Reflection

May 15, 2015

E.Q: Reflect on your performance this semester.

Obj: I can identify my strengths and weaknesses. 

Starter:

Final Free Write Friday

 

or

Activity

1.  Reflection

Write a half page reflection on your performance in this class, English IV.

Things that you may consider:

Strengths

Weaknesses

Goals

Projects

Writing Skills

Books

Etc.

2.  Evaluation

On the same sheet of paper please answer the following questions:

1.  What project did you enjoy the most? Why?

2.  What project did you enjoy the least?  Why?

3.  What was the most effective strategy used throughout the semester that enabled you to learn?

4.  Do you believe that you have gained adequate skills and knowledge to prepare yourself for Eng-111?  Explain.

5.  Write one plus and delta for the semester.

6.  What would you have done differently? Kept the same?

7.  Comments. Questions. Concerns.

Closure:

Write yourself one positive statement to remember during the final exam!

GOOD LUCK!

Poetry Practice

May 14, 2015

E.Q:Identify areas of poetry you need to practice.

Analyze poetry.

Obj: I can analyze a poem and create meaning.  

 

 

Starter:

 

What does your voice tell you ??

 

Then, using the learning target, how confident are you in analyzing poems 1, 2, 3, or 4?

Explain.

 

Activity:

 1.  Poetry Practice

 INSTRUCTIONS:
  Annotate three of the five sonnets.
Use this time to generate meaning.
Then, using textual evidence, respond to the following questions:

A.  What is the objective summary of the sonnet?

B.  Which line best captures the main idea and why?

C.  What is the speaker's attitude/tone?

D. What is the overall theme of the poem?  

E.  Identify at least two poetic devices used in the sonnet.

SONNET 29

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings. 

SONNET 106

When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have express'd
Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are but prophecies
Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they look'd but with divining eyes,
They had not skill enough your worth to sing:
   For we, which now behold these present days,
   Had eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. 

SONNET 94

They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing they most do show,
Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow;
They rightly do inherit heaven's graces
And husband nature's riches from expense;
They are the lords and owners of their faces,
Others but stewards of their excellence.
The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
Though to itself it only live and die,
But if that flower with base infection meet,
The basest weed out-braves his dignity;
   For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
   Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. 

SONNET 46

Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war
How to divide the conquest of thy sight;
Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar,
My heart mine eye the freedom of that right.
My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie --
A closet never pierced with crystal eyes --
But the defendant doth that plea deny
And says in him thy fair appearance lies.
To 'cide this title is impanneled
A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart,
And by their verdict is determined
The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part:
   As thus; mine eye's due is thy outward part,
   And my heart's right thy inward love of heart. 

SONNET 60

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,
Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time, that gave, doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth,
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow.
   And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,
   Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.

 

 

Closure:

 

Compare your learning target assessment from the starter to now.

Do you feel any more confident?

Where would you put yourself on the learning target?

Why?

Theme/ Poetry Review

May 13, 2015

E.Q: What is theme, in a literary context?
Analyze a poem by John Donne

Obj: I can identify themes in pieces of literature.
I can analyze a poem and create meaning. 

 

Starter:

What is the one area that you struggle most with when analyzing poetry? 
Why do think that is?

Activity:

1.  Understanding Themes

Read the Teaching Theme article.

As you read, create a step sheet for how to find themes.

2.  The Case of Lady Saddox

You will use the Arthur Conan Doyle story, linked above, to complete the following activity:

1.  Trace the elements of the story

 (Remember)

2.  Identify the Big Idea

3.  Infer the Theme

4.  Evidence that justifies theme.

31.  John Donne Poem Analysis

The Sun Rising

Busy old fool, unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us?
Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run?
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide
Late schoolboys, and sour prentices,
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,
Call country ants to harvest offices,
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Thy beams, so reverend and strong
Why shouldst thou think?
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink,
But that I would not lose her sight so long:
If her eyes have not blinded thine,
Look, and tomorrow late, tell me
Whether both the’Indias of spice and mine
Be where thou leftst them, or lie here with me.
Ask for those kings whom thou saw’st yesterday,
And thou shalt hear: “All here in one bed lay.”

She’is all states, and all princes I,
Nothing else is.
Princes do but play us; compar’d to this,
All honour’s mimic, all wealth alchemy.
Thou, sun, art half as happy’as we,
In that the world’s contracted thus;
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
To warm the world, that’s done in warming us.
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere;
This bed thy centre is, these walls, thy sphere.

 INSTRUCTIONS:
  Annotate each stanza.
Use this time to generate meaning.
Then, respond to the following questions:

A.  What is the objective summary of the poem?

B.  Which line best captures the main idea and why?

C.  What is the speaker's attitude towards the sun?

D.  How does the speaker value love?

E.  What is meant by the hyperbole, "She is all states, and all princes I?"





F.  What is the overall theme of the poem?

Please show me when you are done.

.

Closure:

Using the learning target, how confident are you in identifying themes and analyzing poems 1, 2, 3, or 4?

Explain.

Quiz. Quiz. Trade./ Themes

May 12, 2015

E.Q: What are examples of literary devices?

Obj: I can identify examples of literary devices and understand how they work

Starter:

Make sure that you have all 20 of your flashcards.

If you are finished, review your cards at your seat.

Activity:

1.  Quiz. Quiz. Trade.

Rotate around the room quizzing each other.

 Use vocabulary terms you worked with yesterday.

Remember the Rules:

1. High five someone that is standing around.

2.  Read either the word or the definition.

3.  Have the student share the correct, matching word/definition.

4.  Trade

5. Repeat

2.  Understanding Themes

Read the Teaching Theme article.

As you read, create a step sheet for how to find themes.

3.  The Case of Lady Saddox

You will use the Arthur Conan Doyle story, linked above, to complete the following activity:

1.  Trace the elements of the story

 (Remember)

2.  Identify the Big Idea

3.  Infer the Theme

4.  Evidence that justifies theme.

Closure:

Using the learning target, how confident are you in identifying themes 1, 2, 3, or 4?

Explain.

Literary Devices

May 11, 2015

E.Q: What are examples of literary devices?

Obj: I can identify examples of literary devices and understand how they work.

Starter:

Your class folder is due tonight by 11:59!

Class Folder Requirements

Have you organized your folder completely?

Why or why not?

What must you do in order to have it submitted on time?

Activity:

1.  Literary Devices Review

Review the list of terms in the document above.

Identify at least 20 words that you are unfamiliar with or need refreshed.

For 20 of the words fill out the charts posted in Literary Review Vocab Sheet.

2.  Flashcards

As you are completing the charts, create flashcards that you can use later to quiz yourself.

On one side, write the word.

On the other side, write the definition.

3.  Quiz. Quiz. Trade.

We will use the flashcards you made earlier for quiz, quiz, trade.

See how many cards you can remember.

Keep track of the terms you need to review.

Closure:

What terms did you need to review again?

How will you set time aside to actually use your flashcards?

Homework:

Make sure that you have finished organizing your class folder.

Turn in your 10 songs with their big ideas.

Big Ideas/ Word Meaning

May 8, 2015

E.Q: What strategies do you utilize to determine big ideas?

Identify the big ideas in literature.

What strategies do you use for determining word meanings?

Obj: I can determine what strategies work best when determining big ideas.

I can identify big ideas.

I can effectively identify word meanings using context clues.

 

Starter
Free Write

 

 

Or try this:

Activity

 

1. Identifying Main Ideas 

Select 10 of your favorite songs.

You will be analyzing these songs to determine the main idea.

For each song, complete the following steps:

First, copy and paste the song lyrics into a Google document.

Annotate: Highlight important/key ideas and comment on the lyrics using the tool.

 Fill out one of these graphic organizers. 

By the end of the day, you should have 10 of these organizers filled out. 

 

 

2.  Determining Word Meaning

 

Review the tips on Sophia to review how to determine word meaning.

 

Click on:

Connotation and Denotation

Evaluating Connotation

Words with Multiple Meanings

Identifying Tone

 

As you read the materials, take notes to help improve your skills.

 

3.  Practicing Word Meanings

USAtestprep

Please log in to your usatestprep account.

Once you are logged in, click on the activity named finding word meaning.

You must receive a minimum score 80 in order to move on to the next task.

For each question wrong, write the correct answer and a sentence explanation as to why that is actually the best choice.

Once you receive an 80 or higher, please show me your results.

Closure:

Using the learning target, are you at level 1, 2, 3, or 4 when determining word meaning?

Explain that status.

 

 

Big Ideas Continued

May 7, 2015

E.Q: What strategies do you utilize to determine big ideas?

Identify the big ideas in literature.

Obj: I can determine what strategies work best when determining big ideas.

I can identify big ideas.

Starter:

What is a big idea you  have?
What IS your next step?

Activity:

1.  USAtestprep

Please log in to your usatestprep account.

Once you are logged in, click on the activity named big ideas.

You must receive a minimum score 80 in order to move on to the next task.

For each question wrong, write the correct answer and a sentence explanation as to why that is actually the best choice.

Once you receive an 80 or higher, please show me your results and move on to activity 2.

2.  Identifying Main Ideas 

Select 10 of your favorite songs.

You will be analyzing these songs to determine the main idea.

For each song, complete the following steps:

First, copy and paste the song lyrics into a Google document.

Annotate: Highlight important/key ideas and comment on the lyrics using the tool.

 Fill out one of these graphic organizers. 

By the end of the day, you should have 10 of these organizers filled out. 

 

Closure:

Using the learning target, are you at level 1, 2, 3, or 4 when determining big ideas?

Explain that status.

How has this changed since yesterday?

Big Ideas

May 6, 2015

E.Q: What strategies do you utilize to determine big ideas?

Identify the big ideas in literature.

Obj: I can determine what strategies work best when determining big ideas.

I can identify big ideas.

Starter:

Listen and Read the lyrics to Style by Taylor Swift.

 Midnight,
You come and pick me up, no headlights
A long drive,
Could end in burning flames or paradise
Fade into view, oh, it's been a while since I have even heard from you (heard from you)

I should just tell you to leave 'cause I
Know exactly where it leads but I
Watch us go 'round and 'round each time

You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

You got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt
And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style.

So it goes
He can't keep his wild eyes on the road
Takes me home
Lights are off, he's taking off his coat, hmm, yeah.
I say, "I heard, oh, that you've been out and about with some other girl, some other girl."

He says, "What you've heard is true but I
Can't stop thinking about you," and I...
I said, "I've been there, too, a few times."

'Cause you got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

You got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt
And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt (tight little skirt)
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

Take me home
Just take me home, yeah.
Just take me home
(out of style)

You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
'Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style 

What is the main idea of this song?

What steps did you take to determine this?

Activity:

1.  Review Big Ideas

Read through the slide show on Sophia.

Take notes over the information.

2.  Practice

Read through the excerpt of An Ideal Husband.

When you finish the passage write a short answer response explaining the main idea of the excerpt.

3.  Oscar Wilde Review

Please answer the constructed response and multiple choice questions.

We will review as a class.

Closure:

Using the learning target, are you at level 1, 2, 3, or 4 when determining big ideas?

Explain that status.

I gave you the key when the door wasn't open, just admit it
See I gave you faith turned your doubt in to hoping, can't deny it
Now I'm all alone and my joys turned to moping
Tell me here, where are you now that I need you?
Where are you now?
Where are you now that I need ya?
Couldn't find you anywhere
When you broke down I didn't leave ya
I was by your side
So where are you now that I need ya?
Where are you now that I need ya?

Where are you now that I need ya?
Where are you now that I need ya?
Where are you now that I need ya?

I gave you attention when nobody else was payin'
I gave you the shirt off my back what you sayin'
To keep you warm
I showed you the game everybody else was playin', that's for sure
And I was on my knees when nobody else was prayin', oh lord

Source: http://www.directlyrics.com/justin-bieber-where-are-u-now-lyrics.html
I gave you the key when the door wasn't open, just admit it
See I gave you faith turned your doubt in to hoping, can't deny it
Now I'm all alone and my joys turned to moping
Tell me here, where are you now that I need you?
Where are you now?
Where are you now that I need ya?
Couldn't find you anywhere
When you broke down I didn't leave ya
I was by your side
So where are you now that I need ya?
Where are you now that I need ya?

Where are you now that I need ya?
Where are you now that I need ya?
Where are you now that I need ya?

I gave you attention when nobody else was payin'
I gave you the shirt off my back what you sayin'
To keep you warm
I showed you the game everybody else was playin', that's for sure
And I was on my knees when nobody else was prayin', oh lord

Source: http://www.directlyrics.com/justin-bieber-where-are-u-now-lyrics.html

Released Exam

May 5, 2015

E.Q: What skills have you mastered throughout the course of the semester?

Obj: I can demonstrate, through standardized testing, my understanding and application of skills developed throughout the semester.

Starter:

Skim through the study skills referenced in this article.

What tips do you suggest for taking tests?

Activity:

1.  Alphabet Brainstorm

Think of as many study/test taking tips for each letter of the alphabet.

2.  Released Exam

You will take the released exam from last year.

You will have 30 minutes to answer the questions.

3.  Review

Together, we will go over the answers to the released exam.

Closure:

Based on the information I told you, what type of questions did you get wrong?

Did this surprise you?

Why or why not?

Presentations

May 4, 2015

E.Q:

Research different periods throughout British literature.

Create a product that demonstrates the knowledge gained through research.

 

Obj:

I can research topics without scaffolding.

I can create a product that demonstrates my knowledge.

I can articulate my findings through a formal presentation. 

Starter:

The next 8 days are going to be dedicated to review.

Reflect on what you want to go over.

Share your responses through the Google Form.

 

Activity:

1.  Presentations

  British Lit Final Project

Individually, each of you will share your research and product to the class.

These presentations should share the majority of information discovered and last approximately three minutes.

2.  Peer Evaluation 

Active listening is equally important. 

Please fill out this chart for five of your peers.

3. Self- Reflection

Please respond to each question in 2-3 sentences.

What do you think is a fair grade for the work you have handed in?

What did you do best in this final project?

What did you do least well in this project?

What did you find was the hardest part?

What was the most important thing you learned in doing this assessment task?

If you had more time to complete the task, would you change anything? What would you change, and why?

Closure:

Share one of your pluses and deltas with one of your peers that you evaluated.