Monday, December 19, 2005
More persuasion & Antithesis
Allison
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Prince of Wales discussions & persuasive writing
Next, Mrs. Gilbert handed out a rubric for how to journal well and went over the guidelines with the class while using examples of other classmate’s journals from last night. This was followed with a ten-minute review of the literary techniques that are on the wall.
Then, Mrs. Gilbert discussed with us a fill in the blank worksheet that was on persuasive speeches. Then we had a while to start working on our rough drafts of the persuasive speech/essay. This rough draft is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
Laura
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
The END of the RESEARCH PAPERS
Breanna
Monday, December 12, 2005
Catching up from the snowday
15 minutes to talk about the book & then took quiz
Got a research paper check list, went over it. Bring research folder (final & process) all finished according to checklist tomorrow. You’ll have 30 minutes to do reflection, and then discussion on novel if we have time.
Maddie
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Diction
Classwork: Take ten minutes to look over your paper and add more diction (both specific and creative) to your paper. Discuss chapters five through nine within group and then present any questions that you might have had to the class. Turn in all journals as well as any extra credit. Take notes on new literacy techniques, shifting adjectives and appositives, which can help to spice up your paper. Take the last fifteen minutes of class to do chapter ten journals or work on paper. Those who papers are due today, turn them in to Mrs. Gilbert.
Naudia
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Thesis & Parallelism - from 12/7
Looked for or added parallelism
Worked on what makes a good conclusion
Kellie
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Shifting adjectives, appositives & diction
Classwork: Take ten minutes to look over your paper and add more diction to your paper.
Discuss chapters five through nine within group and then present any questions that you might have had to the class. Turn in all journals as well as any extra credit.
Take notes on new literacy techniques, shifting adjectives and appositives, which can help to spice up your paper. Take the last fifteen minutes of class to do chapter ten journals or work on paper.
Those who papers are due today, turn them in to Mrs. Gilbert.
Naudia
Absolutes and participles
Got the rubric for out research paper and a new timeline for the next couple weeks.
We revised our 2nd rough drafts and added new literacy techniques to them also added other necessary literacy techniques to paper.
Some people had to turn in their 2nd rough draft with tape, others got theirs back.
HOMEWORK: Read and journal Chapter 11 from The Power of One
By Cristi
Friday, December 02, 2005
Have a good weekend * Nicky *
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Time to talk about characters.
--JJ
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Revision, revision
Mrs. Gilbert passed out progress reports and then had make-up time for the rest of the hour.
Tomorrow will have a quiz on the Power of One.
Kirstin
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Revising RD #1
Tomorrow you need to show Mrs. Gilbert that you have improved your RD and Friday your RD #2 is due.
You still have to read chapter 5 tonight, but you may skip journaling if need be.
Mike C.
Monday, November 28, 2005
Wrap-up TFA / Begin Power discussions
Bellwork
Answer questions regarding Things Fall Apart (get them from Mrs. Gilbert)
Group Discussion
Class Discussion
Assignment
Answer questions about The Power of One (get them from Mrs. Gilbert)
Group Discussion
Class Discussion
Gave us our homework: Read and Journal Chapter 4 and Rough Draft of Research paper and work cited page. (DUE TOMORROW)
Last 25 minutes of class
Work independently and silently on reading/journaling on Chapter 4.
By: Dorothea P.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Plagiarism, credibility and research standards
We also corrected the Plagiarism or Not! Worksheet, turned it in, and discussed how to avoid plagiarism. We discussed how to do in-text citations and rough draft bibliographies.
Then we went to the computer lab and learned how to evaluate the credibility of sources. We turned in the first page of the Searching the Web worksheet (available at our class website under the reserach section).
Tomorrow we'll start putting it all into action as we do research on our topics.
Homework: Keep journaling/reading -- Chapters 14-15.
cjg
Friday, November 11, 2005
Beginning Research reports...
We also presented some of our Igbo people books.
Homework: Read/journal on chapters 9-11 (if you do better on these, Mrs. G will raise your previous journal grade) and write your research proposal letter.
--Martha
Thursday, November 10, 2005
The ill-fated Ikemefuna & literary journaling
Today in class, after reviewing proverbs, Mrs. Gilbert assigned everyone in the class to a group. In the groups everyone had to find a literary technique from the book Things Fall Apart but each literary term could not be used more than once. (See the instructions handout for more details) After each group finished their poster, they had to put them up on the wall under the assigned chapter. We also got a handout explaining how to add literary journaling to our nightly work.
Mrs. Gilbert then read chapter seven of Things Fall Apart aloud to the whole class and we all followed along or read ahead silently. The rest of the groups presented their literary technique posters to the class. The literary techniques presented were discussed in the class and we turned in the journals on chapters 5-6.
Tonight we have to read chapters seven and eight from Things Fall Apart and journal on them and have them ready for tomorrow.
KwanterryiaWednesday, November 09, 2005
Wrapping up the webquests
We got back to class and the “literary people” did a couple more presentations. Our first group discussion happened after that over our book “Things Fall Apart”. Turn in the notes you took on that last night. Tonight’s homework is to read over the next chapters on your reading list and continue journaling.
Literary cheatsheets are due by Tuesday
Ronda
Monday, November 07, 2005
Beginning African lit
During class: The next book we are reading, Things Fall Apart, takes place in Igbo culture. We will be writing a storybook as table groups comparing Igbo culture to modern culture tomorrow in the library computer lab. Mrs. Gilbert showed us an example storybook she created. We were given the process description and rubric for our task. Then we divided the group topics into individual assignments. The Things Fall Apart books were signed out and we took notes for reading the novel.
Homework: Answer your topic’s question for modern culture and read Chapter 1 in Things Fall Apart.
BY: Maggie D
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Petruchio tames Kate!
Homework: Read Act 5
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Act 4 Taming of the Shrew
By Becca
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
More Shrew
Homework: Read act four of the Taming of the Shrew and if you signed up for acting tomorrow, write down some ideas you would have for adding physical humor. If you signed up for literary techniques, write down page numbers where you notice literary techniques. -Angel
Monday, October 31, 2005
HAPPY HOLLOWEEN
DISCUSS IN YOUR GROUPS ABOUT YOUR PARAGRAPH ON ACT 2 OF TAMING OF THE SHREW AND THE CHAPTER YOU WERE ASSIGNED FROM SHAKESPEARE ALIVE! EITHER ABOUT THE WOMEN OR ABOUT THE FAMILY
IN YOUR GROUPS FOR YOUR PLAY ALSO YOU RECEIVED YOUR CHEAT SHEET BACK GRADED AND GET HELP IN GROUP IF NEEDED BUT OTHER WISE
GET A SEAT AND WATCH THE FIRST ACT PERFORM
DAVID K.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Background on Shrew
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Rehearsal time
Blake
(sp.)
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Starting to Tame the Shrew!
Homework is to begin filling out the Actor's Notebook.
Gavin
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Exam Part 2
Homework: From a magazine, newspaper or internet, get a picture of people and lable the use of negative space, levels and leading center.
--Jack
Friday, October 21, 2005
Reflections
Blake
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Ramping up for Shrew
--Martha
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Complex sentences
Made 3 compound sentences from the story that we wrote
Did 3 sentences each for pattern 3 and 4 (aka complex sentences) from the punctuation pattern sheet. Switched with group member and edited their paper for proper punctuation.
Proofread rough draft # 3 for compare and contrast paper.
Final draft due Friday!
You can turn in your books anytime.
--Cristi
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Final Exam Part 1.
40 minitues to complete you Final Exam Part 1 Essay. In your essay the Prince Of Egypt , Atigone and another Myth had be included in it.
20 minutes quiet time which was for:
redo mini essays on Atigone
Revise C/C paper
Tomorrow bring Third Rough Draft
David K
Monday, October 17, 2005
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Working on literary terms cheatsheet
We worked on introductions make sure to have: an attention getting intro with a thesis (point).
Quiz over the Antigone story tomorrow and R.D. #1 due
Erin
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
End of Antigone, Creon and Haimon!
JJ
Monday, October 10, 2005
The plot thickens: Antigone
Turn in you c/c chart
Make a list of key quotes made by Antigone and Ismene in the Prologue of Antigone
After our bellwork, we discussed how to properly read our lines in Antigone. You need to open your mouth and speak clearly and loudly. Make sure you are sitting up straight with both feet on the floor or stand. Next, we read Scenes 1-3 in Antigone. We had a worksheet of questions to discuss on Scenes 1 and 2. We wrote down key quotes of Creon and the Sentry in Scene 1.
Homework: Write down key quotes from the characters in Scenes 2 and 3.
E.C.: Read Scene 4 and write a paragraph summary for 10-11-05.
Maggie
Friday, October 07, 2005
Beginning Antigone and C/C paper
We voted between Julius Caesar and Taming of the Shrew (Shrew won)
We received another packet of poems (save for next week)
David and Ronda played out the first scene of the play of Antigone.
We all were assigned a part to the play to read over the weekend.
AND, we were assigned to do the pre-work chart for a compare/ contrast paper. Instructions for the paper can be found online at www.cjgilbert.net under Mythology under C/C paper.
--Written by Ashley, typed by Blake
Thursday, October 06, 2005
C/C Bible/Other myths
Then we spent time in groups discussing the Bible stories we read on Tuesday. Then we got in smaller groups (3-4) to make a compare/contrast (c/c) chart between one Bible myth and another myth. Each person had to translate one part of the chart into a body paragraph for a "group" essay. These were taped to construction paper and turned in.
Finally, we signed out Platinum edition anthologies and everyone has to read pages 308-309 for tomorrow to prepare for our next story: Antigone.
REMINDER: Final draft of Olympian is due tomorrow. Don't forget to organize your papers according to the handout you received in class today.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Compound Sentences
The we took notes on how to do a better job of proofreading our Olympian projects. Everyone is supposed to proofread their 3rd rough draft at least 3 times before writing their final for Friday.
Then we shared some allusions.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Schoolhouse Rock & Bible-as-Literature
We also started to talk about famous Bible stories and some of were assigned as leaders for reading these stories. After that we made posters in different groups about certain stories that we were assigned to. Then we all took notes on the other stories that we learned about from the other groups.
Homework was to bring 3 high level questions about Bible stories and other stories we read and bring in 3rd rough draft on Olympian story.
--Rod
Monday, October 03, 2005
Poetry & Discussion
-Revise Olympian story to include dialogue, description, and figurative language.
-Write high level 3 questions connecting Greek/Norse/World Mythology.
-Discuss The questions in groups and write down good points.
-3rd rough draft due Wednesday for Olympian story.-Everything about Olympian due Friday.
--Josh P.
Friday, September 30, 2005
Wrapping up loose ends
Then we watched scenes from Lord of the Rings to see Norse mythology.
We also got our mythology tests back and mock-meap multiple choice. Extra credit options are available after school if you see Mrs. Gilbert
HOMEWORK: Rough drafts #2 of 13th Olympian due on Monday (be sure to double-space it) and Final draft (with visual) will be due on Wednesday.
-Angel
Thursday, September 29, 2005
More myths - here and around the world
Read your Olympian story to your group and get feedback. Fill out the sheet that was handed out on Wednesday.
Drafting Time:
Time to apply feedback to Olympian story.
Story Packet: Read packet of stories from other countries and apply them to Greek mythology stories. Make a compare and contrast chart with a partner. Turn it in.
Reminder: Final draft of poem due tomorrow! With rough drafts and scoring rubric!
By: Naudia
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Line Breaks & Norse Mythology
We also got our assignments for tomorrow since Mrs. Gilbert will be gone. We'll need our rough draft of our Olympian story to work on in class and our final draft of our poem is due on Friday (along with the rough drafts and the grading sheets)
By Kwanterria
Monday, September 26, 2005
Day 2 of Mock-MEAP
Gods Odin, Loki, Thor, Freya, and Balden
Mortals: Signy and sigmond
Brynhaid, sigold, and gummer
Places:Asgard, Valualla, the well of wisdom
Things/other Runes, Valkyries
Creation mythes(esp Giants)
Please also bring a clean draft of your poem tomorrow for us to work on.
By Breanna
Thursday, September 22, 2005
End of Mythology test
Finished test and watching Hercules.
EC opportunity- ask for paper
HW: Make up 13 Olympian -- who are their parents, what life events, symbols, etc. -- due Monday
RD #3 Poem DUE tomorrow along with audiocassette tape
Kylie C
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Myth Test - Day 1
-Ryan
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Myth review & disc
Bring rough draft to #2 to class, feedback #2 in groups practice more feedback over Ms. Gilberts revise poem.
Went over more mythology with picture guessing what they are & allusions on Monsters Inc.
Test tomorrow over allusions using notes past test etc.
Went to library to talk about the high level questions we wrote on tape recorder for points.
--Maddie
Monday, September 19, 2005
Mythology & Poetry Review
*Notes on “Good Critics”
*Class discussion on worksheet and notes
*Broke into groups and read poems aloud and finished filling the back side of the “Helpful Feedback” which is called “Author Response to Feedback”.
*Whole class played jeopardy for mythology review.
HOMEWORK: Write 5 high-level discussion questions for tomorrow. Have the Olympians memorized. Write RD #2 of your poem.
By: Dorothea P
Friday, September 16, 2005
House of Blood & Poem Assignment
The we made a list (and everyone has a copy on their poetry-definition handout) of what we should "require" for these poems. We then compared this list to the scoring guide which Mrs. Gilbert handed out.
We then had sharing time.
Homework:
- In 6.1 read the stories of Midas and Glaucus/Scylla. In 6.2 read the stories of Amazons, Arachne, Chiron, and Sisyphus.
- Write a rough draft of a poem that you would like to work with on Monday. Keep all rough drafts of that poem and any aborted poems to count as credit towards your effort grade.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
-Write three sentences using three characters from the Trojan War and Fall of Troy chapters.
-Include a simile, metaphor and alliteration in the three sentences.
- Write an imaginative paragraph using imagery on what happened to women and children after the demise of troy or the Trojan War.
Mythology
Trojan War
- Jeopardy.
- Group Quiz
The Fall of Troy
- Interpretive play-doh sculpting and discussion with whole class
- Group discussion on which side you would choose in the Trojan War; the Greeks or the Trojans
- Individually write your views on the side you chose and turn it in.
Poetry
- Review I want fireworks
- Add the definitions of details, diction and parallelism to your cheat sheet.
--Laura
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Hercules & Literary Terms
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Perseus & Theseus
Then Theseus’ group played a question game, and you had to answer various questions from that group. You have to turn in a paragraph on different subjects (see the Theseus group for the prompt.)
For Bell work we had to write down in our journals the different things that we dislike and what we like in poetry -- get the notes from someone else about the class-combined list.
Kirsten
Monday, September 12, 2005
True Love vs. True Betrayal
Edith Hamiltons’s Vocab -- write'em down if you don't know them.
Hussy- 1. A woman considered brazen or immoral. 2. A saucy or impudent girl.
Lamentable- 1. Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
Usurper- 1. One who seizes another’s place, authority, or possessions wrongfully.
Ornament- 1. Something that decorates or adorns; an embellishment.
We rearranged the tables to make them into the groups of our stories.
Discussion about message boards. If you have a joke, mark it as so. No all CAPS.
Cupid & Psyche
Broke into 3 groups, each group got a different discussion question (graded).
- In what ways do you think Cupid & Psyche’s relationship would have progressed if Venus would not have interfered?
- Describe a time that you were in a situation like Psyche’s (not necessarily in love) and the things you did to get what you wanted.
- Compare the love life of Cupid & Psyche to the stories of those today.
Cupid & Psyche Jeopardy
Jason and the Golden Fleece
Jeopardy
Higher order thinking question(graded) : Expand on the idea of Jason loving Medea
Reading (& notes) for tomorrow: 3.1 & 3.2
by Loren
Friday, September 09, 2005
Online discussion boards & group prep.
Groups then had 15 minutes to finish writing their lesson plans for their group presentations next week. They had to be turned in to the box before we left for the computer lab.
In the computer lab, we went to www.cjgilbert.net and clicked on the "ASE" then "Mythology" and then "Communicating with Email & Discussion Boards"
We SKIPPED the first three steps because Mrs. Gilbert found out we could no longer use that website. We started directly at step #4, and as a result, everyone has to make sure to respond to the "REQUIRED" topic to make up for skipping steps #1-3.
Homework: Minimum: Read and take notes on Psyche & Cupid AND The Quest for the Golden Fleece. IDEALLY: Read ahead so that next week will be easier on you!
Michael B.: I'm going to give you the class key in a "coded" message so that strangers can not log in to our message board. The number is 5*26#80A*6 BUT replace both of the astericks * with the first letter in the name of the guy who overthrew Cronus and freed his brothers/sisters, AND replace the # with the first digit of your house address. If you can't figure it out, email me.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Prepping for Myth Teaching Groups
Test on the story we signed up for
Went over Mythology Teaching Groups rubric
Talked in groups about out topic and turned in lesson plans.
Homework: Bring username & password to class, as well as handouts/questions for next week, and 2 creative lies and 1 interesting truth about yourself.
Michael C
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Greek Soap Operas
Then we got this packet with words that we had to fill out only the definitions we knew and we as a class will go over the rest.
After a while we put our names on the board for another group presentation that is due a next week and the group you picked is the chapter you need to read tonight.
Quiz tomorrow!
David K.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Playdough mythology
Bellwork
10 Minute Journal Writing
Optional Prompts: “Nothing ever happens in my neighborhood except…” OR “I don’t remember when…”
Mrs. Gilbert talked about adding Sensory Details (sight, taste, touch, hearing, smell) to your writing
4 minutes to revise a past journal entry, adding more detail
2 minutes to share with a partner
Don’t Forget: Weekend Journal writing (thirty minutes), Journals will be collected at the end of this week or beginning of next
Read 8 Interviews/Introductions
Reviewed Stories from Weekend’s Reading with Play Dough symbols and Partners,
Then as a Class
Make or Revise a Story for Mythology with a Partner
Teach a lesson or Explain why something is (Why is this flower here? Children, obey your parents.)
Write it on a paper
Play Dough symbol for your story
Homework: Don’t forget to take notes on 2.2 and 3.4 and wear comfy clothes.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Thursday -- Journaling, Open-mic, & Quiz
Tuesday we will be talking about 1.4 and 2.4. Be sure to take notes on what you read!
Also: Please journal for 30 minutes over the weekend.
Happy Labor Day!
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Debriefing the drill, defining respect & high-level thinking
Then we spend time reviewing class expectations for respectful behavior.
Finally, we spent the last 40 minutes of class taking notes on what qualifies as high-level thinking, writing high-level discussion questions, and then writing answers to the high-level questions.
The reading schedule has been modified: 1.4 is still assigned, but we won't be discussing it until Tues. 9/6 when we also discuss 2.4
Tomorrow: Quiz on names, procedures, policies, rules and chapters 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Potatos & Creation Myths
We also did a timeline & family tree for creation myths. This will be collected at the time of our next quiz (e.g. Thursday). Then we spent time discussing some of the issues involved in creation myths.
We also heard from Mr. Barney over the PA and got a letter to take home to our parents.
The reading for tonight is 1.2 and everyone should come prepared to talk about Dionysus, Demeter and Persephone.
Monday, August 29, 2005
Olympians, classmates and drills
We also read more partner interviews and discussed how to reconcile the different likes/dislikes of people in class (e.g. talking vs. quiet, group work vs. alone, etc.)
Mr. Barney also spoke to us (via P.A.) about the need to be calm and cooperative during disaster drills -- because sometime this week we will have a disaster drill complete with emergency personnel and everything.
The reading for tonight is 1.3. Students should plans on making a timeline and/or family tree as notes, but they'll also have 10-15 minutes in class to work on it as well tomorrow.
Friday, August 26, 2005
Introduction to Mythology
Be sure to come prepared Monday with your book, graphic organizer and your notebook for writing.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Respect, Procedures & Drills
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Popping Balloons & Interviewing Partners
We wrote about using balloons and bamboo skewers as metaphors for trying new things (like starting a challenging class).
We also began partner interviews in order to get to know each other-- everyone should write the final draft of their partner interview as homework and be prepared to read it aloud to class tomorrow.
Additionally, everyone should bring back the parent signature slip for their syllabus and be familiar with the contents of the syllabus.
Students who were absent yesterday received a folder of make-up work that should be returned tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Welcome to a new school year!
Math/Science Center students will need to complete this folder as homework tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
You should have been here today!
We took the 2nd part of the Final Exam (tip:write out your lit terms before hand.)
We cleaned all of unnecessary junk out of the folders(tip:read the directions.)
We also began watching Sarafina.
Tommorrow:
The Third part of the Final Exam is over Citation
- What has to be cited
- What is plagurism & whats the penalty
- How to format= parenthical cites & work cited pages
(Tip you may bring any handouts or notes to use on the Exam P.3.)
robert mcfletcher extracredit please!
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Final Exam Part 1
Towards the end of class we talked about The Power Of One, the book, and The Power Of One, the movie. Some people shared very good ideas and we turned in our notes OR wrote a paragraph explaining which version of the "power of one" we thought was more important.
Big Jake
Monday, June 06, 2005
Power of One vs. Power of One
Katherine G.
Friday, June 03, 2005
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
End of Power of One
That’s it.
pz eZ lemon squeeZy
:-P
Full rough draft of the lit. analysis paper is due tomorrow.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
More on lit. analysis
You also should be finished with the book by Wednesday, June . Have all your journals with you because there will be a quiz.
Homework: Finish the last chapter and write at least one body paragraph.
Toi
Friday, May 27, 2005
Twisting brains
Katherine S May 27, 2005
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Themes in Power
Advanced Sophomore English
q Read The Power of One for the first 25 min.
q Discussed the book in groups for about 10 min.
q Brainstormed various lessons learned in the book get notes from somebody because we are writing a paper on it
q Went over second brushstroke: adjectives out of order
q Prepare for bellwork for tomorrow: describe a character in three sentences
o One sentence must have a participle
o One must have a adjective out of order
o One must have a simile or metaphor
Hannah B.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Finishing up the persuasive papers
Read through Chap. 19 tonight.
Ashley J
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
By: Erica L :-) haha just kidding
Friday, May 20, 2005
Quiz & Talk Time
By: Tyrice
Quiz & Talk
By: Tyrice
Thursday, May 19, 2005
More syntax
We went over what a participle phrase is and looked at how to use them.
Spent time adding participle sentences and other figurative language in or persuasive papers
Last half an hour was spent reading and journaling
Mario
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Time to revise RD #2
2. Silently revise your paper according to worksheet distributed.
3. Read your revisions to a classmate.
4. Read and journal, and/ or revise your paper
Gabby
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Punctuation Patterns
- Luke Re.
Monday, May 16, 2005
Revising our rants
Then at the end of class, we took 20 minutes to read and journal on chapter 11. -- Jeremy
Friday, May 13, 2005
Rants
Hannah P.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Wrapping up loose ends from before research...
We also shared our masks from TFA and finally we read for the last 10 minutes.
Homework: Read & journal on chapter 8
Colton
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
The END of the Research Reports!
*did self evaluation
*shared papers
*turned them in
* Middle tables turned in journals
Homework: Read & journal on chapter 7
brittney
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
We took a quiz over chapters 1-6 of T.P.O.O
AND YOU GET TO BRING FOOD TOMMOROW
We also talked about how to go past recognizing literary techniques and start analyzing them -- we worked in groups to do sample analysis and absent people should copy the notes from one of the posters and turn it in for credit.
Robert
Monday, May 09, 2005
Monday, May 9th
Amalia
Thursday, May 05, 2005
more diction
q We took notes on verbs and how to use them in our papers
q We also added diction and new verbs to our paper (get notes from classmate)
q Reading schedule still in effect tonight
q Tell Mrs. Gilbert seating chart requests for tomorrow
Alexa
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Transitions & More reading
Discuss the book with group members so far
Homework: read chapter two and journal on it
RD #2 Due tomorrow!
Colton
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Beginning the Power of One
Started Power of One novel -- Read chp.1 in class, finish the rest for homework, get notes from a classmate
Monday, May 02, 2005
TFA Test & Peer Revision
~Veronica
Friday, April 29, 2005
End of TFA
Wrote and turned in detailed summary of what our masks represented.
Notes on quotes and how to use them AND notes on how to add detail/description to rough drafts due on Monday.
Get progress reports signed. Have a completed (rough draft) of research paper on Monday.
Luke Ro.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Making masks for TFA
-- Derrick
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Work day
-- Judith
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Back in B-13 now
Monday, April 25, 2005
Friday, April 22, 2005
Have a good weekend! -Allye-G (formally known as Allegra J!)
Thursday, April 21, 2005
More research
We also got the quiz on the book back and other assignments. Just researching
Our topics. And turn in half sheet on the Research that we did today
Jason 4/21/05
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
More research
We took a quiz on TFA.
We discussed TFA.
We turned in journals on chapters 5-8, the "Searching the Web" Worksheet from yesterday, and a little 1/2 sheet research update for Mrs. Gilbert.
Tomorrow we start in the lab and end up in the library.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Scribing 4/19/05
2. After working on the worksheet, we looked up information for our topics if time was left.
3. Chapter 5-8 journals are due on 4/20/05, if they are done correctly according to Mrs. Gilbert, your first journals grade will be raised.
4. Read most of chapter 7 in the book.
-scribed by Desmond
Monday, April 18, 2005
Literary journaling
We also got a letter from the junior honors English teacher about a required summer reading assignment -- you can see Mrs. Helmbolt for the book.
Then we spent some time discussing Things Fall Apart and the homework for tonight is to read chapters 5-6 and journal on it.
We also got a research schedule and a checklist of what to do with the research paper. Make sure you pick those up from the handout crate.
Tomorrow we will be in the computer lab tomorrow to start our research.
Friday, April 15, 2005
Beginning TFA
We also signed out our Things Fall Apart novels, picked up a reading schedule, and reviewed the requirements for the literature-journaling. Students have some reading every night and some journaling on that reading every night. We read chapter 1 aloud and began our journal on it by doing a family tree for Okonkwo -- you probably want to copy that from someone.
We turned in our research proposal letters. If, for some reason, you didn't turn it in to Mrs. Gilbert, you should email it to her ASAP. Visit "About Me" at the website at www.cjgilbert.net to get her email address (posting it on the blog is just asking for spammers to pick it up).
Thursday, April 14, 2005
More preparation for Africa novel
Back in class, we talked more about the requirements for the research report, including some basic structure requirements:
- minimum 5 typed pages (doublespaced, 12 pt font)
- minimum 10 sources (at least 3 different types of sources within that 10 as well -- like magazines, books, internet, interviews, etc.)
The homework for tomorrow is to write a research proposal letter to Mrs. Gilbert. In that letter, be sure to explain
1. What topic you want to research and why you are personally interested in it
2. Who will be your audience and what will they get out of it? (e.g. What's your purpose in writing this?)
3. What questions do you think your audience will have on this topic?
4. What types of soures will you use?
5. Do you have any questions about the research process or requirements?
Tomorrow we will be getting our novels and reading schedules.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Starting the TFA Webquest
We turned in the citation worksheet at the start of class. Today we spent the first half of the class in the computer lab, starting a PowerPoint presentation of the Ibo people in assigned groups. It’s due tomorrow. We then practiced citations back in the classroom – we read an excerpt from a book and wrote a paragraph that had one quote and one paraphrase in it. And then we did the works cited entry underneath.
Amalia M.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Avoiding plagiarism
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~c3gilber/ASE/Research/Plagiarism-or-Not.doc
Get the handout with sample paragraphs and works cited pages from the crate and then get class notes from a classmate.
Homework: Read the first two pages of the MLA Cheatsheet and complete the Citation Worksheet (both are in the crate in class)
Note: Tomorrow and Thursday we will be meeting in the computer lab to practice citation by learning about Igbo culture (and the next novel we'll be reading will be set in Igboland so this will help understanding it too!)
Monday, April 11, 2005
Thinking about research
We brainstormed all the ways that people use research and brainstormed potential topics for our own research. By the end of the week we will need to choose a research topic for a BIG paper (300 points).
Everyone wrote down the main goal of the research paper:
My research report will be based on the synthesis of multiple, varied sources (all properly cited) and will be for an audience and purpose that interests or excites me.
We picked up a handout (which you can also read online at: http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/plagiarism.shtml)
and the homework is to read it carefully and understand it (or come prepared with questions about anything we don't understand.
We also all signed up for 10-minute conferences with Mrs. Gilbert to discuss our writing. This is a required 15 point assignment.
Tomorrow we will meet in the computer lab to do a worksheet that will test our understanding of what is and is not plagiarism.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
The END of the QUARTER! Alleluiah!
Sent e-mail to Mrs. Gilbert (2 lies/1 interesting truth)
Go to nicenet and follow instructions according to the worksheet
Took Literary Techniques Quiz (last part of final exam)
Turned in folders with all our papers.
Adriene
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Final exam!
Monday, March 28, 2005
End of Caesar
Reviewed answers to act four
Watched short vesion of act five with Mrs. Gilbert
Reviewed on whats on exam
Julius Caesar quiz
Brittney w
End of Caesar
Reviewed answers to act four
Watched short vesion of act five with Mrs. Gilbert
Reviewed on whats on exam
Julius Caesar quiz
Brittney weed
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Et tu, Brute?
Book presenters did commercials. Make sure to turn in journal and poster on Monday if you haven’t yet.
Do Worksheet on Act 4 handed out as Homework
Papers and grade reports handed back
Deadline for late work is Monday
By Michael
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Omens for Caesar
Ashley
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Beware the Ides of March
2) Took notes on Julius Caesar & the Great Chain of Being (copy from a neighbor)
3) Performed act one of Julius Caesar
4) Homework- read 2.1.1-34, write a summary in 3-5 sentences of what Brutus says in this soliloquy and describe al least 2 literary techniques used in his speech.
Luke R
Monday, March 21, 2005
Acting 101
By: Leah
Friday, March 18, 2005
Quiz & end of MEAP!!!!
- Took a test overAntigone and handed in our notes on Antigone
- Read good vs. bad examples for our compare/contrast timed essay for Antigone/Prince of Egypt that is due Monday March 21, 2005.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
The end of Prince
a. Your name
b. Any seating [request be specific]
c. Whether you want me to write on your final draft or not.
Pick up the letter from Mrs. Gilbert and read it over carefully.
Take notes on Prince of Egypt.
C/C paper due tomorrow March 18, 2005.
Tyrice F.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
More prince...
You have to revise your c/c paper by reading all the sentences backwards (from the last sentence to the first sentence.) The final draft is due Friday. The final draft stapled by itself, the self evaluate sheet and the grading sheet filled out but left separate, not stapled. The process sheets (the three rough drafts) are stapled together in order.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
More Prince of Egypt & Metphor review
We also got progress reports that need to be signed and brought back.
Love always,jb
Monday, March 14, 2005
Prince of Egypt
Start watching Prince of Egypt
Get notes from classmate on Ramses and Moses Family tree AND on writing format requirements.
Expect a quiz on Antigone and Prince of Egypt on Friday.
Friday, March 11, 2005
The end of Antigone (and Creon)
We turned in our rough draft #2 for our compare/contrast paper along with a cassette tape.
Homework: Continue reading your independant novel and journaling on it.
Find examples in the play Antigone of a simile, a metaphor, some imagery, some repetition, some alliteration, and (significant) diction -- and put the example on your chart. If you don't remember a term, remember that there is a glossary in the blue/green pages in the back of your anthology.
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Antigone heats up...
Homework: Second draft of the compare/contrast paper, add figurative language (metaphors / similes) and more diction. Bring audiocassette tape with your name on it (and rewound) with the draft. EC opportunity = read scene 4 and write a paragraph summarizing it.
Colton
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
C/C in Antigone & our own papers
2.We took notes on the difference between block organization and point-by-point organization. We should fix our C/C charts to have point-by point organization and write the first four paragraphs (intro + 3 body paragraphs) for class tomorrow.
3. We got the bookmarks and final scoring guide for our independent novel.
T’auna & Mrs. G
Monday, March 07, 2005
What's your POINT?
- Compare overhead to bible stories, and review the points of the allusions.
- Share your compare and contrast charts (from the computer lab) with those at your table and find a lesson learned in your compare and contrast charts (of you can’t find one on your own you can get help from Mrs. Gilbert or a classmate)
- You need to turn in your paper compare/contrast chart or outline today, or at the latest, tomorrow. Make sure you have a POINT to your paper.
- Copy the family tree of Oedipus and Haimon & copy what/who is Choragoes, Sentry, Tiersias
- Sign out the anthology book and prepare for your assigned reading.
Keep reading your independant novel.
- Gabrielle
Friday, March 04, 2005
Wrapping up the old... leading into the new
* journal time
* open mic sharing
* role-played the conflict-resolution scenarios (we learned that it is always good to listen to others, be sympathetic about their lives, and be honest about what is happening in our lives)
* shared Greek/Norse/Biblical allusions
* wrote a note to Mrs. Gilbert with the title of our book, the author, and if we had any questions/concerns to share with her at this time.
Homework:
* After you have started your novel, write for 10 minutes in your journal about your reactions/thoughts to the beginning of the novel and whether you think the author did a good job of getting you "hooked" at the start.
* Bring a c/c chart or outline of something you'd like to compare/contrast for our next paper. Make sure its on a topic that you care about.
To parents: Mrs. Gilbert anticipates having progress reports available on Monday.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
A bunch of little stuff...
Katherine S.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
C/C Myth & Sharing our own myths
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Wrapping up Norse/Checking out the OT
We share our transparencies about Norse myths compared with Greek myths, and then watched about 5 minutes of clips from Return of the King to see examples of Norse-type culture.
We then divided into groups of 2-3 to read and make a poster about a significant Bible story. We will share the posters tomorrow to talk about the similarities to Greek mythology and/or Norse mythology.
Tomorrow we will meet in the library computer lab to research some non-Western myths and to talk more chosing our independant novel reading (either science-fiction or fantasy).
DUE TOMORROW: Final draft of myth project (including visual) as well as all the process work (stapled together in chronological order), the grading sheet, and the self-evaluation (all filled out)
Monday, February 28, 2005
Norse/Greek c/c
Homework:
~ Final draft of myth due WEDS (expect other work tomorrow)
~ Start thinking of a novel (fantasy or sci-fi) that you'd like to read independently (more on that tomorrow)
EC Posters due Friday!
Veronica
Friday, February 25, 2005
Wrapping up the myths...
For homework we need to make a clean, as good as you can get draft of your myth story AND do your take-home test essay.
For extra credit
* Read section 7 in the book on Norse mythology and write 5 high-level discussion questions
OR
* Get a movie poster assignment on mythology which is due next Friday.
cya-Luke Reed
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
myth review
Review for the mythology test
Slideshow with the different gods/goddess being identified
Review jeopardy
Mythology paper not due Friday pushed backSTUDY for Test
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
4th block AP English
*Mrs. Gilbert has the overhead for it
Worked on dialog for the "15th" olympian
*have someone edit it for you and give suggestions
Then the last group for the mythology book presented today
*Get the worksheet and questions from the group that presented
Passed back poems
4th block AP English
*Mrs. Gilbert has the overhead for it
Worked on dialog for the "15th" olympian
*have someone edit it for you and give suggestions
Then the last group for the mythology book presented today
*Get the worksheet and questions from the group that presented
Passed back poems
Friday, February 18, 2005
The Trojan War
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Hercules & Revision of myths
Homework: given a study guide for the Mythology and supposed to skim over the Trojan War and the Fall of Troy.
-Katherine G
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Heroes & Myths
We got two worksheets explaining what we need to do tomorrow while Mrs. Gilbert is out grading District Writing Assessments -- in a nutshell, we will be creating our own myth, adaptation, etc. Because we have 90 minutes to work on it tomorrow, a rough draft will be due on Thursday.
There is no reading tonight (to give us time to catch up/review) but Thursday is the chapter on Hercules (which is on the longer side).
There probably won't be a blog tomorrow since Mrs. G will be out, but since we got the assignments today in class, you shouldn't need it!
Monday, February 14, 2005
Stories of Love and Anti-Love
The homework was to read chapter 3.1 and 3.2, then brainstorm a list of new gods/stories
-- By Jeremy
Friday, February 11, 2005
Lesson plans & a quiz
Today in class we took the quiz“Myth #2, which includes the chapter that were teaching the class about. Then we worked on our presentation to the class for the most of the day, and turned in lesson plans for our presentation. At the tail end of class we shared examples that relate to mythology.
For homework we have to journal for fifteen minutes as well as read Cupid & Psyche, and the Quest for the Golden Fleece.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Mythology Soap Operas & Poem Appreciation
We also passed out the packets of the poems and read each other's poems and appreciated them. Tomorrow we'll be writing responses to each other's poems.
We also signed up for teaching groups. The homework for tomorrow is to read the chapter that your group will eventually be teaching. (Hannah B. -- you will be with Ashley and Katherine in doing 5.1 "The House of Atreus" and Luke R. -- you will be with Michale, Big Jake and Jason in doing 4.1 "The Trojan War" )
Expect a quiz tomorrow over all the reading to date.
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
- Complete poem reflection worksheet.
(We talked about making sure you use enough description on #4 & #5) - Turn in all drafts of poems stapled with the poem grading sheet on top, the final draft not stapled, but turned in aside it
- Do the “why” activity, -- either rewrite a Greek myths to be funnier or more modern or have a twist OR pick a modern "why" question and make a silly answer to it sound serious (similar to Hamilton's tone) -- be sure to include a visual aid.
We shared our “why” stories - Go over homework (read assigned excerpts from 2.2 , 2.4, 3.4, and journal critically over the connections/similarities you see between the stories.
- Discuss allusions in media to Greek mythology
- Receive progress reports (to be signed and returned)
By Desmond (mostly)
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Discussing myths
We where split into three groups, the first group had a free period, the second discussed the chapter we read the previous night, and the third group observed the second groups discussion. Positions where changed every 15-20 minutes. Read chapters 1.4 and takes notes on it for homework. Final draft of poem due the next day.
By colton
Monday, February 07, 2005
What we did?
We took a quiz on what we read.
We also explored by taking notes on blooms taxonemy.
We wrote five high level questions on 1.1 or 1.3.
We looked at each other's poems and gave suggestions.
love ya robert
What we did?
out of the classes question we picked the eight best questions.
then we took a quiz over what we read. (u can use notes).
Then we talked about our poems in a small group and asked for group advice.
HAVE FUN!
Friday, February 04, 2005
Revising our poetry
DUE on MONDAY: A make a clean draft of your revised poem, paying special attention to how it looks on the page (line breaks, etc.) BRING 3 extra copies for classmates so that they can give you feedback (if you can't make copies at home, put the clean copy -in ink- in the class crate before 3rd block and Mrs. Gilbert will photocopy it)
We also discussed Chapter 3 from Mythology and went over which key names/places to watch for in 1.1 over the weekend.
DUE on MONDAY: Have read the Introduction and 1.1 -- and bring your graphic organizer on chapter 3 and on the Olympians.
We finished class with a survey on our revising habits and thoughts on audience.
Mrs. Gilbert apologizes for the heavy homework load this weekend and promises it won't be quite this bad in the future (especially since we won't be having any more field trips to the CATC that wreck the week's schedule!)
Thursday, February 03, 2005
- Went over chapter 3, from mythology book.
- Mentioned chapter3 open note, closed book quiz questions…quiz will be on Monday. (Get quiz questions)
- Talked about how to do graphical organizer, on taking notes on events and characters in book (get graphical scoring sheet and mythology reading schedule and study sheet
- Graphic organizer on chapter 3 due tomorrow
- Started chapter 1 reading and notes, all due MondayWent over poem styles and rubric (get rubric sheet)
-Alexa
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
End of the Pracice MEAP; looking at poetry
Anyone who didn't get their journal graded today must turn it in to Mrs. Gilbert tomorrow.
Hw: Read chapter 3 in the Mythology book -- you need to check it out and journal on it. Expect open note/journal quiz on the basic facts/ideas and your opinion of Hamilton's style
by Amalia
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Monday, January 31, 2005
Sophomore Advance English 1-31-04
Read all poems
Respond to the first poem, plus four others of your choose in your journal. Respond to one personally, one based on style, one critically about the world, etc.
Create 3-4 rough poems of your own (also in your journal) on a variety of topics/forms.
Begin rough draft of writing assignment (schedule time ASAP with Mrs. G. to make it up)
By: Mario B.
Friday, January 28, 2005
Freaky Friday -- open mic time, quiz
We finished the block with the quiz over procedures, policies, rules and names.
Homework:
Read for 15 minutes some poetry, fiction or non-fiction and then write for 10 minutes about the reading you completed
AND
Write for 20 minutes where you either describe something happening a.k.a. narrative writting (You can write fiction, non-fiction, or poetry)
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Metaphors & Procedures, Children's Lit. & Journals
We also read a variety of children's literature and practiced writing about the literature in different ways in our journals: personal reactions, stylistic analysis (using the definitions we put in our journals yesterday), and critical comparison to real life.
Homework: Choose a story, book of poetry, etc. to read for fifteen minutes tonight. Then journal about it for ten minutes. Refer back to the scoring guide passed out in class today.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Potatoes, tasty language, and metaphors
After writing, we shared the examples of "tasty" language that we brought in today (and Mrs. Gilbert checked them off for points). We then compiled a list of what makes a piece of language "tasty" -- You should copy these notes from a classmate because we will be using them in the future. They include the definitions of imagery, figurative language, metaphor, simile, personification, repetition, and diction (as well as some other stuff).
We also read some more interviews.
Finally, the homework has two parts: First, find an object to bring to class that can metaphorically represent one of the class procedures (students were each assigned a particular procedure). Second, try writing 10-15 similes or metaphors in your journal -- they can be silly or serious but don't be boring or cliched.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Rules, respect & "tasty" language
We turned in our partner interviews, the grading sheet (with reflection questions) and the syllabus-parent-signature sheet.
As homework, each student should find a variety of examples of "tasty" language -- memorable excerpts from songs, poems, books, movies, etc. that showcase words or phrases that are vivid, that create some sparks when rubbed against one another. A "variety" of examples should be somewhere between 5-20 examples.
Monday, January 24, 2005
Welcome to Advanced Sophomore English!
Don't forget to read the syllabus over with your parents tonight and get their signature on it. Also don't forget to do a final draft of your fascinating, compelling, exciting partner interview.