Thursday 3/1

Happy March!!!
Today in class you...
-Did grammar #7
-Studied Cry Vocab
-Read Ch. 3
-Finished Power of One

Homework: READ CHAPTER 4 FOR TOMORROW. YOU WILL HAVE A QUIZ...

Tuesday February 28th

Group projects are due Monday (1-4) and Tuesday (5-8). When you present you must turn in your one page, single-spaced answer to your question (including your SIX sources).

Late LOTF papers are due Wednesday (with a late pass).

Monday February 27th

Today in class we did the following:
1. Read "Read Like a Professor"
2. Page 1 of Cry: practice tabbing, code the text
3. Work time: interactive oral presentations


Homework:
**TURN IN YOUR PAPER TO TURNITIN.COM by 11:59 p.m. (or use a late pass)

Groups 1-4: Present on Wednesday
Groups 5-8: Present on Thursday

Some information on the paper.

1. Use MLA formatting. Use the following as a guideline:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

2. Use the literary present. When you talk about the novel, use the present tense.


3. Contextualize your essay. Give us a brief intro to the book in your intro.


4. Have fun.


5. Turn it in to turnitin.com
ID: 4896258
PW: Glitterpony1

Power Structures

For tonight's journal, discuss how power is gained and maintained by particular individuals in The Lord of the Flies and The Power of One.
Consider:
1. Who is in control.
2. How these individuals took control.
3. How these individuals maintain control.
4. How the power structure is or is not destroyed.

Thursday 2/23

NEWS

1. Papers due MONDAY. You need to turn in a paper copy in class and turn it in to turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m. Monday night.

2. Journal for TOMORROW (on your blog): How are the power structures in Lord of the Flies different from those in The Power of One? How are they different? Be specific. Write at least 8 sentences.

3. Bring your ID tomorrow; bring tabs for Monday.

4. Interactive orals will start next Wednesday.

Papers and Papers and Papers and Papers

Hope your papers are going well. Remember each body paragraph should include:
1. Topic Sentence
2. Quote Introduction
3. Quote
4. Explanation of WHY quote is an example of the technique you're talking about.
5. Analysis of effect
6. More analysis


Email me at amanning@ttsd.k12.or.us if you have questions.

Thursday 2/16

Today in class we did the following:
1. Semi-colons
2. Using quotations
3. MLA
4. Green outline papers

Homework:
-Finish green papers
-Finish dictionaries

Each paragraph needs:
1. Topic sentence
2. Context for quotation
3. Quotation
4. Analysis of the quotation. Discuss the specific language of the text (PARSE EACH WORD). Be sure to explain why the quotation is an example of the specific technique you mention.
5. More analysis
6. More analysis
7. EFFECT!!


**Remember, you can either connect to theme in EACH body paragraph or use a paragraph at the end.

Wednesday 2/15

Today we started our paper... hooray!
We discussed:
1. Key Passage 8
2. How to make a thesis statement
3. Coding the text.

**By tomorrow, please be sure you've coded your key passage AND selected two or three critical elements that you think you'd like to discuss in your essay.

**Remember: all re-writes need to be completed by Friday; see me to schedule a time.

Tuesday February 14th

Today in class we did the following:
1. Finish technique posters and present.
2. Code the text: key passage 6
3. Tone tone tone tone tone tone tone tone?

Homework:
1. Identify 20 examples of techniques in either passage 7 or passage 9. Code the text and create a key.
2. Work on dictionaries (due Friday).

Friday February 10th

This weekend's homework (to be done on your blog):
1. Choose a key passage (either 2, 3, 4 or 5).
2. Find a symbol in your key passage and CITE a part of the text discussing the symbol.
3. Explain the effect of the symbol
4. Try to connect to a theme.


Happy weekend. Go Nuggets.

Today we took a grammar pre-test, practice apostrophes, discussed Passage 1, discussed theme (and got a theme handout) and practiced identifying themes.

**REMINDER: Please come in Monday after school if you want to re-write your essay; if that time doesn't work, see me to schedule another one.

Wednesday 2/8

What we did in class:
1. Page 1 Discussion
2. Writing about effects...
3. Partner practice with effects.
4. IB Learner profile

Homework:
Find an element or technique in the first key passage. Then, write a paragraph identifying the technique and explaining its effect. Your paragraph should be at least 7 sentences in length. Post the paragraphs on your blog before class starts tomorrow.

Remember:

• Embrace the fact that you have already read the entire book. Draw from other parts of the book to inform your analysis of the effect.
• Don't stop asking "what is the effect of this" until you absolutely can not dig any deeper. For example: Alliteration. What is the effect of this? Creates a rhythmic sound. What is the effect of this? Mirrors the sound of the ocean. What is the effect of this? Highlights the water locked setting. What is the effect of this? Associates the rhythmic consistency of the ocean to the programed nature of humans to follow a pattern. What is the effect of this? Creates an almost trance like mood. What is the effect of this? Develops the theme that human nature will always revert to a natural and instinctual pattern of behavior.

Here's an example from your academic tutor:

“Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead. All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat. […] The naked crooks of his knees were plump, caught and scratched by thorns. He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat. He came forward, searching out safe lodgments for his feet, and then looked up through thick spectacles”

S – Alliteration:

C – Alliteration:

Th – Repetition:

Diction/tone – Adjectives that indicate disability/weakness:

All of the negative attitudes describing Piggy on the first page serve two purposes. First, it makes him unrelatable/unappealing to the reader. As Piggy will eventually progress to be the icon of the civilization we would like to hold as valuable, being described negatively makes that ideal more distant, demonstrating that our civilization isn’t as inherent as we would like it to be. Secondly, focusing on disabilities largely found in ‘developed’ societies, Golding identifies Piggy with all the weaknesses of the modern world. Being “plump” and having “thick spectacles” shows how Piggy is dependant on society to treat his shortcomings.

New Blog Set-Up Instructions

For those of you having trouble with the blog; please try using the following instructions (they're a bit different).

How to set up the blog...

1. Go to blogspot.com

2. Login in using your TTSD account. Your username is your esis login@ttsdstudents.org (example: 12amanning@ttsdstudents.org). Your password is your student ID number.

3. Click “continue”

4. Click “new blog”

5. Assign a title and domain name for your blog. Save your information.

6. Find my blog and follow it.

7 Email me your blog address. amanning@ttsd.k12.or.us

Tuesday February 7th

Today in class we completed the LOTF essays and began an analysis of the first page of Chapter 1.


Homework: Mark important authorial choices from the first page of Chapter 1 (on the paper, not in your book). Authorial choices can be ANYTHING. Here's what you could consider/mark:
-Figurative Language
-Sentence Structure
-Use of color
-Punctuation
-How each character is introduced
-Use of dialogue
-Narrative voice
Do not limit yourself to this list. Mark at least 15 choices.

Blog Set-Up

How to set up the blog...

1. Go to blogspot.com

2. Login in using your TTSD account. Your username is your esis login@ttsdstudents.org (example: 12amanning@ttsdstudents.org). Your password is your student ID number.

3. Click “continue”

4. Click “new blog”

5. Assign a title and domain name for your blog. Save your information.

6. Find my blog and follow it.

7 Email me your blog address. amanning@ttsd.k12.or.us

Journaling Rules

1. This journal should be for Advanced English 10 ONLY.
2. Do not put any personal information on your blog.
3. Do not put pictures on your blog.
4. Be ware of creepy people.
5. Never post anything inappropriate in your blog. Never post anything mean in your blog. Do not break school rules. Ask yourself: "would Kim Kardashian approve of what I'm posting?"; if the answer is yes, DO NOT POST.
6. Be sure to completely answer the prompt.
7. Prompts will be posted by 3 p.m. Your blog entry will be due BEFORE class starts the next day. Late entries will receive 1/2 credit.
8. Do not copy other people's blogs. This will result in a failing grade for the ENTIRE journal assignment. At the end of each quarter, you will copy and paste your entire blog into turnitin.com