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