Friday, December 16, 2011

Siddhartha test
Turn in packet over Siddhartha, complete sentences only.

Mark, discuss, hand in “Not waving, but drowning”, page 1338
Summary, theme, connection, (author’s skills if needed).See prior post for the actual poem.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Keep the last two pages of the Siddhartha packet after we finish testing over Siddhartha. We will still need the world view questions. the Graduation letter directions you still need for the end of the quarter, and if you want the directions for the extra credit quotes assignment, keep that.

Page 3-4 of packet, more info on Buddha.

Not waving, but drowning, page 1338
Stevie Smith - Not Waving But Drowning
Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.

Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.

Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.




Summary, theme, connection, (author’s skills if needed). Write full page.

Siddhartha: Chapter 11, 12. We then reviewed for the test. See notes at bottom of this post.

Reminder:
On-line text, check blog
Friday, 12-16 Siddhartha Final test and packet due.

Review notes:
Refers to the divine within each individual
Siddhartha’s closest friend throughout Part 1
Ascetic groups name Sidd joins
Buddha’s real name
Siddhartha’s courtesan lady
Sidd’s merchant teacher- his name means what?
Three great skills of Sidd.
Cycle of birth/ death.
Sidd’s obsession during hedonist period.
Sidd’s rower friend.
Son is shamed by Sidd’s what?
Buddha’s father showed him the world
Hesse won what award?
Nirvana (nibbana)
Devadatta


Which beliefs are associated with each of these?

Most American of philosophies (pragmatism)
Material things only exist. (materialism)
(not enough evidence to know if there is a god) agnostism
Denial of knowledge and values (nihilism)
Things will not turn out well (pessimism)
People are programmed to act a certain way. (Determinism)
Must create meaning (existentialism)
Maximize pleasure (hedonism)

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Mark and turn in “Desiderata” half page was due today. For tomorrow, add a half a page with the parody “Deteriorata”.
Check out the extra credit in your Siddhartha packet. It is due in January.

Siddhartha: Chapter 9, 10

Reminder:
On-line text, check blog
Friday, 12-16 Siddhartha final and packet.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

“Desiderata” half page was due today. For tomorrow, add a half a page with the parody “Deteriorata”. This will all be turned in tomorrow.

Ism match up. Exercise.

Siddhartha: Chapter 9

Reminder:
On-line text, check blog
Friday, 12-16 Siddhartha final and packet.


Deteriorata! The following poem was not found in an old Baltimore church:
You are a fluke
Of the universe.
You have no right to be here.....
Deteriorata! Deteriorata!
Go placidly
Amid the noise and waste.
And remember what comfort there may be
In owning a piece thereof.
Avoid quiet and passive persons
Unless you are in need of sleep.
Ro-tate your tires.
Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself
And heed well their advice,
Even though they be turkeys.
Know what to kiss.....and when!
Consider that two wrongs never make a right
But that THREE.........do.
Wherever possible, put people on hold.
Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment
And despite the changing fortunes of time,
There is always a big future in computer main-te-nance.
Chorus
You are a fluke
Of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not
The universe is laughing behind your back.
Remember the Pueblo.
Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle and mu-ti-late.
Know yourself.
If you need help, call the FBI.
Exercise caution in your daily affairs,
Especially with those persons closest to you.
That lemon on your left, for instance.
Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
Would scarcely get your feet wet.
Fall not in love therefore;
It will stick to your face.
Gracefully surrender the things of youth:
The birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan
And let not the sands of time
Get in your lunch.
Hire people with hooks.
For a good time call 606-4311;
Ask for "Ken."
Take heart amid the deepening gloom
That your dog is finally getting enough cheese.
And reflect that whatever misfortune may be your lot
It could only be worse in Milwaukee.
Chorus
You are a fluke. . .
Therefore, make peace with your god
Whatever you conceive him to be---
Hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin.
With all its hopes, dreams, promises and urban renewal
The world continues to deteriorate.
GIVE UP!
Reprise
You are a fluke. . .


Performed by National Lampoon on "National Lampoon Radio Dinner," a 1972 recording by Blue Thumb Records. Lyrics by Tony Hendra.

Monday, December 12, 2011

For Tuesday, write half a page on any connections you have to any of the words of Desiderata. If you find particular words inspiring, tell which words and show why they are inspiring.

The Original
Desiderata


Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world in full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is: many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.


Often attributed as "Found in Old Saint Paul's Church, Baltimore: Dated 1692."
Actually, Desiderata was written in 1927 by an obscure Indiana lawyer and poet named Max Ehrmann. Sources include: The Washington Post, November 27, 1977.

Read about the author Herman Hesse from inside the back cover blurb.

Siddhartha: Chapter 7, 8. We read 7 aloud in class, and you read 8 at home if you didn't finish it on your own in class.



Reminder:
The entire book Siddhartha is on the internet.
http://www.enotes.com/siddhartha-text/river
Friday, 12-16 Siddhartha final

Friday, December 9, 2011

“Om” from packet.

Watch about Buddha on Netflicks, narrated by Richard Gere. We watched :44 of the show.

Siddhartha: Chapter 6 We read in class.


Reminder:
If you don't have the book, the entire text is online at the following website:
http://www.online-literature.com/hesse/siddhartha/

On-line text

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Proofreading page 21

Take a look at Atman, Brahman, and Brahim, and “Om” from your packet.

Siddhartha: Chapter 5
read in class or finish at home

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Lit term: practice all of the terms.

Outside reading books. Participation point for showing me.


Proofreading page 19

Siddhartha; review chapter two, questions. Chapter 3, 4. We read 3 aloud, and then some read 4 quietly.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

http://www.online-literature.com/hesse/siddhartha/

All of the book Siddhartha is online at the above site.


Proofreading page 17, 50-52

Ppt on Siddhartha, Buddhism.

Siddhartha; review chapter one. Chapter 2 in class, finish two at home.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Lit term: tone, tragedy, universality. These are our final lite terms. We will study some in cass, but you will need to study some on your own.

Proofreading page 15, 43-45

Stranger final AND packet is due. Minus ten points per day late.

Pick up Siddhartha ch 1 Read this chapter for tomorrow.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Lit term: symbol, theme

Proofreading page 13, 37-39

Write out your own ideas to questions 21, 24, 28 from packet

Mark, discuss, hand in “A Man” “ A Man Said to the Universe”.
Two poems. ¶1 = life outlook of poem 1. ¶2 = life outlook of poem 2 ¶3= Comparison between or connections with either poem.


Reading time?


Reminder:
Monday 12-5, Stranger final test AND packet due.
Monday 12-5 checking out Siddhartha

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Lit term: setting, simile, suspense

Proofreading exercises

Write out your own ideas to questions 21, 24, 28 from packet


“A Man” “ A Man Said to the Universe”.
A Man

Poem 1 by Nina Cassian
Translated by Roy Macgregor-Hastie

While fighting for his country, he lost an arm
and was suddenly afraid:
"From now on, I shall only be able to do things by halves.
I shall reap half a harvest.
I shall be able to play either the tune
or the accompaniment on the piano,
but never both parts together.
I shall be able to bang with only one fist
on doors, and worst of all
I shall only be able to half hold
my love close to me.
There will be things I cannot do at all,
applaud for example,
at shows where everyone applauds."

From that moment on, he set himself to do everything with
twice as much enthusiasm.
And where the arm had been torn away
a wing grew.




Poem 2 by Stephen Crane

A Man Said to the Universe
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”

About these two poems, write a page for tomorrow
Two poems. ¶1 = life outlook of poem 1. ¶2 = life outlook of poem 2 ¶3= Comparison between or connections with either poem.

Bring outside reading Friday.
Reminder:
Monday 12-5, Stranger final test AND packet due.
Monday 12-5 checking out Siddhartha

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Lit term: satire; As an example, we read the first four pages of Modest Proposal (582), by Jonathan Swift.

Proofreading

Write out your own ideas to questions 3, 7, 12, 17 from packet
The Stranger : Finish the book.We read all but four pages of the last chapter in class.

Bring outside reading tomorrow.

Reminder:
Monday 12-5, Stranger final test AND packet due.
Monday 12-5 checking out Siddhartha

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Lit term: restraint, rhyme scheme
"Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening" by Robert Frost.
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.


Intro from packet? Who read it? - reread intro about Camus.

Myth of Sisyphus- anyone read anything? See notes below.

Write out your own ideas to questions 3, 7, 12, 17 from packet on the back page of Stranger packet

The Stranger chapter 4 (98) of part 2

Reminder:
Tuesday 11-29 Sisyphus
Monday 12-5, Stranger final test AND packet due.
Monday 12-5 checking out Siddhartha

Sisyphus was the most cunning of mortals. Near the end of his life, when Hades approached him to take him to the underworld, Sisyphus saw that Hades had handcuffs, which were a novelty at that time. Sisyphus tricked Hades into demonstrating the handcuffs on himself. With Hades thus bound, Sisyphus lived for a time with Sisyphus in his closet. The problem became that no one could die without the Lord of the Underworld around to take them away. That doesn't sound so bad, but if no one could die, soldiers could be hacked up on the battlefield and would still show up for dinner. Sick people could be in awful pain but have no relief from death. The gods intervened and Sisyphus was forced to let Hades return to his domain.

Even then, Sisyphus was a cunning man. Before he reported to the Underworld, he asked his wife not to bury his body. When Sisyphus arrived in the Underworld, he approached Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, and told her a sad story. (Some stories state that he asked Pluto this favor.) He said that his wife should be rebuked for not burying him properly. She hadn't even put a coin under his tongue to pay Charon, the ferryman, for passage into the Underworld. Persephone agreed to let him go back to Earth. There he passed the time freely, forgetting about his agreement. Eventually the gods grabbed him and returned him to Hades to be condemned to continually roll a rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down again.

Camus wrote a book called . He uses the myth to illustrate man's futile search for the meaning in a world devoid of god, truth, and value. Camus asks if the answer is suicide. He answers with a resounding "No! Revolt!" First we have to acknowledge the absurd: Much of our life is predicated on the hope for tomorrow, yet tomorrow brings us closer to death and death is the ultimate enemy.

Monday, November 28, 2011

P 1331 “The Soldier” 1331
http://youtu.be/e6mg2qD_KaY

The Soldier


If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.

And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.



Lit term: pun


Intro from packet
The Stranger chapter 3 of part 2
Packet: Answer on another sheet and use full sentences except for the character list at the beginning.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Page 1275 in green textbook. There is no writing assignment dealing with this. We did discuss it in class.

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage. rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
and learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.




The Stranger chapter 1-2 of part 2

Packet: Answer on another sheet and use full sentences except for the character list at the beginning.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Lit terms
POV First person, third person objective, limited, and omniscient. We performed skits to illustrate the different points of view. The scenario was a family gathering or intervention.




The Stranger chapter 6
Packet: Answer on another sheet and use full sentences except for the character list at the beginning.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Bad senior essay titles

Discuss, hand in P 180 The End and the Beginning
Write a page: summary, theme, context, writer’s skills, connections due Wednesday


Camus ppt


The Stranger chapter 3-4 in class.

Packet: Answer on another sheet and use full sentences except for the character list at the beginning.

Tuesday, November 15, 2012

P 180 The End and the Beginning
Write a page: summary, theme, context, writer’s skills, connections due Wednesday



The Stranger chapter 2-3
Packet: Answer on another sheet and use full sentences except for the character list at the beginning.

Monday, November 14, 2011

P 180 The End and the Beginning (see poem below)
Write a page: summary, theme, context, writer’s skills, connections. Feel free to look up about the author and include it in the context paragraph. This is due Wednesday, not tomorrow as is usually the case.


The Stranger chapter 1 was read mostly in class. Finish the rest at home.
Packet handed out.

We discussed existentialism to introduce the concepts.



The End and the Beginning
Wislawa Szymborska

After every war
someone has to clean up.
Things won't
straighten themselves up, after all.

Someone has to push the rubble
to the side of the road,
so the corpse-filled wagons
can pass.

Someone has to get mired
in scum and ashes,
sofa springs,
splintered glass,
and bloody rags.

Someone has to drag in a girder
to prop up a wall,
Someone has to glaze a window,
rehang a door.

Photogenic it's not,
and takes years.
All the cameras have left
for another war.

We'll need the bridges back,
and new railway stations.
Sleeves will go ragged
from rolling them up.

Someone, broom in hand,
still recalls the way it was.
Someone else listens
and nods with unsevered head.
But already there are those nearby
starting to mill about
who will find it dull.

From out of the bushes
sometimes someone still unearths
rusted-out arguments
and carries them to the garbage pile.

Those who knew
what was going on here
must make way for
those who know little.
And less than little.
And finally as little as nothing.

In the grass that has overgrown
causes and effects,
someone must be stretched out
blade of grass in his mouth
gazing at the clouds.



from Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska, 2001
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, NY

Copyright 2001 by Wislawa Szymborska.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Outside Reading due

Things Fall Apart final

Reminders:
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance, but it will lose 10 points LATE
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test



90’s – 8
80’s -4
70’s - -2
Alone + 2

Monday, November 7, 2011

Achebe video: We watched about ten minutes of a youtube video of Achebe at a conference. We listened to hear his voice so we could look for his voice in the book.

Sonnets memorized were performed.

Lit terms practice through 44

Review for tomorrow TFA final

Reminders:
Monday Finish sonnet memorization, any specials due.
Tuesday , 11-8, Things Fall Apart final
Tuesday, 11-8, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required.
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance, but it will lose 10 points LATE
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Friday, November 4, 2011

Sonnets for some of the class; the rest on Monday
In the computer room to do in-class, on demand lit analysis.
Lit terms quiz coming on Wednesday.

Reminders:
Monday Finish sonnet memorization, any specials due.
Tuesday , 11-8, Things Fall Apart final
Tuesday, 11-8, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required.
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance, but it will lose 10 points LATE
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Thursday, November 3, 2011

TFA read chapters 21-22-23-24-25. We finished the book and discussed the last paragraph of the book.


Reminders:
Friday , 11-4 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday Finish sonnet memorization, any specials due.
Tuesday , 11-8, Things Fall Apart final
Tuesday, 11-8, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required.
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance, but it will lose 10 points LATE
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

TFA read chapters 17-18-19-20


Reminders:
Friday , 11-4 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday Finish sonnet memorization, any specials due.
Tuesday , 11-8, Things Fall Apart final
Tuesday, 11-8, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required.
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance, but it will lose 10 points LATE
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

TFA read chapters 14-15-16

keep up with the packet. We had some date changes. Please note them below. **
.

Reminders:
Friday , 11-4 Sonnet memorization due **
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday Finish sonnet memorization, any specials due. **
Tuesday , 11-8, Things Fall Apart final **
Tuesday, 11-8, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required. **
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance, but it will lose 10 points LATE
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Monday, October 31, 2011

Lit terms: Plot, exp, rising, climax, falling, plot graph

TFA read chapters 11-12-13

Before leaving today- First 6 lines from sonnet required.

Reminders:
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required.
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Telephone conversation ( p 1157)



Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka
The price seemed reasonable, location
Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived
Off premises. Nothing remained
But self-confession. "Madam," I warned,å
"I hate a wasted journey—I am African."
Silence. Silenced transmission of
Pressurized good-breeding. Voice, when it came,
Lipstick coated, long gold rolled
Cigarette-holder pipped. Caught I was foully.
"HOW DARK?" . . . I had not misheard . . . "ARE YOU LIGHT
OR VERY DARK?" Button B, Button A.* Stench
Of rancid breath of public hide-and-speak.
Red booth. Red pillar box. Red double-tiered
Omnibus squelching tar. It was real! Shamed
By ill-mannered silence, surrender
Pushed dumbfounded to beg simplification.
Considerate she was, varying the emphasis--
"ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT?" Revelation came.
"You mean--like plain or milk chocolate?"
Her assent was clinical, crushing in its light
Impersonality. Rapidly, wave-length adjusted,
I chose. "West African sepia"--and as afterthought,
"Down in my passport." Silence for spectroscopic
Flight of fancy, till truthfulness clanged her accent
Hard on the mouthpiece. "WHAT'S THAT?" conceding
"DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS." "Like brunette."
"THAT'S DARK, ISN'T IT?" "Not altogether.
Facially, I am brunette, but, madam, you should see
The rest of me. Palm of my hand, soles of my feet
Are a peroxide blond. Friction, caused--
Foolishly, madam--by sitting down, has turned
My bottom raven black--One moment, madam!"--sensing
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap
About my ears--"Madam," I pleaded, "wouldn't you rather
See for yourself?"


TFA read chapters 9-10

Before leaving today- First 5 lines from sonnet required.

Reminders:
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required.
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Tuesday

Valediction forbidding Mourning. (341). We discussed this in class. We have no writing due:

A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNING.
by John Donne

AS virtuous men pass mildly away, 
    And whisper to their souls to go, 
Whilst some of their sad friends do say,
    "Now his breath goes," and some say, "No."                     
So let us melt, and make no noise,                                       5
    No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move ;
'Twere profanation of our joys 
    To tell the laity our love. 
Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears ;
    Men reckon what it did, and meant ;                              10
But trepidation of the spheres, 
    Though greater far, is innocent. 
Dull sublunary lovers' love 
    —Whose soul is sense—cannot admit 
Of absence, 'cause it doth remove                                     15
    The thing which elemented it. 
But we by a love so much refined,
    That ourselves know not what it is, 
Inter-assurèd of the mind, 
    Care less, eyes, lips and hands to miss.                           20
Our two souls therefore, which are one, 
    Though I must go, endure not yet 
A breach, but an expansion, 
    Like gold to aery thinness beat. 
If they be two, they are two so                                          25
    As stiff twin compasses are two ; 
Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show 
    To move, but doth, if th' other do. 
And though it in the centre sit, 
    Yet, when the other far doth roam,                                30
It leans, and hearkens after it, 
    And grows erect, as that comes home. 
Such wilt thou be to me, who must,
    Like th' other foot, obliquely run ;
Thy firmness makes my circle just,                                    35
    And makes me end where I begun. 

Memorized sonnet reminder

TFA read chapters 7-8. Seven was read in class. Eight will be read as homework. Keep up on the packet.

Before leaving today- First four lines from sonnet required.

Reminders:
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required.
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Monday, October 24, 2011

Marked, discussed, and handed in "Crossing the Bar".

TFA Read chapters 5 and 6 aloud in class. Worked on "The Second Coming," a poem in our packet. We discussed diction, imagery, summarization.

Friday, October 21,2011

“Crossing the Bar” (989) First paragraph summary, second theme, third connections or other ideas. Make it to the bottom of the page.Use at least two quotes from the text. These quotes can be as short as one word.

Memorized sonnet reminder

TFA read chapters 4-6.

Before leaving today- First three lines from sonnet required.

Reminders:
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required.
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Gramma’s Lab proofreading exercise

Memorized sonnet reminder

TFA read chapter 2 aloud and chapter 3 silently.

Before leaving today- 2 lines from sonnet required to be memorized.

Reminders:
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart packet is due. Complete sentences required.
Tuesday, 11-8 Outside reading due
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading last chance
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Gramma’s Lab proofreading exercise

Burning of Rome ( 694) in-class quiz

Memorized sonnet reminder

TFA read 2 aloud. We practiced answering some of the packet questions.


Reminders:
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading due
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Lit term: oxymoron, parable

Gramma’s Lab


Memorized sonnet reminder

TFA packet: page 3 background; We discussed the issues brought forth by this background information.

Look at page 4 glossary for first seven chapters. Page 24 is where answers start. Do not write on earlier pages .

Read chapter one of the book tonight.

Knight’s Tale (:43). We finished it.

Reminders:
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading due
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Monday, October 17, 2011

Pick up the book Things Fall Apart, from the IMC.
Hand out packet for the book. We discussed the first two pages of the packet.

We watched more of Knight's Tale.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Lit term: motif, onomatopoeia. Wow, Jordan won the onomatopoeia contest.


Groups presented these poems.

Passionate Shepherd (297) Emma
Nymph’s reply (298)
To the Virgins (301) Sean
To his coy Mistress (303) Scotty
How do I love thee (915) Matthew

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Knight’s Tale start at (:43) through

Reminders:
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading due
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Lit term: monologue/ soliloquy

Comma splice 434. We looked at run-on sentence, fused sentences, comma splice. We also did some practice on this.


Passionate Shepherd (297) Emma
Nymph’s reply (298)
To the Virgins (301) Sean
To his coy Mistress (303) Scotty
How do I love thee (915) Matthew

We will present and discuss Friday.

Knight’s Tale (:33).

Reminders:
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading due
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Canterbury Tales test

Check books for outside reading.



Sonnet memorization assignment. Teacher gave out a list of possible sonnets. Other sonnets might work but they need to be real sonnets and need to be okayed by the teacher.

Knight's Tale: We watched a portion of this film.

"At Peace" assignment from Monday was turned in after discussion.

Reminders:
Wednesday 10-12 Canterbury Tales final
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading due
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Lit term: legend, metaphor

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Mark, discuss, hand in “At Peace” Paragraph one- summary Paragraph two- theme Then fill the page. It was collected.


Review for test, which is tomorrow. It will have 50 questions worth a total of 100 points.



Reminders:
Wednesday 10-12 Canterbury Tales final
Thursday, 11-3 Sonnet memorization due
Friday, 11-4 Lit analysis on demand in computer lab.
Monday, 11-7, Things Fall Apart final
Wednesday, 11-9, Outside Reading due
Wednesday, 11-9 Lit term test

Monday, October 10, 2011

Lit term: irony, kenning

The poem "At Peace" is not discussed today. It will be discussed Tuesday and handed in then.

426-429 language book. We worked on parallel structure. We did grade the assignment.

Show outside reading books. Read for 15 minutes.

Mark, discuss, hand in “At Peace” Paragraph one- summary Paragraph two- theme Then fill the page

Canterbury Tales finish Wife of Bath tale

Review for test tomorrow. Postpone test one day so the Canterbury test is on Wednesday.

Check books for outside reading.





Reminders:
Monday 10-10 Last day for “Athlete Dying Young’ E.C,
Tuesday 10-11 CT final
Tuesday 10-11 Character chart is due at the beginning of class

Friday, October 7, 2011

Lit term hyperbole, iambic pentameter

Proofreading practice

Show outside reading books. Read for 15 minutes.

“At Peace” Paragraph one- summary Paragraph two- theme Then fill the page



At Peace- Amado Nervo

Very near my setting sun, I bless you, Life
because you gave me neither unfilled hope
nor unfair work, nor undeserved pain

Because I see at the end of my rough way
that I was the architect of my own destiny
and if I extracted the sweetness or the bitterness of things
it was because I put the sweetness or the bitterness in them
when I planted rose bushes I always harvested roses

. . . Certainly, winter is going to follow my youth
But you didn’t tell me that May was eternal

I found without a doubt long my nights of pain
But you didn’t promise me only good nights
And in exchange I had some peaceful ones

I loved, I was loved, the sun caressed my face
Life, you owe me nothing, Life, we are at peace!



Artifex vitae artifex sui Amado Nervo

Muy cerca de mi ocaso, yo te bendigo, Vida,
porque nunca me diste ni esperanza fallida,
ni trabajos injustos, ni pena inmerecida;

Porque veo al final de mi rudo camino
que yo fui el arquitecto de mi propio destino;
que si extraje la mieles o la hiel de las cosas,
fue porque en ellas puse hiel o mieles sabrosas:
cuando planté rosales coseché siempre rosas.




. . . Cierto, a mis lozanías va a seguir el invierno:
¡mas tú no me dijiste que mayo fuese eterno!

Hallé sin duda largas las noches de mis penas;
mas no me prometiste tan sólo noches buenas;
y en cambio tuve algunas santamente serenas...

Amé, fui amado, el sol acarició mi faz.
¡Vida, nada me debes! ¡Vida, estamos en paz!


Canterbury Tales 177 -189


Discuss, hand in for those who wanted to do this:
To an Athlete Dying Young (927) ¶ 1: summary; ¶ 2 theme; for rest of page you can write about form, connections, poet skills, The written part of this assignment is only for those who need to make up a P180 assignment, but all need to be involved in the discussion. Turn it in by Monday.



Reminders:
Monday 10-10 Last day for “Athlete Dying Young’ E.C,
Tuesday 10-11 CT final
Tuesday 10-11 Character chart is due at the beginning of class.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Lit term hubris

Show outside reading books


Canterbury Tales 166 physical traits=character
.. End 176 We listened to the Pardoner's Tale.


Possible bonus points:
Discuss, hand in for those who wanted to do this:
To an Athlete Dying Young (927) ¶ 1: summary; ¶ 2 theme; for rest of page you can write about form, connections, poet skills, The written part of this assignment is only for those who need to make up a P180 assignment, but all need to be involved in the discussion. Turn it in by Monday

Possible bonus points also:
Get cardboard from Mr. Dessert. Choose someone from Canterbury Tales. Draw a picture of that person, add three adjectives relevant to the character, Rate the character on a scale of 1-5 with the Knight being a 5, write a quote from the text about the person that capsulizes his/ her character.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Lit term foreshadowing, free verse

Show outside reading books

Twa Corbies (263) In class quiz.

Canterbury Tales 159. Start after the Manciple. End



Discuss, hand in for those who wanted to do this:
To an Athlete Dying Young (927) ¶ 1: summary; ¶ 2 theme; for rest of page you can write about form, connections, poet skills, The written part of this assignment is only for those who need to make up a P180 assignment, but all need to be involved in the discussion. Turn it in by Friday.

Tuesday, October 4, 2012

Lit term flasback foil

Show outside reading books

Canterbury Tales 154-159. Stop after the Manciple.



Discuss, hand in for those who wanted to do this:
To an Athlete Dying Young (927) ¶ 1: summary; ¶ 2 theme; for rest of page you can write about form, connections, poet skills, The written part of this assignment is only for those who need to make up a P180 assignment, but all need to be involved in the discussion. Turn it in by Friday.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Lit term fantasy, figure of speech

Show outside reading books



To an Athlete Dying Young (927) ¶ 1: summary; ¶ 2 theme; for rest of page you can write about form, connections, poet skills, The written part of this assignment is only for those who need to make up a P180 assignment, but all need to be involved in the discussion.


To an Athlete Dying Young A.E. Housman
THE TIME you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.

To-day, the road all runners come, 5
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.

Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay 10
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.

Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers 15
After earth has stopped the ears:

Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man. 20

So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still-defended challenge-cup.

And round that early-laurelled head 25
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl's.




Canterbury Tales, we continued through the skipper, filling out the chart of characters. Some extra credit was announced today. I have some large cardboard pieces that one might earn up to 10 bonus points for doing the following:
Draw a picture of the character. Score them from one to five on a likeability scale.
Quote a specific line that tells us a lot about that person's character. Write three adjectives that point out what type of character they have. Neatness and skill will play some part in the scoring of this extra credit.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Lit terms: epithet fable

Show outside reading books




Share in small group the incidents from yesterday's theme: Would some power give us the gift to see ourselves as others see us. Then we shared some of them with the class.

This was yesterday's assignment. Then we handed it in. P 180 “To a Louse” (843) “O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us/ To see oursels as others see us!” Write an incident that starts with this line and then describes an incident, real or fiction, that proves the value of this line.

CT
Reminders:
Thursday 29 I will add one day to the Retakes or make-up of Beowulf
Friday 9-30 Reflective essay due google docs

thursday, September 29, 2011

 

Lit term  contrast, dialogue, epic

Show outside reading books

gramma's lab: We did the proofreading exercises 1 and 2 which consisted of four sentences.

From green textbook we discussed Page 136-part of the Knight's description.

P 180 “To a Louse”  (843) “O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us/ To see oursels as others see us!” Write an incident that starts with this line and then describes an incident, real or fiction, that proves the value of this line. 

Reminders:

Thursday 29   I will add one day to the Retakes or make-up of Beowulf

Friday 9-30 Reflective essay due google docs

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Lit term: Conflict, inner and outer (Internal and external).

Mark, discuss, hand in Ozymandias (page 803 of  green senior textbook). First paragraph is short summary, next paragraph can be about irony. Other ideas to fill out the page, use any lit terms or poet’s tools.  It does need to be a full page. 

Page 136-143 Canterbury Tales Use audio cd’s (disk 2) to hear middle english recitation. 

Ms. Kendall spoke to seniors about senior plans.

Reminders:

Thursday 29   I will add one day to the Retakes or make-up of Beowulf

Friday 9-30 Reflective essay due google docs

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Lit term:  Comic relief, coming of age

Look at possible answers from “Puedo Escribir”.

discuss, look at practice 180 Tyger, Tyger (721)

Ozymandias (803) for tomorrow. First paragraph is short summary, next paragraph can be about irony. Other ideas to fill out the page, use any lit terms or poet’s tools.  It does need to be a full page. 

Ozymandias     -Percy Bysshe Shelley  1792-1822
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read,
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed,
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Reminders:

Wednesday 9-28 Retakes or make-up of Beowulf test by today.

Friday 9-30 Reflective essay due google docs

Monday, September 26, 2011

In 422, the computer lab,  first half of class. Peer edits.

Lit term:

Comic relief, coming of age

 Make sure you include at least two lines of dialogue in your reflective essay.

Reminders:

Tuesday, 9-27 Rough draft complete on Reflective Essay- hard copy or on google.docs.

Wednesday 9-28 Retakes or make-up of Beowulf test by today.

Friday 9-30 Reflective essay due google docs

Friday, September 23, 2011

In 422 all class. We worked on our reflective essays. We also opened up google docs and created a collection named (your last name, first name, 3) for example dessert, joe, 3.      The three was for the period of the day.

We will hand in Friday assignments on Monday.

Reminders:

Tuesday, 9-27 Rough draft complete on Reflective Essay.

Wednesday 9-28 Retakes or make-up of Beowulf test by today.

Friday 9-30 Reflective essay due google docs

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Lit term:

Chronological order, cliche

 

P 180 Tyger, Tyger (721) Write a full page. First short paragraph should be a literal summary. Other paragraphs can include historical context, poetic skills, connections, discussion of difficult lines, or discussion of best lines. Make sure you make it to the bottom of the page.

THE TYGER (from Songs Of Experience)

By William Blake

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

1794

Insert some dialogue into your reflective essay. Learn the rules on page  (37)

Dialogue work on a sheet handed out in class.

Check outside reading

Reminders:

Friday, 2-23 We meet in the computer lab by journalism at the beginning of class. 

Tuesday, 9-27 Rough draft complete on Reflective Essay.

Wednesday 9-28 Retakes or make-up of Beowulf test by today.

Thursday 9-29 Final on reflective essay needs to be turned in to google docs shared with me as editor.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Lit term:

characterization methods. We just reviewed them.

We discussed this poem. Some people got theirs back and the rest should tomorrow.  “Puedo Escribir” 

Essay, continue in book, (37)

Check outside reading

Reminders:

Tuesday, 9-27 Reflective Essay due.

Wednesday 9-28 Retakes or make-up of Beowulf test by today.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Lit term:

Connotation and denotation, see example of connotation in "Slowly I turn" Video at the bottom of this page.

 

Beo test

P 180 “Puedo Escribir” Write full page. First short paragraph is summary of what is literally going on. Start new paragraphs for new ideas. Poet’s skills, difficult lines, important lines, connections. Due Tuesday.

Essay, continue in book,

Check outside reading

Reminders:

Tuesday, 9-20 Beowulf final test: multiple choice.

Tuesday, 9-27 Reflective Essay due.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Lit term:  Characters: Flat, round, dynamic, static

Review characters and timeline of Beowulf (ppt)

“When You are Old (552) in class quiz. Score possible is ten. You could get a half point for each correction made.

Homework for tomorrow: P 180 “Puedo Escribir” Write full page. First short paragraph is summary of what is literally going on. Start new paragraphs for new ideas. Poet’s skills, difficult lines, important lines, connections. Due Tuesday.

"Tonight I Can Write"
By Pablo Neruda

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

Write, for example, "The night is starry
and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance."

The night wind revolves in the sky and sings.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.

Through nights like this one I held her in my arms.
I kissed her again and again under the endless sky.

She loved me, sometimes I loved her too.
How could one not have loved her great still eyes.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
To think that I do not have her. To feel that I have lost her.

To hear the immense night, still more immense without her.
And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.

What does it matter that my love could not keep her.
The night is starry and she is not with me.

This is all. In the distance someone is singing. In the distance.
My soul is not satisfied that it has lost her.

My sight tries to find her as though to bring her closer.
My heart looks for her, and she is not with me.

The same night whitening the same trees.
We, of that time, are no longer the same.

I no longer love her, that's certain, but how I loved her.
My voice tried to find the wind to touch her hearing.

Another's. She will be another's. As she was before my kisses.
Her voice, her bright body. Her infinite eyes.

I no longer love her, that's certain, but maybe I love her.
Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

Because through nights like this one I held her in my arms
my soul is not satisfied that it has lost her.

Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer
and these the last verses that I write for her.

Essay, continue in book,

Reminders:

Tuesday, 9-20 Beowulf final test: multiple choice.

Tuesday, 9-27 Reflective Essay due.