English 10 August 25-29

English 10
August 25-29

Monday
Open: Sheila Mant quote quiz
Book review books
Materials check
Assign essay one p. 85 Persuading through Personal Narrative
Homework: Read The Book of Sand p.44. Essay thesis due Wed. Essay due Friday

Tuesday
Open: what have you been obsessed with at one time or other?
Nintendo/TV or Movies/Computer/Sports. Go to the appropriate corner and give symptoms of the obsession. Switch and give symptoms you’ve seen of others
Discuss essays and Book of Sand
Read ATDOAPTI
Homework: thesis due tomorrow.

Block
Open: Diary
Present thesis to class
Defend thesis
Diction--Words to use in your essay. P.80
Work on essays
Homework: essays due Friday

Friday
Open: Diary
Group editing on Smart Board
Title your essays and erase your name.
Essay workshop—stations. Grammar and usage, Diction, Organization, Imagery and details, catch-all.
Homework: essays due Tuesday. Read pg.82 Travels with Charley

 

English 9 August 25-29

English 9
August 25-29

Monday
Open: ATSPTI
Writing: is killing ok?
Check binders and books
Introduce Essay 1—Narrative p.112
Read MDG p.13
Homework: read MDG and do Powerful Verbs worksheet

Tuesday
Open: Statements responses
Group work—who was the better man?
Powerful verbs. Writing techniques.
Homework: Begin essays. Due Monday

Block
Open: Read ATSPTI
Imagery Activity
MDG character/setting/plot/etc review
Poison p.81
Essay work
Homework: Essay due Monday

Friday
Open: ATSPTI
Poison group work
Homework: Essay due Monday

 

NM History Spring Final

NM History

 

Exam

 

You will give a speech on “how you are a NM.” Even if you are from Arizona, a part of you has become New Mexican simply by attending Rehoboth. After learning about various aspects of New Mexico, it is time to portray your knowledge and discover how you fit into life in New Mexico.

 

Your job: you will give a speech in which you include at least 3 different topics addressed in class. You will talk about the subject, going into detail about what you learned, and include a visual aid with your speech. Your speech should be between 4-6 minutes in length.

 

What you will turn in:

Your speech in essay form. Typed.

 

Topics learned:

 

NM Government--congress

Current Issues—debate

Water Rights—Jayne Morrison talk

Rehoboth History—Ron Polinder Talk, cemetery trip

Gallup History—Martin Link talk

Modern Gallup--downtown

The Long Walk—Hampton Sides and Harrison Henry Talk

NM Legends

Famous NM people

Route 66—brochure

Early History—webbe booklet

Lincoln County War

Government Reps and Senators

Manhattan Project, Great Depression, WWII Code Talkers

 

Types for success

 

• Practice your speech.
• Write it on note cards and make sure you don’t have to read the whole thing
• Include plenty of information from the course and show your understanding of course material

 

 

English 9 spring review

English 9 Exam         

Review Guide

 

Debate

Public forum debate structure

Resolution

Affirmative

Negative

Case

Claim

Evidence

Cross-fire

You need to know how to make a case for a resolution

 

 

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo

Juliet

Mercutio

Benvolio

Paris

Tybalt

Rosaline

Montagues

Capulets

Nurse

Friar Lawrence

Prince

 

Themes

• Love vs hate
• Power of love over life
• Impulses of youth
• Affects of gang wars

 

Modern-day adaptation on film

Shakespeare and his sonnets

5 Act play structure

Famous lines

“O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.”

“A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for sorrow will not show his head. Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardoned, and some punished; For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!

 

 

Vocab

Cunning

Vile

Unwieldy

Fie

Dramatic Irony

Situational Irony

Verbal Irony

Oxymoron

Banishment

Exile

Reconcile

Allusion

Climax

Dramatic Structure (specifically Shakespeare structure)

Symbol

Lament

Shroud

Loathsome

Protagonist

Antagonist

Haughty

Motivation

Theme

 

 

Poetry

Haiku

Metaphor

Simile

Imagery

Sonnet

Theme

Tone

Rhyme

Catalog Poem

Personification

Alliteration

Naoimi Shihab Nye

Parallel structure

Walt Whitman

Cliché

Gwen Brooks

 

Poems read in class

How to interpret a poem using overall meaning and literary devices

 

Writing

How to write an effective paragraph

How to organize an essay

Using a thesis to guide your writing

Topic sentences

Run-on sentences

Proper use of commas

Comma splice

“You” in essays

Fragments

 

 

 

English 10 spring review

English 10

Review

 

Informative speech

 

Taming of the Shrew

Characters

            Petruchio

            Katerina

            Bianca

            Lucentio

            Hortensio

            Baptista

            Grumio

            Gremio

Tranio

            Shakespeare

            Soliloquy

            Monologue

Dramatic Irony

Situational Irony

            Aside

Shrew

Fie

Wench

Forswear

Twain

Hence

Amiable

Oblivion

            5 Act structure

Themes

            Is Shakespeare sexist?

            Killing with kindness

           

Famous lines

“And will you, nill you, I will marry you.”

“Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself, to make a bondmaid and a slave of me. That I disdain. But for these other goods—unbind my hands…”

“Why came I hither but to that intent? Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? Have I not in my time heard lions roar?”

“Thus have I politicly begun my reign, And ‘tis my hope to end successfully. My ________________ now is sharp and passing empty, and till she stoop, she must not be full-gorged.”

“Thy husband is thy lord, they life, they keeper, thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee…”

 

Sonnets and their structure

 

Poetry

Literary devices

Alliteration

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Tone

Rhythm

Assonance

Connotation

Symbolism

Imagery

Rhyme

 

Poems studied

 

Authors

 

King Arthur

Lancelot

Guinevere

Merlin

Camelot

Characters

Themes (anticipation guide. Class discussion).

Sword in the Stone

Epic hero

Uther

The code of chivalry

Courtly love

Troubadors

Lady of Shalott

 

Writing

Effective thesis

Paragraphs

Essay structure

Examples

Specifics

Complete sentences

Comma splices

Run-un sentences

Fragments

Hook sentences

 

English 10 May 5-16

English 10

May 5-15

 

Monday

Finish test

Begin King Arthur

Hand out anticipation guide

Homework: read p.948-949 questions p.955

 

Tuesday

Open: what is romance? Chivalry

Sword in the stone quiz

Chivalry and Courtly Love handout

The Lady of Shalott

Troubadours and love notes

Essay p.986 due Friday, May 16

 

Block

Review chivalry and romantic love

Knights of the Round Table

Watch clips to support essay generalization:

King Arthur

Tristan and Isolde

Sword in the Stone

A Knight’s Tale

 

Read Camelot, from text

Hand back tests

 

Essay discussion:

support a generalization with detail. Thesis due Friday (Lancelot is an epic hero. Or is not. King Arthur is an epic hero, or is not. Guinevere is an epic heroine, or is not. Chivalry is dead, or is not. King Arthur is the embodiment of a “new hero.” Epic stories make the best movies. Anything from the Anticipation Guide)

 

Extra Credit essay option:

Write an essay, 1 1/2 -2 pages, analyzing a poem from one of the 100 greatest poets. Take into account literary devices used, as well as author’s reasons for writing the poem.

 

homework: essay thesis due Friday. Extra Credit essay due Monday. Read The Tale of Sir Lancelot du Lake for Friday

 

Friday 9

Open: is Arthur an example of a true hero?

Camelot and Sir Lancelot du Lake Quiz

Should Lancelot and Guinevere be punished?

Homework: essay due Friday. Extra Credit essay due Monday

 

Monday 12

First Knight

 

Tuesday

First Knight

 

Block

Finish First Knight

 

Friday

Hand in essays

Review for exam

 

Taming of the Shrew

Poetry

King Arthur

How to write an effective paragraph

How to write an effective essay

Sentence fragments

Speech

Comma splices

Essay structure

 

English 9 May 5-16

English 9

May 5-16

 

Monday

Aint I a Woman

Hope is the thing with feathers

The Road not Taken

Lucinda Matlock

Quiz to end class

Homework: Reader’s Theatre block. Poetry story due Monday.

 

Tuesday

Computer lab to prep for Block poetry

Homework: Reader’s Theatre due Block! Poetry story due Monday

 

Block

Reader’s Theatre in old church

Each group will read 6 poems in such a way to create meaning for the audience. This means they can use music, props, dress in character, read a certain way, move about the stage, or anything creative to add to the poem itself. Each group will turn in their poems.

 

Friday

Work on poetry stories in computer lab

Homework: story due Monday (not the book! Just the story part.)

 

Monday

Hand in stories—not books. We’ll work on books in class.

Work on autobiographies

Start books

 

Tuesday

Books

Revise stories

Homework: books due Block!

 

Block

Read to kindergarteners.

 

Friday

Review for exam