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English Envoy: October 2010
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View my complete profile. Sunday, October 31, 2010. Objective: Students will be able to analyze and explain the author's use of symbolism and imagery. Journal#4: William Blake's poetry and art reflect his fascination with the Bible and his struggle to find answers to questions that disturbed him. Answer his question: What is the source of evil in the world? Handout and Review: Characteristics of Romanticism. What are the five characteristics? What were some of the basic Romantic beliefs? Why or why not?
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English Envoy: June 2011
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View my complete profile. Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Complete all Black Boy. Work and return all texts by Wednesday. Monday, June 6, 2011. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of theme in Richard Wright's Black Boy. Reading from Black Boy. Chapters 9-11 with study-guide questions, Black Boy. All work collected Wednesday. Friday, June 3, 2011. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of setting in poetry; students will be able to demonstrate mastery of vocabulary through quiz.
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English Envoy: February 2011
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View my complete profile. Choose a Study ModeScatterLearnFlashcards Study th. Choose a Study ModeScatterLearnFlashcards Study t. Monday, February 28, 2011. Objective: Analyze and critically assess the specific role of characters within the play. Do Now: Vocabulary exercise. Recognize the Greeks concern with fate, self-determination and the role of gods and oracles in everyday life. Note any references to sight; it is used throughout the play as a metaphor for insight. This scene is filled with many insta...
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English Envoy: September 2010
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View my complete profile. 92010: Evaluate the philosophical and social in. 92010: Identify and analyze uses of characteriz. Sunday, September 26, 2010. Objective: Students will analyze themes in Oedipus. Journal Collection Day. All journals must be handed in at the beginning of class. You will be assigned a journal prompt today. Complete reading of Scenes IV and V in Oedipus. And complete Oedipus the King. Reading of Oedipus Wrecked as a class. Journal#15: Sophocles uses dramatic irony in Oedipus. Comple...
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English Envoy: January 2011
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View my complete profile. Saturday, January 29, 2011. Please return all texts before end of day. Return any work. Meetings/grades/discussion. Objective: Students will be able to explain tone in a piece of writing. Do Now: Return all texts: Holt, Stranger, Macbeth. Collect all graded work and projects from the basket. Complete appreciation letter writing activity for Mrs. Watson before end of class. Mini-conference with students. Closing thoughts. Complete Annie John, and please return all texts tomorrow.
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English Envoy: 6.3.11
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View my complete profile. Friday, June 3, 2011. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of setting in poetry; students will be able to demonstrate mastery of vocabulary through quiz. Study for your vocabulary quiz. Reading of Rita Dove's" Flashcards":. 1) What is the setting of the poem? 2) What is the story? 3) What do we know about the father? What specific details show us what he is like? Look at Stanza 2. what is unusual about it? 4) How does the young girl's perspective change? A=v&q=c...
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English Envoy: 6.2.11
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View my complete profile. Thursday, June 2, 2011. Students will be able to r ead and describe the "plot" of five poems by modern and contemporary writers, c. Ompare and contrast the childhood experiences portrayed in each of the poems, e. Xamine the complex responsibilities and privileges of family, e. Xamine the role of memory in creating a poem, w. Rite and revise their own poems based upon a childhood memory. Poetry r eadings:from hand-out:. 2) How does this poem speak to parent/child relationships?
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English Envoy: 6.6.11
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View my complete profile. Monday, June 6, 2011. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of theme in Richard Wright's Black Boy. Reading from Black Boy. Chapters 9-11 with study-guide questions, Black Boy. All work collected Wednesday. Beowulf and Star Wars. Http:/ webcache.googleusercontent.com/search? Q=cache:http:/ stjohns-chs.org/english/Anglo-Saxon/bsw.html. Http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/anglo saxons/. Http:/ docs.google.com/viewer? Edward Chacker Essay Contest.
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English Envoy: April 2011
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View my complete profile. Objective: Students will be able to demonstrate an. Thursday, April 28, 2011. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of vocabulary from Hamlet; students will be able to explain a Hamlet project of their choice; students will be able to critically view a film adaptation of "Hamlet.". Read the Izumi Shikibu poem, and answer the following:. 1) How does this poem make you feel? 2) Identify one example of a simile in the poem. 4) Identify the two adverbs in the poem.
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English Envoy: November 2010
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View my complete profile. Sunday, November 28, 2010. Objective: Students will be able to analyze tone, narration, and characterization. Journal#8: What is the purpose of morality in a society? What role do morals play in your life? Directions: Answer the questions by using the keywords and links to help you research existentialism, philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, author Albert Camus and his book The Stranger. 2 What are six common themes found in existentialism?