English 9B (period 3): Today we focused on haiku. You need to have seven typed haiku for class on Tuesday. Read over the break as well.
Monday, December 19, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2016
Friday, December 16
Come on out and support boys' basketball tonight against Corner Canyon.
English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we focused on the concept of irony. There is an assignment for you on Canvas that you need to complete for Monday. Additionally, please read for 20 minutes over the weekend.
English 9B (period 3): Today we completed our study of creative response to art by having you write two creative response poems of your own. There is an explanation of what to do on Canvas. Please complete these for Monday and read for 20 minutes over the weekend.
English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we focused on the concept of irony. There is an assignment for you on Canvas that you need to complete for Monday. Additionally, please read for 20 minutes over the weekend.
English 9B (period 3): Today we completed our study of creative response to art by having you write two creative response poems of your own. There is an explanation of what to do on Canvas. Please complete these for Monday and read for 20 minutes over the weekend.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Thursday, December 15
Most importantly, Rogue One drops tonight, so if you're at the 7 PM showing at the local Century, be sure to say hello. May the Force be with you.
English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we continued with our focus on setting, tweaking it by writing a piece that imitates EB White's sentence structure in Charlotte's Web. There is an assignment on Canvas titled Charlotte's Web Imitative Assignment; it is due before class tomorrow. Read for 20 minutes as well.
English 9B (period 3): Today, we continued with the idea of creative responses to art. Your task tonight is to find a work of art that speaks to you in some way and be able to access a picture of it tomorrow. We will end up writing two creative response poems in class tomorrow in response to the artwork. Read for 20 minutes as well.
English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we continued with our focus on setting, tweaking it by writing a piece that imitates EB White's sentence structure in Charlotte's Web. There is an assignment on Canvas titled Charlotte's Web Imitative Assignment; it is due before class tomorrow. Read for 20 minutes as well.
English 9B (period 3): Today, we continued with the idea of creative responses to art. Your task tonight is to find a work of art that speaks to you in some way and be able to access a picture of it tomorrow. We will end up writing two creative response poems in class tomorrow in response to the artwork. Read for 20 minutes as well.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Wednesday, December 14
English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we focused on two things - the reading comprehension strategy of visualization, and the literary concepts of setting and tone. We wrote an short analytical piece about the beginning of Chapter 3 of Charlotte's Web (which can be found here: http://ebooks.rahnuma.org/children/Stories/Charlotte_s_Web_.pdf). The assignment can be found on Canvas and should be completed for homework tonight if you didn't submit it during class time. Read for 20 minutes as well.
English 9B (period 3): Today we shared your Ways poems and began focusing on the idea of creative response to art. We looked at a passage from a book that combines poetry and art called Heart to Heart which describes four basic motifs a writer might use when responding to art. We then looked at many poems written about art and decided which motif best described that particular poem. Your task is to choose a work of art that you can eventually write a poem in response to. Read for 20 minutes as well.
English 9B (period 3): Today we shared your Ways poems and began focusing on the idea of creative response to art. We looked at a passage from a book that combines poetry and art called Heart to Heart which describes four basic motifs a writer might use when responding to art. We then looked at many poems written about art and decided which motif best described that particular poem. Your task is to choose a work of art that you can eventually write a poem in response to. Read for 20 minutes as well.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Tuesday, December 13
English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we read the poem "Did I Miss Anything?", which can be found here: https://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/013.html.
We then read the children's book Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolorous as a way to practice one more time mastering the introductory paragraph technique and the concept of theme. You can see a pdf of the book here: http://www.brunswickschools.org/cms/lib3/OH01001261/Centricity/Domain/329/Horace%20and%20Morris%20Story.pdf
We then completed an assignment on Canvas about the book. Your homework is to complete the paragraph. It is due tonight on Canvas. Read for 20 minutes tonight as well.
English 9B (period 4): Today we continued reading Wallace Stevens "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." We also looked at other examples of "Ways" poems. This is your homework: Write a poem that looks at, or defines, something in a number of different, interesting ways. Choose an ordinary thing. Model your poem after Stevens’s poem in terms of structure (i.e. numbered stanzas) and technique (i.e. imitate some of Stevens’s ways of seeing). Every stanza should name your poem’s subject explicitly and show it in action. This assignment is due on paper in class on Wednesday.
In addition to this, read for 20 minutes.
We then read the children's book Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolorous as a way to practice one more time mastering the introductory paragraph technique and the concept of theme. You can see a pdf of the book here: http://www.brunswickschools.org/cms/lib3/OH01001261/Centricity/Domain/329/Horace%20and%20Morris%20Story.pdf
We then completed an assignment on Canvas about the book. Your homework is to complete the paragraph. It is due tonight on Canvas. Read for 20 minutes tonight as well.
English 9B (period 4): Today we continued reading Wallace Stevens "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." We also looked at other examples of "Ways" poems. This is your homework: Write a poem that looks at, or defines, something in a number of different, interesting ways. Choose an ordinary thing. Model your poem after Stevens’s poem in terms of structure (i.e. numbered stanzas) and technique (i.e. imitate some of Stevens’s ways of seeing). Every stanza should name your poem’s subject explicitly and show it in action. This assignment is due on paper in class on Wednesday.
In addition to this, read for 20 minutes.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Monday, December 12
Freshman English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we focused on three key ideas: The introductory paragraph, thesis formation, and the literary concept of theme. We read Langston Hughes's poem "Mother to Son" and focused on the theme of the poem via a sample introductory paragraph. We'll spend one more day on this on Tuesday. Your homework is to read for 20 minutes tonight.
Freshman English 9B (period 3): Today we focused on Wallace Stevens's "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" and the different ways Stevens sees the blackbird in each stanza. We will continue this tomorrow. Your homework tonight is to read for 20 minutes.
Freshman English 9B (period 3): Today we focused on Wallace Stevens's "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" and the different ways Stevens sees the blackbird in each stanza. We will continue this tomorrow. Your homework tonight is to read for 20 minutes.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Friday, December 9
Freshman 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we took the SRI exam. You need to be sure that the Introductory Paragraph you wrote yesterday about the common theme shared by "On Turning Ten" and "Eleven" is finished in your csddocs account. More instructions about it are on yesterday's post. We will look at these paragraphs on Monday. Read for 20 minutes this weekend.
Freshman 9B (period 3): Today we took the SRI exam. We will continue with annotation and figurative language and poetry on Monday. Read for 20 minutes this weekend.
Freshman 9B (period 3): Today we took the SRI exam. We will continue with annotation and figurative language and poetry on Monday. Read for 20 minutes this weekend.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Thursday, December 8
English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we continued to focus on three things: How a poem's format reinforces its content (we read this poem today: http://poetry-fromthehart.blogspot.com/2011/06/ee-cummings-la.html), the concept of theme (remember, a theme is the moral or message about life and how to live it that we get from a text), and the four parts of the introductory paragraph (hook, bridge, summary, and thesis).
To do the latter two things, we read two texts, the poem "On Turning Ten" which you can find at https://www.upress.pitt.edu/htmlSourceFiles/pdfs/9780822955672exr.pdf and the short story "Eleven" which you can find at http://www.stjohns-chs.org/english/nwixon_courses/english-9-111/eleven-by-sandra-cisneros.pdf.
After reading them, your task was to write an introductory paragraph for an essay that responds to the following prompt: What common theme is shared by the poem "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins and the short story "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros? Your introductory paragraph must have a hook, bridge, summary, and thesis.
The hook should draw the reader in, the bridge should connect the hook to your topic (the two texts), your summary should tell the reader a little bit about the poem and the story, and your thesis should address their common themes.
The paragraph is due at the start of class on Friday.
You also need to read for 20 minutes.
English 9B (period 3): Today in class we continued to focus on the seven steps for annotating a poem, reading "O Captain! My Captain!" and "Mother to Son." These are poems full of figurative language, so it gave us the opportunity to review that as well. Read for 20 minutes tonight.
To do the latter two things, we read two texts, the poem "On Turning Ten" which you can find at https://www.upress.pitt.edu/htmlSourceFiles/pdfs/9780822955672exr.pdf and the short story "Eleven" which you can find at http://www.stjohns-chs.org/english/nwixon_courses/english-9-111/eleven-by-sandra-cisneros.pdf.
After reading them, your task was to write an introductory paragraph for an essay that responds to the following prompt: What common theme is shared by the poem "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins and the short story "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros? Your introductory paragraph must have a hook, bridge, summary, and thesis.
The hook should draw the reader in, the bridge should connect the hook to your topic (the two texts), your summary should tell the reader a little bit about the poem and the story, and your thesis should address their common themes.
The paragraph is due at the start of class on Friday.
You also need to read for 20 minutes.
English 9B (period 3): Today in class we continued to focus on the seven steps for annotating a poem, reading "O Captain! My Captain!" and "Mother to Son." These are poems full of figurative language, so it gave us the opportunity to review that as well. Read for 20 minutes tonight.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Wednesday, December 7
English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we read William Butler Yeats's poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" and discussed how a poem's format contributes to it's meaning. You can find that here: http://www.bartleby.com/148/3.html.
We then studied the four parts of the introductory paragraph (hook, bridge, summary, and thesis), and practiced one on our own in response to the following prompt: What is the theme of "The Starfish Story"? You can find the story here: http://www.esc16.net/users/0020/FACES/Starfish%20Story.pdf.
Remember, a theme is a moral or lesson about life and how to live it revealed by a work of literature. Your introductory paragraph must have all four parts that we discussed: a hook, bridge, summary, and thesis. For a hook, I provided three potential quotes, one by Ghandi, one by Robert F. Kennedy, and one by Emerson. Those can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/make-a-difference. Your bridge needs to link your hook to the story you are writing about. Your summary should be a couple of sentences that sum up "The Starfish Story," and your thesis should state what you believe the theme to be. This needs to be completed in your csddocs account before Thursday's class. The other part of your homework is to read for 20 minutes.
English 9B (period 3): Today we continued to focus on figurative language, and also talked about the seven steps for annotating a poem. You wrote your own poem using figurative language and have tonight to polish it. Before class tomorrow, you need to share it with me at jeffrey.baird@csddocs.org. Also, be sure to read for 20 minutes tonight.
We then studied the four parts of the introductory paragraph (hook, bridge, summary, and thesis), and practiced one on our own in response to the following prompt: What is the theme of "The Starfish Story"? You can find the story here: http://www.esc16.net/users/0020/FACES/Starfish%20Story.pdf.
Remember, a theme is a moral or lesson about life and how to live it revealed by a work of literature. Your introductory paragraph must have all four parts that we discussed: a hook, bridge, summary, and thesis. For a hook, I provided three potential quotes, one by Ghandi, one by Robert F. Kennedy, and one by Emerson. Those can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/make-a-difference. Your bridge needs to link your hook to the story you are writing about. Your summary should be a couple of sentences that sum up "The Starfish Story," and your thesis should state what you believe the theme to be. This needs to be completed in your csddocs account before Thursday's class. The other part of your homework is to read for 20 minutes.
English 9B (period 3): Today we continued to focus on figurative language, and also talked about the seven steps for annotating a poem. You wrote your own poem using figurative language and have tonight to polish it. Before class tomorrow, you need to share it with me at jeffrey.baird@csddocs.org. Also, be sure to read for 20 minutes tonight.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Tuesday, December 6
9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we took the summer read tests and focused a bit on the concept of Thesis. Your homework is to read for 20 minutes tonight.
9B (period 3): Today we focused on figurative language and seeing two things at once. Your homework tonight is to read for 20 minutes. You also need to come to class tomorrow with a photograph of an object for class. This can be a hard copy or it can be on your phone.
9B (period 3): Today we focused on figurative language and seeing two things at once. Your homework tonight is to read for 20 minutes. You also need to come to class tomorrow with a photograph of an object for class. This can be a hard copy or it can be on your phone.
Friday, December 2, 2016
Friday, December 2
Freshman English 9 A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we read Billy Collins's poem "Introduction to Poetry," which can be found here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/46712. We also took a pre-test to assess your knowledge and understanding of basic literary elements. Your homework is to read for 20 minutes this weekend.
Freshman English 9 B (period 3): Today we focused on your "Theme for English B" assignments and began to focus on three essential questions: What is poetry? How does poetry differ from prose? And, Why do humans read and write poetry? Your homework is to read for 20 minutes this weekend.
Freshman English 9 B (period 3): Today we focused on your "Theme for English B" assignments and began to focus on three essential questions: What is poetry? How does poetry differ from prose? And, Why do humans read and write poetry? Your homework is to read for 20 minutes this weekend.
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