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Tuesday 6-8-10 Monday 6-7-10 Friday 6-4-10 Thursday 6-3-10 Wednesday 6-2-10 Tuesday 6-1-10 Friday 5-28-10 Thursday 5-27-10 Wednesday 5-26-10 Tuesday 5-25-10 Monday 5-24-10 Friday 5-21-10 Thursday 5-20-10 Wednesday 5-19-10 Tuesday 5-18-10 Monday 5-17-10 Friday 5-14-10 Thursday 5-13-10 Wednesday 5-12-10 Tuesday 5-11-10 Friday 5-7-10 Thursday 5-6-10 Wednesday 5-5-10 Tuesday 5-4-10 Monday 5-3-10 Friday 4-30-10 Thursday 4-29-10 Wednesday 4-28-10 Tuesday 4-27-10 Monday 4-26-10 Friday 4-23-10 | Wednesday 06/09/10: We looked at limericks today. The completed Poetry Portfolio is due today at the beginning of class! You will need to write at least five different kinds of poems (not more than ten). Submit them to www.turnitin.com. You might also want to try your hand at making some of your poems digital poems. Click for examples: http://collection.eliterature.org/1/ or http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/search.php?text=poetry. All extra credit and late work must be given to me before you leave your final on Friday. Tuesday 06/08/10: We looked at a triolet today. The completed Poetry Portfolio is due tomorrow at the beginning of class! You will need to write at least five different kinds of poems (not more than ten). Submit them to www.turnitin.com. You might also want to try your hand at making some of your poems digital poems. Click for examples: http://collection.eliterature.org/1/ or http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/search.php?text=poetry. Monday 06/07/10: We looked at a triolet today. Continue writing poems for your Poetry Portfolio. You will need to write at least five different kinds of poems (not more than ten). Last day for this Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity! Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us. You might also want to try your hand at making some of your poems digital poems. Click for examples: http://collection.eliterature.org/1/ or http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/search.php?text=poetry. Friday 06/04/10: We looked at Sestina today. Continue writing poems for your Poetry Portfolio. You will need to write at least five different kinds of poems (not more than ten). Try beginning a sestina today and post it to your Ning discussions. Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity! Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us. You might also want to try your hand at making some of your poems digital poems. Click for examples: http://collection.eliterature.org/1/ or http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/search.php?text=poetry. Thursday 06/03/10: We looked at Cinquain and Diamante. Continue writing poems for your Poetry Portfolio. You will need to write at least five different kinds of poems (not more than ten). Try writing some cinquains of different types or a diamante today and post them to your Ning discussions. Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity! Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us. You might also want to try your hand at making some of your poems digital poems. Click for examples: http://collection.eliterature.org/1/ or http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/search.php?text=poetry. Wednesday 06/02/10: We looked at Japanese Poems: Haiku & Tanka. Continue writing poems for your Poetry Portfolio. You will need to write at least five different kinds of poems (not more than ten). Try writing some haikus or tankas today and post them to your Ning discussions. Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity! Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us. You might also want to try your hand at making some of your poems digital poems. Click for examples: http://collection.eliterature.org/1/ or http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/search.php?text=poetry. Tuesday 06/01/10: We looked at Lyric Poem: Sonnet. You will begin writing poems for your Poetry Portfolio today. You will need to write at least five different kinds of poems (not more than ten). Try writing a sonnet today and posting it to your Ning discussions. Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity! Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us. You might also want to try your hand at making some of your poems digital poems. Click for examples: http://collection.eliterature.org/1/ or http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/search.php?text=poetry. Friday 05/28/10: We looked at Lyric Poem: Elegy & Ode. Song Lyrics are due today. The Final One-Act Play is due AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS TODAY. You must have a 10-20 page play in the correct format. You must attach your rough draft, originality report and peer grade. Please follow the directions in this Download. Thursday 05/27/10: We looked at Narrative Poems: Ballad, folk ballad, literary ballad, epic, and metrical romances. Jabberwocky is due today. Bring your song lyrics and answer questions for tomorrow. Continue working on your One-Act Play, which is due AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS TOMORROW. You must have a 10-20 page play in the correct format. You must attach your rough draft, originality report and peer grade. Please follow the directions in this Download. Wednesday 05/26/10: We looked at Foot, Meter, Stanza & Scansion. Postcard Poems are due today. Jabberwocky is due tomorrow. Continue working on your One-Act Play. Please follow the directions in this Download. Tuesday 05/25/10: We looked at more Figurative language today: Onomatopoeia, pun, and paradox as well as imagery and symbolism. Nursery Rhymes are due today. Postcards are due tomorrow. Continue working on your One-Act Play. Please follow the directions in this Download. Monday 05/24/10: We looked at Rhyme today. Tongue Twisters are due today. Write a clever current or historical event/issue nursery rhyme for tomorrow. Continue working on your One-Act Play. Your rough draft is due today 5/24/10. Please make this as much like a final draft as possible: between ten and twenty pages, due to formatting dialogue and stage directions. Your final paper must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font with one-inch margins. Please follow the directions in this Download. Friday 05/21/10: We looked at Repetition: Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance today. Things and Thing Poems are due today. Write three tongue twisters for Monday. Continue working on your One-Act Play. Your rough draft is due on Monday 5/24/10. Please make this as much like a final draft as possible: between ten and twenty pages, due to formatting dialogue and stage directions. Your final paper must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font with one-inch margins. Please follow the directions in this Download. Thursday 05/20/10: We looked at Figurative Language: Anthropomorphism, Personification & Apostrophe today. Remember to bring your Concrete Poem to class today. Bring your thing poem and your thing tomorrow. Continue working on your One-Act Play. Your rough draft is due on Monday 5/24/10. Please make this as much like a final draft as possible: between ten and twenty pages, due to formatting dialogue and stage directions. Your final paper must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font with one-inch margins. Please follow the directions in this Download. Wednesday 05/19/10: We looked at Figurative Language: Hyperbole, Litotes & Understatement today. Remember to bring your Concrete Poem to class tomorrow. This might be fun too, (but not to hand in). Continue working on your One-Act Play. Tuesday 05/18/10: We looked at Figurative Language: metaphor, simile, mixed metaphor & cliché today. Continue working on your One-Act Play. Monday 05/17/10: We looked at Theater Spaces today. Outlines for your One-Act Play are due today: I. Exposition: A. Set/Setting: II. Rising Action: B. Characters: C. Mood: D. Tone: A. Conflict: III. Climax: B. Antagonist A. Falling Action: IV. Denouement: Friday 05/13/10: We looked at Ten Minute Play, One Act Play, Full-length Plays & Musicals today. Final Drafts for the Short Story Portfolio Piece are
due today! Please hand in (in this order): The MLA-formatted final
draft, the corrected and graded rough draft, the Artist’s Statement*,
the Turnitin Originality Report, and the 6 Traits Peer Grade on the back. Thursday 05/13/10: We looked at Cast, Cast Page & Character Name today. Final Drafts for the Short Story Portfolio Piece are due at the beginning of class tomorrow with the
corrected rough draft and originality report. Don't forget your artist's statements tomorrow. Continue planning your One-Act Play. Use the feedback on your summaries, and start planning the outline, which is due on Monday 5/17/2010. Please make corrections and edits to the rough drafts of your short stories. *For the Artist’s Statement, explain: Continue planning your One-Act Play. Use the feedback on your summaries, and start planning the outline, which is due on Monday 5/17/2010. Please make corrections and edits to the rough drafts of your short stories. -What you initially set out to explore, investigate and discover through writing this piece. -How your ideas developed. -How your perspective changed as your work took shape. -How your background (did or did not) influence your work. -What you learned from writing this piece. In addition, please explain what grade you think you deserve based on your effort and final product. Wednesday 05/12/10: We looked at Set, Prop & Scene(ry) today. Continue planning your One-Act Play. Use the feedback on your summaries, and start planning the outline, which is due on Monday 5/17/2010. Please make corrections and edits to the rough drafts of your short stories. Final Drafts for the Short Story Portfolio Piece are due at the beginning of class on Friday with the corrected rough draft and originality report. Tuesday 05/11/10: We discussed stage directions today. Begin thinking about what you would like to do for your One-Act Play. You must write me a short summary paragraph of your idea before you leave class today. While you are working, I will be handing out your graded work and talking to each of you about your writing. Keep working on your Short Story Portfolio Piece. Friday 05/07/10: We discussed Aside, Ad-lib & Improv today. Please hand it your rough draft for your Short Story Portfolio Piece during class today. You must have it completed, proofread and edited. While you are working, I will be handing out your graded work and talking to each of you about your writing. Begin thinking about what you would like to do for your One-Act Play. You must write me a short summary paragraph of your idea by Tuesday 5/11/2010. Thursday 05/06/10: Conferences are tonight from 3:00 to 6:30. We discussed dialogue, monologue and soliloquy today. Your midterm parent signatures are due today. Please work on your Short Story Portfolio Piece during class today. You must have it completed, proofread and edited. While you are working, I will be handing out your graded work and talking to each of you about your writing. Begin thinking about what you would like to do for your One-Act Play. You must write me a short summary paragraph of your idea by Tuesday 5/11/2010. Wednesday 05/05/10: We discussed (Act.scene.lines) today. Your midterm parent signatures are due tomorrow. Please work on your Short Story Portfolio Piece during class this week. You must have a completed, proofread and edited draft ready by Friday. Conferences are this Thursday from 3:00 to 6:30. While you are working, I will be handing out your graded work and talking to each of you about your writing. Begin thinking about what you would like to do for your One-Act Play. You must write me a short summary paragraph of your idea by Tuesday 5/11/2010. Tuesday 05/04/10: We discussed tragedy and comedy today. Your midterm parent signatures are due on Thursday. Please work on your Short Story Portfolio Piece during class this week. You must have a completed, proofread and edited draft ready by Friday. Conferences are this Thursday from 3:00 to 6:30. While you are working, I will be handing out your graded work and talking to each of you about your writing. Monday 05/03/10: We discussed drama and screenplays today. Please work on your Short Story Portfolio Piece during class this week. You must have a completed, proofread and edited draft ready by Friday. Conferences are this Thursday from 3:00 to 6:30. While you are working, I will be handing out your graded work and talking to each of you about your writing. Friday 04/30/10: We discussed flashback and foreshadowing today. Your rewritten fairy tale/myth/fable is due when you get to class today. Have it printed in MLA format. Attach your www.turnitin.com Originality Report and a 6 Traits Rubric. Remember that you should have two students read your story before you hand it in. All fifteen journals must be completed by the end of class today and any late work for your midterm reports, which will be give to you on Monday. Conferences are next Thursday 5/6 from 3:00 to 6:30. Thursday 04/29/10: We discussed theme today. Your rewritten fairy tale/myth/fable is due when you get to class tomorrow. Have it printed in MLA format. Attach your www.turnitin.com Originality Report and a 6 Traits Rubric. Remember that you should have two students read your story before you hand it in. All fifteen journals must be completed by today and any late work for your midterm reports, which will be give to you on Monday. Conferences are next Thursday 5/6 from 3:00 to 6:30. Wednesday 04/28/10: We discussed symbols today. Continue working on rewriting the fairy tale/myth/fable you chose. It is due when you get to class on Friday. Today, make sure you hand in a completed outline for your Short Story. Use this outline: I. Exposition: A. Setting: II. Rising Action:B. Protagonist: C. Mood: D. Tone: A. Conflict: III. Climax:B. Antagonist A. Falling Action: IV. Denouement:Tuesday 04/27/10: We discussed tone and mood today. Begin working on rewriting the fairy tale/myth/fable you chose. It is due when you get to class on Friday. For tomorrow, make sure you hand in a completed outline for your Short Story.
Monday 04/26/10: We discussed dialogue today. Please hand in a short summary of a fairy tale, fable, myth or nursery rhyme that you would like to rewrite before you leave class today. Friday 04/23/10: We discussed denouement today.
Your combined story is due today. Hand in the entire story in MLA
format, the first page of your turnitin.com originality report and
(make sure two students read and comment on your story with) a 6 Traits
rubric. Also, please follow the directions on the Wiki,
and post your story online. For Monday you must have a short summary
of a fairy tale, fable, myth or nursery rhyme that you would like to
rewrite. Thursday 04/22/10: We discussed climax today. Today you need to hand in a brief five to seven-sentence paragraph about the story you will hand in for your first portfolio project. You will want to address the setting, characters, topic, overall plot and theme of this story. Don’t worry—you can always change your mind. I just want to see what people are planning. This is just one step in the process. Your combined story is due tomorrow. Hand in on paper the entire story in MLA format, the first page of your turnitin.com originality report and (make sure two students read and comment on your story with) a 6 Traits rubric. Also, please follow the directions on the Wiki, and post your story online.
Wednesday 04/21/10: We discussed conflict today. Tomorrow you need to hand in a brief five to seven-sentence paragraph about the story you will hand in for your first portfolio project. You will want to address the setting, characters, topic, overall plot and theme of this story. Don’t worry—you can always change your mind. I just want to see what people are planning. This is just one step in the process.Continue working on your combined story on the Wiki. (It will be due this Friday.) Tuesday 04/20/10: We discussed rising action today. You must do the daily journals. Some of you have not started them yet. Continue working on your combined story on the Wiki. (It will be due this Friday.) Monday 04/19/10: Due today: The Narrative with accompanying Originality Report from www.turnitin.com and Peer Review with 6 Traits. We discussed exposition today. Continue working on your combined story on the Wiki. (It will be due this Friday.) Friday 04/16/10: Due today: Parent Signatures. We discussed genre in order to help students get ideas for the kinds of stories they may write for upcoming assignments. The Narrative is due Monday 04/19/2010. You must hand it in to www.turnitin.com before you give it to me. I will show you how to print page 1 of 1 from your originality report. Begin working on your combined story on the Wiki. (It will be due next Friday.) Thursday 04/15/10: Due today: the character on our Wiki. Please sign up for Turnitin.com before you leave today. I have emailed you the password and class ID. Remember that you must accept your invitation to the Ning site and write your bio, as well as start the journal prompts. We discussed plot to prepare for the Narrative (a very short, dynamic story in first person--not more than 1200 words). This assignment should be typed and double-spaced with 12-point font and one inch margins. Click here if you need ideas for this story. It is due Monday 04/19/2010. You must hand it in to www.turnitin.com before you give it to me. I will show you how to print page 1 of 1 from your originality report. Wednesday 04/14/10: Due today: the Setting on our Wiki. Please sign up for Turnitin.com before you leave today. I have emailed you the password and class ID. Remember that you must accept your invitation to the Ning site and write your bio, as well as start the journal prompts. We looked over characterization and character types: Round, Flat, Stereotype, Dynamic Characters, and Static Characters to help students write their own character, which is due tomorrow on the wiki, and to prepare for the following assignment: The Narrative. Tell a very short, dynamic story in first person (write about two to three full double-spaced pages and not more than 1200 words). Make sure you proofread your assignment. This assignment should be typed and double-spaced with 12-point font and one inch margins. Click here if you need ideas for this story. It is due Monday 04/19/2010. Tuesday 04/13/10: We looked over imagery and setting to help students write their own settings, which are due tomorrow. Please have them ready on your computer or in email so you can sign up and work on the Intro Wiki. Please sign up for Turnitin.com today. I have emailed you the password and class ID. Remember that you must accept your invitation to the Ning site and write your bio, as well as start the journal prompts. You will write a first-person Narrative, which is due on Monday 04/19/2010. Monday 04/12/10: I introduced myself to the class and handed out the parent letter and course expectations. Parents must sign the forms, which are due Friday 4/16/10. We looked over a hand out on Point of View to prepare students for the following assignment: The Narrative. Tell a very short, dynamic story in first person (write about two to three full double-spaced pages and not more than 1000 words). Make sure you proofread your assignment. This assignment should be typed and double-spaced with 12-point font and one inch margins. Click here if you need ideas for this story. It is due Monday 4/19/10. |