Welcome, APILLIONAIRES!
Wednesday, January 8th,
2013
Homework
Due
1.
“Geography Matters”—put your name on
page one, and write a solid sentence that summarizes your take-away.
2.
Lay it by my candle, please.
VOCAB WORK
1.
Update your Vocab War sheets. Final sheets are due MONDAY, 1/13.
2.
Study Frankenstein vocab on quizlet.
The vocab quiz will be MONDAY, 1/13.
Literary Lesson: Professor Foster
1.
Review: “It’s More Than Just Rain or Snow”—what are
our reminders from the reading?
…connections with the novel?
2.
New Discussion with your
annotations: “Geography Matters”
3.
New Assignment: “…So Does Season” is due FRIDAY, read and
annotated
Literary
Background:
1.
Power Point (handout)
2.
Note-taking (handout)
Novel
Reading
Ø
For Thursday’s Class: 81-104
Ø
For Friday’s Class: 104-128
Ø
For Monday’s Class: 128-149
Ø
For Tuesday’s Class: 149-166
Homework for Tonight
1) Use YouTube (or
another site of your choice), and find three different clips of movie versions
of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Some Biggies
·
James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931)
·
Terence
Fisher’s The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
·
Victor
Bialanella’s Frankenstein (1981)
·
Kenneth
Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
(1994)
·
But there are
many more you can choose, so search far and wide! I’d love to see some that aren’t on this
list.
2) Comment on the
following on our google spreadsheet called, “Frankenstein Viewing Comments.”
1.
How did the clip you viewed feel similar to the
novel?
2.
How did it feel different?
3.
What do you think of the “classic” monster? Does he look how you picture him? Does he speak the way he does in the novel?
3) Please post by 9:00AM
Thursday.
CREATIVE WRITING
When You Come In
1. Sign in, and pic up a
blue checklist four the next four days of class.
2. Grab your folder and a
green sheet off the circle table.
3. Get out your Porfolio
Packet (pink).
Organization: Folder and
Portfolio-Readiness
1.
Get papers back.
a.
Free Write #6
b.
Russian Tailor
c.
Elf Letter
d.
Show, Don’t Tell Poem
2.
Review the new green sheet.
3.
Reminder: you have THREE green sheets that, combined,
show you everything you’ve done this term and can put into your portfolio.
4.
Make a pile of the paper
copies of pieces you want to put in your portfolio, and paperclip them.
5.
I need a guinea pig who
knows SEVEN OR EIGHT PIECES HE/SHE is putting in the portfolio: https://docs.google.com/a/washington.k12.ia.us/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aopq4r-bWrm_dEozTTlsOWE5RHVtYTdEWFlkRkEyemc&usp=drive_web#gid=0
10:15-10:45 Work Period
1.
Conference w/me at my
desk about WE#9 when I call you back.
2.
Conference w/Megan about
your portfolio progress when she calls you back.
3.
Revise: Do ONE piece you know
you need to revise for your portfolio.
Last New Writing Assignment:
Fifty-Word Stories!
1.
Handout—please
follow the directions.
2.
You
need to complete the reading and selecting your three favorites done today.
3.
If
you finish, you can start writing yours, but I will give you half forty minutes
tomorrow for writing them.
Homework
1.
Revision
2.
Portfolio
3.
Quizlet
COLLEGE-PREP READING
Wednesday
January 8, 2014
Please
put the Listening to College Podcasts pink sheets by my candle AFTER you put
your name on them. Thanks! J
1.
Which story from Friday would you
recommend as a strong story?
a. “Good Guys and Good Old Boys”
b. “The Reveal”
c. “Ruthie’s Dinner”
d. “Crashing the Democratic Party”
e. “Stars, Rockets and Moons”
f.
“Sibling Rivalry”
2. What made it a good story?
3. What are some of the important elements of a short story (quizlet
terms?).
4. Today’s Story = “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” by James Thurber
Ø Journal started at 11:42;
ending at 11:52
Ø Only I will read it.
Ø Please write your name in big
letters across the top of your packet!
Thanks!
Reading and Annotating
1.
I read aloud for ten minutes before lunch, and we
discussed as we went.
2.
After lunch, read and annotate the rest of the
story on your own.
3.
Label each fantasy scenario. For example, so far we have the following:
a)
Commander--on a Navy ship during intense
weather
b)
Doctor—performing a difficult surgery on
a prominent patient
2.
When you finish reading, see me, and I’ll
assign you one question from page seven.
3.
Use a highlighter to find and mark
evidence that will support your answer.
(Pretend you’re a lawyer, trying to prove your case to a jury. What you highlight will be the evidence you
pile up to convince the jury you are correct.)
4.
Write a paragraph that answers your
assigned question (at the bottom of page 7 and on the back, please).
5.
If you finish everything above, study
fiction terms on quizlet, please.
6.
We will share these _______.
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