HW for Tuesday, 5/28

Finish your IRP summary:

IRP Summary:

Use your knowledge of HOW A PLOT DEVELOPS  to write a 4‐5 paragraph summary of your book. Type and double‐space. Edit for grammar and spelling and follow the formatting guidelines (see the link in the upper right hand corner of this page for a reminder). Make sure you cover the following (a strongly suggested paragraph structure is in parentheses) . . . .

• Who the author is? (paragraph 1)

• What kind of book is it? (Fiction? Non‐fiction? Mystery? Drama? Biography?) (paragraph 1)
• Write about the exposition! Setting, characters, and situation (paragraph 2)

• What happens in your book? Give a fairly detailed description of the inciting incident (what are the external and internal conflicts?).  (paragraph 3)

• Tell about the rising action (including the climax) and falling action. (paragraph 4)

• What are your thoughts about the book? (paragraph 5)

HW for Thursday, 5/23

If you have not finished reading your IRP book, please finish it this weekend.
And do any make up work you need to do!

HW for Tuesday, 5/21

Complete draft 2 of "Rear Window" movie review.
Once again, bring in any supplies you'll need for your IRP.

HW for Monday, 5/20

Finish draft 1 of your Gallery Card.  See the sample gallery card on the right for directions.

Also, bring in supplies for your IRP -- we'll start working on those tomorrow.

HW for Thursday, 5/16

Finish your "Rear Window" outline, then write draft 1 of your "Rear Window" Review.  It must follow the guidelines we've discussed in class.

Also, please begin to bring in the supplies you'll need for your IRP.

HW for Tuesday, 5/13

IRP 5

Please type your answer. Include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.

Week 5 Question: What morals or lessons do you think the author intends his/her reader to find in this book? (200 words)

AND

Type a complete list of supplies you will need/use to create your IRP.

HW for Monday, 5/13

IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date. DOUBLE SPACE!

What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.

AND


IRP 6.1

Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words). Remember, this is a draft proposal.  You'll do IRP 6 a few more times before the session is over.

HW for Tuesday, 5/7

1)

IRP week 3

(Please type your response, and include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.)

Week 3 Question: Describe the character(s) you most identify with. Why or how do you relate to him/her or them? (200 words)

AND ...

2) Complete "Rear Window" Handout 6 -- complete sentences, typed.

HW for Thursday, 5/2

1) Complete Handout 4 -- typed, complete sentences.
2) If you have not already written draft 1 of your movie review, do that this weekend.  Use your outline!

HW for Tuesday, 4/30

1) Complete Handout #4  -- type your answers and use complete sentences.

2) IRP 2

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place.(100 words)

HW Thursday, 4/25

Finish your movie review outline.
Lucas and Emani, please complete the movie review.
You can use a sample outline like this (click here) if you need help.

HW for Tuesday, 4/23

Independent Reading Project Week One:
Pick an independent reading book, then . . .

Please answer the following question about your independent reading book. Be sure to follow the paper formatting guidelines we discussed in class.

Week 1 Question: What book did you choose? Why did you choose this book? If someone chose it for you, why did you agree to it? (100 words)

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 4/23

Read as many movie reviews on this site as you can:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

HW for Tuesday, 4/9

IRP due Thursday (no exceptions!)

Independent Reading Project

Creative Project:

Come up with some way to visually present your book. This will not be presented orally. You will post this in the classroom gallery‐style. Your creative project should include a gallery card –with one typed paragraph that briefly summarizes your book and a second paragraph that gives your project a creative title and explains your projects’ significance to the book. Your gallery card (see attached sample) should also include any necessary instructions for the viewer on how to interact with your work.

Some ideas . . .

• a diorama of a particular scene

• if there’s a movie version of your book, choose a short scene to queue up; you should also print the excerpt from the book and your gallery card should explain how the two scenes (movie and book) are similar and/or different

• create a website about your book that students can go through on their own

• a power point presentation that students can go through on their own

• a board game that two students could play on their own—directions should be simple and printed out

• if food is important in your book, cook something that’s mentioned and bring that in for everyone to try—make sure it is clear why this is relevant to the content of your book

• draw portraits of the main characters or draw important scenes from the book

These projects should be neat and well‐put together, not something you work on the night before it’s due!

Daily Warm Up for Thursday, 4/4

Continue Monday's warm ups . . .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-logging-sentences
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-make-a-sentence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-spot-the-sentence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-verb-subject-treasure-hunt

HW for Thursday, 4/4

Complete draft 1 of your Gallery Card (see sample on the right).

AND

IRP Summary:

Use your knowledge of HOW A PLOT DEVELOPS  to write a 4‐5 paragraph summary of your book. Type and double‐space. Edit for grammar and spelling and follow the formatting guidelines (see the link in the upper right hand corner of this page for a reminder). Make sure you cover the following (a strongly suggested paragraph structure is in parentheses) . . . .

• Who the author is? (paragraph 1)

• What kind of book is it? (Fiction? Non‐fiction? Mystery? Drama? Biography?) (paragraph 1)
• Write about the exposition! Setting, characters, and situation (paragraph 2)

• What happens in your book? Give a fairly detailed description of the inciting incident (what are the external and internal conflicts?).  (paragraph 3)

• Tell about the rising action (including the climax) and falling action. (paragraph 4)

• What are your thoughts about the book? (paragraph 5)

HW for Monday, 4/1

IRP 6

Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words).

Warm Up or Monday, 4/1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-logging-sentences
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-make-a-sentence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-spot-the-sentence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-verb-subject-treasure-hunt

Classwork for Thursday, 3/28

IRP Summary:

Use your knowledge of HOW A PLOT DEVELOPS  to write a 4‐5 paragraph summary of your book. Type and double‐space. Edit for grammar and spelling and follow the formatting guidelines (see the link in the upper right hand corner of this page for a reminder). Make sure you cover the following (a strongly suggested paragraph structure is in parentheses) . . . .

• Who the author is? (paragraph 1)

• What kind of book is it? (Fiction? Non‐fiction? Mystery? Drama? Biography?) (paragraph 1)
• Write about the exposition! Setting, characters, and situation (paragraph 2)

• What happens in your book? Give a fairly detailed description of the inciting incident (what are the external and internal conflicts?).  (paragraph 3)

• Tell about the rising action (including the climax) and falling action. (paragraph 4)

• What are your thoughts about the book? (paragraph 5)

HW for Tuesday, 3/26

IRP 5

Please type your answer. Include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.

Week 5 Question: What morals or lessons do you think the author intends his/her reader to find in this book? (200 words)

HW for Monday, 3/25

Finish your short story.
Make sure it is double-spaced.
We'll peer edit tomorrow!

HW for Thursday, 3/21

Watch two more short films from this website:
http://www.filmsshort.com/

Complete a plot diagram , short story worksheet, and reader's guide for EACH short film that you watch.

HW for Tuesday, 3/19

IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date. DOUBLE SPACE!

What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.

HW for Monday, 3/18

By the beginning of class Tuesday, you must have completed:
1) a Reader's Guide for your own short story
2) a Plot diagram
3) a Short Story Worksheet for your own story

HW for Thursday, 3/14

Write a 250 word (typed, double-spaced) review of Oz: The Great and Powerful.

HW for Tuesday, 3/12

Read "The Necklace" and complete the Short Story Worksheet.
Audio link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpT18opEenU

AND


IRP week 3

(Please type your response, and include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.)

Week 3 Question: Describe the character(s) you most identify with. Why or how do you relate to him/her or them? (200 words)

HW for Monday, 3/11

Complete the "Short Story Worksheet for The Lottery".

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 3/11

Click here and complete the activities . . .
http://www.calgaryacademy.com/ICT/ss/shortstory.html

HW for Thursday, 3/7

Complete the Reader's Guide to Plot Development (click here for a copy) for an episode of a tv show as we did in class today.  Practice makes perfect!

For Lucas

http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/maupassant/guy/m45s/contents.html

HW for Tuesday, 3/5

IRP 2

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place.(100 words)

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 3/5

Click here: Plot Diagram Inertactive
Complete the plot diagram for "The Gift of the Magi" -- you must include at least 6 entries, and you will print and turn this in.  If you did not finish, this assignment becomes hw.

HW for Monday, 3/4

Finish reading "The Gift of the Magi" (click here if you need a copy of the story, click here if you'd like to continue listening to the audio version).
Complete the Reader's Guide to Understanding Plot Development questions (click here) if you need a copy of the questions.

Warm Up for Monday, 3/4

Click here: Plot Diagram Inertactive
Complete the plot diagram for "Marigolds" -- you must include at least 8 entries, and you will print and turn this in.  If you did not finish reading "Marigolds" over the weekend, do so now and this assignment becomes hw.

HW for Thursday, 2/28

Read "Marigolds" and answer the Readers Guide to Understanding Plot Development (click here for a link to the questions) on a separate sheet of paper, in complete sentences.
If you need another copy of the story, click here.

HW for Tuesday, 2/26

Independent Reading Project Week One:
Pick an independent reading book, then . . .

Please answer the following question about your independent reading book. Be sure to follow the paper formatting guidelines we discussed in class.

Week 1 Question: What book did you choose? Why did you choose this book? If someone chose it for you, why did you agree to it? (100 words)

HW for Monday, 2/25

Bring in two poems to submit to the poetry festival.  The poems should be typed.

Picture Poem Links

Rakicia: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/monks-lanterns-thailand/

Ariel: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/girl-portrait-canada/

Raemeisha: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/kuvale-herdsman-wentzel/

Lucas: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/twins-italy-scherschel/

Hazzard: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/oak-tree-wisherd/

Kenyatta: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/parrandas-fireworks-pellegrin/

Nahom: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/ferry-workers-japan/

Maesun: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/roma-woman-gachet-kashinsky/

Emani: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/children-ball-game/

For Hazzard

IRP week 3

(Please type your response, and include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.)

Week 3 Question: Describe the character(s) you most identify with. Why or how do you relate to him/her or them? (200 words)

HW for Tuesday, 2/12

IRP due Thursday!

HW for Monday, 2/11

IRP due THURSDAY!!!!

For Hazzard

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place.(100 words)

HW for Thursday, 2/14

Gallery Card due Monday!!!

Work on your IRP! It's due Thursday, 2/14!


See detailed project instructions below:
Don't forget to change the directions on your gallery card if your project changes.

Creative Project:

Come up with some way to visually present your book. This will not be presented orally. You will post this in the classroom gallery‐style. Your creative project should include a gallery card –with one typed paragraph that briefly summarizes your book and a second paragraph that gives your project a creative title and explains your projects’ significance to the book. Your gallery card should also include any necessary instructions for the viewer on how to interact with your work.

Some ideas . . .

• a diorama of a particular scene
• if there’s a movie version of your book, choose a short scene to que up; you should also print the exerpt from the book and your gallery card should explain how the two scenes (movie and book) are similar and/or different
• create a website about your book that students can go through on their own
• a power point presentation that students can go through on their own
• a board game that two students could play on their own—directions should be simple and printed out
• if food is important in your book, cook something that’s mentioned and bring that in for everyone to try—make sure it is clear why this is relevant to the content of your book
• draw portraits of the main characters or draw important scenes from the book

These projects should be neat and well‐put together, not something you work on the night before it’s due!

For Lucas and Hazzard

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/watch-the-film/980/

HW for Monday, 2/4

IRP 6

Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words).

HW for Tuesday, 1/29

IRP 5

Please type your answer. Include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.

Week 5 Question: What morals or lessons do you think the author intends his/her reader to find in this book? (200 words)

Hamlet movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knSplNP57Pc

HW for Thursday, 1/24

ACT 1, scenes 1-3
Choose 10 questions and answer them in complete sentences

1.1
1. What happens when Francisco and Bernardo meet at the beginning of 1.1? Where are we, and when? Why is there confusion over which one is supposed to challenge the other by asking "Who's there"? Why is Horatio with Bernardo and Marcellus? Who is he?
2. What is Horatio's initial response to the story of the apparition? What happens when the ghost appears for the first time (1.1.37.1)? Notice that Horatio addresses it as "thou." This is the form of address used with friends or inferiors. Shakespeare's audience would have been much more attuned to the difference than we are. What is the effect of Horatio's addressing the ghost as "thou"?
3. What does Horatio first assume the appearance of the ghost means (1.1.68)? Why are there such intense war preparations in Denmark? (Read 1.1.69-106 carefully to get the international background of the play.) What does Horatio suggest by his discussion of Julius Caesar's death (1.1.106.5-.18)? Why does he choose the example of Rome? Why is the passage set off and in italics? (See note 2, line 106.)
4. What happens when the ghost appears for the second time (at the SD before 1.1.108.1)? Why does it leave so abruptly? The questions Horatio asks it represent, according to the thought of the time, the reasons why a ghost could appear.
5. What is the purpose of the two discussions of the crowing of the cock, Horatio's pagan one (1.1.130-37) and Marcellus' Christian one (1.1.138-45)?
6. What do we know so far about the nature of the ghost? Do we know yet if it is a "good" ghost (i.e., "really" the spirit of the person it appears to be) or a "damned" ghost (a devil or evil spirit in the shape of the person it appears to be)?
1.2
1. What is Claudius telling the court in the first part of his speech (1.2.1-16)? What does he say about young Fortinbras and his uncle the king of Norway (ll. 17-41)? How is Claudius responding to the threat? (You may also want to keep in mind that the name "Claudius" appears only in the opening stage direction for 1.2. The name is never spoken in the play. He is simply "the King.")
2. What does Laertes want from the King? How does Claudius respond to him? Based on his first 64 lines in office (1.2.1-64), how would you rate Claudius as a ruler? In what ways does he already differ from Old Hamlet as king? (Consider how Old Hamlet would have responded to Young Fortinbras.)
3. What do Claudius and Gertrude want Hamlet to do that he doesn't want to do? What won't they let him do it? How does he respond to them? How do they respond to the way he responds to them? (You probably know three names associated with the University of Wittenberg in Germany: Martin Luther, Doctor Faustus, and Hamlet. Can you see any connections among the three?)
4. How seriously do you take Claudius' argument against Hamlet's "prolonged" mourning (1.2.87-108)? How long has Hamlet been mourning (1.2.138)? (The normal mourning period of a noble or gentle woman for a dead husband at this time [ca. 1600] was a year or more.)
5. Read Hamlet's first soliloquy (1.2.129-59) carefully. What is it that is really bothering him about what has happened since his father's death? How would you describe the tone of his feelingsdetached, impassioned, rational, ironic, or what?
6. What is Hamlet's response to the news from Horatio, Marcellus, and Bernardo? Notice the way Hamlet questions them. How much do we know about how his mind works at this point of the play? What does he suspect as the reason for the ghost's appearance (1.2.254-57)?
1.3
1. What does Laertes warn Ophelia about? What, apparently, has been the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia since his return from Wittenberg?
2. How seriously do you take Polonius' precepts (1.3.58-80)? Consider especially the last one (1.3.78-80).
3. How willing is Ophelia to discuss with her father what she has discussed with Laertes? What is his response to Hamlet's interest in her and her response to him? How seriously should she take their warnings about Hamlet's lack of seriousness and his inability to choose his own wife?
4. What do we know about Laertes, Polonius, and Ophelia by the end of 1.3? What sort of people are they? What sort of family are they? Who is missing from this family? How strong-willed in Ophelia?

HW for Monday, 1/28

Complete the Act I packet.

HW for Tuesday, 1/22

IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date. DOUBLE SPACE!

What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.

HW for Thursday, 1/17

Read the "Hamlet" introduction packet and write  quiz questions (with answers) -- there will be a quiz using those questions on Tuesday!

HW for Tuesday, 1/15

IRP week 3

(Please type your response, and include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.)

Week 3 Question: Describe the character(s) you most identify with. Why or how do you relate to him/her or them? (200 words)

Sonnet for Lucas

SONNET 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
   If this be error and upon me proved,
   I never writ, nor no man ever loved. 

HW for Monday, 1/14

Translate Sonnet 130!

Sometimes, understanding Shakespeare is just a matter of getting used to the way it sounds.  So, just so before we leap into reading one of his plays, let’s read one of his famous sonnets.

Read the sonnet I’ve given you.  In your journal, then do a line-by-line translation of it – that is, put each line in your own words.  You may write your translation on this page or on a seprate sheet.  Feel free to use online resources (Shakespeare glossaries, for instance) to help you with the vocabulary.

Hint: This is a very untraditional love poem.  It's funny!

Sonnet 130

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:

   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

   As any she belied with false compare.

HW for Thursday, 1/10

Complete the "Ordering Shakespeare Around" and "Shakespeare was a pretty punny guy" worksheets.

AND

Complete any re-do's you need to do.

Daily Warm Up for Thursday, 1/10

Shakespeare coined (created) a lot of words.  Play this game to learn some of them:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/swf/words.html

Daily Warm Up for 1/8/13

Start IRP Week 2

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place.(100 words)

HW for Tuesday, 1/8/12

1) Click here and finish watching the "In Search of Shakespeare" video -- your completed notes sheet is due Thursday.  We've watched up to minute 12:22 as a class, so feel free to fast forward to that point.

2) Also, finish IRP 2 :

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place.(100 words)

HW for Monday, 1/7/13

Shakespeare Homework 1/7/13

Let’s take some time to get used to Shakespeare’s Language.

Go to

http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/

Scroll through the 100 quotes, then pick 10 and click on the link.  Read the entire quote, then, on a separate sheet of paper, write the number of the quote, and a brief explanation of what you think it means.

For instance . . .

11. I think this means that the person saying it really needs a horse, and would even give up his kingdom just to get one.

HW for Thursday, 1/3/13

Independent Reading Project Week One:
Pick an independent reading book, then . . .

Please answer the following question about your independent reading book. Be sure to follow the paper formatting guidelines we discussed in class.

Week 1 Question: What book did you choose? Why did you choose this book? If someone chose it for you, why did you agree to it? (100 words)

PLEASE BRING YOUR BOOK WITH YOU TO CLASS ON MONDAY!