Wednesday, February 29 , 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 54

EXAM DAY 1 of 2

WARMUP:

1. Review answers to both the Practice Exam and Study Guide
2. REMINDER: Turn in English book tomorrow
3. Knot of Cruelty: One girl’s response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENZIaXjVAc4
4. Review for your exams QUIETLY

ENGLISH homework:

Study for your exams.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 54

LAST DAY OF TRIMESTER

Cut apart and return critiques (and any scripts from Thursday)

Watched each other’s final exam/comics on computers in library

PLAYWRITING homework:

None

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 53

1.       

WARMUP:

Making Inferences About Characters  Read each description and decide whether it best fits Madame Loisel, Monsieur Loisel, or Madame Forestier. Write the name of the character the description best fits.

1. A person used to being rich and comfortable with privilege is _________________
2. A considerate person willing to make sacrifices to please someone else  _____________________________
3. A vain person filled with envy for those who are better off ____________________
4. A person comfortable with his/her station in life_____________________________
5. A self-centered person who thinks little of anyone else’s happiness_____________
6.  A person who suggests lying as a way to buy time __________________________

2.      Review Necklace specifics

3.      Look up the difference between MOOD and TONE in your Literary Terms handout

a.       Informal vs. formal tone (in our Human Footprint papers)

                                                  i.      “Don’t use that tone with me young man.”

                                                ii.      definition: The attitude a writer takes toward a subject…

b.      Mood: the emotional atmosphere that the writer creates

4.      Review fact and opinion (see PowerPoint)

5.      Introduce who/whom trick and whoever/whomever trick

a.       video

6.      Sign out test folder?

7.      Exam review

a.       Re-examined various points of view by writing 5 sentences: 1. using 1^st person 2. Using 2^nd person; 3. Using 3^rd person limited; 4 using 3^rd person objective; 5. Using 3^rd person omniscient; reviewed answers.

·         Below is a statement in the first-person point of view:

a.       We should do a better job during our student council meetings.

·         Below is the same statement in the third-person objective point of view.

a.       Student leaders should do a better job during Kilo's student council meetings.

b.      What rules govern when to underline or use “quotation marks” around titles?

                                                  i.      BIG: underlined (or italics): CD, book, movie,

                                                ii.      SMALL: quotation marks: song, chapter, scene

c.       Review definitions of antagonist vs. protagonist, main vs. minor character, round vs. flat character, dynamic vs. static character – then considered all the characters from each of the six short stories from this trimester and which categories each fit into

8.      Complete “Practice Exam” handout – then reviewed answers in class.

9.      Please take an index card and write a note of thanks to a teacher, secretary, custodian, administrator, or cafeteria staff who has done something nice for you this year. I will put them in their mailboxes. You wouldn't believe how much this will mean to them!

10.  Continue to review for exam - Quiet study time

ENGLISH homework:

Use study guide and today’s practice exam to review for final exam.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 53

Work in LAB 100 all hour on final comics

Final exam/comic due on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (worth 10% of grade):

Final Exam Comic Rubric (5 points for each category)

Character action and dialogue Landscape, props Spelling, grammar, punctuation Proper length Use of time

Actions and dialogue are well-matched and related to the scene and the connections are easy to understand Landscape and props are directly related to the purpose of the story and enhance the understanding No spelling, punctuation, or grammatical mistakes Includes at least 12 panels and 20 lines of text Used time wisely

PLAYWRITING homework:

Final exam/comic for our ending to Lucille Fletcher’s one act: “Sorry, Wrong Number” due on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (worth 10% of grade)

Monday, February 27, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 52

1. If you haven’t already, turn in classwork from Thursday (“Thank You, M’am” questions and drawings)
2. List the 5 steps of the writing process on your exam review handout (bottom of page 2)
3. Took notes and discussed the five steps of the writing process – used 5 WHO AM I riddles
4. Take PRE-test on misplaced and dangling modifiers - completed “Dangling Modifier” work and compared to “Misplaced Modifier” work.
5. Author’s purpose – see PowerPoint – identified purpose of sample paragraphs
6. Returned graded Human Footprint papers and other graded homework.
1. Sign out folders (if interested)
7. Discussed the final exam using the up Exam Review Guide - 102 multiple choice questions worth 10% of final grade – show math

• .9  x   ______tri % so far______ = A
• .1  x  ______% on exam______  = B
• A + B = final grade for trimester

                                                              i.      EXAMPLE

·         .9 x 82 = 73.8

·         .1 x 93 = 9.3

·         73.8 + 9.3 = 83.1

8. Listened to a reading of “The Necklace” from Literature book pages 348 – 358 (20 minutes)

ENGLISH homework:

Use study guide to review for exam.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 52

Work in LAB 100 all hour on final comics

Final exam/comic due on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (worth 10% of grade):

Final Exam Comic Rubric (5 points for each category)

Character action and dialogue Landscape, props Spelling, grammar, punctuation Proper length Use of time

Actions and dialogue are well-matched and related to the scene and the connections are easy to understand Landscape and props are directly related to the purpose of the story and enhance the understanding No spelling, punctuation, or grammatical mistakes Includes at least 12 panels and 20 lines of text Used time wisely

PLAYWRITING homework:

Final exam/comic for our ending to Lucille Fletcher’s one act: “Sorry, Wrong Number” due on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (worth 10% of grade)

Thursday, February 23, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 51

1. Grab a rubric from center table, then staple rubric on top of paper, outline on the back
1. Rubric, paper, outline (in that order)
2. To be collected
2. Checked homework: a chart for the 2 characters in “Thank You, Ma’am” that lists 10 direct and 10 indirect characterizations for each - 40 ITEMS TOTAL
3. Discuss “Exam Review Guide”
4. Watched 2 short videos of “Thank You, M’am”
1. Discuss what you think Roger (from “Thank You, M’am”) wanted to say (but didn’t) at the end of the story besides, “Thank you, M’am.”
5. Reviewed short story “Thank You, M’am” in Literature book pgs. 134 – 140
6. WORKING WITH A PARTNER and ON A SEPARATE PAPER:

1. Explain how the following quote relates to “Thank You, M’am”:
1. “There is within me (and it is with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty”
2. With partner: 2 PICTURES AND 2 PARAGRAPHS:
1. Draw and explain: What might have happened to Roger that created his knot? (in his past)

                                                               i.      What did he do with his knot?

                                                              ii.      What was the outcome of this?

2. Draw and explain: What’s another choice Roger could have made given the same past/background, same situation, but a different choice?

                                                               i.      What might the outcome of that have been?

3. From what point-of-view is this story told? (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rdomniscient, 3^rd limited, 3^rd objective)
4. What was Mrs. Jones’s motive in leaving the door open when she dragged Roger to her room?
5. Why does Mrs. Jones not watch Roger or watch her purse?
6. Roger decides something in the story that marks the story’s turning point.  What did he decide to do?
7. Using the text, list the details that are mentioned about the setting of Mrs. Jones’s home.
8. What does the setting of Mrs. Jones’s home tell us about the kind of person she probably is?
9. Using the text, list the details that are mentioned about Roger’s home life?
10. From what Roger tells Mrs. Jones, what can you infer about his home life?
11. Using the text, directly quote Mrs. Jones when she says something that surprises Roger.
12. What characters don’t say can be as important as what they do say.  List two points in the story when Mrs. Jones and Roger are silent
13. Using the information in question #12, explain why you think each character chose not to speak.
14. Give a specific example of an action done by Mrs. Jones that reveals one of her character traits.
15. What do you think Roger learned from the way Mrs. Jones treated him?
16. What overall impression do you have of Roger by the end of the story?
17. What is the theme of this story?
1. List three important events or details that suggest the story’s theme.

ENGLISH homework:

Use study guide to review for exam.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 51

Please get a Netbook and sign in ASAP

Watch each other’s comics on Netbooks

Read actual ending of Chekhov’s “A Marriage Proposal”

Read first page of Lucille Fletcher’s one act: “Sorry, Wrong Number” – this excerpt will serve as our impetus for our final exam/animation – more details to follow

On Netbooks, began creating 12-panel comic of our ending to “Sorry, Wrong Number” using http://www.pixton.com/

PLAYWRITING homework:

Typed comic paper and final exam/comic using http://www.pixton.com/ -  must have conflict - for our ending to Lucille Fletcher’s one act: “Sorry, Wrong Number” due next Wednesday

MID WINTER BREAK 2012

Friday, February 24

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 50

WORK KEYS 2012 – reduced schedule

WARMUP:

1. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meaning is clear:
1. He saw the deer using his binoculars.
2. Juana only has algebra three days this week.
3. Walking along the beach, a rock scraped my foot.
2. Take notes on modifers…
1. Took notes on Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers (in Writer’s Choice book pgs. 670-671)
3. Practiced fixing sentences with misplaced and dangling modifiers
4. Reviewed notes from our Literary Terms packet (Direct and Indirect Characterization)
5. Exchange papers. Using the rubric on the center table, grade your classmate’s paper, and then make any changes tonight.
1. For tomorrow, staple together:

                                                              i.      Typed paper

                                                            ii.      Handwritten outline

                                                          iii.      Rubric (copies on center table also available tomorrow)

6. Listen to “Thank You, M’am” (approx. 10 minutes) which takes place in the Harlem section of the borough of Manhattan (Literature book pgs. 134 – 140)
1. As you listen, make a chart for the 2 characters that lists 10 direct and 10 indirect characterizations for each. 40 ITEMS TOTAL – to be collected today (or Thursday)

ENGLISH homework:

For tomorrow, Thursday, staple together:

1.      Typed paper

2.      Handwritten outline

3.      Rubric (copies on center table available tomorrow)

Finish chart for the 2 characters in “Thank You, Ma’am” that lists 10 direct and 10 indirect characterizations for each. 40 ITEMS TOTAL – due Thursday

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PLAYWRITING – Day 50

If you haven’t already turned it in, collect one-page possible ending to “The Wedding” by Anton Chekhov

Return “A Marriage Proposal” endings/scripts…

Using learned format for criticism, read and critiqued each other’s play endings.

Read 4 classmates’ “A Marriage Proposal” endings/scripts…wrote 4 different  ½ page critiques following the same format as before:

1. Start positively

2. Praise specifically

3. Ask CURIOUS questions

4. Ask HELPFUL questions

COLLECTED these 4 critiques for assignment grade

PLAYWRITING homework:

Work on 3-4 panel comic at home – due Thursday using either http://www.stripgenerator.com/ or  http://www.pixton.com/ -  must have conflict – avatar must represent you personally

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 49

WARMUP:

1. We’ll take notes onto page 1 of our Human Footprint handout.
2. pick up Exam Review Guide

Worked in ON NETBOOKS the rest of the hour writing a rough draft and outline.t

Discussed final revision including:

·         Add a title to your paper (centered)

·         Must include the title of the documentary in the paper (NOT just in the title):

o   Human Footprint (2008)

·         Do NOT underline restated thesis in paragraph V.

FCAs – Focus Correction Areas

1. Typed paper avoids 1^st and 2^nd person and is NEAT and THOUGHTFULLY constructed
1. Times New Roman – 12 pt. font;
2. whole paper is double spaced (Do NOT triple space between paragraphs);
3. Name, date, hour (in header);
4. pages numbered in footer (bottom, right-hand side)
2. add 7 DIFFFERNT transitions to THE BEGINNING of sentences in your typed essay (You must circle all 7 with pen or pencil or no credit will be earned)
1. Use this website for a list: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/02/
3. 1 direct quotation from film – properly (You must BOLD IT ON COMPUTER)…
1. According to the film, “
2. According to the film Human Footprint (2008), “
4. Your thesis statement and all 3 topic sentences must be underlined (or no credit will be earned)  
1. Do NOT underline restated thesis in paragraph V.
5. Full title of film/documentary is underlined: Human Footprint (2008) – not used as title of paper
6. No use of there is, there are, there was, there were
7. No contractions or informal tone (OMG!, okay, well, etc) (ex. use “do not” instead of “don’t”; use “is not” for “isn’t” etc.)

ENGLISH homework:

Typed paper stapled to handwritten outline and the rubric from the packet due Thursday

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PLAYWRITING – Day 49

Collect one-page possible ending to “The Wedding” by Anton Chekhov

Introduce http://www.pixton.com/

Began creating a 3-4 panel comic (topic of your choice) with an avatar of YOU present

PLAYWRITING homework:

Work on comic at home using either program – due Thursday

Monday, February 20, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 48

WARMUP:

1.      Take out your handwritten outline from Friday and locate where your 3 concluding sentences will go.

2.      Next, read your topic sentence for paragraph 2 and have your doubting bully tell you he does not understand what your topic sentence means.

a.       Reword it for him. This will be your concluding sentence for paragraph 2.

3.      Use the same procedure for paragraphs 3 and 4.

4.      Write down the blog address: www.mrvanbragtonline.blogspot.com

Using this website, add 7 different transitions to THE BEGINNING of sentences in your typed essay (circle all 7 of them with a pen): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/02/

Worked in LIBRARY ON NETBOOKS/COMPUTERS the rest of the hour writing a rough draft.

ENGLISH homework:

Continue to work on your essay and its outline (due Thursday)

No vocabulary test this week.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 48

Collected homework: 10 page ending to “A Marriage Proposal” by Anton Chekhov

Go www.stripgenerator.com tutorial…then moved to computers in library and practiced

PLAYWRITING homework:

None.

Friday, February 17, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 47

1. Reviewed outlining
2. Discussed topic sentences and practiced writing topic sentences
3. Wrote most of the handwritten outline of our paper (skipping concluding sentences and all of paragraph V) – not in complete sentences.

ENGLISH homework:

None.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 47

Collect 1-page endings.

Read others’ endings aloud.

Read the actual ending to “The Boor” and compared to our endings.

Read “The Wedding” by Anton Chekhov – stopped ¾ of way through and individually, wrote out our guess of an ending – step by step by step – one-page possible ending

PLAYWRITING homework:

Continue working on our play’s ending – due date changes to Monday (10 page minimum)

Thursday, February 16, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 46

DAY 3: Human Footprint unit

1.      WARMUP: Write down the answers to the following:

A.    In one sentence, describe the main “problem” that the film Human Footprint tried to explain to us?

B.     How could this problem IMPACT you?

§  Write down 2 specific examples from your own life (that were not mentioned in the video) that illustrate your personal understanding of impact. 

C.     What is a possible solution to this problem?

§  What can be done?  Who should do what?  Why?

2.      With words, “show” one of the most interesting images/moments from the video (5 sentences).

3.      Revised “show” paragraphs by:

·         eliminating the words “you, your, you’re”

·         writing it in 3^rd  person

·         adding the word “Imagine” to the beginning of the paragraph.

4.      Combine 1A and 1C into a single statement. This will become your thesis statement. Now add on your “imagine” paragraph and presto, an opening paragraph.

5.      Hand out “Human Footprint” Task Sheet

6.      Watched 2 short news clips:

A.    Visualizing How A Population Grows To 7 Billion: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/31/141816460/visualizing-how-a-population-grows-to-7-billion

B.     Find Your Spot Among World's 7 Billion And Meet The 'Most Typical Person'

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/28/141792664/find-your-spot-among-worlds-7-billion-and-meet-the-most-typical-person?ps=rs

ENGLISH homework:

None

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PLAYWRITING – Day 46

Read “The Boor” by Anton Chekhov (“A Jest in One Act”) – stopped ¾ of way through and with a partner, wrote out a one-page possible ending – step by step by step – NOT dialogue, but rather, in paragraphs.

PLAYWRITING homework:

Continue working on our play’s ending – due date changes to Monday (10 page minimum)

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 45

DAY 2: Human Footprint unit

• WARMUP:
• After I check your puzzle and answer key (HOMEWORK), exchange them at your tables and try to solve them without the answer key.
• Discussed the “clues” in each other’s puzzles that helped us assemble them in the proper “well-organized” order

• Watched second half of documentary film Human Footprint – approx. 55 minutes

As you watch the film:

• Write down 4 direct quotations (not statistics) from the film – that you will later use in your paper.
• Write down 4 examples (statistics) from the film that show how every human being impacts the earth.

ENGLISH homework:

No vocabulary test this week.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 45

Continued writing our ending to “A Marriage Proposal” by Anton Chekhov

Go to LAB 140 – write ending of play – DAY 3

If finished with 10 pages, read about PROPER script format and make appropriate changes (time-permitting)

RE: website: http://www.playwriting101.com/ - focus on items #5 - 11.

PLAYWRITING homework:

Continue working on our play’s ending – due date changes to Monday (10 page minimum)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 44

·         WARMUP: Number a paper 1 – 9 and answer the following fill-in-blank (make your best guesses):

o   The average home has at least ____1_______ TV sets and the average American watches ____2_____ hours of TV every day which is over _____3_______ over the course of one’s lifetime sitting in front of the tube.

o   It takes ______4________ cows to feed humans in the United States (annually). Each human (in the U.S.) consumes ___5____ pints of milk a week or ____6_____ pints a month or ____7_____ pints a year. We will each consume ___8___ pints of milk per person per lifetime.

o   But milk is only a tiny part of our diet. As a nation, we eat a total of ___9___ pounds of food every day.

§  Reviewed the answers

Doubting Bully intro:

• Introduce “Doubting Bully” concept for writing where we will PROVE our assertions on a fictional person named Pinky

1. Pinky is…_____a liar_______. (Choose from list of the horrible characteristics)
2. Imagine someone right there arguing, “No, Pinky is NOT a liar.”
3. With words, prove to this bully that Pinky is a liar by telling the story about something you saw Pinky do one time that proves that Pinky is a liar.

1.      Your goal is to silence him with words.

Began Human Footprint unit DAY1

Watched half of documentary film today Human Footprint – approx. 45 - 55 minutes - http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/human_footprint

As you watch the film:

1. Write down 4 direct quotations from the film (that you will later use in your paper)
2. Write down 4 examples from the film that show how every human being impacts the earth.

After watching the video:

1. Think of 2 specific examples from your own life (that were not mentioned in the video) that illustrate your personal understanding of impact. 
2. Consider possible solutions.  What can be done?  Who should do what?  Why?

ENGLISH homework:

Due Wednesday: Having chosen your poorly written “tell” statement (see choices from Monday). Then TYPE 2 copies of a well-organized, tripled-spaced “SHOW” paragraph (of 7 sentences) and cut ONE of them apart into individual SENTENCES. Your other typed copy will serve as an answer key. Only typed copies will be accepted.

No vocabulary test this week or next.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 44

Continued writing our ending to “A Marriage Proposal” by Anton Chekhov

Go to LAB 140 – write ending of play – DAY 2

If finished with 10 pages, read about PROPER script format and make appropriate changes (time-permitting)

RE: website: http://www.playwriting101.com/ - focus on items #5 - 11.

PLAYWRITING homework:

Continue working on our play’s ending (10 page minimum)

Monday, February 13, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 43

1. On page 6 of your Literary Terms packet, study the “Methods for arranging detail” section. (Chronological order, compare, contrast, spatial order, cause and effect, order of importance)
2. Looked at 4 samples paragraphs and determined which method of arrangement was used in each and listed key words or phrases from each paragraph that justified the answer
3. Number a paper 1 – 20 and complete the first 13 sentences on the board (there, their, they’re)
4. Unscrambled Jurassic Park paragraph
5. Practiced assembling a well-organized paragraph on the “Deep Sea” as an example of what to do tonight for homework
6. Reviewed the well-organized paragraph on the “Deep Sea” as an example of what to do tonight for homework – What were the organizational “clues” that help us correctly assemble this paragraph from start to finish? Reviewed the key words and phrases that proved the method of arrangement used.
7. No vocabulary test this week.
8. Find and hang your “Cask of Amontillado” poster (if it is on the center table)
9. Chose one of the following “tell” statements to EXPAND AND ORGANIZE into a TYPED 7-sentence “show” paragraph for Wednesday’s homework: It was a special pizza. She looked old. The quarterback had a great game. I loved it. I hated it. The group sounded great. We fastened our seat belts. It was a beautiful sunset. The fisherman did very well. It used to be a mining town.

ENGLISH homework:

Due Wednesday: Having chosen your poorly written “tell” statement (see above),

TYPE 2 copies of a well-organized, tripled-spaced “SHOW” paragraph and cut ONE of them apart into individual SENTENCES. Your other typed copy will serve as an answer key.

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PLAYWRITING – Day 43

Took notes on Anton Pavlovich Chechov (1860 - 1904) - (in preparation for today’s reading and assignment): noted his 4 key plays: The Seagull, Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard

Began writing the action to action ending to “A Marriage Proposal” by Anton Chekhov

Go to LAB 100 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) – write ending of play – DAY 1

PLAYWRITING homework:

Continue working on our play’s ending (10 page minimum)