10/31/2014

Write college admissions essay

Rhetoric PP on my website

List of terms handed out today--pick up from me Monday if you missed class.

College Essay Assignment:

You must select a topic for either an admissions essay or a scholarship essay. Your prompt must allow for a topic that can produce an essay of at least 300-400 words. (Therefore, for many of you, short answer questions will not count.) Please do not include an essay that is significantly longer than 800 words.

If you need a prompt, go online to the Common Application site, or search for a possible scholarship topic.

You must retype the prompt at the top of the page. Then include the text of your essay and a word count. When you turn yours in, you can request comments if you're interested.

10/30/2014

NO HOMEWORK!!!!


Thank you to all of you who contributed to the poetry party today. I am impressed with the coordination and effort that went into planning this event--the hot cocoa provided such comfort on this cold, wet day. 
Additionally, congratulations on high Beast test scores! I haven't seen scores that high for a few years--this proves that study sessions work. Additionally, the camaraderie of the class as a whole working together towards one common goal results in high levels of success--so keep up the high quality work--it's working!!!

Ms. Johnson

10/29/2014

Poetry Party Tomorrow!!!!

What to bring???

• Your poem of course (must be at least 14 lines, and yes you are reading it out loud)
• Guys--healthy beverages
• Girls--fun desserts

Congratulations on all of your hard work this unit! Many of you came to the study sessions and put forth an impressive amount of effort and time to perform well on this test:)

Thank you!

Ms. Johnson

10/28/2014

*Final Poetry Essay Test tomorrow
Original Poem due Thursday for Poetry Tea Party

10/22/2014

*Excellent work on "The Dance" essays!

Homework:

• Studying for "The Beast"
• Practicing 40-minute timed poetry essay prompts
• Original Poem

***Friday: After-School Tutoring for Humanities students!

10/17/2014

Weekend homework:

Take Victorianism/Modernism notes on the the following poems:

Ulysses

Channel Firing    

Windhover

To an Athlete 

Leda and the Swan

Sailing to Byzantium 

Fire and Ice

Acquainted with the Night

Danse Russe

Monday Night readings:

Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 

Ars Poetica

Ars Poetica

Our Daily Bread

Anyone lived in a 

10/15/2014

HW: Finish Romanticism Readings tonight and work on original poem and/or glossary (flashcards whatever form  you wish to study your poetry terms with . . .)

***Look forward to hearing from those who didn't get to answer their "frozen in time" moment and also determine for yourself what the phrase "Truth is beauty; beauty is truth" means. For that, apparently, is all we need to know in life:)


Ms. Johnson

10/10/2014

Due Tuesday, October 14th: Prospectus 4-6

***Wed/Thurs October 15th/16th Study Session: We will go over the answers from this week's review.
***Friday, October 17th, will be the first after school study session for Humanities students. The study session will start right after school at 2:30 in my room.

***Things to also be working on:

*flashcards
*original poem

Ms. J

I hope you get some rest this weekend; you deserve it!!!

10/06/2014

Begin Prospectus Work:

Prospectus #4-6 due Tuesday, October 14th.

Structure of Prospectus:

T-Chart with three devices
On left-side the name of device
On right-side the analysis of that device and a connection to your thesis.

Thesis Statement listed below T-Chart

Body Paragraph: Choose one device from T-Chart as a focus. Write a topic sentence connecting that particular POA to the thesis statement. Then write a body paragraph including textual evidence to support how that device connects to your thesis statement.
At the end of your body paragraph, include a transitional sentence as if you were going to move to a new body paragraph.

***Finish notes on your own for Metaphysical poets--I feel the class has a solid understanding of the Metaphysical traits in poems--so we shall move on next week to Romanticism!!!
***Big essay test on Thursday, so talk to me if you are going to be absent.

10/06/2014

Today we discussed "The Canonization" by John Donne.
Tomorrow we will discuss the remaining Metaphysical poems.

***Poetry Prospectus 4-6 is Due October 14th: Same format, only 3 body paragraphs instead of intros; therefore, you will need a topic sentence for each body paragraph for one POA that you wish to focus on for that particular poem.
Prospectus Poem Requirements: You must select three poems that we have not analyzed in class, and one of them needs to be from a poet laureate in the last ten years.

Ms. Johnson

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

John Donne

10/05/2014

Metaphysical Readings:

***Note some of these poets are also known for Neoclassical Works; however, these readings were purposely selected as characteristic of Metaphysical in nature:

Note: I apologize for the delay in this homework request, so please only read and take notes on the John Donne poems for tomorrow’s discussion. The remaining poems will be saved for Tuesday’s discussion.

John Donne’s Poems:

“The Canonization”

“A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”

“The Flea”

Robert Herrick: “Upon Julia’s Clothes”

George Herbert: “The Collar”

***John Milton (considered in between Metaphysical and Romantic movements) “When I consider how my light is spent”

See you tomorrow!

Ms. J

10/01/2014

Please have all of the following works read by tomorrow:

Neoclassical Readings:

Ben Jonson: “On My First Son”

Robert Herrick: “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”

George Herbert: “The Altar”

John Milton: “When I consider how my light is spent”

Anne Bradstreet: “To My Dear and Loving Husband”

Andrew Marvell: “To His Coy Mistress”

Alexander Pope: “from An Essay on Man

***Today I gave a lecture on the Neoclassical Poetry Period-so see me or get notes from a friend.

"One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others."

-Moliere