Friday, December 1st

Huckleberry Finn
1. Quiet reading time--40 minutes to do HOMEWORK reading
HOMEWORK:
--Finish your Walden Reading assignment, including finding the rest of your 25 quotes, which are due on Wednesday, when you hand in your Walden Poster and your Walden journal responses (if you don't have the assignment, borrow one from a neighbor)
REMEMBER, read pages 1-64 and 206-216
-- Read Huck Finn chapters 5-10.
2. Huckleberry Finn Vocabulary--Quizlet deck, Huck Finn
"yawl"--"candid"
Memorize the first 15 words for a quiz on Monday.
Use phones or Chromebooks to look up example sentences for the five words you find most difficult and write them down. You do not have to hand them in, but hold onto them and use them to study
3. Watch Mark Twain Biography video--His Amazing Adventures
As you watch, take notes for a Jeopardy game with the following categories:
His Life    His Writing   His Adventures   Mystery/miscellaneous
1
2
3
4
5

Try to come up with enough notes to write 5 questions for each category. Because we will not be pausing the video, just do your best! Start with this quote from Ernest Hemingway about Twain:
"All modern American literature comes from one book, by Mark Twain, called Huckleberry Finn"

Monday

1. Red Anthology--The American Experience
Homework: Read pages 239-257. Write 10 quiz questions to submit Wednesday. 
Quiz over reading Wed.
2. Check out Walden.
Read in class
3. Read "Self-Reliance," by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotes from Self-Reliance (5)
Quotes from Walden 12 this week
4. Scarlet Letter. In what ways does Hester redeem herself throughout the novel?
Scarlet Letter test Friday






Finish Lottery essays during lunch or after school, if you haven't already finished

Moon day

HOMEWORK:
1. Finish Lottery essays

2. Review The Crucible. You will have a test over the book on Wednesday. Be SURE to know who's who, who said what, and the significance of the most important lines. You can find significant lines online, as well as a list of characters. Some students even go to chat rooms and sites  where people discuss the book. Google "What is the significance of the title "The Crucible" and you find this 
And connections to McCarthyism are found here: McCarthyism in the Crucible
Significant quotes are explained here: Quotes, Act 1
In the future you can do your own research. It's not all that hard or time consuming.
3. Read Scarlet Letter. Next weekend you will FINISH the novel (sorry)

4. Watch The Scarlet Letter

Here's the online text for The Crucible: The Crucible

Freya's day

HOMEWORK:
1. (optional) Read the parts of The Crucible that correspond to the parts of the movie that we watched in class today.
2. Over the weekend, review The Crucible. You will have a test over the book on Wednesday. Be SURE to know who's who, who said what, and the significance of the most important lines. You can find significant lines online, as well as a list of characters. Some students even go to chat rooms and sites  where people discuss the book. Google "What is the significance of the title "The Crucible" and you find this 
And connections to McCarthyism are found here: McCarthyism in the Crucible
Significant quotes are explained here: Quotes, Act 1
In the future you can do your own research. It's not all that hard or time consuming.
3. Read Scarlet Letter. Next weekend you will FINISH the novel (sorry)

CLASS TODAY:
1.  Work on Lottery essay

2.  Watch The Crucible

Here's the online text for The Crucible: The Crucible

Wednesday, October 25

HOMEWORK:
1. Read Scarlet Letter. Over the weekend, FINISH CHAPTER 17 (sorry)
2. (optional) Read the parts of The Crucible that correspond to the parts of the movie that we watched in class today.
CLASS TODAY:
1. Scarlet Letter vocab chapter 9-12
Quiz today
Next Friday: Scarlet Letter chapters 13-16
The following week: Scarlet Letter vocab 17-24
Here's the online text for The Crucible: The Crucible
2. Watch The Crucible

Monday, October 24, 2017

HOMEWORK:
1. Read Scarlet Letter. Finish chapter 14
2. (optional) Read the parts of The Crucible that correspond to the parts of the movie that we watched in class today.
CLASS TODAY:
1. Scarlet Letter vocab chapter 9-12
Here's the online text: The Crucible
2. Watch The Crucible

Monday, October 16

HOMEWORK:
Read Scarlet Letter. Finish chapter 12.

CLASS TODAY:
1. Scarlet Letter vocab chapter 9-12
10-15 min to study vocabulary. With a partner, students will use Chromebooks to find example sentences for words they do not know how to use. Wordsinasentence.com
"exemplary" to "scurrilous" for quiz Wednesday, October 18th
2. Read The Crucible
Here's the online text: The Crucible

Moon Day

HOMEWORK:
Read Scarlet Letter. Finish chapter 12.

CLASS TODAY:
1. PSAT section2  Go over hard ones
2. Read The Crucible. Same people read same parts
3. StudyM Scarlet Letter vocab chapter 9-12
"exemplary" to "scurrilous" for Wednesday, October 18th

Here's the online text: The Crucible

Extra tidbit: Where we get the names for the days of the week: Days of the Week
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Next week:

Google Doc "wiki's"
   Puritanism
   What really happened to the "afflicted girls"
   The McCarthy Red Scare
The Scarlet Letter Video, narrated by President Snow of The Hunger Games!
Take notes (don't hand in until we have finished this 50-minute video next week

Woden's day

Extra tidbit: Where we get the names for the days of the week: Days of the Week
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HOMEWORK:
1. Read Scarlet Letter. Finish chapter 10.
2.Memorize Scarlet Letter vocab chapter 9-12
"exemplary" to "scurrilous" for Monday, October 16th
Create a Google Doc with example sentences for all 17 words
Word                   Definition
Emaciated = abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food
Ex. Although the prisoners of war were fed three meals a day, many of them still looked emaciated and hungry.
Imminent      =  likely to occur at any moment
Ex. The hurricane is imminent and has homeowners rushing to board up their windows

FINISH FOR ALL 17 WORDS. YOU WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES AT THE FIRST OF THE PERIOD FRIDAY.
3. Read The Crucible. Here's the online text: The Crucible
Next time: Google Doc "wiki's"
   Puritanism
   What really happened to the "afflicted girls"
   The McCarthy Red Scare

Next time: The Scarlet Letter Video, narrated by President Snow of The Hunger Games!
Take notes (don't hand in until we have finished this 50-minute video next week

Next time: Vocab Story, Scarlet Letter, Period 6

Work on memorizing one poem
Poems to start the year: October, Bereft, Spring and Fall, 73rd Sonnet
Choose one of the four poems to memorize
Discuss and write in Journal: "In what ways does the poet use imagery to develop one of his main ideas. 

• State the idea and then 
• Cite/quote at least two examples from the poem. Then 
• Explain how the example supports that idea. 
• Elaborate for an additional sentence.

Optional: Students who are interested in boosting their vocab might want to check out this Quizlet deck of 135 Scarlet Letter Vocabulary Words, arranged in order of appearance

Moon Day, "seventh month"

Where we get the names for the days of the week: Days of the Week

HOMEWORK:
Memorize Scarlet Letter vocab chapter 9-12


Students who are interested in boosting their vocab might want to check out this Quizlet deck of
135 Scarlet Letter Vocabulary Words, arranged in order of appearance
Read The Crucible
Google Doc "wiki's"
   Puritanism
   What really happened to the "afflicted girls"
   The McCarthy Red Scare


Write a sentence paraphrasing one of the most important ideas

The Scarlet Letter Video, narrated by President Snow of The Hunger Games!
Take notes (don't hand in until we have finished this 50-minute video next week

Quizlet list of 24 Scarlet Letter words. You will be tested on these first 12 words Monday and the remaining 12 words on Thur/Friday.
Find example sentences on Chromebooks
In groups of two or three max, write vocabulary story using at least 7 of the 24 words, with an emphasis on the first 12. Submit to Google Doc:
Vocab Story, Scarlet Letter, Period 6

Poems to start the year: October, Bereft, Spring and Fall, 73rd Sonnet
Choose one of the four poems to memorizeDiscuss and write in Journal: "In what ways does the poet use imagery to develop one of his main ideas. 

• State the idea and then 
• Cite/quote at least two examples from the poem. Then 
• Explain how the example supports that idea. 
• Elaborate for an additional sentence.

Memorize one of these poems Friday, October 6th
You will write the poem from memory.
How to memorize: 

• visualize each image
• recite with feeling, paying attention to the rhythm and meter
• act it out with hand gestures
• think through concepts and the development of ideas
• practice, using different voices and intonation
• read it very slowly. Bit by bit. 
• write it over and over again 
• if you're a really big nerd, you use crazy voices

Every night (including "A days" and weekends) you will read approximately 10 pages of The Scarlet Letter. So, even if I don't give you a specific reading assignment, you should read on your own at home or you will fall behind. Remember, many good students have "B's" by the end of this unit simply because this is a challenging novel    8^o
Here's an audiobook from YouTube:
Scarlet Letter, chapters 1, 2
Scarlet Letter, chapters 3, 4, 5
Scarlet Letter, chapters 6, 7, 8, 9
Here's another audiobook version: Scarlet Letter
Side-by-side "translation" of the Scarlet Letter: No Fear Lit: Scarlet Letter

Notes on Romanticism

1776-1848 in Europe and U.S.

Characteristics of Romantic Worldview

--The Individual

--The Human Heart (over mind)

--Passion

--Nature

(the individual learns "what it's all about" 

  by heading into nature)

--Intuition 

--Intense personal experience

--Exotic

--valued genius

• --valued pyschology, mystery, the occult

Freya's Day, "seventh" month

HOMEWORK: Discuss chapter 8; over the weekend read chapters 9, 10 (22 difficult pages)

Read The Crucible
Notes: Puritanism; What really happened to the "afflicted girls"
Find an article on one of the two topics above and create a link in the following Google Doc

Write a sentence paraphrasing one of the most important ideas

The Scarlet Letter Video, narrated by President Snow of The Hunger Games!
Take notes (don't hand in until we have finished this 50-minute video next week

Quizlet list of 24 Scarlet Letter words. You will be tested on these first 12 words Monday and the remaining 12 words on Thur/Friday.
Find example sentences on Chromebooks
In groups of two or three max, write vocabulary story using at least 7 of the 24 words, with an emphasis on the first 12. Submit to Google Doc:
Vocab Story, Scarlet Letter, Period 6

Poems to start the year: October, Bereft, Spring and Fall, 73rd Sonnet
Choose one of the four poems to memorizeDiscuss and write in Journal: "In what ways does the poet use imagery to develop one of his main ideas. 

• State the idea and then 
• Cite/quote at least two examples from the poem. Then 
• Explain how the example supports that idea. 
• Elaborate for an additional sentence.

Memorize one of these poems Friday, October 6th
You will write the poem from memory.
How to memorize: 

• visualize each image
• recite with feeling, paying attention to the rhythm and meter
• act it out with hand gestures
• think through concepts and the development of ideas
• practice, using different voices and intonation
• read it very slowly. Bit by bit. 
• write it over and over again 
• if you're a really big nerd, you use crazy voices

Every night (including "A days" and weekends) you will read approximately 10 pages of The Scarlet Letter. So, even if I don't give you a specific reading assignment, you should read on your own at home or you will fall behind. Remember, many good students have "B's" by the end of this unit simply because this is a challenging novel    8^o
Here's an audiobook from YouTube:
Scarlet Letter, chapters 1, 2
Scarlet Letter, chapters 3, 4, 5
Scarlet Letter, chapters 6, 7, 8, 9
Here's another audiobook version: Scarlet Letter
Side-by-side "translation" of the Scarlet Letter: No Fear Lit: Scarlet Letter

Notes on Romanticism
1776-1848 in Europe and U.S.
Characteristics of Romantic Worldview
--The Individual
--The Human Heart (over mind)
--Passion
--Nature
(the individual learns "what it's all about" 
  by heading into nature)
--Intuition 
--Intense personal experience
--Exotic
--valued genius
--valued pyschology, mystery, the occult

Woden's day, Sept 27

OMEWORK: Read chapter 5; over the weekend read chapters 6, 7
Every night (including "A days" and weekends) you will read approximately 10 pages of The Scarlet Letter. So, even if I don't give you a specific reading assignment, you should read on your own at home or you will fall behind. Remember, many good students have "B's" by the end of this unit simply because this is a challenging novel    8^o
Here's an audiobook from YouTube:
Scarlet Letter, chapters 1, 2
Scarlet Letter, chapters 3, 4, 5
Scarlet Letter, chapters 6, 7, 8, 9
Here's another audiobook version: Scarlet Letter
Side-by-side "translation" of the Scarlet Letter: No Fear Lit: Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter Video, narrated by President Snow of The Hunger Games!
Take notes (don't hand in until we have finished this 50-minute video next week

Quizlet list of 24 Scarlet Letter words. You will be tested on these first 12 words Monday and the remaining 12 words on Thur/Friday.
Find example sentences on Chromebooks
In groups of two or three max, write vocabulary story using at least 7 of the 24 words, with an emphasis on the first 12. Submit to Google Doc:
Vocab Story, Scarlet Letter, Period 6

SCARLET LETTER
Notes on Romanticism
1776-1848 in Europe and U.S.
Characteristics of Romantic Worldview
--The Individual
--The Human Heart (over mind)
--Passion
--Nature
(the individual learns "what it's all about" 
  by heading into nature)
--Intuition 
--Intense personal experience
--Exotic
--valued genius
--valued pyschology, mystery, the occult


Page 55 Hester is an individual
Page 58
Page 66
Page 74
Page 83
Page 108

Poems to start the year: October, Bereft, Spring and Fall, 73rd Sonnet
Discuss and write in Journal: "In what ways does the poet use imagery to develop one of his main ideas. 

• State the idea and then 
• Cite/quote at least two examples from the poem. Then 
• Explain how the example supports that idea. 
• Elaborate for an additional sentence.

Memorize one of these poems Friday, September 29th
You will write the poem from memory.
How to memorize: 

• visualize each image
• recite with feeling, paying attention to the rhythm and meter
• act it out with hand gestures
• think through concepts and the development of ideas
• practice, using different voices and intonation
• read it very slowly. Bit by bit. 
• write it over and over again 
• if you're a really big nerd, you use crazy voices

Wednesday, September 20th

HOMEWORK: Read chapter 5; over the weekend read chapters 6, 7
Every night (including "A days" and weekends) you will read approximately 10 pages of The Scarlet Letter. So, even if I don't give you a specific reading assignment, you should read on your own at home or you will fall behind. Remember, many good students have "B's" by the end of this unit simply because this is a challenging novel    8^o
Here's an audiobook from YouTube:
Scarlet Letter, chapters 1, 2
Scarlet Letter, chapters 3, 4, 5
Scarlet Letter, chapters 6, 7, 8, 9
Here's another audiobook version: Scarlet Letter
Side-by-side "translation" of the Scarlet Letter: No Fear Lit: Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter Video, narrated by President Snow of The Hunger Games!
Take notes (don't hand in until we have finished this 50-minute video next week

Quizlet list of 24 Scarlet Letter words. You will be tested on these first 12 words next Monday and the remaining 12 words on Thur/Friday of next week.

Poems to start the year: October, Bereft, Spring and Fall, 73rd Sonnet
Memorize one of these poems Friday, September 29th
You will write the poem ifrom memory.
How to memorize: 

• visualize each image
• recite with feeling, paying attention to the rhythm and meter
• act it out with hand gestures
• think through concepts and the development of ideas
• practice, using different voices and intonation
• read it very slowly. Bit by bit. 
• write it over and over again 
• if you're a really big nerd, you use crazy voices

Tuesday, September 19

How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Steal Like an Artist

The Scarlet Letter--Why "scarlet"?
   Old Testament reference
      Significance. Does it give away the ending?

Read chapters 5, 6

The Scarlet Letter Video, narrated by President Snow of The Hunger Games!
Take notes

Poems to start the year: October, Bereft, Spring and Fall, 73rd Sonnet

Quizlet list of 24 Scarlet Letter words. You will be tested on these first 12 words next Monday and the remaining 12 words on Thur/Friday of next week.

Monday, September 18

ANNOTATED SCARLET LETTER
This site is AWESOME. There are links to difficult words.

1. summer Reading Essay: Turnitin.com, due Monday, Sept 18, 9:00AM

Class ID: 16281811

Enrollment key: southsaxons

You must bring a hard copy to class on Monday, too.

How to Write a Creative Title for an Essay

2. Hand in summer reading essay

3. What point is Hawthorne making in the story Young Goodman Brown concerning hypocisy?

4. So, according to Hawthorne the world is filled with evil, especially hypocrisy. The question for all of us is, "How are you going to respond to that?" Start out by asking, "What is wrong with the way that Young Goodman Brown responds to that?"

5.Scarlet Letter. Read chapter 2 together

Homework: Read chapter 

4. Tuesday's homework: Read chapters 5, 6 (we read about 10 pages per day (70 per week)

Grammar exercises to help you avoid conventions errors in your essays:
Two rules of thumb: 
1. "If you could have a period, you can't just have a comma."

2. To write effective sentences that develop ideas, sometimes you need to add a comma or two.
Here are some good Quizlet decks for practice:
Comma Splices 1
Comma Splices 2
Run-on Sentences 1
Sentence Fragment 1

To make sure that you all understand how to write a strong essay, today we will review a fairy tale and ask ourselves how an essay on that story might be written. As a group you will choose one Summer Reading Essay prompt and:

Write an opening sentence

Write a thesis

Write a topic sentence for one idea

Cite a specific example from the story (consider quoting it)

Write three sentences elaborating that idea

Write a concluding sentence for that paragraph

As you write, be sure to follow this basic rule of thumb for good writing:

"Good writing passionately addresses what it is to be a human being."
(As you are writing I will call you up to my desk to show me your annotations)

 1.  Write an essay that presents your interpretation of the novel’s main character (or characters) and discusses his or her motives. Include discussion about the choices and decisions the character makes which impact the pivotal events of the novel. Use specific textual evidence to support your analysis.

 2.  Write an essay that presents an argument about a major theme of the novel. How does the novel’s theme reflect meaningful values shared by human beings. Use specific textual evidence to support your argument.

 3.  Discuss the roles of men and women in the novel (and the interactions and relationships among them) and present an argument about what these roles reveal about the society reflected in the novel. Use specific textual evidence to support your argument.

 4. Write an essay that explains how the novel is concerned with one of the following motifs: the gaining or losing of paradise, initiation, scapegoating, social class and mobility, a utopia/dystopia, a quest, rebirth or redemption, cultural barriers, baptism/floods, transformation, sacrifice, betrayal and revenge, search for identify, the conflict between good and evil, or parental roles. Use specific textual evidence to support your analysis.