2014



Thursday-Friday: May 22-23, 2014
We reviewed pronoun selection.
DQs:
Evaluating Reb:
  • How did he do raising Danny?
  • Is he a good father?
Whole-book questions:
  • What is a tzaddik?
  • What does it mean to be a friend?
  • What is the function of silence?
Chosen Packet turned in:
  1. Web Page
  2. Close Reading: Pages 46-51
  3. WN: Hasidism in America 
  4. Hasidic History and Danny Saunders
  5. Four Characters and Four Themes
  6. You and the Book
Objective test on The Chosen.
Pagetracker for The Chosen turned in. 
Wednesday: May 21, 2014
Review: Three Pronoun Rules:
  • Subject (nominative)
  • Object (objective)
  • Follows “to be” (nominative)
We added “who” to the nominative list and “whom” to the objective list.
Nominative Case
Or Pronouns that are Subjects
Objective Case
Or Pronouns that are Objects
I
He
She
We
They
Who
Me
Him
Her
Us
Them
Whom
2nd Page on Pronouns (pages 168-169 & 174-175) (see file #59). This is part of the packet given out last class for which there is a link. We did the 25 sentences in the Chapter 8 Review on pages 174-175.
You and the Book (see file #60). Or click here. Fill this in for chapters 14-15. 

 Thursday: May 15, 2014
Sentence Parts: We finished marking everything in Practice Sentences #5.
We watched Part IV of Hasidism in America. If you were absent, search for the series on Youtube.com and watch Part IV. Or click here. Take notes on the Hasidism in America chart.
DQs:
What is Danny struggling with?
What broader issues are boiling over?

 Tuesday: May 13, 2014
Sentence Parts: We talked about helping verbs and marked everything in the first ten sentences of Practice Sentences #5.
DQ: Analyze and describe Danny’s situation in chapters 8-9.
Four Characters; Four Themes 

 Friday: May 9, 2014
Sentence Parts Packet: We identified linking or action verbs and direct objects or compliments in practice sentences #1 & #2 in the grammar packet.
We watched Part III of Hasidism in America. If you were absent, search for the series on Youtube.com and watch Part III. Or click here. Take notes on the Hasidism in America chart.
DQ: Is Reb Saunders a great man?
We watched the intro to Fiddler on the Roof.

Wednesday: May 7, 2014
DQ: Who is Danny Saunders? (based on chapters 3-4)
We watched Part II of Hasidism in America. If you were absent, search for the series on Youtube.com and watch Part II.  Or click here. Take notes on the Hasidism in America chart.
Hasidic History and Danny Saunders
Using two sheets of printer paper folded in half, create a brochure that presents the information David Malter relays to his son, Reuven, in trying to explaining Danny Saunders. Include the following:

  • Front Cover: that presents the overall theme.
  • Six Informational Sections: Each with a topical theme; each with bullet points (6) or explanatory paragraphs (2).
  • Back Cover: Present a Claim and Three Sub-claims of your own about Danny based on the information in your brochure.
The Six Informational Sections:
  1. Poland
  2. The Chmielnicki Uprising
  3. A Guy Named Israel
  4. The Ba’al Shem Tov (same guy)
  5. Tzaddiks
  6. Solomon or Maimon

Monday: May 5, 2014
SAGE testing.
Chapters 5-6 in The Chosen should be read by next time.

 Thursday: May 1, 2014
SAGE testing.
Chapter 4 in The Chosen should be read by next time. 

Tuesday: April 29, 2014
Sentence Parts: Add this information to your packet on pages 3-4. 
Linking Verbs
Be Verbs
Sense Verbs
G.R.A.B.S
Be
Been
Being
Is
Am
Are
Was
Were
Look
Smell
Taste
Feel
Sound

Grow
Remain
Appear
Become
Seem

Helping Verbs
Be
Been
Being
Is
Am
Are
Was
Were
Do
Does
Did

Have
Has
Had

Will
Would

Can
Could

Shall
Should

May
Might
Must

We identified prepositional phrases in practice sentences #2.
WN: Hasidism in America
Use one full page for this. Today we watched Part I of Hasidism in America. If you were absent, search for the series on Youtube.com and watch Part I. (Or click here.) Take notes in your Writers Notebook using the table below.
Part I





Part II
Part III





Part IV
DQ:
What feel do we get for Reuven’s personality in chapter 2?
 Close Reading: Pages 46-51
(Use two full pages in your WN.)
Details (words, phrases, sentences)
Meaning (connotation, denotation, character development, interpretations)










Four Complex Observations:
Friday: April 25, 2014
SentenceParts Packet (see file #56). We marked prepositional phrases in practice sentences #1.
VideoClip of Oprah visiting a family of Hasidic Jews.
Web Page
·         On a blank sheet of paper, design what could be an opening page for a web site presenting the information on pages 3-5 in chapter one.
·         Provide “links” on the opening page.
·         On the back, put the content for the links.
DQ:

What is the significance of the baseball game in chapter 1?

Wednesday: April 23, 2014
Things Fall Apart Packet for 4th Period:
  1. WN: What drives Okonkwo?
  2. WN: Figuring out Okonkwo
  3.  WN: Informational Essay Brainstorming
  4. WN: Okonkwo's Dilemma
  5. Three Men--Three Levels of Enlightenment 
  6. WN: Okonkwo Thinks
  7. One Man's Outcast is another Man's Convert or The Clan vs. Christianity
We started The Chosen. Check out a book from me.
Pagetracker for The Chosen (see file #55).

Monday: April 21, 2014
SAGE Testing.

 Wednesday-Thursday, April 16-17, 2014
WN: Okonkwo Thinks
 It was noted earlier that, “Okonkwo was not a man of thought but of action” (69). Using at least four direct quotes from pages 152-153, analyze the quality of Okonkwo’s reflections. Is he thinking deeply or just reacting? Is he thoughtful or just impulsive? Is this a step forward or backward for Okonkwo as a thinker? 3/4 of a page. 
"One Man's Outcast is another Man's Convert" or "The Clan vs. Christianity" (see file #54)
Tuesday, April 14, 2014
WN: Okonkwo's Dilemma
What do we learn about Okonkwo from the way he deals with his banishment? (three paragraphs, three observations, ¾ of a page)
We read chapter 17 together in class.

 Friday: April 4, 2014
WN: Informational Essay Brainstorming
Based on the events of chapters 10-13, write an informational essay in which you explain how Ibo culture is defined by its:
  •  Law
  • Religion/Superstition  
  • Ceremony & Ritual

Details
Larger Observations
Concluding Statement
Law


Religion/Superstition


Ceremony & Ritual


Overall complex statement concerning all three categories:

Wednesday: April 2, 2014
Review of major events in chapters 7-9.
WN: Figuring out Okonkwo
Based on the events of chapters 7-9:
Actions of Okonkwo (10)
What seems to drive him (6)
Claims (4)









Overall complex claim about Okonkwo:
We listened to the audio of chapter 10.

 Monday: March 31, 2014
Review of major events from chapters 1-6.
We listened to an audio of chapter 7.

Thursday: March 27, 2014
 SAGE testing continued during class time.
Keep up on the reading schedule for Things Fall Apart. For Friday you should read the Day #2 assignment, which is chapters 4-6.
WN: What drives Okonkwo?
Include:
  •  A claim
  • Two sub-claims
  •  A counter-claim
  •  A rebuttal 
Evidence (4)
Sub-claim (2)
Claim (1)












Evidence
Counter-claim



Evidence
Rebuttal



 Write out: Your three support paragraphs. Do not write an intro or conclusion. 

Tuesday: March 25, 2014
First day of SAGE state testing.
In Things Fall Apart, complete the first day’s reading assignment (chapters 1-3) for next class.

 Friday: March 21, 2014
Poetry Packet turned in:
    • The poems heavily annotated
    • Poetry Close Reading forms (2)
    • WN: Madness (fire) and the Wall
    • WN: “Say Not the Struggle…” quiz
Quiz on “Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth”
Poetry test
Check out copies of Things Fall Apart
Pagetracker for Things Fall Apart (see file #52).

Thursday: March 20, 2014
DQ:
What epitomizes Emily Dickinson’s poetry? What themes, what attitudes, what poetic devices, what personality?
            Epitomize: To be typical of.
We explicated “Terrance This Is Stupid Stuff”
Background/Foundation:
·         The poem is a conversation between Terence and his friends.
·         A. E. Housman 1859-1936
·         English classicist (scholar of ancient Greek and Latin), poet, ranked as one of the greatest scholars of all time.
We explicated the following poems in groups using another sheet of Poetry Close Reading and then shared the information with the class. You should do enough Poetry Close Readings to fill up two of the sheets.
Explicate one of the following poems:
  1. “Departmental” by Robert Frost
  2. “Our Hold on the Planet” by Robert Frost
  3. “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy” Evening by Robert Frost
  4. “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman
  5. “A Noiseless, Patient Spider” by Walt Whitman
  6. “O Captain! My Captain!” (about the death of Abraham Lincoln) by Walt Whitman
  7. “If You Were Coming in the Fall” by Emily Dickinson
  8. "We Learned the Whole of Love” by Emily Dickinson
  9. “The Naked and the Nude” by Robert Graves
Tuesday: March 18, 2014
Note: Bring headphones next week for use during the SAGE test.
Explicate & Memorize:
“Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth”
Memorize this poem: Quiz Thursday; test Friday.
We explicated “The Naked and the Nude”.
Argument Essay with New Texts:
Write an argument essay in response the prompt at the top of your Google Drive “Greeks” document.

Friday: March 14, 2014
Fire and Ice quiz—If you were absent, make this up with me as soon as possible.
Poetry Terms: We filled this in.
Much Madness is Divinest Sense: We read and took notes on this poem.
Mending Wall: We read and took notes on this poem.
WN: Madness and the Wall
Organize an argument essay that responds to the following prompt: What do “Much Madness” and “Mending Wall” suggest is the root source of conflict between people?

Evidence (4)
Sub-claim (2)
Claim (1)











Evidence
Sub-claim
Counter-claim





Evidence
Sub-claim
Rebuttal





Read and annotate the Walt Whitman poems.

 Wednesday: March 12, 2014
Sage Practice: We did a practice test for the upcoming SAGE state language arts test. If you were absent, you should go to: Sageportal.org and take the 10th grade writing and reading tests to familiarize yourself with the feel of the test.
Assignment: Read the rest of the Robert Frost poems and annotate in a way that demonstrates your understanding of the poems.

 Monday: March 10, 2014
Test on Fahrenheit 451
Sophomore Writer’s Notebook for Fahrenheit 451
1.      Pages 3-24 Themes
2.      WN: Pages 24-48 Claims
3.      WN: Bradbury Video Notes and Quotes
4.      Against the Tyrants of Imagination (marked)
5.      Highlights from Plato’s Cave
6.      WN: Plato and Fahrenheit
7.      WN: Montag’s Leap
8.      WN: Fire, the Chase, Men as Books
9.      Themes: Fahrenheit 451
We started a poetry unit.
20Poems 
·         Read and annotate the first three poems by Robert Frost.
Poetry Close Reading 
·         We did not use this, yet.
PoetryTerms 
·         We did not use this, yet.

Thursday: March 6, 2014
DQs:
What are the prominent themes in pages 145-165? Cite passages.
What is Bradbury’s final statement? Is it optimistic or pessimistic?
WN: Fire, the Chase, Men as Books
Re-read pages 145-152 and complete an Idea-Build that includes 2 evidences and 1 sub-claim for each of the three sections mentioned above. Then come up with an overall claim for all three sections.

Evidence (6)
Sub-claims (3)
Claim (1)







Themes: Fahrenheit 451 

Monday: March 3, 2014
DQs:
·         What do we learn about Montag by his stop at Mr. Black’s house?
·         . . . by his last visit with Faber?
·         Explain significant aspects of the transformation Montag experiences as he flees the city.
WN: Montag’s Leap
After leaving Faber’s house, Montag continues to undergo a great transformation. Comment on images and thoughts that help describe that transformation on pages 139-145.
Images/Thoughts
What meaning they convey

  


Thursday: February 27, 2014
DQ:
What can we conclude about Beatty’s and Montag’s values from their actions in pages 110-129?
Essay Topic:
What do Fahrenheit 451 and Plato’s cave allegory say about human nature?
Must do:
·         Come up with a cool claim! One claim that synthesizes the ideas of both texts.
·         Multiple sub-claims/support paragraphs.
·         Minimum 3 quotes from Fahrenheit and 3 from Plato.
·         Claim and sub-claims in blue.
·         Write an intro that:
o   Is meaningful and engaged from the first sentence and develops a line of thinking that ends with your claim.
o   Don’t just play around in your intro; say something, but not your claim until the end.
·         Italicize book titles. 

 Tuesday: February 25, 2014
DQs:
·         What does Montag’s confrontation with the ladies reveal about them and him?
·         Evaluate Beatty’s rhetoric in his badgering of Montag.

 Cave Allegory Review

WN: Plato and Fahrenheit
Quote ten ideas in the Cave allegory that you feel have a correlation in Part II of Fahrenheit 451. Explain the correlation.

Paragraph # and Quote
Correlation in Fahrenheit 451 (you can paraphrase)








 Friday: February 21, 2014
 “Against the Tyrants of Imagination” (see file #46)

We discussed Faber’s comments on Quality and Leisure on pages 83-84.

 Wednesday: February 19, 2014
Essay Prompt:
Technology encourages shallowness.
Write a unified essay in which you use evidence from Fahrenheit 451 and your own life experience to perform the following tasks. Explain what you think the above statement means. Describe instances in which technology encourages depth. Discuss what you think determines when technology encourages shallowness.

In other words:
·         Write an intro on the topic of how technology encourages shallowness.
·         Acknowledge the opposite view.
·         Present evidence (support paragraphs) that proves technology encourages shallowness.
Notes:
·         Do everything the prompt asks you to do.
·         Include at least 3 quotes from Fahrenheit 451.
·         Highlight claims and sub-claims in blue.
·         Acknowledge complexity in your arguments. Don’t be either/or in your argument posture.
·         Immediate context for quotes.
·         Add to your “Greek” file.


 Friday: February 14, 2014
New Blog for This Class:
o   suthyssophomoreenglish.blogspot.com
WN: Pages 24-48 Claims
For each of the following sections, make a Claim/Evidence statement
Example: Clarisse is making Montag think honestly. Her observation that he is not in love is something he reluctantly admits to himself.
1.      24-28—the hound and Captain Beatty
2.      28-31—Clarisse
3.      31-32—Beatty; Clarisse gone
4.      32-35—Montag questions; Beatty questions
5.      35-40—The woman with the books
6.      40—Driving back to the fire house
7.      41-42—Montag arrives home
8.      42-48—Guy and Mildred; Clarisse dead; the hound
WN: Bradbury Video Notes and Quotes
·         Include quotes by Bradbury and notes about his life and his thoughts on Fahrenheit 451.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLuDOEuwwso

Wednesday: February 12, 2014
Pages 3-24 Themes (see file #45)

Monday: February 10, 2014
Essay prompt: Ambition
·         What do we learn about the nature of ambition from chapter 24?
·         On your Google Drive “Greeks” file, prepare the following:

Evidence (6 quotes)                Sub-claims (2-3)                      Claim (1)


 Notes:
·         Context for all quotes!
o   Describing this dilemma, Victor explains, “I hate bumping my head…” (97). This explains…
·         Proper page format (see above)
·         Avoid “Since the dawn of time” hooks.
·         Avoid 1st person (I, we)
·         Where does the claim go?
·         Sub-claims: Flexible placement option on this essay.
o   Anywhere in support paragraph.
o   Highlight in Blue.
We turned in Frankenstein books.
We turned in Frankenstein pagetrackers.
We started Fahrenheit 451; check out a book from me.
Pagetracker for Fahrenheit 451 (see file #44).

10th Packet for Frankenstein turned in.
1.      Pre-reading for Frankenstein
2.      WN: Profile of Walton
3.      WN: Movie Notes
4.      WN: Praising or Criticizing Victor
5.      WN: Victor’s Handling of the “Wretch”
6.      WN: Creator vs. Creation
7.      Significant Moments: The Monster
8.      WN: Rejection
9.      WN: Chapters 16—A Change
10.  Close Reading: Chapters 17 & 20
11.  Close Reading: Chapter 23

12.  Frankenstein Themes




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