This Sunday, watch online, on your TV, or with the PBS app on your iPad.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/watch/index.html
Trotter Creative Writing
Please send in your best piece of creative writing to:
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elizabethdanielsky@mvcs.org
mustangnewsteam@gmail.com
elizabethdanielsky@mvcs.org
Wednesday 3/28:
Announcement: * Ayn Rand contest deadline, April 26th For 11th-12th graders. Want to compete at the college level? There is also an Atlas Shrugged contest with a later deadline. $10,000.
* Memorization
* Pray: Enjoy wisely.
* Finish Ch. 11 thoughts
* Read
HW: Read to ch. 16, pg. 182, "Still Knitting"
* Memorization
* Pray: Enjoy wisely.
* Finish Ch. 11 thoughts
* Read
HW: Read to ch. 16, pg. 182, "Still Knitting"
Tuesday, 3/27: You Remember the Rhymes
* Pray
* Collect J37
* Perrine's ch. 11. Last week we considered Spoken Word Poetry. As time passes, we have more varieties, though they have recognizable strains of the parent form. The rhyme, repetition, and forceful, aggressive performance are key aspects of Listener's poetry music. Once again, poetry, and rhymed poetry particularly, is far from dead. Listener and G.M. Hopkins (Perrine's pg. 905) pair well.
* Collect J37
* Perrine's ch. 11. Last week we considered Spoken Word Poetry. As time passes, we have more varieties, though they have recognizable strains of the parent form. The rhyme, repetition, and forceful, aggressive performance are key aspects of Listener's poetry music. Once again, poetry, and rhymed poetry particularly, is far from dead. Listener and G.M. Hopkins (Perrine's pg. 905) pair well.
Monday, 3/25: Grammar, Read
* Take Roll
* Collect J36: Please turn your work in to the teacher.
* Correct Your Grammar. Please do this on your own. See the answers below.
* Read TTC in class.
J37 (1/2): Due Tuesday: Find an example in Dickens of some kind of repetition in your reading. Point it out and explain how the repetition serves the meaning of the passage.
* Work on your memorization.
HW: Memorization; Read
J37 (1/2): Due Tuesday: Find an example in Dickens of some kind of repetition in your reading. Point it out and explain how the repetition serves the meaning of the passage.
* Work on your memorization.
HW: Memorization; Read
Block Day, Week 32
* Pray
* Grammar: Comma. Read 32f-j. Do 32-4, letters and numbers.
* Writing: Journal 36
Perrine's Poetry ch. 11. Choose one peom to answer this writing question (1/2-1pg): How does sound support the meaning in a poem of your choice (memorization, favorite writer, ch. 11, other chapter)?
* TTC
HW: TTC Book 2, Ch. 4: "Congratulatory"; Memorize 20 lines of poetry for Wednesday
* Grammar: Comma. Read 32f-j. Do 32-4, letters and numbers.
* Writing: Journal 36
Perrine's Poetry ch. 11. Choose one peom to answer this writing question (1/2-1pg): How does sound support the meaning in a poem of your choice (memorization, favorite writer, ch. 11, other chapter)?
* TTC
HW: TTC Book 2, Ch. 4: "Congratulatory"; Memorize 20 lines of poetry for Wednesday
Rhyming's Fine, Evangeline
* Pray
* Perrine's Ch. 11
* Rhyme is not dead, music shows that well enough.
In fact, it's even part of some basic slang language:
Cockney Rhyming Slang
- The basics from NPR news in London.
Examples from a London site:
--King James vs. Cockney?
Or consider spoken word poetry
"Dear Father"
* For Block Day: Grammar: Comma. Read 32f-j. Do 32-4, letters and numbers.
HW: Read
* Perrine's Ch. 11
* Rhyme is not dead, music shows that well enough.
In fact, it's even part of some basic slang language:
Cockney Rhyming Slang
- The basics from NPR news in London.
Examples from a London site:
| English | Rhymes with | Cockney |
|---|---|---|
| Feet | Plates of meat | Plates |
| Teeth | Hampstead Heath | Hampsteads |
| Legs | Scotch eggs | Scotches |
| Eyes | Mince pies | Minces |
| Arms | Chalk Farms | Chalk Farms |
| Hair | Barnet Fair | Barnet |
| Head | Loaf of bread | Loaf |
| Face | Boat race | Boat race |
| Mouth | North and south | North and south |
--King James vs. Cockney?
Or consider spoken word poetry
"Dear Father"
* For Block Day: Grammar: Comma. Read 32f-j. Do 32-4, letters and numbers.
HW: Read
Tuesday, 3/20: CWP Examples
* Pray
* UC Reminder
* AP Bulletin
* CWP Examples: Please read at least one.
Seniors
Taylor Cohan. Story: A missionary adventure!
Genevieve Virden. Story: Sadness, sweetness, and light.
Sydney Gunther. Poems: Cautionary, riddling, and otherwise.
Stephanie Early. Story: The world through the eyes of an animal.
And A Clever Poem from Arianna Bellizzi: Chromophobate
Sophomores
Ohho Warintrakom. Story: A Dark Tale.
Taylor Pope-Williams. Poem: What is a Christian?
Evan Rickel (note: intro. paragraph was cut out in upload). Story: Enter the World of Light and Dark Angels.
* Read
HW: Read
* UC Reminder
* AP Bulletin
* CWP Examples: Please read at least one.
Seniors
Taylor Cohan. Story: A missionary adventure!
Genevieve Virden. Story: Sadness, sweetness, and light.
Sydney Gunther. Poems: Cautionary, riddling, and otherwise.
Stephanie Early. Story: The world through the eyes of an animal.
And A Clever Poem from Arianna Bellizzi: Chromophobate
Sophomores
Ohho Warintrakom. Story: A Dark Tale.
Taylor Pope-Williams. Poem: What is a Christian?
Evan Rickel (note: intro. paragraph was cut out in upload). Story: Enter the World of Light and Dark Angels.
* Read
HW: Read
UC Students: Writing Exam, May 12
http://www.ucop.edu/elwr/index.html
This is an assessment of your proficiency in analytical writing. If you will be (or may be) a UC student, you should look over the page link above.
Early April: Letter from UC with directions
May 12: Test (see your directions in the letter)
June: Placement decision
This is an assessment of your proficiency in analytical writing. If you will be (or may be) a UC student, you should look over the page link above.
Early April: Letter from UC with directions
May 12: Test (see your directions in the letter)
June: Placement decision
Monday, 3/19/12: Reading, etc.
* Pray
* Return papers
* Preview and Read
* Video
HW: Read A Tale of Two Cities
* Return papers
* Preview and Read
* Video
HW: Read A Tale of Two Cities
Thursday, 3/8
* Pray
* Grammar
* Jane Austen Card (this will have better resolution than the pictures below)
* Perrine's Ch. 11 (Poetry)
* Video
HW: Begin A Tale of Two Cities (March novel; Crime and Punishment will be the April novel).
* Grammar
* Jane Austen Card (this will have better resolution than the pictures below)
* Perrine's Ch. 11 (Poetry)
* Video
HW: Begin A Tale of Two Cities (March novel; Crime and Punishment will be the April novel).
Wednesday, 3/6: Comma Coma
* Pray
* Wish Mrs. Roth a happy birthday.
* Grammar: Comma Coma
-Read: Punctuation -> Comma -> 32d, 32e... (see the link on the right side of the blog below the labels...Bedford)
-Do ex. 32-3, pp. 382-383; handwrite or work from a paper book.
* Continue Reading Perrine's Poetry ch. 11. As ever, take notes on anything in bold.
HW: Contest
* Wish Mrs. Roth a happy birthday.
* Grammar: Comma Coma
-Read: Punctuation -> Comma -> 32d, 32e... (see the link on the right side of the blog below the labels...Bedford)
-Do ex. 32-3, pp. 382-383; handwrite or work from a paper book.
* Continue Reading Perrine's Poetry ch. 11. As ever, take notes on anything in bold.
HW: Contest
Even Easier to Enter Poetry Santa Cruz
Fill out the form, print up your work, and we will send it all on Thursday (Mrs. Basilius has an envelope...see her and drop your work in there).
http://www.baymoon.com/~poetrysantacruz/events/2011events/HSPoetrysubmissions.pdf
Blessings,
Mr. S
http://www.baymoon.com/~poetrysantacruz/events/2011events/HSPoetrysubmissions.pdf
Blessings,
Mr. S
Tuesday: 3/5
* Pray
* Perrine's ch. 11
- Notes
- Working through the poems together
HW: Extend your poem memorization; contest
* Perrine's ch. 11
- Notes
- Working through the poems together
HW: Extend your poem memorization; contest
You have been weighed.
You have been measured. You have been found wanting.
מנא ,מנא, תקל, ופרסין
Mene, Mene, Tekel u-Pharsin
Daniel Ch. 5
"Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone."
Bad idea.
...
17: Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18: O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19: And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20: But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
22: And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
23: But hast lifted up thyself against the LORD of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
24: Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25: And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26: This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27: TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28: PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29: Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30: In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31: And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
The Knight's Tale movie, see minute 50:23, 1:50:00, 2:05:30
מנא ,מנא, תקל, ופרסין
Mene, Mene, Tekel u-Pharsin
Daniel Ch. 5
"Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone."
Bad idea.
...
17: Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18: O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19: And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20: But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
22: And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
23: But hast lifted up thyself against the LORD of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
24: Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25: And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26: This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27: TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28: PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29: Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30: In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31: And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
The Knight's Tale movie, see minute 50:23, 1:50:00, 2:05:30
So, you finished your CWP, no?
Then it's time to enter a contest: Bru, ha, ha...back to the house of pain; my tortures never end!
Poetry Santa Cruz (teens only): Poetry, March 15, no fee, prizes (usually $100 and/or gift certificates to local bookstores)
Sylvia Burack (11th-12th grade only): Creative non-fiction, March 15, $1,500
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (satirize fake/scam writing contests): April 1, No fee, $3,600 in prizes
Allstate Journalism Award (print and video categories): No fee, thousands in prizes,
Drum Roll:
Bulwer-Lytton (Worst Story Opening) Writing Contest: April 15, free, some prizes
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