All the Important Links, One more time

Book Write directions A Day here B Day 
Book writes have individual due dates.

Research Proposal click HERE

Research help click HERE

Oral & Written Book Report click HERE
Book Report extra credit due date: A 12/13 B 12/14

Project Outline HERE
Project due after Winter Break!

PowerPoint Presentation HERE

Due 1/5 (B) 1/6 (A)


How does ALL of this go together:
Step by Step Directions Link

Sentence Basics

Link Here

Today it snowed...

Concrete Details in your Book

You should have gotten a triangle outline. We put concrete details on the outline today.

We discussed the "equations" for the outline:
Thesis= subjec+opinion because ____.
Introductory paragraphs: Grabber, thesis statement, because...
2 Concrete details per paragraphs.
Introductions get you into the paper, conclusions get you out of the paper.

How many paragraphs does a paper need? As many as you want...

Then you went to work finding the concrete details you wanted to use.
We also reviewed the calendar.
Homework: Write Book Write 3. See link here.

Concrete Details

Today, we discussed what the difference between a concrete detail and an opinion is... We discussed fact and opinion.

You should have all your research, and you should have turned your proposal (signed by your parent) in today!!

Death of the Author

Death of the Author is where you read something cold and you determine meaning before you let what you know about the author color the meaning of the poem. Once you apply what you know about the author, then there are 2 (or more) ways to read the poem.

Death of the Author is about a time when you have done something or said something that you mean in one way but is interpreted another. It is contextually interpreted instead of literally interpreted. Write about a time when this has happened to you. Write about a time when what you said or did was interpreted the wrong way. What was it? You may be called upon to share...

You are in the writing lab today...

You need 2 newspaper articles and 1 magazine article.

Your subject must connect to your project.

Your project must connect to your research.

Here are all the links you need:

Proposal Page (sample proposal)

Research Link (including all the newspaper and magazines from Utah)

Research Paper Outline

Presentation

The most important link is the research link. Please explore it thoroughly. You have more than enough to look at. If you get enough information, you may read your book. However, your research must be passed off  before you can start reading. If you can't use the internet because you can't log-on, you may quietly read, but you must be reading quietly to receive your points for the class period. You will be graded on how much you get accomplished during the class period, and you will be expected to get all the research finished. 

Bring all 3 articles to class with you next time.

B-Day Due Dates

Here are the links for the Power of One project:
Proposal due date November 19th (B Day) Next Wednesday
Research Paper ROUGH DRAFT DUE December 10th,FINAL DRAFT DUE DECEMBER 16th
Book Report due December 14th
Presentation due January 5th
It is not necessary that this project take money or tremendous amounts of time. I just would like to see evidence of outlining, planning, and research. It's an English research project that has to show higher level thinking. That it actually does something makes it more meaningful and valuable.

English 10--Please pick a TOPIC!!

Today, we discussed the calendar and how important it is to know what you want to research. Next time we'll be in the writing lab working on your research paper. You will need an Acceptable Use Policy signed and returned to use the computer.

Here are the links for the Power of One project:
Proposal due date November 18th (A Day)
Research Paper ROUGH DRAFT DUE December 9th, FINAL DRAFT DUE DECEMBER 17th
Book Report due December 15th
Presentation due January 6th
It is not necessary that this project take money or tremendous amounts of time. I just would like to see evidence of outlining, planning, and research. It's an English research project that has to show higher level thinking. That it actually does something makes it more meaningful and valuable.

Starry, Starry Night

Today, we listened to "Starry, Starry Night" by Josh Groban and discussed Vincent Van Gogh. We also read Anne Sexton's "The Starry Night" and talked about what she might have meant in the poem comparing it to Robert Frost's "Fire & Ice" and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar."

Power of One Links

Website

The Power of One

Scroll down on this page to look at the list:
https://sites.google.com/site/phippenenglish/communityoutreachproject

Homework:
Write your paper. You can download it here. You should be 1/5th of the way through your book.


THEN you should look at topics for your project.

The World Quick Write

Based on what we have talked about so far about analyzing poetry, analyze your favorite piece of poetry. What moves you about poetry? What kind of poetry do you like? Do you have any poetry memorized? Do you write poetry?

Henry Vaughn "The World"

“The World” is a sixty-line poem in four fifteen-line stanzas in iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme aaa, bb, cc, dd, ee, ff, gg. The title is purposefully ambiguous and reflects the dual focus of the poem: the earthly world, the here and now; and the world to come, heaven and eternity. The four stanzas develop the idea that unless mortals shed their concern for the values of this world they are doomed. True value lies in belief in God and in the search for salvation.
I saw Eternity the other night,
Like a great ring of pure and endless light,
All calm, as it was bright;
And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years,
Driv'n by the spheres
Like a vast shadow mov'd; in which the world
And all her train were hurl'd.

From the book, A Ring of Endless Light by Madeline L'Engel


A great ring of pure & endless light

Dazzles the darkness in my heart

And breaks apart the dusky clouds of night.

The end of all is hinted in the start.

When we are born we bear the seeds of blight;
Around us life & death are torn apart,
Yet a great ring of pure & endless light
Dazzles the darkness in my heart.


It lights the world to my delight.
Infinity is present in each part.
A loving smile contains all art.
The motes of starlight spark & dart.


A grain of sand holds power & might.
Infinity is present in each part,
And a great ring of pure & endless light
Dazzles the darkness in my heart.

A Days & Chronological Order Notes

We discussed what sort of things might be told chronologically, like Phineas & Ferb (one day), King Arthur (from the sword in the stone to the end of Camelot with his death at the hands of Mordred), Harry Potter (one school year), Sleeping Beauty (her christening, her 16th birthday, 100 years of sleep, "happily ever after).

We also discussed your homework:

You should be ONE FIFTH of the way through your book by next time.

You should write your first journal write.
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). 

Due date: Monday, November 8th
Download Directions

Chronological Order

In 4th period, we talked about the importance of chronological order. We discussed first, no one tells time backward. We all live our lives forward.

CHRONO = time
LOGIC = order
Chronological order means to tell time in the order that it happens.


Then we listened to Five for Fighting's 100 years
"100 Years"

I'm 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
I'm 22 for a moment
She feels better than ever
And we're on fire
Making our way back from Mars
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
I'm 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I'm a they
A kid on the way
A family on my mind
I'm 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I'm heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
15 I'm all right with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
Half time goes by
Suddenly you’re wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We're moving on...
I'm 99 for a moment
Dying for just another moment
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
15 there's still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you’re on your way
Every day's a new day...
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live 


And then we compared it to Taylor Swift's "Fifteen" and discussed how each displays chronological order.

Honors English--Wednesday

Grades were final last Thursday, and report cards will come out on Friday.

We did the TPCASTT of "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson. We then listened to "Richard Cory" by Simon and Garfunkle and talked about the theme and how this works on the AP exam.
"Richard Cory," which appears on Simon & Garfunkel's second album Sounds of Silence, is based off a poem of the same name by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson. Both tell the story of a wealthy gentleman named Richard Cory through the eyes of a poor man who lives in the same town. In the song, the narrator works in a factory owned by Richard Cory. The working class citizens of the town idolize Cory, remarking that he has ``everything a man could want: power, grace, and style.'' Cory is educated, well-mannered, and charitable. In the eyes of others, it seems ``he surely must be happy with everything he's got.'' At the end of the poem and song, however, Richard Cory commits suicide by putting ``a bullet through his head.'' Both pieces warn their audiences: money does not bring happiness. Money often brings isolation. There are two ironic elements to the song. The first, quite simply, is that a man who appears so well off would kill himself because he is, in fact, extremely unhappy. The second is that, in spite of knowing Richard Cory's tragic fate, the narrator continues to say ``I wish that I could be Richard Cory.''

Read more: http://www.faqs.org/lyrics/Simon-Garfunkel-Richard-Cory.html#ixzz14EQtHrCh

Homework: FIND YOUR BOOK. Write a DOUBLE thought exercise on the relative merits of your new book.