End of the Power of One.

Today we watched the last half hour of The Power of One. We had an in class discussion about the film. We also revised our 2nd rough drafts to lit analysis. Please have final tomorrow 5-28-04 and be ready for the reflection portion of the final exam.

Power of One Movie vs. Book, RD of Lit. Analysis

We will continue watching The Power of One movie in order to compare it to the book. We will also revise our rough drafts of our final exam/literary analysis paper.

R.D. #2 due tomorrow

RESEARCH PAPERS DUE

Bellwork: We had 30 Min to write our Self-Evaluation paper & turn in our research papers.

Class Activities:
* We had 20 min to read in our books.
* Finish note cards on literary terms and turned them in.

Homework:
Read book and do jobs

Recorded by: Cameron M.

Title pages & lit. terms

Bellwork: 25 minutes to make a creative/colorful title page for your research report

Class Activities:
*Work time – literary circle jobs or self-evaluation (for people that turned in finals today)
* Find 5 literary terms in your assigned chapter and cite on index cards including author in upper right hand corner and page number. Also in the upper left hand corner write the literary technique you found. Be sure your name is on the front too.

Homework: Final Due Tomorrow! Reading and assigned literary circle jobs

Reminders: Final Due Tomorrow!


Recorded by: *Jaime H.

Proofreading & Lit. Circles

Bellwork: Review research paper handout

Class Activities:
* Literary circles
* Proofreading research papers (get at least 2 signatures)

Homework: Work on research paper and read chapter 17/do job.

Reminders:
* Research paper due Wednesday
* Citation exam Friday and you may use notes
* Extra Credit and make-up deadline Wednesday 26
* Turn in all books (except Things Fall Apart and current novel) by Friday


Recorded by: Alex K.

Sentence Variety

Bellwork: Changed the dates of the last two due dates for the draft to 5/17 for RD #3 and 5/19 for FD

Class Activities:
* Took notes on sentence length. Underline short, medium, and long sentences in our papers and revise to increase variety.
* Worked on our research papers and read out books

Homework: J Read your book and do the jobs and work on your research papers

Reminders: Next draft is due on May 17th


Recorded by: Matt E.

Figurative language in the novel & your paper

Bellwork: On a sheet of paper find five examples of Imagery and five examples of Figurative language (metaphors/similes/hyperbole) out of your book either the Power Of One or Nervous Conditions.

Class Activities:
* Revise Rough draft #2 to have imagery and or figurative language. Have a partner go over your paper someone you have not already worked with on this paper. Get feedback & have them sign off! (I statements)
* Work time

Homework: J Reading, jobs and writing.

Reminders Lit. circle jobs due tomorrow.


Recorded by: Tynesha G.

Quiz & Revise draft #1

Class Activities:
* We took the Quiz on The Power Of One #1
* We worked on our rough drafts. We had a partner go through it mark it up according to the directions. We also filled out a paper for Mrs. Gilbert

Homework: For homework you have to read chapter 8 through chapter 10.5 and do jobs. Work on Rough Draft #2

Reminders: Rough Draft #2 Due on Tuesday.

Recorded by: Chris E.

Novel characters & prep for RD tomorrow

Bellwork:
The Power Of One character activity: Pick a character, draw a picture, give 3 quotes to describe them (from the book), and describe their personality in your own words. Post around the classroom and discuss. (Be ready for a quiz tomorrow)

Class Activities:
* Review rough draft requirements.
* Work Time

Homework: Reading, Jobs, and finish rough draft #1

Recorded by: Mary LaF.

Using quotes (and not smelly fish) in your papers

Bellwork:
On a scrap piece of paper write 1-2 sentences about an actor/singer/band/something you REALLY dislike. Be emphatic in your language but not profane. Underneath it, make up a works cited entry for it with yourself as the author. We’ll use these “quotes” for practice during class.

Class Activities:
* Took notes, and worked on putting quotes in your research paper. Talk to a classmate to get notes. Talk to Mrs. Gilbert about any questions you have!
* Work time

Homework:
Reading, Jobs, and Rough Draft!

Reminders:
Rough Draft #1 is due Friday

Recorded by: Stephanie C.

Revisit your Thesis

BW: Time to finish jobs for novel & then get in lit. circles to discuss.

Class Activities:
*Revise thesis & share.
*Work on rough draft and/or reading.

Homwork: Read next chapter, do job & continue work on RD due Friday.

Reminder: Expect pop quizzes in the future!

More on citation, masks

Bellwork: Citation, take notes on what a quote looks like vs. what paraphrasing looks like. Also take notes on how to do your research notes on index cards. You will need at least 100 index cards for your research next week.

Class Activities:
* Took a look at different articles including magazine, Internet, and book articles. Then did 4 note cards on quotes and two paraphrases. Also used a blank sheet of paper for cites work rough draft.
* Worked on Masks

Homework: Get caught up on the reading of Things Fall Apart and do your jobs.

Reminders: Masks are due by tomorrow

Recorded by: Nick J.

Day of Silence, Day of Masks

Bellwork
Read the excerpt from Howard's Zinn's history textbook, pick a quote from it and write a short paragraph in reaction. Be sure to have the in-text citation and works cited entry at the end.

Class Activities
*Lit. Circles on chapters 11-15
*Mask Activity: Pick an important character from TFA. DO NOT TELL ANYONE WHO YOU PICKED. You will have 30 minutes today and 40 minutes tomorrow to create a mask that represents that character's spirit. Be sure to use colors, textures, shapes that you can justify by explaining how they tie in to the character.

Homework
Chapters 16-17 & jobs

TFA Quiz, more on citations, directions for research

Bellwork
Choose a proverb from TFA to explain on a sheet of paper. Be sure to do in-text citation and write a works cited entry at the end for the book.

Class Activities
*Quiz over TFA
*Pick up new MLA citation packet, notice all the different resources availabe for research.
*Write a research proposal letter to Mrs. Gilbert (due tomorrow) where you explain
1. What topic you have picked and why it interests you.
2. Who is your intended audience for your research paper and what purpose you have for them.
3. What types of resources do you plan to use in your research (must be more than two)
4. Do you have any questions so far?
*Looked at some of the Igbo eStorybooks and completed part of the self-evaluation on the website (#3-4 under process and #1 under Product)

Homework:
Read chapters 14-15 and do jobs


MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2004


Bellwork
Discuss chapters 7-11 in your lit. circle; Mrs. Gilbert will observe and grade discussions.

Class Activities
*Reviewed importance of citing sources (if you don't, you get a ZERO on your research paper) and that in order to cite sources you must have both an IN-TEXT citation and a WORKS CITED page. See MLA citation handout or Mrs. Gilbert for more information.
*Brainstormed topics for research paper. Topics must be long enough to write about for about 5 typed papes, but not so too big. Topics must be chosen for entertainment or persuasive purposes -- NO BORING INFORMATIONAL PAPERS ALLOWED!

Homework
Read chapters 12-13 and do jobs.

Lit. circles organization

Class Activities
*Find your new seat. Tell your group about your strengths and weaknesses in being part of a group. Play the "two lies and a truth" game.
*Learn how to do Discussion Director questions (see Lit. Jobs packet from yesterday).
*After reading chapter 7, write 5 discussion questions.
*Turn in all the jobs we've done for chapters 1-7.
*Assign jobs for the remainder of the book within your group. Everyone must do every job at least twice; no doubling up on jobs for the same chapter.
*Pick up citation worksheet which will be due at the end of tomorrow.

Homework: Read chapter 8 and do assigned job. Finish citation worksheet.

Introducing lit. circles & more on TFA

Bellwork: Illustrator- Create a drawing on one of the passages in Ch. 2

Class Activities:
* Skim through Chapter 3 and find three literary terms. Write down quote and pg.#
* Read chapter 4 & discuss with the whole class and Mrs. Gilbert about the chapter.
* We got a packet on our jobs for for each chapter.

Homework: Read chapter 5-6. One job (Illustrator, Connector, or Luminary) per chapter.

Reminders: Don’t lose the work from today because Mrs. Gilbert is collecting it tomorrow.

Recorded by: Kyle L.

Broken computers, starting Things Fall Apart

Class Activities:
* Played a game (to learn about colonialism) in the computer room because there was a problems with the computers
*We got a new book called “Things Fall Apart” and we read Chapter 1 aloud
*We made connections (in writing, to be turned in tomorrow) between the main character and the customs in the book with today.

Homework:
Read ch.2-3

Recorded by: Danielle L.

The End of JC

Bellwork: We began our wonderful day of class by predicting what we thought was going to happen next with our groups. “As a table, come up with a prediction of what is going to happen to Cassius, Brutus, Antony, and Octavius by the end of the play.” Many of the responses were very violent and involved the death of at least one of the characters, including Justin G’s very creative conclusion involving Jesus and President Bush.

Class Activities:
* We finished reading Julius Caesar as a class. Different people were assigned different parts and we just read them aloud with small interruptions to discuss what was going on in a more comprehensible way.
*We concluded class with a six-question test over the entire story. All of the questions were short-answer questions and if you read the story you wouldn’t have a problem with the test.

Homework: Rough Draft #3 is due tomorrow. We are going to be revising it in class and are going to type it up in the computer lab.

Reminders: ONLY 2 MORE DAYS LEFT UNTIL OUR 10 DAY SPRING BREAK. EVERYONE STAY SAFE AND USE SUNSCREEN.

Recorded by: Christopher L.

Final Exam Part II

Bellwork: Finished the book commercials

Class Activities: Did the second part of the final exam.

Recorded by: Tonia M.

Final Exam Part 1

Today, we did the book commercials and if you did not go today, you
must go tomorrow. We also did the mid-term essay on the literature we've read this semester.

Recorded by Mary L.