English 8: Blocks 3/4

Thumbprint Profiles are looking great!

We started off the day with notes on verbs (passive/active and verb tenses). We then continued reading "Thank You Ma'am". Additionally, we read the article "Doing Time", which is about a teenager conflicted with jail time. We then had a discussion on motivations and stereotypes of criminals (students submitted a worksheet for this). Finally, we worked on questions corresponding to "Thank You Ma'am". Since we had a bit of spare time, we watched the "Schoolhouse Rocks" videos for nouns and verbs.

Reminders:

• Thumbprint Profiles due today!
• "Thank You Ma'am" questions: due tomorrow, Feb. 18, 2015

English 8: Blocks 7/8

I'm glad you guys enjoyed the Ono Cho cultural fair today!

We started off the day with some notes on pronouns (as a continuation of our 'parts of speech' unit). Additionally, we went over the questions for "The Veldt". After that, as an introduction to our next story, I showed a Prezi outlining the life and works of Edgar Allen Poe. I even showed the Simpsons adaptation of his most famous work, "The Raven". We proceeded to read "Tell-Tale Heart" in Sightlines and discussed the story. We also started a worksheet, but we will finish it tomorrow during class. Students spent the rest of class at the cultural fair.

Reminders:

• Thumbprint Profiles: due Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015

English 11

Today, we reviewed the structure of literary paragraphs. Students were given a choice between two topics and must write a literary paragraph on "The Black Cat". Please come see me if you need help getting started on this. I gave students about 45 minutes to work on this.

For the last portion of the class, I demonstrated close reading and taking literary notes. We also read the first two pages of "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield. Please finish this by tomorrow.

Reminders:

• "The Black Cat" questions were due today!
• "The Black Cat" paragraph: due Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015
• Read "The Doll's House" for tomorrow's class

English 8: Blocks 3/4

I hope you had a restful weekend!

We started off today with some notes on pronouns (a continuation of our unit on 'parts of speech'). We then continued reading "The Tell-Tale Heart", discussed the story, and watched a sort animation adaptation. We also went through some notes on 'unreliable narrators' and worked on comprehension questions for the story. After that, students took more notes on elements of short stories (plot, setting, theme and foreshadowing). To conclude class, we started reading "Thank You Ma'am"
 in Sightlines 8. We will continue this story tomorrow.

Reminders:

• Course Outlines!
• Thumbprint Profiles: due tomorrow, Feb. 17, 2015
• "Tell-Tale Heart" questions: due tomorrow, Feb. 17, 2015

English 11

Happy Friday the 13th!!!

To start off the day, I showed two examples of verbal irony ("Mean Girls") and dramatic irony ("Modern Family"). Students then took notes on elements of Gothic Horror. Before we started the analysis of "The Black Cat", I showed a quick Prezi outlining the life of Edgar Allen Poe and we watched the Simpson's adaptation of his poem "The Raven". We spent the rest of class going over the literary analysis for the story "The Black Cat". Students were given questions, which are to be completed as homework.

Reminders:

• "Identities" questions: due Today
• "The Black Cat" questions: due Monday, Feb. 16, 2015

English 8: Blocks 3/4

We started off today with some notes on nouns (common/proper/singular/plural). We also discussed "The Veldt" and worked on comprehension questions. We then watched the short film of "The Veldt". If you were absent, the link to the video is listed below.

As an introduction to our next short story, I showed a Prezi outlining the life of Edgar Allen Poe. We also watched the Simpson's adaption of the poem "The Raven". Finally, we started Poe's story "Tell-Tale Heart" in Sightlines 8, which we will continue next class.

Link to "The Veldt": 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhOf-CN7xRc


Reminders:

• Bring back signed course outlines!
• "The Veldt" questions : due Monday, Feb.16, 2015
• Thumbprint Profiles: due Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015

English 8: Blocks 7/8

We started off today with some notes on nouns (common/proper/singular/plural). We then watched the short film of "The Veldt". If you were absent, the link to the video is listed below. After that, we worked on our Thumbprint Profiles and went to the Ono Cho Assembly.

Link to "The Veldt": 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhOf-CN7xRc


Reminders:

• Bring back signed course outlines!
• "The Veldt" questions : due today
• Thumbprint Profiles: due Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015