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Questioning
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Understanding
Essay Terminology
Essay Template
Thought
Exercises
Reading Record
Creative Projects
Portfolio
Active Voice
Clauses
and Conjunctions
Appositives
Phrases
Comma Rules
Critical Vs. Casual Reading
EXTERNAL LINKS
Utah
Secondary (7-12) Language Arts Core Curriculum
UVU
Writing Lab
MLA Style Guide (from the UVU Writing Lab)
DUE
DATES:
Unless
otherwise noted below, students should complete daily homework
assignments
(see log to right) BEFORE the beginning of the next class period.
DON'T PROCRASTINATE!
Read your HRL selection
or face SLEEPLESS
DOOM as the quarter becomes more intense and you
slowly transform into a walking zomboid incapable of really learning
anything because you're up late trying to get caught up on what you
should have already done!
3rd
Quarter Honors Reading List Assignment DUE March 9th (A) or March 10th (B).
Click here for assignment guidelines.
A Selection of
Shakespeare's Sonnets (html
link) (msword.doc)
USE ACADEMIC
VOICE:
3rd person, active voice, and present tense.
Do not use 2nd
person pronouns
(i.e., you, your, yourself, and yourselves) AT ALL.
Think of another way to put the ideas.
Write ENTIRELY without the 8-basic "be" verbs*.
(is, am, are, was, were, be, being,
been)
Show me, don't tell me.
*Always quote accurately and cite by (author page) or (Act.Scene.Line)
NOTICE: Viewing
the performance (film) of the play is vital to understanding the
performative nature of the script; without seeing it performed,
students miss out on the very purpose of its creation; therefore, any
student who misses class on a day we view the performance must make up
the viewing or receive an "I" for her or his course grade (as per the
disclosure document).
3rd Q EXTRA CREDIT ANNOUNCEMENTS!
(Students may earn a maximum of 100 points extra
credit 3rd quarter)
To earn up to 50 points
extra
credit, view one of the films listed below and compose a one page typed
response to the film or performance that explains your interpretation
of one of the primary themes of the play.
1. Include
both commentary and concrete details to support your interpretation.
2. Format your
response in MLA style, write in active voice, and use a variety of
sentence
structures, phrases, and clauses.
I will award up to
50 points extra credit for each play or performance on the basis of the
quality of the writing and the thoroughness and insights of the
interpretation; however, do not exceed 250 words in your response (but
I
suggest a minimum of 150 words to insure some depth). Only papers written
in academic voice will receive credit.
Choose from the
following films or propose one to me:
Kenneth
Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Taming of the Shrew with
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor (1967)
Midsummer Night's
Dream with Kevin Kline (1999)
Romeo & Juliet with
Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Daines (1996)
Romeo
& Juliet with
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey (1968)
Henry V with Kenneth
Branagh (1989)
I will also show Much Ado About Nothing in the
Little Theater on March 10 beginning at 2:30 p.m.
You must have your parent's
permission to view any film.
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DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT English 10 H
ENGLISH 10H LOG - 3rd
Quarter, 2010
1
- 01/08 (A) & 01/11 (B) - Power point:
The Comma, notes
on
comma usage. Peer review:
The Batting Cage.
Homework: Complete a Reading Record for "Ozymandias" and "Mutability"
(1816).
2 - 01/12 (A) & 01/13 (B)
- Introduction to the elements of argumentation: 1.
the introduction, 2. thesis,
3. acknowledgment of
opposing views, 4. main points
(including at least three concrete details with follow-up commentary),
5. respectful refutation of principle counter argument(s), and 6. a
call to
action in the conclusion. Writing Prompt #1- Basis for Discrimination,
discussion/debate. View film clip, discussion.
Homework: (1) Complete the Practice, Take-home Comma Quiz. (2) Choose a
book for your 3rd quarter Honors Reading List Assignment and begin
reading it.
Essential Question:
On what basis will we choose to discriminate?
3rd Quarter Honors Reading List Assignment Due
March
9th (A) & March 10th (B)
3 - 01/14 (A) & 01/15 (B) - Review
Comma Quiz 1. Review the
elements of persuasive argumentation (A.I.)
Writing Prompt #2 - Women's
Subordination and Justice.
Homework:
(1) Select your
Honors Reading List book (or Shakespeare's sonnets) for 3rd quarter and
begin reading it. (2) Study
Clauses and Conjunctions, Phrases, and the Comma Rules to prepare for
the comma tests (see the links to the left).
4 -
01/19 (A) & 01/20 (B) - Review
Writing prompt #2. Read Lanyer's excerpt from Salve
Deus Rex Judeorum, discussion
notes, flow-chart, analysis.
Homework:
(1) Identify the
following elements
of Lanyer's argument: 1. the introduction, 2. thesis points,
3. acknowledgment
of
opposing views, 4. main points
(including at least three concrete details with follow-up commentary),
5. respectful refutation of principle counter argument(s), and 6. a
call to
action in the conclusion.
5 - 01/21 (A) & 01/22 (B) - Discussion,
notes, review Lanyer's Elements of Persuasion. Writing Prompt #3 - Changing Our Minds.
Persuasive modes:
ethos, pathos, logos. QW: Do you
support or oppose the death penalty, provide three reasons why or why
not. Discussion, debate, and analysis
of elements of persuasion in death penalty essay.
Brainstorm topics for a persuasive essay:
What issues
do we find important enough that we desire to effect change?
Homework: (1) Complete the Comma Test IN
PENCIL (2) Choose a
book for your 3rd quarter Honors Reading List Assignment and begin
reading it.
6 - 01/25 (A) & 01/26 (B) -
In-class
assignment - Writer's Inc. Sourcebook
pages 207-211: fixing comma-splices, run-ons, and sentence fragments.
Homework: (1) With
a partner or partners, compare comma tests, discuss, and revise your
comma test if necessary. Read your HRL selection for 20
minutes or more daily.
Pick a few quotations out, compose an
interpretive question or two, draft a
thought exercise.
7 - 01/27 (A) & 01/28 (B) - Drafting
the persuasive essay, modeling the brainstorm
and the draft,, modeling
the composition process. Take notes.
Homework: Choose or compose a
prompt, draft
questions, create a FOR/AGAINST chart, and write a basic 5-paragraph
persuasive
essay (200 points) from one of the SAMPLE
UBSCT WRITING PROMPTS - Due next class!
8 - 01/29 (A) & 02/01 (B) - Self-Evaluation
and Peer Review of Persuasive Essays - Reviewing other elements of the
UBSCT. Comma Test Review.
Homework: Read your HRL
selection for 20
minutes or more daily.
Pick a few quotations out, compose an
interpretive question or two, draft a thought
exercise,but most importantly, get a
good night's sleep in order to be fresh and ready for the tests.
NO HOMEWORK DURING
UBSCT TESTING - READ YOUR HRL BOOK!
(Classes 9 & 10) 02/02 (A), 02/03 (B),
02/04 (A) & 02/08 -
UBSCT TESTING and MAKE-UPS
11 - 02/09 (A) & 02/10 (B) - Introduction
to
Shakespeare. Writing Prompt #4 - Shakespeare Fear: graffitti board, discussion. QW: List at least reasons why
we still study Shakespeare's work, introduction to Shakespearean
language. Shakespearean
language
lecture. Review
Roman numerals.
Homework:
Read, in the introduction to Folger edition of Twelfth Night, pages xiii - xxv.
Take notes.
12 - 02/11 (A) & 02/12 (B) - Review language structures.
Reading
Quiz 1. discussion, and notes, Introduction
to Shakespeare slide show (this large file may take time to
load
each slide), notes.
Homework: Read, in the introduction to the Folger edition of Twelfth Night, pages xxvi - xlix.
Take notes.
13 - 02/16 (A) & 02/17 (B) - Reading
Quiz 2. Building Sentences #1 - Olivia. Wriitng Prompt #5
- Love, Death, and Senses. Creating metaphors with the
senses.
Homework: Read
your HRL
selection. Pick a few quotations out, compose an
interpretive question or two, draft a thought
exercise.
14 - 02/18 (A) & 02/19 (B) - A ssembling metaphorical
poetry.
Unpacking metaphors, interpreting metaphors.
Homework: (1) "Unpack,"
interpret, the Act I metaphors on your worksheet. (2) Read Act I of Twelfth Night (4-44). (3) Choose 5 significant quotations and
copy and cite them. (4) Compose 1 Thought Exercise (TE1) that
integrates the quotation. Use
academic voice (see note to left). Don't forget to title your thought
exercise and balance your commentary with both connections and a
discussion of the relevance of the text.
Copy and cite quotations by ACT.scene.line.numbers, i.e.,
"...she will
veiled walk, / And water once a day her chamber round /With
eye-offending brine... (I.i.30-32).
15 - 02/22 (A) & 02/23 (B) - QWs: discussion on the
meaning of the title Twelfth Night
and subtitle or What You Will,
revels,
epiphany
and inversion, "men's sphere" and "women's sphere" in the Early Modern
Period and its impact on relationships. Writing Prompt #6 - Fate or Freewill?,
discussion, begin interpreting Act I.
Homework: (1) "Unpack," interpret the Act II metaphors
on your worksheet. (2) Read Act II of Twelfth Night (48-87). (3) Choose 5 significant quotations and
copy and cite them. (4) Compose 1 Thought Exercise (TE2) that
integrates the quotation. Use
academic voice (see note to left). Don't forget to title your thought
exercise and balance your commentary with both connections and a
discussion of the relevance of the text.
Copy and cite quotations by act.scene.line numbers, i.e.,
"For women are as roses, whose fair flower, / being once displayed,
doth fall that very hour" (II.iv.44-45)
16 - 02/24 (A) & 02/25 (B) - Interpretations of acts I and
II.
Homework: Read
your HRL
selection. Pick a few quotations out, compose an
interpretive question or two, draft a thought
exercise.
17 - 02/26 (A) & 03/01 (B) - Interpretations of acts I and
II.
Homework:
(1)
Compose a literary
analysis paragraph (typed in MLA style) comparing similarities and
contrasting differences between
"To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" with Twelfth Night II.iv.
- due next class. Use academic voice (see note to left).
18 - 03/02 (A) & 03/03 (B) - Writing Prompt #7 - How do I love thee?,
discussion, notes, the hierarchy of love, gender stereotypes and love.
Homework: (1) "Unpack," interpret the Act III
metaphors
on your worksheet. (2) Read Act III of Twelfth Night (90-137). (3) Choose 5 significant quotations and
copy and cite them. (4) Compose 1 Thought Exercise (TE3) that
integrates the quotation. Use
academic voice (see note to left). Don't forget to title your thought
exercise and balance your commentary with both connections and a
discussion of the relevance of the text.
Copy and cite quotations by act.scene.line numbers, i.e.,
Viola, disguised as Cesario, tells Olivia truthfully, "I am not what I
am," but Olivia, undaunted, replies, "I would you were as I would have
you be" (III.i.148-49)
19 - 03/04 (A) & 03/08 (B) - Silent Discussion
I.
Writing Prompt #8 - Carpe Diem. (canceled
due to time contraints)
View Act I of Trevor Nunn's film Twelfth Night (45 minutes).
Homework:
(1) Finish Honors Reading List Assignment. (2) On the reverse of the
reading record for your HRL, please complete a reading record for
Aemelia Lanyer's excerpts from Salve
Deus Rex Judeorum.
20 - 03/09 (A) & 03/10 (B) - Honors Reading List Assignment due! Writing Prompt #9 - Comedy Discussion:
Elements of Comedy. QW:
Statue of Venus: art or objectification? View Act II of Trevor Nunn's film Twelfth Night (30 minutes).
Homework: (1) Complete the 3rd Quarter Honors Reading List
Self-Assessment (2) "Unpack," interpret the Act IV
metaphors
on your worksheet. (3) Read Act IV of Twelfth Night (140-157). (4) Choose 5 significant quotations and
copy and cite them. (5) Compose 1 Thought Exercise (TE4) that
integrates the quotation. Use academic voice (see note to left). Don't forget to title your thought
exercise and balance your commentary with both connections and a
discussion of the relevance of the text.
21 - 03/11 (A) & 03/12 (B) - Writing Prompt #10 - Madness. Breakdown Act II.iv:
Orsino's male chauvanism and Cesario's dissent. QW: Would Orsino
listen to Viola presenting the same argument as Cesario? Why
or
why not?
View
Act II.iv and Act III (20 minutes).
Homework: (1) "Unpack," interpret the Act V
metaphors
on your worksheet. (2) Read Act Vof Twelfth Night (160-189). (3) Choose 5 significant quotations and
copy and cite them. (4) Compose 1 Thought Exercise (TE5) that
integrates the quotation. Use
academic voice (see note to left). Don't forget to title your thought
exercise and balance your commentary with both connections and a
discussion of the relevance of the text.
22
- 03/15 (A) & 03/16 (B) - Counselors will conduct
sophomore SEOPS today. I apologize for
the delay in our studies, but we must cede to the demands of scheduling
and simply do the best we can with the time given to us.
Homework: (1) If not complete, thoroughly
finish
the "Unpacking Metaphors" worksheet and the Twelfth Night glossary - due next
class. (2) Complete a Reading Record for Twelfth Night and "To the Virgins."
23 - 03/17 (A) & 03/18 (B) - Silent
Discussion II. Writing Prompt #11 - Identity View Acts IV and V (35
minutes)
Homework: (1)
Organize
your portfolio and complete the 3rd quarter portfolio self-assessment
worksheet.
24 - 03/19 (A) & 03/22 (B) - Silent
Discussion II. Writing Prompt #11 - Identity Lab time to
begin work on THE BATTING CAGE
ROUND 2 (Due 03/25 - A or 03/26 - B)
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