Tuesday 1/7
Bellwork Check 1 #1
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What does the following quote mean to you? "How often I've wanted to escape to a wilderness where a human hand has not been in everything." -Linda Hogan.
Classwork:
The next selections we will read this quarter will all be centered around nature. The first selection we will read is called Living like Weasels by Annie Dillard (page 477). Before we read the selection I would like for you to take a closer look at the vocabulary from the selection. For each of the vocabulary words you will complete a vocabulary web. Your web will include the word, the definition, a synonym, an antonym, and a sentence containing the term. You will have today and tomorrow to complete your word webs. These webs are worth 90 points.
Words
Academic vocabulary terms (page 476):
1. Encounter
2. Intensity
3. Restore
4. Theme
5. Visualize
Vocabulary terms in the selection (pages 477-480):
6. Supposition
7. Talon
8. Inexplicably
9. Ignobly
Literary terms (look these terms up using an online source):
10. Alliteration
11. Consonance
12. Juxtaposition
13. Hyperbole
14. Rhetorical questions
15. Tone
16. Syntax
17. Simile
18. Metaphor
Wednesday 1/8
Bellwork Check 1 entry #2
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Describe your most significant experience with nature. Try to remember the sights, sounds, smells and other sensory details of the experience. Did it have a positive or negative effect on your relationship with the natural world? Did the experience change you as a person? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue working on webs from yesterday.
D.E.A.R.
Thursday 1/9
Bellwork Check 1 entry #3
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Talking Tree:Imagine that one day you took a walk and the trees began to talk to you. What would they say about their relationship to humans and how would you respond? Would it change the way you interact with the natural world? Tell a story about your experience.
Classwork:
Finish word webs and submit for a grade TODAY!
Review Presentation component of your Senior Project (pages 8-13 of your handbook)
D.E.A.R.
Friday 1/10
Bellwork Check 1 #4
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: FREE WRITE
Classwork:
D.E.A.R. Chats
Turn in D.E.A.R. logs (You should have 6 entries for this check)
Monday 1/13
Bellwork Check 1 entry #5
Directions: Copy the prompt answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What visual element do you plan on using for your Senior Presentation.
Classwork:
Work on your outline for your Senior Project (pages 8-10). Remember you have to complete and turn in this outline prior to presenting your topic.
Tuesday 1/14
Bellwork Check 1 #6
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: In nature which category would you fall into and why? Categories: Prey or predator
Classwork:
Start reading Living Like Weasels by Annie Dillard (page 477) and answer the following questions:
1. Lines 1-7 Describe the varied syntax and explain its affect.
2. VOCAB CHECK #1 Explain why the explanation for what happened between the eagle and the weasel must be a supposition.
3. Lines 19-21 Identify Dillard's use of alliteration and consonance sounds. Describe their effect on the overall meaning of the text.
4. VOCAB CHECK #2 Explain how the eagle's talons may have helped it survive its encounter with the weasel.
Wednesday 1/15
Bellwork Check 1 entry #7
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: How can the weasel and its survival tactics be compared to humans? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue reading Living Like Weasels (page 478) and answer the following questions:
5. Lines 32-49 Identify examples of juxtaposition (at least two) and explain how the images suggest a contrast between broader ideas.
6. Vocab Check #3: Dillard describes her chance encounter with the weasel. Explain why this encounter is described as inexplicable.
7. Lines 67-75 Reread lines 67-75. Identify examples of hyperbole (at least 2) and describe the overall effect.
8. Describe what happens in the following lines using a 1 sentence summary
Lines 42-49:
Lines 50-55:
Lines 56-66
Lines 67-76
9. Lines 84-93 Reread lines 84-93. Identify and write down all of the rhetorical questions and describe their effect.
Thursday 1/16
Bellwork Check 1 entry #8
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Provide an example of a hyperbole you've heard or used. Explain the hyperbole and its usage.
Classwork:
Finish reading Living Like Weasels and complete the following questions:
10. VOCAB CHECK #4 Explain why Dillard (the author of the selection) thinks people act ignobly.
11. Lines 123-129 Describe Dillard's tone in this paragraph as well as throughout the selection.
12. Lines 123-129 Find an example of alliteration here and explain what it emphasizes in the selection.
Friday 1/17
Bellwork Check 1 entry #9
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Use either a simile or a metaphor to describe your life.
Classwork:
Literary and figurative language practice
Complete the following activities with in a group of no more than 4 people (please make sure everyone's name is on the paper in order to receive credit).
Syntax in Living Like Weasels
Directions: Copy the following examples and explain how Dillard's unconventional syntax creates a dramatic effect to help readers focus on particular images or ideas.
1. Line 35 "This is, mind you, suburbia." example: This reminds readers that the natural scene Dillard describes exists within a densely settled area.
2. Lines 42-45 "I had crossed...grassy fields."
3. Lines 96-100 "That is...or motive."
Similes and Metaphors
Directions: Copy the following examples. Classify each example as either a simile or metaphor and explain each comparison.
1. Lines 32-34 "The water lilies have blossomed and spread to a green horizontal plane that is terra firma to plodding blackbirds, and tremulous ceiling to black leeches, crayfish, and carp."
2. Line 11 "soak him off like a stubborn label"
3. Lines 18-19 "was the whole weasel...a fur pendant?"
Tuesday 1/21
Bellwork Check 1 entry #10
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: How did you celebrate MLK Day? How do you think people should celebrate this day? Explain.
Classwork:
Work on outlines for Senior Presentations (pages 8-13 in your handbook)
Work on Senior Presentations (remember you have to have a visual component to your presentation).
D.E.A.R.
Wednesday 1/22
Bellwork Check 1 entry # 11
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: According to the cliche "Every setback is an opportunity for a comeback." In your life, has this proven to be true? Have you always recovered from setbacks? Explain.
Classwork:
Work on outlines for Senior Presentations (pages 8-13 in your handbook)
Work on Senior Presentations (remember you have to have a visual component to your presentation).
D.E.A.R.
Thursday 1/23
Bellwork Check 1 entry #12
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: How Embarrassing: Write about one of your most embarrassing moments. If you've never been embarrassed, write about why things don't bother you to the point where you feel embarrassed.
Classwork:
Work on outlines for Senior Presentations (pages 8-13 in your handbook)
Work on Senior Presentations (remember you have to have a visual component to your presentation).
D.E.A.R.
Friday 1/24
Bellwork Check 1 entry #13
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: FREE WRITE
Classwork:
D.E.A.R. Chats
Monday 1/27
Bellwork Check 1 entry #14
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What do you want to be your legacy? Explain.
Classwork:
Work on presentations
Tuesday 1/28
Bellwork Check 2 entry #1
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What was your Senior quote for the yearbook? Why did you choose this quote? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue working on Senior Project
Wednesday 1/29
Bellwork Check 2 #2
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: It's Alive: If you could bring one inanimate object to life, what would it be? What questions would you ask this object? Write your conversation in screenplay format.
Example:
Lashonda: Yo how is life as a cellphone?
Cellphone aka slim: It's ight, I just don't like not being able to do my own thing.
Classwork:
Work on presentations
Thursday 1/30
Bellwork Check 2 entry 3
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Bad habits: Bad habits range from nail-biting to overeating to procrastinating to gossiping. What are your bad habits? What can you live with, and what would you like to stop?
Classwork:
Continue working on presentations
Friday 1/31
Bellwork Check 2 entry #4
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: The Mother of All Surprises: Write about a time when your parents really surprised you. Did this event or situation seem out of character for your parents? Was the surprise a good one or a bad one? What was your reaction? Explain.
Classwork:
Today is the last day you will have class time to work on your Senior Projects. Please use your time wisely!
Monday 2/3
Bellwork Check 2 entry #5
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: If you could travel to any location in the world, where would you want to go and why?
Classwork:
Start reading Local Deer on page 115 in your close reader. Complete close reader activities on a separate sheet of paper.
Tuesday 2/4
Bellwork Check 2 entry #6
Direction: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What makes you happy or puts you at ease? Explain.
Classwork:
Finish reading Local Deer (page 117 in your close reader) and complete close read activities 3 and 4 and Vocab Check #2 brandishes. Do not complete the short response.
Wednesday 2/5
NO BELLWORK TODAY!!!!!!!!
Classwork:
Local Deer T-chart
Directions: Flood your paper in half and copy the following T-chart. Under the column labeled effect, please write the effect the example has on you the reader.
Example From the Text Effect
1. "No matter how hard I stomp, they continue to 1. The author depicts the
loll and dig and play. They knocked into the woodchucks as playful
underground gas furnace and love the big noise children.
2. "I'm thinking of a sentence businesslike, a thing 2.
I can write down, when I look up from my woodchuck.
A young buck deer is watching me."
3. "... he looks straight at me, the apple round and whole 3.
in his teeth, like the apple in the mouth of a suckling pig.
4."...she is watching me, her eyes deep water muscles, endless 4.
and grave, purple-black."
Thursday 2/6
GUEST SPEAKER TODAY
NO BELLWORK
NO CLASSWORK
NO D.E.A.R.
Friday 2/7
Bellwork Check 2 entry #7
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: FREE WRITE
Classwork:
D.E.A.R Chats
Turn in D.E.A.R. Log #10
Monday 2/10
Bellwork Check 2 entry #8
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What are your goals for the future? What do you hope to achieve? Explain.
Classwork:
Start Senior Presentations today
Be sure to complete the follow information for each presenter.
Senior Project Presentation Sheet
Name:
Topic:
1 constructive comment:
1 positive comment:
3 questions about the topic (you will ask the presenter one of your questions at the completion of their presentation):
If no one presents their project we will complete the Performance Task at the bottom of page 482 in your textbook. You need to produce a 5 paragraph essay for this task.
Tuesday 2/11
Bellwork Check 2 entry #9
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Nelson Mandela
On this day in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from jail. Who was Nelson Mandela? How did he make history?(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Wednesday 2/12
Bellwork Check 2 entry #10
Directions: Copy the prompt title. Answer the prompt in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: NAACP
On this day in 1909, The NAACP was founded. What does NAACP stand for? What kind of organization is this? Do you think we still need this kind of organization around today?(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Thursday 2/13
Bellwork Check 2 entry #11
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer the prompt in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:Harlem Renaissance
What was the Harlem Renaissance? Why was it important?(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Friday 2/14
Bellwork Check 2 entry #12
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer the prompt in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:Fredrick Douglass
Today is the possible birthday of Fredrick Douglass. Who was Fredrick Douglass? How did he make history?
(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Finish memorable event essay (performance task on page 482) 1st period
2nd period complete the activity on page 484 (practice and apply)
3rd period complete extra credit.
Tuesday 2/18
Bellwork Check 2 entry #13
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: How was your three day weekend, what did you do? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue Presentations
Wednesday 2/19
Bellwork Check 2 entry #14
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: On this day in 1942 The Tuskegee Airmen were initiated. Who were The Tuskegee Airmen and why are they so important to our history? (Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Thursday 2/20
Bellwork Check 2 entry #15
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Fredrick Douglas was born in February 1818 and died February 20, 1895. Why is he a significant factor in our history? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Friday 2/21
Bellwork Check 2 entry #16
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Malcolm X died on this day in 1965. Who was Malcolm X? What was he known for?
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Turn in Dear Log #11 (You should have 8 entries)
Monday 2/24
Bellwork Check 2 entry #17
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:Toni Morrison
Who is Toni Morrison? How did she make history?(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Tuesday 2/25
Bellwork Check 2 entry #18
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: On this day in 1870, Hirman R. Revels made history. Who was Hirman R. Revels and why/how did he impact history?
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Wednesday 2/26
Bellwork Check 2 entry #19
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:The 15th Amendment
On the day in 1870 the 15th Amendment was passed. What is the 15th Amendment? Why was this amendment so important back then? How does this amendment affect people today? (Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Thursday 2/27
Bellwork Check 2 entry #20
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: African American Inventors
Complete the table on African American Inventors:
Name Invention Do we still use this today?
1.
2.
3.
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Friday 2/28
Bellwork Check 2 entry #21
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Richard Spikes
What did Richard Spikes invent on this day in 1932? Do you think this was a useful invention? Explain.
Classwork:
Finish presentations
Turn in Presentation Sheets for a grade TODAY!!!!
Monday 3/2
Bellwork Check 2 entry #22
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Promp: What is a dwelling? What are they used for? What type of dwelling do you want to have in the future? Explain.
Classwork:
Start reading Dwellings (page 493) by Linda Hogan and answer the following questions:
1. Lines 1-13 Examine these lines to determine Hogan's (the author's) relationship with nature. What does she share directly? What must you infer (guess) about her relationship with nature from the text? Please include a direct quote in your answer for each question.
2. Line 13 How does using the terms dwelling places affect your view of the bees? Explain.
3. Context clues:Many words in English have multiple meanings. Some words can have analogous (related) meanings while other words have no connection between the different meanings. Make sure that you use context clues to understand how a word with multiple meanings is used in a text. Use context clues to define the following words as they are used in the text and confirm your definitions with an online dictionary.
Tuesday 3/3
Bellwork Check 2 entry #23
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Helen Keller
On this day in 1887, Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan, her teacher and life-long friend. Who was Helen Keller and how did she make history?
Classwork:
Continue reading Dwellings (page 494) and complete the following questions:
4. Lines 16-30 Why does the author include the flashback to the time the bees were alive? What do lines 24-30 reveal about her and her thoughts about life?
5. Lines 31-50 Reread lines 31-50 and identify the similarities between the "dwelling places," and explain how Hogan's Native American background may have influenced these descriptions.
6. Lines 32-46 Explain how Hogan has expanded the meaning of "dwelling places" in lines 32-46. What can be inferred from her descriptions?
7. Lines 31-46 Experiences can trigger a feeling when you connect with a memory- for example, visiting a playground might remind you of how you felt when you were in elementary school. This kind of cause-effect shapes this passage in Hogan's essay. Complete a cause and effect chart to answer the following questions: How do bees buzzing underground make Hogan feel? What feelings does this trigger?
Wednesday 3/4
Bellwork Check 2 entry #24
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I’m going.” - Jackie Joyner-Kersee
What does this quote mean to you?
Classwork:
Continue reading Dwellings (page 495) and answer the following questions:
8. Lines 64-93 How is the dwelling described in this paragraph different from the other specific examples that Hogan describes?
9. Lines 64-93 What connects Piacenzi’s birdhouses to the other dwellings described in these lines?
10. Lines 64-93 from the examples described in these lines, what value and theme is the author trying to reflect?
11. Lines 64-69 Find and write down two examples of personification in these lines (be sure to include the line numbers with your quotes).
12. Lines 94-99 Find and write down an example of personification found in these lines (be sure to include the line numbers with your quote).
13. How does Hogan’s use of personification serve her purpose for writing? Explain.
Thursday 3/5
Bellwork Check 2 entry #25
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Jerrie Cobb
On this day in 1931, Geraldyn (Jerrie) Cobb was born. How did she make history?
Classwork:
Finish reading Dwellings (page 495) and complete the following questions:
14. Lines 104-118 What does Hogan mean when she states in lines 117-118 that “Death and life feed each other”? Explain using evidence from lines 104-118.
15. LINES 133-142 Reread these lines and summarize the difference in how Zia’s inhabitants and the tourists treat ancient, broken pottery.
16. Lines 133-142 In Hogan’s view, how are the motivations of the natives of Zia and the non-native tourists similar? Explain.
17. Lines 143-163 What ideas about the relationship between human culture and the natural world does Hogan express through the details in the text here.
18. Lines 153-155 How does Hogan clarify her ideas in lines 153-155? Explain.
Friday 3/6
Bellwork Check 2 entry #26
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Shonda Rhimes
“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” - Shonda Rhimes
What do you think this quote means?
Classwork:
D.E.A.R. Chats
Turn in D.E.A.R. Log #12 (you should have 9 entries)
Missing work?
Monday 3/9
NO BELLWORK
Classwork:
Read background and information on authors (page 485)
Wild Peaches (pages 486-487)
Tuesday 3/10
No Bellwork
Classwork:
Finish the questions for Wild Peaches (questions 4-7)
D.E.A.R.
4. Lines 29-41 How does the form and structure of Part 3 differ from Parts 1 and 2? Why do you think the poet did this? Explain.
5. Lines 36-41 Identify words (4 words) in lines 36-41 that create a jarring contrast to the images of beauty and abundance. Be sure to include the line number for each word. Then explain what contrast is established with these words.
6. Lines 42-55 Summarize the speaker’s attitude about life on the Eastern Shore as expressed in Part 4. What theme does it convey? Explain.
7. How does the structure of the poem contribute to it’s theme? Explain.
Wednesday 3/11
NO BELLWORK
Classwork:
Spring and All (page 488)
Create your own poem
Directions: You will write your own poem about nature. First you will find a picture of landscape online that you find intriguing. The landscape might be appealing, repugnant, or something in between. Write a short poem that conveys your attitude towards the landscape through carefully chosen words, details, and images. You may write using free verse or the traditional structure. Your poem has to be at least three stanzas and each stanza should consist of at least 5 lines. Be sure to give your poem a title. Next you will draw your own version of the landscape which inspired your poem. Your picture should be nice and neat and include color.
Rubric
Poem
Creativity: 3 points
Title: 2 points
3 stanza with 5 lines each: 15 points
Picture
Nice and neat: 10 points
Color: 5 points
Looks like the original: 10 points
Total together 45 points
Thursday 3/12
NO BELLWORK
Classwork:
Finish creative poems
Create your own poem
Directions: You will write your own poem about nature. First you will find a picture of landscape online that you find intriguing. The landscape might be appealing, repugnant, or something in between. Write a short poem that conveys your attitude towards the landscape through carefully chosen words, details, and images. You may write using free verse or the traditional structure. Your poem has to be at least three stanzas and each stanza should consist of at least 5 lines. Be sure to give your poem a title. Next you will draw your own version of the landscape which inspired your poem. Your picture should be nice and neat and include color.
Rubric
Poem
Creativity: 3 points
Title: 2 points
3 stanza with 5 lines each: 15 points
Picture
Nice and neat: 10 points
Color: 5 points
Looks like the original: 10 points
Total together 45 points
Bellwork Check 1 #1
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What does the following quote mean to you? "How often I've wanted to escape to a wilderness where a human hand has not been in everything." -Linda Hogan.
Classwork:
The next selections we will read this quarter will all be centered around nature. The first selection we will read is called Living like Weasels by Annie Dillard (page 477). Before we read the selection I would like for you to take a closer look at the vocabulary from the selection. For each of the vocabulary words you will complete a vocabulary web. Your web will include the word, the definition, a synonym, an antonym, and a sentence containing the term. You will have today and tomorrow to complete your word webs. These webs are worth 90 points.
Words
Academic vocabulary terms (page 476):
1. Encounter
2. Intensity
3. Restore
4. Theme
5. Visualize
Vocabulary terms in the selection (pages 477-480):
6. Supposition
7. Talon
8. Inexplicably
9. Ignobly
Literary terms (look these terms up using an online source):
10. Alliteration
11. Consonance
12. Juxtaposition
13. Hyperbole
14. Rhetorical questions
15. Tone
16. Syntax
17. Simile
18. Metaphor
Wednesday 1/8
Bellwork Check 1 entry #2
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Describe your most significant experience with nature. Try to remember the sights, sounds, smells and other sensory details of the experience. Did it have a positive or negative effect on your relationship with the natural world? Did the experience change you as a person? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue working on webs from yesterday.
D.E.A.R.
Thursday 1/9
Bellwork Check 1 entry #3
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Talking Tree:Imagine that one day you took a walk and the trees began to talk to you. What would they say about their relationship to humans and how would you respond? Would it change the way you interact with the natural world? Tell a story about your experience.
Classwork:
Finish word webs and submit for a grade TODAY!
Review Presentation component of your Senior Project (pages 8-13 of your handbook)
D.E.A.R.
Friday 1/10
Bellwork Check 1 #4
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: FREE WRITE
Classwork:
D.E.A.R. Chats
Turn in D.E.A.R. logs (You should have 6 entries for this check)
Monday 1/13
Bellwork Check 1 entry #5
Directions: Copy the prompt answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What visual element do you plan on using for your Senior Presentation.
Classwork:
Work on your outline for your Senior Project (pages 8-10). Remember you have to complete and turn in this outline prior to presenting your topic.
Tuesday 1/14
Bellwork Check 1 #6
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: In nature which category would you fall into and why? Categories: Prey or predator
Classwork:
Start reading Living Like Weasels by Annie Dillard (page 477) and answer the following questions:
1. Lines 1-7 Describe the varied syntax and explain its affect.
2. VOCAB CHECK #1 Explain why the explanation for what happened between the eagle and the weasel must be a supposition.
3. Lines 19-21 Identify Dillard's use of alliteration and consonance sounds. Describe their effect on the overall meaning of the text.
4. VOCAB CHECK #2 Explain how the eagle's talons may have helped it survive its encounter with the weasel.
Wednesday 1/15
Bellwork Check 1 entry #7
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: How can the weasel and its survival tactics be compared to humans? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue reading Living Like Weasels (page 478) and answer the following questions:
5. Lines 32-49 Identify examples of juxtaposition (at least two) and explain how the images suggest a contrast between broader ideas.
6. Vocab Check #3: Dillard describes her chance encounter with the weasel. Explain why this encounter is described as inexplicable.
7. Lines 67-75 Reread lines 67-75. Identify examples of hyperbole (at least 2) and describe the overall effect.
8. Describe what happens in the following lines using a 1 sentence summary
Lines 42-49:
Lines 50-55:
Lines 56-66
Lines 67-76
9. Lines 84-93 Reread lines 84-93. Identify and write down all of the rhetorical questions and describe their effect.
Thursday 1/16
Bellwork Check 1 entry #8
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Provide an example of a hyperbole you've heard or used. Explain the hyperbole and its usage.
Classwork:
Finish reading Living Like Weasels and complete the following questions:
10. VOCAB CHECK #4 Explain why Dillard (the author of the selection) thinks people act ignobly.
11. Lines 123-129 Describe Dillard's tone in this paragraph as well as throughout the selection.
12. Lines 123-129 Find an example of alliteration here and explain what it emphasizes in the selection.
Friday 1/17
Bellwork Check 1 entry #9
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Use either a simile or a metaphor to describe your life.
Classwork:
Literary and figurative language practice
Complete the following activities with in a group of no more than 4 people (please make sure everyone's name is on the paper in order to receive credit).
Syntax in Living Like Weasels
Directions: Copy the following examples and explain how Dillard's unconventional syntax creates a dramatic effect to help readers focus on particular images or ideas.
1. Line 35 "This is, mind you, suburbia." example: This reminds readers that the natural scene Dillard describes exists within a densely settled area.
2. Lines 42-45 "I had crossed...grassy fields."
3. Lines 96-100 "That is...or motive."
Similes and Metaphors
Directions: Copy the following examples. Classify each example as either a simile or metaphor and explain each comparison.
1. Lines 32-34 "The water lilies have blossomed and spread to a green horizontal plane that is terra firma to plodding blackbirds, and tremulous ceiling to black leeches, crayfish, and carp."
2. Line 11 "soak him off like a stubborn label"
3. Lines 18-19 "was the whole weasel...a fur pendant?"
Tuesday 1/21
Bellwork Check 1 entry #10
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: How did you celebrate MLK Day? How do you think people should celebrate this day? Explain.
Classwork:
Work on outlines for Senior Presentations (pages 8-13 in your handbook)
Work on Senior Presentations (remember you have to have a visual component to your presentation).
D.E.A.R.
Wednesday 1/22
Bellwork Check 1 entry # 11
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: According to the cliche "Every setback is an opportunity for a comeback." In your life, has this proven to be true? Have you always recovered from setbacks? Explain.
Classwork:
Work on outlines for Senior Presentations (pages 8-13 in your handbook)
Work on Senior Presentations (remember you have to have a visual component to your presentation).
D.E.A.R.
Thursday 1/23
Bellwork Check 1 entry #12
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: How Embarrassing: Write about one of your most embarrassing moments. If you've never been embarrassed, write about why things don't bother you to the point where you feel embarrassed.
Classwork:
Work on outlines for Senior Presentations (pages 8-13 in your handbook)
Work on Senior Presentations (remember you have to have a visual component to your presentation).
D.E.A.R.
Friday 1/24
Bellwork Check 1 entry #13
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: FREE WRITE
Classwork:
D.E.A.R. Chats
Monday 1/27
Bellwork Check 1 entry #14
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What do you want to be your legacy? Explain.
Classwork:
Work on presentations
Tuesday 1/28
Bellwork Check 2 entry #1
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What was your Senior quote for the yearbook? Why did you choose this quote? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue working on Senior Project
Wednesday 1/29
Bellwork Check 2 #2
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: It's Alive: If you could bring one inanimate object to life, what would it be? What questions would you ask this object? Write your conversation in screenplay format.
Example:
Lashonda: Yo how is life as a cellphone?
Cellphone aka slim: It's ight, I just don't like not being able to do my own thing.
Classwork:
Work on presentations
Thursday 1/30
Bellwork Check 2 entry 3
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Bad habits: Bad habits range from nail-biting to overeating to procrastinating to gossiping. What are your bad habits? What can you live with, and what would you like to stop?
Classwork:
Continue working on presentations
Friday 1/31
Bellwork Check 2 entry #4
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: The Mother of All Surprises: Write about a time when your parents really surprised you. Did this event or situation seem out of character for your parents? Was the surprise a good one or a bad one? What was your reaction? Explain.
Classwork:
Today is the last day you will have class time to work on your Senior Projects. Please use your time wisely!
Monday 2/3
Bellwork Check 2 entry #5
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: If you could travel to any location in the world, where would you want to go and why?
Classwork:
Start reading Local Deer on page 115 in your close reader. Complete close reader activities on a separate sheet of paper.
Tuesday 2/4
Bellwork Check 2 entry #6
Direction: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What makes you happy or puts you at ease? Explain.
Classwork:
Finish reading Local Deer (page 117 in your close reader) and complete close read activities 3 and 4 and Vocab Check #2 brandishes. Do not complete the short response.
Wednesday 2/5
NO BELLWORK TODAY!!!!!!!!
Classwork:
Local Deer T-chart
Directions: Flood your paper in half and copy the following T-chart. Under the column labeled effect, please write the effect the example has on you the reader.
Example From the Text Effect
1. "No matter how hard I stomp, they continue to 1. The author depicts the
loll and dig and play. They knocked into the woodchucks as playful
underground gas furnace and love the big noise children.
2. "I'm thinking of a sentence businesslike, a thing 2.
I can write down, when I look up from my woodchuck.
A young buck deer is watching me."
3. "... he looks straight at me, the apple round and whole 3.
in his teeth, like the apple in the mouth of a suckling pig.
4."...she is watching me, her eyes deep water muscles, endless 4.
and grave, purple-black."
Thursday 2/6
GUEST SPEAKER TODAY
NO BELLWORK
NO CLASSWORK
NO D.E.A.R.
Friday 2/7
Bellwork Check 2 entry #7
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: FREE WRITE
Classwork:
D.E.A.R Chats
Turn in D.E.A.R. Log #10
Monday 2/10
Bellwork Check 2 entry #8
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: What are your goals for the future? What do you hope to achieve? Explain.
Classwork:
Start Senior Presentations today
Be sure to complete the follow information for each presenter.
Senior Project Presentation Sheet
Name:
Topic:
1 constructive comment:
1 positive comment:
3 questions about the topic (you will ask the presenter one of your questions at the completion of their presentation):
If no one presents their project we will complete the Performance Task at the bottom of page 482 in your textbook. You need to produce a 5 paragraph essay for this task.
Tuesday 2/11
Bellwork Check 2 entry #9
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Nelson Mandela
On this day in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from jail. Who was Nelson Mandela? How did he make history?(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Wednesday 2/12
Bellwork Check 2 entry #10
Directions: Copy the prompt title. Answer the prompt in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: NAACP
On this day in 1909, The NAACP was founded. What does NAACP stand for? What kind of organization is this? Do you think we still need this kind of organization around today?(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Thursday 2/13
Bellwork Check 2 entry #11
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer the prompt in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:Harlem Renaissance
What was the Harlem Renaissance? Why was it important?(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Friday 2/14
Bellwork Check 2 entry #12
Directions: Copy the prompt title and answer the prompt in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:Fredrick Douglass
Today is the possible birthday of Fredrick Douglass. Who was Fredrick Douglass? How did he make history?
(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Finish memorable event essay (performance task on page 482) 1st period
2nd period complete the activity on page 484 (practice and apply)
3rd period complete extra credit.
Tuesday 2/18
Bellwork Check 2 entry #13
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: How was your three day weekend, what did you do? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue Presentations
Wednesday 2/19
Bellwork Check 2 entry #14
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: On this day in 1942 The Tuskegee Airmen were initiated. Who were The Tuskegee Airmen and why are they so important to our history? (Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Thursday 2/20
Bellwork Check 2 entry #15
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Fredrick Douglas was born in February 1818 and died February 20, 1895. Why is he a significant factor in our history? Explain.
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Friday 2/21
Bellwork Check 2 entry #16
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Malcolm X died on this day in 1965. Who was Malcolm X? What was he known for?
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Turn in Dear Log #11 (You should have 8 entries)
Monday 2/24
Bellwork Check 2 entry #17
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:Toni Morrison
Who is Toni Morrison? How did she make history?(Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Tuesday 2/25
Bellwork Check 2 entry #18
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: On this day in 1870, Hirman R. Revels made history. Who was Hirman R. Revels and why/how did he impact history?
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Wednesday 2/26
Bellwork Check 2 entry #19
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:The 15th Amendment
On the day in 1870 the 15th Amendment was passed. What is the 15th Amendment? Why was this amendment so important back then? How does this amendment affect people today? (Google is your friend!)
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Thursday 2/27
Bellwork Check 2 entry #20
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: African American Inventors
Complete the table on African American Inventors:
Name Invention Do we still use this today?
1.
2.
3.
Classwork:
Continue presentations
Friday 2/28
Bellwork Check 2 entry #21
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Richard Spikes
What did Richard Spikes invent on this day in 1932? Do you think this was a useful invention? Explain.
Classwork:
Finish presentations
Turn in Presentation Sheets for a grade TODAY!!!!
Monday 3/2
Bellwork Check 2 entry #22
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Promp: What is a dwelling? What are they used for? What type of dwelling do you want to have in the future? Explain.
Classwork:
Start reading Dwellings (page 493) by Linda Hogan and answer the following questions:
1. Lines 1-13 Examine these lines to determine Hogan's (the author's) relationship with nature. What does she share directly? What must you infer (guess) about her relationship with nature from the text? Please include a direct quote in your answer for each question.
2. Line 13 How does using the terms dwelling places affect your view of the bees? Explain.
3. Context clues:Many words in English have multiple meanings. Some words can have analogous (related) meanings while other words have no connection between the different meanings. Make sure that you use context clues to understand how a word with multiple meanings is used in a text. Use context clues to define the following words as they are used in the text and confirm your definitions with an online dictionary.
- Line 3 "wall" context def: a structure used to divide or separate something. Dictionary def: a structure that defines an area
- Line 3 "woven"
- Line 4 "rise"
- Line 4 "raw"
- Line 10 "beetle"
Tuesday 3/3
Bellwork Check 2 entry #23
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Helen Keller
On this day in 1887, Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan, her teacher and life-long friend. Who was Helen Keller and how did she make history?
Classwork:
Continue reading Dwellings (page 494) and complete the following questions:
4. Lines 16-30 Why does the author include the flashback to the time the bees were alive? What do lines 24-30 reveal about her and her thoughts about life?
5. Lines 31-50 Reread lines 31-50 and identify the similarities between the "dwelling places," and explain how Hogan's Native American background may have influenced these descriptions.
6. Lines 32-46 Explain how Hogan has expanded the meaning of "dwelling places" in lines 32-46. What can be inferred from her descriptions?
7. Lines 31-46 Experiences can trigger a feeling when you connect with a memory- for example, visiting a playground might remind you of how you felt when you were in elementary school. This kind of cause-effect shapes this passage in Hogan's essay. Complete a cause and effect chart to answer the following questions: How do bees buzzing underground make Hogan feel? What feelings does this trigger?
Wednesday 3/4
Bellwork Check 2 entry #24
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt:Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“If I stop to kick every barking dog I am not going to get where I’m going.” - Jackie Joyner-Kersee
What does this quote mean to you?
Classwork:
Continue reading Dwellings (page 495) and answer the following questions:
8. Lines 64-93 How is the dwelling described in this paragraph different from the other specific examples that Hogan describes?
9. Lines 64-93 What connects Piacenzi’s birdhouses to the other dwellings described in these lines?
10. Lines 64-93 from the examples described in these lines, what value and theme is the author trying to reflect?
11. Lines 64-69 Find and write down two examples of personification in these lines (be sure to include the line numbers with your quotes).
12. Lines 94-99 Find and write down an example of personification found in these lines (be sure to include the line numbers with your quote).
13. How does Hogan’s use of personification serve her purpose for writing? Explain.
Thursday 3/5
Bellwork Check 2 entry #25
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Jerrie Cobb
On this day in 1931, Geraldyn (Jerrie) Cobb was born. How did she make history?
Classwork:
Finish reading Dwellings (page 495) and complete the following questions:
14. Lines 104-118 What does Hogan mean when she states in lines 117-118 that “Death and life feed each other”? Explain using evidence from lines 104-118.
15. LINES 133-142 Reread these lines and summarize the difference in how Zia’s inhabitants and the tourists treat ancient, broken pottery.
16. Lines 133-142 In Hogan’s view, how are the motivations of the natives of Zia and the non-native tourists similar? Explain.
17. Lines 143-163 What ideas about the relationship between human culture and the natural world does Hogan express through the details in the text here.
18. Lines 153-155 How does Hogan clarify her ideas in lines 153-155? Explain.
Friday 3/6
Bellwork Check 2 entry #26
Directions: Copy the prompt and answer it in at least 4 sentences to obtain full credit.
Prompt: Shonda Rhimes
“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” - Shonda Rhimes
What do you think this quote means?
Classwork:
D.E.A.R. Chats
Turn in D.E.A.R. Log #12 (you should have 9 entries)
Missing work?
Monday 3/9
NO BELLWORK
Classwork:
Read background and information on authors (page 485)
Wild Peaches (pages 486-487)
- Lines 1-14 A pastoral is a poem that celebrates the beauty of nature and the joys of a simple life in the country (often with a romantic partner). Identify words and phrases in Part 1 that present idealized images of nature, romance, and a simple life.
- Lines 1-14 Which lines in Part 1 hint at a different attitude toward than question 1 suggests? Be sure to cite the line and line numbers that hint at this change in attitude.
- Lines 15-28 Write down the rhyme scheme for the stanzas in Part 2.
Tuesday 3/10
No Bellwork
Classwork:
Finish the questions for Wild Peaches (questions 4-7)
D.E.A.R.
4. Lines 29-41 How does the form and structure of Part 3 differ from Parts 1 and 2? Why do you think the poet did this? Explain.
5. Lines 36-41 Identify words (4 words) in lines 36-41 that create a jarring contrast to the images of beauty and abundance. Be sure to include the line number for each word. Then explain what contrast is established with these words.
6. Lines 42-55 Summarize the speaker’s attitude about life on the Eastern Shore as expressed in Part 4. What theme does it convey? Explain.
7. How does the structure of the poem contribute to it’s theme? Explain.
Wednesday 3/11
NO BELLWORK
Classwork:
Spring and All (page 488)
- Lines 1-8 How do the images in lines 1-8 depart from the pastoral tradition? Cite specific words and phrases and the feeling they evoke (at least 2).
- Lines 9-23 Describe the ways in which Williams departs from traditional form. Why does he do this? Explain.
Create your own poem
Directions: You will write your own poem about nature. First you will find a picture of landscape online that you find intriguing. The landscape might be appealing, repugnant, or something in between. Write a short poem that conveys your attitude towards the landscape through carefully chosen words, details, and images. You may write using free verse or the traditional structure. Your poem has to be at least three stanzas and each stanza should consist of at least 5 lines. Be sure to give your poem a title. Next you will draw your own version of the landscape which inspired your poem. Your picture should be nice and neat and include color.
Rubric
Poem
Creativity: 3 points
Title: 2 points
3 stanza with 5 lines each: 15 points
Picture
Nice and neat: 10 points
Color: 5 points
Looks like the original: 10 points
Total together 45 points
Thursday 3/12
NO BELLWORK
Classwork:
Finish creative poems
Create your own poem
Directions: You will write your own poem about nature. First you will find a picture of landscape online that you find intriguing. The landscape might be appealing, repugnant, or something in between. Write a short poem that conveys your attitude towards the landscape through carefully chosen words, details, and images. You may write using free verse or the traditional structure. Your poem has to be at least three stanzas and each stanza should consist of at least 5 lines. Be sure to give your poem a title. Next you will draw your own version of the landscape which inspired your poem. Your picture should be nice and neat and include color.
Rubric
Poem
Creativity: 3 points
Title: 2 points
3 stanza with 5 lines each: 15 points
Picture
Nice and neat: 10 points
Color: 5 points
Looks like the original: 10 points
Total together 45 points
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