Welcome to Term 2

Welcome Back!  I hope that you are anticipating an enjoyable course and Spring term - I know that I am.


Today we completed the S.M.A.R.T. Goals assignment which should result in a set of fifteen tangible goals to turn in tomorrow.  Remember to follow the pattern below when writing your goals and make sure that each goal meets the S.M.A.R.T. criteria. Also remember that your goals should be typed and be turned in with a self-addressed stamped envelope.

By ____________________ I will _____________________.

S - Specific

M - Measurable

A - Attainable

R - Realistic

T - Timed

Tomorrow, we will begin looking into the process writing assignments for this course.

Tomorrow we will brainstorm on the problems that grieve you in this world.  What are your biggest grievances with the world you live in?


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The Crucible Part 2

The Crucible Part 2 video

The Crucible Part 1

The Crucible Part 1 video

Macbeth Questions

Upon completion of the reading, please have them choose and answer two of  the following question in a journal entry.

1. Figurative Language. Macbeth has rich figures of speech - simile, metaphor, and personification.  Identify the figures used and write about their effectiveness in heightening the dramatic impact of the scenes.

2. Comic Relief.  Comic relief is a humorous scene, incident, or speech that is included in serious drama to provide time out from emotional intensity. It allows audience time to prepare for the next intense event. It often contrasts with the “heaviness” of the main plot. Discuss the porter/Macduff and Lennox scene. Include what it shows about Elizabethan audiences.

3. Characterization via Soliloquy and Dialogue. Early soliloquies by Mac and Lady Mac help you gauge their motivation. In Act II, Mac’s dagger soliloquy opens his mind to the audience. WHAT IMAGES ARE REVEALED? What is his state of mind now? Has he changed?  Soon after the murders of Duncan, the dialogue between the Macbeths reflects the impact of these deeds on them. HOW IS THIS DIALOGUE DIFFERENT FROM EARLIER CONVERSATIONS? How do their reactions differ? Who seems to recover more quickly? What does all this suggest about soul of each?

4. Imagery, Symbol, Character. Images of light and darkness recur; however, the image of blood dominates this act, along with a contrasting image of water. Blood and water, in fact, are ancient symbols. How dirty does Macbeth indicate his hands are? What does he mean? In contrast, what does Lady Mac say about dirty lands?  Why does her response seem Ironic when contrasted with Macbeth’s?

Gatsby Aphorisms

Gatsby Aphorisms

An aphorism is a tightly phrased statement of truth or opinion.  Through aphorisms we can identify many of our values.  What values do these aphorisms express? How does this relate to your life?  How does it relate to the novel?

"Money can't buy happiness"

"Clothes Make the Man"

"You can't judge a book by its cover."

"Where there's marriage without love, there'll be love without marriage." - Ben Franklin

"It's better to have second-hand diamonds than none at all." - Mark Twain

"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished."  -Goethe

"It is not possible to step twice into the same river" - Heraclitus

Non Left Bound Scoring Rubric

Non left bound scoring rubric

Name:                                                                      Title of Project:

Your project must meet all of these criteria to receive credit. 

• Does your project demonstrate an effort to plan and prepare?

• Does your project reflect the literature of the unit?  Can you explain the relationship to the literature?

• Is your project original?

• Is your project available for public display?

Comments:

Poetry Study

This is an exercise in the understanding and explication of poetry. Please follow the procedure to help in the understanding of the poem you have been assigned.

1.  Read your poem at least three times, at least once aloud.

2. Summarize the poem in two ways
Literally - What the text actually means
Figuratively - What alternate meaning may exist

3. Choose 5 of the literary terms and apply them to your poem.

Alliteration
Assonance
Blank verse
Consonance
Couplet
Diction
Figurative language
Free verse
Iambic pentameter
Meter
Invented words
Lyric poetry
Metaphor
Narrative poetry
Paradox
Patterned verse
Personification
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhythm
Simile
Sonnet
Symbol

4. Create a visual interpretation of your poem

5. Present your poem to the class.

These are the poets we have studied:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Emily Dickinson
Oliver Wendall Holmes
Walt Whitman
Slave Spiritual
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edgar Lee Masters
William Carlos Williams
Carl Sandburg
Robert Frost
Langston Hughes
William Wordsworth