August 25 & 26

What did we do today in class?

• We had the 50 Book Challenge reading time
• We read this article and reviewed how to annotate it.
• We put the article and the annotation notes in the composition notebook. (If you are missing the notes, please come copy them during Flex).

Homework:

Always bring your book, composition book, and pen/paper to class.

Turn in your "Letter to Me."

What's coming next

This week, we finished Romeo & Juliet. We're now ready to gather all Romeo & Juliet and have it scored. The next composition book check will contain the following items:
1. A bell ringer that asked: "What happened in Romeo & Juliet." It was a pop quiz.
2. They have a timeline of everything that happened to Act III scene i.
3. They should have a reading log: What book are you reading for your book report? How many pages do you have left to read? What will you do for your book report?
4. A reading log titled, "What's in a Name." (How title points to main idea of a book)
5. A reading log titled "Visualizing Views" (point of view)
6. Pink study guide worth 31 points.
7. Orange study guide worth 38 points.
9. Bell Ringer: Who's to blame for Romeo & Juliet's death?
Total for this collection should be 130 points.

Book Report After-Thoughts

1. Did you enjoy your book? Why/why not?
2. Were there other books that seemed interesting? Why?
3. Was there someone in your group who you are sure didn't read their book?
4. Was there someone who didn't answer or participate well, even if they DID read their book?
5. Was there a book in your group you would never read? Why?
6. Was this a good book report? Why/why not?

Childhood Dreams...

Write at least 3 good paragraphs about THIS prompt.

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star

All writing prompts we have had this quarter

Four on the floor
Springy
High Flying

FINAL book report

On May 16, you will need to be finished with your book. You will arrive to class having finished the book, but NOT having started your book report.
Here's what you will need:

• Title of the book
• Author of the book
• When the book was published
• Name of the main character
• Name of the other important characters
• Whether or not these characters are static or dynamic
• What was the message of the book? Why did this book happen?
• What was the genre of the book?
• What was the setting of the book?

I will have a game you will be playing as a group. You will have to answer the questions (and they aren't easy-peasy if you haven't read your book). READ YOUR BOOK.

Today: I want you to write about what book you have chosen.

• Why did you choose it?
• What do you like about it?
• How many pages does it have in it?
• How many do you have to read to finish by May 15th? (divide by 15)
• Who wrote it?
• If you got it from the library, when do you have to turn this in?

You can turn this in on the same paper as the "4 of the floor" write.

Where would you go??

Write about THIS prompt today.
Where would you go? What would you do?
Write 3 good paragraphs:
What would you "drive"--boat, train, car, balloon, horse, etc.
Where would you go?
Who would you take with you?
How long would it take?

Honors English Timed Writing Prompt

This comes from the 2011 Open Ended Response questions.
You may write as much as you wish, and generally more is better: as long as it is written WELL, organized WELL, constructed WELL, and ANSWERS the PROMPT (AP):

2011B. In The Writing of Fiction (1925), novelist Edith Wharton states the following:

At every stage in the progress of his tale the novelist must rely on what may be called the illuminating incident to reveal and emphasize  the inner meaning of each situation. Illuminating incidents are the magic casements of fiction, its vistas on infinity.

1. Choose a novel or play that you have studied
2. write a well-organized essay in which you describe an "illuminating" episode or moment 
3. explain how it functions as a "casement," a window that opens onto the meaning of the work as a whole. 
4. Avoid mere plot summary.

Man Bites Dog

Today we played Man Bites Dog and then you wrote THIS journal write about homework.

Extra Credit Options

See the Mikado at UVU, write a play critique about WHEN you went, WHAT you liked (very specifically and why), use actors names and the parts they played, and note lights, director, costumes, etc.Your critique is due within 1 week of the last performance, by  April 27th.

Or, see THS's Little Women write a play critique about WHEN you went, WHAT you liked (very specifically and why), use actors names and the parts they played, and note lights, director, costumes, etc.Your critique is due within 1 week of the last performance, by  April 27th.

Or see OHS's West Side Story, a modern Romeo & Juliet (she lives). write a play critique about WHEN you went, WHAT you liked (very specifically and why), use actors names and the parts they played, and note lights, director, costumes, etc.Your critique is due within 1 week of the last performance, by  April 27th.
Sample play critique directions