November 16, 2007

English 10P
Body Biography due next Wednesday
Read Ch. 13
Due Tuesday:
Epigraph (Ch.1-14)
Symbols (Full Sheet)
Quotation Analysis (10 quotes)

English 10HP
Read Ch. 7-8 Grendel
4 Quotation Analysis
Body Biography 11-21-07

November 15. 2007

English 10P
Read Chapter 12
Body Biography due next Wednesday
Voc. Quiz Tomorrow

English 10HP
Ch.5 Close Reading Activity
Body Biography 11.21.07

Nov. 14, 2007

English 10P
1.Body Biograhy due next Wendsday
2.Vocab. Quiz Friday

English 10HP
1. Read Grendel Ch. 5-6
2. Body Biogaphy due 11-21-07

Body Biography
Outside Reading Project

This project combines visual and written response to the novel. Your goal is to demonstrate that you understand the protagonist’s physical and psychological development throughout the entire novel and that you can show the environmental influences on the character’s life. Follow all instructions carefully!

c The title (in italics) and author’s name should be visible and legible and spelled correctly.
c Think about what the protagonist does and how he/she changes over time. Write a thesis statement (your opinion) in response to the following prompt: How does the protagonist develop throughout the novel? The thesis statement must be prominently displayed on your project.
c Start with the body of the protagonist and organize the words and images inside and around him/her to most effectively convey the key ideas. Thoughtfully use the spine, the brain, the heart, the hands, and the feet.
c Select significant evidence (3-5 substantial and meaningful quotes) from the text to support your opinion. Use parenthetical citations correctly. Thoughtfully choose the placement of each quote.
c Think about the significant events in the novel that influenced the protagonist and are related to your thesis. Thoughtfully choose the placement of objects/images that represent these events.
c Choose symbols from the text that are most significant to the protagonist’s growth throughout the novel. Thoughtfully choose the placement of each symbol.
c Choose colors carefully, paying attention to the symbolic meaning associated with them.
c Create original text (diary/journal, poem, letter) from the protagonist’s perspective or in response to the protagonist that connects your novel to other texts, what you have learned about the world, or to your personal experiences and observations.
c The completed project should be colorful, organized, neat, and ready to display.
c Review the rubric!
c Put your name, date, and period on the back.


Body Biography Rubric
5
5 IDEAS AND EXPLANATIONS (at least three) are insightful, thorough, convincing, and strongly supported by compelling evidence.
5 VISUAL ANALYSIS includes clear representation of significant events. Includes symbols that correspond to the six dimensions. Uses colors, shapes, and words effectively.
5 ORGANIZATION is logical and appropriate. Placement of quotes, events, and symbols is colorful and neat.
5 STYLE is graceful, uncluttered, rich and vivid. Original text connects novel, thesis, and six dimensions.
5 GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS errors are absent.
5 FORMAT errors are absent.
4
4 IDEAS AND EXPLANATIONS (at least two) are thoughtful, substantial, and supported by well-chosen evidence.
4 VISUAL ANALYSIS includes clear representation of significant events. May include symbols that correspond to the character’s growth. Uses colors and shapes effectively.
4 ORGANIZATION is appropriate. Placement of quotes, events, and symbols is colorful and neat.
4 STYLE is uncluttered. Original text connects novel, thesis, and six dimensions.
4 GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS errors are rare.
4 FORMAT errors are rare.
3
3 IDEAS AND EXPLANATIONS are mostly understandable and on topic, but evidence is limited and explanations are simple, obvious, or brief. May contain plot summary.
3 VISUAL ANALYSIS includes clear representation of events. May correspond to the character’s growth. Uses color.
3 ORGANIZATION is simplistic. Relationship of quotes, events, and symbols are sometimes unclear.
3 STYLE functional but vocabulary is limited or imprecise OR style is lively but wordy.
3 GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS errors are occasional.
3 FORMAT errors are occasional.
2
2 IDEAS AND EXPLANATIONS are simple, repetitious, hard to follow, mostly irrelevant, or inaccurate.
2 VISUAL ANALYSIS includes representation of some events. No connection to the six dimensions. Uses color.
2 ORGANIZATION shows some minor skill but has major flaws- e.g. no controlling idea, redundant sections.
2 STYLE has major flaws- e.g., simplistic, wordy, repetitious, monotonous, often unclear.
2 GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS errors are frequent.
2 FORMAT errors are frequent.
1
Does not meet project requirements.

___________/100 TOTAL POINTS

November 13, 2007

English 10P
Finish Ch. 11 SLoB
2 quotation analysis


English 10HP
Read Grendel Ch. 3-4
Fishbowl tomorrow

November 9, 2007

English 10P
Finish Ch. 10 Secret Life of Bees

English 10HP
Read Ch. 1 and 2 Grendel
Question paper ~ 2 pages written or 1 page typed
Description of a Question Paper

1. What is a question paper?

It is a kind of rough writing, which permits the writer to think freely on the paper. It is based on the premise that fruitful thinking depends above all on the willingness to ask questions. In form it is antithetical to the conventional expository essay since, instead of elucidating or arguing one position, it explores many, often conflicting positions. The question paper takes the shape of a dialogue between the writer and himself, which at best generates a freewheeling alternation of question and answer.

2. How does the question paper work?

- The writer starts with a problem: for example, a poem or chapter that he has read, but doesn’t fully understand
- He starts to write about the poem or chapter, ignoring for the moment the need for apt diction, clear syntax, or correct grammar or spelling. Instead, he concentrates on searching for a question about the poem which intrigues him. It may take him some time to come up with a good one. He may have to write down several remarks or string together a few weak questions before he discovers a question that is important to him—that is, one which he feels some stake in grappling with but for which he doesn’t have a clear answer. Usually, if this question is vital to the student, it will probe the text revealingly.
- Once he has isolated an important question, he generates several possible answers. He should deliberately refrain from seeking the answer that he believes is right or thinks someone else is looking for. It’s important then that he keep his mind as open as possible.
- After he has come up with a few possible answers, he studies them briefly to formulate another question. This question may stem from one of the answers or from the tension between two or more answers. What is important at this stage is not how neatly answer and question dovetail, but how vitally the shift from question to answer to question proceeds.
- This dialectical process can go on as long as the writer wishes. He should write quickly, keeping the current of inquiry pulsing. He should not be afraid to end openly—with a question, with a number of possible answers, or even in confusion—if no clear solution to his original problem presents itself in this first writing session.
- If the writer ends the session in the air, he can return later to extend his question paper, perhaps at this point pressing toward a conclusion to his thinking.

3. What are the purposes of the question paper?

- By encouraging the writer to pose questions rather than seeking answers, it helps her to confront those presuppositions and prejudices that impede fruitful thinking.
- By cultivating openness, it enables her to feel comfortable in an air of intellectual and psychological uncertainty and to reap the benefits of a deferred conclusion to his thinking.
- By freeing the writer from considerations of correctness, it allows her to concentrate for the moment on the movement of her thought between question and answer.

November 8, 2007

English1o College Prep
Write a letter to T. Ray from Lily's perspective.

English1o HP-
Read Chapters 1&2 from Grendel due 11.09.07
Body Biography due 11.22.07
Culminating Project due 11.09.07

November 7, 2007

English10 H-
Write letter to T.Ray from Lily's perspective ( aprox. 1 page)

English1o HP-
Culminating Project due 11.09.07
Body Biography due 11.21.07

November 6, 2007

English 10P
Read Secret Life of the Bees to page 119 .
Copy at least 2 quotations and analyze.
Tomorrow I will check the following assignments:
1. Quotation Analysis
2. Epigraphs
3. Symbols
Body Biography due 11.21.07


English 10HP
Culminating Project due 11.09.07
Body Biography due 11.21.07

November 5, 2007

English 10P

Read Ch. 9 up to page 175. Write down 2 quotes + analysis

English 10HP

Culminating Project Due 11. 09. 07
Body Biography Due 11. 21. 07

November 3, 2007

English 10P
Read up to Pg. 146 of The Secret Life of Bees and complete Epigraph sheet.
Body Biography Project due Nov. 22nd.

English 10HP
Work on Culminating Beowulf Project (due Wed., Nov. 7th).
Body Biography Project due Nov. 22nd.

Beowulf in IMAX

All you fans of this Anglo-Saxon epic must see Beowulf on the big screen in 3D! The special effects were spectacular, and of course, gory as I could have ever imagined. Although there were several inconsistencies with the text (I don't want to give them all away here), overall I think the film will spark interest in this ancient story and provide readers with a clearer picture of the bard's tale.

*** Extra credit opportunity

See the movie, save your ticket, write a page-long critique on the inconsistencies between the text and the film, and receive 10 points extra credit!