APillionaries
Monday, October 7th,
2013
Days Remaining in Term
= 14
·
Focus
for this week = WRITING
·
Focus
for next week = House on Mango Street (novella)
Central Questions We Ask in This Class
1. What does a good
reader do?
2. What does a good
writer do?
3. Are you talking to
the text?
JOURNAL
Select ONE of the following to write on for ten minutes. Think about this week ahead, filled with
writing, writing, writing (and thinking, and revision, and reading)
“I don't like to write, but I love to
have written.”
--Michael
Kanin (American playwright, screenwriter, director and producer)
“I write entirely to find out what
I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want
and what I fear.”
--Joan Didion
(American journalist and novelist)
“Writing is easy: All you do is sit
staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your
forehead.” --Gene Fowler (American journalist and biographer)
JOURNAL
PROTOCALS
Review: How can we respond to a quote?
Ø COMMENT: Disagree (in part or in whole).
Ø QUESTION: Ask a question.
Ø COMMENT: Agree (in part or in whole).
Ø LANGUAGE: Respond to both the LITERAL and the
FIGURATIVE meaning.
Ø CONNECT: …to something in your
own life or experience.
Ø CONNECT: …to something else
you’ve read or viewed.
Journal
Entry Explanation
1. Share with a NEW
person today. Write your partner TWO
specific comments, and aim for academic language in your writing. A paragraph in response would be in order
here.
a. At least two detailed sentences
i. Agree.
ii. Tell him/her if
the journal made you think of a new idea/or something you hadn’t considered.
iii. Add on to an idea
he/she says.
iv. Compliment their
vocabulary—diction!
v. Disagree,
respectfully. J
b.
Signed by you
THEY
SAY/ISAY
1.
Review
your THEY SAY/I SAY annotations.
2.
Answer
the following in class discussion:
a.
Preface
pp. x-xix—take-away?
b.
Why
we are using this text
c.
What
benefits can YOU expect
Reading
Assignments
1.
Read
and annotate (one annotation per page, minimum) They Say/I Say, pages
28-46. This is good stuff for the paper
we will start writing tomorrow.
2.
Read
and annotate 51-71 (same directions as above).
Writing
Assignments
1.
REVISION/ARGUMENT
·
What
does a good reader do? (Argument Paper;
REVISION)
2.
REFLECTION:
·
Unit
Reflection (using first reflection to check growth)
3.
DEFINITION/ARGUMENT:
·
What
is Poetry? (with quotes from three
different sources as your anchors)
4.
OUTLINE:
·
Symbol
Essay Outline (page 148 from Figurative Language book)
CPR
Monday, 10/7/13
Days Remaining in Term = 14
Organization
1. Get all papers back.
2. Organize all your stuff first, and then we’ll move on.
Vocabulary
1. Get new Vocab War grids—check out the bottom of the page.
2. We only have fourteen days left—all Vocab War material must be finalized by the last day of the term.
3. Poetry Term Test = Tomorrow
4. Teach the two you said you don’t know yet
a. Antithesis
b. metonymy
Wrap Up Renaissance and Reformation
1. What would be an appropriate way for you to show what you know about the Renaissance and Reformation? What follows is IN PLACE OF an exam—but it is a way to show what you know.
2. Google study guide in our class folder: https://docs.google.com/a/washington.k12.ia.us/document/d/1Px5dd01140xyudBB8fF3C_prtJyd7kQ0dMe-6wlccbA/edit
3. Create a google doc, and call it, “Renaissance and Reformation Wrap-Up.”
4. Share it with me.
5. Answer each of the following questions, and label them clearly:
a. Compare/Contrast: What were the major differences between the Middle Ages/Medieval Time and the Renaissance and Reformation? WHY do you think these matter most?
b. Expository/Persuasive: What were the major contributions of the Renaissance and Reformation to culture? Why do you think these matter most?
c. Expository: Define what a sonnet is. Use at least two direct quotations from Professor Foster.
Homework
1. Get a copy of the pages for the new unit.
2. Open the doc called “Enlightenment Notes” on our class folder.
3. Make a copy of it.
4. Follow the directions.
CREATIVE WRITING HERE!
Creative Writing
Monday, October 7th,
2013
· Grab your manila
folder off the circle table, please.
Focus
for Next Fourteen Days
1.
Showing,
Not Just Telling
2.
Revision
3.
Writing
Buddies (Two Days)--Writing Buddies Confirmed Thursdays = 10th and
17th—please be here!
4.
Portfolio
Organization
1.
Papers
back.
2.
Check
them off on your green checklist.
Note
·
Thank
you for editing each other’s stories!
They looked much more polished from all the editing AFTER Friday’s
class—thank you again for your efforts!
Editing
Reminder
***Any
assignment handed in with lower case “i”s will lose 20% off the total
grade. You simply cannot turn that in on a school paper as a junior or
senior in high school (or in the workplace).
Portfolio
1.
Get
out your pages for review.
2.
Here
Is What You Said—Portfolio Discussion Sheet
3.
Let’s
take a look at your ideas. If you aren’t
listed, you need to tell me now what your idea is, please:
1.
Set
the test for all 37 items.
2.
Take
the test.
3.
E-mail me your score (subject line
only).
4.
Fill out the Partner Form request.
5.
Continue studying your poetry terms
on quizlet until I stop you.
Partner
Form
·
Fill
out on blog.
Peer Conference
·
Russian
Tailor Trade-and-Grade
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