HONORS ENGLISH II WARM UPS

2014-2015

WARM UP PROCEDURES1. Warm ups will be timed. The class with the

shortest time at the end of the month will be rewarded with a “warm-up party” at the end of each month featuring snacks and wii.

2. For your daily oral language practice, rewrite the sentence, making corrections. YOU DO NOT NEED TO WRITE THE INCORRECT SENTENCE FIRST.

3. For the Diction, Syntax, and Tone warm up, answer the questions in complete sentences. You do not need to write the questeions.

4. Do everything in the appropriate box. You do not have to make up warm ups when you are absent.

DAILY ORAL LANGUAGE WARM UPS 9/8/14- Revise the following sentence: (4 skills required)

has you ever been to a audition for a play9/10/14- Revise the following sentence: (5 skills required)

were glad that sammy is on hour team this year

9/12/14- Revise the following sentence

most of my friends like to play video games but rafik and me prefer chess

9/25/14- Revise the following sentence

them kids all choosed hatchet as theyre favorite literature book

9/30/14- Revise the following sentence

we dont want nobody to here our secret

UNIT ZERO DATA Class Pre Test Average Post Test

Average

1st Block 51.5 80

2nd Block 57.6

3rd Block 59.16 85SHOUTOUTS!!!! Students with 80%!

Luke Wilkinson- 1st

Chyna Walker- 2nd

Abdu Ali- 3rd

Summer Carr-3rd

Kianna Teasley – 3rd

Anais Gonzalez- 2nd 85%!!!!

“COLLEGE” IS THE MOTIF OF TODAY’S CLASS… 1. The story of my shirt… The bracelet I made… My favorite short story I read with my

favorite professor… The Powerpoints you are about to read

yourself…

SO WHAT IS THE DEFINTION OF MOTIF?? Because I say that word A LOT!

DICTION, SYNTAX, AND TONE ASSESSMENT Read Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” Annotate using Post-It Notes Answer assessment questions.

What doesn’t get done today will be finished on Monday in AVID!

MONDAY, SEPT.15, 2014

Warm Up- Complete your UNIT ZERO assessment. Bring it to the teacher and return your book.

Begin working on your LIFE GOALS ESSAY BRAINSTORMING.

CHECK THE HOMEWORK BOARD, announcement board, and academic vocabulary board. We have a lot of great stuff coming up!

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Your typical warm-up in cancelled. You will have ten minutes to read this week’s schedule, check out the new assignments, and organize the following items:

1. Your Life Goals Essay with Brainstorming

2. Your Harrison Bergeron Assignment

3. Your Alchemist Study Guide

Set up Cornell Notes with the following Essential Question: What background information is necessary to analyze The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho?

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH 2014

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”

My Favorite Quote from Yesterday!

The most applicable quote from yesterday…

“If you start out by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work toward getting it.”

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 20141.Warm Up- 15 minutes to wrap up

yesterday’s Alchemist Notes! (Vocabulary will be passed back at this time!)

2. 5 minutes to create a BINGO board using the Alchemist Vocabulary words: scabbard-infidel

3. Power Read with continued bullet points on post it note.

4. Vocabulary Bingo!

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014Warm Up- 15 minutes Use your post it notes and main idea bullet points to

create a timeline of major events, characters, and settings in “The Alchemist.”

Draw a star next to any SHIFTS(changes) in character or setting.

ZOMG I have a Weebly!

During Reading Activity- Respond to the following questions for a shot at tomorrow’s Socratic Seminar.

1. What are some of the lessons the author wants the readers to learn? Which characters/events/setting does he use to help teach each lesson?

2. Which lesson is most applicable to your life and why?

3. How can “The Alchemist” relate to AVID?

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

1. 50 MINUTES OF READING!!!! STRAIGHT READING!!! WOOOHOOO!!!!

2. 8 Minutes- Socratic Seminar Set Up3. Socratic Seminar!!!

Socratic Seminar Expectations:Inner Circle- If I said to expand, add detail, or get

more specific, DO SO. Do not read off of your paper. This is a conversation.

Agree/Disagree/Expand on each other’s thoughts.

Outer Circle- Set up a notesheet that includes student names. Take notes on the main idea of what each student says for each question.

MEGAN MIKOLAICHK GETS MONEY Grand daughter of Immigrants

Family arrived in America in 1910 Daughter of parents who were not college educated

Was unable to go to her college of choice because of financial reasons, so she applied for scholarships.

Was the poorest kid at a “rich person college” and didn’t have a car and wasn’t able to travel with her friends.

Worked her way up from an accountant making $45,000 to the Vice President of the Panera Bread corporation.

She is a SAFE millionaire.

MEGAN MIKOLAICHIK IS SISSY!!!!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014After reflecting upon yesterday’s Socratic

Seminar I’ve decided that:1. First Block is thebomb.com. Their Socratic Seminar was the best, by far. #passion,yo

2. Third Block is getting too comfortable turning in sub-par work, and as a result, the Socratic Seminar wasn’t as good. Challenge your minds, third block!!

3. Second block… your Socratic Seminar was awesome, but I got a whole ‘nother slide for you.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 20141. FINISH “THE ALCHEMIST!!” Yaaaay!2. Give the book a rating of 1-5 stars, and

write a one-paragraph book review. Discuss characters, parts, quotes you liked/disliked. Make sure you explain WHY!!!

3. Others will be reading this, so you can create a PEN NAME if you’d like.

4. Write with style, but keep it appropriate!

5. With any extra time, work on your Study Guide.

DEAR SECOND BLOCK, I’m not talking to one of you. Not two of you, three of you, or even

four of you. I’m talking to six of you. Yes, SIX! All girls, too. So Malachi, Dorien, Vontavian, and Nigel, y’all are GOOD!

I suck at Tardy Logs, because I’ve never had to do one before. And I was talking to Ms. Sheffler yesterday about how I can get better, and she’s informed me that she’s already had to write some of you up for being tardy to class.

I was all, “What?!” When I told you guys all that stuff has to go on your college

applications, I wasn’t LYING!!! High school drama doesn’t follow you into college, but high school PAPERWORK does. What is your paperwork advertising about you?

Also, I don’t like seeing you out and about during fourth block. It’s not that YOU’RE being bad, necessarily. And really I should be yelling at your TEACHERS, not you, but there are some bad seeds out there. Some bad seeds who feed off of the pretty Honors girls. They know yall love a thug, and they know yall will do their homework. And they can tell by your half shirts that all they have to do is give you a little attention and you’re down for whatever. I’m totally going to tell your moms this weekend. Don’t get mad at me. You’ll understand why someday.

Finally, don’t ask random teachers for passes if you’re late. If you do the crime, take the time. I’m coming for them, next.

Thank you, Kristen Lyn Karazsia, a person who cares about you.

Not just your AVID teacher.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014Unit Zero: Academic Arsenal--- COMPLETEPOWER READ: “The Alchemist”--- COMPLETE

Unit One: “The Rhetoric of Literature”HOW authors build stories…

ConflictSettingThemeCharactersArchetypesDialoguesSymbolismMotifsImageryAuthor’s Purpose and Perspective

WE HAVE SEVEN ENGLISH CLASSES TO MOVE THROUGH THIS UNIT!!! We will be done around the end of October. Then on to…

“The Rhetoric of Non Fiction…” (dundundun)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 20141. Warm Up- Timed Flipped Instruction

Quiz2. Review and Add to Theme Notes3. Practice Finding Theme: TLC’s

“Waterfalls”

WITH ANY FREE TIME YOU HAVE TODAY, FILL OUT YOUR SURVEY OR THE SHEET OF PAPER ON YOUR DESK! BE SURE TO WORK IN YOUR COLUMN!___

Check the Homework Board!!!

AFTER LUNCH… FILL OUT THE THIRD BLOCK COLUMN OF

THE UNIVERSAL THEME CHART.

This will be taped to the desk on Thursday, and other students will be viewing this.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014

1. 10 Minutes of Binder Time. Review returned papers and place them in the ENGLISH section of your binder. You will have a binder check tomorrow.

2. Individual Theme Practice with the poem (15 Minutes)

3. Universal Theme Practice (5 minutes)4. Intro to Project/ACTING TROOPS!!!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014SHOUT OUT TIME FOR STUDENTS WITH As in Honors

English

MiracleSequoraMadelineDolores

LissaAyana

Taylor MitchellAnna Kierah

ShannonSummer

CassandraLauren McGee

ManikaLauryn R

KarringtonJasmine TTaylor T.Justice

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014

Number of Fs per Honors English class:Ist Block- 112nd block- 23RD Block- 0

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 20141. Video Analysis- How well did the group do at

creating their archetypes, character traits, and universal themes?

2. Cornell Notes: Essential Question: Compare and contrast SYMBOLISM and ALLEGORIES

3. Read “How Much Land Does a Man Need” by Leo Tolstoy. By the end of class on Wednesday, you must complete:

1. 1. A Plot Chart, including bulleted notes about the exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action of the story

2. 2. A Theme analysis chart, including bulleted notes about character and conflict changes, setting and symbolism, and direct statements. ALSO write 2-3 sentences explaining what you think the theme is, backing up your answer with textual evidence.

3. 3. A “homeboy” of all the MAIN CHARACTERS!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 20141. Create a “Table of Contents” of all of

your Honors English Notes from Quarter One. This will be due Thursday, November 6, 2014

2. Answer questions 1-22 on pages 402-412.

3. You MUST ANNOTATE the passages (make inferences about title and author, main idea bullet points of what’s happening, etc) and turn those in with your test.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 20141. Warm Up- Twelve minutes of “Me

Time” to organize notes for upcoming Note Check!

2. Data Discussion/Cornell Notes on How to Incorporate a Quotation

Essential Question- Based on Unit One test results, what are my strengths and weaknesses, and how can I better incorporate quotations into my writing?

3. Test Corrections

UNIT ONE DATALITERATURE AND FICTION

Number of Students in First Block who achieved mastery: 100%!! Number of Students in Second Block who achieved mastery: 99% Number of Students in Third Block who achieved mastery: 98%

Students who understood the importance of CONNECTIONS in #22:

Laurynn Rance Shali!

DO NOT CUT CORNERS!!!!*Use words from the question in your answer. RESTATE THE QUESTION IN YOUR TOPIC SENTENCE! *If you need two quotations to show a change, use two. If you run out of room, get another sheet of paper. *Explain what your quotes mean!

PROOFREAD! CAPITALIZE NAMES AND TITLES! DUHHHHHH!NEVER USE A COMMA IN PLACE OF A PERIOD!

HOW TO INTEGRATE A QUOTE You should never have a quotation

standing alone as a complete sentence, or, worse yet, as an incomplete sentence, in your writing.

There are at least three ways to integrate quotations.

1. INTRODUCE THE QUOTATION WITH A COMPLETE SENTENCE AND A COLON. Example: In "Where I Lived, and What I

Lived For," Thoreau states directly his purpose for going into the woods: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."

Our Example:

2. USE AN INTRODUCTORY OR EXPLANATORY PHRASE, BUT NOT A COMPLETE SENTENCE, SEPARATED FROM THE QUOTATION WITH A COMMA.

Example: In "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," Thoreau states directly his purpose for going into the woods when he says, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."

Our Example:

3. USE SHORT QUOTATIONS--ONLY A FEW WORDS--AS PART OF YOUR OWN SENTENCE.

Example: In "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," Thoreau states that his retreat to the woods around Walden Pond was motivated by his desire "to live deliberately" and to face only "the essential facts of life."

Example: Thoreau argues that people blindly accept "shams and delusions" as the "soundest truths," while regarding reality as "fabulous."

Our Example:

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 20141. Warm Up: Discuss most commonly-

missed questions from Unit One Test2. Partner Work: Literature/Fiction

Passage from last year’s EOC.

LET’S SEE IF WE CAN STILL REACH

MASTERY!!!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014

1. Warm Up- SPEED DEMON!!!Identify the claims of five op-ed articles in one minute or less

2. Writing Claims and their Objections

3. SERIAL!!!! Take Cornell Notes and develop your C-E-R Chain

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 20141. Warm Up: 30 MINUTES An argumentative essay uses

reason and evidence- not emotion- to take a definitive stand on a controversial or debatable issue. The essay explores two sides of a topic and proves why one side or position is the best. For this essay you will argue for or against the benefits using technology in class. You may use a chromebook.

2. 20 MINUTES IN CLASS TO COLLECT ALL OF YOUR MATERIALS THAT ARE DUE TODAY:

The TRF that was due Friday The article you got when I had a substitute

The annotated article that was due today (On Panthers or Pot)

3. PowerPoint- How to Organize and Argumentative Essay

Essential Question: Aside from Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning, what additional considerations need to be made to organize an Argumentative Essay?

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 20141. Warm Up! Introduction Paragraph Writing DrillsChoose a claim and write it at the top of your notebook paper!

Claim 1- Celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Ray Lewis, Michael Vick, and Bill Cosby should be held MORE accountable for their actions, because they are our role models. Claim 2- Celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Ray Lewis, Michael Vick, and Bill Cosby should be held to the same standards as everyday citizens when it comes to the law.Claim 3- Celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Ray Lewis, Michael Vick, and Bill Cosby should be granted a little leeway when it comes to the law, because of the joy they bring us.

2. Finish PowerPoint on Argumentative Essays3. Annotate Article as a Class4. Begin Homework

FRIDAY- C-E-R Test using Episode 3 of SerialPhilosophical Chair on Celebrity Article

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 20141. Warm Up- Create a claim2. PPT- Faulty Logic3. Practice- Faulty Logic with Class Claim4. SERIAL!

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014

1. Complete survey for Tykia’s Senior Exit2. “Harmless Fun?” Review and

Discussion3. Serial KWL and Podcast 9!

AVID WRITING CONTEST! Compose a 5 paragraph letter to either Sarah Koenig or

Adnan Syed discussing your views on the “Serial” Podcast. You can either discuss why you like it, dislike it, or offer your input as to who you think is innocent or guilty. TRY TO MAKE YOURSELF STAND OUT!!! YOU COULD BECOME A PART OF HISTORY!!

Reference specific episodes (Put the title in quotation marks) and specific facts taken from your notes.

Establish your credibility by discussing your role as an AVID student. Also be sure to include an interesting hook, a clear claim, ethos, pathos, logos, and an objection/refutation.

I will choose the top 25 letters, get them professionally polished, and send them in a portfolio. You will not be chosen without proper punctuation and specific evidence in your paragraphs.

IMPRESS YOUR AUDIENCE! This is a FORMALLLLLLLL assignment, and I will check to make

sure it is completed during Monday’s Warm Up. You will turn it in for 100 FORRMAL points regardless of if you get chosen or not.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 20141. Warm Up- On a separate sheet of

paper 15 Minutes + 10 Minute Discussion

In your packet, complete the exercise at the top of page 141

(1 a, b, e, f, )Also, complete the exercise at the

top of page 143 (1,2,4)

2. Read Over Introduction Paragraph to Rhetorical Analysis and Discuss (10 Minutes)

3. Continue Reading/Taking Notes (40 Minutes)4. Choose Article and Begin (Remainder of Class)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2014

1. Warm Up: Review Rhetorical Analysis One Pager Requirements and set up Cornell Notes

Topic: Rhetorical AnalysisEssential Question: How do you create a Rhetorical Analysis?

2. Group Read and Annotate- Rhetorical Analysis Packet

3. Create “Chapter” Notes Independently, based on packet and annotations

WEDNESDAY JANURARY 61. Nancy Dean Tone Warm Up2. Review Tone Words3. Grab Rhetorical Analysis One Pagers

and Display4. Read article5. Annotate for TONE6. Rewrite first paragraph…

THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 2015

1. Warm-Up: Semester 2 Grammar Preview

2. Continue watching President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address

3. Work on questions/prepare speech

4. 2-minute speeches!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 20151.Warm Up: FIND your MIDTERM PACKET

from the front table and fill out the LEFT COLUMN of today’s Cornell Note Sheet

I will pass back your answer sheet for you to view MOMENTARILY!

2. Video- Pranks3. REVIEW, IN DETAIL, EVERY SINGLE

QUESTION AND ANSWER FROM THE MIDTERM

4. Review Upcoming Writing Competition and Multimedia project

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 20151. Warm Up- YouTube Video- History of Black

History Month

Today’s Black History Month Focus: From Slavery to Freedom and the

Original Dis’ Track2.View YouTube Video- Overview of Slavery in America3. Read Emancipation Proclamation Together4. Intro to Frederick Douglass/Begin FD Hmwk

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015

1. Warm Up: On a sheet of paper, create a data tracker for your grammar diagnostic that looks like this:

2. Malcolm X Project Work!

Skill Number Correct

85% Mastery?

Identifying Sentences and

Fragments

_____/55

Identifying Subjects and Predicates

_____/20

Identifying Run-On Sentences

_____/20

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015

1. Warm Up: Make corrections to your presentation, based on your note card. ALSO, create a notecard with “talking points” from your slides, so you don’t READ to us!

2. Review Presentation Rubric + WHAT NOT TO DO+ Practice Presentations

3. Presentations + Notes in our Malcolm Mini Notebook!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015

1. Warm Up: Take the Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Quizzes on my WEEBLY!

www.mskhasbighair.weebly.comYou will have 25 minutes to complete both quizzes.

What you do not finish can be made up after school.

2. Discussion: Favorite lines and BIG MOMENTS from Chapters 1 and 2 of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.”

AWESOME METAPHORS: Pg. 13: “The physical downhill wasn’t as quick as the psychological.”Pg. 17 “…they began to plant the seeds of discontent.”

3. Practice with Common Core Standards R1 and R3: Making Inferences and Characterization

WHAT MAKES FOR A BETTER READ? When Joey entered the room, the all-too

familiar smell of my old dorm room floated past my nose. Girls who formerly “beefed” huddled up next to each other, not wanting to be at the table with the extra chair. Even Liza, who had been asleep for the last hour, rose from her slumber, crinkled her nose, and let out a “Phewwwww.” Joey scratched the back of his neck, brushed the flakes off of his shoulders, and began his quiz. “Please don’t have a question. Please don’t have a question,” I repeated to myself until he turned in his crinkled paper that now donned a weird green streak at the top.

OR…

That student is gross.

WHY??!?!!You got to use your BRAIN and make an

INFERENCE about a CHARACTER!!!

If authors came out and told you everything, we’d never read. And if we never read, we’d be dumb. And if we’re dumb, then Santa will be sad. And no one will live happily ever after.

So authors SHOW you characters by what they say, what they do, what OTHERS say, and what OTHERS do.

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015 1ST BLOCK

1. Review new HOMEWORK SCHEDULE for FIRST BLOCK!

Monday’s Homework: Chapters 6,7,8,9Tuesday’s Homework: NONE! It’s a Half Day!

Wednesday- Read Chapter 10 in class, Homework: 11, 12Thursday Read 13 in class, Homework: Chapter 14

Friday’s Homework: Read Chapter 15, 16, 17Monday FUNDAY’s Homework: Read Chapter 18

Tuesday- Read chapter 19 in class, Homework: Read first ½ of Epilogue (up to 3rd paragraph on page 450)

2. Win, Lose, or Draw! (Imagery in Chapter 5)

3. Finish Quizzes (Chapters 3 and 4, 5) PS: It’s not a complete sentence if I CANNOT TELL WHAT THE QUESTION IS!

LINDY HOP DIRECTIONS AND DANCE DUE WEDNESDAY!!!

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015 2ND AND 3RD 1. Warm Up: Huddle Up and CHAT!2. Socratic Seminar- Chapters 6,7,8,9 Quiz!

Each group has a leader. The leader reads the quiz question.Every person offers his/her opinion on the

question.THE LEADER MUST GO AROUND THE

CIRCLE AND ASK EVERYONE FOR INPUT.The group decides on an answer together

or individually, and writes it individually.Two of your answers need to reflect 2 of the 3 grammar rules we discussed earlier in class.

3. Lindy Hop Performances!

HUDDLE UP SLIDE ONE

Malcolm Little Detroit Red Malcolm X

El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz

What do these words mean to you? What predictions can you make from them?

HUDDLE UP SLIDE TWOIn the FIFTH paragraph on page 115, the author has some pretty nifty sentences.

He utilized three grammar rules. With your huddle, figure out what they are…

HINTThey have to do with…

COMMAS

COLONS

SEMI-COLONS

THE RULES COMMAS- Surround words you can take out of a sentence

with commas. Usually these words are adding information about the subject.

Ms. K, who died her hair teal last night, is cool.

COLONS- Use a colon when you are about to give information about the topic before the colon.

I have several things to get at the store: hair spray, flexi rods, and mouse.

SEMI-COLONS- Use a semi colon to add another independent clause about the independent clause before the semi colon.

“The Autobiography of Malcolm X” is a complex read; I highly recommend that my students use Spark Notes to help with assignments.

HUDDLE UP SLIDE THREE“For four years, up to that point, I’d been lucky enough, or slick enough,

to escape jail, or even getting arrested. Or any serious trouble. But I knew that any minute now

something had to give.” -Page 135 “Trapped”

Discuss the trouble that Detroit Red faced in these chapters, how it all came closing in on him, and what he did about it.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 20151. Warm Up- AVID Fishbowl Speeches

Draw a term out of the bowl. If you can talk about it eloquently for 45 seconds to a minute, you’ll get a Jolly Rancher or a Starburst

Speaking eloquently means: you know what you’re talking about, you don’t fumble over your words, and you take it seriously.

You’ll have 30 seconds to think before you begin!

SILENT MOVIES!With your acting troop, reenact a scene from the book so far, but it must be done SILENTLY.

You must:Use PropsUse ALMOST everyone in the group. (One person can be in charge of “backstage” AKA making the props)Not talk, laugh, or make any kind of noise.

You can:Use the classroom, the hallway QUIETLY, my classroom annex QUIETLY, or outside.

You will:Get 100/100 if the class can: guess who everyone is, the place, and the sceneGet 80/100 if the class can guess who most people are and the sceneGet 70/100 if the class can guess only parts of the movie.

THIS WILL BE FILMED IN BLACK AND WHITE!

MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015HONORS ENGLISH II

1. Warm Up: Fill in the guided note sheet using the Julius Caesar PowerPoint located on my Weebly!

2. Intro to Shakespeare: Brief and Naughty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oPe7tG0vYs

3. Finish ALL Malcolm X Quizzes ! Who is staying for the Pizza Party after school?

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 20151. Warm Up: Shakespeare Breakdown! What

would Brutus say today? 2. Finish Act I, scenes ii and iii with the

MODERN TEXT.

RESPOND TO MY BEEPS! WHY DO I STOP?

3. Read a scene from Act I in Elizabethan English

4. Work on Act I graphic organizer

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015HONORS ENGLISH II

1. 1st Block Warm Up: Act I discussion only2nd and 3rd: Interpret Brutus’ monologues AND discuss Act I

2. “Cornell Up” Julius Caesar Information Sheet (To be turned in at the end of class)

3. Create a six-frame COMIC STRIP depicting one of the THEMES from “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.” Your comic MUST CONTAIN a TRAGIC HERO!

REMEMBER! Themes are shown through changes in character, changes in conflict, symbolism, motif, and direct statements.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015

1. Daily Warm Up- Review Brutus’ plans for Antony, and WHY he wants to kill Caesar

2. Read sparknotes.com summary for Act II, scene i

3. READ Act II, scene i

FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015

1st ANNUAL AVID ROMAN DECATHALON!

Events1. Push Up Contest

2. Dramatic Reading- Antony’s reaction to seeing dead Caesar (use your phone! Act iii, scene i, page 40 beginning with “O,

pardon me…)3. Wheelbarrow Race (2 People)

4. Talent/Lip Sync Contest5. 3 Legged Race (2 People)

6. Volleyball contest7. Freestyle Battle (2 minutes with my music)

8. Poem Performance (original or previously written)9. Plank Contest

10. Shakespeare Speech (One minute to give a speech on Shakespeare and his work)

Warm Up: Decide who is doing what! Everyone from the group must go at least once.

WE WILL CROWN A CAESAR AT THE END!

MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2015HONORS ENGLISH II

1. Warm Up: Translate Marc Antony’s aside to dead Caesar

GIVE IT UP TO AVID’S CAESARS!1st Block: Tanajah and Zyah2nd Block: Summayah3rd Block: Shali

2. View the stabbing of Caesar3. Read Act III, scenes ii and iii4. Begin review notes on Ethos, Pathos,

and Logos

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015HONORS ENGLISH II

1. Mini Socratic Seminar! (Leader, read the question first, then move through the circle discussing it.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rouTCts268k2. Read ACT V!! THE END! 3. Work on Act III, IV, and V Questions…

Will it be in Socratic Seminar Form or Nah?

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015HONORS ENGLISH IITHIRD BLOCK ONLY

1. Please sit in assigned seat.2. Please get your phones out and ready

to turn into me. 3. Please read Act V of “The Tragedy of

Julius Caesar” beginning on page 1274 in your text book.

4. Complete your questionsACT III and ACT IV Questions are due

today in complete sentences. Answers not in complete sentences will not receive credit.

MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015HONORS ENGLISH II

Warm Up: Create a Poetry Notebook! Cover: Design it however you want!Inside Cover: Leave emptyFirst Page: Create a table of contents.

Please go back and update this with page numbers, assignment titles, and dates. This is expected pllllease!

Begin numbering the pages on the back of the Table of Contents. You’ll need at least 16 pages.

POEM OF THE DAY…

FOUND POEMS!Found poems take existing texts and

refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is often made from newspaper articles, street signs, graffiti, speeches, letters, or even other poems.

After spending 20 quiet minutes reading poetry from the ID Book, create a FOUND POEM that captures your IDENTITY!

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015HONORS ENGLISH II

1. Warm Up: Jennifer Hudson video… Is this the best job in the world?

2. With your group, work on your Julius Caesar test!

The answer to every question in the world is online. The point of school is learning. If you copy all of the time you’re going to be dumb.

So if I catch ANY of you ON YOUR PHONE, the best you can earn on the test is an 85%.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015HONORS ENGLISH II

Warm Up: 10 Minutes1. Create a Table of Contents on the first

WHITE PAGE of your Poetry Notebook.2. Number the pages, starting with 1 on

the BACK of the Table of Contents3. Glue your Cornell Notesheet onto

pages 1 and 2 of your poetry notebook. Fill in the essential question box with the following:

Poetry Essential Question: How are different types of poems created and how are they unique from one another?

BOTH OF THESE POEMS ARE ABOUT WRITING POETRY… BUT HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?

“Poetry and Prose” by John BeharryTraditional poetry has rhyme and metre

Which determines the way it is composed These features make it a simple matter

In distinguishing such poetry from prose A lot of writing now is in free verse

Where the main focus is on the content The thing that now really matters the most

Is true capture of the poet's intent

Some free verse strive for a sense of metre By carefully managing line layout

Some focus on painting a word picture For that's what their poetry is all about

Prose rich in sentiment and imagery

Can also be rewritten as free verse Would it then be described as prose poetry

Or should it be labelled poetic prose What new poetry forms will the future grow

It's time alone that will give the answer For poets may come and poets may go

But poetry shall continue forever

“Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins

I ask them to take a poemand hold it up to the light

like a color slideor press an ear against its hive.I say drop a mouse into a poem

and watch him probe his way out,or walk inside the poem's room

and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterskiacross the surface of a poem

waving at the author's name on the shore.

But all they want to dois tie the poem to a chair with ropeand torture a confession out of it.They begin beating it with a hose

to findout what it really means.

FREE VERSE POETRYDefinition: Poetry that does not necessarily follow a traditional rhyme or rhythm, but CAN, should the poet desire

E. E. Cummings(1894 - 1962) I Will Wade Outi will wade out

                        till my thighs are steeped in burning flowersI will take the sun in my mouthand leap into the ripe air                                       Alive                                                 with closed eyesto dash against darkness                                       in the sleeping curves of my bodyShall enter fingers of smooth masterywith chasteness of sea-girls                                            Will i complete the mystery                                            of my fleshI will rise               After a thousand yearslippingflowers             And set my teeth in the silver of the moon

FAMOUS EXAMPLES INCLUDE…A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman

A noiseless patient spider,I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated,Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.

And you O my soul where you stand,Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,Till the bridge you will need be form'd, till the ductile anchor hold,Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.

This Is Just To Sayby William Carlos Williams

I have eatenthe plumsthat were inthe icebox

and whichyou were probablysavingfor breakfast

Forgive methey were deliciousso sweetand so cold

“Nothing Can Come Between Us”2Pac

Lets not talk of money let us 4 get the world 4 a moment lets just reveal in our eternal comadery in my heart i know there will never be a day that i don't remember the times we shared u were a friend when i was at my lowest and being a friend to me was not easy or fashionable regardless of how popular I became u remain my unconditional friend unconditional in it's truest sense did u think i would forget did u for 1 moment dream that I would ignore u if so remember this from here 2 forever nothing can come between us

YOUR TURN…Analyze the given Free Verse poem and fill

out the CONCEPT BUNDLE by analyzing the poem for diction, syntax, tone, images, etc.

After about a half an hour I’ll cut off the lights, show you some clips, and hopefully you’ll write a Free Verse poem of your own on page 3 of your poetry notebook.

Feel free to model any of the poems we’ve read today.

If you can’t write your own, you can research and copy one, giving credit to the author.