Sunday, May 15, 2011

CST Week

 CST Week
Class Work
Homework
Monday




CST Prep
Syntax Review
Clauses
 CST Prep
Read the Ballad of Birmngham by Dudly Randall pp. 214-218
Do pp. 218
1-9
Tuesday
CST NO Class

Draft 1 Constructed Response pp. 218  Compare and Contrast Randall’s Ballad with Randall’s Historical Account
Wednesday
Draft 1 Constructed Response pp. 218  Compare and Contrast Randall’s Ballad with Randall’s Historical Account
 Draft 2 Constructed Response Page 218
Thursday
No Class
 Draft 2 Compare and Contrast Randall Branch Ballad with Historical Account
*

Friday


 Peer Review
 Final Draft due

Monday, May 9, 2011

Week Before CSTs

Week Before CST
Class Work
Homework
Monday

Turn in Syllabus
the following Monday 
for 100 points
Extra credit if
and only if you have completed all assignments!
RE-Read The Gift by Li-Young Lee
Free Verse-poetry that does not adhere to strict patterns of Rhyme and meter. Pp. 245-247

Syntax Review
Clauses
 CST Prep
Quiz on drama and Literary element Academic Language
Read the Ballad of Birmngham by Dudly Randall pp. 214-218
Do pp. 218
1-9
Tuesday
Poetry Analysis Terms Review
Correct 1-9 pp. 218

Clauses
Study for Poetry Terms Quiz
Draft 1 Constructed Response pp. 218  Compare and Contrast Randall’s Ballad with Randall’s Historical Account
Wednesday
Draft 2 Constructed Response Page 218
Draft 2 Draft 2 Constructed Response Page 218
Thursday
Universal Theme Review
 Final Draft of Compare and Contrast Randall Branch Ballad with Historical Account*

Friday


 CST PREP
 STudy For Exam
TBA



Sunday, May 1, 2011

CST Review

Poetry Review

Introduction to poetic terms

Week 11


Week 11
CST PREP
Class Work
Homework
Monday

Turn in Syllabus
the following Monday 
for 100 points
Extra credit if
and only if you have completed all assignments!
Prefix and Drama Terms Quiz

Clauses- Grammar

Peer Review


 Draft 2 of essay on Volar due.
Submit to Turnitin.com or 
type triple space and place in Inbox. ( 500 Points)
How does the historical context, author’s heritage, and literary elements convey the theme?

Tuesday
Grammar:
Clauses
Correct Barefoot in the Park pp.225
Read pp. 194
High light and annotate
Do questions 1-7 page 195
Wednesday
Read Salvador Late or Early pp. 196
Do Activities 1-8 pp. 197
Thursday
Read P. 198
Papa who wakes up in the Dark and Those Winter Sundays
Grammar Clauses
 Do Activities 1-8 pp. 199
*

Friday


Read The Gift by Li-Young Lee
Free Verse-poetry that does not adhere to strict patterns of Rhyme and meter. Pp. 245-247
Do Exercise 1-11 pp. 248 and Constructed Response (Both parts)*.   Write a free-verse poem pp. 248 Constructed response
.   B. Analyze the free verse



Sunday, April 24, 2011

Week after Spring Break Beginning of CST Prep


Week after Spring Break
Class Work
Homework
Monday

Turn in Syllabus
the following Monday 
for 100 points
Extra credit if
and only if you have completed all assignments!
Review Quiz

Review Grammar

Read pages 219-221

And Introduction to Drama

 Re read pp. 219-221
Study for quiz on boldface terms



Tuesday
Quiz on Academic Language of Drama
Terms
Read Barefoot in the Park  Pp.222 -224
Do page 225
1-8


Wednesday
Correct page 225 1-8
 Read pages 200-202
Also Bio of Judith Ortiz Cofer on page 210

Highlight and Annotate*

Thursday
Historical setting/lens/period

Biographical lens

The theme of a literary work is often related to the historical period in which the writer is living.
 Read PP. 203-212

Do Activities 1-7 pp. 213*

Friday


Constructed Response Essay
Show how the author uses the literary elements to convey the theme of Volar.  Analyze the historical context.
Finish Essay on Volar*



Sunday, April 10, 2011

Week 9


Week 9
Class Work
Homework
Monday

Turn in Syllabus
the following Monday 
for 100 points
Extra credit if
and only if you have completed all assignments!
Peer Review of Compare and Contrast
Poem and Short Story.
Make sure you think about the author’s use of literary elements to convey/develop the theme of the work.

Convey
Develop
Suggest
Express
Communicate
Articulate
Get across
Propose
advocate

 2nd Draft due Thursday  to Turnitin.com

Read pp. 239-242
Tuesday
Review pp. 83  and 84 of text
Style-a way a writer uses language
Diction- key word choice
Exaggeration-overstatement
Hyperbole- use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device/figure of speech used to persuade.
Read Codes of Conduct pp. 85-88
Highlight and Annotate
Rhetorical devices



Wednesday
Do pp. 90 and 91
 Read 91-95
Highlight and Annotate*

Essay due to turnitin.com
Thursday
Irony: Not what we expect
Verbal irony-when someone says one thing but means another
Situational irony-an event contrary to what we expected
Dramatic irony-when we know what is in store for a character byt the character does not.
 Redo pp. 100-101*

Friday


Timed Reflection Essay

Finish Bless Me Ultima and Complete All Questions
Study for CST Exam-complete packet
*

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Week 8

Week 8
Class Work
Monday

Turn in Syllabus
the following Monday 
for 100 points
Extra credit if
and only if you have completed all assignments!
Introduction to Analysis of Poem: Read PP.236- 237
In Purple Book.

Handout: Literary Analysis
Compare and Contrast two texts
For example: Compare and Contrast A short Story and a Poem.

How do the authors use the literary elements to convey the theme?

Tuesday
Complete 2 body paragraphs of template
Focus: Figurative Language
Simile-compares two unlike things by using a word such as like or as.
Metaphor-compares two unlike things directly. Something is something else.
Something was something else.
Personification-a type of metaphor in which an object, animal, or idea is talked about as if it were human.

Wednesday
Complete Body Paragraphs 5 and 6

Focus is on types of conflict.
Internal
External
Thursday
Complete Conclusion
Friday


Analysis of a Poem
Speaker- the voice talking in the poem; the narrator of the poem (not necessarily the poet)
Theme: the meaning or the main idea; usually an insight into human nature
Tone-author’s attitude towards the subject
Diction-author’s choice of words
Sound Devices-rhythm, rhyme, repetition