Agenda: AP Language:
Hamlet Movie
Last day of class!
Bring your thinking caps tomorrow for your final AP Multiple Choice!
Agenda: 9th Lit & Comp:
Final Exam Review
- Study Guide Review of both the Five People...and Poetry.
- Terms review
- Movie: Finish The Five People You Meet in Heaven...
I'll see you Friday for your final exam! Good Luck.
9th Lit:
Ticket Prizes!
Begin Watching "The Five People..." Movie. I love it!
AP Language:
Hamlet Presentations! You all did such a FABULOUS JOB! I am so so so so proud of you all, and I appreciate your effort. I cannot tell you how happy I am with the presentations. :-)
Seniors...Good Luck! You have done a great job this year, and I wish you all the best.
Tomorrow, we will continue to watch our Hamlet movie.
Poetry Unit Final Test Study Guide:
Download file
As per the Georgia Standards, students must be able to do the following:
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and respond to sound devices, figurative language, subject matter, and structure of poems.
- Sort and classify poems based on forms, subject, and structure.
Georgia Standards:
ELA9RL1.a: Reading comprehension/Poetry. Student identifies and responds to the effects of subject matter (topic and theme), sounds devices (e.g. alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme), figurative language (personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole), and structure (e.g. fixed/free form, rhymed/.unrhymed, etc.)
ELA9RL1.b.: Student will sort and classify poems by specified criteria (fixed/free form, rhymed/unrhymed, narrative/lyric and/or universal theme/topic
Essential Question:
How can identifying evidence of diction (word choice), syntax (sentence structure), imagery, point of view, and symbolism help students to understand the deeper meanings of poems?
How do we differentiate poetic forms?
What is the different between poetry and prose?
AP Lang:
Agenda:
Hamlet Dress Reh.
- check blocking
- check deliverables
- each group perform for a run-through
HAMLET PRESENTATIONS TOMORROW!
9th Lit:
Vocab Unit 12 Review
The Five People....
AP Language:
Celebration: Senior Send-Off!!! Congrats/AP Exam
Hamlet Senior Presentation
Decorate Tile
Homework:
For Monday, be ready to do your dress reh. Tuesday - Final Presentations!!!
9th Lit:
Read "The Five People..."
Poetry
Decorate Tile...
Agenda:
Poetry Warm Up: 4th will write draft of "I am..." poem.
5th: Haiku
Point of View Activity
Notes/Poetry
In Class Reading: The Five People...
AP:
You are taking your AP exam today. Good Luck!
Tomorrow we will work on Hamlet presentations, and Friday the seniors will perform. Don't forget that Friday we'll bring food to celebrate the AP Test/Senior Perf.
9th Lit:
Warm Up:
- Point of View Activity
Poem Writing/Auto Bio Poem
In Class Reading: The Five People.....
- Study Guide for The Five People... (this is in addition to the poetry study guide I gave you).
Download file
No vocab quiz tomorrow (remember, unit 12 is on your final test next week).
ATTN: If you missed all or part of the EOCT:
Make ups are Wednesday, May 14: 11:00 - 1:00 in the theater.
AP: Hamlet Groups. Get plenty of sleep tonight and GOOD LUCK ON THE AP EXAM TOMORROW!!!!
9TH: EOCT
In Class Reading: The Five People...
You won't need textbooks tomorrow.
Students, as you know, our End of Course Test, which is 15% of your final grade, will be on May 12-13. Although we have been working all year on the skills you will need for this comprehensive test, I would suggest you check out this link to the study guide.
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/curriculum/testing/eoct_guide_9lit.pdf
EOCT
EOCT
EOCT
Today is the first half of the End of Course Test (15% of your grade) and tomorrow is the second half. Please make sure you are awake and focused. Good Luck!
AP lang:
Most of you were absent today because of AP Testing; I hope you did a GREAT job! The rest of us worked on Hamlet.
Get sleep on Sunday. Monday, you'll do the timed writing portion of your last exam. The reason I am giving this on Monday is to allow for time (Seniors), and to give you that last little bit of practice before the AP exam.
9th Lit:
DGP Diagram
Poetry Notes/terms
- Symbols/Competition (Boy are you all competitive!).
HOMEWORK:
Rewrite for Odyssey essay
Agenda:
DGP
Poetry Notes:
- Rhyme Scheme
- Imagery
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification
Harlem Renaissance Poetry: Langston Hughes
TPCAST: Dream Deferred/Dreams
Start The Five People You Meet in Heaven: In class reading through chapter-1
No vocab quiz tomorrow; your unit 12 vocabulary, along with lit terms/The Five People...will be on your final test.
AP Lang:
ATTN: If you were absent YESTERDAY (those of you who took AP exams..) you NEED to come talk to me about our prompt/essay discussion. I also provided students with several handouts that you will need.
Today, I proctored an AP exam and so you had a sub and worked on your Hamlet presentations.
Tomorrow, we will work on AP Test Strategies/Review for part, if not all of the class. Friday, we will work on Hamlet for 50 minutes, AP test prep for 40.
Please come to the study session tomorrow (Thursday) after school. I will be giving a practice multiple choice test.
9th Lit:
EOCT practice exam.
Agenda:
DGP day 2
Poetry/
Rhyme Scheme
simile
metaphor
personification
imagery
figurative language
- Poems:
Wordsworth
Langston Hughes
McKay
EOCT Review
Odyssey Essay Feed Back
AP language Agenda:
- Pride & Prej timed writing/final assessment
- AP Exam discussion/review
You will be working on your Hamlet analysis tomorrow, so be ready with your book, script, and a pencil to make annotations. If you are taking an AP test tomorrow, please be sure to get with your group!
9th Lit Agenda:
DGP day-1
4th:
Revise last week's poem and add another stanza
TPCAST/Billy Collins "Introduction to Poetry" analysis
5th:
DGP
Presentations/Odyssey
Agenda:
Vocab Review
Vocab Quiz
4th: Odyssey Presentations
5th: Poetry Poker (Great job creating your poems!)
- - 5th - remember that your projects are due Monday!
Agenda:
EOCT Warm Up
vocab
Reflection on The Odyssey
Intro to Poetry
- Please see the poetry entry with the standards and the study guide **
Homework:
Vocabulary Quiz Tomorrow (Definitions, Antonyms, Parts of Speech). Unit 11.
Tues:
Finish The Odyssey
Discuss incporporating quotes for your character analysis
Work on body paragraph ideas
Wed: Write the essay "What makes Odysseus an epic hero? What character traits does he show in The Odyssey that prove that he is an epic hero?"
Agenda:
Pass back vocab q:9
Finish the Odyssey Movie
Continue Essays
HOMEWORK:
Bring rough draft of Odysseus Character Analysis Essay, with at least two body paragraphs, to class tomorrow.
Projects due Friday!
AP Language:
Agenda:
Hogarth Art/The art of the Satire
Pride & Prej Day
A little more class time to work on papers...
HOMEWORK:
Work on papers. Be ready for peer editing on Monday!
Register for my assignment in MYDROPBOX (CODES TO BE GIVEN SHORTLY)
9TH LIT:
Vocab in a bag
Vocab Q:10
Odyssey sections of movie/analysis
Homework: Work on Odyssey Projects (Due Next Friday)
Write your body paragraph draft for Tuesday
Agenda:
4th:
Vocab
DGP
The Odyssey Literary Character Analysis work
- You are to write the entire introduction to your papers.
Odyssey: Read in class
5th block:
Vocab
DGP
Honors Day (1:55 - 3:00) Presidential Gym
HOMEWORK:
Vocabulary Q:10 Friday
Work on Odyssey Projects (due next Friday, May 2)
Agenda:
DGP
Vocab U:10
The Odyssey Essay Work
The Odyssey in-class reading
9th:
Paper brainstorming
In-Class time for The Odyssey Project
In-Class reading The Odyssey
AP:
Research Lab (papers)
- check notecards/bib cards
- Swift "A Modest Proposal"
Agenda:
Pass back vocab quiz: 9
Pass back R&J Journals (5th block)
New Vocab: 10
DGP day 1-2
Brainstorm about Odyssey Project
In-Class Reading: The Odyssey
HOMEWORK:
Vocab Q:10 Friday
AP Language:
Discussion:
- argument
- logical fallacies and assumptions
Timed Writing: Hazlitt
Check out the Onion website.
Read P & P through chapter 22
Be working on your research paper.
9th Lit:
DGP Diagramming
Vocabulary Quiz U:9
EOCT Practice/Reading Comp
Odyssey
Agenda:
vocabulary: You took ten of our unit 9 words and wrote about:
- what they reminded you of...
- what they were the opposite of...
- what they were similar to...
- the connotation behind them...
I handed out the Odyssey Rubric for our project (Due Friday, May 2)
Passed back tests
In-Class Reading: The Odyssey
HOMEWORK:
Vocabulary Q:9 tomorrow
Agenda:
DGP Wednesday and Thursday
Vocabulary: Pairs acted out two words. Good job! What a creative group I have.
The Odyssey: We read to page 997. I also introduced the Odyssey Project (handouts for this tomorrow).
Homework:
Vocabulary Quiz: 9 Friday
AP Language:
Notes:
- Notecards
- Bib Cards
- Essay Prompts
Close Reading: Charles Lamb/Abe Lincoln Second Inaugural Address
Homework:
Due Tomorrow: Annotated Bib and FAQ
Due Friday: Timed Writing in class on either the Greene or the Hazlitt. Be prepared!
P & P to the end of chapter 22 for Friday.
AP Language:
DGP
Pass back timed essays
Close Reading/Lamb & Wordsworth
9th:
DGP
Vocab
The Odyssey: Intro/Sailing/Lotus Eaters/Cyclopes
- Check this out for a great online version of the Odyssey!
http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/
Homework:
Fill out Graph on first three sections for tomorrow.
Welcome back from your break, class. I hope you had a peaceful and relaxing break. I enjoyed seeing my family at our reunion/wedding in Florida; and of course, the beach was beautiful! My family members live in Florida, California, Chicago, Atlanta, Vegas, Pennsylvania, and New York, so seeing all of them was a true gift.
We only have about 6 more weeks to go, so let's make this final part of the semester our very best :-)
Agenda:
New Unit! We will be starting The Odyssey and will learn all about the Epic Hero.
Handouts to Download:
Essential Questions Handout
Read the Summary Before we start our in-class analysis!
Word Search Vocab Homework For a homework grade, do this wordsearch AND on a separate sheet of paper, briefly describe/define each word. Due Friday, April 18.
Vocabulary Homework Due April 25th (Friday)
Vocabulary (We will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday).
DGP Day 1 New Sentence!
In Class Intro/Reading The Odyssey
4th: Pass Back R&J Journals
AP:
Mid-term today: Multiple Choice (I am SO Happy with your performance on this!!!)
Tomorrow we will write the essays. Please get rest tonight.
9th:
Romeo & Juliet test today.
Homework:
Speeches tomorrow!
Journals due tomorrow!
Contact:
elizabeth.jamison@cobbk12.org OR jamiso_t@bellsouth.net
9th Lit Syllabus:
AP Syllabus: Download file
Click Below for ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS for the Argument and Synthesis Essay in AP Language and for 9th Lit Shakespeare, Grammar, and Vocabulary.
Continue reading "Contact Information and Essential Questions" »
Agenda:
Continue compare and contrast of media representations of Romeo & Juliet. You need to complete your compare/contrast graph (showing similarities/differences between the movie versions and the text).
Test Review
HOMEWORK:
Final Test tomorrow!!!
Speech Presentations Wednesday!
Agenda:
Romeo & Juliet Banquet (4th)
Continue Media Analysis/Movie
Homework:
Tuesday: Test
Wednesday: Speech memorization!
We finished Romeo & Juliet today! GREAT JOB!!!
Click to download an additional study guide for the final test:
Download file
Agenda:
Finish the play
Review literary analysis and rhythm homework
Begin film analysis/compare and contrast Zeffirelli/Luhrmann/Text.
HOMEWORK:
Final Test/Tuesday
Memorization: Wednesday
Great job reading Shakespeare today! We are ALMOST FINISHED!
Agenda:
Warm Up: Character Motivation exercise in which you identified the motivation of all the leading characters in Romeo & Juliet.
Writing Exercise: You "became" a character and defended your actions (one-two paragraphs).
In-Class reading: R&J
Homework:
Journal check for progress on Friday (not for a grade); they are due Wednesday
Memorization: Wednesday
Final Test: Tuesday
Agenda:
Quick-Write: You wrote about a page on the importance of "home" or your "home town".
Grammar: "Who" vs. "Whom"
Romeo & Juliet
- New Terms:
Dramatic Irony
Suspense
Hyperbole
In-Class Reading: Act III and IV
HOMEWORK:
1. I will check your progress on your journals on Friday (you don't have to have all three acts finished; just make sure you are doing them and will be ready to turn them in NEXT WEDNESDAY).
2. NO VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS FRIDAY
Agenda from now until The End of Shakespeare:
Thursday: We will finish the play
Friday-Monday: We will compare/contrast the modern and older cinematic versions of the play.
Monday: Test Review
Tuesday: Romeo & Juliet Test
Wednesday: Speeches/Presentation/Turn in Journals
Agenda:
Vocabulary U:8 Intro
- Book exercises unit 8 - Completing sentences and antonyms
Pass back vocab Q:7
Romeo & Juliet: We just about finished Act-III
Change in Journal Assignment:
- Due Date: Wednesday, 4/2 (next Wednesday).
- Now, you only need to do journals entries for each scene for Act-I, II, and III. Please pay special attention to these journal entries (do your best work!).
- Keep working on your line memorization (to be performed Wednesday, 4/2).
AP Language Agenda:
Synthesis Essay Peer Editing (Round Robin Style)
Homework:
Final Essays due Monday!
9th Lit:
Vocab Review: Stand up and SHOUT!
Quiz:8
Romeo & Juliet time for journal work
In-Class reading;Act. III
HOMEWORK:
4th block only: Finish reading Act III for PLOT. Don't worry about heavy analysis; just make sure you understand what's going on.
Agenda:
Vocabulary finish reviewing for unit: 8.
Critical Thinking: Write a scene that incorporates at least ten of the words; scene MUST have something to do with Romeo & Juliet
DGP: Day Wednesday and Thursday
Romeo & Juliet: Go over homework from yesterday
- Download file
Romeo & Juliet: Finish Act II Start Act III
HOMEWORK:
Study for your vocabulary quiz! Tomorrow you will need to know definitions and synonyms ONLY.
Homework:
Do the literary analysis packet for Shakespeare. I am collecting this tomorrow, and I need to see evidence that you worked on this.
Agenda:
Vocabulary critical thinking activity unit: 8
Allusions
Learning rhythm/iambic pentameter in Shakespeare's poetry
AP language Agenda:
IM Discussion
Synthesis Essay prep
Tomorrow you will write your in-class draft of the synthesis essay, so be sure to read those sources tonight!
Homework:
Read sources for synthesis essay
for Monday, read to page 445 IM
For Friday, type your synthesis essay and bring in for peer editing.
9th lit:
Vocab
DGP
Romeo & Juliet readers' theater
Homework:
Study for vocabulary Q:8 (Friday)
Keep working on your journals for Romeo & Juliet
Agenda:
- Hand back vocabulary quizzes
- Vocab Unit 8
- DGP
- Pairs will work on memorization (20 minutes). During this activity, check Romeo & Juliet ongoing journals (Act-I).
- Continue in-class reading Act-II
HOMEWORK:
Continue your ongoing journals (you should be working on Act-II now) and continue with your memorization projects.
- Thursday, you will have a brief literary term quiz (based on some of the terms we have discussed so far in the play).
Wednesday Agenda:
Vocabulary
DGP
Introduce Romeo & Juliet Memorization Project
In Class Reading: Act I
Thursday:
One Pager..."Why are we doing this..."
Vocab review
Romeo & Juliet in class reading
Make up work if time
Homework:
Vocabulary Quiz 7 tomorrow
You should have the first journals for each scene in Act-I completed by Monday
AP Language:
DGP
Vocabulary
Group work/Deconstructing the Synthesis Excerpts, evaluating sources, constructing thesis statements and topic sentences...
Handouts: I gave you copies of the narrative essays (Atwood "True North" and Cofer "More Room" (Read for Thursday).
Tomorrow, you will present your thesis/topic sentences, and your group "argument" for this first synthesis packet.
9th Lit:
Vocabulary Unit 7
Handout: Reading Grade rubric. Stay focused, bring materials, and contribute to class!
Romeo & Juliet Act-I
- I checked Journal #1
9th Lit Agenda:
DGP
Vocabulary U:7
Romeo & Juliet Act-I
AP LANG:
DGP
Go over multiple choice sections 1-3 from Invisible Man
Tomorrow we will work on the synthesis packets
Agenda:
vocabulary review
vocab q:6
Romeo &Julilet Handouts:
Drama Terms: Download file
Study Guide Questions: Download file
"Perfect Mate" survey for extra credit. Download file
Notes to Intro PowerPoint: Download file
HOMEWORK:
5th block only: Read the Act-1 Scene One Modern Version handout.
Agenda:
Vocabulary Creative Writing: Unit 6
PowerPoint: Intro to Shakespeare/Romeo & Juliet!!!
Homework:
Vocabulary Q:6
AP Agenda:
Vocabulary Art
Synthesis PowerPoint
Notes
Start Synthesis Work
Homework: Continue Reading IM
9th Lit Agenda:
DGP
Vocab Unit 6
Socratic Seminar: Nice Work!!
Homework:
Vocab Quiz FridayL U:6
EARLY RELEASE DAY
AP Agenda:
- PowerPoint: Argument/Toulmin Model
- Notes with the PowerPoint
- Machiavelli Applied Practice Questions Analysis
Homework: Continue reading Invisible Man (now it is to page 196 for Friday)
9th Lit Agenda:
Vocabulary Review Unit 6
Book Exercises
Finish Movie - TKAMB
HOMEWORK: SOCRATIC SEMINAR FINAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS/ANSWERS DUE TOMORROW!!!
Agenda:
Reading Comp: Vocab
DGP
Vocab
TKAMB Clips from Civil Rights
Homework:
Socratic Seminar on Wednesday!! Bring Questions and be ready to discuss.
AP Agenda:
Lit Terms Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz
Invisible Man
Homework: Read Machiavelli. Take careful annotations.
Invisible Man: Read to page 231 for NEXT FRIDAY
** Rewritten MLK essays due Monday/3/10***
9th Lit Agenda
DGP Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz
TKAMB
Homework: Start working on Socratic Seminar Questions for your Wednesday Final Test.
Finish Reading TKAMB
Agenda:
Vocab "The Quirk Party Game"
DGP Diagram
Introduce TKAMB Socratic Seminar/Final Assessment
- - Download file
- - Download file
- - Download file
In Class Discussion/Reading: TKAMB Chapter 23-24. Read to the end of Chapter 24 tonight.
Homework:
DGP Quiz
Vocabulary Q:5
TKAMB Ch. 24
Agenda:
Poem Analysis/Rhetorical Analysis/Rae Armantrout
Vocabulary Review/book exercises Unit 5
Review of TKAMB Chapters 19-22
In class oral quiz/graded group discussion
Homework:
Read chapter 23 TKAMB for Thursday