Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We took a quiz on CH 7-9

We broke into two groups and completed the following assignment:

Catcher:  The Debate

 

During this class, I will be breaking you into two groups to debate the following:

 

Side One:  Books, movies, and music can be dangerous.  Some of these should be disallowed in school and outright banned in extreme cases.

Side 2: Freedom of expression is an important part of any democracy.  Books, music and movies are ideas.  We should never ban expressions of creativity.

 

Directions:  Please break into two groups and assign the following parts:

 

Captain:  You will read your opening statement expressing your main point to prove.  This will be very similar to the thesis of a paper.  You will pick the order of your team to make your top 4 points.

 

Thinkers (4):  You will direct the 4 examples that your team uses.

 

Scribe:  You will write the main thesis of your group and record the four examples to prove your point.

 

Debate team:  You will carefully listen to the argument from the other side and attempt to counter their argument.

 

 

Main Statement:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Example 1:______________________________________________________________________

 

Example 2:______________________________________________________________________

 

Example 3:______________________________________________________________________

 

Example 4:______________________________________________________________________

 

We will begin with each side giving their opening.  Then we will go back in forth.  Each team will present their example, and the other side will have the opportunity to counter their argument with their own examples.

 

Each round will be awarded a winner.

 

 

Brit. Lit:

Today:

We took a quiz on your HW reading.

We defined symbols and discussed symbolism in dreams, pictures and literature.

You each had to complete part II today: Define yourself in 5 symbols.

Comp. Lit II:

Today:
We reviewed ch 6-7

We took a cartoon quiz on your reading.

I gave you a picture of a blank outline of a baseball mitt.  You needed pretend that you are Holden and write a poem in the empty space.

We debated censorship.

We debated formally as a class.

HW= Read ch 8 +9

Brit Lit:

Today:

Using your notes from the presentations yesterday, we took a "Who am I ?" Quiz.
We corrected these in class.

I introduced the Pardoner's Tale.  We read the story (pg 115) and answered questions 1-4 on pg 121

We watched a 5 min version of the same story done by the BBC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS8a9FNhkxw

I introduced and we began the pilgrimage assignment.  Here is the rubric:

 

Make Your Own Pilgrimage…..

 Part 1:  The Prologue Poem  In this section, you will write a poem to begin your piece.  In your poem you must:              Give yourself a title as a pilgrim

                                                Use direct and indirect characterizations

                                                Write 4-6 Lines.

                                                Emulate Chaucer

______________   out of 20

 Part II:  The Symbolic Representation Provide a hand drawn picture, a collage, or a brief descriptive piece which clearly gives a symbolic representation of who you are.  Remember, symbols are common images, which are used to represent much larger things.

 

______________ out of 40

 Part III: The Tale You will write about a pilgrimage that you have been on.

In your Tale, you must:           Write 3 well written paragraphs

Write a tale that includes, Characters, a plot, a setting, a climax, and a conclusion

Use characterization

There is a clear lesson that you learn by the end of the tale.

 

_____________ out of 40

 

Final Grade:_________________                                                     


HW:  Please read the entire prologue that begins on pg. 91.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We started class looking at the top 50 most banned books.  We discussed why?  Does it surprise you to see Catcher at #3?

We reviewed ch 4-5

We took a quiz on your reading.

Texting in the Rye:  You found ten examples of Holden complaining and converted them to txt msgs.

HW:  Read CH 6+7

Tomorrow we will debate censorship.  Always a fun class....

Brit Lit:

Today:

Quiz on intro to Chaucer

We broke into small group and did a close reading of two pilgrims.  Specifically we looked at direct and indirect characterization.

Each group presented their findings to the class.  You were asked to take detailed notes.  On Thursday we will have a Who am I quiz based on these notes.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We reviewed CH 1-3.

We took a quiz on your reading.

We paired with a partner and made a list of all of the things and people that annoy Holden.

We read a Statement from John Lennon's killer where he explains the connection to the novel.

We shared the reaction that people had at home to the novel.

HW:  Please read CH 4+5.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Get on the Mic:  Each of you shared your ballad on a mic in front of the class on the bass amp my Father said I would never use. 

We wrote about the pop music ballad that you found for HW.  I collected these.

I introduced Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We started Catcher in the Rye.

We watched the documentary Salinger

HW:  Read ch 1 2 3

Brit Lit:

Today:

We defined Ballad and Folk Ballade

We read:  Sir Patrick Spens, Get Up and Bar the Door, The Twa Corbies, Barbara Allen

We completed The Ballad of You assignment:

The Ballad of You:

 

Directions:  Today in class you will all be writing a ballad: A short narrative poem that tells a story and is usually set to music.  To make this interesting, the ballad that you make will be about another student in class, based primarily on a short interview that you have with them today in class. 

 

 

Step 1:  The Interview:

 

Please generate 10 questions to ask and record their answer.  These will be the foundation of your ballad:

 

1. Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

 

2. Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

 

 

3. Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

 

 

 

4.Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

 

 

5. Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

 

 

6.  Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

 

7.  Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

 

 

8.  Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

 

 

9.  Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.  Your Question:

 

 

 

Their Detailed response:

 

 

Part 2:  The Things They Carry….

Describe in detail 5 items that are on them right now.  Please use detailed description.  Do not just say it is a pen.  Describe it in as much detail as you can.

 

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Step 3, The Ballad of….

 

Write a 25-30 line folk ballad on the person that you interviewed and the information that you collected about them.  Please begin this with the following and keep it in the 3^rd person at all times:

 

There once was a boy named Joe that……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3:  Perform these in front of the class J