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Creative Writing
<div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You have found your way to your source of class information for your Creative Writing class, whether it is Period A-1, B-1 or B-4. </span></div> <div align="left"> ________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div></div> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div>END OF SCHOOL YEAR INFO:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Your Final Exam consists of two parts:</div> <div>- The revised version of your latest short story </div> <div>- A conference with Mr. Callison about a short piece of your writing that you are particularly pleased with </div> <div><br /> </div> </span> <div></div> <div></div> </span> <div>___________________________________________________________________________ </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><img src="webkit-fake-url://D1818DE1-0044-4F25-A27F-82DC32B821EC/wallace-and-gromit-rabbit.jpg" alt="wallace-and-gromit-rabbit.jpg" /></p> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><strong> Its been a really fun year, guys. Thank you.</strong></span></div> <div align="left">____________________________________________________________________________________ </div> <div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><br /> </strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><br /> </strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><br /> </strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><br /> </strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><br /> </strong></span></font></div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Monday May 4</span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- - Peer feedback regarding your Two Photo Poems (from second set of photos;</span></font></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; "> <div> I liked, Should expand, Could be stronger) for each of the two. <span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">HOMEWORK:</span></span> Typed versions (and electronic versions) of the two poems are due Wednesday.</div> <div><strong>-Journal 20:</strong> Dialogue exercise, two people, benefits of college education</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Tuesday May 5</span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>B-1 and B-4:</strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-weight: normal; ">- I.R.</span></strong></span></font></div> </span></div> <div><span style="font-weight: bold; ">-Journal 20: </span>Reaction to article titled "Dude, You've Got Problems"</div> <div>Journals 16-20 will be due Thursday</div> <div><strong>-</strong>Typed versions (and electronic versions) of last two poems are <span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">due</span></span> by Thursday at latest</div> <div>-Typed drafts of short stories will be <span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">due</span></span> next week</div> <div><br /> </div> <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Wednesday, May 6</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> </span></span></font></div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- Journals 16-20 are due today (self-scored)</span></font></div> </span> <div>- Revised/typed versions (and electronic versions) of last two photo poems are <span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">due</span></span> by Friday at latest</div> <div>-Typed drafts of short stories will be <span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">due</span></span> next week</div> <div>- Loose sheet reaction to article titled "Dude, You've Got Problems"</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Thursday, May 7</span></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>B-1 and B-4</strong></span></span></span></div> </span></span></span></span> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div>-<strong>Journals 16-20 <span style="font-weight: normal; ">are due today (self-scored)</span></strong></div> <div>- Revised/typed versions (and electronic versions) of last two photo poems are <span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">due today</span></span></div> <div>-Typed drafts of short stories will be <span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">due</span></span> next week</div> <div>- Class-devised criteria for short story grading (pick three)</div> <div> (3-Part Structure and Mechanics are mandatory for both classes)</div> <div><strong>B-1:</strong></div> <div>Effort, Dialogue, Creativity, Believable-ness, Dialogue, Length, Plot, Character Development, Thought Process of Character</div> <div><strong>B-4: </strong>Conflict, Imagery, Dialogue, Avoid Formula, Character Development,Hook,</div> <div>Sunglasses, Satisfying Conclusion, Effort</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Courier; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Fri</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">day, May 8</span></span> (noon release)</div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">A-1:</span></div> <div><font face="Arial"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-weight: normal; "> <div>- Revised/typed versions (and electronic versions) of last two photo poems are <span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">due</span></span> </div> <div> <div>- Class-devised criteria for short story grading (pick three)</div> <div> (3-Part Structure and Mechanics are mandatory for both classes)</div> <div>-Notecard assignment</div> </div> <div>-Typed drafts of short stories will be <span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">due</span></span> Monday</div> </span></strong></font></div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div> </div> </span></span></strong></span></font></div> </div> <div>_______________________________________________________________________________ </div> <div align="left"><br /> </div> <div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Monday April 27</span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>A-1 </strong>(Callison out sick)</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-weight: normal; ">- I.R.</span></strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">-Work time on short stories</span></font></div> </span></span></font></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-Written</span> p<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">eer</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; "> feedback regarding your outline is due</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">(I liked, Should expand, Could be stronger)</span></div> </span></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- Two Poems overdue </span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Tuesday April 28</span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>B-1 and B-4:</strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-weight: normal; ">- I.R.</span></strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">-Work time on short stories</span></font></div> </span></span></font></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-Written</span> p<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">eer</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; "> feedback regarding your outline is due</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">(I liked, Should expand, Could be stronger)</span></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Wednesday, April 29</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> </span></span></font></div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- 3-paragraph peer feedback due</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- conference w/ Callison re your story progress</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Thursday, April 30</span></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>B-1 and B-4</strong></span></span></span></div> </span></span></span></span> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div>-<strong>Journal 19:</strong> Dialogue exercise, two people, benefits of college education</div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- Story outlines into rough drafts</span></font></div> <div>-Fourth Period got to four or five student films</div> </div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Fri</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">day, May 1</span></div> <span style="font-family: Times; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><font face="Arial"><strong>B-1 and B-4</strong></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">- IR</span></font></div> <div>- B-4 did a Share-Out on Journal 19</div> <div>- Peer feedback regarding your Two Photo Poems (from second set of photos;</div> <div> I liked, Should expand, Could be stronger) for each of the two.</div> <div><span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">HOMEWORK:</span></span> Typed versions (and electronic versions) of the two poems are due Tuesday.</div> <div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-B-1 did some judging of student films for the 505 Contest</span></font></div> </span></span></span></span></div> </span></strong></span></font></div> </span></span></div> </span></font></div> </span> </span></font></div> </span></strong></span></font></div> </div> <div>________________________________________________________________________________ </div> <div align="left"><br /> </div> <div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Monday April 20 </span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- A Letter to Mr. C. about my I.R. in the last month (collected)</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong>-Journal 19:</strong> reactions / inspiration from second photo set; 5 choices</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 16px; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- An outline from Quick Writes last Wednesday (just started; 5 min.)</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">1. character is "up the tree"</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">2. rocks are thrown at character</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">3. character down from tree</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Tuesday April 21</span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>B-1:</strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- Using your Journal 18 brainstorm, create two pieces (to be graded on effort)</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">that connect to the second set of photos </span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">-Quick Write outlines/ideas from Quick Writes (up the tree, etc.) need a stamp for credit, then get an additional grade for your first draft</span></font></div> </span></strong></span></font></div> </span></span></font></div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">B-4:</span> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong></strong></span></font></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"></font></div> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Outlines need a stamp</span></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- IR Letters are still due</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><strong>For Thursda</strong></span>y:</span></font></div> </span> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"></font></div> <div></div> </span> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- Using your Journal 18 brainstorm, create two pieces (to be graded on effort)</span></div> <span style="font-family: Times; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">that connect to the second set of photos </span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">-Quick Write outlines/ideas from Quick Writes (up the tree, etc.) need a stamp for credit, then get an additional grade for rough draft</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Wednesday, April 22</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> </span></span></font></div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 16px; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- An outline from Quick Writes last Wednesday (get a stamp for credit)</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">1. character is "up the tree"</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">2. rocks are thrown at character</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">3. character down from tree</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 16px; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- Using your Journal 18 brainstorm, create two pieces (to be graded on effort)</span></div> <span style="font-family: Times; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">that connect to the second set of photos </span></font></div> </span></span></span></font></div> </span></span></font></div> </span></span></font></div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Thursday, April 23</span></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>B-1 and B-4</strong></span></span></span></div> </span></span></span></span> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- Story outlines into rough drafts:</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">You need feedback from me, and written feedback from a classmate</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- Two poems from second photo set are due</span></font></div> </div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Fri</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">day, April 24 (Half Day)</span></div> <span style="font-family: Times; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>A-1 </strong></span></span></span></div> <div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">- brief IR</span> </font></div> <div>- Three items due today:</div> <div>1. Story Outline w/ stamp</div> <div>2. Two Photo Poems (from second set of photos)</div> <div>3. Peer feedback regarding your outline (I liked, Should expand, Could be stronger)</div> <div><font face="Arial"><br /> </font></div> <div><br /> </div> <div> </div> </span></span></span></span></div> </span></strong></span></font></div> </span></span></div> </span> </span></span></font></div> </span></strong></span></font></div> </div> <div>________________________________________________________________________________ </div> <div align="left"><br /> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Monday April 13 </span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- John Cheever's short story "Reunion" podcast</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">-Assignment: character analysis of Charlie and his father; backside should be short reactions to double-sided handout on <em>Battlestar Galactica</em> and <em>The Wire</em>.</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Tuesday April 14</span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong>B-1:</strong></span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- John Cheever's short story "Reunion" podcast</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- Assignment: character analysis of Charlie and his father; backside should be short reactions to double-sided handout on <em>Battlestar Galactica</em> and <em>The Wire</em>.</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">B-4:</span></span></font></div> </span></strong></span></font></div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- Journal Share-Out postponed to Thurs. for completion</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- We reprised "Reunion" and talked a bit about story arcs</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- Ten-Minute Quick Write / new story brainstorming. What's the conflict?</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Wednesday, April 15</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> </span> </span></font></div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- Journal Share-Out: your conversation with a famous person</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- We reprised "Reunion" and talked a bit about story arcs</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- Ten-Minute Quick Write / new story brainstorming. What's the conflict?</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Thursday, April 16</span></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>B-1 </strong></span></span></span></div> </span></span></span></span> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; "><strong>-Journal 18:</strong> reactions / inspiration from second photo set; 8 choices</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- story arcs / 'only two stories'</span></font></div> </span></div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">- Quick Write</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><strong>B-4:</strong></span></span></div> </span></strong></span></font></div> <div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; "><strong>-Journal 18:</strong> reactions / inspiration from second photo set; 4 choices</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- Reactions to double-sided handout on <em>Battlestar Galactica</em> and <em>The Wire</em>.</span></font></div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- Journal Share-Out: ongoing</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Fri</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">day, April 17</span></div> <span style="font-family: Times; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>B-1 </strong></span></span></span></div> </span></span></span></span> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- A Letter to Mr. C. about my I.R. in the last month</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- An outline and beginning from Quick Writes yesterday</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">1. character is "up the tree"</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">2. rocks are thrown at character</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">3. character down from tree</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">-Get suggestions from one classmate</span></font></div> </span></div> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><strong>B-4:</strong></span></span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-Battlestar / Wire pieces are due</span></span></font></div> </span></strong></span></font></div> <div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 16px; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- A Letter to Mr. C. about my I.R. in the last month</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- An outline and beginning from Quick Writes yesterday</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">1. character is "up the tree"</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">2. rocks are thrown at character</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">3. character down from tree</span></font></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">-Get suggestions from one classmate</span></font></div> </span></span></font></div> </div> </span> </span></div> </div> <div>______________________________________________________________________________</div> <div><br /> </div> <div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Monday and Tuesday April 6 and 7 </strong>were testing days for the Juniors</span></span></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Wednesday, April 8 </strong>was an abbreviated day and the conclusion of testing</span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">-IR</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; "><strong>-Journal 18: </strong></span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a"></p> </span></font></div> <span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a"></p> </span></font></div> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a"><span style="text-shadow: 3.0px 3.0px 0.0px #aaaaaa"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Choose some famous person, living or dead, whom you would particularly like to know. </span><br /> Please do your best to choose someone who is famous for something beyond their celebrity.</span></p> </span></font></div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a"><span style="text-shadow: 3.0px 3.0px 0.0px #aaaaaa">-Don’t forget to mention why you chose this individual. <br /> </span></p> <div><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; ">-Imagining that you and this person could meet, write a descriptive sketch about the meeting. Feel free to use dialogue.</span> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><br /> </strong></span></font></div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Thursday, April 9</span></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>B-1:</strong></span></span></span></div> </span></span></span></span> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; "><strong>-Journal 17: </strong></span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a; "></p> </span></font></div> <span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a; "></p> </span></font></div> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a; "><span style="text-shadow: #aaaaaa 3px 3px 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Choose some famous person, living or dead, whom you would particularly like to know. </span><br /> Please do your best to choose someone who is famous for something beyond their celebrity.</span></p> </span></font></div> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a; "><span style="text-shadow: #aaaaaa 3px 3px 0px; ">-Don’t forget to mention why you chose this individual. <br /> </span></p> <div><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; ">-Imagining that you and this person could meet, write a descriptive sketch about the meeting. Feel free to use dialogue.</span> </div> <div>-<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Share-Out for a participation grade</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">B-4:</span></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; ">- I.R.</span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- John Cheever's short story "Reunion" podcast</span></font></div> <div><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 19px; "><strong>-Journal 17: </strong></span></div> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a; "></p> </span></font></div> <span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a; "></p> </span></font></div> </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Courier; "> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a; "><span style="text-shadow: #aaaaaa 3px 3px 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Choose some famous person, living or dead, whom you would particularly like to know. </span><br /> Please do your best to choose someone who is famous for something beyond their celebrity.</span></p> </span></font></div> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a; "><span style="text-shadow: #aaaaaa 3px 3px 0px; ">-Don’t forget to mention why you chose this individual. <br /> </span></p> <div><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 18px; ">-Imagining that you and this person could meet, write a descriptive sketch about the meeting. Feel free to use dialogue.</span> </div> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div>-<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Share-Out for a participation grade</span></div> <div></div> </span> <div><font face="'Comic Sans MS'"><br /> </font></div> </span></span></span></div> </span> </strong></span></font></div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; ">Friday, April 10 - no classes - Vernal Holiday</span></div> <div><br /> </div> <div> </div> </span></span></span></div> <div>___________________________________________________________________________________ </div> <div align="left"><br /> </div> <div> <div align="left"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; "><span style="color: #993366; ">Week Six of Six Week Grading Period</span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Monday, March 30</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">A-1:</span></strong></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; "><span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">DUE: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Six poems, typed, one to correspond with each of the six photos for Lit Mag.</span></span></span></span></strong></span></font></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">- I.R.</span></div> </span> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>- Journal #16:</strong></span></font></div> </div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"></font></div> </div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; ">Using the Quote Sheet, discuss the writing and structure of <em>Stranger Than Fiction </em></span></font></div> </div> <div>-<span style="font-size: 19px; ">Literary Magazine Submissions of your choice are due Friday. You need to bring it saved on your thumb drive AND in hard copy form.</span></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div> </div> </span> <div></div> <div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Tuesday, March 31</strong></span></span></div> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><strong>B-1 and B-4</strong></span></div> <div>- I.R.</div> <div><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; "><span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; ">DUE: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Six poems, typed, one to correspond with each of the six photos for Lit Mag.</span></span></span></span></strong></span></font></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">- B-1 took care of <strong>Journal 16</strong> (see above) and B-4 did a Share-Out</span></font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; "> <div>-<span style="font-size: 19px; ">Literary Magazine Submissions of your choice are due Friday. You need to bring it saved on your thumb drive AND in hard copy form.</span></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Wednesday, April 1</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-IR</div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-Six Poem Set Share-Out for participation grade</div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-read article "Yes, We Have No Bananas", short discussion of non-fiction</div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> <span style="color: #ff0000; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> </span><span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 16px; ">-<span style="font-size: 19px; ">Literary Magazine Submissions of your choice are due Friday. You need to bring it saved on your thumb drive AND in hard copy form.</span></span></div> <div></div> </span> <div></div> </span> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; "> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Thursday, April 2</strong></span></span></div> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt; ">B-1:</span></div> <div>- I.R.</div> </span></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-Six Poem Set Share-Out for participation grade</span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-read article "Yes, We Have No Bananas", short discussion of non-fiction</div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> <span style="color: #ff0000; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> </span><span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 16px; ">-<span style="font-size: 19px; ">Literary Magazine Submissions of your choice are due today. You need to bring it saved on your thumb drive AND in hard copy form.</span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="color: #000000; "><span style="color: #000000; "><span style="font-size: 18pt; ">B-4:</span></span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family: Times; "> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div> I.R.</div> </span></span></div> <div><span style="color: #ff0000; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 16px; ">-<span style="font-size: 19px; ">Literary Magazine Submissions of your choice are due today. You need to bring it saved on your thumb drive AND in hard copy form.</span></span></div> <div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-read article "Yes, We Have No Bananas", short discussion of non-fiction</span></div> </span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> <span style="color: #ff0000; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> </span><span style="color: #ff0000; "><span style="color: #ff0000; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="color: #000000; "><span style="color: #000000; ">-Regarding non-fiction, watched approx 20 min. promo for <em>The Wire</em></span><em></em></span><em></em></div> <div> </div> </span></span></span> </font></div> <div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Friday, April 3</span></div> <div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><strong>A-1</strong></font></div> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; "> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div>I.R.</div> <div><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Times; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><span style="font-size: 16px; ">-<span style="font-size: 19px; ">Literary Magazine Submissions of your choice are due today. You need to bring it saved on your thumb drive AND in hard copy form.</span></span></div> <div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">-Short discussion of non-fiction</span></div> <div><font color="#000000" face="'Comic Sans MS'">-Journal 17:</font></div> <div><font color="#000000" face="'Comic Sans MS'"> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a"><span style="text-shadow: 3.0px 3.0px 0.0px #aaaaaa">Henry David Thoreau defended the right of an individual to be out of step with the rest of society:<br /> (“…perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”) In what ways do you think this applies to you? </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Tahoma; color: #0a0a0a"><span style="text-shadow: 3.0px 3.0px 0.0px #aaaaaa">What are the pains and pleasures associated with it?</span></p> </font></div> </span></div> <div> </div> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></div> </span></span></span></font></div> </span></span></div> </span> </div> </span></span></span></span></font></div> </div> <div>_______________________________________________________________________________ </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="COLOR: #993366">Week Five of Six Week Grading Period</span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>Monday, March 16</strong> </span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">A-1:</span></strong></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><br /> - <em>Stranger Than Fiction</em> notecards: five words plus reaction</span> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Six photos for Literary Mag: short reactions followed by "frenzy of productivity"</div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><br /> </div> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>Tuesday, March 17</strong></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="Comic Sans MS">- I.R.</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><br /> <font face="Comic Sans MS">- <em>Stranger Than Fiction</em> (B-1 to 1:19 mark, B-4 to 1:15)</font></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong></strong></span></span> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Wednesday, March 18</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong>A-1</strong></span></font></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-IR</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-Individual Writing Time</div> </span> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">HOMEWORK (due after Spring Break)</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">For Monday, the 30th: Six poems, typed, one to correspond with each of the six photos. (Story form can be negotiated for extra credit.)</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">1. Eyes</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">2. Skull</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">3. Butterfly</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">4. Skyline</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">5. El Camino</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">6. Hidden Pathway</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial"><br /> </font></div> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Thursday, March 19 (Assembly Schedule)</strong></span></span></div> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div>B-1, B-4 (Both Classes)</div> <div>- I.R.</div> </span> <div></div> <div><span style="font-size: 19px; ">- <em>Stranger Than Fiction</em> to end. Notecards: five words plus reaction</span></div> <div><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; "> <div><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Friday, March 20</strong></span></span></div> <div></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div>(both classes)</div> <div>I.R.</div> </span></span></span></font></div> <div> <span style="font-size: 19px; ">-Individual Writing Time</span></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">HOMEWORK (due after Spring Break)</div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">For Tuesday, the 31st: Six poems, typed, one to correspond with each of the six photos. (Story form can be negotiated for extra credit.)</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">1. Eyes</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">2. Skull</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">3. Butterfly</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">4. Skyline</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">5. El Camino</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><font face="Arial">6. Hidden Pathway</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><strong>B-4 also did Journal #16: </strong></span></font></div> </div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"></font></div> </div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div class="apt" align="left" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> <div><font face="Arial" size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px;">Using the Quote Sheet, discuss the writing and structure of <em>Stranger Than Fiction </em></span></font></div> </div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 18pt; ">Spring Break March 23-27</span></div> </span> <div></div> </span> <div></div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">_______________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><br /> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="COLOR: #993366">Week Four of Six Week Grading Period</span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>Monday, March 9</strong> </span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">A-1:</span></strong></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><br /> -Journals returned</span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-Typed Version of Lyric Inspiration assignment due</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-"A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor to end; up to #4 on 7 Study Questions for discussion</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Tuesday, March 10:</strong></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><strong>B-1:</strong></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.</span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-"A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor to end</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">- 7 Study Questions turned in; no discussion yet</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><strong>B-4:</strong></div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.</span> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-"A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-Practice with Tone</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">- Last Four out of 7 Study Questions assigned and partly discussed; not turned in yet</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><strong></strong> </div> </div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Wedne</strong></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>sday, March 11:</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>A-1:</strong></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">(Callison out)</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-IR</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-<em>Stranger Than Fiction</em> to approx 1 hour mark</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>Thursday, March 12</strong></span> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>B-1:</strong></span></div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-IR</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-"A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor: </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> 7 Study Questions peer-scored and turned in</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-<em>Stranger Than Fiction</em> to approx. :26 mark</div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>B-4:</strong></span> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-IR</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-"A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">last four Study Questions turned in</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-<em>Stranger Than Fiction</em> to approx. :19 mark</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>Friday, March 13</strong> <div>A-1:</div> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-IR</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left">-<em>Stranger Than Fiction</em> finished just at end of period</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'" align="left"> </div> </div> </span></span></div> </div> <strong></strong></div> <strong> </strong></span><strong></strong></div> <strong> </strong> <div align="left">______________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="COLOR: #993366">Week Three of Six Week Grading Period</span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>Monday, March 2</strong> </span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">A-1:</span></strong> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><br /> -Journals 11-15 due with accurate self-score</span> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Draft of Lyric Inspiration assignment due</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, March 3</strong></font></span></strong></span><strong> </strong> </span> <div> <font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">B-1:</span></strong> </span></font></div> <font face="Arial"></font></span></div> <font face="Arial"></font> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.</span> <div>- 'Forrester' Reaction Piece due</div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Draft of Lyric Inspiration assignment due</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>B-4:</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.</span> </span> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Draft of Lyric Inspiration assignment due</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">We read "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor; brief discussion and a notecard following<br /> <br /> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>Wednesday, March 4</strong></span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">A-1:</span></strong> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R. </span><br /> - Guided Quickwrite w/downshift: "It makes me mad when..."</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">We read "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor and didn't quite finish</span> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><br /> Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, March 5</strong></font></span></strong></span><strong> </strong> </span></span></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">B-1, B-4:</span></strong> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R. </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Draft of Lyric Inspiration assignment due</span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Bring something to read to us tomorrow</span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Guided Quick-Write ("It really makes me mad when...") w/ Downshift</span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">We read "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor almost to end</span> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong></strong></span></div> </div> </font> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong><br /> Friday, March 6</strong></span> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div> <strong>B-1, B-4:</strong></div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- IR</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Share-Out of your own material; if you can't manage that, then of something impressive that you read on your own recently.</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Journal 17: <br /> _______________________________________________________________________________ </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="COLOR: #993366">Week Two of Six Week Grading Period</span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>Monday, February 23</strong> </span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">A-1:</span></strong> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.; </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Reading Logs will be due Wednesday</span></span></div> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Watched <em>Finding Forrester</em> to 1:37</span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 24</strong></font></span></strong></span><strong> </strong> </span></span></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">B-1:</span></strong> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.; </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Reading Logs will be due Thursday</span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Watched <em>Finding Forrester</em> to 1:26</span> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">B-4:</span></strong></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.; </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Reading Logs will be due Thursday</span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Watched <em>Finding Forrester</em> to end</span> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Quotes assignment</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><strong>Wednesday, February 25</strong> </span></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">A-1:</span></strong> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Reading Log Equivalent: </span> <div>-Your score out of 60 points</div> <div>-A Letter to Mr. C explaining why you like the book (don't summarize the plot).</div> <div>-Convince me you read the pages you listed</div> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Watched <em>Finding Forrester</em> to end</span> </div> <div>-Journals 11-15 will be due Monday</div> <div>-Journal 15 is a Reaction / Review of 'Forrester' - incorporate quotes (from handout) , or don't</div> </span></div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 26</strong></font></span></strong></span><strong> </strong> </span></span></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">B-1:</span></strong> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.; </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Reading Log Equivalent due:</span> <div>-Your score out of 60 points</div> <div>-A Letter to Mr. C explaining why you like the book (don't summarize the plot).</div> <div>-Convince me you read the pages you listed</div> </span></div> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Watched <em>Finding Forrester</em> from 1:26</span> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">B-4:</span></strong></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- I.R.; </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><br /> Reading Log Equivalent due: </span> <div> <div>-Your score out of 60 points</div> <div>-A Letter to Mr. C explaining why you like the book (don't summarize the plot).</div> <div>-Convince me you read the pages you listed</div> </div> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- 'Forrester' / quotes assignment due</div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">-Lyric Incorporation draft due</div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </div> </div> </font> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">Frida</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 27 - Next Step Day - no classes scheduled</strong></font></span></strong></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> </font> <div align="left">___________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="COLOR: #993366">Week One of Second Six Week Grading Period</span></span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 17</strong></font></span></strong></span><strong> </strong> </span></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>B-1:</strong></span></div> </font> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">- Journals 11-15 will be due Thursday</span></font></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- 'K-12' share-out, cont.</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Music Inspiration Assignment given - have your song chosen and bring lyrics Thursday</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Watched the first 10 minutes of <em>Finding Forrester</em> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>B-4:</strong></span></div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">- Journals 11-15 will be due Thursday</span> <div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Music Inspiration Assignment given - have your song chosen and bring lyrics Thursday</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Watched <em>Finding Forrester</em> to the 1:08 mark</div> </div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><strong>Wednesday, February 18</strong></font></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">A-1:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><br /> - Journal 13: Two different short story beginnings</span> <div> <div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Music Inspiration Assignment given - have your song chosen and bring lyrics Friday</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Watched opening credits only of <em>Finding Forrester</em> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 19</strong></font></span></strong></span><strong> </strong> </span></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>B-1:</strong> <div>- Journal 15: Describe a busy place</div> </span></div> </font> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">- Journals 11-15 are due </span></font></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Music Inspiration Assignment lyrics due</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Watched <em>Finding Forrester</em> to :38 or so</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>B-4:</strong> <div> <div>- Journal 15: Describe a busy place</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">- Journals 11-15 are due </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Music Inspiration Assignment lyrics due</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Watched <em>Finding Forrester</em> to 1:53</div> </div> </span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">Frida</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 20</strong></font></span></strong></span> </div> <div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> A-1</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div> <div>- Journal 14: Describe a busy place</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Music Inspiration Assignment lyrics due</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Watched <em>Finding Forrester</em> to :40</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> ______________________________________________________________________</div> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="COLOR: #993366">Week Six - End of Six Week Grading Period</span></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="COLOR: #993366"> </span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>Monday, February 9</strong></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A-1:</span></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-Continuing work on K-12's; typed version is due Wednesday</span> </span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-Journal 12: Descriptive piece - describe a place you love</span> <div> </div> <div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 10</strong></font></span></strong></span><strong> </strong> </span></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>B-1:</strong></span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-Natalie Goldberg on original detail</span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-Sherman Alexie's "Indian Education"</span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-Most chose My K-12 over My Shoe History (to be typed; due Friday the 13th); will be workshopped on Thursday</span></div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>B-4:</strong></span></div> </font> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-Natalie Goldberg on original detail</span></div> </div> </div> <div align="left">- <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Either</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"> "My K-12" or "My Shoe History": Typed version due Thursday the 12th</span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">to be workshopped.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"> -credit for progress given today.</span></div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS">- Journal 14: Descriptive piece - describe a place you love </font> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><strong>Wednesday, February 11</strong></font></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">A-1:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><br /> - "My K-12" or "My Shoe History": Typed version due today</span></div> <div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Peer Response on 'K-12'</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Shareout, 'K-12'</span></div> <div> </div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: ">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 12</strong></font></span></strong></span><strong> </strong> </span></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">B-1:</span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">- Journal 14: Descriptive piece - describe a place you love </span></div> </font> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">- 'My K-12' or 'My Shoe History' Typed version due Friday the 13th</span></font> <div>B-4:</div> </div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS"></font> <font face="Comic Sans MS">"My K-12" or "My Shoe History": Typed version due today</font> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Peer Response on 'K-12'</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Shareout, 'K-12'</span> <div> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">Frida</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 13</strong></font></span></strong></span> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> B-1, B-4</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- 'My K-12' or 'My Shoe History' due </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Peer Response on 'K-12' also due</span></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Shareout, 'K-12' - 1st Period didn't finish, 4th Period did</span> <div>-Fourth watched the first 21 minutes of <em>Finding Forrester</em></div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> _________________________________________________________________________</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>(Week Five, Term One, Semester Two)</strong> <div> </div> </span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Monday, February 2</strong> </font></div> <font face="Arial"></font> <div class="apt" align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">A-1:</span></font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><br /> -Twilight pce. due </span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Quick Write #?</span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"> <div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Short Fiction: your story continued?</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 3</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> </strong> </font></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">B-1, B-4:</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-The syntax, spelling and vocabulary lecture for B-1</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Quick Write, Share-Out</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Journal Thirteen: Two new story beginnings (for B-4 the first was a shoe story)</span> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial"><strong>Wednesday, February 4</strong></font></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">A-1:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><br /> - A story involving a shoe, on a loose sheet, handed in</span> <div>-Share-out of shoe stories</div> <div> </div> <div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 5</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> </strong> </font></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">B-1:</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- A story involving a shoe, on a loose sheet, handed in </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">B-4: </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Sherman Alexie's "Indian Education"</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Most chose My K-12 over My Shoe History (to be typed. not collected)</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">Frida</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, February 6</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> </strong> </font></div> </font></div> </div> </div> </font></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> A-1:</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Sherman Alexie's "Indian Education"</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- 'My K-12' or 'My Shoe History' (to be typed. not collected)</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div align="left">________________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>(Week Four, Term One, Semester Two)</strong> <div> </div> </span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Monday, January 26</strong> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">A-1:</span></div> </font></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Practice with screenplay format<br /> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Your Poetry Assignment, Version Two: <span style="COLOR: #ff0000">due Wednesday.</span> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">Your example poem, typed, with the instructions/grading clearly stated, on the same sheet.</div> <br /> </span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 27 - </strong> </font></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">B-1, B-4:</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Journal Twelve: Reaction/Response to a Chagall painting, a Keith Jarrett tune, and a photo of the Tokyo Skyline</span></div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> - "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Wednesday, January 28</strong> </font> <div><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">A-1:</span></font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><br /> - Your Poetry Assignment, Version Two: <span style="COLOR: #ff0000">due today.</span> </span></div> </div> <div class="apt" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">(Your example poem, typed, with the instructions/grading clearly stated, on the same sheet.)</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> - "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson - one-page response collected</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Homework: "Twilight" related poem on a notecard</div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 29 - </strong> </font></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">B-1, B-4:</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson revisited</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Practice with screenplay format: using The Dark Knight as your template, re-write your Smooth Talk ending in screenplay format.</span> <div>(B-4 got the "subtle" lecture on connections between spelling, syntax, vocabulary and reading)</div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">Frida</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 30 - </strong> </font></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">B-1, B-4:</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-I.R.</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-the <em>Twilight</em> phenomenon reaction piece</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Open Mic. (if you like) B-1 did not get to it - first thing Tuesday</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-start considering your short story: Short Fiction: your story continued?</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> </font></div> </font></div> </div> </font> <div align="left">_____________________________________________________________________________</div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">(third week of second semester)</div> <div class="apt" align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Monday, January 19 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - </strong>No Classes<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><br /> </span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 20 - </strong> </font></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">B-1, B-4:</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Reading Logs Due ( /60 points)</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Journal Eleven: Your thoughts on MLK, Jr. Day back-to-back w/ Obama's inauguration</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Your Poetry Assignment, Version Two: <span style="COLOR: #ff0000">due Thursday.</span> Your example poem, typed, with the instructions/grading clearly stated, on the same sheet.</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <font face="Arial"><strong>Wednesday, January 21<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: </strong></font></div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> - Reading Logs Due ( /60 points)</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-Two-sided assignment due: One side are your If-You-Were poems, </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">Side two is your poetry assignment idea, with an example of your own.</div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 22</strong></font></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong></div> </font> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">- Your Poetry Assignment, Version Two: <span style="COLOR: #ff0000">due </span> <div>-Literary Magazine name contest for a bag o' cash - <span style="COLOR: #ff6600">due</span> on a notecard</div> <div>-A few screenwriting terms, and a look at the format</div> <div>(6 or 8 pages of <em>The Dark Knight</em>)</div> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">Frida</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 23</strong> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">A-1:</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">- Journal Eleven: Reaction/Response to a Chagall painting, a Keith Jarrett tune, and a photo of the Tokyo Skyline</span></div> </font> <div>-Literary Magazine name contest for a bag o' cash - <span style="COLOR: #ff6600">due</span> on a notecard</div> <div>-A few screenwriting terms, and a look at the format</div> (one scene of <em>The Dark Knight)</em><br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> (Poetry Assignment v. 1 not returned yet)</div> </font> <div align="left">_______________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">(second week of second semester)</span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><strong><font face="Arial">Monday, January 12<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: </font></strong><br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> <font face="Comic Sans MS">-You are the screenwriter, and a rewrite is your task.<br /> Two Parts:<br /> 1. Vent<br /> 2. Create your alternate ending to <em>Smooth Talk</em></font></div> <font face="Comic Sans MS"> <div class="apt" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 13 - NM State Competency Exam</strong></font> - No Classes</div> <div class="apt" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Wednesday, January 14<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </strong></font><font face="Comic Sans MS">- Alternate Endings to <em>Smooth Talk</em> due; Share-out for those who didn't get a participation grade reading through their One-Acts</font></div> <div class="apt" align="left">-You design the poetry assignment - due on a notecard</div> <div class="apt" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 15</strong> </font></div> <font face="Arial"> <div class="apt" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong></div> </font> <div class="apt" align="left">-Reading Logs for all classes will be due Tuesday and Wednesday, the 20th and 21st</div> <div class="apt" align="left">-You design the poetry assignment - due with your notecard (B-1)<br /> -Two-sided assignment due: One side is your If-You-Were poem, Side two is your poetry assignment idea, with an example of your own.</div> <div class="apt" align="left"> </div> <div class="apt" align="left"> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">Frida</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 16 - Cluster In-Service Day</strong></font> - No Classes</div> </div> <div class="apt" align="left"> </div> </font> <div class="apt" align="left"><br /> </div> <div align="left">__________________________________________________________________________________</div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: #ff0000; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">SECOND SEMESTER</div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Monday, January 5:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br /> </strong>(No heat in classroom to start day)<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -Journals, Finals, Grades<br /> -One-Act Plays: Job Interview</span></div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left"> </div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 6:</strong></font> </div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> </div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -Journals, Finals, Grades<br /> -Film version of the J.C. Oates story - "Smooth Talk" (B-1 to :52, B-4 to 1:03)<br /> <br /> <strong><font face="Arial">-Wednesday, January 7:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br /> Assembly Schedule <br /> </font></strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-I.R.</span><br /> -Film version of the J.C. Oates story - "Smooth Talk" to end; no writing on it yet<br /> <br /> </span></div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 8:</strong></font> </div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> </div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -Film version of the J.C. Oates story - "Smooth Talk" to end<br /> -You are the screenwriter, and a rewrite is your task.<br /> Two Parts:<br /> 1. Vent<br /> 2. Create your alternate version<br /> <br /> </span></div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">Frida</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, January</strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong> 9:</strong></font> (also a "B" day)</div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> </div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -You Are the Screenwriter / alternate endings of "Smooth Talk" due<br /> -Share-out<br /> -You design the poetry assignment <br /> </span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <div align="left">___________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><strong>(A-1)<br /> Monday, December 15:</strong> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Practice Quiz / Wake-up Call - Poetry Terms for Final</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Dylan Thomas: "A Child's Christmas in Wales"</span></div> </font></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">(Final Exam for this class is 9:15-10:45 am on </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Wednesday, December 17)<br /> </span></span></div> <div align="left"><strong> </strong> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>(B-1, B-4)</strong></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, </strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong>December 16: Snow Day / extra Study Time</strong></font></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong><br /> </strong></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>Finals for the two B Day classes will consist of Journals and the Test of Poetry Terms</strong></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><strong>-</strong>Journal 10: will be completed during Final period<br /> -Journal Self-Score (40 points each, total of 200 possible) on Journals 6-10</font><br /> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong>B-1: Final Exam for this class is 9:15-10:45 am on Thur</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong>sday, December 18<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </strong></span><strong>B-4 : Final Exam for this class is 10:25-11:55 am on Fri</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong>day, December 19</strong><br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </span></span></div> </div> <div align="left">____________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial"> Last day of First Semester is December 16; Finals are Dec. 17-19<br /> Monday, December 8:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -Quick Write #5<br /> -We read the Joyce Carol Oates story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" together as a class, and finished just as the bell rang.</span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, </strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong>December 9:</strong></font> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -List of Poetry Terms - definitions to be found by you. These will be on the Final Exam.<br /> -Another run at Journal Eight<br /> </span></div> <div align="left"> -<font face="Comic Sans MS">Joyce Carol Oates story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" read to selves; not quite finished, not discussed.</font> <div> </div> </div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Times New 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Roman">Wednesd</font>a</font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></strong></span></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></strong></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></strong></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></strong></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></strong></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></strong></span></font>y, December </span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></strong></span></font></font></span></font>10:</font></span></font></font></span></font></font></strong></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></span></font></font></strong></span></font></font></span></font><br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font></span></font></font></span></font></font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -Guided Quick Write/Informal Poem "Cold Morning" (collected)<br /> -List of Poetry Terms - definitions to be found by you. These will be on the Final Exam.<br /> -We revisited the Joyce Carol Oates story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" </span> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Journal 10 (Part A, 100 words) is a reaction to the story after first reading, without discussion</span></div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Journals will be due Friday</span></div> <div align="left"> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">y, </strong></font></span></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong>December 11:</strong></font> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><br /> -We revisited the Joyce Carol Oates story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" </span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-<strong>Journal Nine</strong> (Part A, 100 words) is a reaction to the story after first reading, without discussion;</span> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Part B is a reaction after discussion (the other 100 words).</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Slam Poetry Judging - Team Competition; Judging Sheets due</span></div> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><br /> </div> <div align="left"> Fri<strong><font face="Arial">day, December 12:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" discussion<br /> <strong>-Journal 10,</strong> Part B is a reaction after discussion (the other 100 words).<br /> -Journal Self-Score (40 points each, total of 200 possible) on Journals 6-10<br /> -<strong>Journals Due<br /> </strong>-Slam Poetry Judging: finished DVD, judging sheets due<br /> <br /> </span>____________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial">*Week Five of Six Week Grading Period*<br /> Monday, December 1:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -Reading Logs Due: list and total pages (50 pages = 15 points. Give total /60)</span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Literary Magazine input due: Your vision for the magazine, what you would prefer to contribute, an idea for the title, how writing and art should be judged, ideas for how money might be raised-Collected</span> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Slam Poetry (handout) and intro to judging. Watched semifinals: Eric Darby(x2) Beau Sia (x2) and class ended before Xero Skidmore's piece finished once.</span></div> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"> </span></span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong>Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong>y, December 2:</strong></font> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> <div><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -Reading Logs Due: list and total pages (50 pages = 15 points. Give total /60) <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Literary Magazine input due: Your vision for the magazine, what you would prefer to contribute, an idea for the title, how writing and art should be judged, ideas for how money might be raised-Collected</span> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Slam Poetry (handout) and intro to judging.</span> B-1 did no scoring; watched E. Darby twice before running out of time. <div> </div> </div> </span></div> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"> <font face="Comic Sans MS">-have not gotten to Joni Mitchell lyrics yet</font><br /> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><font face="Arial"><br /> <strong>-Wednesday, December 3:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br /> </strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-I.R., share-out<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </span></font></div> <font face="Arial"></font> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Slam Finals DVD and judging</span> (once through, not turned in or discussed yet)</span> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"> </span></div> <div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong>Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong>y, December 4:</strong></font> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Slam Finals DVD and judging</span> (once through, not turned in or discussed yet)</span> </span> <div> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Fri</font>da</font></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong>y, December 5:</strong></font> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">B-1, B-4:</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-I.R.</span></div> </div> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><font face="Times New Roman">-</font><strong>Journal Eight:</strong> Analysis of two sets of lyrics: "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" and <br /> "Edith and the Kingpin" (handout)<br /> </span></div> _________________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial">Monday,November 24:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> </span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Stories returned / mini-conferences</span> <div>-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Your poems, shared out loud, conclusion</span> </div> <div align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Notes taken from PowerPoint: Poetry Terms<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong>Journal Nine:</strong> Analysis of two sets of lyrics: "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" and <br /> "Edith and the Kingpin" (handout)<br /> <br /> <strong>Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></strong></span><font face="Arial"><strong>y, November 25:</strong></font> </div> </div> <div align="left"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Stories returned / mini-conferences</span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Your poems, shared out loud</span> </div> </div> <div align="left"> (B-1 read Marjane Satrapi interviews instead of I.R.)</div> <div align="left"><strong>Part 3 of Journal Seven:</strong> What makes a poem work out loud?</div> <div align="left"> -<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Notes taken from PowerPoint: Poetry Terms<br /> <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </span></div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial">Wednesday,November 26:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> -Joni Mitchell lyrics discussed, listened to<br /> <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> <strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></span><font face="Arial">y and Friday November 27 and 28 - Thanksgiving Break</font></strong><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><img alt="" src="/HTMLEdit/HTMLEditor/images/emthup.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></div> <div align="left">_______________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial">Monday,November 17:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> Finished and discussed <em>Persepolis -</em> notes due <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Notecard assignment: a.) In your opinion, what is a poem? b.) What makes a poem one that you like?</span> <div>(not collected yet)</div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><img alt="" src="/HTMLEdit/HTMLEditor/images/face5.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /> HOMEWORK-For Wednesday, bring a poem that you like</span></div> </span></div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> <strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></span><font face="Arial">y, November 18:</font></strong> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>-</strong>Stories returned / mini-conferences</div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>-Journal Seven (Two Parts):</strong> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">an expanded version of the notecard assignment</span></div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"> a.) In your opinion, what is a poem? b.) What makes a poem one that you like?</span></div> <div align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Your poems, shared out loud</span> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial">Wednesday,November 19:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>-</strong>Stories returned / mini-conferences</div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>-Journal Eight (Two Parts):</strong> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">an expanded version of the notecard assignment</span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"> a.) In your opinion, what is a poem? b.) What makes a poem one that you like?</span></div> <div align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Your poems, shared out loud</span> </div> <div align="left"> </div> </span></div> <div align="left"> <strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Thurs<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></span><font face="Arial">y, November 20:</font></strong> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.</span></span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Notecard assignment: Ideas for Film Elements</span> (your ideas for location, prop, character name, background sound, line and costume)</span> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Your Poetry Choices: Share-Out, cont.</span></span></div> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">B-4 read the Marjane Satrapi interview and discussed very briefly</span> <div> </div> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><strong>Friday, November 21:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: </strong><br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"> -<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.</span></span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Notecard assignment: Ideas for Film Elements</span> </span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Your Poetry Choices: Share-Out, cont.</span> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Marjane Satrapi interview read, not discussed</span></div> </span></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"> </div> <div align="left">_____________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial">Monday,November 10:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> -Journal Seven: </span> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Times New Roman">connections to </font> </span></span></font>Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants."</span></div> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></span><font face="Arial">y, November 11: Veteran's Day - No School</font> </strong> <div align="left"><strong> </strong></div> <div align="left"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Wednesday, November 12</strong></span>:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </strong>-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> </span></div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Marjane Satrapi's <em>Persepolis</em> (film version of graphic novel) to 1:07</span></div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><img alt="" src="http://quakeragitator.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/persepolis.jpg" /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><em>Persepolis</em> by Marjane Satrapi</span> </div> <div align="left"> <em><img alt="" src="http://www.tcnj.edu/~rgraham/images/aug-2007/persepolis.jpg" /></em> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong>Thursday, November 13</strong></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">B-1, B-4:</span> </div> <div align="left"> -<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> </span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Marjane Satrapi's <em>Persepolis</em> (film version of graphic novel) </span> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS"></font> </div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Friday, November 14</span></strong></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">B-1, B-4:</span></div> <div align="left"></div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS">-I.R.</font> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS">-Finished and discussed <em>Persepolis -</em> notes due</font></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Notecard assignment: a.) In your opinion, what is a poem? b.) What makes a poem one that you like?</span> <div>(not collected yet)</div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><img alt="" src="/HTMLEdit/HTMLEditor/images/face5.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /> HOMEWORK-For Tuesday, bring a poem that you like</span></div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial">_______________________________________________________________________</font></div> <div align="left"><strong><font face="Arial">Monday,November 3:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </font>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> <div align="left">-Second (corrected and self-scored w/rubric attached) drafts of stories due<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> -Journal Six: share and discuss </div> <div align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">In-class reading of Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." Short reaction paper (not collected) in two parts:</span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">First, your impressions of the story. Second part, what you notice about how the piece is written.</span></div> </span></div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> <strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Tues<font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial">da</font></span><font face="Arial">y, November 4: Election Day - No School</font> </strong></div> <div align="left"><strong> </strong></div> <div align="left"><strong style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Wednesday, November 5:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </strong>-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br /> </span></div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS">-Discussion and re-reading of Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." </font></div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS" align="left">-First mention of the Valley Literary Magazine</div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong>Thursday, November 6</strong></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">B-1, B-4:</span> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Journal Six: share and discuss </span> <div align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">In-class reading of Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." Short reaction paper (not collected) in two parts:</span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">First, your impressions of the story. Second part, what you notice about how the piece is written.</span></div> <div align="left"> </div> </div> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong>Friday, November 7</strong></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">B-1, B-4:</span></div> <div align="left"></div> <div align="left"><font face="Comic Sans MS">-I.R.</font> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-"Hills Like White Elephants" Part Two: Guided Imagery</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">(both assignments handed in)</span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><em>-Persepolis -</em> first 30 min. or so of film version of the graphic novel</span></div> <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </div> <div align="left">_______________________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">(Week Six of the Second Six-Week Grading Period; Grading Period Ends Nov. 3)<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> <strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Monday, October 27:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </strong></span></span><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> -<strong>Journal Six:</strong> finish / share</span> <br /> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">quick story <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">conferences<font size="5">: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">typed draft due Weds.<br /> </span></font>-two short Woody Allen humor pces; hamburger half-sheet reaction to each due <br /> </span></span></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Tuesday, October 28</strong></span></div> <div align="left"> <div><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong></div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-<font face="Comic Sans MS">Two grades given: 1st Stories on time (get a stamp) and <br /> - Full page of comments for a classmate following the rubric</font></span></div> <div align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Second drafts are due Thursday the 28th<br /> -In Period B-1, those without stories for critique read the two short Woody Allen humor pces.<br /> </span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Wednesday, October 29</strong></span></div> <div align="left"> <div><strong>A-1:</strong></div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-<font face="Comic Sans MS">Three grades given: 1st Stories on time (get a stamp) and <br /> - Full page of comments for a classmate following the rubric</font> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Reading Logs self-scored and collected</div> </span></div> <div align="left">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><strong>Second drafts are due Monday</strong>, November 3 for this class</span> <div>didn't get to Woody Allen here, either</div> <br /> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Thursday, October 30</strong></span></div> <div align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> <div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Reading Logs self-scored and collected</div> </div> </div> <div align="left">-Second (corrected and self-scored w/rubric attached) drafts of stories due</div> <div align="left">-Journal #6: Two Parts: 1. <span style="COLOR: #000000"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ccecff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><span style="COLOR: #000000"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3">Do you feel expectations in your classes are too low or too high?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <br /> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3">Be specific and give examples</span></span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3">.</span></span> 2. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ccecff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><span style="COLOR: #000000">Give your definition of an educated person.</span></span> <div class="O" style="mso-margin-left-alt: 528" v:shape="_x0000_s1026"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ccecff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><br /> </span> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Friday, October 31<br /> Next Step Day - No Classes Scheduled<br /> </strong></span></div> <br /> <br /> _________________________________________________________________________________</div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">(Week Five of the Second Six-Week Grading Period; Grading Period Ends Nov. 3)<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> <strong style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Monday, October 20:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1: <br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </strong></span></span><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">I.R.<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> -Journals Returned along w/ second story idea<br /> -Self-selected peer feedback groups<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> -Peer Feedback sheets due end of period<br /> </span></div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-still did not finish "Death Knocks"</span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Tuesday, October 21</strong> </span></div> <div align="left"> <div><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong></div> </div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Rubrics for 1st Short Story Assignment: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Typed Draft due Tuesday, Oct. 28</span></span></span></span></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><font face="Arial"><strong>-</strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Work time in class on stories<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </span><strong>Wednesday, October 22:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1:</strong> </font><br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: ">-Rubrics for 1st Short Story Assignment: Typed Draft due Wednesday, Oct. 29</span></span></span></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">-Work time in class on stories<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> </span></div> <div> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Thursday, October 23</strong> <div align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> <div>-IR</div> </div> <div align="left">-QuickWrite #5 </div> <div align="left">-Portfolio reacquaintance</div> <div align="left">-Two Sherman Alexie short stories as a group</div> </span></div> <div><font face="Arial"><strong><font face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Arial"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: " face="Comic Sans MS">Fri</font>day</font></span></font>, October 24:<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> A-1:</strong> </font><br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> <div>-IR</div> <div align="left">-QuickWrite #5 </div> <div align="left">-Portfolio reacquaintance</div> <div align="left">-Two Sherman Alexie short stories read individually</div> <div align="left"><strong>-Journal Six</strong> topic given - to be written outside class:</div> <div align="left"> Two Parts: 1. <span style="COLOR: #000000"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ccecff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><span style="COLOR: #000000"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3">Do you feel expectations in your classes are too low or too high?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <br /> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3">Be specific and give examples</span></span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3">.</span></span> 2. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ccecff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><span style="COLOR: #000000">Give your definition of an educated person.</span></span> <div class="O" style="mso-margin-left-alt: 528" v:shape="_x0000_s1026"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ccecff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; text-shadow: auto; mso-color-index: 3"><br /> </span>____________________________________________________________________________</div> </div> </div> <div class="apt" align="left">(Week Four of the Second Six-Week Grading Period)<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> <strong>Monday, October 13:<br /> A-1<br /> -</strong>I.R.<br /> -Due: 200 word start on your second story idea - different characters, genre, <br /> setting and action than those in your Journal Entry # 5<br /> </div> <div class="apt" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-still did not finish "Death Knocks"</span></div> <div align="left"><strong>Tuesday, October 14<br /> B-1, B-4: </strong> <div><strong>-</strong>I.R.<br /> -Due: 200 word start on your second story idea - different characters, genre, <br /> setting and action than those in your first story idea. Both are due today.</div> </div> <strong></strong> <div align="left"><br /> <strong>Wednesday, October 15 (PSAT testing in morning, 30-minute classes in afternoon)<br /> A-1: </strong>Sherman Alexie story "Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix..."</div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><strong>Thursday, October 16 - Teacher Training - No School for students</strong></div> <div align="left"><strong></strong> </div> <div align="left"><strong>Friday, October 17 (A "B" Day)</strong> </div> <div align="left"><strong>B-1, B-4</strong> <div>-both story drafts returned</div> </div> <div align="left">-peer group work, with your comments due at end of period</div> <div align="left">-Come ready on Tuesday to talk about the Sherman Alexie story "Because My Father..."<br /> ____________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left"> (Week Three of the Second Six Week Grading Period)<br style="FONT-FAMILY: " /> <strong>Monday, October 6<br /> A-1:<br /> -</strong>Share-out/Participation from Journal #4: Five years after "Killings"<br /> -Notecard assignment: Ideas for what our short stories should be graded on,<br /> plus, from your imagination 2 possible settings, 2 characters and ideas on their motivation<br /> <strong>Tuesday, October 7<br /> B-1, B-4: </strong></div> <div>Notecard assignment/Discussion: what are the elements of a good story?</div> <div>Second side- Your five criteria for grading a short story - the one given is Mechanics</div> <div>-On a loose sheet: Two genre ideas, Three character descriptions, Two possible settings, An action idea or two</div> <div align="left"><strong>Wednesday, October 8<br /> A-1:<br /> </strong>-I.R.</div> <div align="left"><strong>-Journal 5:</strong> A 200-word run at a possible choice for your short story <div> -Journals 1 - 5 Due</div> <div>-"Death Knocks" by Woody Allen</div> <div> </div> </div> <div align="left"> <strong>Thursday, October 9<br /> B-1, B-4: </strong> <div>-I.R. <div align="left"><strong>-</strong> A 200-word run at a possible choice for your short story <div>-"Death Knocks" by Woody Allen</div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><strong>Friday, October 10</strong></div> <div align="left">Fall Break - No School</div> <div align="left"> <div> If you can't be good, be safe.</div> <div> </div> _________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left">(Week Two of the Second Six Week Grading Period)<br /> <strong>Monday, September 29<br /> A-1: </strong></div> <div align="left">-Reading Logs Due; 200 pages = 60 points</div> <div align="left">-Two-sided Character Analysis (Eva and Scott from Freedom Writers) is also due</div> <div align="left">-Discussion of "Totally Like Whatever, You Know?" and "Did I Miss Anything?"</div> <div align="left"><strong>Tuesday, September 30<br /> B-1, B-4: </strong>I.R., Reading Logs returned. The expectation is 50 pages per week for full credit; reading time outside class can be counted. If you are unhappy with this grade, it can be negotiated this first time.</div> <div align="left">- Desks in a circle to read the short story "Killings" by Andre Dubus</div> <div align="left"> <strong>Wednesday, October 1<br /> A-1: </strong> <div align="left">-Reading Logs returned. The expectation is 50 pages per week for full credit; reading time outside class can be counted. If you are unhappy with this grade, it can be negotiated this first time. <div align="left">- Desks in a circle to read the short story "Killings" by Andre Dubus</div> </div> </div> <div align="left"><strong>Thursday, October 2<br /> B-1, B-4: </strong> <div><strong>Journal 5:</strong> taken from "Killings."</div> </div> <div align="left"> <strong>Friday, October 3<br /> A-1: </strong></div> <div align="left"> <strong>Journal #4:</strong> taken from "Killings."</div> <div align="left">_______________________________________</div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"><img style="WIDTH: 481px; HEIGHT: 339px" height="339" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/20/88149194_b7b0b30112.jpg?v=0" width="481" /><img style="WIDTH: 245px; HEIGHT: 381px" height="381" alt="" src="http://gardnerlinn.com/jest.jpg" width="245" /></div> <div align="left"> David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)</div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left">___________________________________________________________________________</div> <div align="left">(Week One of the Second Six Week Grading Period)<br /> <strong>Monday, September 22<br /> A-1: </strong>I.R., <em>Freedom Writers</em> to 1:35 mark<br /> End of grading period; no further late work accepted</div> <div align="left"><strong>Tuesday, September 23<br /> B-1, B-4: </strong>I.R., <em>Freedom Writers</em> to approx. 1:30 mark</div> <div align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>Wednesday, September 24<br /> A-1:</strong> I.R., finished <em>Freedom Writers,</em> essays and haiku returned and filed in portfolios, 2-sided character analysis of Eva and Scott from <em>Freedom Writers</em> due Monday.</span> <div><strong>Thursday, September 25<br /> B-1, B-4:</strong> I.R., </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- Finish watching <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Freedom Writers</em>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-Journal #4: <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Analyzing the Characters Eva and Scott (Ms. G’s husband) from <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Freedom Writers</em>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For each, include all you have on the following seven:</span><br /> -Character Traits (Behavior)<br /> -Appearance<br /> -Motivation<br /> -<em>Changes</em> in Behavior<br /> -Quotes <em>About</em> Character<br /> -Key Actions<br /> -Other Character’s Perceptions of the Character Being Analyzed<o:p></o:p></span> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong>Friday, September 26<br /> B-1, B-4:</strong> <div>I.R.</div> <div>Reading Logs due</div> <div>Journal Four, cont. and discussion</div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">'Totally, Like...' by Taylor Mali</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div> </div> </span></div> <div></div> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://blindingflashes.blogs.com/indiefeed_performancepoet/images/taylor2_s.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blindingflashes.blogs.com/indiefeed_performancepoet/2006/01/taylor_mali_how.html&h=258&w=200&sz=8&hl=en&start=5&usg=__3cvnLDkjF9Y1bkElnggapzxK5Z8=&tbnid=ojEYYx1PXrn4pM:&tbnh=112&tbnw=87&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTaylor%2BMali%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"></a> <img alt="" src="http://www.jamonitpoetry.com/taylor.jpg" /></div> <div> <font face="verdana" size="1">Performance poet <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Taylor Mali </span></font> <div><font face="verdana" size="1"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"What Do Teachers Make?" </span></font>_____________________________________________________________</div> </div> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <div>(Week Six of the Six Week Grading Period)<br /> <strong>Monday, September 15<br /> A-1:<br /> </strong>Haiku Share-Out for a participation grade<br /> 3 Typed Haiku due Wednesday</div> <div>Journal #2 checked</div> <div> <div>Focus on dialogue: Richard Price </div> <div> New vocab and examples of dialogue to be selected from text and turned in. </div> <div><strong>Tuesday, Sept. 16</strong></div> <div><strong>B-1:</strong> 3 Typed Haiku due today</div> <div> <div>Focus on dialogue: Richard Price </div> <div>10 New vocab. words and two examples of pleasing dialogue to be selected from text and turned in;</div> <div>stamp for first part, get definitions on your own.</div> <div><strong>Journal Three:</strong> </div> <div class="O" style="mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1" v:shape="_x0000_s1026"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">200 words, with this as your stem: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">“…his heels hitting heavily on the pavement at first but with an effortless gathering out of a kind of sweet panic growing lighter and quicker and quieter, he runs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><br /> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">Ah: runs. Runs." </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">(John Updike)</span> <div><strong>Wednesday, September 17</strong></div> <div><strong>A-1:</strong> 3 Typed Haiku due today <div> <div>Focus on dialogue: Richard Price </div> <div>10 New vocab. words and two examples of pleasing dialogue to be selected from text and turned in;</div> <div>stamp for first part, get definitions on your own.</div> <div><strong>Journal Three:</strong> </div> <div class="O" style="mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1" v:shape="_x0000_s1026"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">200 words, with this as your stem: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">“…his heels hitting heavily on the pavement at first but with an effortless gathering out of a kind of sweet panic growing lighter and quicker and quieter, he runs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><br /> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">Ah: runs. Runs." </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">(John Updike)</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> 'Totally like' handed out, not read yet</div> <div> <div><strong>Thursday, September 18</strong></div> <div><strong>B-1, B-4:</strong> "Say What?" Vocab. / Dialogue assignment due w/definitions</div> <div>Focus on character: <em>Freedom Writers</em> (2007) to approx. 30 min. mark</div> <div><strong>Friday, September 19</strong> <div><strong>A-1</strong>:"Say What?" Vocab. / Dialogue assignment due w/definitions <div>Focus on character: <em>Freedom Writers</em> (2007) to approx. 30 min. mark</div> </div> </div> </div> <div>__________________________________________________________<br /> (Week Five of the Six Week Grading Period)<br /> <strong>Monday, September 8<br /> A-1:</strong> Independent Reading / Share - Out continued<br /> 'First Seven Years' / Character Analysis of Sobel Essays due<br /> Classmate Assist grade for critique of peer's paper<br /> <strong>Tuesday, September 9<br /> B-1</strong>: Independent Reading / Share - Out for first half of the class<br /> Fire Drill, Portfolios started<br /> "What Do Teachers Make?"<br /> Alternate assignments (Essays on <em>The Cameraman</em>) accepted today in place of 'First Seven Years' pces.<br /> <strong>B-4</strong>: Independent Reading / Share - Out <br /> 'First Seven Years' / Character Analysis of Sobel Essays due<br /> Classmate Assist grade for critique of peer's paper<br /> <strong>Wednesday, September 10<br /> A-1:<br /> </strong>Last Share-Outs<br /> Quick Write Four<br /> <strong>Journal 2:</strong><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">200 words, with this as your beginning:<br /> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">“I will die in Paris, on a rainy day…it will be a Thursday.”</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">(by Cesar Vallejo)</span></div> </div> <div>Introduction to Haiku - three by you to be typed and submitted next week<br /> We started a class share - out of our haiku</div> <div><strong>Thursday, 9/11</strong></div> <div><strong>B-1:</strong>Last IR Share-Outs<br /> Quick Write Four<br /> <strong>Journal 2:</strong><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">200 words, with this as your beginning:<br /> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">“I will die in Paris, on a rainy day…it will be a Thursday.”</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">(by Cesar Vallejo)</span> <div>Introduction to Haiku <br /> Did not get to class share - out of our haiku</div> </div> <div><strong>B-4:</strong>Last IR Share-Outs<br /> Quick Write Four<br /> <strong>Journal 2:</strong><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">200 words, with this as your beginning:<br /> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">“I will die in Paris, on a rainy day…it will be a Thursday.”</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-color-index: 3">(by Cesar Vallejo)</span> </div> <div>Introduction to Haiku - three by you to be typed and submitted next week<br /> We started a class share - out of our haiku</div> <div><strong>Friday, September 12</strong></div> <div><strong>B-1</strong>: Haiku Share - Out for a grade</div> <div>(bring three typed for Tuesday)</div> <div>Focus on dialogue: Richard Price New vocab and examples to be selected from text</div> <div><strong>B-4</strong>: Haiku Share - Out for a grade</div> <div>(bring three typed for Tuesday)</div> <div>-Two quick video examples of performance poetry</div> <div>-Did not get to Richard Price<br /> ______________________________________________<br /> <br /> <br /> (Week Four of grading period)</div> <div><strong>Monday, Sept. 1</strong> - Labor Day Holiday</div> <div><strong>Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept 2 and 3</strong></div> <div>Bernard Malamud's "The First Seven Years"</div> <div>Four paragraph(minimum - feel free to go longer) essay on the character Sobel: two para. on character traits, and one on your reaction to Sobel.</div> <div>Buster Keaton's "The Cameraman" - with focus on the character Keaton plays</div> <div><strong>Thursday and Friday, Sept. 4 and 5<br /> </strong>B-1 cannot make up late essays; alternate assignment is based on <em>The Cameraman</em> <div>B-4's essays are due on Tuesday, the 9th</div> <div>-Classes started portfolios (B-1 yet to do)</div> A-1 got slam intro / "What Do Teachers Make?" and half the class did an IR share-out; their essays are due Monday<br /> ______________________________________<br /> (Week Three of grading period)</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Friday 22 and Monday, the 25th</strong> <div>Indpendent Reading</div> <div>Stems from your IR Book, which lead into</div> <div>Quick Write #3</div> <div>Anne Lamott, excerpt from <u>Bird by Bird</u> <br /> </div> </div> <div><strong>Tuesday and Wednesday, the 26th and 27th</strong></div> <div>IR signups continue</div> <div>Focus on character development</div> <div>A-1 and B-4 used Buster Keaton's <u>The Cameraman</u> as the text; A-1 didn't get as far, and didn't turn in their assignments yet. A-1 got the Reading Log format. </div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Thursday and Friday the 28th and 29th</strong> <div>Bernard Malamud's "The First Seven Years"</div> <div>Four paragraph essay on the character Sobel: two on character traits on one on your reaction to the character.</div> <div>Buster Keaton's "The Cameraman" - with focus on the character Keaton plays</div> </div> <div><br /> <img alt="" src="http://www.abebooks.co.uk/images/RareBooks/women-writers/womenWritersLG.jpg" /></div> <div>____________________________________________________________</div> </span> <div><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Week of Aug. 18-22 (Week Two)</span></span></strong></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>Monday and Tuesday, August 18 and 19</strong> </span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">OK, lets start off with some book lists, since you need to select an Independent Reading choice by the end of the week. There are three criteria for this: I need to approve it, so we can agree it's at an appropriate level for you. It needs to be new to you, meaning you haven't read it before. Finally, and most importantly, it needs to be something you're into. If it isn't, you need to find something else, simple as that. Take the time to make a good choice - you won't regret it.</span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This one is The 100 Best Books for Teens:</span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></span><a href="http://archive.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bestofbest2000.html"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">http://archive.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bestofbest2000.html</span></span></a></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This next site totally rules: there are <em>dozens</em> of useful links here. It's called <br /> Reading Rants!Out of the Ordinary Book Lists for Teens. <br /> Check out the specialized lists down the right margin.</span></span></div> <div><a href="http://www.readingrants.org/"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">http://www.readingrants.org/</span></span></a></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This one is Outstanding Books for the College Bound:</span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/outstandingbooks/outstandingbooks.cfm"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/outstandingbooks/outstandingbooks.cfm</span></span></a></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We went over Journal requirements, and wrote <strong>Journal #1</strong>, which is half your reaction to "Meditations on the South Valley" and half your own version of 'Meditations.' Be prepared to read some of your piece to the class (6-8 lines minimum).</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Wednesday and Thursday, August 20 and 21</strong> <div>-Independent Reading books checked and signed off on for a grade</div> <div>-Your version of the Jimmy Santiago Baca piece out loud to the class: First Period absolutely tore it up!</div> <div>(Good writing, energetic readings, respectful listening.)</div> <div> </div> <div><img alt="" src="http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper1203/stills/492v2276.jpg" /></div> </span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Author and poet Jimmy Santiago Baca </span> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </span> <div></div> <div><strong><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Week of Aug. 12-15 (First week of school)</span></span></strong></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>Tuesday and Wednesday, August 12 and 13</strong> </span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> We got all three classes off on the right foot, it seemed to me. To get the most out of these classes, we established that you have to like to write, or at least not hate it (can I get a "duh"?). In order to write quality material, you need to be reading quality material - all the time. This is also known as "garbage in, garbage out." More about that in a minute. </span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> You will need a Composition Book, a section of your binder, and a thumb drive / memory stick for this class. We had a Q and A session about the class on the first day; I will have some handouts for you with more complete info in a week or so. I had you write a short Biographical Introduction for me; this helps me learn your names more quickly.</span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> We did our first Quick Write / First Thoughts - this is timed free writing, where you can't lift your pen from the page. Did I mention that all your writing in here needs to be in ink? It does. This Quick Write went for a mere five minutes, and you guys did really well with it, I must say.</span> <div> </div> <div><img alt="" src="http://www.swinomish.org/departments/native_lens/images/board_sherman_alexie.jpg" />Sherman Alexie</div> </span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><strong>Thursday and Friday, August 14 and 15</strong> </span></span> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> We took up where we left off with the Quick Writes; if you hadn't already, I had you select a section that you liked. That fragment became the beginning of today's writing practice, which went for 10 minutes. </span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> You need to find an Independent Reading book by our next class meeting. There are three criteria for this: I need to approve it, so we can agree it's at an appropriate level for you. It needs to be new to you, meaning you haven't read it before. Finally, and most imprtantly, it needs to be something you're into. If it isn't, you need to find something else, simple as that.</span></span></div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></span></div> <div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: #7f7c75; border-right-color: #7f7c75; border-bottom-color: #7f7c75; border-left-color: #7f7c75; "> <tbody> <tr> <td width="70%" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: #7f7c75; border-right-color: #7f7c75; border-bottom-color: #7f7c75; border-left-color: #7f7c75; "> <div class="apt"> <div class="apt"> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Your other homework for the weekend was to do what you are doing right now: reading the info on this site. Once you've had a glance around, don't forget to send me an email with your full name and class period number as the title. For the body of the email, simply convince me you've had a look around, and know where to find our class information (right here).</span></span></div> </div> </div> </td> <td width="15%" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: #7f7c75; border-right-color: #7f7c75; border-bottom-color: #7f7c75; border-left-color: #7f7c75; "></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></div> </div>