D Block:

I collected your papers today. You are reminded that you loose a letter grade (10 pts.) for each late day. Papers submitted Monday count as one day late.

Due to the amount of you that needed to leave early to prep for the pep rally, we pushed the activity today to Monday and instead watched the Beowulf and Grendel movie.

We will be taking a deeper look at the story differences next week.

Have a great weekend.

Tantasqua Shout Out this AM

http://ulocal.thebostonchannel.com/_Tantasqua-Regional-High-Shout-Out/video/1638412/61862.html

A/ B Block:

A Block: Journal Prompt #10: If you could only keep 10 things in the world, what would you save?

A and B Block: We used this time to type the final draft of your paper. Please finish these this weekend if you did not have enough time. These are due at the end of class Monday. I will try and give you time on a computer Monday- but please have your writing done and ready to type. Please email me with any questions.

Have a great weekend!

Sorry this is late....I forgot last night

Transitional Words:
Transitional words are like signs that help the reader make a smooth shift from one idea to the next. They are a means of precisely guiding the reader through the various levels and shifts that your essay or argument may develop. These words or phrases can be considered the basic tools of the trade, so to speak. Transitional words prevent ideas from awkwardly blending into one another; they also keep the reader from feeling as if he or she is abruptly jumping from point to point.


Words that can be used to show location:
above behind by near throughout
across below down off to the right
against beneath in back of onto under
along beside in front of on top of
among between inside outside
around beyond into over

Words that can be used to show time:
while first meanwhile soon then
after second today later next
at third tomorrow afterward as soon as
before now next week about when suddenly
during until yesterday finally

Word that can be used to compare two things:
likewise also while in the same way
like as similarly

Words that can be used to contrast two things:
but still although on the other hand
however yet otherwise even though

Words that can be used to emphasize a point:
again truly especially for this reason
to repeat in fact to emphasize

Words that can be used to conclude or summarize:
finally as a result to sum up in conclusion
lastly therefore all in all because

Words that can be used to add information:
again another for instance for example
also and moreover additionally
as well besides along with other
next finally in addition

Words that can be used to clarify:
that is for instance in other words

Example of a Far Side Comic...

A/B Block:

Today:

Listening to your feedback, I will be giving you 2 daily prompts to write on. Please only answer ONE:

"An optimist thinks this is the best of all worlds, the pessimist fears the same to be true." Doug Larsin (Far Side)

What are your greatest fears?

1 page.

A reminder: Failure to complete these will result in a mandatory help session after-school. Please make sure that these are complete. I will be collecting these these this Friday. Please make sure that they are all complete. Almost all of them are on the blog.

I asked you to envision what the monster Grendel might look like. I asked you to base your creature on the clues given in the story and draw a picture of the beast. I will continue to post some of the best ones....

We continued to look at the movie Beowulf and Grendel. Do you think that the film captured the tone of the original story? Why or why not.

Friday we will be using the computers in the lib. to work on your hero quest papers. Please have all notes and early drafts available. I will be using this time to also work with those that are having a hard time. These are due Monday.

D: Block

Same journal prompt as below (A and B Block)

Today we finished watching Beowulf and Grendel.

HW: Please work on your papers.

Brit Lit A/B Block:

Journal Prompt:

If you had a chance to go back in time, for 5 minutes, where would you choose to go and why? 2 pages

Reminder...journals are collected after every 10 assignments. I will be collecting them this Friday- so please make sure that you are up to date. Any student that is missing more than 2 assignments will be required to stay after for a mandatory extra help session next week. Please see me with any questions. We do these in class, so there is no excuse as to not having them done.

We finished Beowulf and took a quiz on your reading and terms/notes.

HW: Please continue to work on your paper. These are due Next Monday.

Brit Lit

Today:

Journal Prompt:
If you had three wishes, what would you wish for and why. Also, look 10 years out and describe what specifically these wishes would change.

A/B Block: We looked at examples of Kennings and finished Beowulf.

D: We defined symbolism, worked on dream representations, and found examples of kennings in the text.

Today in class:

A & B:

Journal Prompt:
"When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." Oscar Wilde

Journals (1-10) will be collected and graded this Friday. Please make sure that you have them completed.

I assigned your paper. These will be due Monday. You will have the majority of Friday to work on these. Please have your 1st draft ready so I can come around and conference with those that need help. I have us signed up for the computers in the lib on Friday as well.

We finished our performance of the Hero's quest. B Block- not bad.... A block not so good. I expect much more from both going forward.

Today in class:

Word O' the Week:

Pendulous: (Pen-juh-luhs) adj. Hanging.

Think:

The average life span of a major league baseball: 7.