Month: September 2012

Juniors – Study for the vocab quiz

That’s pretty much it Juniors, study for the vocab quiz.  Again, here’s the list of words:

Predilection Ingratiating Dissembling Calumny Inculcation Propitiation
Licentious Junta Autocracy Paradox Ideological Antagonistic
Logical fallacy Imperceptible Contentious Deposition Deferentially Anonymity
Prodigious Effrontery Confounded Incredulous Blanched Affidavit

Juniors – Crucible – Act I Resources

Hey Juniors – here are the resources for the work that we have done for our read of the first act of our reading of The Crucible.

These are the resources from the past week of classwork and homework.

AP Lit – Poetry Resources

Hey there literature buffs, as you know, we have started our short unit of studying poetry. Here is the introductory information: Poetry Unit Intro

Here is the TPS-FASTT intro PPT that we went through today in class: September 25 – Poetry

The first poem that you need to analyze (which we started today in class) is Koertge’s “First Grade”, which is attached here: Koertge – First Grade

Finally, here is the template for the TPS-FASTT dialectic journal that I told you that I would post: TPSFASTT DJ Entry format

Jane Eyre and Gender Issues – Discussion Homework

The following is the final slide (the homework) from our class discussion today, focused on Jane Eyre and gender issues.
This is meant to be an extension of our discussion from class. Type up all of those things that you didn’t get to (or offer to) say in class.
•Given our discussion of gender in Jane Eyre, connect our preliminary assessment of Bronte’s use of setting to your new understanding of Bronte, Jane and gender issues in the Victorian era
•Two paragraphs typed
Hint:
Go back to our quick-write question: Jane Eyre and gender issues – what was Bronte’s intention?
Think about Jane’s progression – maturity-wise, her level of employment, her intelligence, her status, etc. – as she goes from one place to the next in the novel, and how that connects to the gender related issues that she encounters in each location. Also consider the other female characters that she encounters in each setting, what aspects of society they represent, and how they are “dealt with” by the character and the author.

AP Lit kickoff

AP Lit is also off to a great start this year! On tuesday, we kicked it off with a kiler in-class essay on the magic of setting in Jane Eyre, and luckily we did NOT scare away any (many?) of the students. For those of you who wish to remember the prompt, I’ve attached it here: In class write – setting

The block day kicked off with some super-fun “housekeeping” type activities (me telling you the rules; you listening to the rules), which is all included in the post from the other day. Then we transitioned into a bit of group work about the settings of Jane Eyre, which is all outlined in the PPT here: September 4 – AP Lit.

Today, we finished up the group presentations, and then spent some time analyzing a specific settng: THE RED ROOM (cue terrifying music). Here’s that assignment: the red room.

Finally, your homework for the weekend is to read an annotate two articles (Rigby review of JE and Reader I shagged him) in preparation for a discussion of the gender issues in Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte’s day.

Booyah

Nice first week, Juniors! Here’s the PPT for Tuesday (Sept 03, 2012 – Junior English) when we discussed which events from the book taht had the greatest impact on us.

On Thursday we covered a lot of stuff, including the class procedures, curriculum outline, class agreement and instructions for turnitin.com (all in the previous post). then we spent some time looking at the songs of into the wild. The assignment (Song Analysis) and PPT are here (Sept 05, 2012 – Junior English).

Today, we covered the expectations for our upcoming in-class write, and started talking about McCandless as a critic of society. Here is the PPT (September 7 – American Voices) and the Outline/Prompt (McCandless as a Critic) in case you need another copy.

Have a great weekend!

It’s a new year… let’s do this!

Ok people, let’s kick this off with the boring stuff first…

Everyone needs to get their Classroom Agreement signed. Here’s the AP version (AP Lit Classroom Agreement), and here’s the Junior Lit version (American Lit Agreement).

You also need to sign up for turnitin.com. PLEASE make sure that you sign up for the correct period. Here’s the list of logins:

Class Name Class ID Password
Pd. 1 – Jr. English 5483476 murphy
AP   Lit – Period 4 5483497 murphy
AP Lit – Period 5 5483503 murphy
AP Lit – Period 6 5483506 murphy
Pd. 7 – Jr. English 5483492 murphy

Please make sure that you do both of these things – they’re due tomorrow!