Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Week 2-We're going strong!
Last week we took a grammar pretest to see where everyone was in relation to the grammar we are required to cover. Grammar study will begin next week. We wrote an essay about preconceived notions about English class our first day. Then we began non-fiction reading. So far we have read "Flood" by Annie Dillard, an excerpt from Rare Air by Michael Jordan, a two page commentary by "Sports Illustrated" columnist Frank Deford on the NBA, the Maya Angelou essay "Style" and looked at some photographs and short essays from the book Mothers and Daughters. Our first vocabulary unit was taken from words we encountered in our readings. Our first vocab quiz will be this Friday, Sept. 3. We will finish the excerpt from Lost Moon about the Apollo 13 mission on Friday as well. Our first literature test will be next week.
Monday, May 3, 2010
King Arthur Projects Due May 5
King Arthur Project
Due Wednesday May 5
Create a 3 dimensional representation of one of the following scenes from the Arthurian legend. Some of these have been described in the stories we have read, but you may need to do some research to get an idea. You may use any medium that you choose such as legos, cardboard or clay.
Choose 1:
• King Pellinore arriving on his horse
• Merlin teaching Wart
• Sir Kay at the tournament grounds in London
• The sword in the stone in the churchyard
• Sir Ector and Kay kneeling to Wart after he has drawn the sword from the stone
• King Arthur and his Round Table
• Camelot
• Sir Bedivere hiding the sword Excalibur at the water’s edge
• The Lady of the Lake receiving the sword Excalibur
• King Arthur on the barge with the 3 queens heading to Avalon
Due Wednesday May 5
Create a 3 dimensional representation of one of the following scenes from the Arthurian legend. Some of these have been described in the stories we have read, but you may need to do some research to get an idea. You may use any medium that you choose such as legos, cardboard or clay.
Choose 1:
• King Pellinore arriving on his horse
• Merlin teaching Wart
• Sir Kay at the tournament grounds in London
• The sword in the stone in the churchyard
• Sir Ector and Kay kneeling to Wart after he has drawn the sword from the stone
• King Arthur and his Round Table
• Camelot
• Sir Bedivere hiding the sword Excalibur at the water’s edge
• The Lady of the Lake receiving the sword Excalibur
• King Arthur on the barge with the 3 queens heading to Avalon
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Fourth Six Weeks
The six weeks is flying by. Finish reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Friday February 26. We have a test on chapters 12-21 on Thursday 2/18. Extra Credit Options are due Wednesday 2/24.
Any of the Extra Credit Options may be done to replace a daily grade or put up to 15 points on a test grade. The quality of the work turned in will affect the total point value. You may do two. The deadline for turning them in is Wednesday February 24 (next week).
Option 1: The author Truman Capote was a friend of Harper Lee and was the inspiration for the character Dill. Write a one page report (about 350 words) in your own words on Truman Capote. Include a bibliography of where you got your information.
Option 2: Research the Great Depression and tell what life was like for an average family during that time in a paper that is at least one page long (about 350 words). Use a bibliography to tell where the information came from. (You may choose either a Caucasian or African-American family but be sure to distinguish the ethnicity, location and any factors which would have affected the family’s quality of life.)
Option 3: Make a 3D diorama of an important scene from To Kill a Mockingbird. Tell what chapter, what is happening and why it is important to the story on a paper taped to the outside of the diorama.
Option 4: Find a youtube adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird that you can share with the class. Tell what chapter has been adapted along with which parts follow the book and which parts have been changed or omitted from the story.
Option 5 (worth 2 extra credits): Videotape a three to seven minute adaptation of an important scene from TKM. Tell what chapter, what led up to this scene and how it affected the outcome of the story. Bring to class in a presentation that can be easily shared.
Any of the Extra Credit Options may be done to replace a daily grade or put up to 15 points on a test grade. The quality of the work turned in will affect the total point value. You may do two. The deadline for turning them in is Wednesday February 24 (next week).
Option 1: The author Truman Capote was a friend of Harper Lee and was the inspiration for the character Dill. Write a one page report (about 350 words) in your own words on Truman Capote. Include a bibliography of where you got your information.
Option 2: Research the Great Depression and tell what life was like for an average family during that time in a paper that is at least one page long (about 350 words). Use a bibliography to tell where the information came from. (You may choose either a Caucasian or African-American family but be sure to distinguish the ethnicity, location and any factors which would have affected the family’s quality of life.)
Option 3: Make a 3D diorama of an important scene from To Kill a Mockingbird. Tell what chapter, what is happening and why it is important to the story on a paper taped to the outside of the diorama.
Option 4: Find a youtube adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird that you can share with the class. Tell what chapter has been adapted along with which parts follow the book and which parts have been changed or omitted from the story.
Option 5 (worth 2 extra credits): Videotape a three to seven minute adaptation of an important scene from TKM. Tell what chapter, what led up to this scene and how it affected the outcome of the story. Bring to class in a presentation that can be easily shared.
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