Mr. Thomas

update on Advanced Comp

Sorry about this week guys!  I had never planned on the series of events which happened beginning Sunday afternoon.  In short, my grandmother, who lives alone in Clearwater Florida, was hospitalized for a stroke.  She went through an extremely risky surgery on Tuesday and is back at home as of last night.  This is only the second time Holden has ever seen her at her house and his presence is helping her recovery.  I will be returning Sunday. 

For those taking the final, it will cover the information in those handouts which cover some major concepts of the semester.  You can get one bonus point for each complete page.  The final will be half grammar and half written.  Don't worry about the written part.  You guys be good and spread the word.  Be kind to the subs and I will see you on Monday!

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Updated Schedule Advanced Composition

March 23- March 27

Research papers due the Friday before spring break.

Monday

• Quickly review adjective, adverb and noun clauses with white boards.
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• Sit in three levels for paper completion.
  • Helpful hints for papers:
    • Literary present tense.
    • Use of First and Second person you.
    • Concrete detail to commentary ratio (3-5 to 1).
    • Every sentence should relate to thesis.
  • Conference with each table.
• Homework: must have a rough draft for check by Tuesday.

Tuesday

• Review types of phrases.
• Rough draft check for paper:  must have rough draft today.
• Talk about introductions and conclusions.
  • Read example introductions from book.
  • Edit introductions and conclusions.

Wednesday

• Return definition papers.
  • Go over grades and define top three errors which seem to plague your paper.
    • Talk about types of errors: small (grammatical), medium (varying levels of content-by sentence and paragraph, and large (ideas and structure).
      • Start large and go small.
  • Edit for those errors in new paper.

Thursday

• Review phrases and clauses.
• Edit Research papers: read out-loud.

Friday

• Noun, adjective, adverb clause and phrase quiz.
• Return journals for stream of conscience writing.

Updated Schedule American Literature

 

March 23- March 27

Monday

• Complete Super-Volcano.
  • Respond under the idea of nature as power.
  • Review Ideas on Transcendentalism.
• Complete Simpsons episode: devil and soul.
  • Review Crossroads.
• Review Fireside poets: The group is typically thought to comprise Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,^[2] who were the first American poets whose popularity rivaled that of British poets, both at home and abroad. The name "Fireside Poets" is derived from that popularity: The Fireside Poets' general adherence to poetic convention—standard forms, regular meter, and rhymed stanzas—made their body of work particularly suitable for memorization and recitation in school and also at home, where it was a source of entertainment for families gathered around the fire. The poets' primary subjects were the domestic life, mythology, and politics of

  America

  , in which several of the poets were directly involved. The Fireside Poets did not write for the sake of other poets, they wrote for the common people. They meant to have their stories told for families.
  • Thanatopsis
  • Old Ironsides
  • The First Snowfall

Homework

Paraphrase favorite poem. (2 lines for every one)

 

Tuesday

• Review poems.
• Review Notes on Transcendentalism and Nature.
  • Go outside and read Nature and Self Reliance.
• Homework: 

 

Wednesday

• Shadows of the Imagination: Dark Romantics.
• The Minister’s Black Veil
• Apply elements of a short story to Black Veil.
• Homework: complete handout.

 

Thursday

• Go over homework.
• Background Henry David Thoreau
• Read Walden and Civil Disobedience  
• Activity.

Homework

• Quiz over readings all week.
• Begin watching Moby Dick.

Paper for reverse outline: Advanced Comp.

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/pdf/mla.pdf

updated schedule March 16-March 20

 

 

March 16-March 20

Monday

• Review Vocabulary unit 9: Boards.
  • Vocabulary story of choice using all 20 words.
• Review Unit 2 test.

 

Download Unit 2 Review

Tuesday

·        Review Game Unit 2.

·        Review Vocabulary Unit 9 game.

Wednesday

• Unit 2 Test.
• Take-up Vocabulary stories.

Thursday

• Introduction Unit 3: Romanticism.
• Download Intro Notes
• Elements of a short story.
  • Read The Devil and Tom Walker.
• Homework: complete Chart for short story.

Friday

• Review Vocabulary for Quiz.
• “Super Volcano”  and the power of nature.

Updated Schedule March 16-20

March 16-March 20

Monday

• Research paper specifications: 3-5 pages, 12 pt font, outline and rough draft due Monday March 23^rd.
• Check 6 articles in class.
• Active Passive quiz.
• Review research paper!
• Work on paper and articles.
• Homework: Paper.

Tuesday

• Review Articles in class
• Analyze research paper
• Continue work on research paper.

Wednesday- Friday

• At the conclusion of each class, must provide one page written analysis of what you accomplished through out the period.  You will be working on your paper for each of the three classes.  You must have a detaled outline turned in by Friday.  The rough draft including introduction and conclussion is due Monday.

Advanced Comp: Outline paper

http://www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Daly-MLA.pdf

Updated Schedule American Literature

 

Week 9

March 2-March 6

Monday

• Essential Question: How do the tone of the Declaration of

  Independence

  and the tone of The Crisis compare and contrast?  Further, how does the structure of the Declaration help to convey meaning?
• Standards:
• Vocabulary Unit 7:  Assign vocabulary terms and must find image on google image which describes that word.
  • Vocabulary story due Wednesday using 15 words.  Must find 15 images in google image, save to a word document and to student number. 
• Hand-out computers:  finish writing charged words:  must have at least 45.
  • Review diction: place 15 words on board.
  • Create Word Clouds
    • Save to student number
• Background: Declaration of

  Independence

  :  pull-up notes on computers and save to student number.
  • Review format of Declaration                                                                                           
• Read Declaration of

  Independence

  • Review and keep log of logical, respectful, pointed words.
• Homework: Complete reading of Declaration of

  Independence

  and list of at least 30 log of words (logical, respectful, and pointed)

Download Persuasive format of The Declaration of Independence-notes

Tuesday

• Create Word Cloud for Declaration of

  Independence

  .
  • Save to Numbers
• Create Vin Diagram for both selections.

Wednesday

• Essential Question:
• Standard:
• Go over vocabulary images.
• Return timed writing essays and talk about 3 major issues.
• Review format of Declaration of Independence
  • Review declaration rubric
  • Write Declaration of Independence from any sort of Declaration
• Exit Ticket: what major issue from your timed writing will you improve upon in your Declaration?
• Homework: complete Declaration

Thursday

• Go over Declarations and read chosen
• Review Vocabulary terms and Declaration quiz.

Friday

• Quiz over Declaration of

  Independence

  and The Crisis
• Vocabulary Quiz

Updated Schedule Advanced Composition

 

Monday

• Essential Question: How can I identify and help improve specific difficulties I have developed through writing my definition paper?
• Turn in ABC List
• Journal 3/2: What has proven the most difficult element or aspect of the definition paper? Why?  Explain why this part of the paper or the process has been so difficult.  Did you find the process of getting through the rough draft the most difficult? Why?  Was reading the book and/or conducting the interview and/or  relating the movie the most argues of tasks?  Why?  Was editing the paper the most laborious of duties?  Why?
• Separate according to process in paper.  Most if not all should be editing.
• Rough draft edit.
  • State of Being Verbs.
  • Empty Words.
• On LCD: format of front page and documentation.
  • Citationmachine.com for book, movie, and interview
• Homework:  Final copy due Tuesday;  Make sure that a final copy is saved in student number and all preliminary work is in a folder.  Bring food.

Tuesday

• Party all the time.  Paper party; bring food.
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Wednesday

• Essential Question:  How do Clauses and phrases apply to my definition paper in order to help improve meaning?
• Review Clauses, Phrases on LCD
  • Write sentences on LCD and must label in pairs.
• Pull –up paper on laptops and edit 1 paragraph of paper for clauses and phrases.
• Stream of Conscience Writing.
• Homework: Clause, Phrase quiz.  Will serve as 30 point major grade.

Thursday

• Clause, Phrase Quiz
• Novels for research paper analysis.  Title must be chosen by FRIDAY!!!!!
  • Look at 100 greatest novels.
• Read example analysis papers.
• Homework:  obtain novel

Friday

• Continue Truths.