Day Nineteen: Just about there, students!!!

Hi students,

We have one night before the big test and the plays tomorrow.

Make sure that you are using your study guide and that you STUDY for vocab.

Don't forget that all props and costuming should be brought for the plays tomorrow. 

All breakfast food should be brought tomorrow. See list on previous blog entry.

Good luck :)

Literary Movements and Authors

Here's some help!

Unit 4:

Crane-Naturalism

Bierce-Realism (some Naturalistic aspects of "Owl Creek Bridge")

Twain-Realism

Bret Harte-Realism

Jack London-Call of the Wild has both Naturalistic and Romantic elements

Kate Chopin-Realism

Edith Wharton-Naturalism

Paul Lawrence Dunbar-Realism

Willa Cather-Realism

Unit 5:

T.S. Eliot-Modernism

Ezra Pound-Modernism (Imagism) (Note: Imagism is a sub-genre of Modernism)

William Carlos Williams-Modernism (Imagism)

H.D-Modernism (Imagism)

F. Scott Fitzgerald-Modernism

John Steinbeck-Modernism

E.E. Cummings-Modernism

W.H. Auden-Modernism

Wallace Stevens-Modernism

Archibald MacLeish-Modernism

Marianne Moore-Modernism

Ernest Hemingway-Modernism

Sherwood Anderson-Modernism

Eudora Welty-Modernism

Grace Paley-Modernism

Carl Sandberg-Modernism

Katherine Anne Porter-Modernism

Robert Frost-Modernism

James Thurber-Modernism

E.B. White-Modernism

Zora Neale Hurston-Modernism (Harlem Renaissance)

Langston Hughes-Modernism (Harlem Renaissance)

Claude McKay-Modernism (Harlem Renaissance)

Countee Cullen-Modernism (Harlem Renaissance)

Arna Bontemps-Modernism (Harlem Renaissance)

Jean Toomer-Modernism (Harlem Renaissance)

Unit 6:

EVERYTHING (all authors and stories/poems/essays) in Unit 6 is Contemporary!!!! That means everything after 1946.

Day Eighteen: 3 Minute Plays/Literary Movements

Today in class:

• We worked on drafting the 3 minute plays for three actors.
• We had a quiz on the reading from E.L. Doctorow, John Hersey, Sandra Cisneros and Amy Tan.
• We studied literary periods and their definitive qualities.
• We went over the format for the Unit 6/Cumulative test on Thursday of this week.
• We took a quiz on correct expressions in grammar.
  

Homework:

• Continue to prepare for the 3 minute plays-to be presented on Thursday.
  
• Begin reviewing for big test on Thursday.
  
• There will be a short quiz over literary movements (Naturalism, Realism, Modernism, Contemporary etc.) tomorrow-it will be multiple choice.
  
• Work on the grammar packet for tonight on commas. Do Exercises 10-15.
  

Summer School Breakfast on Thursday Morning!!

Hey class-glad to see that you are all willing to help out with breakfast on Thursday morning.

Remember that I am bringing breakfast burritos from Del Taco as well as plates. :)

There are 16 of us in the class including me. :)

The rest of the items and designated contributers are as follows:

Muffins- Abbie G. and Ryan G.

Tater Tots-Nate J-T. and Jared S.

Fruit-Alex B. and Andrew A.

Orange Juice-Steven P. and Zari C.

Waffles-Chandler R.

Donuts-Jay T.

Cookies-Adam B. and Andrew B.

Condiments-Bryan A.

Utensils and Napkins-Sam B.

Day Seventeen: Our Town Test, Three Minute Plays, Grammar

Hey students! :)

We are almost to the end! You have all worked hard-don't stop now!

Today in class we:

• Received grade progress reports (Note: new reports will be handed out tomorrow that include grades for the last reading quiz as well as the poetry explication paper).
• Took the Our Town test
• Read Tim O'Brien's story from The Things They Carried and Yusef K.'s poem "Camouflaging the Chimera." Responded through Review & Assess questions
• Worked in groups to draft first copy of 3 minute plays
• Reviewed capitalization in grammar and then took a quiz on the chapter.

For tomorrow you need to:

1. Read John Hersey's story from Hiroshima (pgs1162-1172)
2. Read Sandra Cisneros's essay "Straw into Gold" (pgs 1128-1132)
3. Read Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" (pgs 1136-1141)
4. Work on your new grammar packet (remember that you will have 15 min to work on it at the beginning of class tomorrow).
5. Make sure you are finished with the Unit 6 Vocab Packet and are reviewing terms for the test on Thursday.
   
   Reminders!!!
   
   Thursday's test will be over Unit 6 and cumulative!! I will be giving you a study guide tomorrow.
   
   The three minute plays are going to be performed on Thursday. Your group is responsible for having all requirements met and for props/costuming etc.
   
   
   
   

Day Sixteen: One-Pagers, Three Minute Plays, Grammar

Today in class we:

Took Unit 6 Overview Quiz

Took Reading Quiz on Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior" and James Baldwin's "The Rockpile"

Worked on One-Pager assignments over the last few stories we've read. You have each chosen one story to work on and must include 

A)a character cluster with words phrases and relationships etc.

B) illustration of a scene or setting or collage of symbols from the story. Must include explanation.

C) 3 major quotes from the story and explanation as to why they are important.

D) a plotline map that includes your explanation of your story's exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

Got into groups to work on 3 Minute Plays 

Took a grammar quiz and worked on Capitalization packet

Homework:

-Finish One Pager for Monday

-Test on "Our Town" on Monday

-Work on 3-Minute Play ideas. Idea proposal from your group will be submitted on Monday after another group meeting.

-Read "A Writer in the Family" by E.L. Doctorow

-Grammar packet on Capitalization. Quiz on Capitalization on Monday

Day Fifteen: Our Town

Today in Class:

-We finished watching "Our Town" and discussed the dramatic themes, setting, characters etc.

-We worked on elements of grammar involving comparatives and superlatives.

Homework:

Read Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior" 

Read James Baldwin's "The Rockpile"

Finish grammar packet

Quiz on Unit 6 overview (true or false format)

Quiz on grammar