Finish Dracula this week. Monday is a graded discussion (assessment points); the make-up is an analytical paragraph on the end of Dracula. We will be writing the end-of-the-book essay after Thanksgiving.
I updated the information packet on google classroom. If you want to get a preview on the essay questions, feel free. You can do any planning and pulling together of information on your own, BUT YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT IN CLASS.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
E2: Update
Post your Briar Rose essays in the appropriate assignment, make sure your books and all are turned in.
Make sure you have The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon for class tomorrow and your notes. Updated notes are attached to this announcement on google classroom.
Make sure you have The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon for class tomorrow and your notes. Updated notes are attached to this announcement on google classroom.
Honors 4: Regarding the Research Stuff
We are reading thirty articles, writing summaries and paragraphs for them. The paragraphs should work as building blocks for your research project depending on your topic. All the articles and topics spring from Hurricane Katrina, Zeitoun, and When the Levees Broke—from there, it's open.
This gives every person in class a solid, shared foundation of information. This forces everyone to examine various types of articles for useful information while looking at what works and what doesn't work for a college-level research paper. This will hopefully cut down on accidental plagiarism (or plagiarism of any sort).
For every 5-6 paragraphs you write, I grade the one that looks the worst on the scoring guide. This is to help you figure out how to improve, not to destroy your grades. You get points for each paragraph, but the scored ones are assessments. If all of your articles look good, then scoring any of them should be an easy bump. And, again, these are some of the building blocks of your essay.
Everything we have done in class so far has been in preparation for the 5-8 page research project. How you write, how you incorporate research, how you process and share information will determine whether you are ready to be graded at the WR121 or WR115 level. All of the steps we've done together in class, you would be doing on your own at college. If you take this seriously, you will have the skills you need to do well.
This gives every person in class a solid, shared foundation of information. This forces everyone to examine various types of articles for useful information while looking at what works and what doesn't work for a college-level research paper. This will hopefully cut down on accidental plagiarism (or plagiarism of any sort).
For every 5-6 paragraphs you write, I grade the one that looks the worst on the scoring guide. This is to help you figure out how to improve, not to destroy your grades. You get points for each paragraph, but the scored ones are assessments. If all of your articles look good, then scoring any of them should be an easy bump. And, again, these are some of the building blocks of your essay.
Everything we have done in class so far has been in preparation for the 5-8 page research project. How you write, how you incorporate research, how you process and share information will determine whether you are ready to be graded at the WR121 or WR115 level. All of the steps we've done together in class, you would be doing on your own at college. If you take this seriously, you will have the skills you need to do well.
Myth: Independent Reading Project
All information is up on google classroom.
Independent Reading Project: Choose from the Fantastic Lit or Speculative Fiction lists. Please keep in mind the bold/italicized titles may have some graphic moments and are not for every reader. If you would like to read a book off the list, check with me.
First Essay is due 11/20/15
Second Essay is due 11/30/15
Third Essay is due 12/7/15
You will have time in class on those days to work on the essays.
Independent Reading Project: Choose from the Fantastic Lit or Speculative Fiction lists. Please keep in mind the bold/italicized titles may have some graphic moments and are not for every reader. If you would like to read a book off the list, check with me.
First Essay is due 11/20/15
Second Essay is due 11/30/15
Third Essay is due 12/7/15
You will have time in class on those days to work on the essays.
Friday, October 30, 2015
English 2: Briar Rose and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (1992): 2-sentence summary + analytical paragraph for each section
Reading October 22-November 16
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (1999) (There will be questions and discussions.)
- Becca's Quest: Gemma's Death ch 2, 4, 6
- Becca Gets Help & Learns Some Things ch 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
- Becca's Trip: Poland and Beyond ch 18, 20, 22, 24
- Gemma's Briar Rose: ch 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23
- Gemma's Castle + Becca's Quest ch 25-30
- Happy Ending for Becc? ch 31-33 + Author's Note
Reading October 22-November 16
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (1999) (There will be questions and discussions.)
- The Woods: outskirts, lost, center, escape or trapped
- Threes: quest, trials, helpers
- The Shadow
- Plotiness—Actual Fae (Tuatha): beings from a dimension next to ours where time and reality run differently
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Myth: Human Monsters
Read "The Sandman" by E.T.A. Hofman—three annotations per page (notes, thoughts, connections, questions, words you don't know).
Read "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe, write a 2-sentence summary, and write an analytical paragraph (you could focus on the nature of evil and connect it to "The Sandman.")
Read "The Picture in the House" by H.P. Lovecraft, write a 2-sentence summary, and write an analytical paragraph (you could, again, focus on the nature of evil and connect it to "The Sandman" and "The Black Cat")
That's two summaries and two analytical paragraphs for this part of the week.
- 2-sentence summary for each section
- Nathanael to Lothar
- Klara to Nathanael
- Nathanael to Lothar
- pg. 224 Author's Notes
- pg. 233 Nathanael's Return to University and The Ball
- pg. 239 Life After The Ball: Courting Olympia
- pg. 243 Life After Olympia: The Breakdown, The Recovery?
- Analytical Paragraph: What is the source of evil? What is evil?
Read "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe, write a 2-sentence summary, and write an analytical paragraph (you could focus on the nature of evil and connect it to "The Sandman.")
Read "The Picture in the House" by H.P. Lovecraft, write a 2-sentence summary, and write an analytical paragraph (you could, again, focus on the nature of evil and connect it to "The Sandman" and "The Black Cat")
That's two summaries and two analytical paragraphs for this part of the week.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Myth: Red Riding Hood & Werewolves
The paragraphs and questions are up on google classroom.
Bring your books on Monday. We will be reading The Sandman.
Bring your books on Monday. We will be reading The Sandman.
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