AP!
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Welcome, AP English
Peeps! J
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Tuesday,
September 10th, 2013
Business
1.
Sign
in, por favor!
Maximalism
and Minimalism—Let’s check out
those sentences!
Minimalism—Sources
for Your In-Class Essay (Friday)
SOURCE: “A Few Words About Minimalism (Excerpted); pages
22-3 or your text
1.
From John Barth (minimalisms of unit,
form and scale)
a.
Short
words
b.
Short
sentences and paragraphs
c.
Super-short
stories
2.
From John Barth (minimalisms of style)
a.
A
stripped-down vocabulary
b.
A
stripped-down syntax that avoids periodic sentences, serial predications and
complex subordinating constructions
c.
A
stripped-down rhetoric that may eschew figurative language altogether
d.
A
stripped-down, non-emotive tone
3.
From John Barth (minimalisms of
material)
a.
Minimal
characters
b.
Minimal
exposition
c.
Minimal
mises en scene
d.
Minimal
action
e.
Minimal
plot
4.
SOURCE: Our List (to Flesh Out Barth’s)
a.
Leaves
the reader with more questions than answers
b.
Packed
with meaning, even if not packed with words
c.
Limited
backgroundhogs
d.
Limited
punctuation
e.
Pronouns
instead of proper names
5.
SOURCE: Ernest Hemingway’s Iceberg Quote (page 24;
your journal entry)
6.
SOURCE: Deron Bauman
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“Minimalism
is the effect of a conscious effort to present written elements with the fewest
words necessary to deliver the maximum readable impact.
7.
SOURCE: Chuck Palahniuk’s “She Breaks Your Heart”
a.
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b.
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c.
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d.
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e.
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f.
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Your
Tasks
1.
Read
and annotate Chuck Palahniuk’s article, “She Breaks Your Heart”.
2.
What
you need to get out of it:
a.
What
are CP’s definitions of Minimalism? Make
sure you have those clearly marked.
b.
What
does CP say makes Amy Hempel so heartbreaking and wonderful? (What makes her a great writer?)
c.
Reminder: Look up and define words you don’t know, and
wiki and note allusions you don’t “get”.
3.
Read
and annotate Amy Hempel’s short story, “The Harvest”.
a.
You’re
going to ask a lot of questions. These
will be the basis for our class discussion tomorrow.
b.
Reminder: Look up and define words you don’t know, and
wiki and note allusions you don’t “get”.
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CREATIVE WRITING
Welcome to Creative
Writing!
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Happy
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
When You Come In
1. Please sign in.
2. Please
make sure you have a big (not a wimpy baby) dictionary under your desk.
Review
Writing Lesson #1: Avoid clichés.
Writing Lesson #2 Use precise words--not general,
relative, or vague ones.
Writing Lesson #3: Diction
matters. Use Vocabulary Variety.
Writing Lesson #4: Revision (Around the Block—1st
to 2nd; final revision upcoming)
Writing Lesson #5: Build
your vocabulary—freerice!
Writing Lesson #3—
Diction = WORD CHOICE
1. Big Question: What is diction?
a. Why is it important?
b. What does using precise adjectives
have to do with diction? (review)
c. What does avoiding clichés have to do
with diction?
d. What does free rice have to do with
diction?
e. What happens to words over time?
2. A Bunch of.... (page 15)
a. Two minutes—match up as many as you
can on your own
b. Two minutes--work with a partner.
c. Let’s see how we did!
Writing Assignment: Death of Language (page 16)
1) Explanation of assignment
2) Discussion of “A” models
3) Why you’re using dictionaries for this
assignment
4) Workshop
time = Twenty full minutes right now to browse the dictionary
12:38-12:48
5) Workshop time tomorrow in class = thirty
minutes
6) By Thursday—have at least ten strong
answers (look and sound like examples on page ____) to share on google drive
for two other people (sharing in trios) to comment on.
7) E-mail me if there is someone in class
you’d rather not be paired with, if you think your list will be too personal.
8) By _________—all twenty words are due,
typed, and in the same format as you see in the examples on page ____.
Sharing Out/Put your dictionaries on
the heater, please.
At __12:48____, type one of your favorite words
below:
1.
Jiggery-pokery
2.
Zebrawood
3.
Crumpet
4.
Supercalafragilisticexpialadoucious
5.
Acquiesce
6.
Stargazer
7.
Malefic
8.
Carpe Diem
9.
Inspiring
Writing Experiment #5
Directions:
1. Select one of the following writing
prompts.
2. Type for 350 words ore more. Put your word count in parentheses, next to
your name, please.
3. Paragraph for clarity (when you shift
ideas)!
DUE:
By 1:15 today, printed.
- If you need more time, finish, then print during seminar.
- Last Acceptable Turn-In Time = start of class/tardy bell tomorrow
- Reminder: we have no snack break tomorrow.
Option 1: This I Believe
You probably share a basic outlook on life
with your friends. However, most people
have a few beliefs that would shock their friends. Write about a belief of yours that annoys or
surprises the people who are close to you.
Option 2: Making a Comeback
According to the cliché,
Every setback is an opportunity for a
comeback.”
In your life, has this proven true? Have you always recovered from setbacks?
Once you finish and print, please play free rice.
Due Monday = 17,000 grains
Once you finish and print, please play free rice.
Due Monday = 17,000 grains
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Howdy, College-Prep
Reading!
Tuesday,
September 10th, 2013
When
You Come In
1.
Sign in.
2.
Pick up extra Vocab War sheets, if needed.
3.
Open to page 1.
Backbone
Literature: Greek Mythology
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Re-read the
bottom two boxes on page 1 before we proceed to synthesize our learning in this
unit.
Importance
of Beasts and Creatures
a.
Represented
evil in conflicts between good and bad
b.
Gave
mortals the chance to slay them and become heroes
c.
Offered
so many answers and explanations for disasters such as shipwrecks and volcanoes
Beast/Creature
Presentations
1.
Creatures
a.
Triton DONE
b.
Pegasus DONE
c.
Amazons DONE
2.
Half-human,
half-animal
a.
Centaurs DONE
b.
Satyrs DONE
c.
Gigantes DONE
d.
Harpies DONE
e.
Sirens DONE
f.
Medusa (Killed
by Perseus)
3.
Monsters
a.
Typhon DONE
b.
Pythos DONE
c.
Cerberus DONE(Hercules had to fetch it as
a labor.)
d.
Hydra DONE (Hercules had to kill it; Hera made it a
constellation.)
e.
Sphinx (Defeated
by Oedipus)
f.
Chimera (Killed
by Bellerophon)
College-Prep
Note-Taking
·
History Channel’s Gods and Goddesses
o
What strategies do you have for
note-taking?
o
How are you connecting all the dots
from our Greek myth study?
o
Some of what you’re about to hear
will be familiar; some won’t be. How
will your organize it so it makes sense to you?
o
Pick a note-taking strategy, and use
it on this video.
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@9:20 = Lesson: Motif (handout)
Homework
Ø
Play
freerice. (17,000 grains due by Monday)
Ø
Play Vocab
War, and update your grid.
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