Thursday, 03/28/13 Happy Easter! Happy Spring Break!

Happy Easter!

Composition
None!
You may, however, choose to get ahead on your myth cards. If you are, here are the card generator websites you may use if you'd like:
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 I
1. JOTF #4 chapter 1 p.25-31

English H II
Existential film notes: Watch one of the existential or existentially-influenced films below and take notes, making connections between things in the movie and the tenets of existentialism. Notes are due after the break. CLICK HERE to download the existentialism outline powerpoint.
Rated 'PG' or 'PG-13':
Groundhog Day
The Truman Show
The Matrix
Citizen Kane
I, Robot
2001: A Space Odyssey
Donnie Darko
Harold & Maude
Rated 'R':
Fight Club
I ♥ Huckabees
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Being John Malkovich
American Beauty
Garden State
Jacob’s Ladder
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Waking Life
Dark City
Children of Men
****Please get a parental permission signature on the notes for any movies that are rated 'R'!!

Tuesday-Wednesday, 03/26/13

Composition
1. VPP15 packets put together and get ready for the test on Thursday.
2. Keep working on your Mythology Card Project (a Standards Task).
3. Keep taking your Myth Beings Notes - continue with Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon.

English H I
1. VPP15 packets put together and get ready for the test on Thursday.
2. JOTF #3 chapter 1 pages 18-25.

English H II
1. VPP15 packets put together and get ready for the test on Thursday.
2. Existential film notes: Watch one of the existential or existentially-influenced films below and take notes, making connections between things in the movie and the tenets of existentialism. Notes are due after the break. CLICK HERE to download the existentialism outline powerpoint.
Rated 'PG' or 'PG-13':
Groundhog Day
The Truman Show
The Matrix
Citizen Kane
I, Robot
2001: A Space Odyssey
Donnie Darko
Harold & Maude
Rated 'R':
Fight Club
I ♥ Huckabees
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Being John Malkovich
American Beauty
Garden State
Jacob’s Ladder
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Waking Life
Dark City
Children of Men
****Please get a parental permission signature on the notes for any movies that are rated 'R'!!

Monday, 03/25/13

Composition
1. VPP15 exercises I & II. Study!
2. Humanlike god: Create your own Greek god who is quite humanlike, just like the Greeks believed. Create a sheet that has:
-A picture of the god or goddess cut out from a magazine, printed out, or drawn in color.
-The made-up name of your deity.
-An explanation of the personality, powers, and characteristics of your god.

English H I
1. VPP15 exercise IV.
2. Read Lord of the Flies (LOTF) pages 7-11 and copy down 3 important CDs. We will discuss them tomorrow.

English H II
1. Finish all of your VPP15 exercises.

Friday, 03/22/13

Composition
1. VPP15 exercises I & II. Also, study for the spelling quiz next week.

English H I
1. VPP15 ex. II-III

English H II
1. VPP15 exercises I, II, and III.
Stranger Than Fiction - Watch here on YouTube with advertisements. One of the comments mentions that one may choose "full screen" and then "pop-out" and the commercials disappear.

Thursday, 03/21/13

Composition
1. Write your own origin story myth with your own characters. You must answer one of the following questions:
How did we all get here?
What are volcanoes?
Why do the seasons change?
Why do flowers exist?
Why does the sun rise and set?
The narrative should be written in past tense, should be one page long, and must answer one of the origin questions above. Remember that you may use gods, magic, or any other fantastic elements!

English H I
1. Bring Lord of the Flies to class.

English H II
1. Bring Siddhartha to class.

HP pt 2

Harry Potter audiobook part 2
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2659783/Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Sorceror's%20Stone%20Part%201b%20of%204.MP3

Midterms and other assignments

Composition
1. Study VPP10-14 and work on the midterm crossword puzzle.
2. Finish the Symbolism Essay and make sure you have it typed and ready to go.
For next week: Make sure you have your Mythology books!

English H I
1. Finish your Of Mice and Men midterm essay - make sure it's typed up and ready to submit.
2. Study VPP10-14 and finish the midterm crossword puzzle.

For next week: Make sure you have your Lord of the Flies books!

English H II
1. Study VPP10-14 and finish the midterm crossword puzzle.
For next week: Get your Siddhartha books!

Monday, 03/11/13

Composition
1. VPP10-14 study and work on the midterm crossword puzzle.
2. Continue working on your midterm - the Symbolism Essay - work on the body paragraphs.

English H I
1. Continue your Of Mice and Men midterm essay - finish the introduction at least.
3. Continue working on your Of Mice and Men group project. It's due tomorrow
4. VPP10-14 - continue the midterm crossword puzzle.
Bonus Point Opportunity for Of Mice and Men: 
The following short-answer assignments are worth extra points.  They do not need to be full-on literary essays, but do need to be well thought out and they do need to include textual support and parenthetical citation (in other words, good CDs). Focus on writing the “eight sentence paragraph” at least.  As always, they must be typed in the correct format. Good luck!
*Explain why Steinbeck calls his novel Of Mice and Men after the line from the poem by Robert Burns; why does the title make sense? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.
*Explain how Steinbeck is criticizing some aspects of the society of the time in his novel Of Mice and Men.  Use examples from the text to support your ideas.
Type the prompt and your response in MLA format and turn in for points! Responses will be collected up until the day of the midterm.

English H II
1. Complete the Inferno essay - due tomorrow
3. VPP10-14 -keep working on the midterm crossword puzzle.

**Work on the extra credit if you'd like to. The assignment is to write an essay about an author's viewpoints on the afterlife, and what you think of what they are saying. The texts I recommend are the following:
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis (narrative)
Love Wins by Rob Bell (expository) S

Friday, 03/07/13

Composition
1. VPP10-14 study and work a little bit on the midterm crossword puzzle.
2. Continue working on your midterm - the Symbolism Essay - work on the body paragraphs.

English H I
1. Finish reading Of Mice and Men.
2. Start thinking about your answer to the Of Mice and Men midterm essay and the complete the literary devices chart.
3. Continue working on your Of Mice and Men group project.
4. VPP10-14 - work a little bit on the midterm crossword puzzle.
Bonus Point Opportunity for Of Mice and Men: 
The following short-answer assignments are worth extra points.  They do not need to be full-on literary essays, but do need to be well thought out and they do need to include textual support and parenthetical citation (in other words, good CDs). Focus on writing the “eight sentence paragraph” at least.  As always, they must be typed in the correct format. Good luck!
*Explain why Steinbeck calls his novel Of Mice and Men after the line from the poem by Robert Burns; why does the title make sense? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.
*Explain how Steinbeck is criticizing some aspects of the society of the time in his novel Of Mice and Men.  Use examples from the text to support your ideas.
Type the prompt and your response in MLA format and turn in for points! Responses will be collected up until the day of the midterm.

English H II
1. Complete the SBHS Inferno project - due Monday.
2. Complete the Inferno essay - due Tuesday.
3. VPP10-14 - work a little bit on the midterm crossword puzzle.

**Work on the extra credit if you'd like to. The assignment is to write an essay about an author's viewpoints on the afterlife, and what you think of what they are saying. The texts I recommend are the following:
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis (narrative)
Love Wins by Rob Bell (expository)

Thursday, 03/07/13

Composition
1. Study VPP10-14 for the midterm.
2. Continue working on your midterm - the Symbolism Essay - get the concrete details.

English H I
1. Read Of Mice and Men chapter 5.
2. Complete the Curley's Wife letter - make it look like an authentic letter. It should be in first person point of view and should reference at least three events from the book. Use what Curley's Wife says in chapter five to help you.
3. Continue working on your Of Mice and Men group project.
4. Continue studying VPP10-14 for the midterm.

English H II
1. Complete the SBHS Inferno project - due Monday.
2. Complete the Inferno essay - due Tuesday.
3. Continue studying VPP10-14 for the midterm.

**Work on the extra credit if you'd like to. The assignment is to write an essay about an author's viewpoints on the afterlife, and what you think of what they are saying. The texts I recommend are the following:
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis (narrative)
Love Wins by Rob Bell (expository)

Tuesday-Wednesday, 03/05-06/13

Composition
1. Study vocabulary lessons 10-14 (be ready for the midterm).
2. Start your symbolism essay midterm - finish the introduction and use the rubric to help you.

English H I
1. Of Mice and Men chapter four read and answer the questions.
2. Of Mice and Men project.

English H II
1. Get No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre.
2. Work on your Inferno essay. Use the rubric (with the prompt on it) to help you. Here's the prompt if you need it:
Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno was meant to be part of an allegorical tale that spoke of the redemption of sin and salvation in people’s lives. It was also meant to be political and moral commentary. That did not, however, prevent it from hugely influencing how people even today concretely think of hell and the afterlife. In a well-written essay, discuss your own views of the afterlife and how they compare and contrast with that of The Inferno. Be sure to give specific examples from Dante’s work.
3. Work on the extra credit if you'd like to. The assignment is to write an essay about an author's viewpoints on the afterlife, and what you think of what they are saying. The texts I recommend are the following:
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis (narrative)
Love Wins by Rob Bell (expository)