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.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
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
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, August 26, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, August 25, 2008
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
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 22, 2008
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).
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 21, 2008
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.
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.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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)
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)
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, August 18, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Scribe Duty
Scribe Duty is a responsibility that each student must participate in. It seeks to build a sense of civic duty (similar to the responsibility of Jury Duty that adults must fulfill), a sense of classroom community and continuity, and serves as a record log of what our class has studied over the course of the year.
Please do not take your Scribe Duty days lightly. When you are adults, and if you fail to show up for Jury Duty, you will be liable to be held in contempt of court and fined. As a student in my class, if you fail to complete your Scribe Duty assignment, you will penalized by losing points. Scribe Duty does play an important part in your class grade - do not dismiss it!
You will be given the opportunity to sign up for Scribe Duty at the start of the semester. When the day comes close, you will receive a reminder slip. It is highly recommended that you record your Scribe Duty dates in your HW planner or school calendar in advance.
When it is your day for Scribe Duty, you will need to post an entry on this blog. Include the day's agenda, as well as a quick run-through of what happened in class. As much as it is in my power as your teacher, I will try to excuse you the last 5 minutes of class to complete this task -- but I cannot absolutely guarantee this.
Please do not take your Scribe Duty days lightly. When you are adults, and if you fail to show up for Jury Duty, you will be liable to be held in contempt of court and fined. As a student in my class, if you fail to complete your Scribe Duty assignment, you will penalized by losing points. Scribe Duty does play an important part in your class grade - do not dismiss it!
You will be given the opportunity to sign up for Scribe Duty at the start of the semester. When the day comes close, you will receive a reminder slip. It is highly recommended that you record your Scribe Duty dates in your HW planner or school calendar in advance.
When it is your day for Scribe Duty, you will need to post an entry on this blog. Include the day's agenda, as well as a quick run-through of what happened in class. As much as it is in my power as your teacher, I will try to excuse you the last 5 minutes of class to complete this task -- but I cannot absolutely guarantee this.
Scribe Notes are DUE by 5pm of that day.
(Remember - your post onto this blog will be recorded down to the exact minute.)
(Remember - your post onto this blog will be recorded down to the exact minute.)
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