Monday
In class:
Due Monday: In your literature book, read “Rappaccini’s Daughter” on pages 275 to 291 and answer the following reading questions: page 292 # 10 to 15 (interpreting meanings)
BRING LITERATURE BOOK TO CLASS ON MONDAY!!! Read and be prepared (hint hint!)
You will be writing an essay using this piece of literature!
TEST GRADE!
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Handout on Act III
Due Monday 12 am: Essay: instructions on are the blog. You will not submit a hard copy, ONLY A SUBMISSION TO TURN IT IN!! Must be submitted by 12 am Monday morning (that means Sunday night at 11:59, you need to press send).
Tuesday
In class:
Due: Handout
Grammar Review:
BRING GRAMMAR BOOKS TO CLASS!!! If you don’t have them, then you can take a ZERO for your class work.
Remember, grammar WILL be on your final
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Finish Grammar lesson.
Literary Analysis, Begin with John proctor, Elizabeth and choose another character from the play as well.
Due Monday: ESSAY
Wednesday
In class:
Due: Act II study questions
Read Act IV
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Finish Act IV for HW/study questions
Thursday
In class:
Due: Act IV: study questions
Review The novel
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: nada
Friday
In class:
Review the novel
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: ESSAY ON TURNITIN!
Due Monday: TEST! This test wil cover ALL material from Term 5. Be Prepared!
Due Monday: NOTEBOOKS! Have your notebook organized and brought to class!!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
The Crucible: Act III
Act III: Study Questions
- Which event or speech made the most impact on the play? Why? Which made the strongest impression on you? Why?
- What do you think might have happened if Elizabeth Proctor had told the court the truth about her husband's relationship with Abigail? What does this reveal about her character?
- Mary Warren is subjected to intense peer pressure from Abigail Williams and the other girls. How would you compare this intensity of peer pressure she faces with that of young people today?
- Judging from your readings about the SWT, how accurately do you think Miller portrays the court proceedings? Discuss any additional insights you have gained about the participants behavior?
- Who is the most courageous character? Why?
- The word "crucible" means a severe test or trial. Why do you think Miller choose to give the play this title?
- How would you describe the evil forces Miller presents in the play? Are they human characteristics? Explain.
- Think of a person in the 20th century who suffered or died from his/her beliefs and compare this person to John Proctor.
syllabus: 5/25 to 5/29
Monday
NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday
In class:
Due: Finish Act II
Rise and fall of status
Important quotations from the act
Group work
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Finish Class work
Due tomorrow: Act II study questions
Due Thursday: SAT Grammar Packet
Due Friday: IN CLASS, we will practice taking the grammar portion of the SAT (because you are a test score!)
Wednesday
In class:
Due: Act II study questions
Begin Reading act III
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Read Act III up through page 105 AND SAT Grammar Packet
Thursday
In class:
Due: SAT Grammar packet
Review
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: finish Reading Act III (study questions will be on the blog)
Friday
In class:
Due: Act III study questions
In class: SAT practice
If you are absent, you need to see me during your study hall by the close of school on TUESDAY.
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: In your literature book, read “Rappaccini’s Daughter” on pages 275 to 291 and answer the following reading questions: page 292 # 10 to 15 (interpreting meanings)
BRING LITERATURE BOOK TO CLASS ON MONDAY!!! Read and be prepared (hint hint!)
NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday
In class:
Due: Finish Act II
Rise and fall of status
Important quotations from the act
Group work
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Finish Class work
Due tomorrow: Act II study questions
Due Thursday: SAT Grammar Packet
Due Friday: IN CLASS, we will practice taking the grammar portion of the SAT (because you are a test score!)
Wednesday
In class:
Due: Act II study questions
Begin Reading act III
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Read Act III up through page 105 AND SAT Grammar Packet
Thursday
In class:
Due: SAT Grammar packet
Review
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: finish Reading Act III (study questions will be on the blog)
Friday
In class:
Due: Act III study questions
In class: SAT practice
If you are absent, you need to see me during your study hall by the close of school on TUESDAY.
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: In your literature book, read “Rappaccini’s Daughter” on pages 275 to 291 and answer the following reading questions: page 292 # 10 to 15 (interpreting meanings)
BRING LITERATURE BOOK TO CLASS ON MONDAY!!! Read and be prepared (hint hint!)
Monday, May 18, 2009
Ball in the House
UPDATE:
"Ball in the House" WON! Make sure to watch them on America's Got Talent! Congrats!!
Hey everyone...
I posted some videos last week from a great a capella group from Ithaca College. This was sent to me from one of your classmates. Her Uncle is in this band called "Ball in the House." They appeared on The Today Show in NYC for an America's Got Talent audition.
They are fantastic!
Enjoy!
"Ball in the House" WON! Make sure to watch them on America's Got Talent! Congrats!!
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Hey everyone...
I posted some videos last week from a great a capella group from Ithaca College. This was sent to me from one of your classmates. Her Uncle is in this band called "Ball in the House." They appeared on The Today Show in NYC for an America's Got Talent audition.
They are fantastic!
Enjoy!
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Syllabus: 5/18 to 5/22
Monday
In class:
If you were absent for the QUIZ on Friday: you must see me during a study hall or after school on MONDAY to receive credit. If this is a problem, you must speak to me before the close of school
Due: Response: 500-800 words MLA format (typed): Compare contrast Hawthorns, TMBV to the principles presented in Salem at this time and with at least 2 examples from the play. This will count as a quiz grade. Be sure to have a clear thesis, reasons and evidence. You need to apply the skills we learned on Monday to ALL of your writing.
In class, we will review Act 1 and journal: pick lines/monologues/soliloquy from one character. Explain its context and what these lines indicate about the character. Indicate figurative language/writing style and the significance. Will be collected and graded
Act I study questions
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Act I study questions
Due Thursday: SAT Grammar Packet
Due Friday: IN CLASS, we will write/practice the SAT writing portion (FYI: I asked Mrs. O’Hara, who is teaching the SAT prep class at BLA, about the structure of your essay. She confirmed that you should stick to all of one example. Use all personal or use related pieces of literature. Otherwise, your paper will lack a clear focus)
Tuesday
In class:
Due: Act I study questions
Character “figure” (don’t make fun of my drawings, ok)
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Finish character analysis
Wednesday
In class:
Due: Character Analysis
Begin Reading act II
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: SAT Grammar Packet
Thursday
In class:
Due: SAT Grammar packet
Continue Reading Act II
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: NONE. You will have to complete your SAT writing prompt in class
Friday
In class:
Due: NONE
In class: SAT writing prompt.
If you are absent, you need to see me during your study hall by the close of school on TUESDAY.
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: NO SCHOOL
Due Tuesday: TBA
In class:
If you were absent for the QUIZ on Friday: you must see me during a study hall or after school on MONDAY to receive credit. If this is a problem, you must speak to me before the close of school
Due: Response: 500-800 words MLA format (typed): Compare contrast Hawthorns, TMBV to the principles presented in Salem at this time and with at least 2 examples from the play. This will count as a quiz grade. Be sure to have a clear thesis, reasons and evidence. You need to apply the skills we learned on Monday to ALL of your writing.
In class, we will review Act 1 and journal: pick lines/monologues/soliloquy from one character. Explain its context and what these lines indicate about the character. Indicate figurative language/writing style and the significance. Will be collected and graded
Act I study questions
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Act I study questions
Due Thursday: SAT Grammar Packet
Due Friday: IN CLASS, we will write/practice the SAT writing portion (FYI: I asked Mrs. O’Hara, who is teaching the SAT prep class at BLA, about the structure of your essay. She confirmed that you should stick to all of one example. Use all personal or use related pieces of literature. Otherwise, your paper will lack a clear focus)
Tuesday
In class:
Due: Act I study questions
Character “figure” (don’t make fun of my drawings, ok)
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Finish character analysis
Wednesday
In class:
Due: Character Analysis
Begin Reading act II
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: SAT Grammar Packet
Thursday
In class:
Due: SAT Grammar packet
Continue Reading Act II
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: NONE. You will have to complete your SAT writing prompt in class
Friday
In class:
Due: NONE
In class: SAT writing prompt.
If you are absent, you need to see me during your study hall by the close of school on TUESDAY.
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: NO SCHOOL
Due Tuesday: TBA
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Syllabus: 5/11 to 5/15
Monday
In class:
Due: SAT Prep: Essay
Review test taking woes and strengths
Student examples
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Read, annotate handout about the techniques and find a newspaper or magazine article in which you analyze the advertisement using your knowledge about propaganda. What is the product, what technique is being used, which specific device, what do the images/characters mean, what are you asked to buy into, etc. Your response should be 500 – 600 words. You may borrow a magazine if you need one. This will count as a DOUBLE HW grade.
Due Thursday: Read Hawthorne’s “The Ministers Black Veil” in Literature book an answer ALL questions in Identifying Facts and Interpreting Meanings.
Due Friday: Quickie quiz on Background info/propaganda/The Crucible/ etc.
Tuesday
In class:
Due: Propaganda handout/response: double HW grade
In Groups: read, notate trial transcripts and character backgrounds from the SWT. Then, we will present the findings as a class. These will be posted.
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: none :)
Wednesday
In class:
Due: none
Outline ACT I: background information and “overture”
Read Act I: fill in character list as we read
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Read Hawthorne’s “The Ministers Black Veil” (TMBV) in Literature book an answer ALL questions in Identifying Facts and Interpreting Meanings.
Thursday
In class:
Due: “The Ministers Black Veil”
Review
Continue reading ACT I
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: QUIZ! Don’t forget to study. First Quiz grade for term 5 :)
Friday
In class:
Due: Quiz
Read Act I
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: FINISH READING ACT I
Due Monday:Response: 500-800 words MLA format (typed): Compare contrast Hawthorns, TMBV to the principles presented in Salem at this time and with at least 2 examples from the play. This will count as a quiz grade. Be sure to have a clear thesis, reasons and evidence. You need to apply the skills we learned on Monday to ALL of your writing.need to apply the skills we learned on Monday to ALL of your writing.
In class:
Due: SAT Prep: Essay
Review test taking woes and strengths
Student examples
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Read, annotate handout about the techniques and find a newspaper or magazine article in which you analyze the advertisement using your knowledge about propaganda. What is the product, what technique is being used, which specific device, what do the images/characters mean, what are you asked to buy into, etc. Your response should be 500 – 600 words. You may borrow a magazine if you need one. This will count as a DOUBLE HW grade.
Due Thursday: Read Hawthorne’s “The Ministers Black Veil” in Literature book an answer ALL questions in Identifying Facts and Interpreting Meanings.
Due Friday: Quickie quiz on Background info/propaganda/The Crucible/ etc.
Tuesday
In class:
Due: Propaganda handout/response: double HW grade
In Groups: read, notate trial transcripts and character backgrounds from the SWT. Then, we will present the findings as a class. These will be posted.
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: none :)
Wednesday
In class:
Due: none
Outline ACT I: background information and “overture”
Read Act I: fill in character list as we read
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Read Hawthorne’s “The Ministers Black Veil” (TMBV) in Literature book an answer ALL questions in Identifying Facts and Interpreting Meanings.
Thursday
In class:
Due: “The Ministers Black Veil”
Review
Continue reading ACT I
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: QUIZ! Don’t forget to study. First Quiz grade for term 5 :)
Friday
In class:
Due: Quiz
Read Act I
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: FINISH READING ACT I
Due Monday:Response: 500-800 words MLA format (typed): Compare contrast Hawthorns, TMBV to the principles presented in Salem at this time and with at least 2 examples from the play. This will count as a quiz grade. Be sure to have a clear thesis, reasons and evidence. You need to apply the skills we learned on Monday to ALL of your writing.need to apply the skills we learned on Monday to ALL of your writing.
Friday, May 8, 2009
SAT Writing Prompt #3
DIRECTIONS:
- Please type (MLA Format) or you can hand write a response to the following quote and question.
- Be sure to follow the writing format we have discussed, include topic sentences and supportive examples.
- Limit yourself to 25 minutes, starting from when you read the prompt and assignment
- If you run out of time and didn't finish, mark your essay and continue writing.
Practice now! Let's find your strengths/weaknesses so you can improve for the SAT.
Prompt:
If we are afraid to reveal our lack of knowledge we will not be able to learn. In order to make progress we must admit where we are now. Such an admission of ignorance is not easy. As Thoreau says, “How can we remember our ignorance which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?”
Assignment:
Does the present system of education encourage us to admit our lack of knowledge, or is there too much pressure to demonstrate the acquisition of knowledge?
Plan your response and then write an essay to explain your views on this issue. Be sure to support your position with specific points and examples. (You may use personal examples or examples from your reading, observations, or, knowledge of subjects such as history, literature, science.)
Monday, May 4, 2009
WebQuest: 1950's and The Salem Witch Trials
Using the following websites, along with encyclopedias, databases, and other resources you have found useful, answer the following questions. Also, you need to read/mark-up the handout (given on 5/5) "The Coils of the Cold War" and you will find answers to these questions on there as well.
Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Communism and Socialism
Joe McCarthy and Friends
A Little Help from Billy Joel
The Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Museum
Billy Joel Video "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Communism and Socialism
Joe McCarthy and Friends
A Little Help from Billy Joel
The Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Museum
Billy Joel Video "We Didn't Start the Fire"
WebQuest Questions"
- Define "Communism" and "Socialism" with a definition you can understand and apply.
- What does the word "crucible" mean?
- Who are: Josef Stalin, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Syngman Rhee, Nikita Khrushchev
- What did Senator Joseph McCarthy have to do with the Red Scare of the 1950s? What ultimately happened to his investigation?
- What is the HUAC and what did it set out to do in the 1940s and 1950s?
- What was the Hollywood Blacklist and who was on it? Why?
- What is The Cold War? Give dates, locations, reasons and people involved.
- What prompted hysteria during the red scare?
- What prompted hysteria during the Salem Witch Trials (SWT)?
- Who were the people invovled in the SWT? Name at least 3 people and indicate their "crimes"?
- How does Miller's play differ from the actual Salem court trials?
- List three similarities of the Salem Witch Trials to the Red Scare of the 1950s.
- Based upon the information provided in these web sites, list three traits of the Puritans livingin Salem? (Be specific - link your answers to actual behaviors of these people. What weretheir goals? What did they value? How did they spend their time?)
- Based upon the architecture and land ownership of the 17th century, what can you say aboutthe living conditions of these people and how might such conditions be a factor in the SWT?
- Why did Arthur Miller write The Crucible? Based on the definition of the word and background information you ahve gathers, what do you think the allegory is behind the play?
Syllabus 5/4 to 5/8
WELCOME TO TERM 5! We are in the home stretch: for some of you, continue to work hard and for others, you really need to focus your efforts so that you don’t drag, repeat or spend your time here over the summer!!!
Monday
In class:
Due: Upload essay to turnitin, visual due in class
Present visuals
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Nada
Due Thursday: Background information/webquest (on blog)
Tuesday
In class:
Due: none
As promised: Billy Joel: A look through history
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Journal: Watch TV (seriously) and find a commercial you think is interesting. Describe what the product is, what happens in the commercial: types of people, what are they doing, gender, what colors are being use, time of day, words, etc. Be as descriptive as possilbe
Wednesday
In class:
Due: TV Commercial Journal
Propaganda
Types of Propaganda
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Watch TV again (seriously): now, using the list you have about types of propaganda, you need to find TEN commercials, explain/describe them and indicate which type of propaganda is used and how it is effective in the commercial. Be a smart comsumer!!
Thursday
In class:
Due: TV Commericals
Due: Background information/webquest (on blog)
Review
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Read/Mark-up/Take notes/Make connections to "The Coils of the Cold War"
Friday
In class:
Due: "The Coils of the Cold War"
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese Internment Camps
Poetry
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: SAT Writing prompt: Directions on the blog. If you could, please TYPE. Will count as a quiz grade. We will review this on Monday, so be prepared!!!
Due Monday: SAT Writing prompt: Directions on the blog. If you could, please TYPE. Will count as a quiz grade. We will review this on Monday, so be prepared!!!
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