Announcements:
1. MIDTERM grade printed this morning.
2. You need to turn in your AIDA review
3. You have a Home Reading Thought Exercise due Friday.
4. Parent/Teacher Conference is on Wednesday.
5. There is an EXTRA CREDIT showing of Dead Poet's Society on Wednesday after school. We'll be discussing "carpe diem" and old, dead, white poets. We'll examine theme and how the movie shaped the modern definition of "carpe diem."
6. BOOK REPORT presentations for extra credit on 12/22. Due on 1/5.2010.
We changed seats.
We talked about "carpe diem" and "melodrama" today.
You need to TP-CASTT "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick. There will be a quiz next time comparing it to a song.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
English 10
Your research paper is due today! You should turn in your paper, your works cited page, and attach all the printed research to the back of the paper.
You wrote about your research paper: Metacognition– After thoughts
Formatting
❍ Margins
❍ MLA
❍ Spacing (double spacing)
❍ Name
❍ Date
❍ Headers
❍ Citations
❍ Works Cited
❍ Font size
Writing Style
✏ “You” or “I”
✏ Internal Citation
✏ Paragraphing
✏ Using tabs
Research
☺ Sources
☺ Newspapers
☺ Magazines
Write a good paragraph where you evaluate what happened as you were writing your paper. What did you do well? What do you wish you could change? What would have helped you do this “perfectly” or better than you did? What went wrong? What went right? What would you change?
Next, you had a journal write based on your outside reading book
Thanksgiving Journal Write –
Write about your biography
What would your famous person consider his or her blessings? What would they be thankful for? What are the individual things that this person would have gratitude for?
Write about your person and his or her positives. What do they have or do that they are grateful for? What does the world see as their positive benefits?
Last paragraph: compare yourself to your famous person. What do you have in common with them?
¶ Identify your person. Identify specific things your person is grateful for.
¶ Write about your person’s positive items as seen by the public/the world.
¶ Write about what you have in common with your person.
200 + words.
LINK TO PRESENTATION SLIDES
You wrote about your research paper: Metacognition– After thoughts
Formatting
❍ Margins
❍ MLA
❍ Spacing (double spacing)
❍ Name
❍ Date
❍ Headers
❍ Citations
❍ Works Cited
❍ Font size
Writing Style
✏ “You” or “I”
✏ Internal Citation
✏ Paragraphing
✏ Using tabs
Research
☺ Sources
☺ Newspapers
☺ Magazines
Write a good paragraph where you evaluate what happened as you were writing your paper. What did you do well? What do you wish you could change? What would have helped you do this “perfectly” or better than you did? What went wrong? What went right? What would you change?
Next, you had a journal write based on your outside reading book
Thanksgiving Journal Write –
Write about your biography
What would your famous person consider his or her blessings? What would they be thankful for? What are the individual things that this person would have gratitude for?
Write about your person and his or her positives. What do they have or do that they are grateful for? What does the world see as their positive benefits?
Last paragraph: compare yourself to your famous person. What do you have in common with them?
¶ Identify your person. Identify specific things your person is grateful for.
¶ Write about your person’s positive items as seen by the public/the world.
¶ Write about what you have in common with your person.
200 + words.
LINK TO PRESENTATION SLIDES
Honors English--Monday
The Thesis Quiz for your Outside Home Reading Book
You may use your book to take this quiz.
• Looking at your book, determine the literary merit of your book. What makes your book a classic? What is the most obvious, the most important literary element of your book?
• Write this in ONE good thesis statement. (Subject + opinion = Thesis)
Include the title of your book. Be specific about how, why, what your book does well.
Samples: Green Eggs and Ham by Doctor Seuss is a classic because the theme of “don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it” is universal.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling changed young adult literature by making students want to read longer literature.
Stephenie Meyer's Twilight is a phenomenon that evokes strong emotions, either positive or negative, about young love.
Stephenie Meyer’s Edward Cullen has replaced Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy in the quest for hottest literary main man.
Things to Know
1. There will be an extra credit showing of Dead Poets Society next week.
2. You need to write and turn in your extra credit review of Aida. By next Monday, November 30th.
3. You need to continue to read your outside reading book.
4. You will memorize a poem from a list. It will be your term final.
5. December 22nd, you may get extra credit for presenting either your poem or your book report early.
You may use your book to take this quiz.
• Looking at your book, determine the literary merit of your book. What makes your book a classic? What is the most obvious, the most important literary element of your book?
• Write this in ONE good thesis statement. (Subject + opinion = Thesis)
Include the title of your book. Be specific about how, why, what your book does well.
Samples: Green Eggs and Ham by Doctor Seuss is a classic because the theme of “don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it” is universal.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling changed young adult literature by making students want to read longer literature.
Stephenie Meyer's Twilight is a phenomenon that evokes strong emotions, either positive or negative, about young love.
Stephenie Meyer’s Edward Cullen has replaced Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy in the quest for hottest literary main man.
Things to Know
1. There will be an extra credit showing of Dead Poets Society next week.
2. You need to write and turn in your extra credit review of Aida. By next Monday, November 30th.
3. You need to continue to read your outside reading book.
4. You will memorize a poem from a list. It will be your term final.
5. December 22nd, you may get extra credit for presenting either your poem or your book report early.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Honors English--Magic Numbers
Grammar in action: we looked at introductory sentences, capitals, and commas.
Today's quiz: comparison to a NEW song (using "Fifteen" and "When I was One-and-Twenty").
We discussed "Loveliest of Trees" and "magic numbers."
2 (2 hands, 2 legs, 2 eyes, couple)
3 (father, son, holy ghost–trinity. Prime number. 3 wishes. 3rd time’s a charm. 3 strikes you’re out.)
5 fingers, 5 toes, counting by 5.
7 days of the week. 7 dwarves. Lucky 7. Prime number.
9 multiple of 3.
10 10 fingers, 10 toes. Count by 10, Money multiple of 10. Metric.
12 Months in a year. Hours in a day.
13 lucky (or unlucky)
60 minutes in an hour
There are LOTS of others we use as a society. Try to think of significant numbers. Remember that numbers an author chooses are usually significant because they are extremely controllable.
Homework: Thought Exercise on your outside reading book.
Reminders: Midterm NEXT WEEK!
See AIDA for extra credit--write a critique (directions here).
Today's quiz: comparison to a NEW song (using "Fifteen" and "When I was One-and-Twenty").
We discussed "Loveliest of Trees" and "magic numbers."
2 (2 hands, 2 legs, 2 eyes, couple)
3 (father, son, holy ghost–trinity. Prime number. 3 wishes. 3rd time’s a charm. 3 strikes you’re out.)
5 fingers, 5 toes, counting by 5.
7 days of the week. 7 dwarves. Lucky 7. Prime number.
9 multiple of 3.
10 10 fingers, 10 toes. Count by 10, Money multiple of 10. Metric.
12 Months in a year. Hours in a day.
13 lucky (or unlucky)
60 minutes in an hour
There are LOTS of others we use as a society. Try to think of significant numbers. Remember that numbers an author chooses are usually significant because they are extremely controllable.
Homework: Thought Exercise on your outside reading book.Reminders: Midterm NEXT WEEK!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Research Paper
You should bring your research paper with you to class on Friday. 3 pages, typed, double spaced. We will work on the works cited page and the internal citations in class next time.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Honors English--Compare 15 to "When I was One-and-Twenty"
Read "When I was One-and-Twenty" by A.E. Housman.
Did the TP-CASTTListened to "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift. Music video here
Wrote comparison to poem in a thought exercise.
Homework: You will have a thought exercise due on your outside reading book on Monday, 11/23 for midterm.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Honors English -- Context, Subtext and "Sophomoric" Lit-Rock
When I took roll today I asked you what page you were on in your reading. You should continue to read your outside home reading book.Then we looked at a critique of "I am a Rock" and discussed the term "sophomoric"
Here's a link to something very cleverly written regarding "pretentious rock lit."
"But by the late '60s, English teachers were reciting the lyrics of Dylan, the Beatles and Paul Simon with the kind of reverence usually shown for John Donne. Meanwhile, rock stars became more self-conscious (and pretentious) and literary, from the "rock theater" of the Doors to the "rock opera" of The Who's "Tommy."
"For people of that time, some of the rock lyrics were more important to us and occupied us more than reading the great poets, even those of us who went on to study those poets," said T. Coraghessan Boyle, whose many books include "Water Music" and "World's End."
"Musicians were becoming authors — the Doors' Jim Morrison wrote poetry and Dylan issued a surreal work of verse, "Tarantula" — and authors were writing about musicians. An Elvis-like character was featured in Harlan Ellison's "Spider Kiss"; Don DeLillo's "Great Jones Street" concerned a rock star's attempted escape from fame.
We watched "So What!" and listened to "Love Story" (Taylor Swift),
"Check Yes, Juliette" (We the Kings),
Here's the link to the review questions:
Website link here.
We went over the calendar. You are 3 weeks into the quarter and have 6 weeks left. The week of Thanksgiving is MIDTERM!
Have a nice weekend!
Homework: read in your outside reading book. Only 6 weeks left until the end of the term. Performance PROJECT due January 5, 2010.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Thursday, Sophomore English
Where are you in your book?
Write about your book.
Finding sources to create your thesis.
Oprah.com (O magazine)
Time.com
Newsweek.com
Utah Valley Magazine
Search your topic. Figure out your message, point, bias, opinion. Create a thesis.
YOU MUST PROVIDE COPIES OF ALL YOUR SOURCES. Please print them as you find them.
Homework: Research and find 3 articles (2 newspaper 1 magazine). Come prepared with your thesis statement on Monday.
Write about your book.
Finding sources to create your thesis.
Oprah.com (O magazine)
Time.com
Newsweek.com
Utah Valley Magazine
Search your topic. Figure out your message, point, bias, opinion. Create a thesis.
YOU MUST PROVIDE COPIES OF ALL YOUR SOURCES. Please print them as you find them.
Homework: Research and find 3 articles (2 newspaper 1 magazine). Come prepared with your thesis statement on Monday.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Honors English -- Compare "I am a Rock" to "Sound of Silence"
We listened to "I am a Rock" and compared it to "Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel. The lyrics and what we discussed are located here.
The pdf versions of the lyrics we analysed are "I am a Rock" and "Sound of Silence"
We also looked at "Lovers in Japan" by Coldplay to talk about subtext & context.
The pdf versions of the lyrics we analysed are "I am a Rock" and "Sound of Silence"
We also looked at "Lovers in Japan" by Coldplay to talk about subtext & context.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Research and Book
Journal Write for your Biography (homework)
You are one-fifth of the way through your book. How much do you know about your person at this point? Is your book written chronologically, beginning with your person’s birth, or is your book organized in some other way? Use a minimum of 175 words to describe what the book has to say about your person (so far).
You are one-fifth of the way through your book. How much do you know about your person at this point? Is your book written chronologically, beginning with your person’s birth, or is your book organized in some other way? Use a minimum of 175 words to describe what the book has to say about your person (so far).
Monday, November 9, 2009
Honors English--Connotation & Denotation Review
Today we first looked at Connotation and Denotation (yellow handout--keep it in your binder with the TP-CASTT sample).
Then we looked at M.L.A. style.
You turned in your thought exercise.
Homework: Write a thought exercise for your Outside Home Reading novel. You should be to page 50.
Then we looked at Meditation 17 by John Donne.
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Then we looked at M.L.A. style.
You turned in your thought exercise.
Homework: Write a thought exercise for your Outside Home Reading novel. You should be to page 50.
Then we looked at Meditation 17 by John Donne.
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Honors English: John Donne & Holy Sonnet 10
Quiz on TP-CASTT
1. Why look at the title twice?
2. Why do the connotation and denotation matter? Figures of speech (what is WITH the word).
3. What sort of literary elements should you notice every time you read?
4. What elements are unique to poetry? You could call them structural if you wanted.
5. "S" is not for symbolism or structure. It's for this (_ _ _ _ _ _) and it's important to poetry because...
Introduction of the term "Existential questions." These are questions like: Who am I? Where am I going? What is the purpose of life? What happens after death?
These questions are often answered by religion, but are a driving force in literature.
NOT existentialsm, though it asks existential questions.
Explications of Divine/Holy Sonnet 10(X)
http://www.helium.com/items/677411-poetry-explication-holy-sonnet-10-john-donnes-address-to-death
"A Quick and Rough Explication" http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/deathbenotexpl.htm
http://www.eliteskills.com/c/11892
Associated Commentary of Holy Sonnet 10
John Donne on wikipedia
E-notes on The Holy Sonnets
A clean copy of Holy Sonnet 10
Homework: Thought Exercise on "Death Be Not Proud" (Holy Sonnet 10)
Be reading your outside reading book! You should be to page 50 (a quarter of the way) by next Wednesday. You will have a thought exercise due on Wednesday, November 11th.
1. Why look at the title twice?
2. Why do the connotation and denotation matter? Figures of speech (what is WITH the word).
3. What sort of literary elements should you notice every time you read?
4. What elements are unique to poetry? You could call them structural if you wanted.
5. "S" is not for symbolism or structure. It's for this (_ _ _ _ _ _) and it's important to poetry because...
Introduction of the term "Existential questions." These are questions like: Who am I? Where am I going? What is the purpose of life? What happens after death?
These questions are often answered by religion, but are a driving force in literature.
NOT existentialsm, though it asks existential questions.
Explications of Divine/Holy Sonnet 10(X)
http://www.helium.com/items/677411-poetry-explication-holy-sonnet-10-john-donnes-address-to-death
"A Quick and Rough Explication" http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/deathbenotexpl.htm
http://www.eliteskills.com/c/11892
Associated Commentary of Holy Sonnet 10
John Donne on wikipedia
E-notes on The Holy Sonnets
A clean copy of Holy Sonnet 10
Homework: Thought Exercise on "Death Be Not Proud" (Holy Sonnet 10)
Be reading your outside reading book! You should be to page 50 (a quarter of the way) by next Wednesday. You will have a thought exercise due on Wednesday, November 11th.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
English 10 Projects, Proposals & Research
Today we talked about what there was to do for the project, the proposal, and the research paper. Here's a brief review:
1. Students need to choose what they want to DO and what they want to KNOW. To start that process, students want to look here (as I did all the Google for them).
Students need to know what they want to do so they can write the proposal. It's a personal choice, but parents must sign-off on the project.
2. Next time, we'll go over how to do the proposal. The questions they will need to know the answers to are located here. Proposals are always the who, what, when, where, why, how of the project; people use proposals in college and in business, and proposals almost always equal money. (In this case, they equal a grade).
Proposals are due 11/11 for B day and 11/10 for A day.
3. Students will research what they need to know to be able to do their project. This is a subject, not as much as a project. The research paper is outlined here.
Research papers are due before Thanksgiving break, 11/23 for B day; 11/24 for A day.
4. Students will have until after the winter break to complete their project and prepare a presentation. Their presentation will be a powerpoint, and we'll go over in class the slides that are important and crucial to the presentation. The presentation is primarily a "show and tell" about their research, their project, and what they learned, thought and felt. We'll do presentations on January 4th for A days and January 5th for B days. The term is over on January 8th.
Everything we do this quarter is based on the concept that people shape the world they live in; the world can and will mold a person, but a person can change that and mold the world they live in. It's a personal choice, made by one person, every day. To say that kids are the future implies that we show them how, when, and why they can do that for maximum effect.
Their biography on someone who has made a difference will be due before Christmas break (12/16 for B day; 12/17 for A day). The directions for the book report are here.
1. Students need to choose what they want to DO and what they want to KNOW. To start that process, students want to look here (as I did all the Google for them).
Students need to know what they want to do so they can write the proposal. It's a personal choice, but parents must sign-off on the project.
2. Next time, we'll go over how to do the proposal. The questions they will need to know the answers to are located here. Proposals are always the who, what, when, where, why, how of the project; people use proposals in college and in business, and proposals almost always equal money. (In this case, they equal a grade).
Proposals are due 11/11 for B day and 11/10 for A day.
3. Students will research what they need to know to be able to do their project. This is a subject, not as much as a project. The research paper is outlined here.
Research papers are due before Thanksgiving break, 11/23 for B day; 11/24 for A day.
4. Students will have until after the winter break to complete their project and prepare a presentation. Their presentation will be a powerpoint, and we'll go over in class the slides that are important and crucial to the presentation. The presentation is primarily a "show and tell" about their research, their project, and what they learned, thought and felt. We'll do presentations on January 4th for A days and January 5th for B days. The term is over on January 8th.
Everything we do this quarter is based on the concept that people shape the world they live in; the world can and will mold a person, but a person can change that and mold the world they live in. It's a personal choice, made by one person, every day. To say that kids are the future implies that we show them how, when, and why they can do that for maximum effect.
Their biography on someone who has made a difference will be due before Christmas break (12/16 for B day; 12/17 for A day). The directions for the book report are here.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thought Exercises on a Deadline
Today in Honors English, we went over how to construct a thought exercise as a class. We read one and wrote one, and the results are here.
Then, we took 40 minutes to construct a thought exercise on the poems we TP-CASTT last time in class.
Also today, each student reported on the book chosen for their outside reading. The Home Reading project is due January 5th, after the winter break.
Then, we took 40 minutes to construct a thought exercise on the poems we TP-CASTT last time in class.
Also today, each student reported on the book chosen for their outside reading. The Home Reading project is due January 5th, after the winter break.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Dare You To Move---Project
http://sites.google.com/site/phippenenglish/dareyoutomove
Today in class I recorded the title of the biography students chose. They had 14 days to get the biography; despite the long lead-time, many students were unprepared.
We then moved on to the research project. There is a research proposal, a paper, a project, and a presentation (directions not online yet).
Due Dates:
Project Proposal Due 11/9/09 (B-day) 11/10/09 (A-day)
Research paper Due 11/23/09 (B-day) 11/24/09 (A-day)
Book Report Due 12/16/09 (B-day) 12/17/09 (A-day)
Project Due 1/4/10 (A-day) 1/5/10 (B-day) -- After the break
Presentation Due 1/4/10 (A-day) 1/5/10 (B-day) -- After the break
Today in class I recorded the title of the biography students chose. They had 14 days to get the biography; despite the long lead-time, many students were unprepared.
We then moved on to the research project. There is a research proposal, a paper, a project, and a presentation (directions not online yet).
Due Dates:
Project Proposal Due 11/9/09 (B-day) 11/10/09 (A-day)
Research paper Due 11/23/09 (B-day) 11/24/09 (A-day)
Book Report Due 12/16/09 (B-day) 12/17/09 (A-day)
Project Due 1/4/10 (A-day) 1/5/10 (B-day) -- After the break
Presentation Due 1/4/10 (A-day) 1/5/10 (B-day) -- After the break
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