Brit Lit:

Today:

A Block completed the essay section of their portfolio.  A completed portfolio consists of the following parts and will count 10 % of you final grade:

Portfolio Final Assessment

For your final assignment, I will ask you to reflect back on the work that we did together.  A portfolio allows you the opportunity to think about what you have done, what you have learned, and how you may have changed through the process.  A completed portfolio consists of the following four parts:

Part I:  Journal Prompts  Please select 5 out of the 30 journal prompts that you are most proud of.  For each one, please type out  a revised and improved version.  Please follow each one with a 3-5 sentence reflection piece as to why the prompts that you selected were meaningful and what specifically you chose to improve upon in your rewrite.

Part II:  Selected Assignment  Please select one assignment that you are the most proud of and include it in your portfolio.  Please include a 10 sentence reflective piece commenting on:

1.        What specifically did you learn from this assignment?

2.       What specifically did you find most challenging in this assignment?

3.       If you could do this again, what could you improve on?

Part III  Victorian Fiction

H: Like any movie adaptation, the movie we watched has some major plot differences from the novel Jane Eyre.  In a 5 paragraph essay, please discuss some of the many differences between the novel and the movie.  Your final paragraph should be opinion based on if you think these differences made for a better or worse story.  I will be grading this on how well you demonstrate your understanding of the novel (did you really read).  Please make sure to use detailed examples.

CPA:Please examine the two examples of Victorian Fiction that we covered.  In a well written, 5 paragraph essay, please explain how they both fit the characteristics of fiction from this period.  Please use the notes bellow to help frame your discussion. 

 1. Literature of this age tends to come closer to daily life which reflects its practical problems and interests. It becomes a powerful instrument for human progress. Socially & economically, Industrialism was on the rise and various reform movements like emancipation, child labor, women’s rights, and evolution.

2. Moral Purpose: The Victorian literature seems to deviate from "art for art's sake" and asserts its moral purpose. Tennyson, Browning, Carlyle, Ruskin - all were the teachers of England with the faith in their moral message to instruct the world.

3. Idealism: It is often considered as an age of doubt and pessimism. The influence of science is felt here. The whole age seems to be caught in the conception of man in relation to the universe with the idea of evolution.

4. Though, the age is characterized as practical and materialistic, most of the writers exalt a purely ideal life. It is an idealistic age where the great ideals like truth, justice, love, brotherhood are emphasized by poets, essayists and novelists of the age.  

 

 

Part IV:  Letter to Yourself  Please write a letter to yourself.  In this letter, please comment on specific areas that you have improved upon while taking this course.  Think about thoughts and feeling that you have had while reading and writing in this class.  Please try and give specific evidence to back up your statements.  You should aim to cover at least three areas of improvement, with three specific examples.  Please also feel free to comment on how you have changed as a person through assignments and class discussions.

Part V:  To be completed in class during your final exam:

5 Paragraph Essay (H) 3 paragraph (CP/CPA):

Please answer the following question.  Please structure your response in a well- written (as opposed to poorly written) 5 paragraph essay.  Please make sure to give specific examples to back up your thesis.

Obtaining greater power or status is something that many people strive for, but is this ambition good or evil? In other words, what effect does trying to change one’s position in society have on a person? In at least three works of literature we’ve read in class, identify characters who struggle to change or maintain their power or status.  Explain whether this struggle turns out to be good or bad for them.  Do they succeed? What causes their success, or failure?           

Please include all parts along with this assignment sheet in a manila folder, with your name, date and class clearly marked on the front.  If you do not have one easily available, please see me.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We went down to the computer lab for our last work day on your final portfolio.  Your final is on Tuesday- Please make sure that you have everything ready to pass it.  All should be typed besides your essay.  You may bring in notes/outline, but your essay section must be done in class.

Brit. Lit:

I answered remaining questions about the final.  Clarification:  You may use an outline for the in-class essay, but this must be written in class the day of your final.

We watched 1984.

HW:  Finish work on the other parts of your portfolio.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We watched the 2014 version of the Tempest.

HW:  Continue to work on parts of your portfolio based final exam.  Everything is due Tuesday.

Brit Lit.:

Today:

We each made a quiz based on the reading last night (to pg 274) and then gave it for another student to take.  We then graded these and passed them back.

Room 101 assignment:  What would be in your room 101?  How would it be used to reform and change your thoughts?

A Block:  Fulfilled promise from Gothic lit. unit to show an episode of Scooby Doo.
C Block: Room 101 and mind control BBC doc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDBWhfsuF2Q

HW:  Please finish the book.

Comp. Lit. II

Today:

We had work day 2 of 2 to work on your final portfolio.

I collected your journals

Brit Lit:

Today:

I collected journals 31-40

We took a quiz on book 2 of 1984.

We worked on your final portfolio and I answered any questions.

A Block went to computer lab. C block used the ipads.

HW: Read to 274

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Final prep:  We went to the computer lab to type and revise 5 journal prompts and reflect on each.

Journals due Wed.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Last journal:  You are living in the world of 1984 afraid of the thought police.  Like Winston, you write your thoughts in a journal.  Please write and doodle your free thoughts for 10 min.

You presented your Utopia

We took a quiz on your reading. 

We broke into small groups and compared quotes and characters from 1984 to things and people today. 

HW Read to pg 225

FLM

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Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We went over the final exam portfolio:

Comp. Lit. II: Portfolio Final Assessment

For your final assignment, I will ask you to reflect back on the work that we did together.  A portfolio allows you the opportunity to think about what you have done, what you have learned, and how you may have changed through the process.  A completed portfolio consists of the following four parts:

Part I:  Journal Prompts  Please select 5 out of the 30 journal prompts that you are most proud of.  For each one, please type out  a revised and improved version.  Please follow each one with a 5-7 sentence reflection piece as to why the prompts that you selected were meaningful and what specifically you chose to improve upon in your rewrite.  This must be completed prior to your exam time, as it must be typed.

Part II:  Selected Assignment  Please select one assignment that you are the most proud of and include it, or a description,  in your portfolio.  Please include a 10 sentence reflective piece commenting on:

1.        What specifically did you learn from this assignment?

2.       What specifically did you find most challenging in this assignment?

3.       If you could do this again, what could you improve on?

III: Essays  (15 points each)  Use a separate piece of lined-paper on which to compose your essay.

CP:  Directions- Write a well-crafted essay in response to two of the following questions.  Your essay should be at least three paragraphs in length.

CPA and H:  Directions- Please answer the three essay questions below.  Please answer each as a traditional 5 paragraph essay.

1.      Of the literature you’ve read in this class, which book, novel, poem or play had the strongest influence on you?  Explain why.  Be sure to include a brief synopsis of the piece, the names of characters, and specific scenes that interested you.

                               

-          Animal Farm by George Orwell

-          All My Sons by Arthur Miller

-          Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

-          Lord of the Flies by William Golding

-          The Tempest  by William Shakespeare

2.   Many of the plays and novels that we read this year involve a lesson about human nature.  Please examine three of these and using examples from the novel(s) or play(s).

3.       It is said that if you ever wish to see a person’s true character, you only need to give them a little power and see how the handle it.  Absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Please look at three characters, from 3 different novels/plays that abused their power.  Please make sure that you provide solid examples for each.

 

Part IV:  Letter to Yourself  Please write a letter to yourself.  In this letter, please comment on specific areas that you have improved upon while taking this course.  Think about thoughts and feeling that you have had while reading and writing in this class.  Please try and give specific evidence to back up your statements.  You should aim to cover at least three areas of improvement, with three specific examples.  Please also feel free to comment on how you have changed as a person through assignments, journal prompts  and class discussions.

EXTRA CREDIT: Design a creative cover for your portfolio.  I will be grading this on effort.   5 points.

 

We listened to professional Shakespearian actors and read along in your scripts.  Did this make it easier to hear someone that has studied the lines?