Brit. Lit:

Today:

Journal prompt:  Please devise a made up character that co-exists with other characters in 1984.  Please write a secret diary for this character that revels their thoughts on the events in the novel so far.     1 page

We looked at all of the new terms in the novel and I gave you a sheet explaining these.  Please use this as a resource for you as you read.

I gave you copies on today's WSJ.  I asked you to find an article and re-write it using newspeak.

We discussed language and why is it important to have description.

I showed you the 1984 Apple commercial:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=1984+apple+commercial&FORM=VIRE2#view=detail&mid=BD6FD97B5EC5234E9F04BD6FD97B5EC5234E9F04

HW:  Please read to pg 81.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

I gave you notes on the Russian Revolution.  Please study these for a future quiz.

We wrote down def. for the 10 vocab words.  Matching quiz on Friday.

A Block:
We watched the Orwell doc. and began to answer questions from the quiz that are tied to it.  We will finish the last 10 minutes on Friday.

C Block:
Journal prompt:  Create a made up animal and write a journal from their perspective.  How did they view Old Major's meeting?  What are your thoughts on the farm and Mr. Jones?
H= 1 page,   CPA/CP 1/2 page.

We broke into small groups and created your Utopia or perfect society.

HW:  Study vocab.  B block read CH 2-3.

Brit. Lit:

Today:

I collected the poems that were due today.

We discussed your reading (pgs 1-37) from last night.

We watched a doc on Orwell and took a quiz on the video.

We looked at some of the ways that we are being spied on and talked about the 4th amendment.

HW:  Please read to pg 63.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal Prompt:  Please write your own fable.  As a reminder from our discussion, these need to be/have:

Short (1/2 page)
Must use animals as characters.
Must state moral or lesson at the end.
Pictures if time.

We watched the final 10 minutes of Dead Poets Society

C Block:We watched a documentary on Orwell and took a quiz on that information
Read Ch 1 for HW

A Block:  HW read CH 2-3 and study vocab words.

Both classes will have a quiz on your reading Thursday.

All Classes:

Journal Prompt (all classes):
What did you do over vacation?  If you did "nothing" please describe the nothingness in fine detail.                                                                                                              1 page

Brit Lit:  We completed looking at your unconscious thoughts and took 15 words generated before vacation and used your conscious brain to but them in the right order and structure a poem around them.

I passed back your Macbeth Projects.

I passed out our next novel, 1984.  If you are at the prom assembly Tuesday, please have read pgs 1-37 for Wed.

I gave you all a copy of the morning paper and asked you to cut out 25 words, with a focus on three examples of alliteration and build a headline poem off these words.

HW: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/multimedia/blackout-poetry.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1

Please complete and print out.

Comp. Lit. II:
We finished DPS
We each received a free copy of the WSJ
We created headline poems using 25 of the words in an original poem.

All classes:

Today:

We reviewed foot and meter.

I collected any poetry video pieces for you project.  A reminder- these are due tonight by 8pm.  If you don't get an email confirmation, I did not get it.

We took a quiz on the poetry terms from your notes this week.

A + C Block watched the first part of the movie Dead Poets Society

B Block wrote from their unconscious mind and did some dream catching.  Please hold onto these sheets.  We will be basing poems off these on the Monday that we get back.

HW:  Have a restful vacation.  Please come back charged and ready to hit the last stretch with vigor.

all classes:

Today:

Journal Prompt #25:  Please explain in detail the connection to the poem that you selected for this project.  Please detail 3 lines that you connected to and WHY.  2/3 Page

We reviewed the project.

I broke you into small groups and had your film your 3 parts: 3-5 sent. as to who you are, 3-5 sent as to why you connected to your selected poem, a video of you reading your poem with feeling.

Please make sure that you label your folder and clips with your FULL name, and for the files, a brief identifier in the file title.

These can be sent together as a folder via dropbox
or
Submitted on Thursday on a flash drive/cd.

These are due Thurday by 8pm

Both Classes:

Today

We watched a short video explaining iambic pentameter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p226OX39OLs

We looked at previous examples of the poetry project:
https://vimeo.com/84856246

We went around the room and shared why you selected the poem that you brought in.

We defined the following terms:

Rhyme
End Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Consonance
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole

We wrote a who are you section in 3-5 sentences for your poetry project.

I explained the file structure and how to use dropbox to submit your project as a folder.
https://www.dropbox.com/

HW:  Please begin to study these definitions as well as the terms covered Monday.

Brit. Lit. + Comp. Lit II:

Today all of my classes did the same basic lesson plan:

Journal Prompt:  Write a 25 line poem on the topic of Spring and the glorious 75 degree weather today.

We took notes on Poetry:

We defined the different forms of metrical feet
We defined meter
We defined foot
We looked at the def. for different metrical lines.

I introduced America's favorite poem project.

I showed you examples from last term and from the project.

I gave you the assignment sheet:

Checklist:

Intro statement Recorded (3- 5 sentences.)

5 digital pictures sent, or 30 seconds of raw footage to have under your voice intro statement.  Please email them to me at cusicks@tantasqua.org by Thursday

 3-5 sent on why you picked the poem.  If this is on your own, I need the video by Thursday.

 

Video of you reading your poem.  Please list the title and poet before reading.

 These are all worth 20 points each.  The final assignment grade will be based on all parts combined and counted as a paper grade.  Effort is a major component of an assignment such as this.  Missing parts for Thursday will result in a deduction of your grade for the assignment.

 

We went outside b and C block and stomped around to Green Eggs and Ham looking at the sound of the metrical foot.

 

I broke you into small groups and asked you to make 4 lines of verse that follows the same trochaic foot.

 

HW:  Please bring in a poem or song lyric that you deeply connect to.  Please make sure you have a copy written or printed out.

 

 

 

 

John Martin’s Paradise Lost

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal Prompt:  What are your thoughts on the afterlife?  Do we go to another place after death, or as Steve Jobs believed, are we like a light switch that just is turned off?  What has led you to you thoughts on life after death?     1 page

We read Paradise Lost to the spooky music of: Carl Orff - O Fortuna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxW2PLxjRwE

We looked paintings inspired by the poem  and made cartoon versions of the poem in small groups and shared these.

https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=879&q=paradise+lost&oq=paradise+lost&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1131.7229.0.7540.17.14.2.1.1.0.67.887.14.14.0....0...1ac.1.40.img..0.17.903.uL1qM1TRiSI