Grade 9 English
- Write in your private journal and/or read silently
- Complete a "Read with a Purpose" ticket
- Continue writing your personal narrative about an important life change
HOMEWORK: Study the newly prioritized literary terms (there are now 43): cliche, antagonist, foil, onomatopoeia, situational irony, rising action, hyperbole, personification, symbolism, syntax, alliteration, paradox, metaphor, diction, simile, dramatic irony, tone, foreshadowing, oxymoron, denouement, verbal irony, theme, protagonist, ambiguity, inference, nemesis, point of view, bias, denotation, fact, connotation, climax, opinion, allusion, imagery, flashback, allegory, assonance, consonance, euphemism, anaphora, monologue and soliloquy for a test on THURSDAY.
Grade 12 AP English Lit and Comp
- Correct the literary terms test
- Discuss the place poems and Friday's guest speaker, Mike "The Poet" Sonksen
- Share more place poems, including an excerpt of mine, the form of which is "creative non-fiction"
- Share and guess the meter of some student-crafted one-stanza poems
- Write another poem about a place in a particular meter using two additional literary techniques. Make sure to avoid cliches and generic/subjective/vague words like "beautiful." Be descriptive!
HOMEWORK: Acquire (buy or check out the paperback, print or put on an electronic reader other than a phone the free e-script) and bring to class Waiting for Godot. Register for the AP exam at the student store. The deadline to register without a late fee is TODAY, March 25.
A few reasons to take the AP exam: 1) to challenge yourself; 2) to have as many high scores in your back pocket as possible for reasons you might not now foreseee -- change in schools, scholarships, future internships and teaching positions, bragging rights, ethos and logos in your sundry arguments...; 3) while a high score may follow you, a low score doesn't have to...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Grade 9 English
- Write in your private journal and/or read silently
- With a partner, read "Priscilla with Wings" using as a guide "How to Read a Narrative."
HOMEWORK: Study the 43 literary terms (see above) for Thursday's test, work on your personal narrative, and spend some time perusing this CST-prep Standards Review page.
Grade 12 AP English Lit and Comp
- Read aloud and discuss Waiting for Godot
HOMEWORK: Read ____________ of Waiting for Godot
Feel free to sign up for the AP exam. I was just told that the school will let you sign up either in person or online without a late fee through Spring Break. DON'T SQUANDER AN OPP!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Grade 9 English
- Write in your private journal and/or read silently
- Continue to read and discuss "Priscilla with Wings" using as a guide "How to Read a Narrative"
HOMEWORK: Study the 43 literary terms (see above) for tomorrow's test
Grade 12 AP English Lit and Comp
- Read aloud and discuss Waiting for Godot
HOMEWORK: Read more and/or the rest of the play and consider its symbols and themes and the two main characters' views on life.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Grade 9 English
- Write in your private journal and/or read silently
- Take a test on the 43 literary terms using as a tool this word bank
HOMEWORK: Revise, type and email to ak@webstaclecourse.com your personal narrative as an attached Word document. MLA format is not necessary, since this is a personal narrative, but it will be extra credit since you might want to get in the habit of using MLA format. More info here.
Grade 12 AP English Lit and Comp
- Write an in-class essay about an aspect of Waiting for Godot
HOMEWORK: Read the rest of the play, read about Kierkegaard's and Sartre's existentialism, Marx's Marxism and Beckett's bio, and think about (and take notes on) what it all means.