* Pray
* Collect: J34 (all printed) and your poetry card
* Put your cards out on your desk for me to check while you look over you quiz.
* Quiz
A. Memorization
B. Terms
* Bleakness
HW: Finish reading Austen
Showing posts with label Week 27. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week 27. Show all posts
Perfect Timing for our CWP!
The 19th Annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Contest.
- Up to 3 poems.
- See the website for the title and naming format (it's very specific and important to keep the judging somewhat objective).
- You will hear back in April and will get extra credit if you win or are published in the book.
- Be sure to edit your work multiple times.
- Up to 3 poems.
- See the website for the title and naming format (it's very specific and important to keep the judging somewhat objective).
- You will hear back in April and will get extra credit if you win or are published in the book.
- Be sure to edit your work multiple times.
Wednesay 2/15: Writing
* Pray
* J34; handwritten or printed on paper. On your iPad will not count this week and until further notice. You will have to use your late pass in such cases. If you have already used your late pass, it will be a 0. If you have below a 70%, it will be 1/2 credit until you reach the C range.
* All cards printed out and in order.
* CWP
HW: Study terms; finish cards; memorize 10 lines; J34
* J34; handwritten or printed on paper. On your iPad will not count this week and until further notice. You will have to use your late pass in such cases. If you have already used your late pass, it will be a 0. If you have below a 70%, it will be 1/2 credit until you reach the C range.
* All cards printed out and in order.
* CWP
HW: Study terms; finish cards; memorize 10 lines; J34
Tuesday, 2/14: Grammar
* Pray
*St. Valentine:
Feastday: February 14
Patron of Love, Young People, Happy Marriages
Died: 269
"Valentinus was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius the Goth [Claudius II]. Since he was caught marrying Christian couples and aiding any Christians who were being persecuted under Emperor Claudius in Rome [when helping them was considered a crime], Valentinus was arrested and imprisoned. Claudius took a liking to this prisoner -- until Valentinus made a strategic error: he tried to convert the Emperor -- whereupon this priest was condemned to death. He was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that didn't do it, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate [circa 269]" (Catholic.org/saints).
* Collect Quiz corrections
* Writing Reminders
It's evident/ the art of losing's not too hard to master/ though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster:
- "view of _________" (not view on)
- the semicolon is lonely and in the cold; let him in now and then
- If you chose the Perrine prompt and you didn't focus on figurative language (like irony), you could not have done well. That was the point of the prompt.
- If you chose Austen did not give specific textual support, you could not have done well. There is no other way to support an AP lit. essay.
- For many, you would have done well to ease up on Charlotte a tad and recognize that Elizabeth's perspective isn't faultless.
- Beware projecting our modern, enlightened, view of ourselves over those bedimmed dark ages of five minutes ago. Women have sung out for love in marriage since the days of Sarah and Abraham, since the days of Abigail and David, since the Shulamite sang to Solomon. Elizabeth may represent the "new woman" to a modern feminist but wouldn't have to Austen. It has always taken more than money to make the world go round.
* Questions?
* Work on your Journal (handwritten) and Cards
HW: Continue J34
*St. Valentine:
Patron of Love, Young People, Happy Marriages
Died: 269
"Valentinus was a Roman priest martyred during the reign of Claudius the Goth [Claudius II]. Since he was caught marrying Christian couples and aiding any Christians who were being persecuted under Emperor Claudius in Rome [when helping them was considered a crime], Valentinus was arrested and imprisoned. Claudius took a liking to this prisoner -- until Valentinus made a strategic error: he tried to convert the Emperor -- whereupon this priest was condemned to death. He was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that didn't do it, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate [circa 269]" (Catholic.org/saints).
* Collect Quiz corrections
* Writing Reminders
It's evident/ the art of losing's not too hard to master/ though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster:
- "view of _________" (not view on)
- the semicolon is lonely and in the cold; let him in now and then
- If you chose the Perrine prompt and you didn't focus on figurative language (like irony), you could not have done well. That was the point of the prompt.
- If you chose Austen did not give specific textual support, you could not have done well. There is no other way to support an AP lit. essay.
- For many, you would have done well to ease up on Charlotte a tad and recognize that Elizabeth's perspective isn't faultless.
- Beware projecting our modern, enlightened, view of ourselves over those bedimmed dark ages of five minutes ago. Women have sung out for love in marriage since the days of Sarah and Abraham, since the days of Abigail and David, since the Shulamite sang to Solomon. Elizabeth may represent the "new woman" to a modern feminist but wouldn't have to Austen. It has always taken more than money to make the world go round.
* Questions?
* Work on your Journal (handwritten) and Cards
HW: Continue J34
Monday, 2/13: Reading
* Pray
* We need a tea party break for a few weeks. This week has quizzes; next week has essays.
* Course note, this week's journal (and all work following unless otherwise stated) must be handwritten. This is important for three reasons:
1. Some of you have wretched handwriting; I could hardly read some of these last ICE's, so you need practice. Writing is a communication art, and I want you all reasonably artful in this regard. Some are blessed with elegance but all should be able to be clear.
2. I cannot conveniently comment on an emailed document.
3. The mixed work makes grading more chaotic than it need be.
* This week on your block day you will show me your cards (all printed). Your poetry card must include 20 lines of poetry. You must have 10 lines memorized this week.
* This week on your block day you will have a quiz on your terms from the past three weeks (Weeks 25-27; J31-33). This will be a written quiz where I list terms and you provide defintions and examples from literature or rhetoric.
* If you wish to get 1/2 credit for each you missed on the M.C. 2009 46-55, you may write an explanation for the correct answer (at least one full sentence). Turn them in tomorrow at the beginning of class.
* J34: In summary, it's mostly reading, some notes, and one good paragraph on Austen.
1. Terms and introductory notes. Take notes on poetry ch. 10 (tone) and Dr. Leithart pp. 35-45 (see below). You have no story notes and no new terms (you have a quiz on previous terms this week).
2. Shorter Prose: We have finished our Perrine story work for the present. We will return to some short fiction when appropriate, but we have covered the essential story bases. Our short prose reading this week and next is nonfiction. On focus, you will see Dr. Leithart's guide for Pride and Prejudice. Read the first section (pp. 35-35) and answer one of the "Thought" (not the review questions as they are too basic for you) questions in a well-developed paragraph (roughly ten strong sentences).
To get full credit on these paragraphs, you need:
i. Faultless execution of the basics (solid length, titles, commas, spelling, character names)
ii. Ample evidence that you're playing with advanced techniques (semicolon, colon, mature vocabulary, at least one clever turn or insight, at least one rhetorical flourish/element).
iii. Clearly legible penmanship
An "A" covers all. A "B" covers "i." A "C" may fulfill parts of both.
3. Poetry: Ch. 10: Tone. Read the chapter and be prepared for discussion on Wednesday. I will assign no writing assignment this chapter as you have much to do with your cards and memorization.
4. Novel: Austen: (Ahhh, the double colon; thank you Kubla Colon!) Read through ch. 55 (see short prose for you writing assignment). Our focus will center on Austen as we close this novel together.
HW: Quiz corrections; poetry card; all cards printed out; begin a printed J34
* We need a tea party break for a few weeks. This week has quizzes; next week has essays.
* Course note, this week's journal (and all work following unless otherwise stated) must be handwritten. This is important for three reasons:
1. Some of you have wretched handwriting; I could hardly read some of these last ICE's, so you need practice. Writing is a communication art, and I want you all reasonably artful in this regard. Some are blessed with elegance but all should be able to be clear.
2. I cannot conveniently comment on an emailed document.
3. The mixed work makes grading more chaotic than it need be.
* This week on your block day you will show me your cards (all printed). Your poetry card must include 20 lines of poetry. You must have 10 lines memorized this week.
* This week on your block day you will have a quiz on your terms from the past three weeks (Weeks 25-27; J31-33). This will be a written quiz where I list terms and you provide defintions and examples from literature or rhetoric.
* If you wish to get 1/2 credit for each you missed on the M.C. 2009 46-55, you may write an explanation for the correct answer (at least one full sentence). Turn them in tomorrow at the beginning of class.
* J34: In summary, it's mostly reading, some notes, and one good paragraph on Austen.
1. Terms and introductory notes. Take notes on poetry ch. 10 (tone) and Dr. Leithart pp. 35-45 (see below). You have no story notes and no new terms (you have a quiz on previous terms this week).
2. Shorter Prose: We have finished our Perrine story work for the present. We will return to some short fiction when appropriate, but we have covered the essential story bases. Our short prose reading this week and next is nonfiction. On focus, you will see Dr. Leithart's guide for Pride and Prejudice. Read the first section (pp. 35-35) and answer one of the "Thought" (not the review questions as they are too basic for you) questions in a well-developed paragraph (roughly ten strong sentences).
To get full credit on these paragraphs, you need:
i. Faultless execution of the basics (solid length, titles, commas, spelling, character names)
ii. Ample evidence that you're playing with advanced techniques (semicolon, colon, mature vocabulary, at least one clever turn or insight, at least one rhetorical flourish/element).
iii. Clearly legible penmanship
An "A" covers all. A "B" covers "i." A "C" may fulfill parts of both.
3. Poetry: Ch. 10: Tone. Read the chapter and be prepared for discussion on Wednesday. I will assign no writing assignment this chapter as you have much to do with your cards and memorization.
4. Novel: Austen: (Ahhh, the double colon; thank you Kubla Colon!) Read through ch. 55 (see short prose for you writing assignment). Our focus will center on Austen as we close this novel together.
HW: Quiz corrections; poetry card; all cards printed out; begin a printed J34
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