Bring annotated summer reading novels Wednesday, and I'll give you points for the annotations as well as the quotes that you wrote down in groups.
Vocabulary for Friday:Quizlet for Scarlet Letter, more advance words: Quizlet The entire list is found here: Scarlet Letter Vocab
TODAY: Discuss Patriarchy--Governor almost takes away Pearl to "properly" instruct her; Romanticism, evil.
HOMEWORK: Read chapters 15 and 16 of The Scarlet Letter
Vocabulary for Friday: words 15-24 on the following list Scarlet Letter Vocab "contumely" to "initrinsic"
If you were gone Monday: Read pages 2-12 (skip dates) in The American Experience.
Assignment: Write 7 quiz questions of you own testing the ideas and details in those pages.
Quiz over those pages tomorrow. Feel free to take photos with your camera or have a friend do so and email it to you if you don't have a Smart Phone.
Here's an extra article on Puritanism, if you're interested (not required)
Puritan influence in America
Friday, September 26, 2014
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Thor's Day, 25th day of Seventh Month (what the? I thought it was the 9th?)
I'M SICK TODAY AND NEED TO KEEP MY TALKING TO A MINIMUM. THAT MEANS YOU GUYS WILL RUN THE SHOW.
POEMS
Memorization due Monday
Vocab quiz tomorrow (Thank Isaac)
If you have it ready today, you get an extra credit point for reciting it to the class.
POEMS
October, Sonnet 73
Study Autumn Poems
what is the single most important word in the poem? Always ask yourself this question.
ROMANTICISM IN THE SCARLET LETTER
page 109, INTENSE PERSONAL EMOTION. THE STRUGGLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT. HUMANS ARE AMAZING, AND THEIR STRUGGLES ARE WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT. HESTER IS ALL HEART. HEART IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MIND.
115-117,
WHO WANTS TO READ?
THANK YOU, NATHAN
POEMS
Memorization due Monday
Vocab quiz tomorrow (Thank Isaac)
If you have it ready today, you get an extra credit point for reciting it to the class.
POEMS
October, Sonnet 73
Study Autumn Poems
what is the single most important word in the poem? Always ask yourself this question.
ROMANTICISM IN THE SCARLET LETTER
page 109, INTENSE PERSONAL EMOTION. THE STRUGGLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT. HUMANS ARE AMAZING, AND THEIR STRUGGLES ARE WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT. HESTER IS ALL HEART. HEART IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MIND.
115-117,
WHO WANTS TO READ?
THANK YOU, NATHAN
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Wednesday (Odin's Day)
1. Vocab quiz
2. Review voacab for Friday's quiz
3. Study Autumn Poems and begin memorizing one for Friday (yes, two days from now)
Bring a hard copy of your summer reading essay. Be sure to proofread! And do your best to write a thought-provoking title for the essay. See the links on the blog, under resources, for assistance.
Bring the novel you read over the summer (annotated)
You will be receiving 15 points today for having your annotated novels (10 pts. max) and writing down significant quotes from the novel.
Divide into groups of four and share a favorite quote, explaining the significance of the quote as it relates to the larger themes of the novel.
Each person in the group needs to write down the quote (or at least 10 words of it). If your group has fewer than four people, you still need to come up with four quotes.
Discuss Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter
Beethoven as a product of the Romantic period.
Heilegenstaadt Testament
Homework: Read chapters 9 and 10
How to Annotate a Book
2. Review voacab for Friday's quiz
3. Study Autumn Poems and begin memorizing one for Friday (yes, two days from now)
Bring a hard copy of your summer reading essay. Be sure to proofread! And do your best to write a thought-provoking title for the essay. See the links on the blog, under resources, for assistance.
Bring the novel you read over the summer (annotated)
You will be receiving 15 points today for having your annotated novels (10 pts. max) and writing down significant quotes from the novel.
Divide into groups of four and share a favorite quote, explaining the significance of the quote as it relates to the larger themes of the novel.
Each person in the group needs to write down the quote (or at least 10 words of it). If your group has fewer than four people, you still need to come up with four quotes.
Discuss Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter
Beethoven as a product of the Romantic period.
Heilegenstaadt Testament
Homework: Read chapters 9 and 10
How to Annotate a Book
Monday, September 22, 2014
1. Vocab quiz
2. Review voacab for Friday's quiz
3. Study Autumn Poems and begin memorizing one for Friday (yes, four days from now)
Bring a hard copy of your summer reading essay
Bring the novel you read over the summer (annotated)
2. Review voacab for Friday's quiz
3. Study Autumn Poems and begin memorizing one for Friday (yes, four days from now)
Bring a hard copy of your summer reading essay
Bring the novel you read over the summer (annotated)
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Wednesday
TODAY
SUMMER READING is DUE FRIDAY.
Read A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Follow directions for in-class writing assignment
Follow directions for in-class writing assignment
DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD
For your reference, I have included a link to a good list of themes
Themes in Literature
More Themes
For your reference, I have included a link to a good list of themes
Themes in Literature
More Themes
SUMMER READING is DUE FRIDAY.
Turnitin.com info:
Class code for 1st period: 8665177
Password: southsaxons
Class code for 2nd period: 8665208
Password: southsaxons
Scarlet Letter vocabulary, Quizlet deck 2 Memorize first 13 for Friday's quiz
Password: southsaxons
Class code for 2nd period: 8665208
Password: southsaxons
Scarlet Letter vocabulary, Quizlet deck 2 Memorize first 13 for Friday's quiz
Autumn Poems--select poem to memorize for Friday the 26th }: } Hehe
Discuss Scarlet Letter (we didn't get to this today, but be ready to discuss the first five chapters Wednesday)
Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter, chapter 6 (to page 195 in the Kaplan edition. And don't complain too much considering that "page 195" is really page 53 for you guys and we've been on this for awhile
Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter, chapter 6 (to page 195 in the Kaplan edition. And don't complain too much considering that "page 195" is really page 53 for you guys and we've been on this for awhile
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Tuesday, September 16
TODAY
Read A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Follow directions for in-class writing assignment
Follow directions for in-class writing assignment
DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD
For your reference, I have included a link to a good list of themes
Themes in Literature
More ThemesDUE FRIDAY..
SUMMER READING Turnitin.com info:
Class code for 1st period: 8665177
Password: southsaxons
Class code for 2nd period: 8665208
Password: southsaxons
Scarlet Letter vocabulary, Quizlet deck 2 Memorize first 13 for Friday's quiz
For your reference, I have included a link to a good list of themes
Themes in Literature
More ThemesDUE FRIDAY..
SUMMER READING Turnitin.com info:
Class code for 1st period: 8665177
Password: southsaxons
Class code for 2nd period: 8665208
Password: southsaxons
Scarlet Letter vocabulary, Quizlet deck 2 Memorize first 13 for Friday's quiz
Autumn Poems--select poem to memorize for Friday the 26th }: } Hehe
Discuss Scarlet Letter (we didn't get to this today, but be ready to discuss the first five chapters Wednesday)
Read A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Follow directions for in-class writing assignment
For your reference, I have included a link to a good list of themes
Themes in Literature
More Themes
Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter, chapter 4
Read A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Follow directions for in-class writing assignment
For your reference, I have included a link to a good list of themes
Themes in Literature
More Themes
Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter, chapter 4
Friday, September 12, 2014
Monday, September 15
SUMMER READING Turnitin.com info:
Class code for 1st period: 8665177
Password: southsaxons
Class code for 2nd period: 8665208
Password: southsaxons
Scarlet Letter vocabulary, Quizlet deck 2 Memorize first 13 for Friday's quiz
Discuss PSAT problems
Autumn Poems--select poem to memorize for Friday the 26th }: } Hehe
Discuss Scarlet Letter (we didn't get to this today, but be ready to discuss the first five chapters Wednesday)
Read A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Follow directions for in-class writing assignment
For your reference, I have included a link to a good list of themes
Themes in Literature
More Themes
Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter, chapter 4
Read A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Follow directions for in-class writing assignment
For your reference, I have included a link to a good list of themes
Themes in Literature
More Themes
Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter, chapter 4
1.Vocabulary quiz, words 1-25
2.Pass back PSAT scores
50% of questions right is AVERAGE for college-bound students. In other words, just because all sorts of people in this class scored around 12/24 doesn't mean that you shouldn't be in Honors English. It does mean, however, that The Scarlet Letter will be very difficult for you to read. Walden (our second book, will be very tough, too. The only book second semester that is a challenging read is The Great Gatsby, and it will be difficult (I'm guessing) for students who scored less than 13/24. By the way, this is all meaningless if you didn't pace yourself right on the test. Another rule of thumb is OAKS tests. If you "Exceed" on those tests, the difficult books that we're reading won't be too terribly challenging for you.
3. Summer reading. (Yeah, yeah, that was a sentence fragment.)
Your summer reading must be submitted to Turnitin.com by next Friday. I'll set up the account soon.
HOMEWORK: Read chapters 1,2, 3 of The Scarlet Letter.
2.Pass back PSAT scores
50% of questions right is AVERAGE for college-bound students. In other words, just because all sorts of people in this class scored around 12/24 doesn't mean that you shouldn't be in Honors English. It does mean, however, that The Scarlet Letter will be very difficult for you to read. Walden (our second book, will be very tough, too. The only book second semester that is a challenging read is The Great Gatsby, and it will be difficult (I'm guessing) for students who scored less than 13/24. By the way, this is all meaningless if you didn't pace yourself right on the test. Another rule of thumb is OAKS tests. If you "Exceed" on those tests, the difficult books that we're reading won't be too terribly challenging for you.
3. Summer reading. (Yeah, yeah, that was a sentence fragment.)
Your summer reading must be submitted to Turnitin.com by next Friday. I'll set up the account soon.
HOMEWORK: Read chapters 1,2, 3 of The Scarlet Letter.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Young Goodman Brown Analysis
Find something in the Sparknotes analysis of the story that you disagree with: Themes and motifs in Young Goodman Brown
Feel free to read the eNotes analysis of themes in the story and make your comments on what is written there instead of on the Sparknotes analysis.
OR focus on this paper, which is full of assertions that you might be able to respond to: Symbolism YGB
Then go to the following Google Doc and write 50-100 words (max) telling me why you disagree. Support your ideas with specific evidence from the story.
NOTE: There is a doc for 1st period and another one for 2nd period
Taking Issue with Sparknotes Young Goodman Brown FIRST PERIOD
Taking Issue with Sparknotes Young Goodman Brown SECOND PERIOD
For your reference: Quizlet deck of Themes in Literature
(not all that great. See if you can find a better one. If so, feel free to add it to the top of the Google Doc you're working on :)
Feel free to read the eNotes analysis of themes in the story and make your comments on what is written there instead of on the Sparknotes analysis.
OR focus on this paper, which is full of assertions that you might be able to respond to: Symbolism YGB
Then go to the following Google Doc and write 50-100 words (max) telling me why you disagree. Support your ideas with specific evidence from the story.
NOTE: There is a doc for 1st period and another one for 2nd period
Taking Issue with Sparknotes Young Goodman Brown FIRST PERIOD
Taking Issue with Sparknotes Young Goodman Brown SECOND PERIOD
For your reference: Quizlet deck of Themes in Literature
(not all that great. See if you can find a better one. If so, feel free to add it to the top of the Google Doc you're working on :)
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Friday, September 5
Quizlet review and quiz
Write first three lines of Song of the Open Road
Hand in essays (ok, three paragraphs) explaining what Bruce, the Boss, Springsteen has to say about the American dream in his song "Born to Run."
Exchange papers.
In groups of four, read to group and then write down comments made by members of the group. Three things that were done well, three things that could have been improved.
Summer reading due Friday, September 19th
Homework this weekend:
Read Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story Young Goodman Brown
Print it and bring to class Monday
As you read, underline what you think are the five most important sentences, and at the top of the printed story, write one of the themes. This theme only needs to be one sentence.
See you Monday!
Write first three lines of Song of the Open Road
Hand in essays (ok, three paragraphs) explaining what Bruce, the Boss, Springsteen has to say about the American dream in his song "Born to Run."
Exchange papers.
In groups of four, read to group and then write down comments made by members of the group. Three things that were done well, three things that could have been improved.
Summer reading due Friday, September 19th
Homework this weekend:
Read Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story Young Goodman Brown
Print it and bring to class Monday
As you read, underline what you think are the five most important sentences, and at the top of the printed story, write one of the themes. This theme only needs to be one sentence.
See you Monday!
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