Reminder: Final poetry project is due typed and perfect October 16, 2008. Each late day is a letter grade off. Please continue to work on it for a few minutes each night. You won't regret doing this.
Monday, September 29, 2008: Complete the outline you were given in class. Please make an effort to leave nothing blank and to do your best work. This will count as a grade for the marking period.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008: Using the handout you were given last week, begin to properly create your annotated bibliography.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008: Read a poem from your anthologies, and write a journal entry based on what you read. Please annotate the poem, using flags, and be prepared to show me on Thursday what you read. Bring in your book.
Thursday, October 2, 2008: Bring in your music and illustrations for Sestina.
Friday, October 3, 2008: Annotate the excerpt from "Henry IV, Part II."
Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Teaching Terms Self-evaluation
This is your first time participating in teaching your fellow classmates or in having your classmates teach you hard stuff. You will be doing this all year. Take a few minutes to think about how you did or if you haven't gone yet, how you participated as a classmate.
1> Was your presentation creative?
2) Did you keep it short?
3) Did you define your term both out loud and on paper?
4) Did you check to make sure your classmates learned the term?
Additional questions: Were you prepared at the start of class? If not, why not?
2) Did you ask your teacher for help if you didn't understand the term you were assigned to teach? If not, why not?
For Classmates:
1) If you were watching your classmates, did you create a flashcard? Did you ask questions if you didn't understand the term?
2)Did you give your classmates eye contact and other ways of demonstrating active attention?
1> Was your presentation creative?
2) Did you keep it short?
3) Did you define your term both out loud and on paper?
4) Did you check to make sure your classmates learned the term?
Additional questions: Were you prepared at the start of class? If not, why not?
2) Did you ask your teacher for help if you didn't understand the term you were assigned to teach? If not, why not?
For Classmates:
1) If you were watching your classmates, did you create a flashcard? Did you ask questions if you didn't understand the term?
2)Did you give your classmates eye contact and other ways of demonstrating active attention?
Homework for the Week of September 22, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008 Answer the self-evaluation post (above this one) in the comment section about your participation and/or teaching of your first term.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008: Revise your essay again, if you would like a better grade. If you do not, choose one paragraph to revise.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008: Annotate Sestina, and prepare an illustration and bring in some music as if you were making a "soundtrack" for the poem.
Thursday, September 25, 2008: Work on your annotated bibliography using the guide you have been given in class.
Friday, September 26, 2008: Prepare the two poems and the outline you have been given for your in-class essay test on Monday. No one will be aloud to take the test if the outline is incomplete and/or the outline is not finished.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008: Revise your essay again, if you would like a better grade. If you do not, choose one paragraph to revise.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008: Annotate Sestina, and prepare an illustration and bring in some music as if you were making a "soundtrack" for the poem.
Thursday, September 25, 2008: Work on your annotated bibliography using the guide you have been given in class.
Friday, September 26, 2008: Prepare the two poems and the outline you have been given for your in-class essay test on Monday. No one will be aloud to take the test if the outline is incomplete and/or the outline is not finished.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Writing Tips Part 2
1. Choose a tense and stick to it. If you begin your essay, "Wordsworth wrote," you have chosen the past tense. Your next sentence can't be "Wordsworth writes."
2. Do not switch to the 2nd person point of view. Example, "In the poem, the author chooses words to show how constraining the form of the sonnet is. Therefore, you can't be as creative if you only have ten syllables to a line!" Instead, revise the line to say,"ten syllables is too rigid a constraint to place on a form of writing intended to express creative thought." Or something like that.
3. Use topic sentences!
4. Stick to proving whatever your topic sentence promises to defend. For example, if your topic sentence says "Wordsworth uses imagery to elaborate on the restrictions of the sonnet." The rest of the paragraph should have examples and analysis of how the images are restrictive and NOTHING ELSE.
5. Use transitional phrases to move from one paragraph to another. For example, while Wordsworth seems to dislike the Sonnet, Keats on the other hand, seems to admire the form.
2. Do not switch to the 2nd person point of view. Example, "In the poem, the author chooses words to show how constraining the form of the sonnet is. Therefore, you can't be as creative if you only have ten syllables to a line!" Instead, revise the line to say,"ten syllables is too rigid a constraint to place on a form of writing intended to express creative thought." Or something like that.
3. Use topic sentences!
4. Stick to proving whatever your topic sentence promises to defend. For example, if your topic sentence says "Wordsworth uses imagery to elaborate on the restrictions of the sonnet." The rest of the paragraph should have examples and analysis of how the images are restrictive and NOTHING ELSE.
5. Use transitional phrases to move from one paragraph to another. For example, while Wordsworth seems to dislike the Sonnet, Keats on the other hand, seems to admire the form.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Telephone Conferences--Changes Posted
Telephone Conferences: Let's rotate this way until further notice...
Mondays: Manny, Frank, Katherine, Kyle
Tuesdays: Estefany, Stephanie
Wednesdays: Nadege, Jeriel, Matthew
Thursdays: Chris, Elizabeth, Jennifer
remember to call prepared with
1) what you have done
2) what is left to do
3) what you need my help with
thanks,
Lauren
Mondays: Manny, Frank, Katherine, Kyle
Tuesdays: Estefany, Stephanie
Wednesdays: Nadege, Jeriel, Matthew
Thursdays: Chris, Elizabeth, Jennifer
remember to call prepared with
1) what you have done
2) what is left to do
3) what you need my help with
thanks,
Lauren
Monday, September 15, 2008
Homework for the week of 9/15/08
Monday: Work on your annotated bibliographies. Remember to use the MLA format.
Tuesday: Revise your essay or finish your essay if you weren't prepared last week. Use the writing tips on the blog and make sure you have an outline and a clear thesis statement first.
Wednesday: Prepare to present your metrical term to the rest of the class.
Thursday: Respond to Sestina by bringing in a piece of music that you would set this poem to as well as an illustration or picture that you think best represents the poem.
Friday: Prepare your outline and annotations for an in class poetry timed practice test on Monday.
Tuesday: Revise your essay or finish your essay if you weren't prepared last week. Use the writing tips on the blog and make sure you have an outline and a clear thesis statement first.
Wednesday: Prepare to present your metrical term to the rest of the class.
Thursday: Respond to Sestina by bringing in a piece of music that you would set this poem to as well as an illustration or picture that you think best represents the poem.
Friday: Prepare your outline and annotations for an in class poetry timed practice test on Monday.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Writing Tips
1. Don't flatter, wax poetic, or languish praise upon the text you've read. When you say something about how "amazing" the poem was, an AP reader thinks you sound disingenuous and indicates that you lack precise words to analyze and discuss the poem.
2. Don't use a word unless you know how to use it and what it really means. So, don't say ironic when you mean sarcastic.
3. DO pre-write, outline, and generally sketch out your thoughts BEFORE you begin your essay. The more organized and clear you are about what you will say, the better your essay will flow and the more sense it will make.
4. Remember that paragraphs need topic sentences. Topic sentences should come from a clear thesis statement. Your essays should not feel like journals or thoughts on paper. They should sound formal and well thought out.
5. Don't preach. No one wants to read platitudes, aphorisms, or sermons. Instead we want to read how the author achieves something and what that something has to do with a universal question (perhaps the human dilemma).
2. Don't use a word unless you know how to use it and what it really means. So, don't say ironic when you mean sarcastic.
3. DO pre-write, outline, and generally sketch out your thoughts BEFORE you begin your essay. The more organized and clear you are about what you will say, the better your essay will flow and the more sense it will make.
4. Remember that paragraphs need topic sentences. Topic sentences should come from a clear thesis statement. Your essays should not feel like journals or thoughts on paper. They should sound formal and well thought out.
5. Don't preach. No one wants to read platitudes, aphorisms, or sermons. Instead we want to read how the author achieves something and what that something has to do with a universal question (perhaps the human dilemma).
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
The Lanyard
So, how does Billy Collins make us understand that we can never repay a mother's love and that that is totally ok? What devices does he use to make that message clear? Where does the tone shift? Give it your best shot!
Monday, September 08, 2008
Homework for the week of 9/8/08
Hi All,
Here are the assignments for the week. It should go without saying that you should be working independently on your research project,but, there, I said it.
Monday night 9/8/08
Using this link, http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms
create flashcards for 10 terms and bring them in Tuesday.
Tuesday: annotate the paper copy of the poem and write a journal entry for "The Lanyard." Anyone who wants a head start on this, the poem can be found here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4990320. You can also listen to a radio interview with Billy Collins if you are interested. All of this information will help you to write a better journal entry. Oh, and here he is reading the poem
http://asset.teachersdomain.org/resource/pe08.rla.genre.poetry.collinyard
Wednesday: Write a journal entry from your anthology. Try to choose a DWG and make sure it is from the 16th century this time.
Thursday: Compare and contrast the Keats and Wordsworth poems. Have both annotated and be ready to use your annotated copies for the in-class essay on Friday.
Friday: Create 6 (six) multiple choice questions in the AP format and style based on any poem we have read in class. Be prepared for your classmates to answer them and make sure you can justify and explain your answer.
Telephone Conferences: Let's rotate this way until further notice...
Mondays: Manny, Frank, Katherine
Tuesdays: Jeriel, Estefany, Stephanie
Wednesdays: Nadege, Kyle, Matthew
Thursdays: Chris, Elizabeth, Jennifer
Here are the assignments for the week. It should go without saying that you should be working independently on your research project,but, there, I said it.
Monday night 9/8/08
Using this link, http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms
create flashcards for 10 terms and bring them in Tuesday.
Tuesday: annotate the paper copy of the poem and write a journal entry for "The Lanyard." Anyone who wants a head start on this, the poem can be found here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4990320. You can also listen to a radio interview with Billy Collins if you are interested. All of this information will help you to write a better journal entry. Oh, and here he is reading the poem
http://asset.teachersdomain.org/resource/pe08.rla.genre.poetry.collinyard
Wednesday: Write a journal entry from your anthology. Try to choose a DWG and make sure it is from the 16th century this time.
Thursday: Compare and contrast the Keats and Wordsworth poems. Have both annotated and be ready to use your annotated copies for the in-class essay on Friday.
Friday: Create 6 (six) multiple choice questions in the AP format and style based on any poem we have read in class. Be prepared for your classmates to answer them and make sure you can justify and explain your answer.
Telephone Conferences: Let's rotate this way until further notice...
Mondays: Manny, Frank, Katherine
Tuesdays: Jeriel, Estefany, Stephanie
Wednesdays: Nadege, Kyle, Matthew
Thursdays: Chris, Elizabeth, Jennifer
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