Be prepared for in-depth discussion of novel tomorrow.
Friday, May 22nd:
Read Chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby.
Reading questions:
Chapter 1
1. Notice how many times Fitzgerald uses the words hope, or dream. Why does he do this?
2. Nick starts the novel by relaying his father's advice "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." List Nick's advantages. Does he reserve judgement in the novel?
3. Pay attention to time. What is the day and year during the first scene at Daisy's house?
4. Describe Nick. What facts do you know about him, and what do you infer about him? What kind of a narrator do you think he will be?
5. What image does the author use to describe Jordan Baker? What does it mean?
6. How does Nick react to Jordan?
7. What does Tom's behavior reveal about his character?
Chapter 2
1. Describe the "valley of ashes." What does it look like and what does it represent?
2. Describe Mr. Wilson and Myrtle. Do they seem to fit into the setting?
3. What more have you learned about Nick in this chapter? Is he similar or different than the people he spends his time with?
4. Describe the violent act Tom comitted against Myrtle. What does this reveal about him?
Chapter 3
1. Pay attention to Nick's judgements. What do they reveal about his character that he does this (especially in relation to his opening comments)?
2. Describe Gatsby the first time Nick sees him.
3. What rumors have been told about Gatsby? Why does Fitzgerald reveal rumors rather than fact?
4. What does Nick think of Gatsby after meeting him?
5. How is Gatsby different from his guests?
6. Why does Nick choose to share his thoughts and feelings with Jordan?
7. Nick thinks he's one of the few honest people he knows, why? Do you think he is honest?
Wednesday, April 29th:
Read Frederick Douglass passage
Write a Style Analysis essay following the Style Analysis Essay Prose Outline. Please do not feel obligated to follow the outline exactly, although you may do so if you feel like it. It's here to introduce you to yet another way you can write an essay of this nature.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Practice AP exam on Sunday, May 3rd. 2-5 p.m. Location: TCHS (Room to be announced) If you cannot attend the practice test, please come see Ms. P.
Early 20th century article. Multiple-choice passage.
HW: Work on project due Friday.
HW: Print out. Read. Answer excerpt from Nickel and Dimed. If you completed this packet already because it was assigned as part of your European Travel package, then don't worry about doing it again.
Reviewed articles read this year. Each student chose an article. Project due Friday. If you were absent today, please find out about the assignment from Ms. P in class.
HW: Print out the following article. Read. Answer questions.
Anna Quindlen: What's her central claim? SOAPSTone
Ethos, logos, pathos appeals?
Evidence???
Print, read and annotate Amy Cunningham's "Why Women Smile" found on Handouts page.
Totally tubular Tuesday, February 10th:
HW: Define vocabulary
Discussion: Is smiling instinctual or learned behavior? How are women perceived if they do not smile often? How are men perceived if they do not smile? Are women less inclined to succeed in this society if they didn't smile often?
Tone: What is it again? Handout on tone--pick up in class.
Valentine's Day cards due Friday.
Discussion: "Between the Sexes" by Anna Quindlen. Read through the article in class. Discussed Quindlen's style and rhetorical devices--how do they promote the speaker's purpose? For example, she writes in paragraph 8, "Mom. Weird. Women." Why?
Collecting QW tomorrow
Oscar Wilde: "A woman's face is her work of fiction."
Vocabulary: innocuous, in lieu, archetype, diffuse, saw (def. proverb; maxim), robust, bona fide, deference, pilloried, lasciviousness, addle, sprightly, newfangled, impassive
Finally Friday, February 6th:
Vocabulary Quiz and Quickwrite
Class discussion on Chris McCandless. How does author Chip Brown feel about McCandless?
HW: Quickwrite. Write half a page to a page on the following topic: Describe the divide (or lack of one) between women and men. You may wish to use examples from your own experience to show how men and women misunderstand each other, or how they approach things in different ways.
HW: Read Anna Quindlen's "Between the Sexes, a Great Divide." Download off of Handouts. Print. Annotate. Be prepared to discuss on Tuesday.
Thursday, February 5th:
The elephant couch story
Chris McCandless: Double entry journals. Choose four passages that display Chip Brown's interesting sentence structure, grammar, diction, etc. Analyze and evaluate.
"Holiday Toast" to be presented on Friday. Go to handouts for a copy of the handout.
Thunder Thursday, Dec. 11th:
"Toys" by Roland Barthes
Group Discussions.
Each group chose one of the three writing prompts, and began brainstorming/outlining.
Wonderful Wednesday, Dec. 10th:
Lecture: Freud, psychology
Discussion: "Toys"
Terrific Tuesday, Dec. 9th:
Timed Writing.
Mighty Monday, Dec. 8th:
Collect vignettes
Group Discussion: Growing up, what was your favorite toy? Why?
What does your favorite toy reveal about you as a person? Your character? Personality?
Begin reading: "Toys" by Roland Barthes. Handout given in class.
Vocabulary: homonculus, prefigure, alibi, inert, causality, bourgeois, consternation, hernia, fretwork, coenaesthesis, posthumous
Terms and WOW given tomorrow in class.
Fun Fun Friday, Dec. 5th:
Read Arounds: Vignette papers
HW: Final draft due Monday
Thick Thick Thursday, Dec. 4th:
Group Presentations.
Class Discussion: How do you get into college? What counts?
Oratorical Interpretations begin. For those of you that have already given your speeches, please contribute to the discussion titled "O.I. Pointers."
Win Win Wednesday, Dec. 3rd:
Group Discussion: Do you believe your grades are not a true measure of your academic ability? Yes/No/Explain.
Group Presentations.
Collect: Reading and Grammar packets
Top Top Tuesday, Dec. 2nd:
Reading packet, due tomorrow
Grammar packet, due tomorrow
Writing Assignment #1, due Friday
My My Monday, Dec. 1st:
Class discussion: Let's re-calibrate. Where do we stand? How do you feel with the way things are going?
No vocabulary this week. :)
Read.
Sign up for your Oratorical Interpretation time slots on your class page (found in the navigation bar on the left).
Freaky Friday, Nov. 21st:
Health Education 101: Infectious and Non-Infectious Conditions
Wash your hands.
Vocabulary quiz on Monday.
READ! Go buy a new magazine!
Thalamic Thursday, Nov. 20th:
Finish discussing Multiple-Choice Packet. Great job today!
HW: Relaxation techniques as you study for the Vocab Quiz tomorrow.
Wishing Wednesday, Nov. 19th:
Download and read "Letter From Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. See handouts. Annotate the speech.
Continue working on your Speech Project.
Group work: Finalize your group answers. Be prepared to debate.
Collect Venn Diagrams and Frederick Douglass questions.
HW: Final Draft of Family Photograph Essay due Monday. Please include the photo you used (or a photocopy, scanned copy, etc.) with your essay. If you submit an actual photo, it will be returned to you.
BABY SEARCH: Submit a baby photo (this can be the same photo you submit for your essay, or it can be a different one).
Talking Tuesday, Nov. 18th:
Watch a short video of an O.I. given by a student at the State Speech Finals. Thanks Wayne!
Review Reading packet answers. Due Wednesday.
Read, read, READ!
Mighty Monday, Nov. 17th:
Oratorical Interpretation Note: Please do not imitate the original speaker. Take the original speech, and make it your own. Your "interpretation" of the speech will happen in the way that you deliver it.
Extra Credit Announcement: delightful diction search.
WOW: jocund. The jocund judge joyfully jailed the jolly janitor.
Monday Media: Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring."
Monday Madness: "The Stranger in the Photo Is Me" by Donald M. Murray. Answer questions. Due tomorrow.
Begin learning about the AP Test. Download the Course Description from the AP Central website (you are not required to print this document out). Read about the text. What have you learned? Be prepared to share tomorrow.
Review Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting Obama's Victory Speech with MLK, Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
Vocabulary TEST tomorrow.
HW: Read from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (pp. 399-404) and Answer Questions 1-8 on page 404. Please answer in complete sentences. Due tomorrow.
HW: Review for tomorrow's test. Go to your class period "page" to help write an exciting story using as many vocabulary words as possible. Please write all vocab words in bold.
Wistful Wednesday, Nov. 12th:
Read magazines. Fantastic.
HW: Read. Awesome.
Tuesday, Veteran's Day (and Pocky Day):
Read.
Read.
Read.
Model Monday, Nov. 10th:
WOW: ignoble. The photographer was offered a princely sum for the picture of the self-proclaimed ethicist in the ignoble act of pick-pocketing.
Group Vocab Quiz.
"Coming Home Again" Reading Questions. Check Handouts page (under Week 10) for a copy. Please answer on a separate sheet of paper, and answer in complete sentences.
Peyton Manning's Public Service Announcement.
Review Rubric for Oratorical Interpretation (on Handouts page). What are your thoughts? Any suggestions for changes/adjustments? Post them on the Discussion Forum.
HW: Bring a magazine (latest issues of major news publications only) to class on Wednesday. New Yorker and The Atlantic would be especially wonderful.
Syntax: In an elevated mood, Mrs. M comes downstairs. Someone comes in the front door: Mr. M; he is not dead after all. Shocked by this sudden reversal, Mrs. M collapses and dies.
…of joy that kills…of heart disease…they said she had died…when the doctors came…
Vocabulary: Review all of the words thus far. You have a test on Friday. YESSSSS!!!
Fiscal Friday, Nov. 7th:
Peer Review of Timed-Writings.
Make-up: Timed Writings from yesterday.
Vocabulary Quiz moved to Monday.
Thoroughly Thursday, Nov. 6th:
Timed Writing on one of your speeches.
Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow.
Please review Chang-Rae Lee's essay, "Coming Home Again."
HW: READ "Frederick Douglass" on page 397 of your Elements of Literature Textbook (the big brown one we checked out at the beginning of the school year.
Recap the Election Map: Do third party candidates help democracy?
Introduction of Oratorical Interpretation
Tantamount Tuesday, Nov. 4th:
Notebook Check
Tina Fey interview on npr.org.
Political Discussion (media bias, teachers, monumental election?) What color are your lenses?
Correct and Collect (9D) Modes of Discourse Assignment
Collect (9F) SOAPSTone for Speech #2
Collect Childhood Reflective Essay Reflection
HW: Read once more Chang-Rae Lee's "Coming Home Again."
Mostly Monday, Nov. 3rd:
Collect SOAPSTone (9A) for Speech #1
Due tomorrow: SOAPSTone (9F) for Speech #2
WOW: imperturbable. No matter how disruptive the children became, the baby remained imperturbable.
HW: Chang-Rae Lee's "Coming Home Again." See Handouts to print out a copy. ANNOTATE. Look for 3 examples of Rhetorical Devices and 2 grammatically interesting sentences.
Assignment (9C): Analyze and Evaluate an article. Determine its bias. Annotate the article with your commentary (SOAPSTone, style, rhetorical devices, ethos, logos, pathos). Red poster for "right" and Blue poster for "Left."
Quiz Monday on Vocabulary and Lecture Notes.
4 Modes of Discourse (9D): due Monday.
Grammar HW (9E) will be posted by Friday: due Monday. CANCELED!
On-line discussion: Frank Deford's "Duchess" sports commentary. (SOAPSTone. Rhetorical devices. What was the purpose of his piece? How do you know?)
SPEECH #2: SOAPSTone (9F), due Tuesday.
Score essays.
Wiley Wednesday, Oct. 29th:
Label your speeches A, B, C. Choose one speech and answer SOAPSTone (9A). Due tomorrow.
LISTEN: Frank Deford's Sports Commentary. Duchess.
HW: Choose one of your political news/commentary articles from Monday's HW and answer SOAPSTone (9B).
VOCABULARY QUIZ ON MONDAY. :)
Tight Tuesday, Oct. 28th:
College Fair
Discussion: College Q&A Session
Mysterious Monday, Oct. 27th:
WOW: histrionics. With such histrionics, she should consider becoming a soap opera actress.
Of Mice and Men alternate ending clip.
LIST: 5-7 news/media/print sources. 5-7 reputable reporters/journalists/editorial writers. 5-7 topics prevalent in these presidential elections.
HW: Find and print/copy 2-3 articles covering the current presidential election. Find articles that focus on the candidates and their stance(s) on prominent political issues.
HW: SPEECHES. Check the Resources page for websites listing famous speeches. Choose your top three favorite speeches and bring copies of the speeches in this Wednesday.
HW: Vocabulary.
SYNTAX (Please add to your syntax log): Mrs. M dreams on about her new life, but her sister grows concerned about her isolation in her room. She emerges to show her sister and her late husband’s friend that she is just fine. Chunks to be rearranged to form a syntactically effective sentence:
..and…there was…like a goddess of Victory…she carried herself unwittingly…a feverish triumph in her eyes…
Scoring Two Samples of Timed Writing: Most Persuasive
HW: Study for Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow
HW: What would you score each sample essay, and why? One short paragraph for each paragraph. (8C)
Wicked Wednesday, Oct. 22nd:
Collect Grammar HW from Per. 6 only. Collect from Period 5 tomorrow!
Discussion: Why did you all do so well on the last Benchmark?
Read two sample essays. What did they do well? How can they improve? What scores would you give them? Why?
Paris J'Taime short by Wes Craven
Tempestuous Tuesday, Oct. 21st:
Collect all Voice Lessons.
Share, then collect all postcards! (7A)
Participation Assessment.
"On Dumpster Diving" Reading questions (8A). Due tomorrow. (see below)
Did you complete your vocabulary list for the week?
Finish traveling together. :)
HW: Grammar handout (8B)
How does Eighner organize his essay? What does such an organization imply?
Eighner's simple, understated tone suggests that anyone can adapt to Dumpster diving with a little practice. Why do you think he uses such a tone?
Write about someone who does what Eighner deplores in his closing paragraphs, "invests objects with sentimental value." Let your description reveal whether or not you agree with Eighner (0.5-1 page).
Mighty Monday, Oct. 20th:
Wow! So many places! Where did we travel to today? Can you remember?
Did not collect or check Voice Lesson, Diction #3--Will do tomorrow!
Please review "On Dumpster Diving."
WOW: germane. "Germany is not germane to our discussion today," said the history professor. "Today, we shall discuss last night's episode of Friends instead."
In an effort to keep this page nice and tidy, all previous weeks' notes will be moved to DailyNotesArchive page.
FANTASTIC Friday!!! Oct. 10th:
New numbers: Each student got their new class number.
Timed Writing.
Collect: VP and Presidential Debate Handouts
Vocabulary Quiz
Thoroughly Thursday, Oct. 9th:
Discussion: What was more interesting? The Presidential Debate on Tuesday night, or the Twilight Zone episode from yesterday?
Close-Reading: Dialectical Journals. "Los Angeles Notebook"
"On Dumpster Diving" by Lars Eighner. Begin Reading.
HW: Close Reading. Write at least 4 dialectical journal (DJs) entries for the "On Dumpster Diving" article. (6C)
Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow.
No grammar homework today! Woo-hoo!
In-class Research/Work time.
What a Wednesday! Oct. 8th:
Monday Media on a Wednesday: Watch Twilight Zone episode, "The Eye of the Beholder."
Consider: symbolism, theme, setting, message, mood, tone
Does the episode remind you of anything you have read in the past?
Tornado Tuesday, Oct. 7th:
Participants paired up in teams of two. Each team received their "secret" location for the Amazing Race (6B). Details of the assignment can be found on the Handouts page. Some time in class to work on projects this Thursday and Friday, but assume that you will have to do research outside of school in an actual library! For information on RESEARCH, please check the new RESOURCES page!
Stories with Holes! VICTORY IS MS. P's, muahahahahahaha!!!
Revision: No need to print out "On Dumpster Diving" yet.
Magic Monday, Oct. 6th:
Amazing Race! (6B) Check Handouts page for a .pdf document outlining the assignment.
WOW: espouse
VP Debate
Ethos, Logos, Pathos using WOWs: Letter to the folks. Letter to the school. Letter to your colleagues.
HW: Review "Los Angeles Notebook"
Syntax: Even though Mrs. M knows she will cry again when she sees her dead husband laid out in his coffin, she also has intimations of a new happiness. Chunks to be rearranged to make a syntactically effective sentence:
...beyond that bitter moment...absolutely...but she saw...that would belong to her...a long procession of years to come...
If you are unable to watch the debate tonight due to scheduling conflicts, watch the debate in its entirety on the website http://www.youdecide2008.com (according to the youdecide2008 website, the video will be uploaded after the debate has finished airing). The assignment (5C) will be due on Monday.
Wonderful Wednesday, Oct. 1st:
Review North Korea facts: What do you remember from yesterday?
Media Center! Checked out Elements of Literature textbooks.
Sequential Ordered Sharing: North Korea
Slide Show
Super Mini Research Project
NO HOMEWORK! :) Also, we will meet back in the classroom tomorrow where the air conditioning is working.
Manic Monday, September 29th:
ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be meeting in the Media Center tomorrow. Please bring your I.D. Card--we will be checking out a textbook. We will also be conducting class in there, so show up promptly! Do not forget!
TEST!!!: Colleagues, check out the Discussion Board (off of the "Home" page), and shout out your thoughts!
HW: Research North Korea. Find 2-3 interesting facts about the country, culture, history, politics, government, etc. Include your source.
Syntax: Mrs. M, “facing an open window,” is soothed by the sounds and smells of nature; the cloud of grief begins to lift. Chunked phrases to be rearranged to make a syntactically effective sentence:
…quite motionless…she sat…except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her…with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair…as a child who had cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams… Please write your answer on the Syntax log in your binder.
WOW--dearth: "When there is nothing but d'earth, there is a dearth." What's your best guess?
ANNOUNCEMENT: Sorry colleagues, but looks like I accidentally left the Diction article (listed below as #4) at school. My apologies, but reading the article will have to wait till Monday.
Friday, September 26th:
What's on the test on Monday?
TAKE A BREAK: No Vocab Quiz today since there's a test on Monday.
HW: Please download and print a copy of the Diction article this weekend. Please read thoroughly. (Note: This is different from the "Diction" exercise listed as #3 above. This document is at least 3-4 pages long and will be scanned and uploaded later tonight.)
REMINDER: REVISIONS of Reflective Essay on "Childhood Memory" due Monday. Staple the Peer Review sheet behind the final draft.
NOTE!!! Just found an error on the Rhetorical and Analytical Checklist! It's not "Casual Relationship." It's "Causal Relationship," haha. ;)
Thursday, September 25th:
Discussion: What's good note-taking?
Peer Edit: "Childhood Memory"
REVISIONS due Monday, Sept. 29th
Continue "Homeless" Group presentations
Continue Lecture on Close-Reading
HW: Grammar, "Unscrambling" (4B) found on Handouts page. Please download, print, and complete the exercise. You may type your answers right onto the Word document, or write on the printed handout.
Please note: First TEST next Monday. Review on Friday.
Wednesday, September 24th:
Are you keeping your notebook organized? Is your Vocabulary Section organized?
Finish "Homeless" Group presentations
Read aloud Sample Timed Writing from Monday
Lecture with Keynote Presentation: What is Close-reading?
" and Read. Come up with a list of questions you might ask when reading this passage. Write them in the margins of your copy.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008:
MEDIA CENTER: Introduction to Wikispaces
Create an Account: Please use Period number, First Name, and Last Name Initial for your UserName. For example, "2VickieP" would be my username if I were in Period 2.
Six Word Autobiography using Skitch!
Monday, September 22, 2008:
Website Introduction
Vocabulary/WOW
Syntax Exercise
Monday Media: "Heroes Stamps" and Timed Writing (4A)
Friday, May 22nd:
Read Chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby.
Reading questions:
Chapter 1
1. Notice how many times Fitzgerald uses the words hope, or dream. Why does he do this?
2. Nick starts the novel by relaying his father's advice "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." List Nick's advantages. Does he reserve judgement in the novel?
3. Pay attention to time. What is the day and year during the first scene at Daisy's house?
4. Describe Nick. What facts do you know about him, and what do you infer about him? What kind of a narrator do you think he will be?
5. What image does the author use to describe Jordan Baker? What does it mean?
6. How does Nick react to Jordan?
7. What does Tom's behavior reveal about his character?
Chapter 2
1. Describe the "valley of ashes." What does it look like and what does it represent?
2. Describe Mr. Wilson and Myrtle. Do they seem to fit into the setting?
3. What more have you learned about Nick in this chapter? Is he similar or different than the people he spends his time with?
4. Describe the violent act Tom comitted against Myrtle. What does this reveal about him?
Chapter 3
1. Pay attention to Nick's judgements. What do they reveal about his character that he does this (especially in relation to his opening comments)?
2. Describe Gatsby the first time Nick sees him.
3. What rumors have been told about Gatsby? Why does Fitzgerald reveal rumors rather than fact?
4. What does Nick think of Gatsby after meeting him?
5. How is Gatsby different from his guests?
6. Why does Nick choose to share his thoughts and feelings with Jordan?
7. Nick thinks he's one of the few honest people he knows, why? Do you think he is honest?
Wednesday, April 29th:
Wednesday, April 22nd:
Tuesday, April 21st:
Monday, April 20th:
Friday rocks. April 17th:
Thursday, April 16th:
Wednesday, April 15th:
Tuesday, April 14th:
Monday Monday, February 23rd:
Thank goodness it's Thursday, February 19th:
Wonderful Wednesday, February 18th:
Frolicking Friday, February 13th:
Thumbs-up Thursday, February 12th:
Wicky wacky Wednesday, February 11th:
Totally tubular Tuesday, February 10th:
Vocabulary: innocuous, in lieu, archetype, diffuse, saw (def. proverb; maxim), robust, bona fide, deference, pilloried, lasciviousness, addle, sprightly, newfangled, impassive
Finally Friday, February 6th:
Thursday, February 5th:
Wednesday, Jan. 14th:
Monday-almost-Tuesday, Dec. 15th:
Thunder Thursday, Dec. 11th:
Wonderful Wednesday, Dec. 10th:
Terrific Tuesday, Dec. 9th:
Mighty Monday, Dec. 8th:
Vocabulary: homonculus, prefigure, alibi, inert, causality, bourgeois, consternation, hernia, fretwork, coenaesthesis, posthumous
Terms and WOW given tomorrow in class.
Fun Fun Friday, Dec. 5th:
Thick Thick Thursday, Dec. 4th:
Win Win Wednesday, Dec. 3rd:
Top Top Tuesday, Dec. 2nd:
My My Monday, Dec. 1st:
Freaky Friday, Nov. 21st:
Thalamic Thursday, Nov. 20th:
Wishing Wednesday, Nov. 19th:
Talking Tuesday, Nov. 18th:
Mighty Monday, Nov. 17th:
Vocabulary: abject, accelerate, celerity, concur, conglomeration, conjecture, discourse, incur, interjection, precursor, succor, jocund, antiphrasis,aposiopesis
Fantastic Friday, Nov. 14th:
Thankful Thursday, Nov. 13th:
Wistful Wednesday, Nov. 12th:
Tuesday, Veteran's Day (and Pocky Day):
Model Monday, Nov. 10th:
Vocabulary: Review all of the words thus far. You have a test on Friday. YESSSSS!!!
Fiscal Friday, Nov. 7th:
Thoroughly Thursday, Nov. 6th:
What a Wednesday, Nov. 5th:
Tantamount Tuesday, Nov. 4th:
Mostly Monday, Nov. 3rd:
Vocabulary: cache, cacophony, calumny, cantankerous, captious, cataclysmic, catalyst, caucus, cede, celerity, censorious, certitude, imperturbable, sententia, assonance
Thrashing Thursday, Oct. 30th:
CHANGE OF PLANS: NO GRAMMAR HOMEWORK!!!
Wiley Wednesday, Oct. 29th:
Tight Tuesday, Oct. 28th:
Mysterious Monday, Oct. 27th:
Chunks to be rearranged to form a syntactically effective sentence:
..and…there was…like a goddess of Victory…she carried herself unwittingly…a feverish triumph in her eyes…
Vocabulary: balk, ballast, beatific, becalm, becloud, bedraggled, beget, behemoth, beneficent, berate, bilious, blasphemous, histrionics
Terms: synecdoche, zeugma
Freaky Friday, Oct. 24th:
Thrashing Thursday, Oct. 23rd:
Wicked Wednesday, Oct. 22nd:
Tempestuous Tuesday, Oct. 21st:
Mighty Monday, Oct. 20th:
Vocabulary: arable, arcane, archipelago, arrears, arrogate, askance, assent, atavistic, autocrat, aver, avuncular, awry, germane
Terms: apophasis, allusion
Freaky Friday, Oct. 15th:
Theoretical Thursday, Oct. 14th:
Wacky Wednesday, Oct. 13th:
PLEASE COME TO CLASS EARLY ON THE DAY YOU ARE PRESENTING. BE READY TO GO AT THE START OF THE PERIOD! STUDENTS!!! PLEASE COME TO CLASS ON TIME!!!
Terrifying Tuesday, Oct. 12th:
PLEASE COME TO CLASS EARLY ON THE DAY YOU ARE PRESENTING. BE READY TO GO AT THE START OF THE PERIOD! STUDENTS!!! PLEASE COME TO CLASS ON TIME!!!
Mollifying Monday, Oct. 11th:
Vocabulary: affluent, denounce, instigate, emulate, rail, calibrate, fickle, compelling, agile, whimsical, allocate, frugal, feign, epithet, expletive
In an effort to keep this page nice and tidy, all previous weeks' notes will be moved to DailyNotesArchive page.
FANTASTIC Friday!!! Oct. 10th:
Thoroughly Thursday, Oct. 9th:
What a Wednesday! Oct. 8th:
Tornado Tuesday, Oct. 7th:
Revision: No need to print out "On Dumpster Diving" yet.
Magic Monday, Oct. 6th:
Chunks to be rearranged to make a syntactically effective sentence:
...beyond that bitter moment...absolutely...but she saw...that would belong to her...a long procession of years to come...
VOCABULARY: dumpster, proprietary, apt, generic, foraging, scavenging, refuse, sporadic, dilettante, botulism, emulsify, boon, espouse, antimetabole, apostrophe
FINALLY FRIDAY!!! Oct. 3rd:
Thoughtful Thursday, Oct. 2nd:
If you are unable to watch the debate tonight due to scheduling conflicts, watch the debate in its entirety on the website http://www.youdecide2008.com (according to the youdecide2008 website, the video will be uploaded after the debate has finished airing). The assignment (5C) will be due on Monday.
Wonderful Wednesday, Oct. 1st:
BENCHMARK TOMORROW!!!!!!! If you'd like to take a look at the rubric that will be used to score your essays, click here:
Terrific Tuesday, Sept. 30th:
NO HOMEWORK! :) Also, we will meet back in the classroom tomorrow where the air conditioning is working.
Manic Monday, September 29th:
ANNOUNCEMENT: We will be meeting in the Media Center tomorrow. Please bring your I.D. Card--we will be checking out a textbook. We will also be conducting class in there, so show up promptly! Do not forget!
Chunked phrases to be rearranged to make a syntactically effective sentence:
…quite motionless…she sat…except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her…with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair…as a child who had cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams…
Please write your answer on the Syntax log in your binder.
Vocabulary: vivacious, myriad, stupefy, bourgeois, nomadic, arbiter, deliberate, adept, ornate, palette, encore, consumption, dearth
Terms: anaphora, alliteration
ANNOUNCEMENT: Sorry colleagues, but looks like I accidentally left the Diction article (listed below as #4) at school. My apologies, but reading the article will have to wait till Monday.
Friday, September 26th:
NOTE!!! Just found an error on the Rhetorical and Analytical Checklist! It's not "Casual Relationship." It's "Causal Relationship," haha. ;)
Thursday, September 25th:
Please note: First TEST next Monday. Review on Friday.
Wednesday, September 24th:
HOMEWORK: Please print out "
Tuesday, September 23, 2008:
Monday, September 22, 2008:
Vocabulary:
caustic, malevolent, leeward, foehn, cantons, mitigate, alacrity, spurious, pejorative, approbation, effrontery, wrath, absolution, condone
Terms:
parallelism, chiasmus
Class Standards:
We're meeting in the Computer Lab tomorrow. Please come on time with ID card on hand!
Friday, September 19, 2008:
Thursday, September 18:
Wednesday, September 17:
Tuesday, September 16: