Thursday Feb. 27

Today in class we discussed Ch. 1-3 and had our first fishbowl (on Ch. 4-6).
Re-read Ch. 6 tonight AND REMEMBER TO KEEP TABBING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weds. 2/26

Today in class we did the following:
1. Turned in the commentaries!!!
2. Discussed new vocab
3. Presentation work time

Homework:
1. Read Part 1, Ch. 4-6
2. Stranger Journal 2: Analyze the effect of elements of the natural world in chapter 6. How does nature effect Meursalt? What physical and psychological responses does Meursalt have to nature? Does nature alleviate Meursalt's guilt? Please use at least 5 quotations from the text.
3. PRESENTATIONS ARE MONDAY.

TuesdAYYYYYYYY!

Today we did:

1. PASSIVE VOICE

2. Read Ch. 1, looked for patterns

Homework:

1. FINAL DRAFTS DUE TOMORROW!!!!

2. Read Stranger part 1, ch. 1-3

3. Journal 1:

Identify two important stylistic patterns in Camus writing. They can be things you've tabbed or other patterns you see emerging in the text. For each pattern, give me two examples and explain the effect of EACH example in a paragraph. That means you should have  TWO paragraphs, each paragraph containing TWO parts of the text.

-As you continue reading, tab one of the new patterns you've found.

4. PRESENTATIONS MONDAY!!!!!

For the essay...

Go to:      www.turnitin.com

-either click "log in" or "create new account"

-class ID: 7739022

PW: Glitter4Life

-Then, submit an assignment, the only assignment available is "Commie". You can either submit the assignment as an attachment or cut and paste your essay.

Monday!

Today in class we did the following:
1. Cultural presentation assignments
2. Discussed existentialism and absurdism
3. Application of philosophy
4. Stranger page 1: re-do

Homework:
1. Eyes Journal 5: Evaluate Eyes from the perspective of an absurdist or existentialist literary critic. Discuss: what parts of the novel support your philosophy, what parts deconstruct your philosophy and what choices Hurston could have made to make the text better support your philosophy. Your journal should take the form of at least two well-developed paragraphs with topic sentences.

http://www.philosophy-index.com/existentialism/
http://www.philosophy-index.com/existentialism/absurd.php

2. FINAL DRAFTS DUE WEDNESDAY
3. Presentations on Monday

Lit Terms Test

For re-do work... I hope the formatting isn't too awful.

Terms: Alliteration, allusion, ambiguity, antagonist, apostrophe, protagonist, assonance, chronology, conflict, connotation, anthropomorphism, denotation, dialect, diction, epiphany, euphemism, foil, hyperbole, imagery, irony, juxtaposition, metaphor, mood, motif, motivation, oxymoron, paradox, parallel structure, personification, point of view, tension, satire, plot, simile, structure, symbol, syntax, theme, tone, universality

1. "The sun was gone, but he had left his footprints in the sky."

2. "That is the life of men" and "Now women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget."

3. Gender Roles in Eyes 

4. The pear tree in Eyes 

5. "Love is lak de sea"

6. Hurston asserts that women are as responsible as men for their subservient place in American society. 

7. "They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the night emerged". 

8. My son's favorite book involves Olivia, a pig who likes to wear striped pajamas and  eat gelato. This is an example of ________________________.

9. The speaker has a bittersweet ___________________ about the effect of American society on black youth in the poem "America".

10. Walt Whitman's poem "O Captain! My Captain!", addressed to a recently dead Abraham Lincoln, is an example of _______________________. 

11. The sentence "the river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on" creates a peaceful _____________________ for the readers of the novel Pickwick Papers. 

12. "Now women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget." 

13. "Humph! Y'all let her worry yuh". 

14. "She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her". The aforementioned sentence indicates a(n)  _______________________ Janie has regarding her marriage. 

15. "She had no more blossomy openings dusting pollen over he man, neither any glistening young fruit where the petals used to be". (Metaphor)

16/17. Hurston's choice to begin her chapters with generalized statements about the human condition and then move to specific information about Janie's story affects the 16._________________________ of the novel but not the 17.__________________________ of the plot itself. 

18. Exposition, rising action, falling action are all part of a novel or story's ___________________. 

19. Janie's desire to find her "pear tree" and Nanny's dreams of social and financial status for Janie create an important ________________ in the novel. 

20. Janie and Joe's argument at the store is an example of external ___________________ in the novel. 

21. Jumbo shrimp 

22. The word "negro" may have a different meaning and effect on different people.

23. The dictionary definition of a word.

24. Tea Cake's fun-loving ways make him Jody's ___________________ because Jody is so obsessed with appearance and social status. 

25. "What a pity youth must be wasted on the young" (Shaw). 

26. Janie shooting Tea Cake to death after he teaches her how to shoot a gun is an example of _________________. 

27. Some feminist scholars argue that though Jody subjugates Janie, the true _________________ of the novel is Nanny because her vision for Janie's future inhibits Janie's growth and self-discovery. 

28. The discussion of the white man enjoying Rome and taking Ethiopia in the poem "White Man" creates both a reference and a(n) ____________________. 

29. Sentence structure and punctuation 

30. Talking about growth and decay, something all humans experience, is a way to create ________________________ in a text. 

31. Because he kills Mufasa, Scar is definitely NOT the _________________ of The Lion King.

32. "From the molten-golden notes…" (Poe) 

33. Mrs. Manning makes monkeys mutate into glitter ponies. 

34. George Orwell's use of humor to criticize society is an example of _________________. 

35. "The weight, the length, the glory was there". 

36. Power, social status and money all serve as ____________________ for Jody. 

37. 3rd person omniscient, for example.

38. "Jody is dead. Mah husband is gone from me." 

39. "For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turn his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men." 

40. Specific word choice

Week of the 18th of February

You should be working on bringing your outlines to rough drafts.

Here are some resources that might help you:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/  --- MLA 

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/01/ --- Sentence structure variation

4/14

Today in class we had a reading quiz, discussed ch. 9-17 and then worked on outlines.
Finish Eyes for Tuesday.
Finish outlines for Wednesday.
Email me if you have questions about your outlines.

amanning@ttsd.k12.or.us

February 13th

Today in class we worked on commentary passages.

Homework:
1. Catch up on reading (you have a quiz tomorrow)
2. Journal 4:
Reflect on how your understanding of the novel was affected by our discussions of stereotypes. This should take the form two paragraphs. The first paragraph should give specific details about stereotypes from the 1920s (what you learned). The second paragraph should give specific ways this understanding changed your interpretation of (ANY) part of the novel; make sure you are being specific.

Weds. 2/12/2014

Today in class we did the following:
1. LIT TERMS QUIZ. Yay.
2. Examined ANOTHER example thesis/topic sentence stuff
3. Coded our commentary passages

HW:
1. Read 14-17 **** we won't discuss this until Friday, I bet.
2. Code your passage
3. Do the "so what" process for three choices (techniques or tensions or shifts)
4. Write a draft of a thesis statement.

WAYS TO STRUCTURE A COMMENTARY (SCROLL DOWN, yo)
A:                                                         TENSION (effect should discuss tension's meaning)
                                                      /                           \
                                  Force A (what techniques)     Force B (what techniques)




B:  TECHNIQUE + TECHNIQUE + TECHNIQUE (the effect of all techniques should be the same)




C:                                                       SHIFT(S) (effect should discuss meaning of shift/change)
                                                             /         \
                            BEFORE (techniques)     AFTER (techniques)

February 10, 2014

Period 1:
1. Lit Terms Check In
2. Finish sharing paragraphs, answering questions
3. FX practice

Homework:
Read Ch. 9-13 and study for the LIT TERMS TEST TOMORROW.

Period 4:
1. Lit Terms
2. Share 5 and 6 answers
3. Answer 7 and 8 questions
4. Code passage-- Ch. 8
5. So what practice

Homework:
Read Ch. 9-13, finish "so what" practice and STUDY FOR THE LIT TERMS TEST TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATED: Monday/SNOW WEEKEND!

I'm updating the post from Friday.

I hope you all enjoyed the snow weekend!! We should have school tomorrow so just a reminder-- there is no NEW homework that will be required to be finished tonight but Period 4 should be prepared to discuss Ch. 7 and Ch. 8 and to turn in group thesis/topic sentence/body paragraphs. We will also review the Ch. 5 and 6 questions.

THE LIT TERMS TEST WILL BE WEDNESDAY!!! (I'm moving the date in case you need to ask me questions about terms tomorrow).

Like I said before you have no formal reading assignment BUT YOU SHOULD START READING. The reading load this week will be heavy so we can finish the book and move on to the commentary. Please be prepared for this and for a reading quiz. THERE WILL BE A READING QUIZ THIS WEEK. It may not be the same day for both classes. 

READING ASSIGNMENTS (this will be the reading that is assigned as homework)

Tuesday's  Homework: Read Ch. 9-13, STUDY FOR VOCAB TEST

Wednesday's Homework: Read 14-17, finish coding passage, draft possible thesis statement 

Thursday's Homework: Finish Eyes

Wednesday 2/5

Today in class we did the following:
1. Lit Terms Project Gallery Walk
2. Group commentary work/Ch. 5 and 6 group questions
Homework:
READ EYES 7-8 (finish group paragraph if not already complete)

Tuesday

1. Review paragraphs
2. Ch. 3 and 4 discussion
3. Groups:
-Code passage
-Create thesis statement
Homework:
Read Ch. 5 and 6, finish project

MONDAYYYYYYYYYY

Today in class we:
1. Talked about Jody, Sapphire, Jezebelle
2. Discussed Ch. 1 and 2
3. Introduced Journal 2
-Handout: assignment and passage
-Handout: example outline
-Handout: example paragraph

Homework:
1. Journal 2
2. Read Ch. 3 and 4
3. 3-D Projects for Wednesday!!!!!!!!!

Glitter.