ALL PERIODS: 6/29

Happy Spirit and Chapter Six Day!

All classes did a wonderful job discussing and analyzing this chapter! So proud of you all!
We are both well aware of how difficult and time consuming this chapter was/is and we understand that it took a lot of your time! BUT, this is exactly what high school English classes will be like!
You are all beginning to understand the concept of time management!


This Weekend's Homework: 


Reading Chapters 7,8,9 with 6 annotations

*When reading take note of themes and symbols you notice!

Have an awesome weekend!

ALL PERIODS!!! - 6/27 & 6/28

Hello all!

Thanks for all of the birthday wishes! You are all amazing students and I am so excited to work with you all this summer!

Hemingway (my way of saying 'anyway'), the definitions of the past two days have been as followed:

Mien (n): a person's manner
Saunter (v.): to slowly stroll
Boisterously (adverb.): noisy and loud

HOMEWORK:


Reading chapter 6! WE HAVE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CHAPTER IN CLASS! Read this chapter carefully and come prepared with questions!
Also, five annotations in the new sheet!

Good luck and email us if you have any questions!!!!

ALL PERIODS: Additional Literary Term

Hey students!?!?.... Yeah???.... Hey students!!!!!.... Yeah....

Thanks for an awesome Monday and Tuesday! Based on what you've told us, you really like the blog and are finding it useful!

In our Period C class today we introduced a new term that we want to share with you all.

If you noticed, the novel begins with Janie coming back from somewhere. This strategy is called in media res. Writers use this strategy usually to engage their audience so they will continue to read. Also, so the reader can begin to formulate their own opinions of 'what happened?' to the protagonist.

You will see this strategy used a lot in all mediums of storytelling whether it is in written, auditory, or video form. THIS IS USED A LOT IN MOVIES!

See you soon!

Julian and Carolyn

B° and C° - Tuesday 6/26

Thanks for a great class today! You were all very receptive to learning how to embed quotes. 

Here were the definitions and the homework from today's class: 

Feel free to email Carolyn or myself if you have any questions! 

Dancing Definitions: 

Desecrate (v.): to violate something sacred 

Convention (n.): a large meeting 

Homework: 

1. Read Chapter 4 and 5 

2. Five annotations on chapters 4 and 5, altogether* 

3. Finish embedding quote worksheet (all three grey pages)

*Collecting all annotation sheets from chapters 1-5!!! 

ALL DUE BY WEDNESDAY!!!! 

B° and C° - Monday 6/25

B° & C°

Thanks for a great class today! You were all very receptive to learning the different types of questions and discussions as well as new literary terms to use in class!

Here are the definitions and the homework from today's class: 

Feel free to email Carolyn or myself if you have any questions! 

Dancing Definitions: 

Ostentatious (adj.): flashy or showy 

Promontory (n.): a protruding part

Homework: 

1. Read Chapter 3 

2. Three annotations on Chapter 3

3. Write down one question for each type of questioning that you learned about today: literal, inferential, and evaluative!!!

*ALL DUE BY TUESDAY!!!*

A° - Monday 6/25

A°

Thanks for a great class today! You were all very receptive to learning how to embed quotes. 

Here were the definitions and the homework from today's class: 

Feel free to email Carolyn or myself if you have any questions! 

Dancing Definitions: 

Desecrate (v.): to violate something sacred 

Convention (n.): a large meeting 

Homework: 

1. Read Chapter 3 

2. Three annotations on Chapter 3

3. Finish embedding quote worksheet (all three grey pages)

*ALL DUE BY WEDNESDAY!!!! 

Dancing Definitions (6/19-22)

Dancing Definitions:

Innocuous (adj.): harmless 

Frivolity (n.): an act or thing that lacks seriousness 

Ostentatious (adj.): flashy or showy 

Promontory (n.): a protruding part

Friday's Homework (6/22)

ALL PERIODS:

- Finish reading chapters one and two of Their Eyes Were Watching God with 5 NEW annotations (outside from what we read in class).

- Three discussion questions based on chapters one and two.

- a ONE page journal entry on how you feel about annotation (are they hard, easy, indifferent? any questions? etc).

***ALL JOURNAL ENTRIES ARE DUE ON MONDAY JUNE 25TH WHEN WE COLLECT YOUR COMPOSITION BOOKS!***

Welcome!

Hi Students!

Hopefully you will find this website useful! I will be posting what we did in each period for the day starting on Monday!

From homework to the words we did in Dancing Definitions, and whatever else through the course of the summer.

Feel free to comment any questions on posts through out the summer!