students will present final projects.

1.  Poetry Packet 2 in order.  Please help my TS be able to grade quickly!

2.  Final Projects.  Please limit them to 10 minute max each so that we get through them all.

Good luck on the rest of your finals and be safe this holiday break.

First of your Two Last Days of High School Semesters!

Objective:  The students will present final projects.

1.  Poetry Packet 2 in order.  Please help my TS be able to grade quickly!

2.  Final Projects.  Please limit them to 10 minute max each so that we get through them all.

Good luck on the rest of your finals and be safe this holiday break.

Presentation Day 2

Objective:  The students will present their research as it applies to their novel.

1.  Your essays are done.

2.  Your grades are complete up to the final project.

3.  Presentations: Remember, you have to be present at all group presentations through the final!!!

Final

Objective:  The students will present their research.

1.  Presentations

Projects Day 1

Objective:  The students will present their findings on their research as it pertains to their chosen novel.

1.  Staple your research notes to your bib.  Submit to me for grading.

2.  Put your group names in a "hat" for first to present.

3.  While I grade, work on Poetry Packet 2.  This is due Monday.

4.  Or work on Frankenstein/Handmaid's Q3 Study Form

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rOOo_QXkRHBY59lu6UiO7JMAlELSjDl2IZCVpYlnxjw/edit?usp=sharing

5.  Presentation 1:  Remember Phone.  50 points off group presentation if you are seen with it during another group's presentation.  No Second Chances. 

Projects are so close!!!

Objective:  Students will work to complete an awesome research presentation.

1.  Get new poem.

2.  Complete project and research notes and bib.  Due as you walk in tomorrow.

3.  Frankenstein/Handmaids Q3 Study Form (This is the first assignment for 2nd semester).

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rOOo_QXkRHBY59lu6UiO7JMAlELSjDl2IZCVpYlnxjw/edit?usp=sharing

4.  Complete last poem by Blake for Poetry Pack 2 due MOnday

Two More Work Days!

Objective:  The students will work collaboratively to complete project/final.

1.  Work on projects.

2.  Complete TTSTCANDI for Echoing Green

3.  Poetry Packet 2 due Monday (one more poem tomorrow)

I am grading essays.

Projects: I hope you had a busy weekend!

Objective:  The students will discuss Sonnet forma and look at the poem that they analyzed.

All Extra Credit is done for the semester.  Too many of you are not doing what is required, so Extra Credit is withdrawn.

1.  Sonnet Notes

2.  Discuss "Perfectly Poised"

3.  Echoing Green TTSTCANDI

Projects due Thursday (all research and presentation).  If you ditch.  Zero

Happy Pac 12 Championship Day!

Objective:  The students will show that they have read and can analyze their novel.

1.  Take the MC section first.  Put your book away.

2.  Bring it to me to scan. 

3.  Get your book out.  Take a written essay prompt.  Answer on your own paper.  Staple prompt to it.

4.  Bring the essay section to me.  Bring your book to me for final close reading check.

Have a great weekend.  Projects!!!!

Last Day of Frankenstein/Handmaid's Reading

Objective:  The students will work to complete reading or project.

Bring your Close read book or dialectic journal notes for final grading points tomorrow.  Also, you can use it on the second part of the test because you will need textual evidence.

1.  Tomorrow is your Handmaid's/Frankenstein Test.  It is worth 200 points.

Here is what it will look like:
     25 MC Questions (50 points)
      1  Essay explaining something in the book as it pertains to AP literature analysis.

2.  Project Research Dialectic Journals are due December 12.

We will discuss Perfectly Poised on Monday.

This weather makes me want to stay home!!

Objective:  The students will read a pretty perfect poem.

1.  Grab the poem.

2.  TTSCANDI it.

3.  Work on projects.  Friday is the final reading check and the MC tests.  You better have the book read!!!

A little time for group work

Objective:  The students will work in groups to complete their task for the Final Project and Presentation.

1.  Discuss Mad Girl

2.  Group work.  Depending on what I see today, I will decide whether I give you another day in class to work on the project.

Your research (dialectic journal notes of your 100 pages) is due: ______________________

Hope you had a great holiday break!

Objective:  The students will discuss their horrible Prose Essays and then move on to the next poem analysis of Poetry Packet 2.

1.  Your essays:  You did not do as well as I think you shoud be doing.  Maybe it's because I wasn't there, or maybe you are just not paying attention to what I am teaching:  BUT some of these were just crap!

Why don't we know how to punctuate the title of a novel YET??
Why are we still writing "the reader" this and "the reader" that??
Why are we still SLAPPING quotes?

Things like this... when it comes to semester grades, and you are at an 89%... will keep you at an 89%.

You will not make the same errors in your Frankenstein/Handmaid's Final Essay!

2.  "Mad Girl's Love Song" by Sylvia Plath

3.  Friday is the last book check for Frank/Hand

Rally Day then Thanksgiving!!

Objective:  The students will discuss their research projects as they pertain to their reading.

1.  Work on Project details.

2.  You should finish your book over break.  Next check is:  December 6.

One more day... We can do this!

Objective:  The students will discuss "The Weight..."

1.  Get out your TTSTCANDI:  I want to see it.  And if you don't have a UT, I will not sign my beautiful signature.

2.  MC Poetry "Spring."  Try hard!  The real one is coming!!

3.  Reading Check tomorrow if I am here.

It Is Finally Fall!

Objective:  The students will analyze a great poem about Life (and picking fruit).

1.  Let's go over the tone terms (and get checked off)

2.  TTSTCANDI "The Weight of Sweetness."

3.  Reading Test is Friday (if you ditch, you will not be able to make up the test).

Terms Day

Objective:  The students will define terms needed for this week's poem analysis.

1.  Discuss "She Dwelt..." and let me check it off.

2.  Complete Tone Terms and Lit Terms.  Due tomorrow.

Read Frankenstein and Handmaid's

Thanks to all of you who partcicpated in (and went to) Powder Puff. It was fun.

Objective:  The students will analyze a great poem.

1.  Get out your Chapter Outlines for my credit for being done.

2.  Discuss the chapter information.

3.  TTSTCANDI poem 1.  "She Dwelt..."

4.  Reading Check Numb er 2 is Friday.  Another test on the reading.  You don't want another bad grade!

Powder Puff Tonight: Good Luck to everyone partcipating! Have fun!

Objective:  The students will complete the next two outlines on Figurative Language for Monday.

1.  Complete Chapter Outlines on Fig. Lang for Perrine's Poetry Packet 2.

Also:  I know that some of you are not reading.  The test/essay at the end for you all will be brutal.  And grade destruction right before Christmas.  

Happy Thursday People!

Objective:  The students will discuss imagery and the basics of figurative language.

1.  Go over your outlines.  Get them out so that I can see them done.

2.  Our first Poetry MC Practice.

Are you reading you Frankenstein and Handmaid's?  Next week Section 2 is due!

Good Morning Seniors.

Objective:  The students will complete two chapter outlines for class discussion tomorrow.

1.  Put together in order Perrine's Poetry Packet 1 and turn in.

2.  Get Perrine's Poetry Packet II Cover Sheet.

3.  Complete the first two chapter outlines.  Due tomorrow.  Unless you are not working.  Then now!

How is the reading going?

Objective:  The students will discuss the first reading section of their books.

1.  Get out your close read book.

2.  Get a test.  Complete it.  You can use your book.

3.  Get into book groups and discuss the reading.  What are you seeing?  What are some emerging UTs?  How is the author developing them?

4.  How id the UCR project going?

5.  Next Reading Section Due Nov. 22 (close reading and test)

Last Poem of Poetry Packet 1

Objective:  The students will discuss Mirror and then analyze the last poem in this packet.

1.  Discuss Mirror

2.  "Kitchenette Building"

Sub tomorrow.  My old student.  A very sweet young lady.  Be good.

Poem 2

Objective:  The students will discuss Out Out and then look at a new poem called Mirror.

1.  Allusion NOtes

2.  Discuss Out Out

3.  TTSTCANDI Mirror

Good Morning! How is Handmaid's? Have you looked up the meanings of the names?

Objective:  The students will discuss poetry and how to approach it.  Then they will read one and TTSTCANDI it for tomorrow's discussion.

1.  Chapter 1 and 2 outline and terms sheets from the back folder.

2.  Discuss outlines and my Power Points.

3.  Close Read "Out, Out" and TTSTCANDI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQBdxu9t-zs

I hope you had a great weekend! Many of you had a nice three day one! :)

Objective:  The students will outline the next chapter and complete terms so that we can read our first poem tomorrow.

1.  If you were here Friday, turn in your completed outline and terms for 10 points.  If you were not here, grab the Perrine's Poetry Unit 1 Cover Sheet.  You have lots to do today.  No you don't get an extra day!  You decided to take the day off.

2.  Complete the chapter outline for the second poetry chapter as well as the tone terms.

Congratulations. You have completed the initial prose units... Now on to Poetry!

Objective:  The students will outline a chapter and define some terms.

1.  Get your corrected work.  Or it goes in the trash.  And I will have a 100 point folder check on Monday.

2.  Get the Perrine's Poetry 1 Cover Sheet.

3.  Outline Chapter 1 "What is Poetry" and define tone terms for Monday.

Have a great weekend. Oregon vs USC tomorrow. I will be sitting in the Oregon section!!

Happy Halloween!

Objective:  The students will discuss Frankenstein in Handmaid's, and complete a MC Practice.

1.  Frankenstein and Handmai'ds notes for themes and help with your projects.

2.  MC Practice:  Perfect for Halloween

Be safe tonight.  Don't do anything stupid! 

Start our book!

Objective:  The students will be introduced to one of their books and the project.

1.  Discuss The Grave

2.  Turn in Perrine's Prose Packet II

3.  Discuss Project

4.  Intro Handmaid's Tale and Notes

The Grave

Objective:  The students will TTSTCANDI The Grave and discuss.

1.  TTSTCANDI The Grave

2.  Compile Perrine's Prose Pact II in order with stories and terms.  Due organized tomorrow.

Tomorrow we talk Handmaid's and Frankenstein reading and projects.

Last Story of Prose II Packet

Objective:  The students will analyze a great piece of short prose.

1.  You have had 10 days to get your book.  Put it on your desk for 200 points.

2.  Get the new story and the TTSTCANDI sheet.

3.  Close Read the story.  You will have a quiz tomorrow.  We will also complete the TTSTCANDI tomorrow in groups, but if you fail the quiz, you will not get points for the assignment in the packet.

It is a cool story!  Very deep!

Grendel Essays are done.  Not so good you all!!!

On the fifth day, they rested. (What is this?)

Objective:  Students will continue Beowulf for Grendel context.

1.  Have you found your copy of our new book?  Frankenstein or Handmaid's Tale.  By Monday

Extra Credit

Objective:  The students will watch Beowulf for context and understanding of Grendel which we just read.

1.  Extra Credit:  5 Points:   https://gx.gallup.com/riversidestudentpoll_kiosk.gx

RUSD Gallop Survey (This is optional)

2.  Discuss the Cat in the Rain

3.  Beowulf

Objective:  Complete the last Hemingway story of the unit (not a Nick Adams story)

Miles and Dylan talked me into showing you all a movie (Beowulf) tomorrow and Friday and context for our reading of Grendel.  I will show it to you and you will have NO WORK if we have 100 percent of today's story complete tomorrow)

1.  Discuss TTSTCANDI of Three Day Blow.

2.  TTSTCANDI Cat in the Rain.  Another cool, but sad Hemingway story.

Good Morning AP Students!

Objective:  Complete analysis of Three Day Blow

1.  Close Reading and TTSTCANDI Analysis of Three Day Blow.  Due tomorrow for points and packet approval.

New Q3 Piece starts next week!

Objective:  The students will present final Nick Adams stories.  Then read another cool Hemingway story.

1.  Presentations completion.  I think we have 3 in each class.

2.  Three Day Blow TTSTCANDI.

3.  You need your new book by next Monday:  You choose:  Handmaid's Tale or Frankenstein. 

Note:  Handmaid's Tale is sexually explicit and graphic in it's imagery.  Frankenstein is not.

Grendel Essay

Objective:  The students will write an incredible essay to show that they have read and understood Grendel on a deep level.

1.  Grab a prompt.

2.  Get three sheets of paper and a pen.  Write on one side only (I will not read it otherwise) and write.

3.  Staple prompt to the top.

Congrats Volleyball on the HUGE win!

Objective:  The students will discuss three Hemingway stoies and complete a MC Practice piece.

1.  Nick Adams Presentations (let's do three)

2.  MC Practice:  The River

"Why don't we do anything fun in here?" A. Aponte.

Objective:  The students will brainstorm what they would write about if given these 10 prompts to write about.

1.  Get handouts and your graded Grendel Packet.

2.  When called to the front, have your printed Q3 Study Form ready to be graded.

3.  In groups, look at all 10 prompts.  Highlight the key words that you would focus om in your essay.

4.  Rank the essay prompts.  Which possible three would you like to write on?  Mark the board.  Three marks.

We write Friday!!

Should Not Be Here...

Objective:  Wrap up Grendel.

1.  Turn in Grendel Packet

2.  Grendel Q3

3.  Grendel Close Reading Check

Our First Q3 Piece is Done

Objective:  The students will see what a Q3 Prompt looks like and discuss how they need to be able to have a book in mind to address the prompt in an essay.

1.  Sample Q3 Prompts

2.  Complete Q3 Study Form:  Due Tuesday printed out (not shared with me)

Here is the link:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rOOo_QXkRHBY59lu6UiO7JMAlELSjDl2IZCVpYlnxjw/edit

3.  Grendel Packet (100 points) and Close Reading (50 if printed 60 if in book) is due Monday.

Finish Grendel Today

Objective:  The students will complete analysis of their first Q3 piece:  Grendel.

1.  Two Nick Adams Presentations

2.  Grendel 12.  Read and analysis.

3.  Grendel 11-12 Theme Chart

Put together Grendel Packet.  12 Chapter Analysis papers and 6 Theme Charts in order!  If you didn't have one when I checked it, do not add it to the packet.

Essay Paragraphs:  They are graded:  Here is what I saw:

1.  There is NO SUCH THING AS ANALOGICAL LANGUAGE!
2.  You have to have a complete UT, not just the subject of it.
3.  You need to go deeper.  Don't just list a bunch of metaphors without analyzing each.
4.  Some of you have to work on neatness.
5.  Five sentence paragraphs are for regular kids!  Not you!

Nick Adams Presentations

Objective:  The students will participate in lively discussions of two Hemingway stories.

Here is the link to Hemingway Chart for your project:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GhGkKHgKN0ELOuSwpSYBiXNSjCU3hoyw/view?ths=true

1.  Two presentations

2.  Grendel 11.

Tomorrow off.  Grendel 12 Thursday.  Huge 300 point test Friday.

Three Day Weekend...

Objective:  The students will work on presentations for Tuesday.

1.  I am feeling a bit sick... cough... cough... so I will be out Monday.

2.  I will have Grendel 10 for you and a themes chart for 9-10.

You need to work well.  The sub is probably going to be an Ex-King kid of mine.  So be super!!

Grendel Thinks He's Shakespeare

Objective:  The students will complete theme analysis of Grendel 7-8 and analyze 9.

1.  Get the two handouts

2.  Grendel 8 Discussion/PP

3.  Themes Chart 7-8

4.  Read Grendel 9

Essay Practice

Objective:  The students will get some writing practice using the story "The End of Something" as the focus piece.

Notes:

FFASA opened yesterday.  Don't wait too long to do it.  It sucks!  Remember passwords!!

Go on college board and check yes or no to taking the AP Exam.  You don't have to pay and I think that you can change your mind at any time until you actually pay. 

DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING IS THURSDAY 10/10

DEADLINE FOR PAYING IS THURSDAY 10/31

Check your email.  Pick the sessions that you want to attend next week for the College and Career Day.  If you don't pick, someone will for you.

1.  Discuss your TTSTCANDI

2.  Put the TTSTCANDI away.  You can keep your story out.  Get out one sheet of paper and a pen.

3.  Write to the following prompt:

AP Prose Prompt: “The End of Something”

In the following short story by Ernest Hemingway, “The End of Something,” the author describes a dramatic experience. Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well-organized essay, show how Hemingway’s techniques convey the impact of the experience on the main character to reveal his purpose.

Write the intro paragraph and your first body paragraph.

A super cool story. Great for symbolism.

Objective:  The students will analyze a Hemingway story much like they will for their project.

1.  TTSTCANDI "The End of Something"

This will be done in class.  Right now.  In pairs or groups.  I want to see deep thinking, rich discussion and analysis.

This means everyone.  I may collect at the end of the period!!!

Get at it!

Nick Adams' Stories Project

Objective:  The students will get into groups and discuss their story and how to get the project done by next Monday.

1.  Project Discussion

2.  Grendel Themes Chart 5-6

No Grendel reading tonight.  Make sure you are all through to chapter7.

This week can't end soon enough!

Objective:  The students will discuss their analysis of Hemingway's story.

1.  Get out your TTSTCANDI so that I can sign it off.

2.  Hills Like White Elephants discussion.  This is an example of what you will do in your group starting next week on the Nick Adams' Stories Project.

3.  Grendel 7

Your first TTSTCANDI without my help...

Objective:  The students will analyze Hills Like White Elephants.

1.  Get into groups of three to four.

2.  Complete a TTSTCANDI.  Each student must have one completed for the packet.  Work on it together.  DO NOT have one person do 1/3 and then just exchange and copy.  Talk to each other and figure it out.

DO NOT USE YOUR PHONES!!!  USE YOUR BRAINS.  You may be surprised by your insights and interpretations.

Gredel is such a joker!!!

Objective:  The students will read an awesome Hemingway story.

1.  Grendel 5-6 Quiz

2.  Discuss Chapters

3.  Hemingway PP and Notes

4.  Read Hills Like White Elephants

Let's Look at How Essays Will Be Scored

Objective:  The students will see how essays are scored and get some practice themselves.

1.  Point of View Chapter Outline (again, if it is not done, you can't do it now for your packet)

2.  How to Quote Power Point and Notes

3.  Student Sample Essays and Q2 Rubrics.  DO NOT LOSE THESE!!!

4.  Grendel 6 due tomorrow

How was your weekend? Oregon wins! Pats win! Mine was good.

Objective:  The students will discuss the TTSTCANDI with the entire class.

1.  Get out Eveline, Grendel 5 and Theme Chart 3-4

2.  Discuss Eveline.  Such a great story for characterization and tone.  So sad too!

3.  Complete Chapter outline for Perrine's Prose Unit 2:  Point of View.  Due tomorrow.

Day off from Grendel.  But will pick it back up tomorrow.

Happy Homecoming Day! Good Luck Football Players!

Objective:  Complete analyzing Eveline.


1.  I want all graded papers in YOUR FOLDERS TODAY!  ORGANIZED!!

2.  Theme Chart Grendel Chapters 3-4

3.  TTSTCANDI for Eveline and close reading

4.  Grendel Chapter 5 and handout.  That Dragon is a tricky one!!

Go to the game and support the players, band, cheer and dance.  And the Homecoming Court!  See you there!

Have a great weekend.

Happy Thursday People!

Objective:  Students will take the multiple choice test and do well.

This is a two day lesson plan since tomorrow is a Rally Day (aka sleep in, go to IHop, ditch the rally, and go home early day).  I am not suggesting that you do this.... I just know seniors!  I am like the Dragon... A realist. 

1.  MC Test #1 (for points in the computer)'

2.  Theme Chart Grendel Chapters 3-4

3.  TTSTCANDI for Eveline and close reading

4.  Grendel Chapter 5 and handout.  That Dragon is a tricky one!!

Same thing tomorrow.  Have a great weekend.

ALICE Training Day

Objective:  The students will TTSTCANDI a sad, but great story about love and change.

1.  Allusion Notes:  Cain and Abel:  What's the connection to Grendel Chapter 4?

2.  Alice Training:  All Periods.

3.  Eveline TTSTCANDI

4.  Grendel Chapter 5.  You have two days to read it.  It is a bit confusing (the Dragon is DEEP), so you have two days to do it.

That Grendel chapter: The imagery alone is powerful!

Objective:  The students will discuss the social commentary presented in Grendel 3.

1.  Grendel 3 Quiz (get out Grendel text, Grendel 3 worksheet and Outline.  I want to grade them all)

2.  Grendel 3 Discussion and PP

3.  Perrine's Chapter 4 outline discussion

4.  Grendel 4

Tomorrow we TTSTCANDI a new story:  "Eveline"

All essays have been scored. They were... ehhh.

Objective:  The students will outline Perrine's Chapter 4 on theme and read Grendel chapter 3

1.  Your essays will be put in the grade book today.  I will give them back tomorrow after everyone has written it,  You have until today to do it.  Or it's a zero.

2.  Summer Work points go in today also.  50 points.

3.  Outline Perrine's Chapter 4 Theme

4.  Read and analyze Grendel Chapter 3 and complete handout.

It is a happy Friday!

Objective:  The students will analyze the first two chapters of Grendel for development of the two UTs.

Summer Work:  Due September 16.

1.  Allegory of the Cave Notes

2.  Allegory of the Cave video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA

3.  Grendel 2 Quiz:  I need scores for period 2 for yesterday too.

4.  Grendel Social Commentary PP

4.  Theme work through chapter 1-2.

Grendel Quiz: Hope you read this one Miles!

Objective:  The students will analyze Grendel chapter 1 and then read Chapter 2.

1.  Grendel 1 Quiz

2.  Work in pairs on Chapter 1 analysis.

3.  Read Chapter 2 by tomorrow.

We start our first possible Q3 Work today: Grendel

Objective:  The students will know some background information on our first book.

1.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvlASWdB9Sc

2.  Allusion Notes:  Zodiac

3.  Grendel Notes and Intro

4.  Chapter 1:  Close Read Chapter 1.  Quiz tomorrow.

Your First AP Essay

Objective:  The students will use what they have learned so far and write a great essay on a character that we have discussed and analyzed.

1.  Get out three sheets of paper and a pen.

2.  Write on ONE SIDE ONLY or it will not be graded.

3.  Write neatly.

4.  Remember how it will be scored.  1 point for thesis.  4 points for proving it.  1 point for great writing.  You are shooting for a 4 or higher.

You need Grendel Chapter 1 by tomorrow.  Printed.  Not on a phone. 

Oregon wins!!!! Patriots win!!! That was a good weekend.

Objective:  The students will discuss Miss Brill, an excellent character study.

Note:  Have you bought or printed Grendel yet?  We start Wednesday!

Get out your Miss Brill TTSTCANDI so that I can grade it.

1.  AP Notes:  Characters:  Foils and Mirrors

2.  Discuss Miss Brill and TTSTCANDI

First Essay tomorrow.  This will be worth 100 points and it will set a baseline for your writing on the new AP Essay Rubric.

OK I HAVE to get these essay rewrites read, so you need to let me!!

Objective:  The students will read a great short story and look into its characterization and deeper metophoric  meanings to figure out the Universal Truth.

1.  Miss Brill TTSTCANDI.  Due Monday completed!  Probably a quiz too.  Tatum.

Here is the link if you're absent (Tatum and Nadia):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dNToghLQb0Dsj2uPGmxQAOu3cVWjxoJ-/view?usp=sharing

Note:  Tomorrow is the first UCR AP Test Prep Seminar.  Info is posted by the door.  If you go to the English Lit Sessions you will get 50 points of Extra Credit.  Save all notes and materials to show me.

Happy Pre-Friday!

Objective:  The students will discuss TTSTCANDI for How I Met and complete MC Practice.

REWRITES!!!!  They were due Tuesday!!!!! BUT I will take up to tomorrow.   YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION!!!!

1.  How I Met My Husband discussion:  Power Point

2.  MC Practice:  This is our third one.  Next week it will be individual and for points in the gradebook.

I love that story! Mrs. Bird is a Hoot! (haha, I made a joke)

Objective:  The students will analyze the story with a partner.

1.  Quiz (10 points)

2.  Notes on colors

3.  TTSTCANDI chart for How I Met My Husband

4. Vote Maya Moore for Homecoming Queen this Friday!