Monday, 3/3/14: Austen, CWP

* Open
  • Per. 4: Circles 
  • Per. 5: Senior Trip Slips
  • Per. 5: Biographical Info. 
* Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


* ICE Reminder
  • Prompt: Satirize love, however gently, or rejoice in something commonly overlooked. 
    • Various Examples of Satire
  • Format:
    •  Prose (love): Weighted heavily on dialogue.  OR
    • Prose (Chestertonianish): Remember that the more mundane the subject, the more room you have to exalt that subject and cloth it with wonder and glory. 
    •  Poem: An extended poem or song; you may double space.
  • In general, your work will be narrative.  Please read this overview of the basics from Purdue University on narrative writing.    
  • Due date: March 6 
* Party Sign Ups On Board Tomorrow
Bread and cheese test #1: You can't eat real cheese this way.
HW: Guide, CWP



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Building Blocks

* Open
  • Grammar: Punctuate (one sentence): "Above all other blessings Oh! God for ourselves and our fellow-creatures we implore Thee to quicken our sense of thy Mercy in the redemption of the World of the Value of that Holy Religion in which we have been brought up that we may not by our own neglect throw away the salvation thou has given us nor be Christians only in name. 
  • Read this prayer by Jane Austen when you are done (and check your punctuation)
* Poetry Form

  * The CWP
  • Quarter 3 CWP: "Lord, What Fools these Mortals be!" (Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream 3.2.117; Puck is speaking).

 For this quarter's CWP, we will explore the mysterious and often ridiculous land of Love.  As you read A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pride and Prejudice, etc., you'll notice serious and satirical, sweet and sacharine, sour and mellow lines, larks, and loves.  It's time for you to try your hand in the venerable tradition!  Here are your instructions:
  • Prompt: Satirize love, however gently, or rejoice in something commonly overlooked. 
    • Various Examples of Satire
  • Format:
    •  Prose (love): Weighted heavily on dialogue.  OR
    • Prose (Chestertonianish): Remember that the more mundane the subject, the more room you have to exalt that subject and cloth it with wonder and glory. 
    •  Poem: An extended poem or song; you may double space.
  • In general, your work will be narrative.  Please read this overview of the basics from Purdue University on narrative writing.    
  • Due date: March 6 

HW: Novel Work
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Wednesday: Austen

* Open
  • Work on your Journal 13
* Notes on Austen

* Do you want a party on block day?
HW: Journal 13 through at least chapter 20 (read through ch. 25)
Yes, those are dictionaries of the landed gentry!  I saw these at the library of the  Keats-Shelley House in Rome.



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Tuesday: Austen

* Open
  • Grammar: punctuate, please:
    • "Had she found Jane in any apparent danger Mrs. Bennet would have been very miserable but being satisfied on seeing her that her illness was not alarming she had no wish of her recovering immediately as her restoration to health would probably remove her from Netherfield"(ch. 9). 
* Continue Notes

 * Work in Class

 HW: Continue Austen
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Buongiorno!

* Open

  • Grammar:
    • Fix punctuation and spelling, please: 
    • "Late august given heavy rain and sun
      For a full week the blackberies would rippen."
    • Pray
* Trips!
* Review Assignments

* Work in Class

HW: Austen through 25 due Thursday
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Feb-Term Week

Dear students,

 You will read Jane Austen, work on your J13, and enter the AG Poetry Contest.  This will get you ahead in three assignments!  Please work the entirety of both periods on these assignments.  You may work with a friend to edit and discuss your poem or discuss a journal answer quietly and briefly, but the focus is on enjoying some reading and writing time. 
  •  Continue reading Pride and Prejudice
  •  Journal 13: Pride and Prejudice
    • You will find our study guide on Focus. 
    • Your journal assignment for this novel is to answer at least one question for every other chapter of your reading from the guide.  
    • With 61 chapters, that means you will have 31 entries that span the course of your reading (at least one response every other chapter you read).  If you answered block day's question, that will fulfill your ch.1-2 response. 
    • These must be handwritten and in your binder.  Answer all parts of the question and always write in complete sentences. 
    • At least one in every five responses must be a paragraph of response (5-7 sentences or more).  
    • You will not receive credit if you simply find the easiest question and answer in the simplest fashion.  
    • Answers that have grammatical errors will not count toward the 31 total. 
    •  
  •  AG Poetry Contest
    • The time has come for you to write your own poem for the quarterly contest assignment!
    • Write your poem.  Again, have a friend help you edit it in class.  Write multiple versions.  Make it awesome!   
    • Once you have a poem, print it, and address your envelope (see poster).
    • Once you make your entry, take a screen shot of your envelope.  Show me the screen shot in person when I return, and your assignment is complete for quarter 3. 
    • Be sure to send it right away as the contest deadline is the 26th...so you should send it by Friday the 21st of March.
Blessings, my friends! 




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National Agriculture Day Poetry Contest!

Do this and get your quarter three contest assignment taken care of!
  1. Write a sweet poem with a local, agricultural theme. 
  2. Follow the instructions below. 
  3. Send it in next week. 
  4. You could do it on the two days Mr. Schwager is abroad. 
  5. The winner gets cash and their poem printed on placemats in local restaurants. 
  6. If the poster does not show below, see instructions here.
Examples of agricultural poems:

Though these focus more on people in their relation to an agricultural setting, you may also write more directly on something you enjoy or are interested in related to local agriculture (strawberries, artichokes, farmers, farm workers, etc.).



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