FIDS #12, #13 and #14 are due before midnight today.

FIDS #13 - Be sure to submit work before midnight on Friday

Journal

What appeal works best on you: logical, ethical or emotional appeals? Write about a time in your life when this appeal worked on you. Be specific.

 

Literature

Read the article “Best in Class” by Margaret Talbot. Students should read the article and answer the questions at the end. They should annotate as they read and may write on the packet.

No School/No FIDS day

Journal

Look up "The Bomber" cover on Rolling Stone magazine and respond to the prompt: Clearly, Rolling Stone took a huge rhetorical risk with this cover. Was that risk – in this case, portraying Dzhokar Tsarnaev as an attractive young man rather than as a monster – an effective means to a worthwhile end? In other words, does the cover direct the audience’s attention to the article and the issues it addresses, or does it distract from them? Does it prompt us to reflect on our own assumptions about terrorism? Or is this image simply too sympathetic to Tsarnaev to be anything but downright insensitive?

 

Vocabulary

Week 29 quiz tomorrow.

 

Literature

Discussion or quiz on last night's reading via Google Classroom. Be sure to share your notes with me via Google Classroom.

Journal

Which character best exhibits the characteristics of the grotesque? Why? Explain with textual evidence from the novel.

 

Vocabulary

Introduction to Week 29; sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Friday

1. mottled (adj) marked with spots of different color; blotched
2. noisome (adj) unwholesome, having a bad smell; malodorous
3. ostensible (adj) apparent or avowed
4. pensive (adj) deeply thoughtful; meditative, reflective
5. petty (adj) small and insignificant; trifle
6. purveyors (n) one who provides or procures
7. resourceful (adj) acting effectively (usually in difficult situations)
8. scuttle (v) to sink (usually a ship)
9. solvent (adj) able to pay debts
10. spangle (n) a small circular piece of glittering material used for decorating garments
11. transmutation (n) a change into something different; metamorphosis
12. versatile (adj) capable of doing many things; having many uses
13. whelp (n) a young offspring of a mammal

 

Literature

Essay Assignment Due

Journal

Of all the characters in the novel, which one is most admirable and why?

 

Vocabulary

Week 28 Quiz

 

Literature

Complete your thesis statement for your Winesburg Ohio essay assignment via Google Classroom.

Journal

How do you feel about your hometown? Without using a name, describe a grotesque in your area. Be sure to adhere to the definition.

 

Vocabulary

Week 28 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

In class writing assignment - Read and respond to The Onion article attached in Google Classroom.

Vocabulary

Introduction to Week 28; sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Thursday

1. accrue (v) to accumulate, to gather, or to grow as interest on money
2. bilk (v) to cheat
3. coda (n) a concluding portion of a musical or dramatic work
4. coven (n) an assembly of witches
5. dotard (n) a senile person
6. emotive (adj) characterized by or relating to emotion
7. fission (n) splitting into parts
8. floe (n) a large sheet of floating ice
9. garnish (v) to decorate, to adorn, to deck, to embellish
10. imbibe (v) to absorb or to drink in
11. incarcerate (v) to put into prison
12. malodorous (adj) foul-smelling; highly improper; fetid, fusty, musty, putrid, rancid, rank

Journal

Why is it so important for Elmer to be like other people? What do you think about “fitting in?”

 

Vocabulary

Week 27 quiz

 

Literature

~ Discussion of "An Awakening" “’Queer,’” and “The Untold Lie ” 

~ Read “Drink,” “Death,” “Sophistication,” and “Departure” for Monday and complete annotations.

Journal

What did Ed Handby do when he discovered George Willard and Belle Carpenter?

 

Vocabulary

Week 27 quiz Friday.

 

Literature

Fishbowl discussion on previous readings.

Read "An Awakening" “’Queer,’” and “The Untold Lie ” for Friday and complete annotations.

Journal

What story from your reading was your favorite? Why? Elaborate and extend.

 

Vocabulary

Week 27 sentences due; quiz Friday.

 

Literature

Read "The Teacher," "Loneliness," and "An Awakening" for tomorrow.

Journal

At this point in your reading, which story is your favorite and why?

 

Vocabulary

Introduction to Week 26 Vocabulary List; original sentences due tomorrow; quiz Thursday
1. appreciate (v) to increase in value
2. bigot (n) one who is utterly intolerant of any creed or belief differing from his/her own
3. chaff (n) material separated from the seed after threshing, worthless matter
4. cliche (n) an overworked expression, a trite statement; platitude
5. couple (v) to join or link together
6. discretion (n) ability to act on one's own power of individual decision
7. emollient (n) something that soothes or softens
8. fatalistic (adj) belief that events are predetermined and cannot be altered
9. gamely (adj) in a positive and spirited approach to a task, with unyielding spirit
10. idiosyncrasy (n) a characteristic habit or mannerism that is peculiar to an individual; peculiarity; quirk
11. ignominy (n) disgraceful or dishonorable conduct; disgrace; disrepute; infamy
12. indices (n) plural of index; guides

 

Literature

~ Discussion on first chunk of stories

~ Read all parts of “Godliness” for tomorrow and complete annotations

Journal

What do the “grotesque” symbolize?

 

Vocabulary

Week 25 quiz on Friday

 

Literature

~ Read “Hands,” “Paper Pills,” “Mother,” “The Philosopher,” and “Nobody Knows” for Friday with annotations

Journal

What would you do if you were bedridden and had to watch the world unfold outside of your window?

 

Vocabulary

Week 25 quiz on Friday

 

Literature
~ Submit the  "The Book of the Grotesque" assignment

~ Read “Hands,” “Paper Pills,” “Mother,” “The Philosopher,” and “Nobody Knows” for Friday and do a complete annotation on each story

Journal
What are the pros and cons of living in a small town?

Vocabulary
Week 25 Introduction and sentences assignment; sentences due on Tuesday, February 25; Quiz Friday
1. mote (n) a particle or speck of dust
2. optimum (adj) most favorable, best or greatest degree attainable
3. personification (n) attribution of personal qualities
4. pertinacity (adj) stubborn persistence or act of refusing to yield on an opinion or belief
5. prate (v) to talk idly or foolishly at great length
6. precept (n) a rule guiding conduct or imposing a standard
7. repulse (v) to repel or to rebuff (usually with rudeness)
8. scribe (n) a journalist, a public secretary or clerk
9. sophistry (n) practice of intentionally misleading arguments that seem to be plausible
10. supplication (n) begging, humbly asking for a favor
11. traducer (n) one who slanders or speaks falsely about someone
12. venturesome (adj) being bold and taking risks
13. waylay (v) to ambush or to attack unexpectedly

Literature

~ Annotation Discussion

~ Distribute Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg Ohio.  Read "The Book of the Grotesque" by tomorrow with annotations and complete assignment

Journal

 

Vocabulary

Week 24 Quiz 

 

Literature

Advertisement analysis due.

Journal

According to Walt Disney, “People spend money when and where they feel good.” Do you agree with Walt Disney? Or do you have a different opinion on when and where people spend money?

 

Vocabulary

Week 24 sentences due; quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Review the following advertisements and analyze them.  Final copy due on Friday via Google Classroom.

Journal
Several countries do not allow advertising on children’s programs. Many limit the amount of time that advertising can be shown on children’s programs. The United States ranks as the country that allows the most amount of time advertising can be shown on children’s programs. Do you think that advertising should be allowed on children’s programs? Why or why not? Why would a country decide to not allow advertising on children’s programs?

Vocabulary
Introduction to Week 24; sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Friday
1. abrasive harsh, causing irritation, rough
2. appease to pacify, to be conciliatory in a manner that sacrifices principles; mollify; placate
3. bewail to deplore, to express deep sorrow, to lament
4. cleft a space or opening made by cleavage, a split; rift, chasm
5. countermand to revoke, to cancel or to reverse
6. defraud to deal with deceptively
7. disavowal denial
8. eclipse to cast a shadow upon; to darken; to make dim or obscure by comparison
9. ellipsis omission of words necessary for complete construction
10. fussbudget one who fusses
11. idolatry worship of idols, excessive devotion
12. malicious motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm

Literature
Fill in the following response sheet as labeled—the Personal Response is for each commercial, the Elemental Response is for one of the commercials.

Personal Response for each commercial
Did the commercial work for you? Answer the following questions:
1. What product is the commercial advertising? When do you find this out?
2. What do you like about the commercial and why?
3. What do you not like about the commercial and why?
4. Did the commercial sway you to the product? Why/why not?

Elemental Response for one commercial
How did the commercial try to sway you? Even if the commercial didn’t sway you, the creators and producers have tried. Explain where you find elements of persuasion in the commercial. Use the list below—not all of the elements below will be in the commercials and the list is not exhaustive of the elements used in the commercials. Give a little description of where in the commercial you find the element and how it’s portrayed (a sentence or two—for example, for Pathos—to which emotion is that moment appealing and how).
1. Pathos – emotional appeal
2. Ethos – ethical / expert appeal
3. Logos – logical appeal
4. Bandwagon: join the cool people
5. Loaded language: using emotionally charged words, phrases, images
6. Repetition: repeat key “theme” words or images
7. Repetition: emphasize phrases or images by repeating at the beginning of sentences or after a new image is shown
8. Contrasts: Give the negative and then the positive to show that the positive is the "cure" or solution for the negative.

Journal

“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people” – William Butler Yeats  What does this quote by Yeats mean? Do you see this way of communicating done in advertising or not?

 

Vocabulary

Week 23 Quiz

 

Journal

According to David Ogilvy, “The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.” What is the funniest ad that you have viewed? Does the fact that the ad is funny compel you to buy or desire the product?

 

Vocabulary

Week 23 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

Career Cruising Completed

Journal

Woody Allen once said, "It's better to be the leaver than the leavee." Do you agree? Would you rather dump someone than get dumped yourself? Which do you think is more painful?

 

Vocabulary

Week 22 Quiz
Introduction to Week 23; sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Thursday
1. implicit (adj) understood but not directly expressed
2. iniquity (n) gross injustice; wickedness; wicked act
3. intrinsic (adj) belonging to or pertaining to the essential nature of a thing
4. kinetic (adj) pertaining to motion; characterized by movement
5. moratorium (n) a suspension of activity
6. opprobrium (n) disgrace and reproach as a result of bad conduct
7. puerile (adj) childish, immature
8. pulchritude (n) beauty, comeliness
9. reprise (n) a recurrence, renewal, or resumption of an action
10. scathing (adj) bitterly severe; harmful, injurious
11. supplant (v) to take the place of; displace; supersede
12. topicality (n) subject of current interest
13. waver (v) to show indecision or to vacillate

 

Literature

~ Discussion on MLK and Malcolm X speeches/interview; questions due on Google Classroom
~ MLK/Malcolm X Exam tomorrow

 

Journal

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?” ~ MLK
What are you doing for others? Explain and expand.

 

Vocabulary

Week 22 Quiz will be on Monday now.

 

Literature

~ MLK/Malcolm X analysis questions on Google Classroom

~ Exam on Tuesday

Journal

According to Malcolm X “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” Agree or disagree? Why? How?

 

Vocabulary
Week 22 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

Quick response of no less than 15 sentences - Choose an aphorism discussed in class that you yourself did not select initially and respond to it.  Be sure to explain the aphorism and personalize it.

Journal
According to Will Rogers, "Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need."  Do you agree with Rogers?  Why or why not?  Explain with supportive details.

Vocabulary
Week 22 sentences due; quiz on Friday

Literature
Aphorisms Sharing and Discussion

Journal
According to Mark Twain, “Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.” What small thing have you seen advertised and noticed that it has been made large? What do you think is the “right” kind of advertising?

Vocabulary
Introduction to Week 22 vocabulary; original sentences assigned; quiz on Friday

1. apogee (n) the highest or most distant point; the climax
2. betoken (v) to give a sign of
3. cite (v) to quote an authority
4. communal (adj) pertaining to a group or community
5. coterie (n) a small group that shares interests
6. decelerate (v) to slow down
7. despairing (adj) hopeless, despondent, discouraged
8. disapprobation (n) disapproval, condemnation
9. extemporaneous (adj) made with little or not preparation, not planned
10. extrinsic (adj) not inherent, external, alien, foreign
11. fallible (adj) capable of making an error
12. gentility (n) state of refinement, member of the upper class or gentry

Literature
Aphorisms due

Journal
Tell me about a time when you or someone you know set out to achieve self-improvement. What was the goal, and what was the plan for accomplishing that goal? Were the efforts at self –improvement successful? Why or why not?

Vocabulary

~ Week 21 quiz on Friday

 

Literature

~ Finish discussion; prepare for tomorrow's exam

Journal
If these writers were alive today, would they be satisfied with gender and race equality in the US? Explain.

Vocabulary

~ Week 20 Vocabulary Quiz
~ Introduction to Week 21; Sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Friday
1. irreverent - adj - showing a lack of respect
2. malfeasant -n - one who is guilty of misbehavior or wrongdoing
3. malign - v- to utter harmful misleading reports about
4. maverick - n - an independent individual who does not go along with the group
5. plunderer - n- one who robs or loots or otherwise takes things by force
6. predator - n - one that preys, plunders, or destroys
7. revelry - n - loud and boisterous partying or merrymaking
8. sanguine - adj - very confident
9. taut - adj - tightly drawn, having no slack
10. thwart - v- to effectively oppose or to stop
11. timorous - adj - apprehensive, worried or fearful
12. vitriolic - adj - very caustic and sarcastic
13. vulnerable - adj- susceptible to injury or attack

 

Literature

~ Questions due via Google Classroom

~ Discuss pages 152 – 160 (symbols, personal symbols vs public symbols, author's purpose, loaded language, emotional and logical appeals, parallelism)

~ Read pages 164 – 172 in your text books, take notes and complete questions 1 – 11 on page 173 for tomorrow via Google Classroom

Journal

None

 

Vocabulary

Week 20 Quiz on Monday

 

Literature

~ Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson Exam

~ Read pages 152 – 160 (symbols, personal symbols vs public symbols, author's purpose, loaded language, emotional and logical appeals, parallelism)
~ Complete questions 1 - 12 and the Writing Focus due on Monday, via Google Classroom.

Journal

What can be gained and lost from hiding your beliefs?

 

Vocabulary

Sentences Due for Week 20; Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

~ Exam tomorrow on SVC (Patrick Henry), Thomas Paine, and Jefferson as well as various terms relating to persuasive rhetoric and the Age of Rationalism

Journal

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson said that all people have the right to the pursuit of happiness. What do you think that means? How have you pursued happiness and why?

 

Vocabulary

Week 20 Introduction; sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Friday

 

Literature.
~ Discussion on persuasive rhetoric (rhetorical questions, parallelism, emotional and logical appeals)
~ Exam Thursday on SVC (Patrick Henry), Thomas Paine, and Jefferson as well as various terms relating to persuasive rhetoric and the Age of Rationalism

Journal

Paine quotes, "These are the times that try men's souls."  Tell me about a time in your life in which your soul was "tried."  Does this quote apply to anything in today's society?

 

Vocabulary

Week 19 quiz

 

Literature

~ Due questions 1 – 11 and Writing Focus on page 127; questions 1 – 16 on page 136; and questions 1 – 11 on page 149.

~ Discussion on persuasive rhetoric (rhetorical questions, parallelism, emotional and logical appeals)

~ Google Classroom Assignment due 1/21/20

Journal

An argument appeals to both reason and emotion to convince someone to think or act a certain way. Based on your reactions to these texts, is an appeal to reason more effective than an appeal to emotion? Support your answer with textual evidence.

 

Vocabulary

Week 19 Vocabulary Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

read pp 120 – 151 in textbooks; complete questions 1 – 11 and Writing Focus on page 127; complete questions 1 – 16 on page 136; complete questions 1 – 11 on page 149 due tomorrow.

Journal

How does inequality motivate people? why are negative situations often the driving force behind social progress?

 

Vocabulary
Week 19 sentences due; quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Introduction to Persuasive Rhetoric

Read Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention"  for Wednesday. 

Journal

What do you like to do on snow days?

 

Vocabulary

Week 18 sentences due; Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Career Cruising

Winter Break - Enjoy!

 

Journal

Explain what you would do if you got a gift that you did not really like.

 

Vocabulary

Week 17 Quiz

 

Literature

Finish "Twas the Night before Christmas" presentations

Journal
The year is almost over. What are some things that you would love to do before the year ends?

Vocabulary
Week 17 Quiz tomorrow

Literature
Presentations of parodies continue

Journal

What is the best Christmas present you have received? Explain with details.

 

Vocabulary

Week 16 Quiz

Journal

It is almost a new year.  Imagine if the calendar skipped ahead 100 years instead of one year.  Write about what you think life will be like 100 years from now.

 

Vocabulary

Week 16 Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Teacher-Student Conference on TNBC Rewrites; Final copy due tomorrow

Journal

Has the Holiday season become too commercialized?  Explain your position with sound reasoning.

 

Vocabulary

Week 16 Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

Teacher-Student Conference on TNBC Rewrites; Final copy due Friday

The Scarlet Letter Exam

Journal

A dynamic character changes in some important way as a result of the story’s action. In a paragraph, trace the transformation of one dynamic character from the time the character is introduced through the conclusion of the novel.

 

Vocabulary

Week 15 Quiz

 

Literature

~ Submit Reading Guide Questions via Google Classroom

~ Discussion on Chs 20-24

~ Essay Assignment

~ Exam on Tuesday of next week

Journal

Hawthorne paints a pessimistic picture of women in Puritan society. Does he strike you as an advocate of women’s rights? In your opinion, have enough changes occurred so that today women are “allowed to assume what seems a fair and suitable position”?

 

Vocabulary

Week 15 quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

“TNBC” Introduction & Assignment; In class reading time Chapters 20 - end due tomorrow!; GC questions due via GC submission tomorrow

Journal

The townspeople present at the minister’s revelation do not agree on exactly what they saw on the scaffold nor on its significance. When have you interpreted an event differently from others? How can you account for differing views in your personal experience? How can you account for them in the novel?

 

Vocabulary

Week 15 Introduction; sentences due tomorrow; quiz on Friday

1. gratis - free
2. hues - colors
3. impromptu - without prior preparation
4. kudos - awards or honors
5. lachrymose - tearful
6. legerdemain - sleight of hand, deception or trickery resulting from use of the hands
7. lurid - sensational, gruesome and causing shock or horror
8. muse - to ponder
9. Philistine - a narrow-minded person who opposes or is indifferent to cultural values
10. rectitude - state of moral integrity
11. rend - to tear violently, to split
12. schism - a division of a group into two discordant groups
13. uproarious - making great noise (not necessarily negative)

 

Literature

Discussion on Chs 13-19 - Irony - Symbol of maze, the forest,
town, shadow and sunlight - personification &  foreshadowing

HW: SL Chs 20 – 24 due 12/6

 

Journal

In what situations do you think that it is acceptable for court systems to remove children from their parents’ custody? Would Hester be at risk of losing Pearl today?

 

Vocabulary

~ Week 14 introduction and sentences; quiz tomorrow

1. air (v) to make a public utterance
2. augury (n) an omen or prophecy
3. beguile (v) to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm
4. connoisseur (n) a person who is able to be a judge in matters of art or taste
5. debauchery (n) moral corruption
6. declivity (n) downward slope
7. diatribe (n) bitter denunciation or criticism, anathema
8. disencumber (v) to free from burdens, to extricate
9. ebullient (adj) overflowing with excitement, showing enthusiasm
10. fly-by-night (n) one who is temporary and usually unreliable
11. foliage (n) leaves of a plant, leafage
12. germinate (v) to sprout, to begin to grow, to evolve

 

Literature

Discussion on Chs 5 - 8 of The Scarlet Letter
of novel structure, theme (alienation, knowledge, redemption), symbols, irony, & characterization

HW: SL Chs 9-12 due 11/27 with GC Questions submitted via GC

Journal

To what degree are moral transgressions judged in a public forum today? Are they evaluated as harshly as in the Puritan era? How do public judgments of moral issues shape society and the individual?

 

Vocabulary
Week 13 Quiz

Literature
Discussion on Chs 1 – 4 The Scarlet Letter
of theme (human frailty & sin, hypocrisy),symbols(weeds/flowers, shade/light, scaffold), plot, foreshadowing, characterization

HW: SL Chs 5-8 due 11/25 via Google Classroom

Journal

Free Write

 

Vocabulary

Week 13 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

Introduction to The Scarlet Letter
- Historical Context
- Author Information
- Unit Expectations

HW: SL Chs 1-4 due 11/22 along with Google Classroom Discussion Questions

“Do you understand how amazing it is to hear that from an adult? Do you know how amazing it is to hear that from anybody? It's one of the simplest sentences in the world, just four words, but they're the four hugest words in the world when they're put together.

You can do it.” Tell me about a time that an adult has told you “You can do it.”

Journal

Free Write

 

Vocabulary
Week 12 Quiz

 

Literature

~ TWTRM Copycat Memoir due

Mock AP Exam for Native American Unit

            Veteran's Day. No School.

Journal

How do we, as humans, overcome adversity? What tactics do we use to get through the hard times, difficult situations, and general injustice?

 

Vocabulary

Week 11 Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

~ Memoir Copycat Writing Assignment for TWTRM (due on Tuesday)

Journal

Some people think we can be as happy as we decide to be. Others believe that events and circumstances beyond our control determine how happy we will be. Still other think that there are happy people who effortlessly maintain their sunny outlook no matter what happens, and unhappy people who usually feel depressed no matter what happens. What do you think? Is happiness something you can work at, or is it beyond your control?

 

Vocabulary

Week 11 quiz on Friday

 

Literature

~ Assign independent reading assignment of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian (Read for Tuesday & be prepared for class discussion).

~ In Class Assignment

Momaday links the survival of the Kiowa people to their ability to remember, preserve and pass on stories. Taking the idea one step further, Momaday models necessary personal involvement in the stories through the use of imagination. That is, to make sense of and find a place in the contemporary world, one must connect on a personal level with the stories of one’s past. Do you agree or disagree that one must connect on a personal level with the stories of one’s past?

 

Week 11 sentences due; quiz on Friday

 

~ Finish presentations

~ Assign independent reading assignment of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian (Read for Tuesday & be prepared for class discussion).

Journal
What role does the natural environment play in the worldview of the Kiowa? How does the worldview change from the beginning to the end of the book?

Vocabulary
Week 10 Quiz

Literature
Last day to work on group presentations for TWTRM ; Due by 7:30 am on Monday

Journal

Write a description of a setting that holds emotional significance for you. Like Momaday, use vivid images to capture your perspective and to make the setting appeal to readers’ senses.

 

Vocabulary

Week 10 sentences due; Quiz Friday

 

Literature

~ TWTRM "The Closing In," "The Epilogue," and "The Rainy Mountain Cemetery" due tomorrow

~ In class assignment on Google Classroom

How does the narrator’s journey to Rainy Mountain change him? What significant event or experience in your life changed your outlook or influenced your behavior?

 

Week 9 Quiz

 

Literature:
~ Discussion of "The Going On" pages 43 - 63 for tomorrow and answer questions. Focus on the differences in tone, topic, language, imagery, point of view, form, etc. for tomorrow

Journal
The Way to Rainy Mountain is Momaday’s memoir that preserves his heritage. Is your heritage/culture important to you? Why or why not?

 

Vocabulary
Week 9 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature
~ Discussion on “The Setting Out” - With the help of your notes, study the section and find one example for each of the generalizations of Native American Literature.
~ Read "The Going On" pages 43 - 63 for tomorrow and answer question. Focus on the differences in tone, topic, language, imagery, point of view, form, etc. for tomorrow

Journal

Setting has the potential to create conflict, establish atmosphere or help to develop our character. Describe a setting that does these things for you and offer the details.

 

Vocabulary

~ Week 9 Quiz Friday

 

Literature

~ Discussion on “The Setting Out” - With the help of your notes, study the section and find one example for each of the generalizations of Native American Literature.

~ Read "The Going On" pages 43 - 63 for tomorrow and answer question.  Focus on the differences in tone, topic, language, imagery, point of view, form, etc. for tomorrow

Journal Prompt

Using sensory details, provide a memory about one of your grandparents or an elder who you know.

 

Vocabulary

Week 9 sentences due; Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

~ Apply the three generalizations of NA literature to the Prologue and Introduction of TWTRM

~ Read "The Setting Out" for tomorrow, pages 15 - 41 with a focus on the common thread between each specific group of three paragraphs.  Questions should be answered during reading.

 

According to Momaday, “A word has power in and of itself” (33). Do you agree that words have power? Why or why not? If so, describe a time when words had power for you or somebody you know.

 

Week 8 Quiz

 

~ Submit WebQuest

~ Distribute The Way to Rainy Mountain novels

~ Front Material (pages 1-14) Due on Monday
1. First, note first the structure of the book, starting with the acknowledgments; then the Table of Contents; the poem "Headwaters"; the Prologue and Introduction; use of pictures and captions; sections and divisions of those sections; the placement of paragraphs on page, fonts used, use of white space, types of reporting; the Epilogue; the picture; the poem "Rocky Mountain Cemetery"; back of book–design, what others have said.

 

2. Now, to the front poem: what is the topic? what about language? imagery? speaker? form? meaning(s)?

3. Whose voice is "speaking" the Prologue? What information are we given? What kind of journey(s) are included? What is the connection between the "imagination" and "memory"? Note the language–and the quotation–on 2nd page.

4. What does the Introduction provide in the way of information, "type(s)" of history, images, places, tradition; note–always!–Momaday's language; and, what do the silhouettes accomplish for the reader of TWRM?

Journal Prompt:
Why do you matter?

Vocabulary:
Week 7 Quiz

Literature:
The Way to Rainy Mountain
~ WebQuest
~ recognize the significance of the oral tradition of NA cultures as a means of
preserving the stories of their people
~ identify the devices, functions, characteristics, figures, and themes of NA literature
~ synthesize and reflect the 3 modes of the story
~ utilize elements of story telling (repetition, enumeration, ritual beginnings and
endings, nature) to create story
~ make a relationship between literature and "life"

PSAT testing

None

 

~ Week 8 Sentences Due

~ Quiz on Friday

 

~ 4 myths exam

Literature:
~ Introduction to NA literature - focus on the three specific generalizations of NA literature
~ Reading Assignment pages 14 - 28 in textbook by tomorrow
~ Native American (NA) 4 myths quiz on Tuesday, October 15

Journal

Write about what you didn't do this weekend.

 

Vocabulary

Week 7 sentences due; quiz on Friday

 

Literature

AP Practice Quiz 1 - be sure to explain your answers in complete sentences.

Journal

What did you learn from the banned book assignment? Expand.

 

Vocabulary

Week 5 quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

BBW finish presentations

Journal

According to Grace Anne A. DeCandidio, “If librarianship is the connecting of people to ideas…it is crucial to remember that we must keep and make available, not just good ideas and noble ideas, but bad ideas, silly ideas, and yes, even dangerous or wicked ideas.” What does she mean? Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

 

Vocabulary

Week 5 Quiz on Friday

 

Literature

BBW presentations continue

 

Journal
How is censorship about fear. How does knowledge and reading eliminate fear? 

 

Vocabulary
Week 4 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature
Literature
~ OMM Socratic Seminar
~ BBW synopses due on Monday, September 23; Presentations begin on Tuesday, September 24

Janis Joplin once sang, “Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.” Do you agree or disagree? Explain with direct support and personalize it.

Journal
Thinking about your favorite book or a book you’ve recently read, what are some things about the novel or in the writing that could be cause for banning that book from schools and public libraries? How would you defend the book in the public eye?

 

Vocabulary
Week 4 sentences due; Quiz on Friday

 

Literature
~ OMM Socratic Seminar questions due tomorrow
~ BBW synopses due on Monday, September 23; Presentations begin on Tuesday, September 24

Journal

At what point in the novella could the outcome of the plot have turned out differently? Explain with direct support from the novella.

 

Vocabulary

Week 3 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

~ Type or hand write a 250 word different ending for the novella Of Mice and Men. You should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the novella by including dialogue and the characters from the novella. You should use descriptive writing to bring your ideas to life. Collected by the end of the period.

~ Project and Banned Book Proposal due on Monday

~ Fish Bowl Discussions continue tomorrow

Journal

Of Mice and Men opens and closes in a natural setting. The chapters in between take place in various man-made settings - the bunk house, the barn, Crooks' room. Why does Steinbeck organize the novel in this way? In general, what does he propose about the relationship between man and nature?

 

Vocabulary

Week 2 Quiz tomorrow

 

Literature

Presentations for OMM Debate begin

Banned Book Proposal due by Monday

Journal

Can murder ever be justified? What’s the difference between murder and mercy-killing? Who decides?

 

Vocabulary

Week 3 Sentences due; quiz on Friday

 

Literature

~OMM Debate Research Discussion/Fish Bowl Questions

~ Introduction to Banned Book Assignment

~ Projects due on Monday

What is worse than death?

 

The most terrifying moment of my life was . . .

 

Week 1 Vocabulary 

* Sentences are due Tuesday

* There will be a quiz on Friday over the words in which you must be able to spell and define each word correctly and know the word's part of speech.

 

1. levity -  lack of seriousness, frivolity
2. jargon - a specialized vocabulary of a group, an obscure language
3. jaunt - a short pleasure trip
4. jeopardy - exposure to danger, peril
5. judicious - wise, showing judgement, cautious
6. juxtapose - to place side by side
7. liaison - connection between different groups, a close bond, an illicit sexual    

                  relationship

8. encumber -  to impede or hamper the function or activity of
9. amnesty - an official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
10. animosity - ill will, active dislike
11. lament - to mourn, to express regret
12. latent - present but not visible or apparent, dormant, potential

 

Students should respond to the following writing prompt:
Imagine your life is now a book. In no less than 100 words, write the blurb for it. The blurb is what people will read on the back of the book cover. You may also sketch a cover page for extra credit. See attached rubric for details and get notes from classmates on the definition of a blurb and expectations. Your blurb is due at the beginning of class on Friday. You will be given time in class to complete this assignment.