May 2008
2 posts
INFORMATIVE/PERSUASIVE SPEECH MODELS-
Friesz-Informative Model Kids On The Block Student Stats
I. INTRODUCTION.
A. Attention Device: The Greeks originated the term “stigma” to refer to bodily signs designed to expose something unusual and bad about the moral status of the person.
B. Credentials: Later in christian times, two layers of metaphors were added to the term.
1. A blemish or birthmark became a bodily...
SENIOR Speech Assignment - W5/W8 - Final Formal...
CITE PROPERLY: USE THE OWL SITE TO ASSIST YOU WITH THE PROPER FORMAT.
“The Purdue OWL Family of Sites.” 11 Dec. 2007. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. 17 December 2007.
TASK: Students will read a foundation text of choice, research their speech topic using five (5) specified sources, prepare a1st RD Outline with works cited - peer-edit; 2nd RD with works cited -...
March 2008
5 posts
The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas - W5/W8 - TEST...
DISCLOSURE: THIS TEXT MUST BE BROUGHT TO CLASS DAILY FOR READING TIME.
READING/QUIZ DATES:
MARCH 27, 2008 - Handout - The Count of Monte Cristo (TCOMC) Historical Background/The Napoleonic Code Crowned By Time.
March 31, 2008 - Reading Dates/Quiz Dates/ - Test Date Announced + on board.
Students were to copy the dates.
SPRING BREAK - APRIL 7-11 - +MON - APRIL 14.
RETURN TO SCHOOL -...
"The Romantic Period" (1798-1832)- Text - Pages...
OVERALL ROMANTIC PERIOD (1798-1832) STUDY TIME: MARCH 20 - May 2, 2008
TEST: THE ROMANTIC POETS: May 6, 2008
TASK: GROUP PROJECT: STUDENTS (2-3) WILL CHOOSE POEMS - DATES
INDIVIDUAL POEMS: STUDENTS WILL WRITE SIX (6) POEMS -AS DIRECTED - WITH VISUALS, AND IN A POCKET (THREE PRONG POCKET FOLDER) - ORGANIZE THEIR POETRY BOOKLET WITH A TITLE PAGE, TABLE OF CONTENTS, SIX (6) POEMS - TYPED...
Jonathan Swift (486)/"A Modest Proposal" -...
Date: March 18, 2008
Due: March 20, 2008
Read the biography of Jonathan Swift (486) - text. Study - for a Quiz.
Read “A Modest Proposal” (502-523) - Questions 1-8 (page 513) were assigned - with each student responsible for one (1) question.
March 20, 2008 - Students will have fifteen (15) minutes to write a five (5) sentence notecard response to include text - author - turn...
"The Restoration and Eighteenth Century "- TEXT...
Date Assigned: March 14, 2008
Date Due: March 18, 2008
Read: “The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century” - pages 468-484.
Groups (2) students will chose a section to write a Notecard (TS/3 cites/Close) to include an extra credit outside research source - on a topic from the section.
Final product will have:
1. Neatly written notecard (with 3 - 4 (EC) cites) to include the...
ENGLISH 12-2 AVERAGE: ASSIGNMENT DUE - MARCH 14,...
ASSIGNMENT: CREATE A CINQUAIN (FORMAT - TITLE (FIVE LINES) + NAME (DATE), TO INCLUDE A CITE ON A CHARACTER FROM THE TEXT MACBETH. TYPE THE CINQUAIN - AND CREATE A VISUAL (COMPUTER, DRAW, COLLAGE) THAT IS EQUAL TO THE MOMENT CAPTURED IN THE CINQUAIN FROM THE PLAY.
TITLE
NOUN
CREATE TWO ADJECTIVES
VISUAL THREE WORDS ENDING IN “ING”
EVIDENCE FROM TEXT ” …………..” (ACT, scene, line)
NOUN
NAME...
February 2008
4 posts
MACBETH - ENGLISH 12-AVERAGE W5/W8
MACBETH - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Students will study the tragedy Macbeth , reading handouts; reading the play at home and in class; taking quizzes; a test, and researching/writing a characterization analysis paper.
Due Dates: Date Grade
Macbeth - Quizzes - ACT I February 21, 2008 ______________
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12-Average - Owl - Verb Tense →
This site provides a window to grammar charts, clarification of tenses, and helpful tips for writing.
Writing Workshop - REDO Paragraph - 1st Essay...
Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect! ~Owens Lee Pomeroy
Literature is alive - Use present tense to analyze! Use the owl-verb tense website to assist you.
Writing Workshops - W5/W8 - Thursday, January 31, 2008 and Monday, February 4, 2008. Essay errors will be reviewed and content/grammar error corrections modeled at the board (with student...
Shall I Compare Thee - William Shakespeare - Essay...
TASK: Create two paragraphs (Para 3/4 - Body) using the teacher’s model (Para 2 - metaphors) to follow. Each paragraph must have three cites from text. Use the chart set up in class: (Para 2 - Metaphors; Para 3 - Personifications; - Para 4 - Imagery (choice)).
Due: W5 - Paragraphs are due Tuesday, Feb 12, 2208. Write/Type your paragraphs on your own paper. No Late Work...
January 2008
5 posts
Renaissance - The Elizabethan World →
This site provides historial information, links to the cultural lifestyles, literature, art, scientific inventions, and the politics of the period.
La Renaissance →
This site provides historical background for the European Renaissance with examples are writers, poets, artist, and scientific thinkers.
Basic Sonnet Forms →
This site explains the different Sonnet frames (Italian, Spenserian, and English also known as Shakespearian or Elizabethan), and provides examples of each with clear explanations.
Sonnets →
This site provides analysis insight into the technical literary devices, “writer’s purpose”/theme, and format, Mr. Shakespeare uses to create his English Sonnets.
Folger's Library (William Shakespeare) →
The Folger is known for its wide array of scholarly and public programs. These include plays, concerts, literary readings, family activities, and exhibitions, as well as numerous K-12 and college programs for students and teachers. Advanced scholars participate in a variety of Folger Institute seminars and colloquia. The Folger’s major publications include award-winning exhibition catalogs, the...