JOURNAL TOPIC: (today's tunes [they're back!] "Resignation Superman" by
Big Head Todd & The Monsters; "Working Class Hero" by John Lennon;
"My Hero" by Foo Fighters)
Write a vignette featuring a sock puppet-as-hero. (Whether s/he's a
traditional hero, a tragic hero, an anti-hero, or your kind of hero is
up to you.)
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Quiz
3. Gatsby: intro, recap ch.1, read ch.2
HW:
1. Finish ch.2 and read ch.3
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
registration for 2013-14
This is a reminder that juniors in this course will register for next year's courses during periods 1 & 2 tomorrow (Tuesday, April 9) and Wednesday.
Please bring whatever paperwork/ideas/questions you already have and make sure to get the information, paperwork, and courses you need. Tomorrow we will meet in the Sword & Shield; Wednesday we will meet in 608 and the guidance techs will summon students who still need to register.
Please bring whatever paperwork/ideas/questions you already have and make sure to get the information, paperwork, and courses you need. Tomorrow we will meet in the Sword & Shield; Wednesday we will meet in 608 and the guidance techs will summon students who still need to register.
April 8*
JOURNAL TOPIC:
What did you forget about this class over Spring Break, and how will you remember it now?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Essay
ESSAY TOPIC
Writers often highlight the values of a culture or a society by using
characters who are alienated from that culture or society because of gender,
race, class, or creed. Choose a play or novel (BRAVE NEW WORLD)
in which such a character plays a significant role, and show how that
character’s alienation reveals the surrounding society’s assumptions and
moral values.
HW:
1. Reflect on your writing performance today. What did you do well and what could you have done better?
What did you forget about this class over Spring Break, and how will you remember it now?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Essay
ESSAY TOPIC
Writers often highlight the values of a culture or a society by using
characters who are alienated from that culture or society because of gender,
race, class, or creed. Choose a play or novel (BRAVE NEW WORLD)
in which such a character plays a significant role, and show how that
character’s alienation reveals the surrounding society’s assumptions and
moral values.
HW:
1. Reflect on your writing performance today. What did you do well and what could you have done better?
Friday, April 5, 2013
what year is this?
"A group of four
teenage girls in Rochelle, Ga., are raising money to hold an integrated
prom. Which raises the question, 'What year is this?'"
Rest of the story here.
Rest of the story here.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
March 27-28*
JOURNAL TOPIC:
This is one topic for two days. Part I of your story should be on Wednesday, Part II should be on Thursday.
Write a poem or short story in the style of your Modernist author. Reflect back on your author's choice of subject, tone (humorous? melancholy? angry?), and syntax (to the point? flowery/descriptive?). Your story must include the following ingredients: a classroom full of students, a professional drummer, and a sock puppet named Reginald.
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. BRAVE NEW WORLD
HW:
1. Finish BNW
This is one topic for two days. Part I of your story should be on Wednesday, Part II should be on Thursday.
Write a poem or short story in the style of your Modernist author. Reflect back on your author's choice of subject, tone (humorous? melancholy? angry?), and syntax (to the point? flowery/descriptive?). Your story must include the following ingredients: a classroom full of students, a professional drummer, and a sock puppet named Reginald.
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. BRAVE NEW WORLD
HW:
1. Finish BNW
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