1. STUDY THE BLOGS FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS--THEY ARE THERE.
2. ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WE REVIEWED FINALS I HAVE GIVEN ON LITERARY TERMS. WE DISCUSSED THE ANSWERS AND THE REASONING BEHIND THE ANSWERS.
3. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO IDENTIFY A LIST OF LITERARY EXAMPLES LIKE THOSE ON THE OLD EXAMS WE STUDIED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. YOU WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL LITERARY TERMS, EITHER GIVEN AS PHOTOCOPIES OR ASSIGNED ON THE BLOGS.
4. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO WRITE A REASONABLE DEFINITION FOR SOME LITERARY TERMS.
5. PROBABLY, WE WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO WATCH A NEW FILM NOR READ A NEW STORY DURING THE EXAM.
6. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO APPLY YOUR NEW KNOWLEDGE OF MAGIC REALISM, LITERARY TERMS, ARCHETYPES, AND MOTIFS TO MATERIALS WE HAVE ALREADY COVERED THIS YEAR.
(I HOPE YOU HAVE STUDIED THE THE MATERIALS WE HAD ANNOTATED IN CLASS ON THESE TOPICS AND HAVE LISTENED TO GUILLERMO DEL TORO AS HE DISCUSSED AND ILLUSTRATED SO VERY MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.)
7. BE SURE YOU KNOW THE (LOOK IT UP!) ADMONITIONS ON THE BLOGS.
8. IF TIME PERMITS, CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SHORT CREATIVE RESPONSE TO A SIMPLE PROMPT.
9. ALL VANTAGE WORK MUST BE ON VANTAGE BY JUNE 25, 2007.
OUR EXAM SCHEDULE BEGINS ON TUESDAY.
PAY NOW, PLAY LATER.
PLAY NOW, PAY LATER.
TUUM EST!
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
YOU GET A BREAK TODAY: FOR ALL CLASSES
OWING TO COMPUTER PROBLEMS THERE WILL BE NO DICTATION ON MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2007.
THESE ARE THE LITERARY TERMS FOR THE WEEK:
Tuesday, June 19, 2007:
1. Tone is set in literature by conveying an emotion/feeling or emotions/feelings through words. The way a person feels about a an idea/concept, event or another person can be quickly determined through facial expressions, gestures and in the tone of voice used. In literature an author sets the tone through words. The possible tones are bounded only by the number of possible emotions a human being can have.
2. A. Tragedy is a play, novel, or other narrative depicting serious and important events, in which the main character comes to an unhappy end through a tragic flaw or forces beyond his or her control.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007:
1. A tragic flaw is a serious character weakness such as ambition, jealousy, or lust.
2. An allegory is a narrative or description that has a second meaning beneath the surface one. Although the surface story or description may have its own interest, the author's major interest is the ulterior meaning. Allegory has been defined as an extended metaphor and sometimes as a series of related symbols.
Thursday, June 21, 2007:
1. A limerick is a five-line poem in which lines 1, 2, and 5 are anapestic trimeters and lines 3 and 4 are anapestic dimiters, rhymedas aabba. The possible source of origin is Limerick, Ireland.
2. An ode, English in origin, is a poem of indefinite length, divided in ten-line stanzas, rhymed with different schemes for each stanza--ababcdecde, written in iambic pentameter.
Friday, June 22, 2007:
1. Synecdoche is the use of the part for the whole. For example, the cause of the Trojan War was said to be the capture of Helen by a Trojan prince. The synecdoche here is stated as "The face that launched a thousand ships."
2. Metonymy is the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant. For example, "The chair (meaning the chairman or chairwoman of the group or meeting) recognines Mr. Smith to speak." The "chair" represents the person in charge of the group or meeting. The meaning may also be expressed as the sign for the thing signified.
THESE ARE THE LITERARY TERMS FOR THE WEEK:
Tuesday, June 19, 2007:
1. Tone is set in literature by conveying an emotion/feeling or emotions/feelings through words. The way a person feels about a an idea/concept, event or another person can be quickly determined through facial expressions, gestures and in the tone of voice used. In literature an author sets the tone through words. The possible tones are bounded only by the number of possible emotions a human being can have.
2. A. Tragedy is a play, novel, or other narrative depicting serious and important events, in which the main character comes to an unhappy end through a tragic flaw or forces beyond his or her control.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007:
1. A tragic flaw is a serious character weakness such as ambition, jealousy, or lust.
2. An allegory is a narrative or description that has a second meaning beneath the surface one. Although the surface story or description may have its own interest, the author's major interest is the ulterior meaning. Allegory has been defined as an extended metaphor and sometimes as a series of related symbols.
Thursday, June 21, 2007:
1. A limerick is a five-line poem in which lines 1, 2, and 5 are anapestic trimeters and lines 3 and 4 are anapestic dimiters, rhymedas aabba. The possible source of origin is Limerick, Ireland.
2. An ode, English in origin, is a poem of indefinite length, divided in ten-line stanzas, rhymed with different schemes for each stanza--ababcdecde, written in iambic pentameter.
Friday, June 22, 2007:
1. Synecdoche is the use of the part for the whole. For example, the cause of the Trojan War was said to be the capture of Helen by a Trojan prince. The synecdoche here is stated as "The face that launched a thousand ships."
2. Metonymy is the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant. For example, "The chair (meaning the chairman or chairwoman of the group or meeting) recognines Mr. Smith to speak." The "chair" represents the person in charge of the group or meeting. The meaning may also be expressed as the sign for the thing signified.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2007
Periods 2 and 6, Creative Writing:
1. Dictation
2. Continued work on archetypes and motifs to assist students with final major essay.
3. Cornell Note taking on Carl Gustav Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Sir James George Frazer.
4. Information on the Final Exam.
Periods 3 and 5, Contemporary Composition:
1. Dictation
2. Wrap-up of unfavorable critique of "Lady in the Water."
3. Continued reading, studying, discussing, annotating materials on archetypes and motifs in literature.
4. Exploring the lives and works of Carl Gustav Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Sir James George Frazer. Students will take Cornell Notes.
5. More information on the Final Exam.
Period 4, English 10:
1. Periodic Exam: Students will complete the multiple choice questions and write the Short Constructed Response on how authors use figures of speech to create tone in a work of literature.
2. More information on the Final Exam.
Laissez les bons temps roulet!
1. Dictation
2. Continued work on archetypes and motifs to assist students with final major essay.
3. Cornell Note taking on Carl Gustav Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Sir James George Frazer.
4. Information on the Final Exam.
Periods 3 and 5, Contemporary Composition:
1. Dictation
2. Wrap-up of unfavorable critique of "Lady in the Water."
3. Continued reading, studying, discussing, annotating materials on archetypes and motifs in literature.
4. Exploring the lives and works of Carl Gustav Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Sir James George Frazer. Students will take Cornell Notes.
5. More information on the Final Exam.
Period 4, English 10:
1. Periodic Exam: Students will complete the multiple choice questions and write the Short Constructed Response on how authors use figures of speech to create tone in a work of literature.
2. More information on the Final Exam.
Laissez les bons temps roulet!
A MESSAGE TO ALL GRADUATING SENIORS, JUNE 13, 2007
All graduating seniors must complete their Vantage assignments by Thursday, July 14, 2007. As I had told you, your last chance to finish these assignments during class time was today in the Library. If you fail to finish them, I must enter your name on the Senior Fail List at the close of school on Thursday.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2007
ALL CLASSES WILL MEET IN THE LIBRARY. DO NOT REPORT TO THE CLASSROOM. FOR SENIORS, THIS IS THE LAST CLASSROOM TIME WE WILL HAVE FOR YOU TO FINISH YOUR VANTAGE ASSIGNMENTS IN TIME FOR YOU TO AVOID HAVING YOUR NAME ON THE FAILURE LIST. I MUST TURN IN THE FAILURE LIST ON THURSDAY.
Monday, June 11, 2007
AGENDAS FOR ALL CLSSES FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2007
Periods 2 and 6, Creative Writing:
1. Dictation for Tuesday, June 12, 2007.
2. Continue reading, studying, dicussing and annotating materials on archetypes for the final major essay on Vantage: A True Hero.
3. Further study on archetypes and motifs in literature and other arts.
4. Return of test papers if time permits.
4. On Wednesday, June 13, 2007, we will meet in the Library to work on Vantage assignmets.
Periods 3 and 5, Contemporary Composition:
1. Dictation for Tuesday, June 12, 2007.
2. Continue studying critiques of "Lady in the Water,"
3. Continue reading, studying, dicussing, and annotating materials on archetypes and motifs in preparation for the final essay on those topics in Vantage.
3. Return of test papers if time permits.
4. On Wednesday, June 13, 2007, we will meet in the Library.
Period 4, English 10:
1. Periodic Assessment.
2. We will meet in the Library to work on Vantage assignments on Wednesday June 13, 2007.
3. If the Periodic Assessments requires a second day, we will continue it on Thursday June 14, 2007.
Bien faire et laisser dire!
1. Dictation for Tuesday, June 12, 2007.
2. Continue reading, studying, dicussing and annotating materials on archetypes for the final major essay on Vantage: A True Hero.
3. Further study on archetypes and motifs in literature and other arts.
4. Return of test papers if time permits.
4. On Wednesday, June 13, 2007, we will meet in the Library to work on Vantage assignmets.
Periods 3 and 5, Contemporary Composition:
1. Dictation for Tuesday, June 12, 2007.
2. Continue studying critiques of "Lady in the Water,"
3. Continue reading, studying, dicussing, and annotating materials on archetypes and motifs in preparation for the final essay on those topics in Vantage.
3. Return of test papers if time permits.
4. On Wednesday, June 13, 2007, we will meet in the Library.
Period 4, English 10:
1. Periodic Assessment.
2. We will meet in the Library to work on Vantage assignments on Wednesday June 13, 2007.
3. If the Periodic Assessments requires a second day, we will continue it on Thursday June 14, 2007.
Bien faire et laisser dire!
Saturday, June 9, 2007
LITERARY TERMS FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 11, 2007
TO ALL STUDENTS IN ALL CLASSES:
These are the literary terms that you are to learn for the week of June 11, 2007. You will study two each night in preparation for a dictation the following day. If other work is too pressing, we may not have time for the dictation. DO NOT take the chance--LEARN THEM. You WILL be responsible for them on the FINAL EXAM. The purpose of this exercise is not only to teach the literary terms, but also to teach correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, root words, prefixes, suffixes, derivations (LOOK IT UP!), context clues and syntax.(LOOK IT UP!) I have told you this many times and written it on the Blog a number of times. Additionally, you will find hints about questions and answers for the FINAL EXAM on the Blog. When you see this expression on the Blog, (LOOK IT UP!.), that is a signal that the preceding word or phrase is on the FINAL EXAM. This admonition (LOOK IT UP!) has also appeared on my Blog a number of times.
Here are the terms:
For Monday, June 11, 2007:
1. The Petrarchan sonnet is named after the fourteenth-century Italian poet Francesco Petrarch. The Petrarchan sonnet has two parts: an eight line octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba, an a six-line sestet with the rhyme scheme cdecde. The octave presents a problem, poses a question, or expresses an idea, which the sestet then resolves, answers, or drives home.
2. The Shakespearean sonnet or English sonnet has three quatrains (four-line units) followed by a concluding couplet (a two-line unit). The three quatrains often express related ideas or examples; the couplet sums up the poet's conclusion or message. The most common rhyme scheme for the Shakespearean sonnet is abab cdcd efef gg.
For Tuesday, June 12, 2007:
1, The speaker is the voice that is talking to us in a poem. Sometimes the speaker is the same as the poet, but the poet may also create a different voice, speaking as a child, a woman, a man, a nation, an animal, or even an object.
2. A stanza is group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem. A stanza is somewhat like a paragraph in prose. It often expresses a unit of thought. A stanza may consist of only one line or of any number of lines beyond that.
For Wednesday, June 13, 2007:
1. Suspense is the uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story. Writers often create suspense by hints or clues foreshadowing something--especially bad--that is going to happen later.
2. A symbol is a person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself. Many symbols have become so very widely recognized that they are public symbols: In Western cultures, for example, most people recognize the heart as symbol of love and the snake as a symbol of evil.
For Thursday, June 14, 2007:
1. A tall tale is an outrageously exaggerated and obviously unbelievable story. Some examples are the stories of Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, Joe Magarac, and Captain Stormalong. Some tall tales have also been told about real-life historical figures such as Davy Crockett and Annie Oakley.
2. A theme is the central idea or insight revealed by a work of literature. A them is not the same as a work's subject, which can usually be expressed in a word or two: old age, ambition, love.
For Friday, June 15, 2007:
1. The expression of a theme has no specific method. There is no single way to express a theme, and sometimes a work of literature has several themes. Many works have ambiguous themes; that is they have no clear single meaning but are open to a variety of interpretations, even opposing ones.
2. The two types of themes are directly stated themes and implied themes. With implied themes, the reader must piece together all the clues the writer has provided to arrive at a discovery of the work's total meaning. Two of the most important clues to consider are the way the main character has changed and the way the conflict has been resolved.
ASOBI JYANAIYO!
These are the literary terms that you are to learn for the week of June 11, 2007. You will study two each night in preparation for a dictation the following day. If other work is too pressing, we may not have time for the dictation. DO NOT take the chance--LEARN THEM. You WILL be responsible for them on the FINAL EXAM. The purpose of this exercise is not only to teach the literary terms, but also to teach correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, root words, prefixes, suffixes, derivations (LOOK IT UP!), context clues and syntax.(LOOK IT UP!) I have told you this many times and written it on the Blog a number of times. Additionally, you will find hints about questions and answers for the FINAL EXAM on the Blog. When you see this expression on the Blog, (LOOK IT UP!.), that is a signal that the preceding word or phrase is on the FINAL EXAM. This admonition (LOOK IT UP!) has also appeared on my Blog a number of times.
Here are the terms:
For Monday, June 11, 2007:
1. The Petrarchan sonnet is named after the fourteenth-century Italian poet Francesco Petrarch. The Petrarchan sonnet has two parts: an eight line octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba, an a six-line sestet with the rhyme scheme cdecde. The octave presents a problem, poses a question, or expresses an idea, which the sestet then resolves, answers, or drives home.
2. The Shakespearean sonnet or English sonnet has three quatrains (four-line units) followed by a concluding couplet (a two-line unit). The three quatrains often express related ideas or examples; the couplet sums up the poet's conclusion or message. The most common rhyme scheme for the Shakespearean sonnet is abab cdcd efef gg.
For Tuesday, June 12, 2007:
1, The speaker is the voice that is talking to us in a poem. Sometimes the speaker is the same as the poet, but the poet may also create a different voice, speaking as a child, a woman, a man, a nation, an animal, or even an object.
2. A stanza is group of consecutive lines that form a single unit in a poem. A stanza is somewhat like a paragraph in prose. It often expresses a unit of thought. A stanza may consist of only one line or of any number of lines beyond that.
For Wednesday, June 13, 2007:
1. Suspense is the uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story. Writers often create suspense by hints or clues foreshadowing something--especially bad--that is going to happen later.
2. A symbol is a person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself. Many symbols have become so very widely recognized that they are public symbols: In Western cultures, for example, most people recognize the heart as symbol of love and the snake as a symbol of evil.
For Thursday, June 14, 2007:
1. A tall tale is an outrageously exaggerated and obviously unbelievable story. Some examples are the stories of Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, Joe Magarac, and Captain Stormalong. Some tall tales have also been told about real-life historical figures such as Davy Crockett and Annie Oakley.
2. A theme is the central idea or insight revealed by a work of literature. A them is not the same as a work's subject, which can usually be expressed in a word or two: old age, ambition, love.
For Friday, June 15, 2007:
1. The expression of a theme has no specific method. There is no single way to express a theme, and sometimes a work of literature has several themes. Many works have ambiguous themes; that is they have no clear single meaning but are open to a variety of interpretations, even opposing ones.
2. The two types of themes are directly stated themes and implied themes. With implied themes, the reader must piece together all the clues the writer has provided to arrive at a discovery of the work's total meaning. Two of the most important clues to consider are the way the main character has changed and the way the conflict has been resolved.
ASOBI JYANAIYO!
TO ALL PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS FOR MY 10TH. GRADE STUDENTS
On Friday, June 8, 2007, I provided your students with a packet of worksheets to be worked on over the weekend in preparation for the Periodic Testing to begin on Tuesday, June 12, 2007. The worksheets deal with the how authors use figurative language to establish tone in a work of literature. This is the subject of the test they will take. We were able to do page one and page two in class on Friday. I asked the students to take their textbooks home to complete the packet. SADLY, ONLY A FEW TOOK THEIR BOOKS HOME.
I need your help. Please DEMAND that you students bring their work home, read my Blogs (accessible at any computer with Internet connection), study the literary terms, and do their written assignments on the Vantage System.
EX NIHIL, NIHIL FIT.
I need your help. Please DEMAND that you students bring their work home, read my Blogs (accessible at any computer with Internet connection), study the literary terms, and do their written assignments on the Vantage System.
EX NIHIL, NIHIL FIT.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2007
1. Dictation on the terms "soliloquy," and "sonnet."
2. Annotation of materials on archetypes, motifs, "Pan's Labyrinth," and "Lady in the Water."
3. Students may then work on the rough drafts of their remaining Vantage assignments.
4. PERIOD 4 ONLY: Dictation, work on use of figures of speech to create tone in a work of literature. (Handouts to be annotated/students to write examples of figures of speech to produce tone) This is preparation for the Periodic Exam on Monday, June 11, 2007.
2. Annotation of materials on archetypes, motifs, "Pan's Labyrinth," and "Lady in the Water."
3. Students may then work on the rough drafts of their remaining Vantage assignments.
4. PERIOD 4 ONLY: Dictation, work on use of figures of speech to create tone in a work of literature. (Handouts to be annotated/students to write examples of figures of speech to produce tone) This is preparation for the Periodic Exam on Monday, June 11, 2007.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO ALL STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS: ALL WORK ASSIGNED FOR VANTAGE LAB MUST BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR CORRECTION .
1. Each of the classes has a number of assignments to be completed to pass the class.
2. These assignments are found on gomyaccess. All students are fully trained on the system and how to access it and use it.
3. The prompts detailing the assignments are on the Vantage Pages.
4. Failure to complete these assignments will result in an "F" in the class.
5. The "extra credit" assignment is not required.
6. All information about assignments, literary terms to be learned, hints on the final exam is present on the Blogs.
7. The Blogs can be accessed at hollywoodhighschool.net
8. Additionally, all assignments are presented and discussed in class, in the lab and in the library on days we meet in the library.
8. The students have access to the Blogs on any computer with Internet access, including those in the library at school or any public library.
TEMPUS FUGIT
2. These assignments are found on gomyaccess. All students are fully trained on the system and how to access it and use it.
3. The prompts detailing the assignments are on the Vantage Pages.
4. Failure to complete these assignments will result in an "F" in the class.
5. The "extra credit" assignment is not required.
6. All information about assignments, literary terms to be learned, hints on the final exam is present on the Blogs.
7. The Blogs can be accessed at hollywoodhighschool.net
8. Additionally, all assignments are presented and discussed in class, in the lab and in the library on days we meet in the library.
8. The students have access to the Blogs on any computer with Internet access, including those in the library at school or any public library.
TEMPUS FUGIT
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2007
1. AGAIN SOME STUDENTS REPORTED TO THE CLASSROOM INSTEAD OF THE LIBRARY. SOME STUDENTS IN PERIOD 6 REPORTED TO THE LIBRARY INSTEAD OF THE CLASSROOM. INFORMATION ON LIBRARY TIMES AND LAB TIMES IS ON THIS BLOG. TIMES ARE ANNOUNCED IN CLASS AND IN THE LAB. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
2. AS I PROMISED, THOSE OF YOU WHO DID NOT COMPLETE YOUR VANTAGE WORK RECEIVED AN "F" ON YOUR PROGRESS REPORT. IF YOU WISH TO PASS THIS SEMESTER, ALL VANTAGE ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE DONE AND PROPERLY SUBMITTED ON THE VANTAGE SYSTEM. DO NOT WAIT TO THE LAST WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER TO SUBMIT THESE WORKS. THE VANTAGE SYSTEM MAY BE DOWN AGAIN AS IT WAS BEFORE WE HAD OUR TWO MONTH BREAK. THIS MEANS THAT YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK NOW TO AVOID FAILING THE CLASS.
3. ALL CLASSES MUST BRING THE HANDOUTS I HAVE GIVEN YOU ON "PAN'S LABYRINTH," "LADY IN THE WATER," HERO, ARCHETYPES, AND MOTIFS. THESE MATERIALS WILL BE ANNOTATED IN CLASS.
4. BE PREPARED ON THE LITERARY TERMS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2007.
5. REMEMBER: ALL LITERARY TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS ARE ON THE BLOG. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING THEM EVEN IF OTHER WORK PREVENTS MY TESTING YOU ON THEM. THEY WILL APPEAR ON THE FINAL EXAM.
6. INFORMATION ON THE FINAL HAS BEEN ENTERED ON THE BLOG. I WILL NOT REPEAT IT.
7. IN ADDITION TO THAT INFORMATION, FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU WILL SEE THE ADMONITION (LOOK IT UP!). THIS INDICATES SOMETHING THAT WILL ALSO APPEAR ON THE FINAL.
EX NIHIL, NIHIL FIT!
2. AS I PROMISED, THOSE OF YOU WHO DID NOT COMPLETE YOUR VANTAGE WORK RECEIVED AN "F" ON YOUR PROGRESS REPORT. IF YOU WISH TO PASS THIS SEMESTER, ALL VANTAGE ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE DONE AND PROPERLY SUBMITTED ON THE VANTAGE SYSTEM. DO NOT WAIT TO THE LAST WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER TO SUBMIT THESE WORKS. THE VANTAGE SYSTEM MAY BE DOWN AGAIN AS IT WAS BEFORE WE HAD OUR TWO MONTH BREAK. THIS MEANS THAT YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK NOW TO AVOID FAILING THE CLASS.
3. ALL CLASSES MUST BRING THE HANDOUTS I HAVE GIVEN YOU ON "PAN'S LABYRINTH," "LADY IN THE WATER," HERO, ARCHETYPES, AND MOTIFS. THESE MATERIALS WILL BE ANNOTATED IN CLASS.
4. BE PREPARED ON THE LITERARY TERMS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2007.
5. REMEMBER: ALL LITERARY TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS ARE ON THE BLOG. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING THEM EVEN IF OTHER WORK PREVENTS MY TESTING YOU ON THEM. THEY WILL APPEAR ON THE FINAL EXAM.
6. INFORMATION ON THE FINAL HAS BEEN ENTERED ON THE BLOG. I WILL NOT REPEAT IT.
7. IN ADDITION TO THAT INFORMATION, FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU WILL SEE THE ADMONITION (LOOK IT UP!). THIS INDICATES SOMETHING THAT WILL ALSO APPEAR ON THE FINAL.
EX NIHIL, NIHIL FIT!
Monday, June 4, 2007
INFORMATION FOR ALL CLASSES FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007
IF YOUR CLASS IS SCHEDULED TO MEET IN THE LIBRARY TOMORROW, TUESDAY JUNE 5, 2007, DO NOT REPORT TO THE CLASSROOM. GO DIRECTLY TO THE LIBRARY. HAVE SOMETHING IN HAND TO INPUT INTO VANTAGE, EITHER YOUR ROUGH DRAFT OR YOUR GRAPH ORGANIZER FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.
INFORMATION FOR PERIOD 5: WE ARE STILL TRYING TO ARRANGE EXTRA TIME FOR YOU IN THE LAB OR IN THE LIBRARY.
LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULET!
INFORMATION FOR PERIOD 5: WE ARE STILL TRYING TO ARRANGE EXTRA TIME FOR YOU IN THE LAB OR IN THE LIBRARY.
LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULET!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2007
Information for all classes:
1. Read the Blog for the week of June 4, 2007. It has the literary terms for this week.
2. Learn those terms for Monday's dictation.
3. Annotate the terms for Tuesday, June 5, 2007
4. Continue work on "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Lady in the Water."
5. Annotate two reviews on "Lady in the Water" (Handouts). One review is favorable and the other is unfavorable.
6. Students in Period 4 will discuss the archetypes and motifs in the chapter Ms. Cavalli read with you in preparation for your Vantage paper on archetypes and motifs to be input into Vantage in the Library tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5, 2007. (Mother Figure, Invisible Man, and "Fish out of Water" are three possible topics for your monograph.) REMEMBER: TO PASS THIS CLASS ALL PREVIOUS VANTAGE ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED IN VANTAGE IN TIME FOR ME TO READ THEM BEFORE FINAL GRADES ARE OWING.
7. Students in Periods 2 and 6 will also be in the Library on Tuesday, June 5,2007 to work on Vantage assignments: The new assignment is an essay on the true hero. It will be based on your work with "Eragon," Pan's Labyrinth," and "Lady in the Water." REMEMBER ALL VANTAGE ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN TIME FOR ME TO GRADE THEM IF YOU WISH TO PASS THE CLASS.
7. Period 5 will continue working on archetypes and motifs and continue viewing the film "Lady in the Water" if they have not seen it all. I will make further attempts for you to secure Vantage Lab and Library time for you. NO PROMISES. ALL VANTANGE WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED ON VANTAGE IN TIME FOR ME TO GRADE IT IF YOU WISH TO PASS MY CLASS.
8. IF YOUR CLASS IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE LIBRARY, DO NOT REPORT TO THE CLASSROOM, REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE LIBRARY.
1. Read the Blog for the week of June 4, 2007. It has the literary terms for this week.
2. Learn those terms for Monday's dictation.
3. Annotate the terms for Tuesday, June 5, 2007
4. Continue work on "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Lady in the Water."
5. Annotate two reviews on "Lady in the Water" (Handouts). One review is favorable and the other is unfavorable.
6. Students in Period 4 will discuss the archetypes and motifs in the chapter Ms. Cavalli read with you in preparation for your Vantage paper on archetypes and motifs to be input into Vantage in the Library tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5, 2007. (Mother Figure, Invisible Man, and "Fish out of Water" are three possible topics for your monograph.) REMEMBER: TO PASS THIS CLASS ALL PREVIOUS VANTAGE ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED IN VANTAGE IN TIME FOR ME TO READ THEM BEFORE FINAL GRADES ARE OWING.
7. Students in Periods 2 and 6 will also be in the Library on Tuesday, June 5,2007 to work on Vantage assignments: The new assignment is an essay on the true hero. It will be based on your work with "Eragon," Pan's Labyrinth," and "Lady in the Water." REMEMBER ALL VANTAGE ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN TIME FOR ME TO GRADE THEM IF YOU WISH TO PASS THE CLASS.
7. Period 5 will continue working on archetypes and motifs and continue viewing the film "Lady in the Water" if they have not seen it all. I will make further attempts for you to secure Vantage Lab and Library time for you. NO PROMISES. ALL VANTANGE WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED ON VANTAGE IN TIME FOR ME TO GRADE IT IF YOU WISH TO PASS MY CLASS.
8. IF YOUR CLASS IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE LIBRARY, DO NOT REPORT TO THE CLASSROOM, REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE LIBRARY.
Friday, June 1, 2007
LITERARY TERMS FOR DICTATION FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 4, 2007
THESE TERMS ARE TO STUDIED IN PREPARATION FOR DICTATION. THE STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING THEM EVEN IF THE CLASS DOES NOT MEET ON A GIVEN DAY OR THE DICTATION IS CANCELLED OWING TO OTHER ACTIVITIES. THESE TERMS WILL APPEAR ON THE FINAL EXAM. STUDYING THESE TERMS IS HOMEWORK. I EXPECT YOU TO SPEND TIME EVERY EVENING LEARNING THESE TERMS.
Monday, June 4, 2007:
1. Internal rhymes occur within lines. Here is an example from Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Autumn: A Dirge": The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing.
The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying...
2. Approximate rhymes (or half-rhymes, slant rhymes, or imperfect rhymes) are words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly. The approximate rhymes at the ends of lines in this stanza from a poem about war keep the reader off balance and even uneasy, in keeping with the poem's subject: "Let the boy try along this bayonet blade
How cold steel is, and keen with hunger for blood; Blue with all malice, like a madman's flash; And thinly drawn with famishing for flesh." This excerpt is from Wilfred Owen's "Arms and the Boy."
Tuesday, June 5, 2007:
1. Rhythm is the musical quality in language, produced by repetition. Rhythm occurs naturally in all forms of spoken and written language. Poems written in meter create rhythm by a strict pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Writers also create rhythm by repeating grammatical structures, by using pauses, by varying line lengths,and by balancing long and short words or phrases.
2. A Romance is literature developed centuries ago in France, England and Germany. These were verse narratives about the adventures of a hero who undertakes a quest for a high ideal. The King Arthur legends are such.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007:
1. Satire is a type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform. Satires often try to persuade the reader to do or believe something by showing the opposite view as absurd--or even as vicious and inhumane.
2. Setting is the time, and place in which a story, play or novel takes place. It can provide atmosphere, conflict, and may reveal character, as well.
Thursday, June 7, 2007:
1. A short story is a short piece of narrative fiction. Edgar Allen Poe said that it was a story that could be read in one sitting. Others have defined it as a story of fewer than one-hundred pages.
2. A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as "like", "as", "than", or "resembles"
Friday, June 8, 200:
1. A soliloquy is a long speech in which a character who is alone on stage expresses private thoughts or feelings
2. A sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter. There are two major types of sonnets. They are the Petrarchan sonnet (Italian sonnet) and the English sonnet.
Monday, June 4, 2007:
1. Internal rhymes occur within lines. Here is an example from Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Autumn: A Dirge": The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing.
The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying...
2. Approximate rhymes (or half-rhymes, slant rhymes, or imperfect rhymes) are words that sound similar but do not rhyme exactly. The approximate rhymes at the ends of lines in this stanza from a poem about war keep the reader off balance and even uneasy, in keeping with the poem's subject: "Let the boy try along this bayonet blade
How cold steel is, and keen with hunger for blood; Blue with all malice, like a madman's flash; And thinly drawn with famishing for flesh." This excerpt is from Wilfred Owen's "Arms and the Boy."
Tuesday, June 5, 2007:
1. Rhythm is the musical quality in language, produced by repetition. Rhythm occurs naturally in all forms of spoken and written language. Poems written in meter create rhythm by a strict pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Writers also create rhythm by repeating grammatical structures, by using pauses, by varying line lengths,and by balancing long and short words or phrases.
2. A Romance is literature developed centuries ago in France, England and Germany. These were verse narratives about the adventures of a hero who undertakes a quest for a high ideal. The King Arthur legends are such.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007:
1. Satire is a type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform. Satires often try to persuade the reader to do or believe something by showing the opposite view as absurd--or even as vicious and inhumane.
2. Setting is the time, and place in which a story, play or novel takes place. It can provide atmosphere, conflict, and may reveal character, as well.
Thursday, June 7, 2007:
1. A short story is a short piece of narrative fiction. Edgar Allen Poe said that it was a story that could be read in one sitting. Others have defined it as a story of fewer than one-hundred pages.
2. A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as "like", "as", "than", or "resembles"
Friday, June 8, 200:
1. A soliloquy is a long speech in which a character who is alone on stage expresses private thoughts or feelings
2. A sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter. There are two major types of sonnets. They are the Petrarchan sonnet (Italian sonnet) and the English sonnet.
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS, JUNE 1, 2007
PROGRESS REPORT GRADES WERE SUBMITTED YESTERDAY. NORMALLY MY GRADES ARE CUMULATIVE, THAT IS, THEY ARE THE AVERAGES OF ALL WORK FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER. THIS TIME; HOWEVER, OWING TO THE FACT THAT STUDENTS DID NOT SUBMIT THEIR VANTAGE ASSIGNMENTS ON LINE IN TIME FOR CORRECTION BEFORE GRADES WERE TURNED IN TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR PUBLISHING, MANY STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE AN "F" ON THE PROGRESS REPORT. IT IS NOT A FINAL GRADE FOR THE SEMESTER. TO AVOID AN "F" FOR THE ENTIRE SEMESTER, THESE PAPERS MUST BE SUBMITTED ON THE VANTAGE SYSTEM. THE VANTAGE SYSTEM IS ACCESSIBLE ON ANY COMPUTER WITH AN INTERNET CONNECTION. I HAVE PROVIDED AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO WORK ON THESE ASSIGNMENTS IN THE VANTAGE LAB AND IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY. STUDENTS MAY WORK ON THESE ASSIGNMENTS ON THEIR OWN. THEY HAVE BEEN FULLY TRAINED ON THE VANTAGE SYSTEM.
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