Due Wednesday, January 9, 2013

The final will cover all of the vocabulary and PRS from second quarter. In addition, you should be able to identify and, in addition to previous literary terms, discuss:

• Author's purpose
• Theme
• Emotional appeals
• Author's perspective
• Historical and cultural context

Due Wednesday, December 19, 2012

There are four PRS from "Only Daughter" posted in the vocabulary section. Please post an example word and definition.

For basketball students: Please fill out pages 332-340 of the Holt Reader. In addition, complete the vocabulary practice on page 342 and the Assessment Practice on page 343.

Due Monday, December 17, 2012

Finish reading Fahrenheit 451.

Read "Only Daughter" and the excerpt from Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros. They are located in the Author's Style and Voice section.

Post something for the vocabulary from "Only Daughter" by the end of the day.

Due Thursday, December 13, 2012

Post an example of how historical or cultural context affected a work of fiction in the literary terms section.

Due Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Post something for each PRS from "Marriage is a Private Affair."

Post an analysis, evaluation, and creation question for "Marriage is a Private Affair" in the analysis section.

Due Monday, December 10, 2012

Read Part II of Fahrenheit 451 (to page 110).

Read "Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe on the online textbook. It is in the section History, Culture, and the Author.

Post something for the vocabulary from "Marriage is a Private Affair."

Due Thursday, December 6, 2012

In the literary terms section, post an example for an ethical appeal and an emotional appeal. Refer to page 634 of your textbook if you'd like to see some examples.

Due Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Post something for each PRS from "Doing Nothing is Something.

Depending on which side you are on for the debate, post a paragraph that contains a piece of evidence, an emotional appeal, and an appeal to ethics (refer to page 634 of your online textbook: Argument and Persuasion Text Analysis Workshop).

Due Monday, December 3, 2012

Read to page 68 of Fahrenheit 451

500 words on your personal dystopia (please bring a printed paper copy to class):

• Choose an issue that you think is a problem today. Exaggerate it and create your own dystopian society. How does this society function? How did their thinking change? How do “they” control people’s thinking?

Read "Doing Nothing is Something" by Anna Quindlen

Choose a quotation from "Doing Nothing is Something" that you think is trying to persuade you to do/think something. Tell us whether or not it is effective and why. Post in the analysis section.

Vocabulary: hiatus, deficit, prestigious, contemptuous, laudable

Due Monday, November 26, 2012

Please the first 42 pages of Fahrenheit 451.

Finish the Holt Reader, pages 191-215.

Due Thursday, November 22, 2012

Post something for each vocabulary word from "Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall."

Extra Credit: due December 3, 2012

Make a poster (at least size A3) that does one of the following:
-entertain
-inform
-persuade
-express thoughts or feelings

The poster should be colorful and include graphics. There does not need to be a lot of text. The poster will be graded on how effectively it communicates its purpose and on its aesthetic value. The poster should be original (i.e. your own work).

            
This message is not sponsored by Ms. Lucy     As in you can use posters for inspiration.

Due Thursday, November 15, 2012

Post something for either author's purpose or author's perspective.

Due Wednesday, November 14, 2012

1 page, double-spaced, Times New Roman size 12 Literature Circle Role Sheet on one of the following based on Isabel Allende's "And of Clay Are We Created":

• Author's perspective
• Narrative
• Theme
• Setting

Due Thursday, November 8, 2012

Post a word and definition for each PRS (posted in the vocabulary section).

Due Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Post something for each vocabulary word from "And of Clay Are We Created."

Read "And of Clay Are We Created" if you haven't already.

Bring your Holt Reader to class on Wednesday.

Due Monday, November 5, 2012

The websites will be posted on the sidebar of the Home page. Please look through them. In the analysis, post a comment relying to "Which text seems like to would be the most interesting to read?" and "Which is the overall best website?"

You may start reading "And of Clay We are Created" by Isabel Allende in the Author's Purpose section. It is also in your Holt reader.

Due Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Finish the Narration and Theme sections of your website. For those doing poems, please focus on the style of your poem.

Due Monday, October 22, 2012

Revise your Plot and Setting pages. Complete Mood and Character by Monday. If you complete it earlier I will be able to look over them and give you comments. For more detailed instructions, refer to the example website: https://sites.google.com/site/bythewatersofbabylon2012/

Home: write a short introduction introducing yourself and the class you are doing this project for.
Plot: 300 words summarizing the plot. Include the internal and external conflicts, as well as the climax. If you are writing about a non-fiction piece, identify the main problem.
Setting: 300 words describing the time, place, and social context of the text. Be sure to include sensory details from the text. Also include a picture that reflects the setting and explain why.

• If you are writing a poem, you may combine Setting with Plot and write an additional section About the Author.

Mood: 300 words talking about the mood(s) of the text. Be specific about the mood(s). Use quotations to show how diction, figurative language, alliteration, rhyme, or sentence structure contribute to the mood. Also include a picture that reflects the mood and explain why.

• If you are writing about an essay, you can talk about the tone of the text instead. Combine it with narrative.

Character: 300 words about the characters in the story. Identify all of the main characters, but focus mostly on one, round and dynamic character. Choose a portrait that you think represents this character and explain why.

• If writing about an essay or a nonfiction piece where the author is a character, you may write About the Author instead.

Narrative
Theme
Personal Reaction

Due Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Create a website by going to https://sites.google.com/. Name the website after the title of the text you chose. If that is not available, try putting who the text is by, and/or put the year (2012). Please email me your website url.

Your website should have 8 pages altogether:

Home: write a short introduction introducing yourself and the class you are doing this project for.
Plot: 300 words summarizing the plot. Include the conflict, climax, and resolution.
Setting
Mood
Character
Narrative
Theme
Personal Reaction

Due Monday, October 15, 2012

Read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time to Chapter 233.

Choose a story we haven't read as a class from Unit 1 through 4 in the online textbook. Post what text you are reading, as well as what unit it is from, as a comment to this post. Please do not choose a text someone else has already chosen.

Example Post: "By the Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benet, from Unit 3: Narration.

Due Thursday, October 11, 2012

Post an analysis, evaluation, and creation question for our Socratic Seminar on "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine." Please don't make you own post. Comment on the existing posts in the analysis section.

Also post a word and definition for each of the 5 roots from "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine."

Due Monday, October 8, 2012

Read and post a quotation from "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine." It is under the Theme unit.

Vocabulary for "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine."

Read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time up to Chapter 191

Take 500 words from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and write it from another point of view, such as 3rd person or the 1st person point of view of another character. The events of the plot should stay the same, but the different narrator may give us different information or give us different insights into different characters' thoughts and feelings.

Due Thursday, October 4, 2012

Post something for the literary term "narration."

Due Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Post an example word (and definition which uses the PRS meaning) for each of the PRS posted under "By the Waters of Babylon."

Write a one page, double-spaced, size 12 Times New Roman font paper with one-inch margins on your literature circle role (narrative, character, setting, or plot). Bring a typed, printed copy to class and be prepared to share on Wednesday.

Due Monday, October 1, 2012

Read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time up until Chapter 173

Read "By the Waters of Babylon" from your textbook and post a quotation and analysis.

Make a post for each vocabulary word from "By the Waters of Babylon."

Due Thursday, September 27, 2012

Post an example and definition for each of the prefixes, roots, or suffixes connected to "The Possibility of Evil."

If you would like, start reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time up until Chapter 173, and "By the Waters of Babylon" from your textbook.

Due Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Write 6 Socratic Seminar Questions:

• 3 about "The Possibility of Evil"
• 3 about characterization in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Literary Terms: For one of the literary terms, expand upon the definition or give an example.

Due Monday, September 24, 2012

Read "The Possibility of Evil" and post a quotation or comment on a quotation.

Post a comment for each of the vocabulary words from "The Possibility of Evil."

Post a word related to each of the prefixes from "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets." For each word, give its definition in terms of the prefix.

Due Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Literature Circle Role Sheets for "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets":

• Write one page, double-spaced, Times New Roman size 12 font with one inch margins on plot, setting, mood, or character.
• Don't use orphan quotations or overly long quotations.

Literary Terms:

• Post one comment to one of the literary terms. Relate literary terms to each other, define their sub-terms (in bold), or give an example (of the term itself or a sub-term).

Also prepare for your vocabulary quiz. You will be tested on five words. You will have to spell the word correctly (0.5 points), name the part of speech (0.5 points), write the definition (1 point) and write a sentence that shows its meaning through context (1 point).

Example:

• verity (n.): truth
• She values verity. = 2.5/3 points because there is no context for the word.
• verity (n.): truth
• She values verity because she had previously been betrayed by a dishonest boyfriend. = 3/3 points because the sentence implies what "verity" means.

Due Monday, September 17, 2012

Have your Honors agreement signed and ready to turn in, if you have not already.

Read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time up to chapter 97, if you have not already.

Read "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets"

• Post a quotation on the Analysis portion of the blog
• Comment on your own blog post, by doing one of the following:
• Make a connection to a literary term, yourself, life, or another text
• Make an inference
• Point out foreshadowing
• If someone has already chosen the same quotation as you, merely post a comment; don't repost the quotation.

Vocabulary

• For each vocabulary word from "Contents . . ." do one of the following:
• Write an alternative definition
• Use the word in a sentence (can change the form of the word)
• Give a synonym or antonym and why it is a good synonym or antonym
• Give a connotation of the word

The Curious Incident

Read up to chapter 97 of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. This will be up to page 27 of the PDF, but page 61 if you have the paperback copy of the novel.

Then write three questions for Wednesday's Socratic Seminar: one analysis, one evaluation, and one creation (prediction) question.

Vocabulary and Preparing "Evacuation Order"

Your homework for tomorrow is to go to the vocabulary portion of the blog (http://paseng2h2012-2013vocabulary.blogspot.tw/) and post a response to "drenched."

Tomorrow we will start reading "Evacuation Order No. 19. It is in the old, hard copy of the textbook, but not in the new one. Please either bring your laptop to class tomorrow or print out the story at the following link: http://teacherweb.com/OH/WatkinsMemorialHighSchool/MrsWhitson/EvacuationOrder19.pdf.

First homework assignment

Your first homework assignment, albeit ungraded, is to check to see if you have access to the online textbook at my.hrw.com and are able to post on the class blog (under the "Analysis" section).

Your syllabus is due on Monday, September 3rd, for participation points.