Thursday, 01/31/13

Composition
1. VPP12 finish and study!
2. Irony essay: Continue the essay organizer packet.

English H I
1. VPP12 exercises 4 & 5. And study!
2. Greek Mythology packet: Continue working on it.
Click here for the Crossword Puzzle Maker
Here are the comic strip blanks:
Four-panel
Six-panel verticle 
Six-panel horizontal
Eight-panel
Creative panel #1
Creative panel #2

English H II
1. VPP12 exercises 4 & 5. And study!
2. Complete the Oedipus Rex essay rough draft.
Discuss Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and its relationship to the ideas of fate and free will. Explain how its use of literary devices conveys this.
3. Finish the reflection on our "journey to hell" in the computer lab:
The Inferno internet activities:
Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test.
Take a virtual tour of Hell.
Check out the circles of Hell...in Lego form!

Tuesday-Wednesday, 01/29-30/13

Composition
1. VPP12 exercises 1 & 2 (if not already finished).
2. Organize your binders for the next check!
3. Get the CDs for your irony essay. Copy them onto the back of the first paragraph page.

English H I
1. VPP12 exercises 1-3.
2. Greek Mythology packet: Pick 2-4 stories to read from the list, and familiarize yourself with the packet.

English H II classwork:
1. VPP12 exercises 1-3.
2. Bring The Inferno by Dante Alighieri.
3. Work on  your OR essay. The rough draft is due on Friday.
Essay prompt:
Discuss Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and its relationship to the ideas of fate and free will. Explain how its use of literary devices conveys this.


The Inferno internet activities:
Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test.
Take a virtual tour of Hell.
Check out the circles of Hell...in Lego form!

Friday, 01/25/13

The Good Luck Lemon

Composition
1. VPP12 word picture.
2. Irony essay. Work on it! If you haven't done the prompt, here it is:
How do authors use irony in their narratives? Support your answer.
If you haven't answered the prompt and written the intro, do so on your essay intro sheet. 
If you haven't copied the intro onto the first paragraph page, then do it and then read the first paragraph.
Then read the rubric.

English H I
1. VPP12 word picture.
2. Mythology card project - due Tuesday.

English H II
1. VPP12 word picture.
2. Finish reading "Jocasta" by Ruth Eisenberg (1927).
3. Work on your Oedipus Rex 1st-person poem from the point of view of another character (Creon? Tiresias? The Old Man?). It should be approximately one page, and should be modeled after "Jocasta".
4. Get Dante's The Inferno.

Thursday, 01/24/13

Composition
1. VPP11 test tomorrow - study!
2. Irony essay intro sheet - finish. Also check out the rubric for the essay and the first paragraph page.

English H I
1. VPP11 test tomorrow - study!
2. Myth notes are due tomorrow.
3. Myth card projects are due on Tuesday.
If you'd like to use a card generator, click on one of the links below:
Magic: The Gathering Card (make sure it's a "creature" card)
Yu-Gi-Oh Card (make sure it's a "monster" card)
Pokemon Card

English H II
1. VPP11 test tomorrow - study!
2. Finish reading and annotating Oedipus Rex.
3. Start the first person poem based on OR inspired by "Jocasta" by Ruth Eisenberg.

Tuesday-Wednesday, 01/22-23/13

Composition

1. Study VPP11 words!

2. Finish the Citation worksheet (parts A, B, and C).

3. Finish the irony chart.

English H I

1. VPP11 exercise 5.

2. Myth beings notes - due Friday.

3. Myth card project - due Tuesday (a week from today).

If you'd like to use a card generator, click on one of the links below:
Magic: The Gathering Card (make sure it's a "creature" card)
Yu-Gi-Oh Card (make sure it's a "monster" card)
Pokemon Card

English H II

1. VPP11 exercise 5.

2. Read and annotate Oedipus Rex up to p. 46 (the climax of the play). Add the topic of fate/free will to your annotations.

*Check out this TV Tropes article on the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, and what it has to do with That's So Ravyn and Oedipus Rex.

*Extra credit essay prompt:

Compare and contrast the thematic messages between the film Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg (2002) and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex in regards to fate and free will.

Friday, 01/18/13

Composition
1. VPP11 exercise 2.
2. Complete parts A & B on the citation practice sheet.

English H I
1. VPP11 exercises 3 & 4.
2. Continue taking Cornell notes on the mythological beings.
3. Start working on your mythology card project!
If you'd like to use a card generator, click on one of the links below:
Magic: The Gathering Card (make sure it's a "creature" card)
Yu-Gi-Oh Card (make sure it's a "monster" card)
Pokemon Card

English H II
1. VPP11 exercises 3 & 4.
2. Continue reading and annotating Oedipus Rex up through the next scene (up to page 39). Label the:
-irony (both situational and dramatic)
-hubris
-motif of sight and blindness
-foreshadowing
3. Extra credit option: Oedipus's private diary entry, half a page, after the events from this most recent reading.

Thursday, 01/17/13

Composition
1. Start working on VPP11 exercise 1.

English H I
1. VPP11 ex. I & II
2. Begin your Cornell notes on the mythological beings in chapter 1 of your book.
3. Begin your Myth Project...

English H II
1. VPP11 ex. I & II
2. Label (annotate) Oedipus Rex up to page 31 with the following motifs and literary devices:
-sight/blindness/perception
-hubris
-irony (situational and dramatic)
-foreshadowing

Tuesday, 01/15/13

Composition
1. VPP11 word picture.
2. Madame Loisel paragraph: On your paper divided into three sections, write in first person past tense how you, as Madame Loisel, feel at the end of the story "The Necklace," by Guy de Mauspassant (after she just told you about the necklace).

English H I
1. VPP11 word picture.
2. "Masque of the Red Death" symbolism essay intro paragraph:
What is Poe’s theme in “Masque of the Red Death”, and how does he use symbolism to communicate this?
3. Myth origin story based on one of the questions from your notes: It should be typed, in 3rd person past tense narrative format, double spaced in 12 point Times New Roman format, and should be around one page in length.
4. Start thinking about your myth card project and your myth beings notes.

English H II
1. VPP11 word picture.
2. Read the next "scene" in Oedipus Rex and annotate the sight/blindness/perception motif. Go back through what we already read and do the same thing. Stop after the Oedipus/Tiresias shouting match scene is over (page 31).

Monday, 01/14/13

Composition
1. Be ready to binder check tomorrow.
2. You are the sniper in the story "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty. How did you feel at the end of the story? Write it on your sheet divided into three sections in the top section. Write it in first person past tense, as if you are telling the story to someone.

English H I
1. Bring your mythology book to class.

English H II
1. Bring Oedipus Rex to class.
2. Write a personal response to the following scriptural reference:

Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.” -John 9:3
What do you think about this verse? What could it mean? How might it apply to you?

Thursday, 01/10/13

Composition
1. VPP10 ex. II, study for the test on Monday.
2. Make sure your binder is clean and ready for checking on Monday.
3. Write a new verse to the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette. The verse should be five lines long, should contain an ironic situation, and it can rhyme for an extra credit point. Here is a link to the lyrics so you can use them as inspiration.

English H I
1. VPP10 ex. III-V, study for the test on Monday.
2. Finish filling in the symbolism for your group's symbol on the "Masque of the Red Death" notes.

English H II
1. VPP10 ex. III-V, study for the test on Monday.
2. Oedipus Rex - read the first 11 pages (until Tiresius comes in) and re-write the script for this section. Your script should be a modern version of the same content. You may change the names or keep them the same, but you must abbreviate the lines so that it doesn't go more than one page.

Tuesday-Wednesday, 01/08-09-13

Composition
1. VPP10 ex. I and quiz makeup.
2. Binder check Monday. Make sure your binder is 3" and cleaned out.

English H I
1. VPP10 ex. I & II and quiz makeup.
2. Create a blueprint of the castle rooms in Prince Prospero's palace in Poe's story "Masque of the Red Death." Make sure it is in color and includes furniture and where people might be standing.

English H II
1. VPP10 ex. I & II and quiz makeup.
2. Bring Oedipus Rex.

Monday, 01/07/13

Composition
1. Finish word picture for VPP10.
2. Clean out your binder!
Keep:
Literary devices notes (plot, conflict, setting, foreshadowing, etc)
Forms (syllabus, contact info sheet)
Texts (poems, short stories)
Standards Tasks
File away:
Vocabulary stuff
Worksheets
Everything else

English H I
1. Finish word picture for VPP10.
2. Clean out your binder!
Keep:
Literary devices notes (plot, conflict, setting, foreshadowing, etc)
Literary devices packet
Forms (syllabus, contact info sheet)
Texts (poems, short stories)
Essays and projects
File away:
Vocabulary stuff
Worksheets
Everything else

English H II
1. Finish word picture for VPP10.
2. Clean out your binder!
Keep:
Literary devices and writing workshop notes (essays, narratives, etc)
Forms (syllabus, contact info sheet)
Essays and projects
File away:
Vocabulary stuff
Worksheets
Everything else