Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

APillionaries

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Days Remaining in Term = 13

·      Focus for this week and Monday    =          WRITING

·      Focus for next week                          =          House on Mango Street (novella)

Homework Due

·      Please leave your THEY SAY/I SAY packet next to my candle.

o   Make sure your name is on top!

·      Open your journal to the poetry term notes we took last week—first day—and write your name at the top.

o   Leave them OPEN to that page, by my candle, please.

Lookie:  New Vocab Words on Quizlet

Poetry—Vocab Quiz Today

1.      Test Prep

a.     Phone on the heater on your name card

b.    All materials stowed away except a pen/pencil and a highlighter

c.     No one on either side of you.

2.     PRINT NEATLY for the written and matching questions.

3.     Use a HIGHLIGHTER for the multiple choice and true/false.

Vocabulary2:10-2:25-ish

·      When you finish, introduce yourself to the new vocab cards on quizlet.

·      Do not talk.

KW:  Skim annotations, and return packets to peeps.—DONE!

Writing Assignments

1.      REVISION/ARGUMENT—2^nd Draft Today; Peer Conference Tomorrow

·      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)

                                               i.     Expressive lines (curved versus straight)

                                             ii.     Complexity

Assessment Criteria

1.      AP Writing Rubric (Big Picture—Begin with the End in Mind.)

2.     Rubric, 11-12 Argument—TOMORROW:  https://www.turnitin.com/t_rubric_library.asp?r=8.49319968692583&svr=2&lang=en_us&#

Some Things to Consider:  Essay Concerns

1.       “you” or implied “you”

2.     “I”

3.     slang and/or non-academic phrasing

4.     lack of transitions between paragraphs

5.     loss of focus on the argument being made

6.    lack of singular/plural agreement

a.     The reader = he or she; him or her

b.    Readers = they; them

7.     lack of quote frames

Revision

Create a second draft of your Good Reader Essay using all the following:

1.      “Some Things to Consider” notes above

2.     THEY SAY/I SAY annotations and templates

3.     My comments on your google docs

4.     Writing rubric—that’s your target

5.     Your own immense brain

Due tomorrow when you arrive:  second, thoughtfully and thoroughly revised Good Reader Essay

Creative Writing

Tuesday, October 8^th, 2013

Grab your manila folder off the circle table, please.

Focus for Next Thirteen Days

1.      Showing, Not Just Telling

2.     Revision

3.     Writing Buddies (Two Days)--Writing Buddies Confirmed Thursdays = 10^th and 17^th—please be here!

4.     Portfolio

Writing Lesson #10:  Showing, Not Just Telling

1.      Difference between “literal” and “figurative language” (blue p. 2)

A)    Definitions

B)    Poster:  http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally

2.     Least Vivid to Most Vivid (p. 2 )--Place the sentences in order form least vivid description to most vivid description.

A)    Our barelegged mammas dance down the steps and join us in the rain.

B)    Our barelegged mammas come down the steps and join us in the rain.

C)    Our barelegged mammas dance down the steps and join us in the fresh, clean rain.

D)   Our barelegged mammas come down the steps and join us in the fresh, clean rain.

3.     Diction Sandra Cisneros (p. 2)

4.     Vocabulary Variety—pink sheet reminder

Please put your name at the top of page 2, and lay it by my candle.

REVISION ACTIVITY:  Writing Lesson #9:  Making Strong Titles

GOAL:  Apply this lesson as you learned it last week.

1.      Review “Tips on Titles—blue page 14.

2.     Review weak versus strong titles—blue page 15.

3.     Go to our class folder in google drive entitled “Stronger Titles”.  I have a spreadsheet with a few models for how your answers should look:  https://docs.google.com/a/washington.k12.ia.us/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aopq4r-bWrm_dGJWNC1kSm5DdEY2TlRhSjFkZklNX2c#gid=0

4.     Re-title FIVE of your current piece titles, making each one significantly stronger, and enter these on our class spreadsheet.

5.     Make sure you re-title your personal google doc, too!

6.    Return your folder to the circle table.

7.     12:37-12:42

When You Finish

·      Practice quizlet for the poetry vocab quiz, which we will take after lunch.

AFTER LUNCH

Poetry—Vocab Quiz Today

1.      Test Prep

a.     Phone on the heater on your name card

b.    All materials stowed away except a pen/pencil and a highlighter

c.     No one on either side of you.

2.     PRINT NEATLY for the written and matching questions.

3.     Use a HIGHLIGHTER for the multiple choice and true/false.

When You Finish

·     Turn your quiz in next to my candle.

·     Do not talk for any reason.

·     Pick up your phone.

·     Start your homework (on the blog).

CREATIVE WRITING HOMEWORK 
FOR WEDNESDAY

FIRST:  finish re-titling your five pieces, if you didn't get finished before the quiz.

SECOND:  

Writing Experiment #10:

1.      Select one of the following FICTION prompts, and follow the directions.

2.     Type 500 words minimum (not maximum); put your word count next to your name, please.

3.     Paragraph for understanding.

4.     Create a clean, well-edited copy.

5.     Printed at the first of class tomorrow.

CPR

Tuesday, 10/8/2013

Days Remaining in Term = 13

Homework Due

Ø  Enlightenment Notes, shared with me by 8:10

Poetry—Vocab Quiz Today

1.      Test Prep

a.     Phone on the heater on your name card

b.    All materials stowed away except a pen/pencil and a highlighter

c.     No one on either side of you.

2.     PRINT NEATLY for the written and matching questions.

3.     Use a HIGHLIGHTER for the multiple choice and true/false.

When You Finish the Test

Ø  Introduce yourself to the new vocab list, on quizlet now! 

Ø  Use your headphones, if possible, so you can hear the pronunciations.

Ø  These are the words from Professor Foster’s sonnet chapter that you selected.

Note-taking

1.      Re-read your 9/30 entry about note-taking on your google doc.

2.     Read my comments as well.

3.     Now take notes today and tonight with all that good advice in your brain, and let’s see if we can take some excellent notes!

Enlightenment Viewing

Background Reminders

Ø  Think about the Thomas Paine Common Sense excerpt you read and annotated for American Lit. How does it fit in to the Age of Enlightenment?

Ø  Paraphrase in a sentence the philosophy of each of the following thinkers:

o   Rousseau

o   Diderot

o   Paine

o   Pope

Ø  List five of the most important elements/qualities of the Age of Enlightenment.

Viewing

1.      http://www.essential-humanities.net/western-art/western-literature/enlightenment-literature/#.UlD9ImR4ZuI

2.     http://prezi.com/dyknizdyz8-f/age-of-enlightenment-literature/

What does CORE saying about reading?

GRAPPLE WITH CHALLENGING TEXTS!

Today, I’m not going to ask you to analyze the poem exactly; instead, I’m tasking you with analyzing the analysis.  J 

New Vocab Cards
http://quizlet.com/27814455/vocab-4-week-of-108-1016-flash-cards/

Writers We’ll Read

1.      John Milton

a.     Introduction:  http://www.shmoop.com/consider-light-spent-blindness/

b.    Poem:  http://www.shmoop.com/consider-light-spent-blindness/poem-text.html

c.     Read:  Summary, Analysis, and Themes

d.    Study Questions:  http://www.shmoop.com/consider-light-spent-blindness/questions.html

HOMEWORK:  

• Create a google doc called "Milton Response", and share it with me.
• Type your responses  to TWO of the questions AFTER you read all the analyses.   These responses should allow you to talk about what you read about Milton's poem.   I should be able to tell from your responses that you DID read the analyses.