Honors English Ten period 5/H. World Literature period 6

1. Continue your vocabulary work. Create ten additional sentences with our King Lear vocabulary words. This will bring you to a total of 25 sentences written.

AP English Literature Period 4

1. Carefully, read, annotate and re-read the AP student essay on the poem, "For he Looked Not Upon Her" distributed on Friday. Mark literary terms, notice the verbs the student uses. The outline the essay:
how does the student begin the essay? What is their thesis and where is it? Count how many times the student refers to the poem? How many quotes are there? This essay is a solid essay, YET it is somewhat formulaic.  Identify the formula or outline/pattern that the student followed in their essay.

AP English Literature Period 4

1. Be sure to have a total of three journals for your literature circle team meeting tomorrow.
2. Be sure to complete your role sheet. You should be nearing the end of your text for most groups if you have been reading 30-40 pages per week!
3. Bring your Anticipation Guide. We will also discuss tomorrow.

H. World Literature Period 6 H. English Ten period 5

1. Be sure to complete your literature circle roll sheet; and your journals for tomorrow's meeting your teams.
2. Be sure to define and find classes for (the noun, verb, adjective, and adverb forms) of TEN of the words that you wrote down today in class. You will also need to write a sentence with each of those ten words in the form you least likely use in your daily speech and writing.
3. After literature circle team meetings, we will work on essay revision, as well as answer close reading questions about the story of Joseph.
4. Vocabulary Quiz (on the 34 words + Biblical Stories) coming Friday!

H. World Literature Period 6/ H. English Ten period 5

1. Be sure to complete the King Lear Anticipation Guide. If you were absent, it has been uploaded to classroom handouts.
2. Watch the King Lear Powerpoint and take notes. It has been uploaded to Class Handouts.
3. Be sure to review the story of Jospeh as well as the other 2 Biblical texts and the powerpoint. Assessment is coming soon!

AP English Literature Period 4

1. Be sure to complete a SOAPS Sheet for the Poem from Friday.  Also be sure you completed questions 1-11.
2. Complete the King Lear Anticipation Guide.
3. Continue reading your Throwback Novel. Create 2 journal entries, if you like, so that you will not have to rush to do them.
4. Read as much of your literature novel as you can. In a matter of days we will begin reading a second novel!!

H. World Literature Period 6/H. English Ten period 5

1. In Class, I distributed a graphic organizer to help us synthesize several sources in preparation for our essay: To Qualify the claim that Families Are Dangerous. Complete the yellow graphic organizer. Be sure to have AT LEAST ONE QUOTE from EACH TEXT SOURCE
2. Continue reading in your literature circle text, and completing journal entries.
3. Finish reading the story of Joseph (beginning on Genesis 37, 38; 40;41-47). There is a possibility that Close Reading Questions may be posted later.
4. Quiz Monday on Biblical Stories, and rest of texts.

AP English Literature Period 4

1. Be sure to complete your role sheets for your second chunk of your Throwback novel.
2. Be sure to have an additional 3 more journal entries.  Have your journal entries ready to be stamped when you arrive.
3. Be sure to complete the rest of the questions on the Argumentative Checklist for Are Families Dangerous? (1-10)

H. English Ten p.5

1. Be sure to finish the Checklist for the Argumentative Essay Questions for "Are Families Dangerous"?
2. Be sure you have viewed the TED Talk: The Power of the Sibling Bond by Jeffrey Kluger.
3. Complete the TED Reflection Handout. If you did not get a copy, I uploaded it under Class Handouts. 
4. Be sure to complete your literature circle role sheets.
4. Be sure to complete three additional journal responses based on your chunk of reading.

H. World Literature period 6

1. Finish the remainder of the questions (checklist for argumentative essay) on "Are Families Dangerous?"
2. Write a precis/academic summary of "Are Families Dangerous" and post on your blog!!
3. Be sure to have completed an additional three journal entries regarding your non-fiction literature circle text.
4. Re-read Genesis Chapter 4 (King James Version) and Genesis Chapter 25:19 through Genesis 27:42. What do you think? What are the sources of family dysfunction within Isaac and Rebekah's family? What was to blame in this situation? List as many different types/sources of family dysfuction that you see. How is Issac's statement "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau" ironic?  What weakness does it point to in humanity?

H. English Ten period 5

Be sure to view the TED Talk, "The Power of the Sibling Bond" by Jeffrey Klugger. You can scroll down and find the link under H. World Literature period 6. You must also compelte your literature circle role sheet, dialectical journals. And a reflective journal for your viewing of the TED Talk.

AP English Literature period 4

Be sure that you are reading in your literary Throw Back novel. You should be almost finished with chunk #2. You will need a total of 4 journal entries by Thursday!
2. You will analyze Are Families Dangerous.
3. Be sure you have viewed the Ted talk by Jeffrey Klugger and completed the reflective response questions: 4 statements that you learned; 2 questions; a statement that you agree with; a statement that you disagree wtih; a statement that surprised you (etc). These questions were found on the handout that was distributed in class on Friday.

AP English Literature Period 4

1. Continue Reading and Annotating your Throwback Novel. You must have three new journal entries by Thursday.
2. Answer questions 1-5 on the Argumentative Checklist using "Are Families Dangerous" by Barbara Ehrenreich.
3. Be prepared to write an in class essay on some aspect of your throwback novel on Wednesday!

H. English Ten Period 5

1. Be sure to read your first chunk of your literature circle novel by Wednesday evening. Also, please compose three dialectical journal entries based on your reading reactions. Write a quote at the very top of the page, then answer: What does this reveal or might it predict about the character, or the setting, or a potential conflict in the story? Then respond. Your response must be a full folded page.
2. Finish questions 1-5 from the Argument Analysis Checklist using the essay, "Are Families Dangerous?"

H. World Literature Period 6

1. Continue your written response to the question: Why are families dangerous? Or If families can be dangerous, what might be some sources of the danger? Where does the danger come from?

H. World Literature P.6

1. Be sure to read your non-fiction text at least 20 pages.
2. Fully complete your literature circle role sheet. Even if on your own paper.
3. Select a meaningful quote from your non-fiction text. You will create a journal entry in class tomorrow

AP English Lit. P.4

Read both of the journal entries received. How would you score them? Use a dialectical journal rubric that you find online.  Include commentary for why you scored each journal response.  There are three entries (one is on the back).
2. Be sure to have made one journal entry for your throwback. Be sure to have read at least thirty pages or a chapter and a half of your novel.
3. Complete your literature circle role sheet and be ready to discuss upon arrival to class.
4. Bring "Are Families Dangerous?" essay to class.

H. World Literature Period 6

Consider the families referenced in the article, "Are Families Dangerous?" by Barbara Ehrenreich. Why is knowledge of each family paramount to understanding the article, and to grasping Barbara's claim?
2. Take a sheet of paper and fold into four. In one quadrant write the sentence that most surprises you.  One sentence that you most AGREE or DISAGREE with; in another quadrant create two questions. In the last quadrant, please write with whom do you identify with most and why.

AP English Literature P. 4

1. Write a one page response in which you answer the following questions:
What do each of these groups have in common?
What did I learn today, and how do these references impact my understanding of the author's argument or claim?
2. Carefully read and annotate the essay, "Are Families Dangerous?" by Barbara Ehrenreich.  Be sure to underline main idea or most important sentence in each paragraph. Consider what Barbara uses as her evidence.  We already know one of her sources--allusions to past events.
3. Be sure to borrow or check out your throw-back novel.  On Thursday you will have the first 30 pages read. Journal covers will be distributed on Wednesday, as will Literature Circle Role Sheets. Actually, they are already on the blog.
4. Last day to pay for King Lear and lit. circle book, if needed is Thursday.