Scribe notes Tuesday DEcmeber 23, 2008

Agenda

Macbeth Review IV SCASI

->Begin IV.3

Homework: Update Logs

First sister Salma went over what our finals are for when we get back from break. The first secction of the Final is a "RAFT" on Macbeth, the second is overarching essay question (that relate to class), the last part of the final is an oral commentary on an unkown topic, we will have 15 minutes to go over the matierial and then we have 7-10 minutes to commnet on it [orally].

After that we went over the SCASI from Act IV scene 2 of Macbeth.

The end.

Monday December 22,2008

MONDAY
1) Macbeth: Act 4 Scene 1
SCASI
Act 4 Scene 2


We listened to Act 4 Scene 1 and went over the SCASI for it.
Then we listened to Act 4 Scene 2.
For homework, we have to do SCASI for Act 4 Scene 2.

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Agenda

1- Spelling Test #15

2- Macbeth: review SCASI
--> begin Act IV. 1

HW: complete entire SCASI for Macbeth, Act IV. 1

We started off with the weekly spelling test. After that, we reviewed our homework from yesterday and then we began reading (listening to the CD) of Act IV. 1 and completed reading it, including our SCASI homework that was assigned to us.

Thrs. 12/18

1. Macbeth: fini Act III.
--> balance of events as they tip for
and against Macbeth.
HW: 1. finish vocab packet/ study for sp. test.
2. III.6.: compare the kingships of Macbeth
and Duncan.


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Today we started reading the last two scenes of Act III in Macbeth.
We listened to the drama and discussed it. But because the
drama was long, we didnt get to the "balance of events".
Homework was to fini rdg the Act and to write the commentary
on scene 6 act III where they discuss Macbeth.




Thrs. 12/11

1. Macbeth: review II.3-4
--> commentary notes
--> begin Act III
HW: 1. vocab test tomorrow
2. complete word/character logs.

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That day we discussed the commentary that we had previously written during the Eid break.
After discussing about it and comparing the notes, we started Act III of Macbeth with the drama.

TUESDAY!!! Dec. 16 2008

Agenda
Macbeth
-> III-1 review SCASI
-> III- 2 SCASI
HW:vacab ex3
Update Logs as needed

First we took out out Homwwork for sister
Salma to Stamp. Then we went over it whitch
was for Act 3 Scene 1. each Pressnted our point.
Then we listened to Act 3 scene 2 and we did a
SCASI for that scene.
Then the class ended.

Scribe Notes 12/15/08

Agenda:
1- Macbeth: III. 2 SCASI
-->III. 3
-->III. 4: enactment

HW:
1- vocab ex 4
2- III. 3-4: SCASI
3- update logs

We finished the SCASI that we started yesterday on scene 2. Then we listened to the radio version of scene 3 and did a verbal SCASI for it. After that, we enacted act 3, scene 4 of Macbeth, with everyone playing a part and action included. After enacting the scene, we listened to the scene. For homework, we should do vocab exercise 4 and update our character and word logs for Macbeth. We should also do SCASI for scene 4. We don't have to do scene three because we did it in class.

monday December 15,2008

SCRIBE NOTES

1)SPelling Pretest:
We did the pretest for lesson 15 and completed ex 1 in the book
2)Macbeth:
Commentery: we went over the commentary we had to do for homework on
Macbeth's soliloquiy.
Act 3: we listened act three scene 1.

HW)
1-finish vocab ex 2
2-Update character and world journals

Friday, December 11th, 2008

Agenda

1-Vocabulary Test: 13-14

2- Macbeth: III: 1

HW: commentary on Macbeth's silliloquy (III: 1. 52-77)

We started off by taking our vocabulary test. After that, we barely had time to finish, so we read the first part of the third Act. Then we were dismissed.

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Agenda

NO CLASS!
(we were doing the Hajj exhibit)

Scribe Notes 12/3/08

Agenda:
1- Macbeth: SCASI on I. 6-7
-->Act II. 1

HW:
1- Study for spelling test tomorrow/ vocab packet due Friday
2- Complete SCASI for II. 1

We went over Scenes 6 and 7 in class and did SCASI for them. Each one of us took a letter. Meanwhile, Sister Salma checked our word and character logs. We didn't have time to share our SCASI in class, so we should finish them at home, as well as read act 2 scene 1 and do SCASI for that using the same letter we already had. These we will share tomorrow. We will also have our spelling test tomorrow because there is a possibility that we will not have class on Friday. The vocab packet, however, is still due on Friday.

Monday December 1st, 2008

SCRIBE NTOES

1)Spelling Test #13

               We took a test on last weeks vocabulary. We the took the pre-test for this weeks lesson and went over the words.

2)Macbeth: Finish Act 1 Scene 5

               We listened to the radio drama for Macbeth, finishing scene 5. We discussed the scene, looking at the way that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth were acting, and how they hinted the fact that they would kill him. We then analyzed Lad Macbeth's speech (1.5. 16-45). For homework, we have to prepare a commentary for this speech, using the guidance question: "What does Lady Macbeth say about Macbeth's nature, as well as human nature in gneral?"

HW

1) Vocan ex 1 and 2

2)Finish Commentary

Scribe Notes Wednesday 11/26/08

Agenda:
1- Macbeth: I. iv-v
--> What is Duncan like?
--> Lady Macbeth and human Nature

HW:
1- Finish vocab packet
2- Update word and character logs

We listened to an audio version of Macbeth for scene 4 and did a SCASI for it. We discussed Duncan's character and his actions, how they might be percieved and how they might affect him. We also talked a little about Macbeth's behavior in the scene. After this, we listened to the beginning of scene 5. However, class ended before we finished the scene. For homework, we should finish reading it and update our word and character logs. We should also finish our vocab packets and study for the spelling test which will be on Monday because of Thanksgiving break.

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Agenda

NONE (there's no school today because we have a Thanksgiving/Eid break)

:)

Happy long weekend to all of you!

Scribe notes nov 25

Agenda
1. Vocab test 11-12
2. Macbeth
Hw: vocab due Monday
Macbeth: finish Personal Journal


We took down the agenda, and then began our vocabulary tests. After that we got out or vocab books and did page 79-80 in it. We turned them in. After that we did our spelling pre test and went over weather each word had a negative or positive meaning.
Then we moved on to Macbeth. We were asked if we did our homework the night before (if we had it) then we discussed the scene a bit. Then we listen to the radio drama of scene 3 and discussed it.
that's all :)

Monday November 24,2008

Monday
SCRIBE NOTES

1) VOcab: Review Lessons 11-12
we did a crossword to review for the test tomorrow.

2)Macbeth:
We reviewed act 1 scene 2 by going over the key words and doing SCASI for the scene.
For homework, we have to read act 1 scene 3 up to line 81, and we have to update our word journals.

HW
1) Study for VOcab Test
2)Read scene 3 and update word journal.

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Agenda

1- Spelling Test #12

2- Macbeth: Review I. 1-2

HW: 1-Director's journal: Storyboard of I. 2

We started off with our spelling test and went on to review what we've just read the day before in class. We discussed the setting and issues in the first two scenes in Macbeth.

Scribe Notes Wed. Nov. 19, 2008

Agenda:
1-Poetry Exam
-->Write Commentary

HW:
1-vocab ex 4
2-write self-reflection of at least 200 words: "How well do you think you did on the poetry commentary? What was easy about it? What still gives you a hard time?"

Today we took a poetry exam, where we wrote a commentary on the poem "The Tourist From Syracuse." For homework, we should do vocab exercise 4 and write a self-reflection on the poetry exam. The prompt is written above.

MONDAY 11-17-08

SCRIBE NOTES

1)Vocab Lesson 12
We didn't get to actually do this today, because we had to copy a poem down

2)Poetry Commentary:
Guidelines: Sister Salma told us the guidelines for writing a poetry commentary on a poetry exam. One should read over the poem in question a few times, paraphrase each stanza, do Scasi for it, and then figure out the overall theme for the poem. Then one should write a outline for the commentary. After going over the guidelines, we followed these stpes on a poem called "Astronauts", and discussed it in class.

HM:
1) Vocab Exercise 1 and 2
2)Write an outline for the poem "My Father", which we copied down in class from the board.

Thursday 11/13

Agenda:

1. John Keats: finish "Ode on Indolence"
--> begin "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

HW: 1- finish vocab packet/ study for sp. test
2- Prepare stanza (SCASI)

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After writing down the agenda, Fadhelah came up and finished her stanza for the poem "Ode on Indolence" and then gave her SCASI questions. After Fadhelah, Alia went up and did the same thing for the last stanza of the poem.
When finished with that poem, sister salma had us start on the next one, "Ode on a Grecian Urn". She read the poem, and then assigned us a stanza to do SCASI on (Setting, Character, Action, Style, and Ideas).
The homework is to finish SCASI and to finish our vocab packets and study for spelling test.



Thrs. 11/ 6.

1. Keats's: "When i have fears..."
--> fini SCASI discussion
"O Solitude!"
--> review web chart
--> SCASI Chart

HW: 1- finish vocab packet
2- commentary "When I have fears.."

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We continued SCASI for "When i have fears" from the day before. Areeba, Nawal and I went up for our letters and asked questions on the poem concerning its Action, Style and Theme. Afterwards, we started the next poem, "O Solitude!" (on the page before "When i have fears"). For homework night before, we had to do a web chart, so we reviewed it in class and discussed it. Then we had to do SCASI charts once again.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Agenda

1- Spelling Test #11

2- Keats: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

HW: 1- Locate/Read two different interpretations of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
2- Write commentary on "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
--> Poetry exam on Wednesday!

We started off by taking our spelling test and reviewed our homework together by asking our SCASI questions for "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and answered by holding a class discussion about it. We then got the gist of the poem to help us with our homework.

Scribe Notes

Agenda:
1- Keats: "Ode on Indolence"
--> Stanza instruction
--> Message of poem (200 words)

HW:
1- vocab ex 4
2- commentary on Ode to Indolence

We copied down the agenda, then realized that we hadn't taken the spelling pretest. So we took the spelling pretest for lesson 11. After that, we each went up, read our assigned stanza and led a small discussion about it using the SCASI chart. We finished just as the bell rang. We didn't have time to write the paragraph on the meaning of the poem.
For homework, we should write a commentary on Ode to Indolence and do vocab exercise 4.

Scribe notes Nov. 11, 2008

Agenda

1.Vocabulary Test lessons 9-10

2. Keats review: to sleep

->Begin "ode to Indolence"

Hw:

vocab ex 1-3

Prepare to teach your stanza

Commentary on "to sleep"

We copied the agenda then prepared to take our Vocab test. We took the test then we went to page 60 in our vocabulary books and did that page, the rest we have to do for homework (dues at the end of the week). Then we went over our previous homework on "to sleep" SCASI. we presented our points and questions to the class. After that we went to the poem "Ode to indolence" and sister Salma read the poem out loud. Then she Distributed a stanza to each student so that we can do SCASI questions per stanza. Sister Salma came up with questions for the first stanza. Then we silently started on our Homework and then the bell rang.
bun da da dum, class is over!
-nawal

Monday November 10,2008

AGENDA
1) Vocab Review
We reviewed lessons 9 and 10 by doing a worksheet on the lessons.

2)SCASI: "TO Sleep"
We went over Keats's "to Sleep"
Everyone was assigned a SCASI heading and each student had to come up with 2-4 questions on it. We then each wrote our questions aon the board and copies each others down on notebook.

HW
1) Finish vocab review sheet. Study for test.
2) Answer all the SCASI questions written on the board on Keats's "TO Sleep".

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Agenda

1- Spelling Test #10

2- Keats: review "O Solitude!"
--> SCASI chart

HW: 1-complete "O Solitude!" commentary
2-read "Sleep" and do web cluster

We started off with our spelling test of the week, and then we reviewed oiur SCASI for "O Solitude". after we were done completing our parts and holding the discussions for the class, we were dismissed.

Scribe Notes

Agenda:
1- Keats: review "When I Have Fears..."
-begin "Solitude"
HW:
1-Vocab ex 4
2-web cluster on "Solitude"
3-Final draft of "Fears" commentary

We continued the SCASI chart from yesterday. We wrote the questions on the board and each person went up and gave the answers and made a small discussion about the questions. We did this for all of class. We finished setting, character, and action, and we will finish style and ideas tomorrow. For homework, we should finish vocabulary exercise 4, read the poem "Solitude" and do a web cluster for it, and work on our commentaries. They aren't due tomorrow, because we still need to go over style and ideas.

scribe notes 11/4

Tuesday nov 4, 08 (election day!)

Agenda

1-Keats "

-SCASI "when i fear that i may cease to be"

-comnetary

HW: Finish commentary on "When i fear that i may cease to be"

We copppied down the agenda, then we went over our home work wich was the web cluster about "when i fear that i may cease to be". Sis salma stamped it. Then we were assiened the diffrent letters in SCASI, and created 2-5 questions for the the topic. we then wrote them on the bored and everyone coppied it down.
the bell rang
BRRRRININGGGG!
class is out!

MONDAY 11/3/08

SCRIBE NOTES

1)Spelling Pre-test # 10
Standard protocal: pretest on lesson ten. Went over words and definitions, completed exercise 1 and corrected it in class.

2)SCASI: "The Open Boat"
We went over the handout on the exerpt from "The Open Boat", completing the SCASI for it.


HW:
1)Vocab ex. 2
2)Web Cluster on Keats's "When I have Fears..."

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Agenda

1- Spelling Test #9

2- SCASI: Keats's "On the Sea"

HW: 1- commentary on Keats's "On the Sea"
--> express idea of the sea

We started off, like every other Friday, with our spelling test of the week. We, then, started talking about the "Idea" part of SCASI on Keats's poem "On the Sea". We discussed the poem and what it might be trying to say about nature, particularly the sea, and us humans.

Scribe Notes

Agenda:
- Keats: "On Peace"
-Napoleonic War
-web cluster
HW:
- vocab ex 4
- finish historical research. Consider "How did the time period affect Keats (based on Poem)?"

We took notes on Odes before reading Keats's "On Peace". We took a few minutes to paraphrase the stanzas and fully understand the poem. We discussed the context of the poem and how it affected the meaning. For homework, we need to research the Napoleonic Wars and discuss how it affect Keats. We must also finish vocab example 4.

Scribe notes October 28

Agenda:
1-Vocab test 7-8
2-Keats "to Autumn"

hw: Vocab 1-3
Keats commentary on "to Autumn"

We scribbled down agenda and took our vocab test.
then we finished and did page 69 and 60 in our vocab book on definitions. After that we took our Spelling pre test and did exercise one. After that sis Salma checked our homework and then we went over it. We finished it just in time before thew bell and she switched the home work to do the commentary.

SCRIBE NOTES 10-27-08

Monday
1) Vocab Review
We Completed a wordcross puzzle related to lessons 7 and 8 in the vocab book to review for the Test tomorrow.
2)SCASI: CHilde Harold
We Reveiwed the poem and went over the final questions related to the poem in the worksheet relating the the style of the poem.
3)Keat's "TO Autumn"
We went over the poem "TO Autumn" and for homework, we have to answer five questions written on the board about the poem and come up with a thesis.

Friday, October 25th, 2008

Agenda

1- Spelling Test #8

2- "Childe Harold" by Lord Byron
--> review

HW: 1- read, annotate, and do web cluster on "To Autumn" by John Keats

We started, as every Friday, with our spelling test of the week. After that, we reviewed Childe Harold and talked about its style and corrected each others papers--peer review. We didn't get to go over "To Autumn" before leaving and taking it for homework, so we were dismissed.

Thurs. 10/23 (HAPPY SWEET 16 NAWAL!)

1. John Keates: minisearch share.
2. SCASI: focus on style
--> "Childe Harold" (Byron)
HW: 1- fini vocab pkt/study 4 sp.
2- finish style handout

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After being weird and engraving the agenda in our agenda books, (my) Sister Salma had us come one by one up to the front of the class room to share what we found in our topics that she told us to research yesterday. Mine was on the fashion and lifestyle :)
Afterwards, Sister Salma passed out the style handout where a poem was on it. We read it and then talked about what it meant. The homework is to finish the worksheet up to page 47, and end before the Setting.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Agenda:

1. Robert Frost Closure: Why do you think he is still considered one of America's greatest poets?
2. John Keats: mini-research

HW:

1. vocab ex4
2. finish mini research

We have finished our packet of Robert Frost poems and are now moving on to Keats. We went to the computer lab and typed a 200 word paragragh in answer to the question, "Why do we think he is still considered one of America's greatest poets?"

When we finished with that, we did a mini-research on John Keats, on the topic that Sister Salma gave us. We were allowed to leave class five minutes early to begin setting up for Club Day. If you didn't finish the mini-research, it is for homework along with vocabulary exercise 4. we

SCRIBE NOTES

MONDAY OCTOBER 20, 2008

1)Spelling Pre-Test
We completed a spelling pretest for lesson 8 and then did exercise 1 for the lesson. We corrected exercise 1 in class

2)SCASI: Action
We read the poem "Interrogator" and answered questions about it related to SCASI, focusing on the action of the poem. Ask Sister Salma for the worksheet.

HW
1) Vocab: exercise 2
2) Web Cluster on the poem "Happiness" by Frost.

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Agenda

1-Spelling Test #7

2- SCASI: "Walter Llywarch"
--> "The Vanishing Red"

HW: 1- complete commentary on "The Vanishing Red"

We started off by taking our seventh spelling test of the year. After taking our spelling test, we reviewed the rest of the packet on the poem "Walter Llywarch". We then read "The Vanishing Red" and discussed a few possible interpretations of the poem or who the poem may be talking about. And then we were dismissed.

Wednesday, October 15

We didn't have class today because we were taking the PSAT, however, we still have homework.
Finish both the web cluster and commentary for "On Going Unnoticed". Also, don't forget to do your vocab!

(Sorry it's so late! We didnt get home till 6:00, and then we had dinner. This was the only time I was able to do this.)

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Agenda

1- Spelling Test #6

2- Review "My Butterfly"
--> review SCASI
--> write commentary on "My Butterfly"

HW: 1-vocab study sheet
2-complete commentary on "My Butterfly"

We started out by taking our 6th spelling test. After finishing that, we reviewed our homework and added on to our SCASI on "My Butterfly". We talked about it in depth and got our notes ready for our homework (writing the full commentary on it).

Scribe Notes 10/8/08

Agenda:
1. SCASI: focus on setting
"My Father's Garden"
2. Robert Frost: "A Considerable Speck (Microscopic)"

HW:
1. vocab ex 4
2. "Speck" Commentary

We started off by learning about SCASI. SCASI stands for Setting, Character, Action, Style, and Ideas. We read the poem "My Father's Garden" about a man who works in a mill and likes to visit the scrapyard. The mill is described as a hellish, horrible place to be, while the scrapyard is the garden, a nice relaxing place for the father to be himself. We underlined the settings and the words used to describe them and then discussed the settings in the poem, the differences in desriptions and how they affect the father. Then we discussed the details in the poem that suggest the way the narrator feels about or towards his father.
Class ended at this point and we weren't able to read Frost's "A Considerable Speck". However, we still have to do the commentary for homework. Also, don't forget to do vocab example 4.

agenda 10/7 scribe notes

AGENDA:

1- Spelling test #5

pre test

2-"the road not taken" poem commentary

HW: commentary

We took our long awaited spelling test and switched and corrected.
Then we took our pretest, but we didn't do Exercise one in the vocab book.
We then went to the poem that we did for Homework, "the road less traveled"
we went over the commentary and summarized it.
at the End sister Salma told us a hidden meaning to the poem. It was actually a satire,
he was making fun of people who think too much on decisions that wont make
much of a difference in the future. Interesting...changes your whole feeling on the poem!
that was it!
class dismissed
<3

Monday: 10-6-08

AGENDA
1)journal Entry
For today's Entry, we had to write about what we did over the Eid Break. In the entry, we had to focus on two events and describe them with sensory details.

2) Memoir Portfolio
We had to present our memoir project to the class. Each student had to read theri prologue, epilogue, and an assignment of theri choice. Nawal, Alia, and Fadhelah presented theirs, Saliha and Areeba still need to present tomorrow

3)Poetry COmmentary
We turned in the commentaries we had to do over the break and Sister Salma checked our annotations on the other poems in the packet.

Homework
1) Write a poem commentary on Frost's "The Road Not Taken"

Scribe Notes 9/17/08

Agenda:
1- Journal
2- Tennyson: 2nd and 3rd paragraph of commentary

HW:
1- vocab packet due friday
2- type up final commentary

We started class with a journal entry. The prompt was "What are some things you wished your parents had talked to you about?" We wrote for ten minutes on the subject, then transitioned to our Tennyson commentaries. Sister Salma read a sample first paragraph. Then we divided into groups, Alia and Nawal, and Saliha, Fadhelah, and Areeba, and worked on the second paragraph.
For homework, we need to finish writing the commentary, and type it up. Also, don't forget to finish the vocab packet.

Agenda sept. 16. 2008

Agneda

Vocab test: lesson 3-4

->spelling pre test #5

poetry: review seascape

HW: vocab ex. 2-3

-tannyson; first par. commentary

WE sat down, copied the agenda and prepared to take our vocab test.
then we took our spelling pretest, corrected it, and did ex. 1. when we finished
we went over what we did for homework ( paraphrasing our section
of "come down oh maid"). Then we went over a sample commentary for "Seascape"
then we left.

Monday 9/15/08

1)Vocabulary Review: Lessons 3-4
Sister Salma handed out reveiw worksheets for vocab lessons 3 and 4, in order to review for the vocabulary test tomorrow. After completing the worksheets, we had to write the definations for eight of the words on the back of the page, becasue their definitions weren't given on the worksheet.

2)Poetry Commentary: Tennyson
For homework, we were supposed to write a commentary on "Come Down O Maid", by Tennyson, but becasue everyone wrote a commentary on "seascape", by accident, we went over "Come Down O Maid", in class. We read the poem out loud, divided it into parts, and had everyone define unfamiliar words in their section of the poem.

Homework
1) Study for vocab test on lessons 3 and 4
2) Finish Memoir Project (due Thursday)
3)Paraphrase assigned section of "Come Down O Maid"

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Agenda

1-Spelling Test #4

2- Analyzing Poetry: Tennyson

Hw: 1- finish 3-paragraph "commentary"
2- review vocab lessons 3-4 (test on Tuesday)

We started off by taking our spelling test. After that we started "analyzing" the poem about the "seascape" (I think), and then we looked over what we would do for homework and how we would analyze the other poem. As always, we ran short on time, so we were dismissed immediately after that. :)

OMG, ITS SEPTEMBER 11!!

Thrs. Sept. 11, 2008

1. Poetry: "register"
-> Comic Sketch
2. Form: Metaphor
"Sound Effects"

HW: 1- fini vocab pkt/ study for sp. test
2- complete last 10 memoir assignments

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When finished writing down the agenda, Sister Salma reminded us that tomorrow the last 10 Memoir Project assignments are due, and was telling us that the final final copy
(thats kinko-fied) will be due next Friday, before our Ramadan break. She answered any questions we had on the memoir project and then swiftly moved on to the next topic: Poetry. Here are the rest of the notes from where we left off yesterday on "Register":

3-Consultative: the language of discussions, meetings; attention signals expected; more
thought goes in it. EX: "I'd recommend this poem, but that poem is fine."
4-Deliberative: the language of essays and speeches: completely pre-planned, no attention cues.
passive voice used, less abbreviated. EX: "When we read this ayat, we're
reminded of..."
5-Oratorical: the language of ceremony, completely prepared, already established, sometimes
more decodable, rather than readable. EX: "Innal hamdu lillah..." <-What
Shiekhs say in beginning of khutbah.


After that, Sister Salma pulled out the 8th grade literature book and gave out examples from the poems in it, having us identify which register is was.
Then sister salma gave out a worksheet that had two poems on it. We looked at one and checked out the rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia.

Scribe Notes 9/10/08

Agenda:
1- Keats: Poem vs. paraphrase
2-"Style": Write-up
3- Poetry: Register

HW:
1- Vocab ex 4
2- Work on memoir project

First we went over the homework. We each read the Keats poem that we chose yesterday and the paraphrase. Then mentioned the differences we saw between the poem and the paraphrase. After that, we did a write-up to see if we could recognize the different writing styles we all have. We were all given a secret topic. Then we spread out and wrote a short paragraph on the topic. We turned them in to Sister Salma, who read them out loud. We guessed the writer when she was done. Each time we guessed the author correctly, which shows that we know each other's writing style very well.
After we finished the Write-up activity, we took some notes on Register. Because class was short, we only took some of the notes. The rest we will take tomorrow.

Register:
Register is the degree of formality in language suitable for the situation (writing)
1- Intimate: the language of people who love each other. ex: parents to kids, kids to pets, etc. Nearly always accompanied by touch, consists of broken fragments of words.
Ex: "Mmmm" "Thats a good boy."

2-Casual: the language of friends and family; no planning beforehand, sentences not always grammatical; in-jokes; sometimes accompanied by touch.
Ex: "and like, she had no idea!" "I was wondering-yeah exactly!"

For homework, we should do vocab example 4 and continue working on our memoir project which is due Friday.

Agenda; 9/9/08

Tuesday:
1. connotation vs. denotation
2. Poetry style
HW: Vocab #3
Comment org. poem.
Memoir project (due Friday)

First we started out the class by writing our sentences on the bored that was for homework the night before. We had to make the sentences either with a positive connotation or a negative denotation.
Sen 1: Maryam had black hair, brown eyes and was 5'2.
Sen 2: the sun rose at 6:30 Am and i opened the curtains.
After we finished sharing our sentences and how they were positive or negative, sis. Salma wrote a sentence for a poem that we had to simplify, like what the passage is about. we used dictionaries and wrote down what we thought it meant. Then Sis Salma let us choose from a couple of poems so we can simplify one for Homework.
Then...the bell rang......
Sis. Salma kicked us out and we were on our way.
the end.
=)

SCRIBE NOTES: Monday 9/8/08

MONDAY

1) Spelling pretest 

           We took our weekly spelling test on lesson 4, followed by exercise one in our vocabulary books. (D0 exercise 2 for homework) 

2) Poetry: Connotation VS Denotation

           Today we discussed the difference between connotation and denotation.

                 Denotation is the dictionary definition of a word.

                 Connotation is the associated meaning of the word, depening on context, emotion etc

           After discussing the meanings we did an exercise in which Sis Salma said a word, and we had   to write three or four words we associated with the word sis salma said. The words she said were "Milk","Red", and "Money", we then had to write the first few words that came to mind, which would be our connotations of the word.

          The next thing we did was that Sis Salma wrote a few sentences on the board, and we had to say what connotations certain words in the sentences held. For example:

               1) He was a lion in battle.   

               This makes the subject of the sentence seem brave and courageous.

               2) He was a cat in battle.

               This makes the subject seem wimpy, powerless, and defensive

                

HOMEWORK

Vocab exercise 2

Connotation Sentences:

         For this homework, we have to work with two sentences:

1) Maryam had black hair, brown eyes, and was 5'2" in height.

2) The sun rose at 6:30 am, and i opened the curtains.    

For each sentence, a we're supposed to write two adaptations, to make one version of the sentence have a positive connotation and the other one should hae a negative connotation.

Friday, September 8th, 2008

Agenda

1- Spelling Test #3

2- Wilfred Owen's "Futility"
HW: Work on Memoir Project (Due: next Friday, September 12th)

We started off, as usual, with taking our spelling test for the week.
After doing that, we took out our "Futility" poem, by Wilfred Owen and started to analyze it. Each person took a part of the analyzing: Content, Imagery, Diction and Syntax, etc.
We, then, shared our notes and were dismissed.

Thursday, September 4th

Agenda:

1. Reading Poetry: notes
2. Wilfred Owens "Futility"

HW: 1. fini vocab packet and spelling test tomorrow.

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After writing the agenda, Sister Salma gave our poems back (as well as other corrected papers) and we stood up in the front of class to share. We would comment on the poem afterwards.
Then sister salma put up notes on Poetry that we had to copy down. Look below:

Poetry:
-Importance to get a well-rounded feel of the poem
-what the poem is about
-what the poet is trying to achieve
-Layers of meaning
-surface: whats on the outside
-deeper: what its really about
-Consider the poet
-intention
-motivation
-context
-time
-place
-situation
-Consider ideas of poem
-feelings
-moods
-tone of voice
-Structure of poem
-method/techniques
-"form"; style

STYLE: The way a writer chooses suitable and effective language for a particular purpose and audience. --Way words LOOK, SOUND, or MEAN. --how they add to the overall effect or meaning.

Form:
"Form" is a technical word used to describe what something looks or sounds like.
In poetry, the form of a word doesnt change the meaning, it ADDS to the meaning or visual impact.
-Look for patterns of shape and sound
-Different lenghths of line stanzas
-Ending a line in the middle of the sentence
-Patterns of sound:
-rhythm (repeating stresses)
-rhyme (repeating final sounds)
-alliteration
-onomotapeia

Context:
The "context" of a word is the meaning it contains, both obvious and subtle.
In poetry, words are chosen very precisley to increase their effect and meaning to suit their purpose best. Words and phrases can have multipule meanings.
-Denotation: basic definition
-Connotaton: associated meanings
--> figurative language: metaphot, personification
--> irony
Connotation is the "lifeblood" of poetry. It creates strong images or feelings or both. It paints pictures in the mind of the reader.


After writing down these notes and Sister Salma explained them, she passed out a poem called "Futility" by Wilfred Owen. After reading it out loud, we figured out what it meant and what the tone of voice of the poet was.

Scribe Notes 9/3/08

Agenda:
1- Journal and Poetry share
2- Poetry Analysis: form and content
--> Wilfred Owen's "Futility"
HW:
1- work on vocab packet due Friday
2- work on last ten memoir assignments (due Friday 9/12)


We started class with a journal entry about last night's homework, a poem.
What were we trying to achieve in our poem? How well did we succeed?
After we finished our journal entries, we swapped poems and answered the questions from the "How To Read Poetry" worksheet Sister Salma gave us yesterday. We turned in our journals with both the poem and analysis, as well. Because of the Ramadan schedule, classes are short, so we weren't able to do the poetry analysis.
For homework, we need to finish the vocab packet, and work on the last ten memoir assignments which are due next Friday.

9/2/08 agenda tuesday.

*Vocabulary test #1
-start lesson 3
*how to read a poem
HW: Vocab exercise 1 (all due Friday)
write your won poem.


we wrote the agenda, then we shortly discussed our memoir project.
then we started our vocabulary test. After we finished it, we did page 19
in our vocab book about dictionary definitions.
Then we talked about writing poems and we were assigned to write our own 10 line
poem for homework.

Friday, August 29th, 2008

1- Spelling Test #2

2- Poetic vs. Prosaic

3- Analyzing Poetry

HW: 1- vocab study sheet (test on Tuesday)
2- Memoir Project (have first 20 assignments completed by Tuesday)

Today, in class, we started off by taking our spelling test. After that we looked back at what we wrote for the day before when we compared poetic and prosaic writing. Then we took some short notes before the bell would ring (since Friday's our shorter day) and were dismissed.

Thursday 8/28

1. Advertising Analysis: Present Findings

2. Poetic: How to define? What is its opposite?

HW: 1- finish vocab packet, spelling test tomorrow.
2- See you and your parents on Back to School Night!
3- Bring in Tuesday for Memoir Project 20 assignments.

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After scribbling down the agenda in our binders, we gave a "Show & Tell" on the ads that we had to pick two nights before, and tell what kind of techniques were used, what the ad was about, which kind of "deadly sin" it carried, etc.
Afterwards, Sister Salma told us the difference between Poetic and non-poetic, which we soon learn is called "Prosaic". She had 10 sheets around the room containing stories/essays that were either Poetic or Prosaic, and we had to identify them.
Here are the notes:

Poetry (Poetic):
-lines
-stanzas
-figurative word choice
-"eye candy"= beauty
-deeper meaning

Prose (Prosaic):
-sentences
-paragraphs
-fiction/ non-
-factual
-dull
-unimaginative
-uncreative

Tuesday, 8/26

Agenda
1. Strunk & White review
2. Poetry Assignment
3. Memoir Project: finish peer-review

Today in class, we continued to review from the Strunk & White quiz that we'd taken during the first days of school. We went over the answers and discussed whether the statement was correct or incorrect.
Then, we started our poetry assignment. We were to find a poem, any poem, that we liked; we would be sharing our selections, and explaining why we chose the poem. What about it grabbed our attention?
We ended class by printing out our final selections and turning them in to discuss tomorrow.

SCRIBE NOTES 8/25/08

Salams Everyone,

1) Spelling Pretest Lesson 2
We took the pretest, highlighted the definitions and parts of speech, and finished and corrected exercise 1. Standard monday protocol.

2)Memoir project Peer Review
We exchanged our memoir project assignments and reviewed them. For each assignment, completed by our peers we had to write three things:

1- What we liked about their assignment
2- What questions we had for concerning each assignment
3- What we would like to see in an edited version of their assignment

We were'nt able to complete reviews so Sis salma said she would give us time on Tuesday to finish.

HW. 1) Spelling exercise 2
2)Memoir project- next ten assignments (due September 2)
3) Bring a copy of Macbeth by Wednesday

Friday--August 22nd, 2008

1-Spelling Test #1

2-Identifying the Untruths
-->Complete charts

HW: Complete the first 10 of Memoir Project (Due Monday the 25th)


We started off class with, of course, writing down the agenda, taking our first spelling test, and then we went on to complete our charts. At the end of class, Sister Salma checked what we wrote (for our five "untruths") and how we explained why we thought they were "untruths". We were dismissed, and whoever didn't finish completing their charts in class had to finish it and turn it in later on during the day (or at home).

Thursday, August 22

Agenda
1. Journal Entry #3
2. Inventing the Truth:
-- "Two Truths and a Lie" game
-- Identify "untruths" in memoirs
HW: finish vocab packet/study for spelling test; work on Memoir Project (first ten assignments due next Monday)

Today we wrote in our journals again, this time to the following prompt:
"Discuss your thoughts, plans, and preparations for your memoir project. Also explain how your mood observation write-up affects the way you understand your memories."
The second part of the prompt referred to last night's homework, where we sat at a table (like we had at school), but this time in a different mood; we had to write about the experience. We basically had to compare how our experiences differed because of our moods, and how our mood really shapes our experience.
Then we talked about how we are allowed to include "untruths" (basically exaggerations or embellishments) in memoir-writing, because it's more about the memory and the emotions and theme rather than the hard, dry facts of the incident. We practiced this by playing the game "Two Truths and a Lie", where each of us wrote three things on sticky notes, but only two things were in fact true. We read them aloud and tried to guess each other's lie. (We got most - if not all - of them right.)
Then we were given a different memoir (Obama, McCain, My Family and Other Animals, All Creatures Great and Small, "War") and we had to identify FIVE examples of "untruth" and then analyze: how could we tell it was an "untruth"? why was it included? what was its purpose in the story/memory?
We did not have to finish this for homework, since we'll have class-time tomorrow to complete it.

Scribe Notes 8/20/08

1) Write for College: Personal Reminiscence
We discussed how to write Personal Reminiscences and we read one in the Write For College book (pg 144-147). After this, we went over the memoir project and the assignments that need to be done for it.

2) Writing with emotion:
-share mood observation
-mood write 1
We didn't have time to share the mood observations we finished for homework last night, so we just turned them in. Then we began our first mood write; sit at your desk and write about the mood you are in.

Homework:
1-Vocab exercise 4
2-Mood write 2; sit at a desk and write about a different mood than the one you did in class.
3-Work on memoir project (first 10 assignments due next monday 8/25)

Scribe Notes 8/19

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Agenda
1. Journal Entry #2
2. Writing with Emotion: mood description write

HW: vocab exercise 3; memoir project: first ten due next Monday; finish writing mood description

The journal entry on the board was the following quote, to which we had to respond:
"For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." We wrote for 10 minutes on what this quote from the Corinthians meant, and we discussed the following concepts:
-- our world-view is the "glass" we look through, and so what we perceive is affected by that
-- the "glass" is our identity and personality, and we interpret our experiences through it
-- the "glass" is our uncertainty about God and the Hereafter, but on the Day of Judgment,
we will finally be "face to face" with who we really are (believers, hypocrites, disbelievers)
We compared this quote to the common phrase "through rose-colored lens", which means looking at what happens in an overly optimistic, romantic way.

Then we talked about how our mood does cloud our perception of events. We experimented with this by the following activity:
Each student was assigned a MOOD and a WEATHER: rain/happy, rain/sad, sunny/happy, sunny/sad, sunny/angry. The students with the same weather sat together to decide what the setting would be. Then each student had to write a description of what was happening and what they were feeling based on that mood.
We finished this up for homework.

SCRIBE NOTES 8/18/08

Salams Everyone,
SCRIBE NOTES for August 18, 2008

1) Spelling Pretest:
We completed a spelling pretest for lesson 1 in the vocabulary book on page 1 (go figure)
After the pretest we went through the definitions and completed exercise one, which we corrected in class... standard procedure.

2)POEMS!:
Everyone recited their "Where I'm From" poem to the class and turned it in to Sis Salma.

3)Transitions, Transformations, and Realization:
We too notes on the three types of memories that can be included in a memoir:

-Realization : When you get an epihany about something
-Transformation: When you change internally as the result of an event or series of events
-Transition: A moment in your life when you experience outward change ( ie, the death of a family member, movig, etc) that has an effect on you.

After notes, we came up with questions that could spark a person to remember a memory that could be categorized under realization, transformation, and transition, and wrote the questions in the appropriate colums around the room.


Homework:
1) vocab ex 2-3
2) Choose one question for each of he categories: realization, transformation, transition, and answer each question with a specific memory.

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