1st Period Voice Lessons

Please remember to take photographs, or pdf scans using the camscaner app, of your 2nd Symbols Voice Lesson and send them before Friday to: jessupsenglish@gmail.com .

If you have not submitted  the 2nd hyperbole lesson I suggest you do so immediately.

Poster grades - Resubmit?

If you are not happy with your poster grade you can always revise or resubmit for a higher grade before the end of the week. Remember, your poster was to be visually appealing, explicitly communicate the term and what it is wanted for (as a literary device). It needed to demonstrate a complete understanding of the device as well. If it did not do these things, then it didn't meet all the requirements for an A.

Reflection with tone: Due beginning of class 12/7

Reflection: Compose a 1.5 page response to the following - Given the latest mass shooting in our country, is this now our new "normal"? Should we accept it as such?
Frame your response as a direct answer. Select two tone words that best capture your attitude towards this subject and make sure that your response consistently reflects this tone. Remember, you can not use these words in your writing (your writing must demonstrate this tone). Support your response concretely with three examples from the articles, and/or current events. Try to write is the same style as the author of the 2nd article from your handout.

AoW link

http://www.vox.com/a/mass-shootings-sandy-hook

Article of the Week Extension

Assignment - Due Beginning of Class 12/3

Given your article, your personal experience, observations, and the experience(s) that were shared with you compose a 1 - 1.5 page response: Is the increased attention to microagression something that has "helped us all" or is it something that creates a "victimhood culture"?  Regardless of your position you must acknowledge the validity of the other position while advocating your personal position.

Voice lesson Homework

Please complete the 2nd voice as homework, then take a clear photo of each and Email them to:

jessupsenglish@gmail.com 

Thanksgiving "Wanted" poster Due 12/1 (A Day)

As you look for definitions and examples of your term these sites will help:
Literary Devices
Dictionary of Terms
Wheeler's Terms and Definitions

Remember:
1) what is it wanted for?
2) what is it?
3) A clear example from literature
4) A clear example from everyday use

Please do not be tempted to copy the examples from the websites I've provided. Your examples should be meaningful and relevant to students!

Be creative and make it captivating!

If you were absent click the Dropbox link to get the handout:

Dropbox

Terms for absent students:
Carlos - Adage
Emily - Diction
Roman - Foil
Anthony Jackson - Soliloquy
Amy - Tautology

Assignment Due Friday 11/20 beginning of class

Prompt:

In Chapter 5 of Their Eyes Were Watching God the narrator comments that “any man who walks in the way of power and property is bound to meet hate.” In a well organized essay, defend or challenge this assertion. Use evidence from your reading, and/or experience to support your position.

Compose:  1) A Thesis statement that answers the prompt.

                  2) Two Assertions (Complex Topic Sentences) that support your Thesis.

Study Materials for figurative language test and prep for sentence types

Review the types of sentence by clicking on the review guide before the quiz, then take this interactive Quiz.

Here's an interactive game for figurative language QUIA

Due Mon 11/16 by 10:00pm

1. Please Create an account for turnitin.com with your gmail or school email.

2. Then Join your class - Enter your class ID and password.

3. View the Student Quick Start Guide for step by step instructions for how to submit your paper, or watch this video 

 

11093854	Eng II Pre AP 1st Period	TeaCake
11093856	Eng II Pre AP 2nd Period	TeaCake
11093858	Eng II Pre AP 3rd Period	TeaCake

 

Due Monday 11/16

Assignments Due Monday 

Please type your 3 theme statements and one conflict statement and have them ready to read/share aloud, and then submit to turnitin.com. You'll be receiving your sign up info in class. 

Please have your dual entry journals ready for submission. There should be a minimum of 10 - 14 entries. Remember to follow the criteria from the blog and handout for the highest possible grade. And your character STEAL charts.

Writing Themes Homework - Due 11/12 Beginnging of class

Composing Themes about Literature

Using your handout on Theme and Topic Compose:

Answer all the bullet pointed questions three times. Make sure that you use details from the novel to support your answers. 

When you are finished with each set Compose a Thematic Statement that connects the author, character, the topic, and the essential truth about human nature or what it means to be human that is revealed in the text of the novel (you will have three, but feel free to write more).

Use this frame to compose your statements - 

 

Through Janie Hurston (verb about writing) (topic) in order to reveal that all humans (truth statement about human nature and what it means to be human).

 Verbs about writing are:explores, critiques, illustrates, depicts, punctuates, illuminates, expresses, portrays, characterizes

Substitute your writing for the things in parentheses and you'll have a statement. 

Late Assignment Announcement and homework for 11/5 Extra Credit? Hmmm

Late and Missing Work

Scholars, this is a one time deal. Look up the word AMNESTY and you will understand.  I am offering amnesty for the submission of missing, and late work you are holding hostage. There is a penalty, but anything is better than a 0, right?

Homework for 11/05

Read Ch. 19 & 20. Compose three level 4 and/or level five questions to be discussed in class Thursday. This is your last chance for the 6 weeks to improve your Socratic Circle grade. I will be looking for those who need to contribute to make significant, relevant contributions.

Compose 2 more journal entries. I will be taking a sneak peek at your journal assignments on Thursday. 

What should be in your journal on Binder Paper -

Dual Journal Assignments - at least 6

Characterization Assignment

Reading Questions

The reading handouts from the Stations activity.

Please have these in your binder or a separate folder on Thursday in this order.

Extra Credit

If you would like extra credit, come to my room and get an Article of the Week. Read and annotate the article, Compose a one page Reflection  (that also addresses the 1st bullet point at the end of the article), and submit A Completely answered SOAPStone chart with your work(I have the handout in my room as well by the front door). I will accept it any time before Friday afternoon. If you need SOAPStone help I am here before and after school every day.

HOMEWORK DUE TUESDAY 11/03

READ CH 16 - 18

PREPARE THREE MORE HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONS USING BLOOM'S LEVEL 4 AND LEVEL 5.

BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ENTIRE NOVEL.

YOUR TEST/QUIZ WILL BE OVER READING THROUGH CHAPTER 18. YES, THERE WILL BE AN ASSORTMENT OF QUESTIONS. PLAN ON 45 MINUTES.

Due 10/29

Read Chapters 14 - 15.

Complete 2 more Journal Entries.

Generate 3 more level four and five questions over the whole book.

Tomorrow you need to be prepared for a guided Socratic Circle. Not only will others be scoring, but I will as well. Additionally, I will ask specific reading questions over chapters 1 - 15 so be prepared.

Academic Decathlon

The location for all the Ac Dec resources is:

Jessups Ac Dec

Read the whole blog for resource info and times.

Reading Assignment and Homework DUE 10/28 - Read entire blog

 

Read Chapters 11 - 13: Develop three Level 2 questions and one Level  3 question (or level 4 and five in Blooms) that you think needs to be answered. Be clear and specific with your questions!

If you aren't familiar with levels of questions watch: https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/developing-better-questions 

If you still are having trouble with levels of question (and even if you aren't) you'll need to review and pay particular attention to the handouts specifically for English : Costa's and Bloom's handout 

Bloom' Level 4 and 5 are preferable to Costa's

 

You will be graded on your ability to question as well as answer. HMMM, See note on plagiarism below.

Dialectic / Dual Entry Journal

You will submit your 1st two entries for Grading - FOLLOW THE JOURNAL FORMAT INSTRUCTIONS, NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

Topic clearly labelled on left

PASSAGE on left  with chapter and page in parentheses at the end (chapter 1, page 3)  ---- Your Response on the right. Your paragraph of 8 - 10 Complex and compound sentences and two simple sentences should demonstrate an understanding of what the Author is saying and how (metaphor, simile, imagery, personification, irony) why it's significant to the chapter, why it's important to the novel as a whole (what other things in the book it connects to and how), what it's saying about a character and why,  and what it reveals about Janie's quest to find her voice and why it's important.

 

A word to the wise - as I've seen MANY Identical sets of reading question answers. If I see plagiarized work in any way, shape, or form I will record 0s for each student and follow the academic integrity protocols for Townview. In simple language - don't try to copy, don't try to change a word here and there, don't try to do this as a group project. Your journals will be completed individually outside of class. 

 

I will be looking for two entries each class from now untill 11/10 when the complete journal is due - yes, i'll be reading every word.

 

Homework Due 10/26

Read Chapters 8 -10 answer the following questions according to your period: Yes, there will be a quiz

1st period

1. Explain Janie’s split consciousness: How does one part of her stay in the store and the other lie under a shady tree?
2.  How does Joe react to growing older? Discuss Janie’s consciousness of Joe’s aging.
   
3. What prompts Janie to remark, "When you pull down yo’ britches,you look lak de change of life." How do the men respond? How does Joe respond? Why?
   
4. Explain the following simile: "Joe’s vanity bled like a flood."
   
5. What does the phrase "the sleep of swords" indicate about the atmosphere between Joe and Janie after Joe is publicly embarrassed by her?
   
6. Janie describes Joe’s face as having "a look with all the unthinkable coldness of outer space." How does this contrast to the way he looked when they first met?
   
7. Why does Joe choose a voodoo doctor instead of a medical doctor when he is ill? Be clear and specific.
   
8. Explain Janie’s concept of Death. Again, clarity and specificity count!
   
9. In Janie’s final conversation with Joe, she says, "Mah own mind had tuh be squeezed and crowded out tuh make room for yours in me." Why did she wait twenty years to say this to him?
   
10. Janie’s reaction to Joe’s death is, "Poor Joe! . . . Jody is dead. Mah husband is gone from me." Why does Janie refer to her husband with two different names?
    
11. What is the difference between Janie’s thoughts and actions when Joe is buried?
    
12. What does Janie’s burning of the head rags symbolize? Why is this important?
    
13. What memories of Nanny does Joe’s death trigger in Janie? How is this important?
    
14. What do the townspeople assume will happen to Janie after Joe’s death? Why?
    
15. Why does Hezekiah imitate Joe and what does Janie think about it?
    
16. Explain Janie’s confidence to Pheoby that "mourning oughtn’t tuh last no longer’n grief." Be Clear and Specific
    

    2nd period -

    Chapter 8 

    
    
    
    1. What do the following metaphors that begin Chapter 8 suggest? “He had crawled off to lick his wounds.” “But the stillness was the sleep of swords.” “Well, if she must eat out of a long-handled spoon, she must.” (77)
    2. How did Janie feel after the big argument in the store? (78)
    3. What does the narrator reveal about Jody that Janie does not know? (78)
    4.  What did Janie tell Joe just before he died? (82) and why?
    5. How is the couple’s situation ironic? What type of irony is it?
        6. Explain Janie’s split consciousness: How does one part of her stay in the store and the other lie under a shady tree?
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Chapter 9
    
    
    1. What was the only change that people saw in Janie after Joe's funeral? (85)
    2. Why does Janie burn her head rags? (85)
    3. Why does Janie hate her grandmother? Why is this important?
    4. Explain what Hurston means by saying that Nanny choked Janie with the horizon. Did Nanny intend to hurt Janie? (85)
    5. What did Phoeby and the other townspeople think Janie should do? (86)
    6. How does Hurston weave folklore into this chapter? (85-86)
    7.  What did Janie think of the idea of remarrying? (87)
    8. What did Janie say about mourning and grief? (89) and why is this significant?
    9. Why does Janie discourage all of her suitors? (89)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Chapters 10
    
    
    

    1. *How did Janie meet Tea Cake? (90-91)
    2. Why is the checker game between Janie and Tea Cake significant? (91-92)
    3. What is Tea Cake’s real name, and what does he look like? (92-93)
    4. Describe the overall tone of this chapter. How do the attitudes of Janie and Tea Cake affect the tone? List 6 words that create the tone and say why you chose them (use text support).

     

    3rd period-

    1. Explain Janie’s split consciousness: How does one part of her stay in the store and the other lie under a shady tree?
    2.  How does Joe react to growing older? Discuss Janie’s consciousness of Joe’s aging.
       
    3. What prompts Janie to remark, "When you pull down yo’ britches,you look lak de change of life." How do the men respond? How does Joe respond? Why?
       
    4. Explain the following simile: "Joe’s vanity bled like a flood."
       
    5. What does the phrase "the sleep of swords" indicate about the atmosphere between Joe and Janie after Joe is publicly embarrassed by her?
       
    6. Janie describes Joe’s face as having "a look with all the unthinkable coldness of outer space." How does this contrast to the way he looked when they first met?
       
    7. Why does Joe choose a voodoo doctor instead of a medical doctor when he is ill? Be clear and specific.
       
    8. Explain Janie’s concept of Death. Again, clarity and specificity count!
       
    9. In Janie’s final conversation with Joe, she says, "Mah own mind had tuh be squeezed and crowded out tuh make room for yours in me." Why did she wait twenty years to say this to him?
       
    10. Janie’s reaction to Joe’s death is, "Poor Joe! . . . Jody is dead. Mah husband is gone from me." Why does Janie refer to her husband with two different names?
        
    11. What is the difference between Janie’s thoughts and actions when Joe is buried?
        
    12. What does Janie’s burning of the head rags symbolize? Why is this important?
        
    13. What memories of Nanny does Joe’s death trigger in Janie? How is this important?
        
    14. What do the townspeople assume will happen to Janie after Joe’s death? Why?
        
    15. Why does Hezekiah imitate Joe and what does Janie think about it?
        
    16. Explain Janie’s confidence to Pheoby that "mourning oughtn’t tuh last no longer’n grief." Be Clear and Specific

     

    Station work and Tone Vocab from 10/22 Due at beginning of class