February 13-24

ACT TEST PREP SITE ONLINE: http://www.testprepreview.com/act_practice.htm

This a link to interactive grammar and writing quizzes. EXCELLENT SITE!!!!!!!
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm#marks

AP English

THIS IS THE LINK TO THE VOCABULARLY WORDS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21st:  http://quizlet.com/10138144/elliott-ap-language-1-flash-cards/

1.  Homework for the weekend of the 2/10/12 COMPLETE THE PACKET HANDED OUT IN CLASS ON SYNTAX AND PERSUASION.
2. THIS WEEK YOU WILL TAKE A TEST OVER EXAMPLES OF THE TERMS WITHIN THE PACKET, RESPOND IN AN ESSAY TO AN ARGUMENTATIVE PROMPT, AND ENGAGE APPEALS THROUGH SYNTAX. SPECIFICALLY YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH ETHICAL, EMOTIONAL,  LOGICAL APPEALS, DETERMINING AUDIENCE, DETERMINING AUTHOR'S PURPOSE, ARGUMENTATION, DETAIL, DICTION, CONNOTATION, DENOTATION, AND IMAGERY IN WORKS OF NONFICTION.

3. YOU WILL HAVE A PACKET TO COMPLETE ON APPEALS THROUGH SYNTAX.
4. A BRIEF MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE QUIZ (if we have time)

ENGLISH 9 HONORS

1. THIS WEEK WE WILL COMPLETE ALL ACTS OF ROMEO AND JULIET
2. WEDNESDAY: TAKE A TEST OVER LITERARY AND VOCABULARY TERMS  FROM ROMEO AND JULIET: (found at the following link) http://quizlet.com/1765739/romeo-and-juliet-acts-1-2-vocabulary-and-literary-terms-flash-cards/
3. ****next week you will be tested over the following vocabulary words: http://quizlet.com/5735962/honors-english-romeo-and-juliet-vocab-flash-cards/
4. TURN IN COMPLETED STUDY PACKET ON ACTS I, II, III, IV, V on Tuesday February 21, 2012.

ENGLISH 11

1. IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE QUESTIONS OVER FLANNERY O'CONNOR'S SHORT STORY "A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND" PLEASE DO SO AND TURN INTO ME BY THURSDAY.
2. Literary terms to know this week: Test Thursday: http://quizlet.com/5610969/final-exam-literary-terms-flash-cards/
3. Thursday: TEST OVER THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE  PAGES IN TEXT--815-867.
4. UNDERSTANDING ANALOGIES IN CLASS WORK AND HERE IS A LINK TO PRACTISE: http://www.quia.com/cb/7146.html
5. THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21ST WE WILL VIEW AND TAKE A TEST OVER SHAKESPEARE'S MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

SHAKESPEARE

1. WE WILL COMPLETE a reading  and viewing of The Merchant of Venice
2. test over the play: identification  of quotes, vocabulary, sequencing, playhouses, medieval drama

French I/II
OH FUN WE ARE STUDYING FOOD!!!!!

1. Complete all exercises assigned in class on TUESDAY FEB. 7, 2012. REVIEW EXERCISES IN CLASS
2. THE PARTITIVE, BOIRE, VOULOIR, PRENDRE (VERBS USED WITH FOOD), THE IMPERATIVE
3. FOOD DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. TEST OVER CHAPTER 6
5. PRACTICE YOUR VERB CONJUGATIONS AND GRAMMAR AT THIS INTERACTIVE LINK: http://www.realfrench.net/grammar/games.php?function=choose_single&ex=4

ALSO AT THIS WEBSITE YOU CAN WATCH PRESCHOOL TELEVISON SHOWS. THIS WILL HELP YOU ENHANCE YOUR LISTENING AND ORAL PRODUCTION SKILLS: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1CC1652CEB157D9B&feature=plcp

JANUARY 5-20

IF YOU ARE ABSENT FROM CLASS IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE BLOG AND COMPLETE YOUR ASSIGNMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


SHAKESPEARE
Welcome to the Elizabethan World Stage
We will begin our study of Shakespeare with THE MERCHANT OF VENICE bring book on Thursday to class

Buy or check out the play from a library. You must have the text by Monday January 9th.
Shakespeare is the most famous author in the English language and his work is still adapted more than that of any other writer nearly four centuries after his death. This course introduces students to Shakespeare's canon and his world, exploring the variety of literary modes and styles in which he experimented. It features a selection of Shakespeare's most celebrated dramatic and non-dramatic works, written at different stages of his career. Most texts are studied over two weeks, allowing students time to read deeply, and with consideration for the significant historical, political, religious and aesthetic contexts in which Shakespeare wrote. Ultimately, the course asks the question "Why is Shakespeare's work still relevant and important to our own age?"

Lecture links:

Characteristics of Shakespearean Drama

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HN13717PRLyBjaSmCXDgM6JKMsfbujfOA3HrTyR1RSI/edit?hl=en_US

Drama of the Middle Ages: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wd6PfM4BdtjrJTdtTk2QCMe7BdUeYWZx-Ve1Zm1kzA4/edit?hl=en_US

Lecture/discussion-Play going in 1600  *handout ANSWER QUESTIONS ON HANDOUT due 1/11/2011

        The Globe Theater--Podcast lecture    *handout
         SETTINGS IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS:   Why the Italian connection? Two of Shakespeare's tragedies are set in Venice. Why is this? Documentary film on the origin and the rise of Venice. Why the merchant of Venice?  Why not the merchant of Naples?
***IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY WE ARE VIEWING IN CLASS, YOU WILL FIND IT ON YOU TUBE UNDER "FRANCESCO'S VENICE"


*** Link to quizlet characters and their quotes (test 1/23/2012)
http://quizlet.com/8422341/merchant-of-venice-character-quotes-flash-cards/


ENGLISH 9

How much fun are we having????? You will begin the second semester by creating the narrative for a graphic novel (characterization, setting, plot). You will work with a graphic designer in the art department to create an a visual representation of your narrative. Finally you will work with Mrs. Jones multi-media class to create your online graphic novel.
Here is a link to a youtube video demonstrating the process of creating a graphic novel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83H0nQvIbeA&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Introduction to the elements of the short story: An in class reading of Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" to discern the elements of the short story that will be included in the graphic novel.

Handout: Script writing with terminology

BRING YOUR TEXT BOOKS TO CLASS. !!!!!!!!!!!!
We will begin working in the area of TECHNICAL WRITING
Chapter 12 CREATING COMPUTER GAMES (Informational and Workplace Documents)

• reading consumer documents
• following technical directions
• citing Internet sources
• analyzing functional workplace documents
• evaluating the logic of functional documents
• writing business letters
• writing the minutes of a meeting
• shareware agreements
• logical sequencing
• editing for logic and clarity

AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
Prepare for the MOCK EXAM on Saturday, January 7th, 2012

• Debriefing the Mock exam
• Developing the Argument Unit
• elements of the argument

Link to quizlet's RHETORICAL STRATEGIES AND DEVICES study: http://quizlet.com/8667806/rhetorical-strategies-literary-devices-flash-cards/

This is an excellent ppt with voice over ELEMENTS OF ARGUMENT. I will show this in class, but I have put the link up so you can review this. You must know these elements to write a strong argumentative essay:
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Beckelhimer-499766-elements-of-argument/

This is the link to the handout on Five Essential Parts of Argument that I gave out in class:
http://cnx.org/content/m17224/latest/

This link=tips for writing the AP argumentative essay:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urV2IOJP-5c&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY ON PROMPT HANDED OUT IN CLASS DUE
TUESDAY 1/17**

ENGLISH 11
UNIT--TECHNICAL WRITING
WHAT IS TECHNICAL WRITING
ABSTRACT- how to write an abstract
students read a scientific peer reviewed journal article and construct an abstract for the article.
Technical Writing Objectives Exercises--replacing vague and imprecise sentences with specific information.
Reading instructions/writing instructions

These are exercises that were assigned in class on January 12, 2012
1. Assignment due January 19, 2012
In your textbook read pages 1345-1350
On page 50 complete the exercise "PRACTICE AND APPLY"
This exercise asks you to take the information in your reading and apply this knowledge in creating a resume. THIS MUST BE TYPED AND PRINTED
THIS WILL COUNT AS A TEST GRADE, WHICH IS 50% OF YOUR GRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. Sentence Structure of Technical Writing (view this powerpoint presentation)
http://web.mit.edu/me-ugoffice/communication/technical-writing.pdf

3. TECHNICAL WRITING EXERCISES- CLASSWORK THURSDAY 1/12/12
DUE THURSDAY 1/19 *CLICK ON LINK https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g_OecWStRoITXykbICS6vk_rkb9rAr2zTfMpxDiSRoU/edit?hl=en_US


French 1/2
Oral production practice
 ir, re verbs
Unit 5
the verb faire, aller
Les sports et les passe-temps
assigned homework --p152 154 exercises 2,3,6,7
weather expressions
seasons, months
idiomatique expressions with faire and aller
sentence construction using VERB + INFINITIVE
Idiomatique expressions with faire and jouer
Homework pp 156-157 exercises 11 and 13 due Tuesday*

Vocabulaire 1 chp 5: http://quizlet.com/3561772/bien-dit-1-ch-51-flash-cards/

November 2- December 9

French I/II
Noel en France
chansons de Noel
vocabulaire de Noel
Translation from French to English
La traditions de Noel et Le Jour de l'An
Video Christmas in France
Quiz Wednesday Nov 3 vocabulary 1 chp. 4

AP Language and Composition
Modernism/Postmodernism in thought and art; society and the individual
Scholarly article to read for homework: "A Fragment of Lost Words" Narrative Ellipses in The Great Gatsby
Dorthy Parker's "Choices" and "Resume" (Poetry) Comparative literature
Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence"

Friday: Textbook pages 630-646 answer questions from  each essay
Handout: The Argumentative Essay

Myth and Legend
Charting The Hero's Journey via Lord of the Rings
Essay assigned for The Hero's Journey - Joseph Campbell's monomyth
quizlet link to study steps of the hero's journey: http://quizlet.com/7511836/heros-journey-quiz-flash-cards/

English 9 Honors
Pride and Prejudice-read assigned chapters
Be prepared for reading checks(pop quizzes)
Essay assigned --due date Monday Nov 5th

English 11
Of Mice and Men
Group activity--Debate George's culpability, Curley's wife's, Lennies
essay assigned due Monday  December 5.
Complete film with discussion










`

November 14-22

I LOVE MY WONDERFUL STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ENGLISH 11
We will be studying John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. This is a complicated narrative that focuses on the struggle within the human experience. How do we, as humans, navigate the difficulties of determining what is the "good." Additionally, the work asks us to examine the marginalized within society because of handicaps, sex, age, and race. To read the novel as a simplistic work about friendship only is to ignore the deeper comments Steinbeck wishes to make about American mores and values and the larger notion of the impossibility of achieving the American Dream for those marginalized within society.
We will examine theme, symbolism, motifs, and language in the work. A study guide will be given out in class. Groups will be assigned to discuss particular chapters. This is your class and I am looking for a deeper participation and literary discussion by lead by each group. Morals/Lessons/Applications:

On a structural level we will examine Robert Burns poem, "Ode to a Mouse." We will examine archaic language, mood, and tone within the poem.
Graphic organizer of the plot structure
Characterization
Analogies
Vocabulary

These are some overarching ideas from the text that should be discussed with the class:

• People need others to talk to to survive. (Crooks' statement about needing someone or going crazy, the attachment of Crooks and Candy to the dream Lennie and George share, Curley's wife seduction of the ranch hands as a buffer against loneliness)
• A man's ability to dream is directly attached to having someone to share the dream with. (George lets go of the dream after Lennie is killed.)
• Sometimes, even though it's not what you want, you have to do what's best for you and those you love. (George shoots his best friend, Lennie so that Lennie can escape a brutal lynching.)

THE FINAL TEST WILL BE ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 21st

FRENCH I/II
We will begin and complete work in chapter 4 of your textbook
This is the link to vocabulary words for this chapter:
vocab 1: http://quizlet.com/2090111/bien-dit-1-chapitre-41-flash-cards/
vocab 2: http://quizlet.com/6786422/bien-dit-1-chapt-4-vocab-2-exprimons-nous-flash-cards/

Myth and Legend
Complete the text of Dracula.
You will have your test on Dracula this week.
We will begin Norse Mythology after the completion of Dracula, so bring your Edith Hamilton's Mythology to class. YOU WILL CREATE A GRAPHIC NOVEL AS YOUR FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THIS UNIT.

AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
This week we will continue our exploration of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby so bring your books to class.
ENGLISH 9 HONORS
We will complete 1984 this week and you will have the final test over this work.
you will take your vocabulary test this week on the novel as well