Homework: "Araby" by James Joyce
Continue work on Metamorphosis projects
See you tomorrow!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
11/28/2011
Click on link below to see criteria for the project; however, as discussed in class today, the project itself has changed in that you can illustrate the criteria in any way you wish: poster, movie trailer, 3-D stage, live performance, and other possibilities. If you could just give me a courtesy heads up on electronic equipment I might need prior to Friday, that would be appreciated.
We will continue our reading schedule throughout the week as this project will be an out-of-class activity and discuss Good Country People tomorrow. I will be available Tues-Thurs after school for questions.
Friday will be reserved for Metamorphosis presentations.
Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis Project
Mrs. J
We will continue our reading schedule throughout the week as this project will be an out-of-class activity and discuss Good Country People tomorrow. I will be available Tues-Thurs after school for questions.
Friday will be reserved for Metamorphosis presentations.
Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis Project
Mrs. J
11/28/2011
Homework: Please read Flannery O'Connor's Good Country People on page 349. I don't need to ask you to come prepared to discuss because you always do!
Mrs. J
Mrs. J
Friday, November 18, 2011
11/18/2011
Read Kafka's Metamorphosis over the break page 191
Think existentialism
Since we didn't get to discuss the story much, here is a Power Point with discussion questions, info about Faulkner, and Freudian concepts explored in the story etc. Check it out!
A Rose for Emily Power Point
Psychoanalytical Criticism
Have a great break!!!
Mrs. Johnson
Think existentialism
Since we didn't get to discuss the story much, here is a Power Point with discussion questions, info about Faulkner, and Freudian concepts explored in the story etc. Check it out!
A Rose for Emily Power Point
Psychoanalytical Criticism
Have a great break!!!
Mrs. Johnson
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
11/15/2011
Please read "Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman on page 153, write your short story focus notes, and come to class Thursday ready to discuss that work as we will most likely fill tomorrow's class period continuing our "Young Goodman Brown" discussion--rock on witchcraft!
Mrs. J
Mrs. J
Thursday, November 10, 2011
11/10/2011
Weekend Homework:
* I decided not to quiz over rhetoric devices, but please do study the terms as you saw how many appeared just on that one practice AP Exam: anaphora, ellipsis, and one other one I can't think of at the moment.
We are now beginning our Short Story Unit, yah! This means that you will now begin writing your "Focus Notes" for each short story that we read. Those notes will be due at the end of the unit. A topic of focus is outlined for each short story in the assignment description sheet that I gave you yesterday.
***Please read "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathanial Hawthorne this weekend. (Sorry, I left my anthology at home, and therefore, cannot find the page number for you... it's of course in your anthology) and take notes on it, and come super prepared to discuss it on Monday!
For on your own Rhetoric Device Study, I created a Power Point of questions and answers from the "Living like Weasels" reading: Living Like Weasels
Have a great long weekend!
Mrs. Johnson
* I decided not to quiz over rhetoric devices, but please do study the terms as you saw how many appeared just on that one practice AP Exam: anaphora, ellipsis, and one other one I can't think of at the moment.
We are now beginning our Short Story Unit, yah! This means that you will now begin writing your "Focus Notes" for each short story that we read. Those notes will be due at the end of the unit. A topic of focus is outlined for each short story in the assignment description sheet that I gave you yesterday.
***Please read "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathanial Hawthorne this weekend. (Sorry, I left my anthology at home, and therefore, cannot find the page number for you... it's of course in your anthology) and take notes on it, and come super prepared to discuss it on Monday!
For on your own Rhetoric Device Study, I created a Power Point of questions and answers from the "Living like Weasels" reading: Living Like Weasels
Have a great long weekend!
Mrs. Johnson
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
11/09/2011
Nature Walk
A Transcendental Experience
Facilitator Directions:
Please read the following goal before beginning discussion:
***Through discussion, students will build authentic real world connections to text, which will increase comprehension.
1. Just like with the poetry tea party, please ask students to go around and share where they took their nature walk, why they chose that location, and what they experienced while there.
2. After they have shared the above items, please invite the student to share their piece of writing from their nature walk.
Monday, November 7, 2011
11/07/2011
Today in class:
1. We completed the peer edit for the College Admissions Essay-Final Draft is due Wednesday
2. Homework: Please read: : “Living Like Weasels” on page 1568 and jot down notes on rhetorical devices to mention during discussion.
***There will not be a reading assignment tomorrow night as you will be working on your final drafts to turn in Wednesday.
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Johnson
1. We completed the peer edit for the College Admissions Essay-Final Draft is due Wednesday
2. Homework: Please read: : “Living Like Weasels” on page 1568 and jot down notes on rhetorical devices to mention during discussion.
***There will not be a reading assignment tomorrow night as you will be working on your final drafts to turn in Wednesday.
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Johnson
Friday, November 4, 2011
11/04/2011
Excellent discussion yet again today. I really value your comments and will share them:)
Homework (It seems odd to include this next): Please read "Battle of the Ants" (a very short essay by Thoreau pg. 1558) in your anthologies.
Please bring a rough draft of your College Admissions Essay on Monday for a very meaningful peer edit session.
Here is a copy of my Power Point from today: College Admissions Essay Assignment
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. J
Homework (It seems odd to include this next): Please read "Battle of the Ants" (a very short essay by Thoreau pg. 1558) in your anthologies.
Please bring a rough draft of your College Admissions Essay on Monday for a very meaningful peer edit session.
Here is a copy of my Power Point from today: College Admissions Essay Assignment
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. J
Thursday, November 3, 2011
11/04/2011
Keep reviewing rhetoric devices and please begin reading "The Battle of the Ants." We will discuss the college admissions essay assignment tomorrow!
Mrs. J
Mrs. J
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
11/02/2011
I missed you all today. For tonight's homework, I have updated the Rhetorical Devices Power Point, so I will post that below, and I have added a disclaimer for you to read below before you read "A Modest Proposal."
A common mistake readers of "A Modest Proposal" often make is in the assumption of Swift's intended readers as "the English." This assumption could be a result of Swift's use of the "Projector" persona's reference to "them" and "they" when referring to the Irish as poor, but not all the Irish were poor, though all were affected by the economic exploitation of Ireland by England.
What effect would anonymous publication of such a pamphlet have upon the Irish readers? What effect would it have upon the English readers?
A to Z Rhetoric Devices (shoot, I just realized that it occurred to me earlier that the chiasmus example wasn't saved, so the older more antimetabole-esk example is still on the Power Point, thus I will have to update again! Anyway, for now, here are some more terms for fun! For fun, yeah!
Mrs. J
A common mistake readers of "A Modest Proposal" often make is in the assumption of Swift's intended readers as "the English." This assumption could be a result of Swift's use of the "Projector" persona's reference to "them" and "they" when referring to the Irish as poor, but not all the Irish were poor, though all were affected by the economic exploitation of Ireland by England.
What effect would anonymous publication of such a pamphlet have upon the Irish readers? What effect would it have upon the English readers?
A to Z Rhetoric Devices (shoot, I just realized that it occurred to me earlier that the chiasmus example wasn't saved, so the older more antimetabole-esk example is still on the Power Point, thus I will have to update again! Anyway, for now, here are some more terms for fun! For fun, yeah!
Mrs. J
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
11/01/2011
Tonight's Homework:
You will want to take notes on the Rhetorical Devices Power Point (already on the blog). Using the terms on the Power Point as guidance, look for rhetorical devices used in Bush's speech (link below). We will discuss these devices and their impact on the speech tomorrow in class.
Link for Bush's Speech
Mrs. J
You will want to take notes on the Rhetorical Devices Power Point (already on the blog). Using the terms on the Power Point as guidance, look for rhetorical devices used in Bush's speech (link below). We will discuss these devices and their impact on the speech tomorrow in class.
Link for Bush's Speech
Mrs. J
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