Agendas Page
5/22
Last Poem--full circle
Longfellow: "The Day is Done"
Audio--listen and last comments
"Advice to Youth" by Twain?
Final reflections & Advice to Pfouts
What will you take away? Will you read more 19th?
What should I keep/change?
5/18
Last day of choice reading
Exit Ticket: a response to today's reading
5/16
Missing work & work from before Service Week
End Choices: Today & Friday--use your time=B
Mini Seminar on "Since I Died"
Explore your options: Check out the Links Page
Exit Ticket: a response to today's reading
5/15
Missing Work--work from before Service
Grades updated tomorrow
Frank Stockton:
End Choices: Today,Tomorrow, Friday--use your time=B
Check out the Links Page
Extensions and menu
Fri 5/4
Make sure I've gotten the following responses
4/25 Response
5/1 Western Response
Poe Paragraph
Today we'll look at
"Miss Grief" Read Audio if you want to follow along
Writing Questions--there's a sheet
Also consider why would this story would come to mind for me on GLSEN's Day of Silence.
My Emily Dickinson Choices--read them
Tell me which one you liked best and explain why--email, doc or half sheet of paper
Optional
More Emily Dickson--if you finish and want more.
Biographical Info--read at least the first three paragraphs
If we have time...
"Since I Died" Elizabeth Stuart Phelps get it from Pfouts
After Service Week:
Reset/a look back/review
Miss Grief--Dickinson
A couple of more authors and then a bunch of choices:
Slave Narratives Previous class' project
Menus and self designed projects
Conferences on papers
Final Letter Final Toast
Tues-Wed 5/1-2
4/25 Response is it in?
5/1 Western Response?
Wed.
Ligeia Discussion:
Poe Choices--find one story to read and choose from the following links
Post/Find others activities and previews here
Choose stories from the list above and complete the activity
Put work in your Poe Folder
Find Audio on YouTube
Read Modern Versions Online (a little different but works better for some people)
scroll down for audio
A place to find texts
Check out my Poe Class Webpage
10:30 end time: Exit Ticket: Poe Paragraph--what did you think of "Ligeia" and the other story you chose?
Tues
Western stories--choose one and write a review:
"Very short on Law and Order" (How to rotate the copy)
Homework for Wed. Read "Ligeia"
Wed 4/25
The Mini Paper Graded draft posted by Wed 4/25 @ 6 pm
Check IC
I'll take Emersonian Rants
I'll take O Me! O Life! (Write you own)
Fanny Fern
My Favorite: "Look on this Picture and then on that"
write your own? as a make-up assignment
Fern Leaves
Twain:
Edward Mills and George Benton (audio)
Bierce:
Read something(s) new and tell write a review response call it
"4/25 Response"
Wed. Done at 10:30
So yeah, Friday
Tues 4/24
Writing Time
Peer Draft due Tues 4/24 @ 11:30 am
Graded draft posted by Wed 4/25 @ 6 pm
Friday April 20th
Content-Language Objectives: Students will look back over what we've covered and "Say Something" for their first papers.
Agenda:
Did you do your Emersonian Rant
What You Wrote about the "Minister's Black Veil" did you"contribue a verse"?
Who read: Melville's "The Fiddler"?
Who Read: Whitman "Think of the Soul"?
Pre-writing for the Paper--your own Doc or on Paper
The Mini Paper (notice quotes around short story and poem titles)
PeerDraft due Tues 4/24 @ 11:30 am
Graded draft posted by Wed 4/25 @ 6 pm
Tues-Wed 4/17-18
Content-Language Objectives: Students will wrap up their introduction to the class, the introductory texts and make sense of it all through writing and discussion.
Agenda:
Emerson
pick a quote or two, and do an Emersonian Rant
Paper Assigned Wednesday
Discuss issues: spiritual vs secular/self vs community/freedom vs responsibility
"Minister's Black Veil" for Wednesday
Seminar Wednesday (Melville too)
Herman Melville
Chapter 58 of Moby-Dick Read it online
Brit audio (scroll down)
Melville's "The Fiddler"
Tues. 4/10
Walt Whitman "Song of Myself"
A story I tell when I teach Dante
Have you ever seen the moon? Leonard Pitts Jr.
What would Whitman do today?
Let two more questions complicate your thinking:
Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a Woman?"
Fredrick Douglass: "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?"
What to do about Emerson?
Choose one:
Self-Reliance--discuss with Pfouts
Over Soul--write on your own
Nature--write on your own
Emerson on line (explore--read more, do an extension)
If you did read, pick a quote or two, and do an Emersonian Rant
Fri 4/6
End of movie
Write your own O me! O life!
Thoreau: Writing prompt
(On the same piece of paper)
Pick a favorite quote and rant about it--like a modern Thoreau.
Emerson for Tues:
Choose one:
Self-Reliance--discuss with Pfouts
Over Soul--write on your own
Nature--write on your own
Emerson on line (explore--read more, do an extension)
Tuesday
Emerson/Douglas/Truth/Anderson
Fredrick Douglass
Soujourner Truth
4/4
Stuff Back: "Psalm of Life," 4 Poems, Whitman, "Two Friends"
IC Info Sheet & "Sheriff's Children"
Disclaimer/Finish Movie?
For Friday: read Chapter 2
Thoreau
4/3
Welcome back:
Review last week
Stuff back tomorrow
A couple of poems, the beginning of a movie, a chapter of a book
Whitman
Dead Poet's Society
(It's on Netflix--or find it online)
Thoreau
Wed-Fri 3/21-23
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue their introduction to the class and one of the aspects we will explore--audio versions of literature.
Agenda:
Syllabus questions
About the Website
"The Sheriff's Children" (did you use the site)
A little about Charles Chesnutt
groups
whole class
Extension?
Some shorter texts and poems
"The Soul selects her own Society"
From Whitman's "Song of Myself"
Homework Read for Friday:
Friday:
"Story of an Hour" (Storytime--write a prediction)
Draw how you visualize the house and the trees at the end.
Write: To what extent is this a sad story?
After Spring Break: Talk about them.
Recommendations
Tues 3/20
Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an introduction to the class and one of the aspects we will explore--audio versions of literature.
Agenda:
Attendance/Info Sheet
Poem--"Psalm of Life"
1st Read (on your own)
Write:
How hard to understand (scale of 1-10)
What would you say to someone who hadn't read it
Vocab word
2nd Read Listen
Write again: Comment on how the audio worked for you
What do you notice about the structure?
3rd Read (Metaphors/simile/important lines)
Talk about the poem
Start in class
Finish for tomorrow
Wed. 3/11
Last Day :-(
Stuff back Grades Posted--I accept work until Exhibition Day.
"Minister's Black Veil" Seminar--Literature and the Veil.
Clarity, questions, important passages
Groups define the Veil
on your own or consensus
See what others wrote
Dunbar's "We wear the Mask"
Last Poem--full circle
Longfellow: "The Day is Done"
Audio--listen and last comments
"Advice to Youth" by Twain?
Final reflections & Advice to Pfouts
What will you take away? Will you read more 19th?
What should I keep/change?
Final Thought go'round?
Tue 3/10
Turn in Round Two Write-up/Activity--one is a B.
Get "Minister's Black Veil"
Finish Movie
Wed: Seminar--Literature and the Veil.
Last Poem Final Letter/thoughts.
Fri-Tue 3/10
Was BIFF worthwhile? What did you think? Will it make you go to the Youth Pavilion?
Turn in Round Two Write-up/Activity--one is a B.
Movie: High Noon
Tues:
Get "Minister's Black Veil"
Finish Movie-time it to noon.
Wed: Seminar--Literature. Final Letter/thoughts
Round two--read something from somewhere/one else
Tues-Wed 3/2-3
Content-Language Objectives: Students will present what they've read and begin to look at what others have read.
Agenda:
Wed.
Grades updated--make up work
Your choices--check out your posts here.
Some choices from Pfouts
Political
DuBois & Booker T (If you liked Fredrick Douglas)
Thoreau (Civil Disobedience)
Western
"The Blue Hotel" (a stenger shows up and doesn't fit in--trouble ensues)
"The Luck of Roaring Camp" (a baby is born at a mining camp)
Feminist ("If I were a Man" "The Story of an Hour")
Other Kate Chopin?
Washington Irving
"Rip Van Winkle" "Sleepy Hollow" "The Devil and Tom Walker"
More Hawthorne? "Minister's Black Veil" Hawthorne's Journal or others
Round Two Activities/Write ups--Turn them in written in the tray
Finish Books?
Tues.
Fix our posts of our favorite passages or works
planning lessons if we want
start reading others
Do your Screen cast and put it in your Folder
Screencast in your folder
Grading
does your presentation follow the guidelines?
did you present to a small group?
did you make a screencast as a rehearsal?
Also see below--assignment sheet and rubric
Work on presentation in your folder
Fri 2/27
Content-Language Objectives: Students will present what they've read and begin to look at what others have read.
Agenda:
Print Speaker Notes?
Present in small groups--my choosing
Posting our favorite passages or works
planning lessons if we want
start reading others.
Tues-Wed 2/24-25
Content-Language Objectives: Students will wrap up their reading projects and prepare to present what they've read.
Agenda:
Wrapping up the projects
Final Activity-write-up
let me know if you didn't finish a book
Presenting
Screencast in your folder
Grading
does your presentation follow the guidelines?
did you present to a small group?
did you make a screencast as a rehearsal?
Also see below--assignment sheet and rubric
Wednesday
Finish Presentations
Get a screencast in your folder
Nominate a favorite text or passage here
Friday:
present in small groups--my choosing
finish posting our favorite passages or works, planning lessons if we want. Start reading others.
Work on presentation in your folder
Fri 2/20
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue their reading projects and get a sense of the final requirements and outcomes and
Agenda:
Schedule: Presentation Assignment
Presentations Tuesday/Wednesday/sharing texts and passages
Friday: sample texts
Tue-Wed 2/17-18
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue their reading projects and get a sense of the final requirements and outcomes.
Agenda:
Folder updates
Grade Check
Sample Presentation
Schedule
Thurs:
Project Work Time
First write up
Log entry at the end--include reasonable weekend plan.
Grading (Class time only is a B-)
Wed 2/11
Content-Language Objectives: Students will look further into an author and then set up their reading projects.
Agenda:
Fern/Twain: -This/That-Mills/Benton: Why the two together?
Folder set up
Log
Bierce/Twain/Fern choices
Go to Links Page
First write up and log entry
After Break: Project
Tue 2/10
Agenda:
Hangman
Play code: htpgfafrfcja
Discuss "Owl Creek"
"Cannibalism in the Cars"
Wed:
Fern/Twain: -This/That-Mills/Benton: Why the two together?
Bierce/Twain/Fern choices
Fri 2/6
Content-Language Objectives: Students will wrap up Hawthorne and Melville. We will shift to some humorous and mysterious.
Agenda:
Melville and Hawthorne: "The Artist of the Beautiful" and "The Fiddler"
Something Fun Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
"Parker Anderson, Philospher" for those who know Owl Creek--or an extension
Tues Hangman--vocab and key terms from the story.
Play code: htpgfafrfcja
Bierce Extensions?
Fanny Fern: "Look on this Picture and then on that"
How could this have anything to do with you?
Wed 2/4
Content-Language Objectives: Students will look into Hawthorne and Melville, their theories, relationship and relevance.
Agenda:
Have you shown me your paper? Peer Edit at end of class today?
What relationship do you see between "The Artist of the Beautiful" and "The Fiddler"
Something Fun Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary
Peer edit
Tues 2/3
Content-Language Objectives: Students will look into Hawthorne and Melville, their theories, relationship and relevance.
Agenda:
Turn in Paper
Let's talk Hawthorne
Melville as homework
Wednesday: Hawthorne and Melville
Fri. 2/30
First Paper--Due Tues?
Emily Dickinson
Poems
Audio
Favorite poem and why
Bio--Belle or Jerk?
Hawthorne: "Artist of the Beautiful"
Wed 1/28
Agenda:
Audio survey
More stuff back--IC
Catch up--To do list
Saying Something
First Paper
"Artist of the Beautiful" for Friday.
Tues-Fri Jan 27-30
Content-Language Objectives: Students will consider recent texts and see what they can say about some of the themes we've covered and apply them to life today.
Agenda:
Whitman
Write a poem: my example
For those who like him: "Song of Myself"
Make sense of all of the texts--Warm up Writing Paper about the Self
Lab time: Chrome books Wed--Saying Something
Thoughts on audio--survey
Grades updated--make up work
Tues-Fri Jan 20-23
Content-Language Objectives: Students will look into certain writers and decide what they have to say about the self.
Agenda:
Turn in Poe activities
Jordan Anderson
"To my Old Master"
Fredrick Douglass
Soujourner Truth
Tuesday Homework:
Writing Prompt:
Pick two favorite quotes and rant on why they resonate with you--or why you disagree.
Wed.
Dead Poets: Keating
For Fri: Emerson choices
Fri:
Finish Movie
Debrief
Emerson & Thoreau
Whitman:
Some shorter texts
Write a poem: my example
For those who like him: "Song of Myself"
For Tues-Wed: Paper about the Self
(Tues--all the prewriting back, say something. Wed: first half chromebooks: drafting 1st paper)
Wed-Fri 1/14-16
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue their introduction to 19th Century Lit. focusing on Edgar Allan Poe's contributions.
Agenda:
How many people listened to the rest using audio version?
Grades and stuff back
Poe "William Wilson"
Pre-seminar group work
Seminar
Poe Choices today and Friday (Due Tues)
Tues 1/13
Content-Language Objectives: Students will continue their introduction to 19th Century Lit.
Agenda:
Turn in Mary Wilkins Freeman Extensions
Talk about them
Recommendations
Poe "William Wilson"
Text
Seminar tomorrow
Poe Choices tomorrow
Wed. 1/7
Agenda:
Syllabus questions
About the Website
groups
whole class
Extension?
Read for Friday:
Friday:
Draw how you visualize the house and the trees at the end.
Write: To what extent is this a sad story?
Mary Wilkins Freeman choices
Tues 1/6
Content-Language Objectives: Students will get an introduction to the class and one of the aspects we will explore--audio versions of literature.
Agenda:
Attendance/Info Sheet
Poem--"Psalm of Life"
Read on your own
Write:
How hard to understand (scale of 1-10)
What would you say to someone who hadn't read it
Write again: Comment on how the audio worked for you
Talk about the poem
Start in class
Finish for tomorrow