Today's Objective: Students will read and analyze sonnets.
Today's SAT Word: By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Soundtrack: "Brick" by Ben Folds
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to this song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thursday, November 18 (E10 2B)
Today's Objective: Students will read and analyze sonnets.
Today's SAT Word: By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Soundtrack: "Canadian Rose" by Blues Traveler
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to this song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Today's SAT Word: By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Soundtrack: "Canadian Rose" by Blues Traveler
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to this song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Thursday, November 18 (E10 1B)
Today's Objective: Students will read and analyze sonnets.
Today's SAT Word: By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Soundtrack: "I'm Going Home" by Hootie and the Blowfish
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to this song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Today's SAT Word: By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Soundtrack: "I'm Going Home" by Hootie and the Blowfish
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to this song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Wednesday, November 17 (E9)
Today's Objective: Students will continue reading Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" to determine how characters influence one another.
Today's SAT Word: Auburn (adj.): reddish-brown in color.
"Miss Caroline's hair was auburn."
Today's Soundtrack: "Sneaking Up on Boo Radley" by Bruce Hornsby
We have chosen this song today because it was inspired by the first chapter of To Kill a Mockingbird. In the song and in the text, a group of children sneak up on the mysterious home of a reclusive stranger.
Today's Warm-Up Questionnaire:
What is "direct" characterization?
What is "indirect" characterization?
Today's In-Class Reading Assignment: To Kill a Mockingbird (pp. 20-35)
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Finish chapter three of To Kill a Mockingbird. There will be a quiz on the material for next class.
Today's SAT Word: Auburn (adj.): reddish-brown in color.
"Miss Caroline's hair was auburn."
Today's Soundtrack: "Sneaking Up on Boo Radley" by Bruce Hornsby
We have chosen this song today because it was inspired by the first chapter of To Kill a Mockingbird. In the song and in the text, a group of children sneak up on the mysterious home of a reclusive stranger.
Today's Warm-Up Questionnaire:
What is "direct" characterization?
What is "indirect" characterization?
Today's In-Class Reading Assignment: To Kill a Mockingbird (pp. 20-35)
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Finish chapter three of To Kill a Mockingbird. There will be a quiz on the material for next class.
Wednesday, November 17 (E10 4B)
Today's Objective: Students will learn and write five types of short poems (cinquain, limerick, acrostic, clerihew, haiku)
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "Brick" by Ben Folds
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to this song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "Brick" by Ben Folds
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to this song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Wednesday, November 17 (E10 3A)
Today's Objective: Students will learn and write five types of short poems (cinquain, limerick, acrostic, clerihew, haiku)
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "I Do" by Jude Christodal
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to this song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "I Do" by Jude Christodal
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to this song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Tuesday, November 16 (E10 4B)
Today's Objective: Students will learn and write five types of short poems (cinquain, limerick, acrostic, clerihew, haiku)
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "I Do" by Jude Christodal and "Canadian Rose" by Blues Traveler
By a majority vote, the class has chosen these songs today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed these songs for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to each song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "I Do" by Jude Christodal and "Canadian Rose" by Blues Traveler
By a majority vote, the class has chosen these songs today from a selection of works that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed these songs for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to each song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Tuesday, November 16 (E10 2B)
Today's Objective: Students will learn and write five types of short poems (cinquain, limerick, acrostic, clerihew, haiku)
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "Brick" by Ben Folds
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of songs that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to the song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "Brick" by Ben Folds
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of songs that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to the song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Tuesday, November 16 (E10 1B)
Today's Objective: Students will learn and write five types of short poems (cinquain, limerick, acrostic, clerihew, haiku)
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "I Do" by Jude Christodal
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of songs that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to the song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Today's SAT Word: Synonym (n.): an alternate word with the same meaning as the first word.
The word "pigskin" is a synonym for the word "football."
Today's Soundtrack: "I Do" by Jude Christodal
By a majority vote, the class has chosen this song today from a selection of songs that feature rich imagery and figurative language. The class then analyzed this song for today's warm-up listening exercise.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
After listening to the song, write a BCR in which you address the following items:
1) Who is the speaker of this work?
2) To whom (or what) is this work addressed (a.k.a. "who is the speaker talking to?")
3) What, exactly, is going on in this particular work?
4) What is the tone of this work?
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Monday, November 15 (E10)
Today's Objective: Students will analyze and compare a series of poems dealing with parent/child relationships.
Today's SAT Word: Personification (v.): Applying human traits to non-human things
Today's Soundtrack: "Not Afraid" (Radio Edit) by Eminem
We have chosen this song today because it is rich with figurative language. For today's warm-up quiz, students will analyze an excerpt of this song and identify how certain poetic techniques are used.
Today's Warm-Up Question: Students will analyze the latter half of the final verse of Eminem's "Not Afraid." Here, we will identify rhyme scheme and stanza breaks while we locate examples of simile, imagery, and metaphor.
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Today's In-Class Reading Assignment:
"Piano" by D.H. Lawrence (L.O.L. 229)
"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden (L.O.L. 230)
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Today's SAT Word: Personification (v.): Applying human traits to non-human things
Today's Soundtrack: "Not Afraid" (Radio Edit) by Eminem
We have chosen this song today because it is rich with figurative language. For today's warm-up quiz, students will analyze an excerpt of this song and identify how certain poetic techniques are used.
Today's Warm-Up Question: Students will analyze the latter half of the final verse of Eminem's "Not Afraid." Here, we will identify rhyme scheme and stanza breaks while we locate examples of simile, imagery, and metaphor.
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Today's In-Class Reading Assignment:
"Piano" by D.H. Lawrence (L.O.L. 229)
"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden (L.O.L. 230)
Tonight's Homework:
Student poetry portfolios are due Monday, November 22 (B-Day Classes) and Tuesday, November 23 (A-Day Classes).
A digital copy of the poetry portfolio guidelines is available online.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday, November 15 (E9)
Today's Objective: Students will begin reading Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird."
Today's SAT Word: Assuage (v.): to lessen the load or ease the pain.
"After the Redskins lost the game, Coach Shanahan attempted to assuage his players."
Today's Soundtrack: "Mockingbird" by James Taylor and Carole King
We have chosen this song today because it continues in our theme of songs whose titles relate to the innocence and childlike charm of the bird for which Harper Lee's story is named.
Today's Warm-Up Questionnaire:
What is a major character?
What is a minor character?
What is a protagonist?
What is an antagonist?
Today's In-Class Reading Assignment: To Kill a Mockingbird (pp. 1-12)
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Finish chapter one of To Kill a Mockingbird. There will be a quiz on the material for next class.
Today's SAT Word: Assuage (v.): to lessen the load or ease the pain.
"After the Redskins lost the game, Coach Shanahan attempted to assuage his players."
Today's Soundtrack: "Mockingbird" by James Taylor and Carole King
We have chosen this song today because it continues in our theme of songs whose titles relate to the innocence and childlike charm of the bird for which Harper Lee's story is named.
Today's Warm-Up Questionnaire:
What is a major character?
What is a minor character?
What is a protagonist?
What is an antagonist?
Today's In-Class Reading Assignment: To Kill a Mockingbird (pp. 1-12)
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Finish chapter one of To Kill a Mockingbird. There will be a quiz on the material for next class.
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