Good MOrning!

Objective:  The students will complete a simple yet complex poem by Gwen Brooks.

1.  Sample Annotated Bibliography page for research project.  If you were out yesterday due to giving blood please get the project packet for the book that you choose.  Join a group.

2.  New poem:  "kitchenette building"

3.  Poetry Packet 1 due tomorrow.  70 points.

If I don't see you tomorrow... I am THANKFUL for you all!  You are all a great group of kids.  Have a great holiday.  Give hugs to your family... eat... drink (non-alcohol) ... and READ!

 

Objective:  The students will discuss "Mirror" and pick groups and project topics after intro to both novels.

1.  AP Test Registration Info Sheet.

2.  "Mirror" TTSTCANDI

3.  Handmaid's Tale Intro:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TCCL8jGIfZ1jSeuSzGB1SdBS5DXrNkGi/view?usp=sharing

4.  Frankenstein Intro:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qeJIGl_oOi7qJgKSir2hFqV6jyMS-8TPrtNxcacV6bg/edit#slide=id.p7

5.  Groups and Topics

Handmaid's or Frankenstein

Objective:  The students will TTSTCANDI a poem by Sylvia Plath.

1.  I need to make copies of the project packets, so please indicate on the board which novel you have chosen to read and research.

2.  Perrine's Poetry Chapter 2 Discussion

3.  "Mirror" analysis.  Complete a close read of the poem and a TTSTCANDI on your own separate paper.

Objective:  The students will discuss their poem analysis.

1.  Get out "Out, out."

2.  Read it again with the speaker:

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

3.  Discuss the elements of the poem that you saw.  Add details as we cover over it.

4.  Complete Perrine's Poetry Chapter 2 "Reading the Poem"

Have your book, either Handmaid's Tale or Frankenstein by Tuesday.

Crappy way to start the day.

Objective:  The students will discuss their first poem.

1.  Allusion Notes:  Macbeth

2.  Perrine's Poetry Chapter 1 Discussion

3.  "Out, Out" TTSTCANDI

Have you bought your book yet?  Monday we start.

Now for some peace while watching TV.... Election Day is over!

Objective:  The students will complete a chapter reading and outline.

1.  Make sure tone and lit terms are complete from Poetry 1 Unit.

2.  Complete Perrine's Poetry Chapter 1 Reading and Outline.  Due tomorrow.

Last Two Presentations

Objective:  The students will complete the last two presentations and begin the first poetry unit.

1.  Prentations

2.  Perrine's Poetry Unit:  Complete Tone and lit terms today.

I have been pretty impressed with most of your presentations.  I think that most of you have learned quite a bit in 12 weeks.  Keep moving forward.

Time to buy your book!

Objective:  The students will present their Hemingway stories.

1.  You need to have your book by next Monday.  Frankenstein is available in the library.  Handmaid's Tale is available on Amazon.  If you close read the book you will not have to do dialectic journals which is part of your project.

2.  Hemingway Presentations

Presentations Take Two

Objective:  To not piss Mr. Warren off.

OK let's try this again...

Presentations.  All listeners will take notes on each story.  If I see a phone looked at during a presentation, your GROUP loses 20 percent of your grade.  Is this legal?  YES.  That's participation points.  Don't try me.

Presentations and Packets

Objective:  The students will present their Nick Adams' story and turn in Prose 2 Packets.

Progress Reports are due already!!! 

1.  Turn in Prose 2 Packet:  There should be 10 things.  In order.  With cover sheet on top.

2.  Presentations.  All listeners will take notes on each story.  If I see a phone looked at during a presentation, your GROUP loses 20 percent of your grade.  Is this legal?  YES.  That's participation points.  Don't try me.

Grendel Essays Graded.... I was kinda happy.

Objective:  The students will complete the last TTSTCANDI of a Hemingway story for Prose Packet 2 complettion.

1.  Essays:  There were some bright spots.  And there were come that just frustrated me....  Like I have been talking to myself for the last 10 weeks.  Here is what I saw:
    a) Many of you still are writing EPIC intros.  How long should it be?  What should be in the most important part on a Q3 when the prompt asks, ""the meaning of the work as a whole"?
    b) How do we punctuate a title correctly?  You must know this.  It just makes you look bad in the first sentence of the essay.
    c)  Read the prompt.  What does it repeat?  If it repeats something (three times) you better focus on that!  Mention it several times in the paper.
    d)  STOP slapping in quotes.  Man I hate that.
    e)  Some of you wrote about how the author used devices.  This prompt didn't ask for that.  Your paragraphs should not have been limited to TTSTCANDI analysis.
    f)  Some of you have made it this far in High School on BS.  You are a good writer, so you think BS will be enough to pass.  But if you don't know the book, your essay grade will reflect your BS.

2.  Complete the last TTSTCANDI for Prose Packet 2.  "Three Day Blow"  The whole packet is due on Thursday.

3.  Tomorrow and Wednesday you will work on Hemingway Presentations.  They start Thursday.

Happy Friday

Objective:  Students will pick their Nick Adam's Story to present to the class.

1.  MC Practice:

2.  Project Discussion

Here is the link:

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GhGkKHgKN0ELOuSwpSYBiXNSjCU3hoyw/view?usp=sharing

3.  Pick story and get into groups to work.

4.  Albert.io sign up.  Come to the front computer and enter your email address to get the "Invitation" email to create your place in the "class."

Monday we will read the last story in Prose 2 Packet.

Softball game last night... I was steller! :)

Objective:  The students will read a Nick Adams story and analyze it using TTSTCANDI.

No MC Thursday today.  I forgot to do my homework.  We will do it tomorrow.

I have Letters of Rec to do, so work quietly and let me write nice things.

1.  Discuss "The Cat in the Rain" with a partner. 

2.  Read and TTSTCANDI "The End of Something"

Tomorrow MC Practice and Group Work

Cool Little Story...

Objective:  The students will discuss their analysis of Hills Like White Elephants.

1.  Discuss Hills Like White Elephants

2.  Complete your TTSTCANDI for Cat in the Rain.  This is due tomorrow.

Let's Not Talk About It!

Objective:  The students will read and analyze one of the simplest, yet complex stories by Hemingway.

1.  Close Read "Hills Like White Elephants"

2.  Complete a TTSTCANDI with a partner.  Discuss things you see and the overall meaning of the story.

3.  Look closely at the characters.  How does the American fit a typical male character in a Hemingway story (yesterday's notes).

The Grave and Hills Like White Elephants

Objective:  The students will discuss their analysis of The Grave.

1.  Get with a partner and discuss "The Grave" TTSTCANDI.

2.  Discuss "The Grave" with me.

3.  Heminway Notes

4.  Read "Hill Like White Elephants" and complete TTSTCANDI.

Happy Friday!!

Objective:  The students will write a darn good essay.

1.  Grendel Q3 Essay.  You have one perios.

No phones.
Write in pen.
Write one side only.
Do all the things that I told you to do... and it will be good.

It was nice meeting 15 of your parents yesterday!!!

Objective:  The students will see 10 different REAL AP Q3 Prompts and brainstorm in groups how they would approach each one on an essay for class.

NOTE:  RUSD has decided to NOT PAY for Turnitin.com anymore.... so feel free to plagiarize.

1.  "The Grave"... we will work with that on Monday.  Today and tomorrow we have to put Grendel to rest.

2.  Let's look at what a Q3 Prompt looks like.

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap18-frq-english-literature.pdf?course=ap-english-literature-and-composition

3.  Grendel Prompt worksheet.  In groups, look at all prompts and figure out what you would write about if you were given the prompt TOMORROW to write an essay for Grendel.

4.  On the board, pick your top 2 prompts that you would LOVE to have tomorrow.  NO PROMISES!!!

Good Morning!!! Missed You!!

Objective:  The students will complete the next story in the prose unit 2.

1.  Get your folder and Q3 Study Form out.  I will call you 1 at a time for grading of each.  Be prepared to show me 3 of the following:

a)  The Destructors TTSTCANDI
b)  Allusion Notes on Pandora's Box
c)  MC Practice "New York"
d)  Essay Number 1 Miss Brill
e)  Chapter 2 Outline or Notes: Plot and Structure


2.  Read and complete TTSTCANDI for "The Grave."  If I were you, I would read the TTSTCANDI questions/prompts and that will aid your reading/analysis.

MC Test

Objective:  The students will complete their MC Midterm and a Grendel Q3 Study Form.

1.  No phones today or your MC tests will not be graded.  Write you name in the left hand corner.  And put your student number.  If I have to look up your number, it is -10% on your score.

2.  Grendel Q3 Study Form.

Here is the link:  It will be typed and submitted into Turnitin.com.  If it is more than 25% similar to another student, both will get zeros.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eDGKjWwIdRqEvwnn6bh9sZ0iq5shQrVF/view?usp=sharing

Q3 Study Form you will work on tomorrow and Monday in preparation for your Grendel Q3 Essay on Tuesday.

Finish Grendel Today

Objective:  The students will complete reading of Grendel and prepare their Grendel packet for grading.

1.  Grendel 11 PP Discussion (very short today)

2.  Grendel 12. 

3.  Complete packet.  There are 12 chapter questions and 12 theme sheets to include.  In order for easy grading.  Due Thursday.

4.  MC Q. 1 Final on Thursday.

Finish Grendel by Tuesday!!

Objective:  The students will complete Grendel Analysis.

1.  Get your Pedestrian Writing.  If you want to see GREAT paragraphs, look at Sienna's or Angela's from 1st period and Sofia's from 2nd.

2.  Discuss Grendel 10

3.  Grendel 11 reading and analysis.

Happy Friday My Favorite Class!!!

Objective:  The students will practice MC and complete Grendel 10 analysis.

1.  MC Practice:  Now, you think YOU have a tough life??  Well...

2.  Complete Chapter 10 Grendel Analysis

Have a great weekend.  If you have not organized your binder yet, get to it!

Grendel, must finish!

Objective:  The students will get through Grendel Chapter 9.

1.  Discuss Grendel 8

2.  Grendel 9

Here is the schedule for the rest of Grendel:

Today:  Grendel 9
Friday:  Grendel 10

Mon:  Grendel 11
Tuesday:  Grendel 12
Wed: SAT PSAT etc....
Thursday:  Multiple Choice First Quarter Midterm and First Quarter Binder Check and Grendel Packet Due
Friday:  Grendel Q3 Study Form (I will be in Illinois)

Monday:  Grendel Q3 Study Form (I will be in Illinois)

For Grad Gowns:  

Notes: Seniors only need to fill the form out once and will need to be logged in to their RUSD learns account in order to fill out the form. 

https://goo.gl/forms/mcL5uGTrmPhHqbHE2

Short Day

Objective:  The students will discuss Grendel Chapter 7.

1.  Grendel 7 Power Point

2.  Grendel 7 Theme Work and Questions

3.  Grendel 8

Eveline: What a great story... but so sad.

Objective:  The students will get into groups of four to really look deeper at Eveline.

1.  Get out your close read story. 

2.  Go over my close reading and highlight the specific sections you need to look at more closely.

3.  Complete TTSTCANDI in your groups.  I am going to visit each group and I want to hear/see some insightful analysis.

4.  Grendel Chapter 7

Today we have a great, but pretty depressing story!

Objective:  The students will read Eveline and TTSTCANDI Analyze.

1.  Allusion Notes:  Helen of Troy

2.  Eveline:  Close Reading and TTSTCANDI (All due tomorrow!!!

The Choir kids were so GOOD last night. Totally impressed.

Objective:  The students will read a piece and write one body paragraph that focuses on the author's use of tone.

1.  Go over Chapter 5 on point of view.

2.  "The Pedestrian" excerpt and writing.

Have a great weekend.  If you are not caught up to Chapter 6 in Grendel....  do it.

MC Thursday

Objective:  The students will outline the Chapter on POV.

1.  MC Practice:  Group EC Challenge.  Next week it is for a 1/4 grade.  Two pieces.

2.   Outline Perrine's Chapter 5 on Point of View

Every time I read Grendel, I see something new!

Objective:  The students will continue analyzing Grendel DEEPLY!!

1.  Allusion Notes:  Jesus' Tempation

2.  Grendel 5 Discussion

3.  Grendel Chapter 6

Good Morning Everyone!

Objective:  The students will discuss how to develop themes in literature.

1.  Perrine's Theme Chapter Notes/Outline Discussion

2.  Grendel Chapter 5.  Read and complete questions/theme analysis.

Quiz for sure tomorrow.  Allie...

Essay are Done

Objective:  The students will outline the Theme chapter in Perrine's.

1.  Share Grendel Chapter 4 Theme information with partner.

2.  Perrine's Chapter 4 Theme Outline for tomorrow.

Powder Puff Today!!! Come see how much football girls can learn in a week! It's pretty cool!

Objective:  The students will complete analysis of Grendel Chapter 4

1.  Grendel Quiz on Chapter 3 (10 points)

2.  Share your theme findings with your partner from Chapter 3

3.  Prose Packet Cover Sheet Handout:  Complete Tone and Lit Terms

Homework:  Grendel Chapter 4

Grendel Quiz:  Respond to the following passage from Chapter 3 in a specific paragraph that shows that you have read the chapter:  Tell context of the quote (what has happened?  What new characters were introduced?   What has happened to Hrothgar's kingdom?

At the end of the chapter:  "I was so filled with sorrow and tenderness I could hardly have found it in my heart to snatch a pig!"

"Thus I fled, ridiculous hairy creature torn apart by poetry."

Multiple Choice Thursday

Objective:  The students will compete in a MC Challenge.

1.  MC Practice

2.  Extra Credit Group MC

3.  Complete Grendel Chapter 3 Reading and Analysis

Grendel Two

Objective:  The students will discuss Chapter 2 and it's connection to today's allusion.

1.  Allusion Notes:  Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

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

2.  Grendel Chapter 2 Discussion

3.  Complete Chapter 2 Work.

4.  No Reading Tonight.  Get caught up if needed.

Grendel Chapter 1.... What did you think?

Objective:  The students will dive deeper into Grendel Chapter 1.

1.  Allusion Notes:  "Sisyphus"

2.  Grendel Group Work:  Look deeper.  Share what you saw.

3.  Grendel Chapter 1 PP Discussion:  What did I see?

4.  Grendel Chapter 2:  Read.

Grendel Chapter 1

Objective:  The students will know the background to Grendel.

1.  Allusion Notes:  Zodiac

2.  Grendel Intro PP

3.  Grendel Chapter 1 Themes, Philosophy and Questions

MC Friday

Objective:  The students will practice a prose piece.

1.  MC Practice

2.  Define the following Terms on the paper:

allegory, personification, simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration, allusions, speculations, aesthetic, pragmatic, subjective, objective, romantic, arrogant

3.  Grendel starts Monday.

Tomorrow You Write

Read below the following passage from Katherine Mansfield’s story “Miss Brill.”  Then write a careful analysis of how the narrator reveals the character of Miss Brill.  You may emphasize whichever devices (tone, imagery, point of view) that you find most significant.

1.  Active Shooter Discussion

2.  Prepare Prose Packet for Grade and Show your binder.  90 points.

3.  Discuss Miss Brill Close Reading.  You will not have the complete story tomorrow.

Sub tomorrow.  If you are late, you only have your regular period top write it, so don't be late (Allie).

Read below the following passage from Katherine Mansfield’s story “Miss Brill.” Then write a careful analysis of how the narrator reveals the character of Miss Brill. You may emphasize whichever devices (tone, imagery, point of view) that you find most significant.

Objective:  The students will think about how they would use Miss Brill to complete the prompt above.

Note:  Myscholly.com was not working.  It is now:

rwarren@rusd.k12.ca.us
Jeffrey1

1.  Allusion Notes

2.  Miss Brill discussion

3.  Tomorrow we will turn in the Prose Packet 1 for 100 points,  Put everything in order of the cover sheet.  I am also going to look at your binder for THIS CLASS for 10 points.  Have it.  Organized.

Grendel: Did you get it?

Objective:  The students will complete discussion of "The Lighthouse" and finish their last story from the first Prose Packet.

1.  Let me see you copy of Grendel.

2.  Allusion Notes:  Narcissus and Echo"

2. Read over one more time "The Lighthouse"

3.  Discuss and go over the questions.

4.  Begin "Miss Brill" and the TTSTCANDI

Don't Forget Grengel on Monday!!

Objective:  Then students will practice MC part of the AP Test.

1.  Allusion Notes:  The Triple Goddess

2.  Finish All Presentations (50 points to computer today)

3.  MC Practice:  The Lighthouse

After grading:  List 10 vocabulary words that you need to know for this piece.  Look them up and write definitions on the practice handout.

Homework:  .  Need your Grendel Book on Monday.

Objective:  The students will discuss their TTSTCANDI Analysis of "How I Met My Husband"

1.  Allusion Notes:  Colors
2.  TTSTCANDI Check (10 points)
3.  Presentations
4.  "How I Met My Husband" Presentation and Discussion
5.  Diction and Tone Practice

Colors in Lit:

White:  Traditionally means purity, goodness.  In Literary fiction, it often means winter, approach of old age and death.

Orange:  Midday, high noon of existence, harvest, pride and ambition.

Black:  Sorrow, evil, death, void, corruption, destruction and despair.

Gray:  Mediocrity and depression.

Red:  Sexual passion, the first time, anger, healthy spontaneity.

Green:  Youth, vigor, nature, fertility, growth hope and change.

Yellow:  Sickness and weakness.

Purple:  Royalty, riches, quickening of human life.

Violet:  Colder than purple, suggests death approaching, memory, knowledge, sorrow and mourning.

Blue:  Truth, dawning of human life, intellect, color of morning.

Finish "How I Met My Husband"

Objective:  The students will complete analysis of the story.

1.  Literary Allusion:  Baptism

2.  Presentations:  Two More Per Day.

3.  Complete TTSTCANDI of "How I Met My Husband"  due tomorrow COMPLETE.

How was your long weekend? Rested?

Objective:  The students will discuss Characterization and Characters from Chapter 3. 

1.  Allusion Notes:  Adam and Eve

2.  Presentations: 

3.  Chapter 3 Discussion

4.  Read and TTSTCANDI "How I Met My Husband"

Important Dates:        Summer Work Due:  September 14
                                   Grendel Novel:         September 10
                                  AP Readiness Class at UCR:  September 29  9 am to 2 -pm (25 points EC)