29 February 2016

Those 5 chapters


  • Poem:  "Invictus"
  • Choose one chapter from 20-24
  • choose one question from the AP questions, row 2 -- " Analysis Questions"
  • find three pieces of text to defend the rhetorical devices question
  • Read thru 28 for Thursday

24 February 2016

Voice of Maya


  • Q & A from Thompson regarding English 12
  • Bill Moyer interview of Angelou 
  • Discussion of quotes from 10-13
  • handouts:  "We wear the mask" poem; ALPacket:  read first 3 pages: "narration"
  • ch 5 of 500  questions -- if snow day, finish first 2 chunks
  • reading schedule -- ch 19 by Friday

23 February 2016

identity and voice


  • SPS 500
    • correct 4 C
    • analyze your main issues -- what are you getting wrong?
    • write on front and turn in for points
  • Caged Bird
    • review schedule and personal vocab 
    • on pg. 4 in booklet -- theme analysis
    • 5 quotes from either theme from ch 10-13
    • Begin discussion

22 February 2016

Back to a Monday. Eww.


  • Collected Chs. 1-9 questions
  • 4D and 4E questions in the AP Practice book
  • Reading time
Homework: Thru Ch. 13 by tomorrow

18 February 2016

ch 1-9


  • Caged Bird:
  • reading schedule for next week:  thru 13 by Tues; 19 by Friday
  • work on questions for 1-9 (glued into booklet) -- DUE MONDAY
    • answer 1 question for each chapter
    • analyze 1 quote per chapter (can find own or use mine)
      • if no quotes (short chapters) just answer 1 question

17 February 2016

Maya Angelou's voice


  • shore up booklets
  • add personal vocab/allusions: p 19-20 (at least 20)
  • journal on 1: listen to 60 second recap of novel, twice; take notes
  • listen to prologue, read by Angelou, take notes on p 18 about Identity
  • read -- plan on being through 9 by end of class tomo (bc of snow day, no quiz)

15 February 2016

Yay 4 day week!


  • Put analysis info. into Caged Bird booklets
  • Crafted calendar
  • Reading time
Homework: Through Chapter Nine by Thursday --There will be a quiz!

11 February 2016

'Merica


  • analyze p 137 stamp pic from txtbook
  • start making booklet for Caged Bird -- 6 pages
  • journal on page one:  "Why Does the Caged Bird Sing?"  half page

10 February 2016

Argument

Warm up -- Test A #4 MC Qs
Review  Classical, Inductive, Deductive
--Toulmin ???  Wait, what?
Discuss Stanton's argument
Read 131-137; be ready for activity on 137

09 February 2016

workgrind


  • 8:00 partner evaluate "argument 1" papers
  • turn in
  • read txtbook pkt: 111-125, annotate

08 February 2016

shortened time

first argument paper -- to be reviewed.

  • read 102-105 in 5 for 5 as review of grading
  • exchange with 2:00 partner for review.  Partner grades but doesn't share grade

05 February 2016

Goethe, or WK sounding like Stevie Nicks


  • Review packet 4 of 500 questions  -- first 2 chunks
  • present Fallacies pairs
  • first attempt at argument essay -- essay #3 on Practice Test A from Barron's workbook 
    • HW -- write the essay.  Take no more than 30 min.

04 February 2016

Week is almost over!


  • Most importantly, Trent's Mom made pancakes!
  • Chapter Four packet: First two sections read and questions answered. Need to review answers tomorrow!

02 February 2016

#sentenceprobs SYNTAX

new packet on syntax:  read and annotate, take some grammar notes

01 February 2016

SPS


  • Review MC Qs:  131-150
  • SPS -- read in Textbook chapter 3 through page 111