Monday
Read Candide 1-3 and write one blog entry.
http://itsmystory.net/Writers/Voltaire/candide01.htm#1
Tuesday
Read Candide and write one blog entry identifying the four elements of satire.
Wednesday
Bring in your analytic literary essays today.
Bring in your analytic film essay drafts today.
Thursday
Read up to Chapter Fifteen and write one blog entry.
Friday
Complete Candide and write one blog entry.
Criteria
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Development
Student began with an unclear thesis, began to develop an argument and re-summarized his/her argument in his/her conclusion.
Student began with a clear thesis, developed an argument with little analysis and re-summarized his/her argument in his/her conclusion.
Student began with a clear thesis followed by a succinctly developed argument based on close reading, as well as an interesting conclusion.
Mechanics
Student use an excessive amount of semi-colons or did not punctuate correctly inside quotation marks, or made spelling and subject-verb errors.
Student didn’t use an excessive amount of semi-colons, yet did punctuate inside quotation marks, or made some a few spelling errors.
Student wrote extremely well, fluidly moving between ideas as represented in paragraphs with good word choices.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Senior English ELA 3.31.08 - 1.4.08
Monday
Finish today's short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Tuesday
Complete your travel essay to be handed in tomorrow and graded.
Wednesday
Read a short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Begin working on your scene in Hamlet.
Thursday
Complete Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Friday
Cathedral Reading Quiz.
Finish drafting your ideas for your analytic film essay.
Finish today's short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Tuesday
Complete your travel essay to be handed in tomorrow and graded.
Wednesday
Read a short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Begin working on your scene in Hamlet.
Thursday
Complete Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Friday
Cathedral Reading Quiz.
Finish drafting your ideas for your analytic film essay.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
12th Grade ELA
Wednesday
Revise your essays based on today's workshop.
Thursday
Make predictions for Hamlet based on the following clip:
http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07ej4zNlhpU
Friday
Read on short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Revise your essays based on today's workshop.
Thursday
Make predictions for Hamlet based on the following clip:
http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07ej4zNlhpU
Friday
Read on short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Pre AP 10th Grade ELA
Wednesday
Re-read a part of The Crying of Lot 49 that interests you or requires a second reading and write one blog entry.
Thursday
Re-read a part of The Crying of Lot 49 that interests you or requires a second reading and write one blog entry.
Friday
Please complete your entry for "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot.
Re-read a part of The Crying of Lot 49 that interests you or requires a second reading and write one blog entry.
Thursday
Re-read a part of The Crying of Lot 49 that interests you or requires a second reading and write one blog entry.
Friday
Please complete your entry for "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Creative Writing
As requested here's one defintion of exactitude according to Italo Calvino:
On Exactitude
To my mind exactitude means three things above all:
(1) a well-defined and well-calculated plan for the work in question;
(2) an evocation of clear, incisive, memorable images;
(3) a language as precise as possible both in choice of words and in expression of the subtleties of thought and imagination.
Italo Calvino
from Six Memos for the Next Millenium
On Exactitude
To my mind exactitude means three things above all:
(1) a well-defined and well-calculated plan for the work in question;
(2) an evocation of clear, incisive, memorable images;
(3) a language as precise as possible both in choice of words and in expression of the subtleties of thought and imagination.
Italo Calvino
from Six Memos for the Next Millenium
Monday, March 10, 2008
Senior English 3.10.08-3.14.08
Monday
Read one short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Tuesday
Read one short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Wednesday
Revise your personal essay based on today's and last week's workshop.
Thursday
Read one short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Friday
Read one short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Read one short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Tuesday
Read one short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Wednesday
Revise your personal essay based on today's and last week's workshop.
Thursday
Read one short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Friday
Read one short story from Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Pre AP 10th Grade ELA 3.10.08-3.14.08
Monday
Revise your analytic essay for Wednesday.
Tuesday
Read Chapter One of The Crying of Lot 49 and write one blog entry.
Wednesday
Revise your analytic essay based on today's workshop.
Thursday
Read Chapter Two of The Crying of Lot 49 and write one blog entry.
Friday
Read Chapter Three of The Crying of Lot 49 and write one blog entry.
Revise your analytic essay for Wednesday.
Tuesday
Read Chapter One of The Crying of Lot 49 and write one blog entry.
Wednesday
Revise your analytic essay based on today's workshop.
Thursday
Read Chapter Two of The Crying of Lot 49 and write one blog entry.
Friday
Read Chapter Three of The Crying of Lot 49 and write one blog entry.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Iberoamericano Festival de Teatro
I highly recommend seeing some of these shows:
www.festivaldeteatro.com.co/
I am also offering extra credit for ticket stubs of English plays, Shakespeare or the Samuel Beckett production.
www.festivaldeteatro.com.co/
I am also offering extra credit for ticket stubs of English plays, Shakespeare or the Samuel Beckett production.
Pre AP 10th Grade ELA 3.3.08 - 3.7.08
Monday
Re-read "The Wasteland" 1 and 2 and write a blog entry in which you agree or disagree with your blog from last week.
Dowload the mp3s at http://librivox.org/the-waste-land-by-t-s-eliot/.
Tuesday
Re-read "The Wasteland" 3 and 4. Write a blog that focuses only on any allusions you find.
Wednesday
Revise your essay based on today's workshop for next Wednesday.
Thursday
Read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Choose a love song to copy and paste into your blog to compare it to Eliot's poem. Be sure to use close reading as an aide.
Friday
Read "The Hollow Men" and write one blog entry.
Re-read "The Wasteland" 1 and 2 and write a blog entry in which you agree or disagree with your blog from last week.
Dowload the mp3s at http://librivox.org/the-waste-land-by-t-s-eliot/.
Tuesday
Re-read "The Wasteland" 3 and 4. Write a blog that focuses only on any allusions you find.
Wednesday
Revise your essay based on today's workshop for next Wednesday.
Thursday
Read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Choose a love song to copy and paste into your blog to compare it to Eliot's poem. Be sure to use close reading as an aide.
Friday
Read "The Hollow Men" and write one blog entry.
Senior English Homework 3.3.07 - 3.7.03
Monday
Read sections 31-40 in The Handbook and write one blog entry.
Tuesday
Read sections 41- to the end of The Handbook and write one blog entry.
Wednesday
Revise your essay based on today's workshop. Have the new essay for next Wednesday with your changes underlined.
Thursday
Read the first short story of Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Friday
Read the second short story of Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Read sections 31-40 in The Handbook and write one blog entry.
Tuesday
Read sections 41- to the end of The Handbook and write one blog entry.
Wednesday
Revise your essay based on today's workshop. Have the new essay for next Wednesday with your changes underlined.
Thursday
Read the first short story of Cathedral and write one blog entry.
Friday
Read the second short story of Cathedral and write one blog entry.
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