Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Monday How was your weekend?! Have out your TEWWG essay outline, draft #1 from Friday, and draft #2 for today. Homework: Final copy of TEWWG essay due tomorrow! Hard copy + Turnitin.com copy + outline, drafts, feedback & editing work Also, we will return our copies of TEWWG to the library tomorrow. Past, Present, Future Monday Tons o handouts! Writing time Peer feedback Final copy due AP Independent Novel - research & reading U3: Poetry Unit #1 U2 Life Is a Journey: TEWWG Monday Standard 3. Writing and Composition 2. Ideas, evidence, structure, and style create persuasive, academic, and technical texts for particular audiences and specific purposes 3.Standard English conventions effectively communicate to targeted audiences and purposes Objective: to write a literary analysis of the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God that addresses a specific writing prompt by identifying, analyzing, and explaining textual evidence from the novel in order to show what you know about the meaning of the work as a whole. Relevance: What we say and how we say it, our actions, our attitudes, and our appearances leave impressions on others. Essential Questions: What determines ones values? How do these values shape our lives? What is significant in developing our psychological and moral growth? What kinds of experiences lead to the discovery of self-identity? How do symbols function in our everyday world? How do they affect us? How are we defined or represented by our surroundings? What role does story play in our lives? What lessons can we (as a people) derive from stories? How can I/we apply them in ways that will transform the present situation into something better? Is a happy or resolved ending necessary in a literary work? Why or why not? What are the benefits and drawback to either? How do literary devices and stylistic techniques create purpose and meaning? How are literary devices used to create power dynamics between characters and social conventions? What role do gender and/or class have in structuring relationships? How should power in a relationship be distributed? What is happiness? Are we able to be in command of our own happiness or is it out of our control? Activity: Develop You DO Monday Purpose: to give and receive specific feedback on your essay in order to make revisions for the final copy Tasks: 1.Read your peers essay 2.Respond in writing, on the feedback sheet as well as on the draft, to the peer feedback questions and prompts Feel free to ask me questions about the paper in front of you as you work through this process 3.Meet with your peer in order to provide any oral feedback needed 4.Take a look at the AP Scoring Rubric and checklist. Questions? Outcome/Homework: Apply the peer feedback to revise for a final copy Make sure you have completed all 10 steps Homework Monday Final copy of TEWWG essay due tomorrow! Hard copy + Turnitin.com copy + outline, drafts, peer feedback & editing work During Announcements Lets go, as a class, and turn in TEWWG to the library! Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Tuesday Have out a blank sheet of paper and a pen or pencil. Write your proper heading and title the assignment: Writing Reflection Respond to the following: 1.Did you complete all portions of the writing process (outline, two drafts with self and peer editing and revisions) on time? Why or why not? 2.What was easy for you about this assignment? 3.What was most difficult? 4.What is one predicted strength of your essay? Explain. 5.What is one predicted weakness of your essay? Explain. While you are working on the above, I will be returning some items to you! Also, we will return our copies of TEWWG to the library today. Turn In Tuesday Turn in the following, stapled together in this order: 1.Writing Reflection (on top) 2.TEWWG essay outline 3.Draft #1 (from Friday) 4.Draft #2 (from Monday) 5.Peer feedback sheet (on bottom) Turn in the following stapled together in this order: 1.Checklist (1/2 sheet from yesterday) 2.AP Scoring Rubric (from yesterday) 3.Final hard copy of TEWWG essay Lets go return the novel! Past, Present, Future Tuesday Peer feedback Final copy due AP Independent Novel - research & reading U3: Poetry Unit #1 Independent Novel Tuesday Research and Reasoning 1.Independent research designs articulate and defend information, conclusions, and solutions that address specific contexts and purposes Objective: to gather information from a variety of sources; to analyze and evaluate various novels; to select and read a novel of literary merit and interest Relevance: The ability to interpret a text and cite evidence fosters the coherent thinking, speaking, and writing, which are priority skills for the workplace and postsecondary settings. Essential Questions: What are the qualities or characteristics of literary merit? What is a text of literary merit? What specific techniques in a classic text elicit historic attention or appreciation? Why? What specific techniques in a modern text deserve critical attention or appreciation? Why? Is literary criticism based on skepticism or something else? How can reading from various perspectives influence the interpretation of a text? What strategies are most useful when reading, understanding, and making personal connections to literary texts? How can a reader compare his/her family or individual beliefs to those of a historical or literary period? Activity: Develop You DO Tuesday Purpose: to gather information from a variety of sources; analyze and evaluate the quality and relevance of the source; and use it to answer complex questions Tasks: 1.Read the tasks etc. on the Independent Research and Reading assignment sheet Questions? 2.Use class time to begin your research Outcome/Homework: By THIS Friday Complete and turn in your assignment sheet Bring to class a copy (hard or electronic) of the novel you plan to read Homework Tuesday Independent Research and Reading assignment sheet due Friday with a copy (hard or electronic) of the novel that you plan to read Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Wednesday Terror TV Past, Present, Future Wednesday Final copy TEWWG essay due AP Independent Novel - research & reading U3: Poetry Unit #1 - Introduction U3: Poetry Unit #1 Pre-assessment AP Independent Novel - research & reading U3: The Power of Poetry Wednesday What is poetry? What is the difference between the denotation and the connotation of a word? How does word choice impact a text? How do we identify tone? How do we identify theme? What is imagery? What is the difference between concrete vs. abstract language? What is the connection between imagery and connotation? How does imagery impact tone and mood? What is the purpose of figurative language/figures of speech? (apostrophe, metaphor, metonymy, personification, synecdoche) How and why are symbols used? What is the purpose of using and identifying allusions? Allegory Paradox Overstatement and understatement Irony (dramatic and of situation) Sound and Prosody Alliteration, assonance, consonance, end rhyme, refrain, rhythm, meter, iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee, pyrrhic, dimeter, trimester, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, scansion, onomatopoeia, etc! Activity: We Do Wednesday Purpose: To come to a common understanding of poetry Tasks: 1.Read Poetry Handout #1 Lancaster, Nov. 18 John R. Adams What did you learn from reading this text? 2.Read out, Out by Robert Frost What did you learn from reading this text? 3.What is similar about each text? What is different? 4.What type of text is each? How do you know? 5.What is the difference between poetry and prose? Define poetry. In what ways is it distinctive from prose? 6.How do we distinguish among kinds of poems? What different kinds of poems to you know? What is the difference between narrative and lyric poetry? Do you know any narrative poems? (see next slide) Outcome: What is poetry? What makes Out, Out- by Robert Frost a poem? Instruction: Obtain Wednesday Narrative verse recounts a sequence of events a story in verse told by a speaker or narrator movement of plot is the center Ballads and epics Lyric Originally sung to accompanist of a lyre Once poetic compositions written, the definition broadened Lyric sound . not a narrative or dramatic (enactment of narrative) = lyric High emotional content Revealing speakers thoughts and feelings The Poetry Foundation.orgOther sources Poem Shape https://poemshape.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/what-is-iambic-pentameter-the- basics/ https://poemshape.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/what-is-iambic-pentameter-the- basics/ Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Thursday 1.How do you make a tissue dance? You put a little boogie in it. 2.Why did the policeman smell bad? He was on duty. 3.Why does Snoop Dogg carry an umbrella? FO DRIZZLE! 4.Why cant you hear a pterodactyl in the bathroom? Because it has a silent pee. 5.Horse walks into a bar Bartender says, Why the long face? 6.A mushroom walks into a bar. The bartender says, Hey, get out of here! We dont serve mushrooms here Mushroom says, why not? Im a fungai! 7.I never make mistakes I thought I did once; but I was wrong. 8.What did the little fish say when he swam into a wall? DAM! 9.Where does a sheep go for a haircut? To the baaaaa baaaaa shop! 10.What does a nosey pepper do? Gets jalapeno business! Past, Present, Future Thursday U3: Poetry Unit #1 - Introduction U3: Poetry Unit #1 Pre-assessment AP Independent Novel - research & reading U3: The Power of Poetry Thursday What is poetry? What is the difference between the denotation and the connotation of a word? How does word choice impact a text? How do we identify tone? How do we identify theme? What is imagery? What is the difference between concrete vs. abstract language? What is the connection between imagery and connotation? How does imagery impact tone and mood? What is the purpose of figurative language/figures of speech? (apostrophe, metaphor, metonymy, personification, synecdoche) How and why are symbols used? What is the purpose of using and identifying allusions? Allegory Paradox Overstatement and understatement Irony (dramatic and of situation) Sound and Prosody Alliteration, assonance, consonance, end rhyme, refrain, rhythm, meter, iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee, pyrrhic, dimeter, trimester, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, scansion, onomatopoeia, etc! Activity: You Do Thursday Purpose: To pre-assess your ability to write about poetry Tasks: 1.Clear your desk except for a couple sheets of loose-leaf paper and a pen/pencil 2.Write your proper heading in the upper right corner of the paper 3.Title (on the center, top line) it Poetry Free-Response Pre-Assessment 4.Read the prompt 5.Write a multi-paragraph response in 40 minutes Outcome: Staple your response ON TOP of the prompt and turn it into the front basket Friday PM Assembly Schedule Attendance Have out the novel of literary merit (e.g. off the AP Literature list) youve chosen If you did not come prepared, I need to write your name down, and then you have 15 minutes to check an (AP) novel out. Read silently for 20 minutes Note the page on which you started and ended If you have not already, complete the math section at the bottom of the yellow sheet Im coming around to each of you to collect your sheet and see your novel On the yellow sheet, record the title of the novel in your possession if it is different then the one you originally wrote there You may use the rest of the time to read silently Make sure you have your novel with you every day, especially next Friday! Coming Soon Monday No school for students Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday What type of language is used when discussing poetry? If you dont already have one, grab a Poetry Terminology packet off the side table. Look at the list of (61!) poetry terms. Place ? next to or highlight terms with which you are unfamiliar. What terminology do you already know and can apply to a poem (say, for example Out, Out- from last week? Prose vs. Poetry Prose Words Phrases Sentences Paragraphs Chapters Poetry Syllables Feet Lines Stanzas Cantos Use of line structure Special use of language Use of sound Appeals to reader Poetic subject Complete comprehension AP = Ambiguity Possible Address the Prompt Analysis, Please Always Poetry Also Prose Applied Practice Anythings Possible? Absolute Paradise Colorado Academic Standards Oral Expression and Listening 1.Effective speaking in formal and informal settings requires appropriate use of methods and audience awareness 2.Effective collaborative groups accomplish goals Reading for All Purposes 1.Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies 2.Interpreting and evaluating complex informational texts require the understanding of rhetoric, critical reading, and analysis skills Writing and Composition 1.Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose 2.Ideas, evidence, structure, and style create persuasive, academic, and technical texts for particular audiences and specific purposes 3.Standard English conventions effectively communicate to targeted audiences and purposes Research and Reasoning 1.Independent research designs articulate and defend information, conclusions, and solutions that address specific contexts and purposes 2.Logical arguments distinguish facts from opinions; and evidence defines reasoned judgment