Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Examples of comma-splice and run-on sentences
Exercise: Fixing comma-splices

Origins of Christmas Traditions

Watch Mark Twain, His Amazing Adventures. If you were absent, you make click on the link and watch 25 minutes at home: Watch Mark Twain, His Amazing Adventures

Read quietly, 25 minutes.
Discuss bookk up to chapter 22
HOMEWORK: Finish chapter 31 (55 pages)  Sorry

Emily Dickinson, pages 300-306

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Thursday/Friday

1. Read your out-of-class book
Answer the following question on a sheet of paper:
Describe the main character. What do you find appealing about this character?
Staple this journal entry to your reading log

Watch Mark Twain, His Amazing Adventures. If you were absent, you make click on the link and watch 25 minutes at home: Watch Mark Twain, His Amazing Adventures

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HOMEWORK:  Finish chapter 19

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Tuesday, December 8

Watch Mark Twain, His Amazing Adventures. If you were absent, you make click on the link and watch 25 minutes at home: Watch Mark Twain, His Amazing Adventures

Read quietly, 15 minutes.
HOMEWORK:  Finish chapter 19
Emily Dickinson, pages 300-306


Thursday, December 3, 2015

Thur/Friday

Notes on the Hero Quest
Listen to chapter 12 Huck Finn on TapeShow Prezi: Inspiration for Huck Finn
Discuss "Jim and the ghost"
HOMEWORK: Read chapters 13, 14, 15 (16 pages). Try to read ahead or you'll have lots of homework next week.
Thur/Fri BRING YOUR OUT OF CLASS READING BOOK
MONDAY: Garbage Man Essay due (finally!)
Remember, this is an argumentative essay, so you need to take a stand and thoroughly convince the boss. Why should he or she hire him. Be sure that you elaborate your ideas. The goal for elaboration is to write three or four sentences for each point you are making as you develop your point. If you cite and example (Hire Pete because he is strong), explain for at least three sentences (maybe 5) why that is important.
Proofreading: Check the following list of proofreading errors you need to avoid: Proofreading

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Tue/Wed

Review
1. Why is it surprising that Huck and Jim found the house where they did? (ch 9) What is the significance of  this?
2. Archtype. Huck as initiation hero
Notes on the Hero Quest
Listen to chapter 12 Huck Finn on TapeShow Prezi: Inspiration for Huck Finn
Discuss "Jim and the ghost"
HOMEWORK: Read chapters 13, 14, 15 (16 pages)
Thur/Fri BRING YOUR OUT OF CLASS READING BOOK
MONDAY: Garbage Man Essay due (finally!)
Remember, this is an argumentative essay, so you need to take a stand and thoroughly convince the boss. Why should he or she hire him. Be sure that you elaborate your ideas. Proofread. 

Monday, November 30, 2015

Monday

Review quiz:
1. What object does Jim use to tell people's fortune?
2. Who is described as having greasy black hair that hangs down like vines and as having skin that is "a white to make a body sick, a tree toad white, a fish belly white"?
3. List two pieces of evidence that reveal that the Widow Douglas is a good person (1/2 each)
4. Explain why Pap Finn is able to trick the new judge and his wife into believing that he is "reformed." There's a good chance that you would know better. What clouds their perspective?
5. What does Huck put on the axe blade? Be specific.
6. Tom and Huck play a practical joke on Jim by taking his hat off his head while he is sleeping and hanging it on a tree branch. Later, after Jim claims that witches did it and he tells his friends the story, Huck says that after the experience Jim would never be a good slave again. Why is that?

Show Prezi
Discuss "Jim and the ghost"
HOMEWORK: Read chapters 11, 12

Thursday, November 19, 2015

November 20

Quiz quesions
1. What object does Jim use to tell people's fortune?
2. Who is described as having greasy black hair that hangs down like vines and as having skin that is "a white to make a body sick, a tree toad white, a fish belly white"?
3. List two pieces of evidence that reveal that the Widow Douglas is a good person (1/2 each)
4. Explain why Pap Finn is able to trick the new judge and his wife into believing that he is "reformed." There's a good chance that you would know better. What clouds their perspective?
5. What does Huck put on the axe blade? Be specific.
6. Tom and Huck play a practical joke on Jim by taking his hat off his head while he is sleeping and hanging it on a tree branch. Later, after Jim claims that witches did it and he tells his friends the story, Huck says that after the experience Jim would never be a good slave again. Why is that?

Huck Finn online AUDIO version of Huck Finn
Listen to chapter 8 as a class: Huck Finn

Quiet reading time for independent reading of books that you checked out from the library.
If you don't have a book, borrow one from the book cart at the front of the room.


BOOK REPORT due last Monday before final exams.
See BOOK REPORT EXAMPLES. Note: This are the book report requirements for last year. I will change them a bit and give you a handout when we get back from Thanksgiving.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

November 17

Huck Finn online AUDIO version of Huck Finn 

BOOK REPORT due last Monday before final exams.
See BOOK REPORT EXAMPLES. Note: This are the book report requirements for last year. I will change them a bit and give you a handout when we get back from Thanksgiving.

Transition Sentences exercises due next time.
Quiz of Huck Finn chapters 1-7 next time.
Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.-

Thursday, November 12, 2015


Huck Finn online AUDIO version of Huck Finn 

MONDAY WE WILL GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR BOOK TALKS BY OUR LIBRARIAN, MR. RICK. REMIND ME IF I FORGET. 25 MINUTES. IT'S FUN

Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.-

Thur/Fri

MONDAY WE WILL GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR BOOK TALKS BY OUR LIBRARIAN, MR. RICK. REMIND ME IF I FORGET. 25 MINUTES. IT'S FUN

Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Wed/Thur

MONDAY WE WILL GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR BOOK TALKS BY OUR LIBRARIAN, MR. RICK. REMIND ME IF I FORGET. 25 MINUTES. IT'S FUN

Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.

Monday/Tuesday

Huckleberry Finn 30 Terms
Quiz over first 15 on Monday.

HOMEWORK: TYPE your rough draft.
You must add sentences with transitional words and phrases   Transitions
In the margin, you need to handwrite the category of the transition type.
Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.

Go over rough draft of Garbage Man essay.
*A rough draft is a full essay that hasn't been revised, yet. You know that, right? It's not an outline and it's not 1/2 of a page. In other words, it's NOT what most students hand in. We will make them better.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

November 3/4

HOMEWORK: Continue working on your ROUGH  DRAFT. It should be closer to two pages when you come to class next time. Eventually it has to be 2-3 typed, so you should probably type it now.

Go over rough draft of Garbage Man essay.
*A rough draft is a full essay that hasn't been revised, yet. You know that, right? It's not an outline and it's not 1/2 of a page. In other words, it's what most students hand in. We will make them better, though.
Read one Pete letter and discuss how to elaborate.
Read one Byron letter and discuss how to elaborate.

PSAT and examining how essays elaborate upon their evidence.

DEBATES start 20 min. into the period tomorrow.

Friday, October 30, 2015

Thur/Friday

Crucible Test

Writing Assignment: Which garbage man would you hire? ACME Waste Management, Inc.

HOMEWORK: Write a rough draft of your essay. 1 page minimum

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Crucible  49 Terms "Crucible-pretense (skip ingratiate and reckon)
"menacingly" to "penitence" for vocab test next time.

Crucible. Finish and finish movie.
Questions:
1. Rank the following people from "best" person to "worst."
Hale, Danforth, John Proctor, Thomas Putnam, Parris, Abigail, Rebecca.
Write 2 sentences for each explaining why you place them where you do on the continuum. 
2. In what ways is "The Crucible" an appropriate title for this play?

Crucible:a vessel in which substances are heated to high temperatures and impurities rise to the surface;  a severe trial or test. To answer these questions, you must find three specific examples (with page numbers).

3. John Proctor is the hero of the story. In what ways does he change and become a better person?
Find three examples with page references.

The McCarthy hearings and The Crucible
In the film The Majestic, Jim Carey plays the part of a Hollywood screenwriter who was accused of being a communist. Watch this moving speech that he delivers. It is similar to Proctor's speech.
The Majestic, HUAC hearing

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Crucible  49 Terms "Crucible-pretense (skip ingratiate and reckon)
"menacingly" to "penitence" for vocab test next Monday (26th)

PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND:
THE CRUCIBLE movie is available on Netflix as a view instantly film. Watch it!

WRITE A SENTENCE briefly telling me WHO EACH PERSON IS and what they are like

PARRIS                                WHO      WHAT HE'S LIKE (what's good or bad about him)                        
Reverend Parris (50)             He's the priest but he only cares about himself and his reputation        
Betty (10) (mother died)        His daughter who is so scared of getting in trouble that she pretends 
Abigail Williams (neice--17)   Abigail is in love with john and would do anything for him, even kill.
Tituba, the slave (42)            She is a slave who becomes the scapegoat 
PROCTOR
John (35)                             cares about his wife, although he cheated on her.                  
Elizabeth (35)                      cares about whats best for her family. doesnt trust her husband.
Mary Warren (17)                wants to admit to the court but is scared of Abby.         
PUTNAM                  
Thomas (46)                       tries to kill people for land.            
Anne (42)                            crazy, because she lost 7 childern and her only live one is possessed    
Ruth (14)                             Putnam's daughter who went to forest for seance to talk to dead sister
Mercy Lewis (18)            
NURSE
Francis (80)                            
Rebecca (80)                     is kind hearted angelic woman who is accused of killing Putnam's babie CORY
Giles (76)                           Grumpy, old man who fights for his rights.                     
Martha (58)                        Smartest person in the village
HALE, Reverend               An exorcist who wants to help the village. He slowly realizes girls lying
DANFORTH                      Chief justice, very strict, willing to kill people

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Quiz over characters in the play
Nathaniel Hawthorne "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" (page 195 in anthology)
Edgar Allan Poe  "The Raven" (page 236 in anthology)
Simpson's version of The Raven


Write scary stories
How to write a scary story:
Setting


Families
Narrator                                               Mr. Isom
PARRIS                                            3rd Period             5th Period
Reverend Parris (50)                          Mr. Isom              Reed
Betty (10) (mother died)                                                 A.J.
Abigail Williams (neice--17)                Michelle              Sadie
Tituba, the slave (42) from Barbados Alfonso               Garrett

PROCTOR
John (35)                                             Eduardo            James
Elizabeth (35)                                                                Sadie
Mary Warren (17)                                Jayda                Allison

PUTNAM
Thomas (46)                                      Alfonso              Emilio
Anne (42)                                          Cloey                 Anastacia
Ruth (14)
Mercy Lewis (18)                              Cloey                 Gustavo 

NURSE
Francis (80)                                                                   Kayden
Rebecca (80)                                    Michelle                Angel               

CORY
Giles (76)                                          Isaiah alsum        Dylan
Martha (58)
Factions- A small group within a larger group that disagrees concerning with what is important ( Paris thinks they are trying to overthrow him)

HALE, Reverend                            james                     Alex

Crucible  49 Terms "Crucible-pretense (skip ingratiate and reckon)
"conjure" to "pallor" for vocab test next Monday.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Families
Narrator                                               Mr. Isom
PARRIS                                            3rd Period             5th Period
Reverend Parris (50)                          Mr. Isom              Reed
Betty (10) (mother died)                                                 A.J.
Abigail Williams (neice--17)                Michelle              Sadie
Tituba, the slave (42) from Barbados Alfonso               Garrett

PROCTOR
John (35)                                             Eduardo            James
Elizabeth (35)                                                                Sadie
Mary Warren (17)                                Jayda                Allison

PUTNAM
Thomas (46)                                      Alfonso              Emilio
Anne (42)                                          Cloey                 Anastacia
Ruth (14)
Mercy Lewis (18)                              Cloey                 Gustavo 

NURSE
Francis (80)                                                                   Kayden
Rebecca (80)                                    Michelle                Angel               

CORY
Giles (76)                                          Isaiah alsum        Dylan
Martha (58)
Factions- A small group within a larger group that disagrees concerning with what is important ( Paris thinks they are trying to overthrow him)

HALE, Reverend                            james                     Alex

Crucible  49 Terms "Crucible-pretense (skip ingratiate and reckon)
"conjure" to "pallor" for vocab test next Monday.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Thursday/Friday

1. Quiz over 21-end Monday Literary terms--Quizlet
2. Share creation myths
3. Review Grammar pre-test
Write correct sentences and then write your own sentence using the concept.
4. Read The Crucible
5. Watch The Crucible

The Crucible is really about the Communist Red Scare (Joseph McCarthy)
Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto, which says that common people should have the same rights as everyone. No rich and poor. All equal. In democracy, some people are rich.
Actors and writers were blacklisted (they couldn't get a job).
Arthur Miller wanted people to have the courage to stand up and say that the Red Scare was bad.

Families
Narrator                                               Mr. Isom
PARRIS                                            3rd Period             5th Period
Reverend Parris (50)                          Mr. Isom              Reed
Betty (10) (mother died)                                                 Dylan
Abigail Williams (neice--17)                 Michelle             Sadie
Tituba, the slave (42) from Barbados   Alfonso             Garrett

PROCTOR
John (35)                                             Eduardo            James
Elizabeth (35)                                                                Lexi
Mary Warren (17)                                Jayda                Allison

PUTNAM
Thomas (46)                                        Alfonso            Emilio
Anne (42)                                           Cloey               Anastacia
Ruth (14)
Mercy Lewis (18)                              Cloey                

NURSE
Francis (80)
Rebecca (80)                                    Michelle                Angel              

CORY
Giles (76)                                          Isaiah alsum        Dylan
Martha (58)
Factions- A small group within a larger group that disagrees concerning with what is important ( Paris thinks they are trying to overthrow him)

HALE, Reverend                            james

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Tue/Wed

1. Quiz over 11-20 Literary terms--Quizlet
2. Share creation myths
3. Review Grammar pre-test
Write correct sentences and then write your own sentence using the concept.
4. Read The Crucible

The Crucible is really about the Communist Red Scare (Joseph McCarthy)
Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto, which says that common people should have the same rights as everyone. No rich and poor. All equal. In democracy, some people are rich.
Actors and writers were blacklisted (they couldn't get a job).
Arthur Miller wanted people to have the courage to stand up and say that the Red Scare was bad.

Families
PARRIS
Reverend Parris (50)                               Mr. Isom
Betty (10) (mother died)                         Dylan
Abigail Williams (neice--17)                  Sadie
Tituba, the slave (42) from Barbados     Garrett

PROCTOR
John (35)
Elizabeth (35)
Mary Warren (17)

PUTNAM
Thomas (46)                                           Emilio
Anne (42)                                               Lexi
Ruth (14)
Mercy Lewis (18)

NURSE
Francis (80)
Rebecca (80)                                         Angel

CORY
Giles (76)
Martha (58)





3rd Period
Abigail    Michelle
John Proctor  Carter
Reverend Parris    Sam
Tituba    Alfonso
Betty  
Susanna  Mariza
Thomas Putnam   Eduardo
Ann Putnam     Gavin
Mercy Lewis   Sam

Thursday, September 24, 2015

September 24

1. Quiz over 11-20 Literary terms--Quizlet

2. Work 30 min on Lottery assignment

 
3. Share the outline your creation myth. It doesn't matter to me if this is in standard outline form. A thorough 

brainstorming sheet would be fine. I just need to see who the characters are in your myth, what 

happens, and I need to see that you are going to answer at least one question that you have about

 life (last night's homework) and at least one of your values needs to be evident.
4. Spend 30 minutes writing these, so you should come to class with a good start. This is fun! 
HOMEWORK: Over the weekend you will write your own creation myth. 300-600 words. Due Monday.
AFRICAN ZULU CREATION MYTH
Try bigmyth.com
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL MYTH
NORSE CREATION MYTH
STUDENT VIDEO AZTEC CREATION MYTH

        Extra credit (+2-10 depending on quality) for illustrating your myth or otherwise making it more             dynamic (sculpture, short video, etc).

Monday, September 21, 2015


1. Work 50 min on Lottery assignment

2. Learn literary terms11-20 by Thursday/Friday Literary terms--Quizlet

3. Outline your creation myth. It doesn't matter to me if this is in standard outline form. A thorough 

brainstorming sheet would be fine. I just need to see who the characters are in your myth, what 

happens, and I need to see that you are going to answer at least one question that you have about

 life (last night's homework) and at least one of your values needs to be evident.

During the rest of the week and over the weekend you will write your own creation myth. 400-600 words. Due  Monday.
        Extra credit (+2-10 depending on quality) for illustrating your myth or otherwise making it more             dynamic (sculpture, short video, etc).
5. Thur/Fri we will spend 30 minutes writing these, so you should come to class with a good start. This is fun! 

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Monday, September 21

HOMEWORK:

In preparation for writing your own creation myth, which will explain the world as 

you see it. The neat thing about this is that we will find out a few things about you

based on what you choose to write about :^)


Write ten things you value and why

Write 5 questions you have about life that you would like to have answered.




1. Work 20 min on Lottery assignment

2. Learn literary terms11-20 by Thursday/Friday Literary terms--Quizlet

3. Outline your creation myth. It doesn't matter to me if this is in standard outline form. A thorough 

brainstorming sheet would be fine. I just need to see who the characters are in your myth, what 

happens, and I need to see that you are going to answer at least one question that you have about

 life (last night's homework) and at least one of your values needs to be evident.

During the rest of the week you will write your own creation myth. 400-600 words. Due a week from Monday.
        Extra credit (+2-10 depending on quality) for illustrating your myth or otherwise making it more             dynamic (sculpture, short video, etc).
5. Thur/Fri we will spend 30 minutes writing these, so you should come to class with a good start. This is fun!