AGENDAS & JOURNALS1ST QUARTER: WEEK 4

ENGLISH 10 – 9/14 (M)

What are we doing?

• Turning in annotations & syllabi• Vocab Quiz

Why are we doing it?

• To assess understanding of vocabulary

How do you know you got it?

• Your vocabulary score

What’s coming up?

• Get Kite Runner

Agenda• (1) Journal• (2) Vocabulary• (3) Check out books

3.1: MALALA• Malala Yousafzai, at 17, won the Nobel peace price. She is an

activist, a publisher author, and a humanitarian. She has done more in her 18 years alive than most people do their entire lives.

• Recently, Malala decided she wants to go to Stanford for college. The media has made a huge deal about the college making her take the SATs before she can apply.

Write: In one 5-7 sentence paragraph, write your thoughts on the matter and whether or not Malala should be required to take the SAT.

ENGLISH 10 – 9/15 (T)What are we doing?

• Turning in syllabi• New vocabulary• Kite Runner author interview

Why are we doing it?

• To prepare us for the Kite Runner

How do you know you got it?

• You understand the vocabulary words• You understand the context of the Kite

Runner and why the author wrote it

What’s coming up?

• Get Kite Runner.• Bring in comp books.• Read chapter 2 of TKR for tomorrow.

Agenda• (1) Journal (2nd period check

out books)• (2) Turn in syllabi• (3) Vocab #3• (4) Interactive journal intro.• (5) TKR author interview/trailer• (6) Read chapter 1

3.2: IMAGERY• READ:

Backing out the driveway

the car lights cast an eerie glow

in the morning fog centering

on movement in the rain slick street

-Nikki Giovanni, “Possum Crossing”

WRITE:

1.) Write down all the imagery

words. What kind of imagery

is used in these lines? What

feeling is created?

2.) Contrast the feeling with

these lines. How is the feeling

different?

Backing out the drivewaythe car lights cast a warm glow

in the morning sunshine centeringon movement in the rain slick street

ENGLISH 10 – 9/16 (W)What are we doing?

• Turning in syllabi• Kite Runner Quiz• Thematic guide

Why are we doing it?

• To prepare us for the Kite Runner

How do you know you got it?

• You can explain the definition and steps of a rite of passage.

What’s coming up?

• Get Kite Runner.• Bring in comp books.• Read chapter 3-4 of TKR for

tomorrow.

Agenda• (1) Journal • (2) Quiz & Chapter 2 Disc.• (3) Thematic Guide• (4) Read article

3.3: VOCABULARY• Write the vocabulary word (and its part of speech) that fits

in the blank. There may be more than one correct answer.

1. In a Greek myth about vanity, Narcissus was completely _____ by his own reflection.

2. The bus runs from the city center through many _____ towns.

3. Our ____ neighbor volunteers for several charitable organizations.

4. Because of his ____ table manners, Jay was rarely invited to dinner parties.

5. Every night we hear the howling of the _____ dogs in the woods.

ENGLISH 10 – 9/17 (R)What are we doing?

• Kite Runner Quiz• Vocab review game• “Art of Manliness” article• Afghanistan documentary

Why are we doing it?

• To prepare us for the Kite Runner• To learn what it means to grow up

How do you know you got it?

• You can explain the definition and steps of a rite of passage.

What’s coming up?

• Get Kite Runner.• Bring in comp books.• Read chapter 5 of TKR for tomorrow.

Agenda• (1) Journal • (2) Quiz & Chapter 3-4 Disc.• (3) Thematic Guide• (4) Read article

3.4: INTERACTIVE JOURNAL• On your yellow sheet, just write “interactive journal” for today. Then, on the page opposite to where you pasted your yellow theme guide, pick one of the themes and illustrate what that theme LOOKS like. Be creative. At the top of the page label the theme you’re illustrating.

ENGLISH 10 – 9/17 (R)What are we doing?

• Turning in warm-ups• Vocab review game• “Art of Manliness” discussion• Afghanistan documentary

Why are we doing it?

• To prepare us for the Kite Runner• To learn what it means to grow up

How do you know you got it?

• You can explain the definition and steps of a rite of passage.

What’s coming up?

• Get Kite Runner / Comp Books• Read chapter 6 of TKR for Monday• Stanza rewrite due Monday on TIN

Agenda• (1) Journal • (2) Quiz & Chapter 3-4 Disc.• (3) Thematic Guide• (4) Read article

3.5: INTERACTIVE JOURNAL• On your yellow warm-up sheet, just write “interactive journal” for today then turn it in.

• Then, on the page opposite to where you wrote your notes for the article we read, paste the three-paneled comic sheet and illustrate each of the three steps of a rite of passage.

HOMEWORK: WHERE I’M FROM• Revise ONE stanza of your “Where I’m From” poem.

• Focus the imagery around ONE of the five senses.

• Make sure the stanza has at least FIVE lines.• Submit it to turnitin.com by MONDAY at midnight.• Then, next week, log on to turnitin.com, read someone else’s stanza (automatically assigned), and answer the three questions in complete sentences. Due by FRIDAY at midnight.

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English 12H – 9/14 (M)What are we doing?

– Gender stereotyping– Pygmalion quiz

Why are we doing it?– To prepare for the gender politics of

Pygmalion– To assess reading of the preface

How do you know you got it?– Quiz results

What’s coming up?–Magazine & Pennies!–Start reading Pygmalion act I

3.1 GrammarWhich of the following pairs is correct, and why?

1a. I can’t except your excuse. 1b. I can’t accept your excuse.

2a. To who do I give the payment? 2b. To whom do I give the payment?

3a. All of the rain affected the production of apples. 3b. All of the rain effected the production of apples.

4a. Landon is taller then his father. 4b. Landon is taller than his father.

English 12H – 9/15 (T)What are we doing?

– Gender stereotyping debrief– Visual rhetoric in commercials– Pygmalion Act I vocabulary

Why are we doing it?– To prepare for the gender politics of Pygmalion– To analyze visual rhetoric

How do you know you got it?– Discussion and answers to the four questions

What’s coming up?– Magazine & Pennies!– Start reading Pygmalion act I– Vocabulary quiz Friday

3.2 DictionREAD:

. . . then Satan first knew painAnd writh’d him to and fro, convolv’d; so soreThe grinding sword with discontinuous woundPassed through him -John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, lines 327-330

WRITE:

1. By using the word grinding, what does Milton imply about the pain inflicted by the sword?

2. What does discontinuous mean? How does its use reinforce the idea of a grinding sword?

Commercials 3.3

http://www.criticalmediaproject.org/cml/media/f-150-way-of-life/http://www.criticalmediaproject.org/cml/media/dr-pepper-ten-commercial/http://www.criticalmediaproject.org/cml/media/allstate-commercial/http://www.criticalmediaproject.org/cml/media/hello-kitty-head-of-the-class/http://www.criticalmediaproject.org/cml/media/dove-men-care/

Questions:1. Who is the intended audience for the commercial? Consider and explain how audio, visual and other cues in the ad help you draw this conclusion.

2. What kind of values does this commercial assume its intended audience maintains? Explain.

3. What does the ad tell us about the ways we culturally understand masculinity and/or femininity?

4. If the company had to design a similar ad for the opposite sex relying upon the same format and tone, how would it differ? Be specific.

English 12H – 9/16 (W)What are we doing?

– Senior info/handout– Finishing commercials– Commercial questions & discussion– Vocabulary for-realsies this time– Magazine Advertisement Outline

Why are we doing it?– To prepare for the language of Pygmalion– To analyze visual rhetoric

How do you know you got it?– Discussion and answers to the four questions

What’s coming up?– Magazine & Pennies!– Pygmalion Act I by FRIDAY– Vocabulary quiz Monday

3.4 GrammarWhich of the following use of hyphenation is correct?

1a. Eye-Shadow1b. Eye-opener

2a. Scary-big dog2b. Scary-looking dog

3a. Twenty-one3b. One-hundred

4a. Self-less4b. Self-respect

English 12H – 9/16 (R)What are we doing?

– Finishing commercials– Commercial questions & discussion– Screw it – vocabulary is on my website.– Magazine Advertisement Outline

Why are we doing it?– To prepare for the language of Pygmalion– To analyze visual rhetoric– To practice writing thesis statements

How do you know you got it?– Discussion and answers to the four questions– You write a well-developed thesis

What’s coming up?– Pennies!– Pygmalion Act I by FRIDAY– Vocabulary quiz Monday

3.5 DictionREAD:

“Ahhh,” the crowd went, “Ahhh,” as the most beautiful of fireworks, for the sky was alive now, one instant a pond and at the next a womb of new turns: “Ahhh,” went the crowd, “Ahhh!” -Norman Mailer, “Of a Fire on the Moon”

WRITE:

1. This quote is from the Apollo-Saturn launching. The Saturn was a rocket that launched the Apollo space capsule, a three-man ship headed for the moon. Why is the sky described as a pond and a womb? Contrast the two words. What happens that changes the sky from a pond to a womb?

2. What does Mailer’s use of the word “womb” tell us about his attitude towards the launch?

English 12H – 9/16 (R)What are we doing?

– Magazine Advertisement Outline

Why are we doing it?– To analyze visual rhetoric– To practice writing thesis statements

How do you know you got it?– You write a well-developed thesis– Thoughtful analysis of the ad

What’s coming up?– Vocabulary quiz Monday– Read 1984!

Magazine Advertisement Outline• Get in pairs and look through magazines for an good

advertisement. Cut it out.• Discuss the visual rhetoric.• On construction paper, make an outline as if you were

going to write a paper discussing the rhetoric of the ad as either effective or ineffective. Your outline must start with a fully developed thesis statement.

• Consider the following when assessing effective or ineffective rhetoric within outlines:– Audience– appeals to Aristotle's artistic proofs– imagery/sensory details– use of hyperbole (ineffective= unfounded exaggeration;

effective= intentionally satirical)– use of satire, i.e. irony, understatement, hyperbole, sarcasm– diction and tone

• Paste the ad to the back of the construction paper.

3.6 GrammarWhich of the following is correct and why?

1a. They’re going to be so mad when they see that picture.1b. Their going to be so mad when they see that picture.

2a. All day long, the lazy cat lay on the bed.2b. All day long, the lazy cat laid on the bed.

3a. Dan can throw a football farther than anyone else on the team.3b. Dan can throw a football further than anyone else on the team.

4a. Because Madison grew to forty-eight inches, she has ridden all of the rides.4b. Since Madison grew to forty-eight inches, she has ridden all of the rides.