- POW: Complete a full annotation for Fri. 12/4/15.
- In-Class Assignment: Multiple choice practice for prose passages (see me if you want copies for your own practice)
- HW due Wed. 12/2/15: Read the new story and annotate for elements of fiction.
- Poem of the Week: Complete the "Thanksgiving Poem Assignment" on Google Classroom. The class code is 2js61 (2A) or ja1h35 (4A)
- POW: AP multiple choice practice for this week's poem.
- Short Fiction: In-class first reading of new story. HW due Mon. 11/23/15: Re-read the story, annotating for vocab. and elements of fiction. We will focus on symbol, but make sure you have notes on all of the elements.
- FYI: The College Board alerted me through email that the U.S. legislature is voting to change a policy that affects AP testing. If it is not renewed, there may be no more subsidies of the test fees and the tests will cost $92 each. The College Board is asking interested parties to contact their U.S. Representatives to voice their opinion about blocking this change. You can help! Go to either or both of these links and urge your congressperson to express interest in retaining the AP Exam Test Fee subsidies for low-income students. The bill is called Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
- POW: For Thurs. 11/19/15, determine the most prominent poetic elements (metaphor, imagery, shift, repetition, etc.) and how they are working in the poem. Determine the speaker's situation. Then complete the usual analysis including topic & poetic idea.
- Short Fiction:
- In class assignment: Make a list of oppositions that are present in “The Yellow Wallpaper" (2A) or "The Nightingale and the Rose" (4A). Choose one set of oppositions that seems most prominent in the story. Then write the first draft of an essay that analyzes the ways the two opposing elements are presented in the short story and how the opposition brings meaning to the work as a whole.
- POW: Multiple choice practice on villanelle. I did not collect the poems.
- Short Fiction:
- Characterization graphics turned in
- 2A: Discussion of video representations of "The Yellow Wallpaper". You can watch the videos here. (There is also a miniseries-- you can watch it here.)
- HW due Tues. 11/17/15: Come up with at least two oppositions for "The Yellow Wallpaper" (2A) or "The Nightingale and the Rose" (4A). Make notes on how these oppositions play out in the story. Remember that oppositions are ideas / concepts present throughout the piece and help us understand theme. This differs from conflict as conflict is based in characters and plot.
- POW: For Fri, complete a complete analysis (vocab., figurative language & effect, shift, topic, poetic idea, effect of repetition)
- Short Fiction Study:
- Character study assignment due Fri. 11/13/15
- Here are some sites where you can make infographics for free in case you are going in that direction:
- Clarification question / response assignment due Thurs. 11/12/15 by 11:59 pm. Post one clarifying question on Google Classroom and answer the questions of two classmates. Enroll using the following codes:
- POW: For Wed., determine the form of your assigned poem. For Fri, complete a complete analysis (vocab., figurative language & effect, shift, topic, poetic idea)
- Short Fiction Study- For Wed., read new story, focusing on character and setting. Mark your story for elements of fiction.
- Italian sonnet essay test
- Short fiction-
- The following assignments were turned in:
- 2 themes with explanation of how each develops in the story
- 3 clarification questions
- We will continue our discussion of "56-0" (2A) and "Araby" (4A) on Monday. To prepare, read the article for your class period below. Look up words you don't know to make sure the article makes sense to you.
- We will not have a poem today. Instead, there will be an essay test on Italian sonnet on Thursday, 11/5/15.
- Check in with your counselor in lab 127 regarding your Apply Texas application. (Most students took the majority of class with this.)
- Write at least three clarifying questions for "56-0" (2A) or "Araby" (4B). Clarifying questions are questions to which you might not know the answer but realize that the answer(s) would clarify meaning in the story.
- Homework due Wed. 11/4/15:
- A.
Take the two themes you wrote and explain how each one develops in "56-0" / "Araby"
- B. Turn in final draft of college admission essay if you have not already received a grade (check the portal). I will not accept them after Wednesday. A zero on this assignment will reduce your six weeks grade at least ten points. You can check this list to see if you still need to turn in your final paper.
