All Regular and Honors Classes Daily/Period Activity Log
Friday, December 16, 2011
1. Get folders and get all returned work from returned work folder. I want it empty by end of period.
2. Video completion.
3. Put folders away neatly. People are losing points daily when I clean up the mess.
Homework: Outside Book due on January 19th.
Have a safe Holiday Break.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
EXTRA CREDIT!!! Sit in a JUROR'S CHAIR. Act (as best you can) for 10 points per day. If you are a really good actor... 15 points!!
1. Discuss Drama Terms (Drama, Stage Directions, Props).
2. Read Act I
3. Complete play vocabulary.
Homework Outside Book due on the 19th.
Friday, December 09, 2011
1. Get folders and the two pages of the ass.
2. Complete in groups. You can use the computers here or in the "pod" area to define the words... or you can probably figure most of them out as a group.
Monday: Act I
Tues: Act II
Wed: Act III
Thur: Movie
Fri: Movie
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
1. Ten minutes to complete "Typhoid Fever" handout.
2. Get Review handout and complete. This will look amazingly similar to tomorrow's test.
Homework: I would be about 100 pages into my last outside book of the semester!! Are you?
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
1. Get materials
2. Listen carefully to instructions
3. Complete test.
Outside Reading Book is Homework.
Wed: Chapter 3 Review
Thurs: Chapter 3 Test
Friday: Begin "Twelve Angry Men"
Monday, December 05, 2011
Friday, December 02, 2011
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Get folders and lit books
1) CST
2) Chapter Notes
3) Point of View Identification
4) Projects due tomorrow. 400 points. They better show TWO months of planning and preparation. See Notes.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
1. Get your graded test.
2. Look at the answer key on the LCD. Mark your wrong answers.
3. Look at the test and see if you should have gotten any of your "incorrect answers" correct.
Projects.
Homework: 1. Return Monte Cristo
2. New outside book. It is your main homework now. It is due Jan. 19. That is more than enough time so I don't want any moaning from parents about having too much homework!!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
1. Video
2. Know for tomorrow's 300 point test:
All characters, denunciation, author info, symbols and metaphors, oxymorons and irony, abridged, type of book, betrothed, obsequious, etc...
3. Work on projects. They are due on Friday.
Friday, November 18, 2011
1. Continue Movie The Count of Monte Cristo.
2. Finish The Count of MOnte Cristo novel by the time we return. The 300 point test will be on Tuesday when we return.
Have a nice, relaxing Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
1. You have all period to write your final draft.
Stump the Teacher is now moved to Wednesday. I have a meeting tomorrow.
Monte Cristo will be finished by the students on their own. The final test will be Tuesday November 29th. It has 100 questions. It is worth 300 points (like three grades in the computer because we have spent 7 weeks on it).
Monte Cristo Projects will be due Friday December 2.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
1. Activity 19. Compose First Draft.
2. Activity 20: Organizing the Essay. Read the suggestions before you start writing. There are some good hints.
3. Activity 21: Develop the Content: After you write your draft. Look over these suggestions to see where you may be able to add detail to your draft.
Here's how I would set up the essay:
Intro (Inverted Triangle with the quote and thesis)
Body 1: He says. Summarize his main points
Body 2: I say: Best Point
Body 3: I Say: Second best point
Body 4: Counter Argument
Close: Bigger Picture
If you are done early: Stump the Teacher: It will still be on Tuesday when we return.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
1. Activity 19. Compose First Draft.
2. Activity 20: Organizing the Essay. Read the suggestions before you start writing. There are some good hints.
3. Activity 21: Develop the Content: After you write your draft. Look over these suggestions to see where you may be able to add detail to your draft.
If you are done early: Stump the Teacher: It will still be on Tuesday when we return.
Here's how I would set up the essay:
Intro (Inverted TRiangle with the quote and thesisi)
Body 1: He says. Summarize his main points
Body 2: I say: Best Point
Body 3: i SAY: Second best point
Body 4: Counter Argument
Close: Bigger Picture
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
1. Get folders and CSU Packet/Journals.
2. Activity 16. We are doing Essay 3. Read and discuss the prompt.
3. Activity 17. 10 minute Free Write and Essay Organizer
4. Activity 18. Form your Thesis.
I want all papers from the returned work folder GONE and placed in your folders by the end of the period! They are out of CONTROL.
Homework: Stump the Teacher: MC Chapters 51-60.
Monday, November 07, 2011
Friday, November 04, 2011
Congratulations (Late) Water Polo! Also JV Football for beating North!
1. Get folders and CSU Packets
2. Discuss Chapter 49 if there are questions.
3. Discuss Chapters 51-60. Stump the Teacher Assignment/Activity (Next Friday)
4. Ethos, Pathos, Logos CSU Activity #12.
5. Monte Cristo Chapter 50. If we don't finish in class. Finish at home. It should take about 20 minutes.
Have a great weekend.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
1. Get folder and CSU Packet/Journal.
2. Assign Groups and Paragraphs (9 Total)
3. Complete Activity 6B: Reread assigned paragraph and discuss
Circle and List any important vocabulary
Write a 1-2 sentence summary
Make a list of important vocabulary
Present your notes to the class.
4. Activity 7 Skip
5. Activity 8. Reread Essay and label:
Intro
Issue or problem addressed
Author's main arguments
Authors Examples
Conclusion
Homework: Monte Cristo Chapter 49
BRING MONTE CRISTO TOMORROW!!!!!
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
1. Get folders. Take out CSU Packet and Journals.
2. Monte Cristo Quiz 46-47
3. Go over Activity 4 All Parts
4. First Read of Essay: "Reading with the Grain": Goal: Understand the essay and confirm earlier predictions.
5. Complete 6A in Journals.
Homework: Monte Cristo Chapter 48. (16 pages)
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
1. Good Morning. Get your folders only. Take out Journal and CSU Packet.
2. Continue Activity 2 using pictures from computer.
3. Discuss vocabulary definitions 1-10 from yesterday.
4. Activity 3 in journal.
5. Activity 4 in Journal.
6. Finish vocabulary 11-20.
7. Read Monte Cristo Chapter 47. Quiz tomorrow on 46 and 47.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Good Morning! Get folders only.
1. Hand out packets
2. Make your "Journal"
3. Activity 1 (Ten Minutes. Both Questions in Journal)
4. Activity 2 Discussion and Questions in Journal)
5. Activity 5. First 10 words.
Homework: MC Chapters 47-50. It's only 55 pages.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
1. Get folders and books
2. CST
3. No Quiz today. I am not in the mood.
4. Video Clip
5. Complete "Two Kinds" assignment
Homework: MC Chapter 45. Quiz tomorrow on Chps. 43-45.
Note: Thursday: Review of Chapter 2 Characters.
Friday: Chapter 2 Test with sub. Be good.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
1. Turn in Monte CRisto Chapters 31-40 Study Guide
2. Complete Vocabulary assignments. Don't forget sentences.
3. When called: Bring
a) Book
b) Report
c) something to write with
Homework: Just have a great, relaxing weekend. Duck Game at 12:00 on FSN.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
1. Character Sketch: Highlight and label Physical Description, TWA or Character, TWA of Other.
2. Turn in Character Sketch
3. "Two Kinds" vocabulary.
Homework: You are off tomorrow. Read Chapter 40 of MC and complete study guide. AND, of course, don't forget that 400 point Book Report.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
1. CST 20
2. Turn in CST Packet 11-20
3. Complete Character Sketch
4. "Two Kinds" vocabulary
5. Monte Cristo Chapter 39
Book Report due on Friday. No late work. (200 points)
Active Reading: Highlights, comments, chapter end notes, character page (100 points)
Oral Question: 100, 70, 50 or NO points.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Folders and book needed
1. CST
2. Direct to Indirect Writing
3. Monte Cristo Chapter 38
4. Book Report Due with Active Read Book on Friday. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE GRADED!!
Friday, October 14, 2011
Books and Folders
1. CST
2. Go over "Everyday Use" questions
3. Complete Characterization Chart
4. Group Work on Projects
Homework: No MC reading. Book report is due one week from today.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
1. Get folders and lit books.
2. MC Chapters 31-35 Quiz (1000 point quiz)
3. Notes
4. Complete Reading "Everyday Use" from page 80
5. Complete assignment
6. Homework: Read Chapters 36-37
Tomorrow: Bring stuff to work on projects after the quiz/discussion of Extra Credit
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
1. Get folders and books
2. CST #17
3. Monte Cristo Music Quiz 1-30
4. Discuss MC Chapters 31-32
5. Complete reading of "Everyday Use"
Homework: Tomorrow you have the PSAT. So we will not meet (AWWWW). But that does not mean we won't read! Monte Cristo Chapters 33-35 and Study Guide. Be prepared for a quiz on Thursday.
ZERO PERIOD: Tomorrow is a voluntary tutor/make up work day. I will be here at the normal time for you. If you miss, it will not be held against you.
Monday, October 10, 2011
1. Get folders and books.
2. Correct Vocabulary and turn in.
3. Turn in MC Study Guide Chapters 21-30
4. CST
5. Chapter 2 Notes
6. Read "Everyday Use"
Homework: Chapters 31-32 Monte Cristo and Study Guide
Friday, October 07, 2011
1. Complete vocabulary
2. Complete "Important Words" poster
3. Complete Monte Cristo Study Guide through Chapter 30.
By end of the period I want the returned folder EMPTY!!!! And all assignments and tests put into proper places in folder.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
God morning! Would you please get your books and folders?
1. CST #15
2. Discuss Chapters 26-27 and study guide
3. "Mary" and Everyday Use" vocabulary
4. Complete poster from yesterday for grade.
MC 28-29 is Reading Homework.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
1. You don't need folders or books today.
2. Video clip from Mystery, Alaska
3. Get into groups of 4 or less.
4. Get your Letter
5. Pick your topic.
6. Find words.
7. Make a poster.
Homework: Monte Cristo 26-27
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
1. Look over and ask any questions about Chapter 1 Review.
2. Turn in Review
3. Take Chapter 1 Test
4. Perfectly Typed and Edited and Proofread essay due tomorrow. I don't want excuses about a printer not working or your computer dying. Get it here somehow!
Monday, October 03, 2011
Get books and folders.
1. CST #____
2. Chapter 1 Review. You can write all parts on the paper, including he bookwork.
3. Monte Cristo Chapter 25.
New Folder and Book Rule: If your book or folder is left in a messy, sloppy way, you will lose 10 points from your grade.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
1. Get folders and books
2. Discuss Book Report and Active Reading Requirements: Due Oct. 21
a) Active Reading 100 points
b) Oral Questions 100 points
c) Book Report 200 points
3. Write the "He Said, He Said" paragraphs of Expository Essay
4. Monte Cristo Chapters 21-22. Oh this part is so COOL! Watch how Dantes has to restrain himself from jumping over the table and choking Caderouse to death!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Good Morning! Get your folders and books.
1. Pass out PSAT Books (and School Handbooks to the class that didn't get them)
2. Discuss that COOL Chapter 20 from the lit book.
3. Turn in complete study guide for grade.
4. Baptism Metaphor/Symbol Activity
4. Expository Essay Notes
5. Begin essay
Homework: Do any catch up on MC. How are those projects going?
Book Report Due: October 21st.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
1. "Long Way Home" Active Reading
2. Monte Cristo Chapters 18-19
3. Study Guide questions
MC Quiz tomorrow. Chapters 16-19. Try to figure out the Baptism symbol.
NOTE: First Book Report, Active Reading and Oral Questions (400 points) due on October 21, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Get folders and books.
1. CST 12
2. Complete "The Pedestrian" assignment and turn in.
3. Read Chapter 16-17 MC and complete study guide questions. You are at a GREAT part in the book! The escape. Pay attention to Dantes' change!
Homework: Powder Puff Football Game today at 6 PM. I hear they have great coaches!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Get lit books and folders
1. CST #9
2. CST #10
3. Turn in CST 1-10 Packet
4. Correct Vocabulary
5. "The Pedestrian" assignment
Homework: Read Chapter 13 of Monte Cristo.
Note to Zero Period: Back to School Night: If your parents plan to come to Back to School Night, the Zero Period Session will be BEFORE 1st Period. IT WILL NOT BE AT 8:15. I will not be staying that late. PLEASE INFORM PARENTS!!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Friday, September 09, 2011
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
1. CST #3
2. Share more intros (maybe two)
3. Discuss how the papers should flow. And what a closing paragraph should do.
4. Write the rest of the essay.
Homework: Type and save the essay. Bring BEST EDITED PRINTED COPY tomorrow.
Folder, Book, Syllabus due tomorrow for points! Easiest 200 points you will EVER get!!!
Folder Order: Handouts, CST, Notes, Ass, Test
Friday, September 02, 2011
1. Quiz #1
2. Share some intros from Haiku
3. Discuss BAD Intro things that you have been taught in the past that SUCK!!!
4. Inverted Triangle Format
5. Now write a good intro.
Homework: Nothing over the long weekend. Supplies, Lit Book, Syllabus signed and posible Outside Reading Book is due Wednesday of next week.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
1. Staple the two parts of "A Hero's Story" together neatly and turn in to the red basket.
2. Discuss the Monte Cristo version that we will read in class.
3. Narrative Essay Notes
4. Discuss Narrative Essay Prompt: How to break it down; figure out your thesis.
5. Intro: Write it, type it, and save to Haiku in order to share tomorrow.
Homework: Type the intro.
Tomorrow: Quiz #1: MLA, Levels of Reading,
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
1. CST #2
2. Small Groups: Complete Questions and Open Mind for "A Hero's Story"
3. Individually, complete 3 End Notes
4. Narrative Essay Notes
Homework: Supplies and Outside Book.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Good Morning! This is Mr. Warren's Honors World Lit. 10th grade. Room D203.
1. Sit anywhere, next to people who will not distract you or get you in trouble.
2. Supplies List
3. Active Reading Discussion/Notes
4. "A Hero's Story" Active Reading
5. Homework: www.warrenmlk.com
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
1. Get the paper that you can write on. "Night Final Test"
2. Get the test. Read directions carefully.
3. Turn in Haiku.
4. Book Report due tomorrow.
Here's the format:
Rodney Warren
Mr. Warren
World Lit. Period 1
19 October 2009
Independent Reading Literary Analysis
The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway in 1952. The novel was published by Simon and Schuster of New York and is read by high school students from all over the world. It is considered a classic of American Literature and is an easy book to read. It can actually be called a novella because it only has 127 pages.
The novel’s literary elements are simple and easy to identify, which is typical of most of Hemingway’s literary works. The main characters in the story are the old man, named Santiago, who lives and breathes fishing and his young friend, Manolin, who takes care of the man. The conflict of the story is external because it is Man (the old man) against nature. The entire plot revolves around the old man struggling to catch a fish and bring it into land without losing it or his life. The setting of the story is a small fishing village outside of Havana, Cuba and the author tells the story using limited third person point of view. Readers know only the thoughts of the old man.
The plot of the story is very easy to follow and trace. In the exposition the reader learns that Santiago has not caught a fish for eighty-four days. He is optimistic and proud in spite of his bad luck. The boy is his only true friend in the village. The other fisherman often joke about the man’s luck and try to avoid him. Some of the events that could be considered rising action is when the man goes alone on his eighty-fifth day and he hooks a large Marlin. He struggles for three days with the fish only to lose most of it to attacking sharks in the story’s climax. In the resolution of the story the reader follows Santiago back to the village, exhausted and alone, but victorious in his battle. He is in fact alive.
Like every book, this novella has a character that makes a critical decision which affects the entire plot. The critical decision is made by Santiago when he hooked the Marlin. He had been hoping and praying for this moment for over eighty days. It is what he is born to do, but he has the opportunity to cut the fish loose any time he chooses. For three days he had to fight age, cold weather, dangerous sea creatures and fatigue, but he never gave up. For if he were to give up, it would be like giving up on life, because fishing is all he has left.
It is easy to see why this book is taught in most schools throughout the country. Although the story seems very simple, it is full of rich symbolism. It is because of the symbolism that most readers really enjoyed the book. Read at a literal level, it seems boring, but if a teacher points out the deeper meanings the books comes alive. It is also easy to visualize the small village that Santiago lives in as well as the ocean he travels because of Hemingway’s use of local color and imagery.
Book Report Format
Follow these instructions exactly when typing your report. Remember, you have to report for each book that you read. Also important is the fact than you CAN NOT do a report on a book that you have NOT finished. Please do not try to turn in a report for a book that you have not finished. I will check active reading and ask oral questions of all students to determine if students have completed reading.
1) Type paper double spaced
2) Include proper Heading
3) Title paper as given in sample.
4) Report must be written in essay form
Essay will include…
I: Important Information Paragraph (10 pts.)
a) title
b) author
c) publisher
d) copyright date
e) type of book (fiction, non-fiction, romance, ect…)
f) number of pages
II. Literary Elements
a) setting
b) conflict
c) characters
d) point of view
III. Parts of the Plot
a) exposition
b) rising action
c) climax
d) resolution
IV. Critical decision and how it influenced the plot
V. Personal Recommendation and specifics
Editing is worth 10 points. I will deduct 5 points for using 1st person and one point for each error up to 10 points.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
1. Night Test and Haiku tomorrow
2. Poem 4: List Poem
Metaphor
Concrete
Synonym
List
3. Book Report Due Friday.
Rodney Warren
Mr. Warren
World Lit. Period 1
19 October 2009
Independent Reading Literary Analysis
The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway in 1952. The novel was published by Simon and Schuster of New York and is read by high school students from all over the world. It is considered a classic of American Literature and is an easy book to read. It can actually be called a novella because it only has 127 pages.
The novel’s literary elements are simple and easy to identify, which is typical of most of Hemingway’s literary works. The main characters in the story are the old man, named Santiago, who lives and breathes fishing and his young friend, Manolin, who takes care of the man. The conflict of the story is external because it is Man (the old man) against nature. The entire plot revolves around the old man struggling to catch a fish and bring it into land without losing it or his life. The setting of the story is a small fishing village outside of Havana, Cuba and the author tells the story using limited third person point of view. Readers know only the thoughts of the old man.
The plot of the story is very easy to follow and trace. In the exposition the reader learns that Santiago has not caught a fish for eighty-four days. He is optimistic and proud in spite of his bad luck. The boy is his only true friend in the village. The other fisherman often joke about the man’s luck and try to avoid him. Some of the events that could be considered rising action is when the man goes alone on his eighty-fifth day and he hooks a large Marlin. He struggles for three days with the fish only to lose most of it to attacking sharks in the story’s climax. In the resolution of the story the reader follows Santiago back to the village, exhausted and alone, but victorious in his battle. He is in fact alive.
Like every book, this novella has a character that makes a critical decision which affects the entire plot. The critical decision is made by Santiago when he hooked the Marlin. He had been hoping and praying for this moment for over eighty days. It is what he is born to do, but he has the opportunity to cut the fish loose any time he chooses. For three days he had to fight age, cold weather, dangerous sea creatures and fatigue, but he never gave up. For if he were to give up, it would be like giving up on life, because fishing is all he has left.
It is easy to see why this book is taught in most schools throughout the country. Although the story seems very simple, it is full of rich symbolism. It is because of the symbolism that most readers really enjoyed the book. Read at a literal level, it seems boring, but if a teacher points out the deeper meanings the books comes alive. It is also easy to visualize the small village that Santiago lives in as well as the ocean he travels because of Hemingway’s use of local color and imagery.
Book Report Format
Follow these instructions exactly when typing your report. Remember, you have to report for each book that you read. Also important is the fact than you CAN NOT do a report on a book that you have NOT finished. Please do not try to turn in a report for a book that you have not finished. I will check active reading and ask oral questions of all students to determine if students have completed reading.
1) Type paper double spaced
2) Include proper Heading
3) Title paper as given in sample.
4) Report must be written in essay form
Essay will include…
I: Important Information Paragraph (10 pts.)
a) title
b) author
c) publisher
d) copyright date
e) type of book (fiction, non-fiction, romance, ect…)
f) number of pages
II. Literary Elements
a) setting
b) conflict
c) characters
d) point of view
III. Parts of the Plot
a) exposition
b) rising action
c) climax
d) resolution
IV. Critical decision and how it influenced the plot
V. Personal Recommendation and specifics
Editing is worth 10 points. I will deduct 5 points for using 1st person and one point for each error up to 10 points.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
1. Night Chapter 6-7 Quiz
2. Poem 3: Synonym Poem
Metaphor
Concrete
Synonym
3. Compete Night. The Test will be on Thursday. I will also take Haiku Thursday.
4. Book Report Due Friday.
Night Chapters 5-7 Quiz:
1. Describe the 42 mile run from Buna to the deserted village. What does Eli pray that he will never do (hint: Rabbi's son).
2. Explain the 10 day ride on the train. How did some of the Jews survive and how did the German citizens help?
Monday, May 16, 2011
1. Get your poetry book that you made last Friday.
2. Get your Lit Book from the back.
3. Get the sample Concrete Poem (don't write on the paper, I need it back).
4. Write poem.
5. Return Books to back window (0: 7:10, 1: 8:00, 4: 11:05, 5: 12:40)
6. Night Chapter 7 today with Haiku.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Lesson Plan: Objective: Create our first poem for our poetry book.
1. No quiz today on Night Chapter 5 (do the Haiku though!
2. Get three sheets of lined paper and ½ of a colored paper.
3. Fold into a “book”
4. Read the sample metaphor poems. The firecracker one is awesome.
5. Write your own metaphor poem for your life or family.
Read Night Chapter 6.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
To prove the theme of Lord of the Flies... I am not collecting or grading the project. Just take it back home.
1. Chapter 4 Quiz: In a paragraph tell:
2. Write Haiku for Chapters 4
3. Read Chapter 4 or work on project.
Reading Schedule:
Thurs: Chapter 5 (63-80)
Friday: Chapter 6 (81-92)
Mon: Chapter 7 (93-98)
Tuesday Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 (99-109)
Book Report Due on May 20
Chapter 4 Quiz: Describe the gallows scene. How is the gallow scene symbolic of something that the the author has lost? Detail!!!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
1. Chapter 2 Quiz: In a paragraph tell:
2. Write Haiku for Chapters 2-3
3. Read Chapter 4 or work on project.
Reading Schedule:
Wed: Chapter 4 (45-62)
Thurs: Chapter 5 (63-80)
Friday: Chapter 6 (81-92)
Mon: Chapter 7 (93-98)
Tuesday Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 (99-109)
Project Due: May 12
Chapter 2 Quiz: Explain the entire scene of Madam Schachter's prophecy and how this may be a little bit of faction.
Period 4: Chapter 3: Describe the author's first selection: How he gets through, who doesn't. Who did the deciding. And what he immediately sees as he walks to the "left."
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
1. Chapter 1 Quiz: In a paragraph tell:
2. Discuss Haiku Assignment
3. Read Chapter 2 or work on project.
Reading Schedule:
Tues: Chapter 2 (21-26) and Chapter 3 (27-43)
Wed: Chapter 4 (45-62)
Thurs: Chapter 5 (63-80)
Friday: Chapter 6 (81-92)
Mon: Chapter 7 (93-98)
Tuesday Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 (99-109)
Project Due: May 12
Explain who Moshe the Beadle is and his importance at the beginning of the book to the author and then to the development of the conflict between the Nazis and the Jews.
4th Period: In a paragraph, explain who first warned the Jews, their reaction and then the results of the Nazis coming to town.
Monday, May 09, 2011
1. Everyone look to see what grade you got on your Roman Paper.
2. Yell out score when asked.
3. Night INtro
Reading Schedule:
Monday: Chapter 1 (1-20)
Tues: Chapter 2 (21-26) and Chapter 3 (27-43)
Wed: Chapter 4 (45-62)
Thurs: Chapter 5 (63-80)
Friday: Chapter 6 (81-92)
Mon: Chapter 7 (93-98)
Tuesday Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 (99-109)
Project Due: May 12
Friday, May 06, 2011
Thursday, May 05, 2011
1. LOTF Epitaphs (due typed on Friday)
2. Video
Don't wait til last minute for project. If all of your articles are about Bin Laden, I know you did!!!
Rest of the year: Start book Night on Friday
Book Report Due on the 20th.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
1. I will get tests back to you today.
2. LOTF Epitaphs (due typed on Friday)
3. Video
Don't wait til last minute for project. If all of your articles are about Bin Laden, I know you did!!!
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Monday, May 02, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
1. Periods 1 and 5: Chapters 8-9 presentations
2. Period 0: Chapter 9
3. Symbol Writing
Wed: Chapter 10
Thurs: Chapter 11 (Zero Period no class but still read)
Friday: Chapter 12
Project Due: May 12. I will introduce essay on Monday.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
1. Give the group 5 minutes to prep if needed. Flores might even get to take the quiz today.
2. Group: CAT, QUIZ, DISCUSSION
3. Complete Symbols assignment
4. Read Chapter 7. Next Group, be ready to present on Monday.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Get Books and Folders
1. Quiz: Period 0: Chapter 5. Period 4: Chapter 4 and 5
2. CAT6
3. Discuss Chapters (Period 4 Notes)
4. Period 0: Finish story. Period 4: Start story
5. Symbolism: Using story, tell what each means and if it is personal or public: tunnel, the older boys, the safe beach, the rocky beach, the nosebleeds.
Tonight: Reading: None, use as a catch up day if you are not done with Chapter 5.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Get Lit Book and Folder
1. Quiz Chapter 4 and Discuss Dialectic
2. CAT6
3. Notes
4. Read "Through the Tunnel" (12 minutes)
5. Read LOTF Chapter 5
How's that Project coming along??? Procrastinating????
Monday, April 18, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
1. Chapter 2 Quiz
2. Chapter 2 Dialectic. Minimum of 10 important things and analysis. Turn in with Chapter 1 for 100 points.
3. Read Chapter 3.
Monday: Chapter 4
Tuesday: Chapter 5
Wed: Make up
Thursday: Chapter 6
Friday: Chapter 7
Stay up with this even if you are not in my class.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
1. CAT6 (Turn in packet 11-20)
2. Correct Vocab
3. Discuss Project (Due in one month: May 12, 2011)
4. Read Chapter 1 LOTF
Remember: We still have one more book report to do. We will read two books together before the end of the year. PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
1. Ger folders
2. CAT6
3. Book Checkout
4. LOTF Notes/Intro
5. Complete HW
You tell me: Is it stealing to go to Borders, buy a book, read it very carefully, and then return it for your money back??? Just curious.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Friday, April 01, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
1. Get out sonnet and highlight the personification, the assonance and the alliteration. Label all parts. On the assonance and alliteration, actually say what sound is repeated.
2. CAT6
3. Consumer Docs Page Day 2: Pages 913-920.
4. Tomorrow we will write a technical document. You will write instructions for an electronic device that you use. It will explain how to use something to someone who has never used it before.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Get Book and folder
1. CAT6
2. Read 908-911.
3. Do the reading Check 1-4 and Test Practice 1-6.
We very seldom have quiet days; today I am asking you to be quiet and let everyone read the material and complete the work. Yeah, it's b****g, but we have to do it.
Typed Sonnet tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
1. Get folder and books. I need to see some of your folders/assignments to verify grades.
2. Go over your test and the answers. Many (and I mean many) of you left answers blank. Don't fill them in now. I have a picture on computer of all tests. Look to see if you can argue your answer. (Someone in period 1 is going to be off two points in your favor).
3. Complete sonnet assignment. Due typed tomorrow.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
1. Work on Newspaper 200 point project
2. Turn in Act V Review Handout
3. Turn in Whole Play Review Handout
Wednesday: JC Project
Thursday: JC Project
Friday: JC Test (300 points)
Book Report is now due on Monday the 28th. Extended three days, so don't try to turn it in late.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
1. Discuss Newspaper 200 point project
2. Complete Act V Review Handout
3. Complete Whole Play Review Handout
Tuesday: JC Project
Wednesday: JC Project
Thursday: JC Project
Friday: JC Test (300 points)
Book Report is now due on Monday the 28th. Extended three days, so don't try to turn it in late.
Monday, March 21, 2011
1. Act V Review Handout
2. Whole Play Review Handout
Tuesday: JC Project
Wednesday: JC Project
Thursday: JC Project
Friday: JC Test (300 points)
Book Report is now due on Monday the 28th. Extended three days, so don't try to turn it in late.
Here is the format: Blackboard is basically useless!!!!
Rodney Warren
Mr. Warren
World Lit. Period 1
19 October 2009
Independent Reading Literary Analysis
The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by Ernest Hemingway in 1952. The novel was published by Simon and Schuster of New York and is read by high school students from all over the world. It is considered a classic of American Literature and is an easy book to read. It can actually be called a novella because it only has 127 pages.
The novel’s literary elements are simple and easy to identify, which is typical of most of Hemingway’s literary works. The main characters in the story are the old man, named Santiago, who lives and breathes fishing and his young friend, Manolin, who takes care of the man. The conflict of the story is external because it is Man (the old man) against nature. The entire plot revolves around the old man struggling to catch a fish and bring it into land without losing it or his life. The setting of the story is a small fishing village outside of Havana, Cuba and the author tells the story using limited third person point of view. Readers know only the thoughts of the old man.
The plot of the story is very easy to follow and trace. In the exposition the reader learns that Santiago has not caught a fish for eighty-four days. He is optimistic and proud in spite of his bad luck. The boy is his only true friend in the village. The other fisherman often joke about the man’s luck and try to avoid him. Some of the events that could be considered rising action is when the man goes alone on his eighty-fifth day and he hooks a large Marlin. He struggles for three days with the fish only to lose most of it to attacking sharks in the story’s climax. In the resolution of the story the reader follows Santiago back to the village, exhausted and alone, but victorious in his battle. He is in fact alive.
Like every book, this novella has a character that makes a critical decision which affects the entire plot. The critical decision is made by Santiago when he hooked the Marlin. He had been hoping and praying for this moment for over eighty days. It is what he is born to do, but he has the opportunity to cut the fish loose any time he chooses. For three days he had to fight age, cold weather, dangerous sea creatures and fatigue, but he never gave up. For if he were to give up, it would be like giving up on life, because fishing is all he has left.
It is easy to see why this book is taught in most schools throughout the country. Although the story seems very simple, it is full of rich symbolism. It is because of the symbolism that most readers really enjoyed the book. Read at a literal level, it seems boring, but if a teacher points out the deeper meanings the books comes alive. It is also easy to visualize the small village that Santiago lives in as well as the ocean he travels because of Hemingway’s use of local color and imagery.
Book Report Format
Follow these instructions exactly when typing your report. Remember, you have to report for each book that you read. Also important is the fact than you CAN NOT do a report on a book that you have NOT finished. Please do not try to turn in a report for a book that you have not finished. I will check active reading and ask oral questions of all students to determine if students have completed reading.
1) Type paper double spaced
2) Include proper Heading
3) Title paper as given in sample.
4) Report must be written in essay form
Essay will include…
I: Important Information Paragraph (10 pts.)
a) title
b) author
c) publisher
d) copyright date
e) type of book (fiction, non-fiction, romance, ect…)
f) number of pages
II. Literary Elements
a) setting
b) conflict
c) characters
d) point of view
III. Parts of the Plot
a) exposition
b) rising action
c) climax
d) resolution
IV. Critical decision and how it influenced the plot
V. Personal Recommendation and specifics
Editing is worth 10 points. I will deduct 5 points for using 1st person and one point for each error up to 10 points.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Everyone get your book and folder.
1. CAT6
2. Handout.
Do all the examples. They are worth points.
Identify: Tell what each is and underline the parts.
On the back: This is the hard part. Find 3 examples of EACH.
Homework: Book Report
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
1. Get two handouts.
2. Use notes, books or brains to complete both.
Tomorrow is The Ides of March. Up to 200 points of EC for dressing as a Julius Caesar character.
Toga/Tunic
Sandals
Bracelets
Coronet/Crown
Jewelry
Belt
NO American clothes showing.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
1. CAT6
2. Notes
3. Read
4. Review pages (the review and the MC test sheet)
5. Discuss Extra Credit. I will put this up on Blackboard today (if I remember how)
Note: Tomorrow and Wednesday: High School Exit Exam: Do not come here. Report to your testing classroom. The list is in the back of the room. NO class work at all in ANY class. That includes period 0 and 5. Bring your outside book! You will have TONS of extra time!
Friday, March 04, 2011
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Get folders and books.
1. Act II Translation
2. Story Board
3. Review
Remember: Tomorrow you will give your registration to the counselor so have it signed by your parents.
Book Report: Less than a month.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
1. Look at folders and books. If yours is lying down in a mess, you lost 5 points from your grade yesterday when I went through them after school yesterday. I am NOT your mother. Clean up after yourself!
2. Discuss Extra Credit possibilities
3. Video
4. Complete Review and Story Board
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
1. Get books and folders
2. CAT6
3. Review yesterday's information/reading
4. Act I:2 Notes continued
5. Read Act I:2
Homework: How's that outside book? There are many of you who still don't have a book read and I have a feeling (Nathan) that people will try to pass off an unapproved book (Nathan).
Monday, February 14, 2011
1. Turn in your Perfect, Error Free, Clean and Neat, Published Person of the Year paper.
2. JC Timeline
3. Act I Notes 1-2
4. Read Act I: 1-2
Discuss Festival of Lupercal
Discuss Soothsayer
Discuss Fickle
Thursday, February 10, 2011
1. Get folders and returned JC Intro Note Sheet.
2. Go over JC intro notes.
3. JC Timeline
4. Correct Vocabulary and Turn in
5. POY Published copy due Monday. I expect perfection. We have been doing nothing but this for 2 weeks.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Thursday, February 03, 2011
1. Work on Part III (2010 information).
Friday: Demonstration how to use Easybib.com. Continue Writing.
Monday: Sub. You will have an assignment
Tuesday: Part III due for editing
Wed: Part IV and Works Cited work
Thursday: All parts of paper due for final edit.
Friday: Paper Due in Published Form for Mr. Warren