week 29 March 28--April 1

March 28 White Day

Complete your 15 line poem
Revise, extend and elaborate on one of the five term 3 essays  

HW) final copy of revision

March 29 and March 30 Tuesday and Wednesday

1)  Collect finale version of the essay revision
2)  Rhythm project:
       A)  Look up and list ten words each of two syllables, three syllables, four syllables and five syllables along with their part of speech.
       B)  Underline the accented syllables
       C)  Identify patterns of accent  for each syllable grouping.
       D)  Identify patterns of accent for each part of speech
        E)   Write down the lyrics to one of your favorite songs (10-15 lines). Use stress marks to indicate the appropriate accents within the lines of the lyrics
        F)  Select a song from a different genre.  For example, if your first song was a rap song, now select a pop song.  Write down 10-15 lines of the new song and use stress marks to indicate the appropriate accents.

HW)  Take a poem of your choice (minimum 15 lines), write it out, and indicate the accented syllables.

EXAMPLE:
       From Eminem's "Lose Yourself" 
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs,
But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down, 

March 31 and April 1 Thursday and Friday
1. Share homework poems and accents before handing in
2.  Read aloud some of the lyrics from Edward Lear
3.  Copy out one of Lear's limericks and indicate which syllables are accented
4.  Identify the rhyme scheme for the limericks
5.  Choose a topic, some key words about the topic that rhyme and write your own humorous limerick
HW)  Review your knowledge of haiku and write 3 haikus or one more limerick for homework.  Funny is good.

 

week 28--March 21-24

Objectives:
Identify, employ and create advanced diction in poetry
Reflect, revise, extend and make more sophisticated student writing

Monday 3/21
Revise and peer evaluate the Education Technology synthesis essay\
5 word exercise for two poems
      select 5 words from the first poem that are most pivotal
      define, identify synonyms and etymology
classwork = 10 words and definitions etc from 2 poems
HW)  write your own 15 line poem in either rhymed or free verse

Laure-Anne Bosselaar Poems >>
English Flavors

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I love to lick English the way I licked the hard
round licorice sticks the Belgian nuns gave me for six
good conduct points on Sundays after mass.

Love it when 'plethora', 'indolence', 'damask',
or my new word: 'lasciviousness,' stain my tongue,
thicken my saliva, sweet as those sticks - black

and slick with every lick it took to make daggers
out of them: sticky spikes I brandished straight up
to the ebony crucifix in the dorm, with the pride

of a child more often punished than praised.
'Amuck,' 'awkward,' or 'knuckles,' have jaw-
breaker flavors; there's honey in 'hunter's moon,'

hot pepper in 'hunk,' and 'mellifluous' has aromas
of almonds and milk . Those tastes of recompense
still bitter-sweet today as I roll, bend and shape

English in my mouth, repeating its syllables
like acts of contrition, then sticking out my new tongue -
flavored and sharp - to the ambiguities of meaning.

  Tuesday/Wednesday 3/22 and 3/23

Class read aloud NYTimes on teen driving safety
 
5 word exercise for a poem
      select 5 words from the first poem that are most pivotal
     

"More Than Enough" by Marge Piercy

define, identify synonyms and etymology

classwork = 10 words and definitions etc from 2 poems
  write your own 15 line poem in either rhymed or free verse
10 tips on writing a poem

select one of the last five short essays to rewrite
HW) read student exemplar of well-developed version of invasive species essay
 Austin's Invasive Species essay
bring in your essay to revise in next class, along with iPad or other writing device

Thursday 3/24
Revise, extend and elaborate on one of the five term 3 essays
HW) final copy of revision

 

week 27--March 14-18

Objectives:
Evaluate sources
Identify specific and relevant evidence
Form a persuasive argument
Synthesize sources

Monday and Tuesday
Review rubric info
revise draft of "Invasive Species" essay
preliminary assessment partner's essay
hand in "Invasive Species" short essay
whole group reading and evaluation of education technology
small group reading and annotation of ed tech sources
HW) outline ed tech essay.

Wednesday and Thursday 
debate prep work for ed tech
identifying evidence for debate
squaring off for mini-debate on ed tech
ed tech synthesis writing time
ed tech documents in case you lost them
Hw) finish ed tech essay 

Ed tech thesis:
While many pitfalls exist in implementing education technology into school curricula, an effective way forward can be achieved to help avoid the problems of an entertainment-saturated and highly distractable generation of learners.

Friday
Revise and peer evaluate the Education Technology synthesis essay\
5 word exercise for two poems
      select 5 words from the first poem that are most pivotal
      define, identify the syllabication and etymology
classwork = 10 words and definitions etc from 2 poems
HW)  write your own 15 line poem in either rhymed or free verse

Friday and Monday's poems

Laure-Anne Bosselaar Poems >>
English Flavors

Tweet

I love to lick English the way I licked the hard
round licorice sticks the Belgian nuns gave me for six
good conduct points on Sundays after mass.

Love it when 'plethora', 'indolence', 'damask',
or my new word: 'lasciviousness,' stain my tongue,
thicken my saliva, sweet as those sticks - black

and slick with every lick it took to make daggers
out of them: sticky spikes I brandished straight up
to the ebony crucifix in the dorm, with the pride

of a child more often punished than praised.
'Amuck,' 'awkward,' or 'knuckles,' have jaw-
breaker flavors; there's honey in 'hunter's moon,'

hot pepper in 'hunk,' and 'mellifluous' has aromas
of almonds and milk . Those tastes of recompense
still bitter-sweet today as I roll, bend and shape

English in my mouth, repeating its syllables
like acts of contrition, then sticking out my new tongue -
flavored and sharp - to the ambiguities of meaning.

 

"The House of Wax" by John Haines

 

Week 26--March 7-11

March 7 Monday 

 E period
Ethics quiz

Review and discussion for first draft of FCA on high school ethics
write First draft:
for simplicity's sake:  
1 5-6 sentence paragraph about ethics for American high school students based on the articles
1 5-6 sentence paragraph about your own ethics as seen in the survey and your own experience.

Proper way to cite the articles:
"High School Students Cheating less"      quote like this:  " --------------" (Payne)
"School Cancels Graduation for Cheaters"  quote like this " -------------" (AP)
"American Teens Lie, Cheat, and Steal . . ." quote like this "-------------" (Colson)

FCA's:
topic sentences
evidence from all 3 sources w/explanations
proper parenthetical citations
Grammar

Hw)  Finish 2 paragraph essay on high school ethics


F period
Collect high school ethics short essay
Bluff the Listener part 2
write Funny "Bluff the Listener" story
share with partner
share with class
HW)  Final draft of Bluff the Listener story

Wednesday March9
hand in ethics essay 
Synthesis documents and question #2 on invasive or non-native species
small group annotation of documents
building a written response
writing a thesis
HW)  identify 2 pieces of evidence from a 3 sources for a total of 6 pieces of evidence

Thursday March 10
hand in late ethics essay 
review plans
write synthesis for question 2 about invasive species essay
evaluate to rubric
sample thesis:
If a business wishes to import a nonnative species such as something from the aquaculture industry to another country to help the economy, they should be wary of the unintended consequences as revealed in past mishaps such as the papaya microbe of Hawaii or the cane toads of Australia.
HW) read and annotate synthesis documents for technology for curriculum and instruction

Friday March 11

hand in ethics essay 
Synthesis documents and question #2 on non-native species
small group annotation of documents
building a written response
writing a thesis
HW)  identify 2 pieces of evidence from a 3 sources for a total of 6 pieces of evidence