WORDS OF WISDOM: "Appreciation is like an insurance policy. It has to be renewed every now and then." - Dave Mcintyre -return and go over Written Task 2- final draft due Monday for upload -What does good analysis look like? Peer review RRJ -How to incorporate literary techniques into the analysis Homework: Read chapters 11-14 (reading guide attached). For RRJ, take and idea from today's RRJ and continue writing about it or choose a new assertion to write about. Incorporate 3 literary techniques into your discussion. Make sure you write about HOW the technique is used and THE EFFECT it creates. Due Thurs.
WORDS OF WISDOM: "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." -A.A. Milne -Turn in Written Task 2- I will have these for you Tues. to revise for upload Monday, March 6 -Context groups for Atonement -Getting to depth in analysis Homework: Read chapters 7-10 of Atonement (see attached study guide), RRJ- create an assertion, write an in-depth analysis to prove it- take it as far as you can- to the point of ridiculousness if necessary :) It must be at least a page. This can be the one we started in class or a new one your create from chapters 7-10. Due Tues. EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY! We seriously need tissues! If you bring in a box, I will give you 5 points of extra credit. If you decorate the box to represent one of the novels we have read this semester, I will give you up to 10 points! I will accept these next week!
WORDS OF WISDOM: "I've endured a few knocks but missed worse. I know how lucky I am., and secretly tap wood, greet the day, and grab a sneaky pleasure from my survival at long odds." -Roger Angell -Comparison chart- fill out the rest of the boxes for East of Eden -Intro. paragraphs work- if you weren't here, come see me for the handout -Atonement- new reading schedule (attached) RRJs- there are 6 reading assignments; you only have to do 4 RRJs- 20 points each-graded -What we should be looking for in Atonement so far- character perspective chart Homework: Fill out the boxes for one of the character relationships you consider to be most important, finish Written Task 2 to turn in Friday, complete context homework to share Friday
WORDS OF WISDOM: "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." -Mark Twain -Binders turned in -Written Task 2 subject report- tips for your WRT2 (attached) -Paper 2 feedback (attached) -Atonement reading schedule and study guide (attached) -Atonement context groups (attached)- your context info. is due 2/24 -Atonement agree/disagree.....in other words, analysis! Homework: Read chapters 1-6 of Atonement- no RRJ yet...work on WT2 and context Have a great long weekend! See you Wed.
WORDS OF WISDOM: "And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you." -Ian McEwan- Atonement -work day for Written Task 2 (see attachments) Homework: Binders due Friday 2/17; bring Atonement to class Friday
WORDS OF WISDOM: "It's never too late to have a happy childhood." -Tim Robbins -Paper 1 review and practice -Written Task 2 instructions and samples (please look at the attached samples before class on Wed. You have to scroll through the cover sheet and WT1 on each of them to get to WT2. You have the scores for these samples- I also included Sample B, which we looked at in class.) Homework: Get a copy of Atonement, Binder due on Friday, be ready to work on WT 2 on Wed.
WORDS OF WISDOM: Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses. -Stephen Colbert
-Practice Paper 2- East of Eden Homework: you can get your binder together to turn in next Friday. Please secure a copy of Atonement....otherwise you have no homework! Enjoy! WORDS OF WISDOM: "Got no checkbooks, got no banks,/Still I'd like to express my thanks-/I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night." -Irving Berlin -Turned in final RRJ for East of Eden -Discussion on the ending of East of Eden -Paper 2 requirements- look at sample papers ( I have attached samples for you to check out) Homework: Prepare for a practice paper 2 for Thurs. East of Eden binders are due Monday; you need to get a copy of Atonement for next week and collect any Paper 1 notes from last year.
WORDS OF WISDOM: "Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it." -Emily Dickenson
-Instructions on what needs to be changed with your RRJs- I am looking for depth. Take the RRJ from Wed. and today and choose one to make better. Read the end of East of Eden and then write one really good, insightful, thoughtful RRJ to turn in on Tues. You also have to include context in this one. -discussion and quiz over chapters 40-49 -How to incorporate context into your Paper 2 Homework: See above- finish the book for Tues. and write me a really good RRJ |