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Grading Period 2, Semester 1English 11, Gottlieb, CHSMonday, 10/22/12Journal: 1. Go through your journal and read your writing up until now.2. Read my comments/questions.3. Write a reflection on your writing. What do you like (be specific)? What do you want to work on?4. Comment on/answer my comments/questions. Vocabulary

Quick review of study guide

Into the Wild

Test tomorrow!

exemplary: Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind

peculiar: Strange or odd.

bough: A main branch of a tree.

pious: Devoutly religious

communion: The sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings.

auditor: A person who conducts an audit

multitude: A large number

eloquence: Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.

hoary: gray or white with age; ancient or venerable

Revere

Blasphemy

Tuesday, 10/23/12Clear desks for test

Protest letters exchange and comment on rhetorical appeals

If time: Dark Romanticism and Nathanial Hawthorne Yay!

If just a little time, inspiring video and journal response.Identify the three rhetorical devices in the letter.

Describe the effectiveness of the letter. Were you persuaded? Why or why not? What would have persuaded you more.Thursday, 10/25/12Grammar Challenge

Protest letters exchange and comment on rhetorical appeals

If time: Dark Romanticism (just in time for Halloween)

Return Nature Writing Revision RulesFriday, 10/26/12Vocabulary Quiz

Dark Romanticism

Return Nature Writing Revision Rules

Word, Part of Speech, Definition, Sentence1. Communion

2. Eloquence

3. Revere

4. Pious

5. peculiar

Bonus: Hoary

Monday, 10/29/12Journal: Write about something scary. What has scared you when you were little? What scares you now, if anything.

Turn in Corrections with Essays

Vocabulary

Dark RomanticismConcepts, Authors and Literary Focus

Excerpt from The Fall of the House of Usher by PoeTuesday, 10/30/12What are you thoughts about Halloween? Will you dress up? As what? What will you do? If nothing, why? What have your past experiences of Halloween been?

Finish Dark Romanticism lecture

Fall of the House of Usher excerpt.Writing exercise

Begin Young Goodman Brown

HW: Read YGB and annotateThursday, 11/1/12Journal: Describe a nightmare: what are the emotions and images you experience? Why do you think we have nightmares?

Identifying Dark Romanticism in Poetry Connecting to Young Goodman Brown

A Tupac poemFriday, 11/2/12Share out and Turn in ParagraphsPraise: how does writing express Dark Romanticism?

Vocabulary Quiz postponed to Monday

Continue Dark Romanticism and poetryConnect to Young Goodman Brown

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Monday, 11/5/12Vocabulary Quiz: Once complete, transition to the Journal below:Considering Young Goodman Brown and the dark romantic poetry we read, what are some characteristics of dark romanticism that are demonstrated in those texts? Use specific examples from the text. (Hint: Look at how the use of symbols suggest dark romantic themes.)

Discuss YGB and poems

Benchmark exam tomorrow suggestions for Attacking The PromptTuesday, 11/6/12Benchmark

Clear desks. Have a pencil and pen out.For the essay, write in pen on one side of the paper.

Note: Please return your Nature Writing pieces for portfolio collection.

When done with test, read or work quietly. Do not disturb others!

Turn in your Dark Romanticism packets at the end. If everyone finishes testing we will discuss/review packet and exam.Thursday, 11/8/12Journal: How would you describe this region? Think of culture: language (slang/everyday talk), fashion, lifestyle, issues.

Beginning Huckleberry FinnContext: Realism, Regionalism and Naturalism

Bio of Mark Twain

Friday, 11/9/12Introducing Huck Finn controversies.Should we read the N-word out loud.60 minutes StoryResearch and Socratic Seminar

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Journal: Write a response to the Socratic Seminar

Begin reading Huckleberry Finn

HW: read until page 22Socratic SeminarWhy is Huck Finn Controversial?How does knowing the history of the controversy make you feel about reading it?Do schools have the right to ban this book?What is the history of the N-word?Why is this word so powerful for some?Are there rules behind the use of N-word?How do you feel about the word? When do you hear it used? Does it make you uncomfortable? Does knowing the history behind the word change the word for you?Should we read the N-word aloud in Huck Finn?Race is a huge issue in Huck Finn, set in pre civil war time. So, what about now: is race a big issue still? Do you see racism in your community? Is racism an issue that we should all care about?Thursday, 11/15/12Journal: What questions do you have for the first five chapters of the book? What do you think the answers might be?

Ken Burns Biography of Mark Twain continued. As you watch, continue notes from last week: Two columns (have at least 10): 1) Interesting info. From movie (fact, event, quote)2) My Interpretation: why do you think this might be important? What does it reveal about Twains life, beliefs, personality, writing etc..After: 5 questions you have about Mark Twain - Due Tomorrow/FriRead and Annotate Chapters 6 and 7 tonight.Introducing a reading strategy: Dialectical Journals Reading assignment over break: read to end of chapter 15Continue AnnotatingDouble Entry Journals: 6 EntriesHomeworkFriday, 11/16/12Introducing a reading strategy: Dialectical Journals Reading assignment over break: read to end of chapter 15Continue AnnotatingDouble Entry Journals: 6 Entries

HF questions/discussion

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Have a fantastic Thanksgiving Break!!!!! With Huck FinnHomework1. Huck calls himself ignorant and low-down and ornery. Do you agree with this description? Why or why not?2. How would you compare the characters of the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson? Who seems to be presented in a more favorable light?3. Where and when is the novel set? Why is the time period in which the novel is set important?4. How would you contrast the characters of Huck and Tom?5. How does Twain satirizeor ridiculedo-gooders in his description of Paps reform?6. How does the physical description of Pap in Chapter five also serve to describe his character?7. When Pap criticizes the govment, what does Twain want the reader to feel about these issues?8. Why does Huck make it appear that he has been murdered instead of simply running away from Pap?9. What do you think Twain believed about slavery? Support your response with examples from the novel.Monday, November 26Welcome Back!Journal: Free write. Focus: Thanksgiving break.

Quiz on chapters 1-17 tomorrow.

Share double entry journals turn in.

Shared reading Chapter 16 + 17

HW: Read up to the end of Ch. 17Tuesday, 11/27/12Quiz on Chapters 1-17Journal: What words have you heard used to describe you, or used yourself? Make a 3-column chartIn the left hand column, make a list of both positive and negative words. In the middle column write about how that word makes you feel and why.In the right hand column write a few notes about the context of that word. When did you hear that word? Describe the situation.Essay Assignment: Background, Brainstorm, InstructionsHW: 1. Due Thursday: Pick the word you will write your essay on. Write 1 paragraph on your word including the dictionary definition and the connotations of the word you have experienced.2. Due Thursday: Read to the end of Chapter 19. Two journal entries per week.3. Due Friday: Find, print and annotate two articles about your word. Note what you have learned (web, bullets, chart)

Quiz1. What are Huck and Jim talking about when Jim says:Well, den, dey aint no sense in a cat talkin like a man. Is a cow a man? Er is a cow a cat?

2. How does Jim figure out that Huck was playing a trick on him?

3. What is the significance of the snake skin?

My WordsGringo

Though clearly a derogatory word, it doesnt bother me much as it seems like nothing compared to what others hear

Woman/Girl

Silly

Blonde

B* (rhymes with witch)

Mom

Huckleberry Finn and the POWER of wordsTwain once remarked, "The difference between the almost-right word and the right word is . . . the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."

Huck Finn was (and probably will remain) a lesson in the use of language, of epithets, of slurs and how they can change (or not) over time.

There is power in words, great power. But they arent so powerful that they can sprout from us bounties of good or evil. Those are seeds we sow ourselves, watered by our own choices from blog post by author Billy CoffeyConnotation vs. DenotationDenotation: dictionary definition of the word

Connotation: the emotions, feelings you have surrounding the word (could be based on context or how it is used)

Connotations can be Positive, Negative or NeutralConnotationPositive

We bought inexpensive souvenirs at the amusement park.

I ate a moist sandwich.

I am a bargain shopper.

Negative We bought cheap souvenirs at the amusement park.

I ate a soggy sandwich.

I am a cheapskate.Article DiscussionsWhat is the authors argument?

List the ways in which the author describes the word being used.

For each, note the examples she uses to illustrate that usage.

If the authors needed to back up their claims with research, what kind of research might they look for and use?

Thursday, 11/29WE GO TO 2ND ASSEMBLY. Class, then break, then meet here for attendance again, then assembly.

Journal: Free write.

Round robin with paragraphs.Readers responsibility: make notes/commentsDiscuss each word offering suggestions on examples.Take notes on paragraph AND on another sheet of paper list any ideas you want to follow up on as you research.

Shared ReadingFriday 11/30 See you in December.Have articles out for me to check throughout period.Reading and Essay Calendar for next two weeks.Review mentor textsPurdue Site ReviewThesis statements

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HW: By Tuesday two paragraphs and a working thesis statementBy Tuesday, Read to end of Ch. 22. (If time we will read some in class on Monday.)

Monday, 12/3/12Journal: Monday, 12/3/12Journal: What is funny? What examples in popular media and literature convey humor? Describe. Do any of these use humor for another purpose? Why?

Satire and Mark Twain

HW:Embedded quotes practice due ThursdayTomorrow: Thesis and two paragraphs of essay2 Double Entry Journals this week focused on: SatireSatire: use of wit to criticize behavior: the use of wit, especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule, to criticize faults

Types of Satire/Satirical TechniquesExaggeration/hyperboleIncongruityParodyCaricatureYarnIronymalapropismTuesday, 12/4/12Journal: Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybodys face but their own, which is the chief reason so few are offended by it.Jonathan Swift (wrote Satire in the 1700s)

What does Swift mean? Can you describe an example from contemporary humor? Think about The Simpsons or Family Guy or even some of the characters in The Hunger Games.

Vocabulary for final: 20 new words plus all sets from beginning of semester.

Have essay paragraph drafts out for Round Robin.

Shared read of chapter 23 with focus on Satire

HW: Read up to ch. 26 by ThursdayDouble entry journals (2) due FridayFull draft of essay due Friday WITH Works Cited pageCentral forces of humor/ themesThe undercurrent of human limitationsHuman foiblesOur inability to control the physical environmentExaggeration of experience and personalityManipulation of languageThe irony of the unexpectedThe juxtaposition of the logical and the illogical (incongruity)