Prompt:
Write your own version of an imagined or invented journal entry that has been discovered in a bottle.
Santa Cruz won a grant to put on an Edgar Allan Poe party. Part of that party is a contest. The inspiration for the contest: In 1833 Poe won $50 for his short story that won a contest held by The Baltimore Saturday Visitor.
To-Do List (for those who wish to join the fray...how to saa-ave a grade; winning, placing, or getting honorable mention in any contest brings extra credit) (:
1. Read Poe's winning story: "MS. Found in a Bottle." After you read it, if you are confused, read the basic overview at wikipedia.
2. Write your imaginative journal entry. Give it a title; don't use Poe's title.
3. Fill out the entry form. You'll find it here: http://santacruzreads.org/competitions
4. Print out your story, but do not put your name or any identifying information on your story except your title.
5. Mail it in (postal not email).
6. Relax.
Deadline:
October 21, 2011
4:00 pm
Good luck!
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Showing posts with label Week 7. Show all posts
College Advice: My Notes from the Visit with Student Services
MVC: We're on a 4.0 point scale, weighted.
School CEEB Code: 053705
UC A-G List Site: http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/
Your Advisors and their duties (the letters correspond to the letter of your last name; for example, Marcus Schwager be would advised by Mrs. Waldinger):
Resident and International:
Carolyn Mariot
A-G UC courses
NCAA Clearing House
International student testing and advising
Fill out a Recommendation Packet to give to those that will be recommending you to the college(s). Please give us two weeks of notice.
Private Schools:
Common Application (most schools)
State Schools:
Some also do the Common Application (but none in California)
Build your Profile in the month of October
Send in your application in the month of November
UC Application:
ELC Progam: Top 9% of MVC class is guaranteed the UC of their choice.
CSU: CSU Mentor
Cal Poly prefers the ACT.
Paying for School:
FAFSA.ed.gov Opens January 1. Deadline is March 2. The earlier you submit your application, the more likely you'll get more funds available.
Income statements: You can use last year's W2 (your parents'), then go in and modify it later when the new W2 is posted for this year's taxes.
Cal Grant: State (free) Money (more weighted to GPA but also need-based)
Pell Grant: Federal (free) Money (need-based)
Bog Waiver: Tuition Waiver (free tuition) for Community College only
Transferring to another school in the West? Look here: http://wiche.edu/wue
School CEEB Code: 053705
UC A-G List Site: http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/
Your Advisors and their duties (the letters correspond to the letter of your last name; for example, Marcus Schwager be would advised by Mrs. Waldinger):
A-D: Valerie Mooney
College visits
E-K: Kim Frey (and Alexxa Craton on reserve)
Frey: Coordination of PSAT and AP testing, career day
Craton-National Honor Society
L-Q: Richard Podratz
A-G UC courses
MVVA
NCAA clearing house
CAL Grant forms
Dual credit options
SSD paperwork
R-Z: Shari Waldinger
California Scholarship Federation
AAP determination
Dual credit options
Carolyn Mariot
A-G UC courses
NCAA Clearing House
International student testing and advising
Fill out a Recommendation Packet to give to those that will be recommending you to the college(s). Please give us two weeks of notice.
Private Schools:
Common Application (most schools)
State Schools:
Some also do the Common Application (but none in California)
Build your Profile in the month of October
Send in your application in the month of November
UC Application:
ELC Progam: Top 9% of MVC class is guaranteed the UC of their choice.
CSU: CSU Mentor
Cal Poly prefers the ACT.
Paying for School:
FAFSA.ed.gov Opens January 1. Deadline is March 2. The earlier you submit your application, the more likely you'll get more funds available.
Income statements: You can use last year's W2 (your parents'), then go in and modify it later when the new W2 is posted for this year's taxes.
Cal Grant: State (free) Money (more weighted to GPA but also need-based)
Pell Grant: Federal (free) Money (need-based)
Bog Waiver: Tuition Waiver (free tuition) for Community College only
Transferring to another school in the West? Look here: http://wiche.edu/wue
Block Day, Week 7: More Rubrics
Reality Check from Student Services
Check J11
AP Rubric: Blake (we will simply read and briefly discuss the poems)
"The Knight's Tale"
HW: Finish Reading "The Knight's Tale"
Check J11
AP Rubric: Blake (we will simply read and briefly discuss the poems)
"The Knight's Tale"
HW: Finish Reading "The Knight's Tale"
Wednesday, 9/28: ICE Rubric
* Sweet Books: Masefield (1931), Chesterton (1932), Skeat's Translation
* Rubric
* Recent Examples
* Work in Class
HW: J11 "The Knight's Tale": Review the character of the Knight from "The Prologue." What about his tale relates to his person and personality? (1/2 page or more)
* Rubric
* Recent Examples
* Work in Class
HW: J11 "The Knight's Tale": Review the character of the Knight from "The Prologue." What about his tale relates to his person and personality? (1/2 page or more)
ICE Examples from THS
Good opening:
Another good opening:
Good thoughts on Jane:
Interesting thoughts on vision:
Another good opening:
Good thoughts on Jane:
Interesting thoughts on vision:
Tuesday, 9/26: Rhetoric, etc.
Notes:
-We have been considering Beowulf as the seed of chivalry and Chaucer as a flowering of the seed.
-Notice that "The Knight's Tale" takes up where Antigone left off but shares virtually nothing of its spirit.
-Notice that the medievalist took old tales and drew them through his own soul to recast them in light that is both more jovial and more chivalrous than their original context.
-Compare this with Fra Angelico's Annunciation.
-Notice the modern contrast where more emphasis is placed upon photographic realism on one hand, or fragmentary recasting on the other. The medievalist loves a narrative whimsy. The modern artist is often very self-absorbed which makes for absolute seriousness on the one hand (since he believes his personal vision controls the "value" of the art) and dark irony on the other (when he recognizes how little his vision accomplishes and how little the vision is even his own).
Rhetoric: Virtual Salt
This is to help you review last year's terms and rhetoric for your CWP.
Summary of "The Knight's Tale."
This is to make your reading experience of "The Knight's Tale" less confusing.
HW: Read
-We have been considering Beowulf as the seed of chivalry and Chaucer as a flowering of the seed.
-Notice that "The Knight's Tale" takes up where Antigone left off but shares virtually nothing of its spirit.
-Notice that the medievalist took old tales and drew them through his own soul to recast them in light that is both more jovial and more chivalrous than their original context.
-Compare this with Fra Angelico's Annunciation.
-Notice the modern contrast where more emphasis is placed upon photographic realism on one hand, or fragmentary recasting on the other. The medievalist loves a narrative whimsy. The modern artist is often very self-absorbed which makes for absolute seriousness on the one hand (since he believes his personal vision controls the "value" of the art) and dark irony on the other (when he recognizes how little his vision accomplishes and how little the vision is even his own).
Rhetoric: Virtual Salt
This is to help you review last year's terms and rhetoric for your CWP.
Summary of "The Knight's Tale."
This is to make your reading experience of "The Knight's Tale" less confusing.
HW: Read
County Fair Poetry
Schwager #1: Perle reading her poem (she won third place in the poetry contest)
Schwager #2: Lucan took second place
Monday, 9/26: Chaucer
* Vocabulary 21-30
* Return Papers
* Chaucer
- Discussion
- Begin "The Knight's Tale"
HW: Continue Reading "The Knight's Tale"
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