Assignment: Eng11 Writing Assessment Date:Wed, Feb 28, 2007
English10 CompositionMUS Writing Assessment
Assignment: Eng10Comp: Verbs Date:Wed, Feb 28, 2007
English10 CompositionHand in Exercise 28, Page 457
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Pronouns Date:Tue, Feb 27, 2007
English11 American LitHand in Exercise 20 page 452
Assignment: Eng11: Huck Finn Chap 1-13 Date:Tue, Feb 27, 2007
English10 CompositionQuiz over Chap 1-10
Discuss
Homework: Chapters 11-12-13 - Pages 55-75
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Parts of Speech Date:Mon, Feb 26, 2007
English11 American LitTake Parts of Speech Pretest.
Read page 438. Do exercises 1-4 using the answer sheet provided: p_439-440-Nouns.doc
Assignment: Eng 11: Begin Huckleberry Finn Date:Wed, Feb 21, 2007
English10 Composition1. Focus prompt: Think about something you’ve had a change of heart about. Describe your feelings before and after that change.
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein
2. Hand out copies of Huckleberry Finn. Assign pages 1-18
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Oral history video - Handouts Date:Tue, Feb 20, 2007
English11 American LitThose who do not have completed narrative by end of school day are assigned Academic Period. One letter grade lowered.
Pretest tomorrow on Parts of Speech. Those scoring 90% or better will be exempted from the worksheets.
Watch Oral History Video
Assignment: Eng11: Mark Twain, 2 Date:Tue, Feb 20, 2007
English 10 Speech & MediaEnglish10 CompositionEnglish11 American LitContinue Mark Twain
Assignment: NO SCHOOL Date:Mon, Feb 19, 2007
English10 CompositionHoliday
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Unity and Coherence Date:Fri, Feb 16, 2007
English11 American LitRead: p. 79-80
Discuss handout
Assignment: Eng11: Mark Twain Date:Fri, Feb 16, 2007
English10 CompositionLife on the Mississippi (450-463)
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Organizing a paragraph Date:Thu, Feb 15, 2007
Focus: write a paragraph describing a room that is important to you.
Read: p. 72-74
Grammar link: conjunctive adverbs and semicolons, p. 75
Online: Put your paragraph online: State who you intend to interview, what focus you will take, and list 20 questions you might ask.
Assignment: Eng11: Stephen Crane Date:Thu, Feb 15, 2007
English11 American LitRead Stephen Crane (484-493)
Assignment: Eng11 In Class Writing Date:Wed, Feb 14, 2007
English10 Composition40 minute timed writing
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Drafting a paragraph Date:Wed, Feb 14, 2007
English11 American LitFocus: Write a sentence in which you state your opinion of the most beautiful scenery you have ever seen. Then write several sentences that include detail to support your opinion.
Do grammar link, p. 67, using quotation marks
Read p 68-70
In groups of 3, write topic sentences about something related to school. Then create a web (p69) of supporting details that prove, clarify, or expand on their main topic. Check that every detail is relevant.
Write the paragraphs into journals.
Assignment: Eng11: Voices: Indian Oratory & Civil War Date:Tue, Feb 13, 2007
English10 CompositionRead American Indian Oratory, p 446-448
Read Melville’s “Shiloh” 449
Read Voices from the Civil War (476)
Assignment: Eng10 Comp: Planning an interview Date:Tue, Feb 13, 2007
English11 American Lit1st 20 minutes: Read and comment on 3 other people’s narratives.
2. Write a brief paragraph stating who you plan to interview and what you plan to focus on.
(adventuresome journeys into the unknown, wartime experiences, building a business, courtship and marritage, moving to Montana)
3. Write out 20 questions you could use to interview a grandparent.
Assignment: Eng11: Frederick Douglas Date:Mon, Feb 12, 2007
English11 American Litread p 424-434
Assignment: Eng11: Realism introduction Date:Fri, Feb 09, 2007
Discuss Winslow Homer: page 407
Read page 409-422.
From the timeline, be able to explain what Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton have in common. Be able no name three technological innovations that occurred during the 1850 - 1900 time period. Know when and where the Civil War began and when and where it ended. Know what year Mark Twain began writing the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Be prepared to explain what “realism” and “naturalism” means when discussing 19th century literature (as contrasted with “idealism” and “romanticism.)” Be sure you can discuss the early history of photography, the impact of the Civil War on literature. Be able to explain what “regionalism” means when discussing literature. Be family with the literary meaning of “irony.”
Quiz tomorrow over this reading assignment
Assignment: Eng11 - Check test, intro to Realism Date:Thu, Feb 08, 2007
English10 CompositionOpen note test over pages 408-422
Reading assignment: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (424-431)
Assignment: Eng10: Journey into America Date:Wed, Feb 07, 2007
English10 CompositionFocus prompt: Write four or five sentences explaining an experience you’ve had in nature
Share: any human against nature experiences you’ve had (beating a storm home, riding a big wave)
Read: p. 32-37: Journey into America.
Think about: Heat-Moon’s two journeys: his outer journey and his inner journey
Assignment: Eng10: Publish personal narrative on Mosaic Date:Wed, Feb 07, 2007
English11 American Lit1. Go to writing lab, sit at every other computer, log on
2. Publish your personal narrative
3. Revise
4 Spell check
5. Be sure status is “open” by end of period
Assignment: Eng11: Emily Dickinson, Test Date:Tue, Feb 06, 2007
English10 CompositionAnswer the 8 questions below on a separate piece of paper. You may use your notes but not your textbook. Be sure to number your answers.
THE DAISY FOLLOWS SOFT THE SUN
The daisy follows soft the sun,
And when his golden walk is done,
Sits shyly at his feet.
He, waking, finds the flower near.
“Wherefore, marauder, art thou here?”
“Because, sir, love is sweet!”
We are the flower, Thou the sun!
Forgive us, if as days decline,
We nearer steal to Thee,--
Enamoured of the parting west,
The peace, the flight, the amethyst,
Night’s possibility!1. Explain how “personification” is used in “The Daisy follows soft the Sun.”
2. Give one example of metaphor from this poem, and explain what Dickinson means with it.
3. Summarize the poem’s meaning.Notes: A “marauder” is one who steals or pillages.
An amthethyst is a violet-colored gemstone. It stems from the Greek word “amthetystos” and means, literally, “not drunken.” Supposedly amethysts could be used as an antidote to drunkenness. Supposedly, when a drunken Dionysus was pursuing a maiden called Amethystos, who refused his affections, she prayed to the gods to remain chaste. The goddess Artemis granted the prayer, transforming her into a white stone; humbled by Amethystos’ desire to remain chaste, Dionysus poured wine over the stone she had become as an offering, dying the crystals purple. Using amethyst to describe the setting sun, suggesting the effect of the sun upon the daisy.
Many of Dickinson’s poems use “the language of flowers.” Supposedly, every flower has a specific meaning, although these weren’t universally agree upon. Aloe stood for sorrow, grief, or affliction. Roses symbolized love. Lilies symbolized beauty.
Here is a partial list:
# ASPARAGUS FERN - Fascination
# ASPHODEL - My Regrets Follow You to the Grave
# ASTER - Symbol of Love, Daintiness, Talisman of Love
# BLUEBELL/BELL FLOWER - Humility, Constancy, Gratitude
# BROOM - Humility, Neatness
# BUCK BEAN - Calm repose
# BUTTERCUP - Childishness, Riches
# CAMELLIA (PINK) - Longing
# CAMELLIA (RED) - You’re a flame in my heart
# CAMELLIA (WHITE) - Adoration, Perfection, Loveliness
# CANDYTUFT - Indifference
# CARNATION (PURPLE) - Capriciousness
# CARNATION (SOLID COLOR) - Yes
# CARNATION (STRIPED) - No, Refusal, Sorry I can’t be with you, Wish I could be with you
# DAFFODIL - Regard, Unrequited Love, Sunshine, Respect, The sun shines when I’m with you
# DAFFODIL (YELLOW ) - Chivalry
# DAHLIA - Dignity and Elegance, Forever Thine
# DAISY - Innocence, Loyal Love, I’ll Never tell, Purity, Beauty
# DAISY OX-EYE - Patience
# DAISY (RED) - Beauty Unknown to Possessor
# DANDELION - Faithfulness, Happiness, Love’s oracleDickinson left strict instructions as to how her funeral should take place. The field she was to be carried through was saturated with daisies and buttercups. She carried in her hand a bouquet of heliotropes for a friend in heaven as they meant faithfulness and devotion. At her throat she wore a bundle of violets, representing modesty and constancy or faithfulness in love. These same flowers formed a wreath around her coffin.
I FELT A FUNERAL IN MY BRAIN
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through -And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum -
Kept beating - beating - till I thought
My mind was going numb -And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space - began to toll,As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race
Wrecked, solitary, here -And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down -
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing - then -3. Define “slant rhyme” and give an example from “I felt a funeral in my Brain.”
4. Give an two examples of metaphor, and explain the effect they have.
5. Explain what an “analogy” is and tell how analogy is used in this poem.
6. This poem is not about an actual funeral, but about a mood the poet feels. Is it like any feeling you have had? In your own words, describe the mood.7. Define “apostrophe” and write the first two lines of your own poem, using an apostrophe.
8. Write two lines of your own poetry using alliteration. Circle the alliterative elements.
Assignment: Eng10: Draft personal narrative Date:Tue, Feb 06, 2007
English11 American LitWork in class notebooks
Use this outline:
Set up
Complication
Action
ResolutionShow--don’t tell!
Assignment: Eng11: Emily Dickonson, 6 Date:Mon, Feb 05, 2007
Select one paragraph from your journal and revise it. Type it into your blog.
Evaluation criteria:
1. The paragraph begins with a clear topic sentence that makes a single point.
2. The paragraph includes supporting illustrations and explanations to make the point clear to the reader.
3. The paragraph includes at least two exact quotes from Dickinson’s poems or letters.
4. The paragraph is persuasive, leading the reader to understand and agree with the point stated in the topic sentence.
5. The paragraph is written in third person, with no references to the writer.
6. The paragraph is a minimum of 6 sentences long.
7. Every sentence in the paragraph relates to the topic sentence (unity).
8. The sentences are varied in length and in structure (see page 403).