Seniors
Extra day to:
Choose two things from the list below. Draw pictures of them in your notebook. Then, look up the conventional symbolism of the object. What does it commonly represent?

Insects Doors and windows Locks and keys Dolls Vampires Ghosts Red Water Moon Birds

Theater  Darkness and light Fire Sun Zombies House Twins Children Mother Forest/woods Mirrors

AP Language - 

1. Based on your brainstorming today, choose an image/advertisement/celebrity or historical figure that represents conformity or rebellion. By 9:00 pm, paste a link to the image and describe in 100 words or less why you chose it on our class blog (link to the right of this post and in the AP tab). Since you only have 100 words, make them good - entertaining and persuasive. Why is this an apt representation of conformity or rebellion? 

2. Complete Multiple Choice test corrections from last week. 

Thanksgiving Break Homework

Seniors - 
1. Thank your guardian/parent for something. Express your gratitude for her/him!
2. Choose two things from the list below. Draw pictures of them in your notebook. Then, look up the conventional symbolism of the object. What does it commonly represent?

Insects Doors and windows Locks and keys Dolls Vampires Ghosts Red Water Moon Birds

Theater  Darkness and light Fire Sun Zombies House Twins Children Mother Forest/woods Mirrors

AP Language

*Announcement! Your classmates took advantage of the rhetorical situation and got everyone an extension until Monday for your final paper deadline. We will not be working on the papers in class tomorrow, but you will have time to work on them during exhibition advisory. 

For REVISION

Use the checklist for revision below to improve your body paragraphs. Revise at least one of them tonight. For the final grade, I will check the claim, organization/transitions and THREE body paragraphs. Remember that final drafts must be printed and turned in along with the first draft. All of the handouts from Monday can be found here: Resources . Other resources, such as transition word banks and organizational handouts can be found under "Resources for Close Reading and Analytical Writing" tab.

Checklist for Revising Paragraphs

-Does each paragraph include a topic sentence that states (or clearly implies) the main idea of the paragraph? -Does every sentence in the paragraph align with with the paragraph’s main idea? Eliminate those that do not relate. Consider using them elsewhere, but only if they are necessary. -Check the detailed support (evidence) in each paragraph. Is it sufficient for proving the topic sentence? Is it effective? What kinds of details or support are missing.-Does your analysis clearly explain the substance and details of your evidence? What other kinds of analysis might be more effective? If you are not sure, consult class resources to help you. -What effective  transitions are used to connect sentences?-What general words and phrases can you make more specific?

Homework, Monday, November 23

Seniors - 

Write a body paragraph developing an idea about "The Lie" based on the work we did today in class. Remember, a cohesive paragraph includes:

1.Clear topic sentence
2. Context that summarizes the part of the poem you are discussing
3. Bite-sized quotations that are aligned with your topic sentence
4. Analysis that clearly discusses the evidence and its meaning (a few sentences stems are included below)

                The word _____ implies/suggests _________
                The author describes ______________ as _____________which is significant because
                The author repeats ____________ in order to emphasize ___________

 5. Transitions and marker verbs

6.  A concluding sentence that summarizes the main point of the paragraph and may answer SO WHAT?

AP Language

Use the checklist for revision below to improve your body paragraphs. Revise at least one of them tonight. You will have tomorrow during class to continue this work. For the final grade, I will check the claim, organization/transitions and THREE body paragraphs. Please make sure they are revised by Wednesday and printed (The only way I can get them back to you quickly is if I can read them on the train :)) All of the handouts from today can be found here: Resources . Other resources, such as transition word banks and organizational handouts can be found under "Resources for Close Reading and Analytical Writing" tab.

Checklist for Revising Paragraphs

-Does each paragraph include a topic sentence that states (or clearly implies) the main idea of the paragraph? -Does every sentence in the paragraph align with with the paragraph’s main idea? Eliminate those that do not relate. Consider using them elsewhere, but only if they are necessary. -Check the detailed support (evidence) in each paragraph. Is it sufficient for proving the topic sentence? Is it effective? What kinds of details or support are missing.-Does your analysis clearly explain the substance and details of your evidence? What other kinds of analysis might be more effective? If you are not sure, consult class resources to help you. -What effective  transitions are used to connect sentences?-What general words and phrases can you make more specific?

-Seniors-
1. Prepare for discussion of "The Lie" on Monday by answering the following questions in your notebook. For each questions, pull at least two words/phrases/lines from the poem to support your answer. If you do not have the poem, you can find it under the "texts and links" tab of this blog.

How does the speaker describe the lie?
Which of the defenses would Freud use to explain the lie?
Does this portrayal of a lie and its consequences strike you as true to life?

12B - Make a diagram processing your notes from today's lecture.

*Announcement! I need help for work habits credit tomorrow at 8:00 am or after school at 3:10. Please let me know if you are available.

-AP Language - 

1. By Sunday at 9:00 pm, post a commentary (200-300 words) based on the issue you debated in class. Use the same checklist from last night's assignment.

2. Then, read another group's posts and comment: what interested you about the conversation. Based on what you read, where do you stand? (You don't have to write long. 3-5 sentences is fine.)

Group One: Marcus, Charlize, Campbell, Samantha
Do we need to change the way we raise boys? Click Here

Group Two: Maya, Tristan, Amanda, Rami
Do we need to change the way we raise boys? Click Here

Group Three: Desmond, Dylan, Anastasia, Michael
Is honesty for suckers? Click Here

Group Three: Gus, Gloriel, Ahmed, Gregory
Is honesty for suckers? Click Here

Group Four: Emma, Ivan, Allison, Max
When a generation becomes less tolerant of free speech: Click Here 

Group Five: Nicholas, Lily, Molly, Ashley
When a generation becomes less tolerant of free speech: Click Here 

Homework, Thursday, November 19

Senior English 

12CD, 12B - Be ready to answer the following questions in a quiz about today's lecture tomorrow:
1. Who was Sigmund Freud?
2. Explain his ideas about the divided self?
3. According to Freud, what are two strategies (defense mechanisms) that we use to deal with conflict? Give an example of each.
4. What interests you about Freud's theories? Why?
5. How can Freud's theories be applied to literature and life?

AP Language - 

1. Some of you came to see me to ask for an extension on the blog post since I didn't mention a time in class yesterday. As a result, everyone has until 7:00 pm to post on whether Europe should shun Syrian refugees. Make sure to add to the conversation with your own informed viewpoint. Requirements and links are on the AP blog.

2. Read the debate on the issue you chose yesterday. BE SURE TO READ THE INTRODUCTION CAREFULLY FIRST because it provides context into the issue. Then, read the contributors short articles and take notes that capture all of the speakers' arguments:

• Who is the speaker? 
• What is their argument? What does s/he say? 
• Two pieces of evidence that they use to support their argument.

(I will check your notes for a reading comprehension grade. They should not look exactly like someone else's.)

Links and groupings are included below: 

Group One: Marcus, Charlize, Campbell, Samantha
Do we need to change the way we raise boys? Click Here

Group Two: Maya, Tristan, Amanda, Rami
Do we need to change the way we raise boys? Click Here

Group Three: Desmond, Dylan, Anastasia, Michael
Is honesty for suckers? Click Here

Group Three: Gus, Gloriel, Ahmed, Gregory
Is honesty for suckers? Click Here

Group Four: Emma, Ivan, Allison, Max
When a generation becomes less tolerant of free speech: Click Here 

Group Five: Nicholas, Lily, Molly, Ashley
When a generation becomes less tolerant of free speech: Click Here 

Senior English - No homework

AP Language: Readings and Blog Post, due tomorrow by noon. I suggest doing most of it tonight. Tomorrow night, you will read about the topic you chose today. I will post the groups by tomorrow at noon. Links and instructions are on the class blog which you can access to the right of this post. If you have trouble finding it, ask a classmate. Any missing blog posts will result in a 0. Be sure to draft your post on a google doc or word document ahead of time; finally, be sure to read the link for grading criteria.

Seniors - Answer the following questions on a piece of looseleaf. You will need to turn them in tomorrow.

1. What are two questions you would like to explore in our unit on horror? Consider what interests you about this genre. Here are two examples:

How do artists evoke fear and disgust in their audiences? How does horror build suspense?

2. In this unit, I would like to work on (see this list below for specific skills or add your own) :

Reading Skills	Writing Skills	Discussion Skills
Challenging the text Reading for literary elements Analyzing word choice Reading as a writer (trying new things in my writing based on what I read) Reading to write literary essays	Personal narrative/fiction writing Writing organized and clear literary essays Using more academic language Turning discussion into writing Writing for my peers in commentaries online	Asking good questions Building on other people’s points Referencing the text Listening and taking notes Incorporating theory Leading discussions

3. Possible Projects and/or Papers, including creative options:

4. Text recommendations: Books, stories, film clips, song lyrics articles etc.

AP Language -

1. Complete your paper and assess your own work using the checklist here: Checklist. Must be printed tomorrow and ready to hand in with completed checklist at the beginning of class.
2. Complete Multiple Choice Error Log to turn in tomorrow.

Homework, Monday, November 16

Seniors -

1. If you have not posted your on-demand, be sure to do so tonight. The link is to the right under "Love, Hate and the Quest for Understanding" and also in the "Texts and Links" tab. It will be graded on the following criteria: Checklist

2. Read over the blog posts of your peers, both in the category you wrote about and another. Jot down five ideas they present that you hadn't thought of before (Choose a few from the category you wrote about and another category). Make sure to state them clearly and put them in quotations with the contributor's name.

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-AP Language -

1. Use the progression distributed in class today to improve your work, aiming to move your analysis to a new level: Rhetorical Analysis Paragraph Progression. This will be more productive if you use the rhetorical handbook, the "How to analyze stuff," and the sentence stems handout to help you. They are all in the AP tab of this blog and you should also have a copy. Please revise at least THREE PARAGRAPHS.

2. Complete your paper and assess your own work using the checklist here: Checklist

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Seniors - On demand complete by midnight on Sunday. Please do not exceed 500 words. If your draft is more than 500 words, reread and cut it down until it includes only the most crucial information. Prompts and grading criteria can be found here: Prompts and Grading

AP Language - Fun Home essay due on Monday. Please use the checklist here to check your work: Essay Checklist and use the resources distributed in class:


What/how/what does it mean/so what?
Sentence Stems for Analysis: Click Here

For word banks and sample analysis, see the "Resources for Close Reading and Analytic Writing" tab on this blog. 

PLEASE BRING IN ONE TYPED AND PRINTED COPY WITHOUT YOUR NAME ON IT ON MONDAY!!!

Seniors - Outline your on-demand tonight to be completed in class tomorrow. Prompts and study guide can be found here: Click Me]

Scott's Example: Click Here
Sheila's Example: Sheila's Example

AP Language - Revise one body paragraph and send it to me to be graded using the body paragraph checklist from today's lesson (Prior post includes link to bite-sized/super-sized)

Homework, Thursday, November 12

AP Language -
Do now: Read along with the following lesson: bite sized and supersized, answering the questions in the comments in your notebooks.

Your Fun Home papers will be graded on the exhibition rubric: Lit Crit Rubric with the opportunity to revise.

Senior Study Guide and Response, Next Steps

1. Do Now: Head to the class blog where you’ll be posting your responses and complete the prompt based on the summaries of "Leda and the Swan" http://sofseniorenglishlitandlife.blogspot.com

2. Workshop 

Option A:  If you didn’t finish, do your summaries now. Students will have to do their assigned chapter AND either Margaret Atwood interview or Will Power

Option B: Head over to our database and evaluate a peer, helping them get better. Then, use feedback or revise your own, using the other examples to elevate yours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hgradqlk388EE_2b5tf3uqg86dKXs2NlYuN0-LeOlDE/edit?usp=sharing

By the end of the period, enter your improved summary into the google doc for publication: Revised Drafts Click to Enter Here with your NAME!

3. Plan your on-demand for tomorrow based on one of the following prompts in the project description in the "Texts and Links" tab of this website. I updated the prompts, so make sure to visit it today!

Homework, Wednesday November 10

Seniors -

-Part I of project due tomorrow by 5:00 pm. You need to have one summary of your assigned chapter and one of a text of your choosing, either one of the interviews, "The Agony of Intimacy" or "Leda and the Swan." All texts are in the "texts and links" tab of this site.

Summaries should include:

In order to receive full credit: 
-Includes main points (multiple)
-Avoids inaccuracies
-Chronological
-Clear sentences with characters’ names spelled correctly -Transitions

Entire project description: Click Here

****ANNOUNCEMENT!!! If you want to do a graphic summary, like a comic, let me know and send a photo.

Study Guide Contribution Due to Ms. Candlin

November 11 by 5:00 pm on google docs (Name your doc, FIRST NAME LAST NAME CHAPTER/TEXT TITLE)

Reading Comprehension Mastery (100) Proficient (85) Basic (75) Minimal (65)

 - AP Language - 

1.) Full first draft of Fun Home essay in google docs: introduction and claim, 3-4 body paragraphs with evidence and analysis. 

2.) Read the essay you chose from and answer the questions about meaning and strategies.

Monday, November 9

Seniors -

Final graded discussion for The Song of Achilles tomorrow. Come in ready for your completion and comprehension quiz for the last five chapters of the book! 

For discussion: Prep by continuing research on the question you developed on Friday OR if you were not here, consider the following questions. Remember that you will need to include multiple pieces of evidence in order to receive an 85% and discuss significance/connections to other texts/real world for a 95%: 

1.) What motivates Patroclus to act heroically? 

2.) Is Patroclus a hero? Why? 

3.) Why is this novel relevant (or not) in 2015? 

4.) What vision of romantic love does this book present? Is it healthy? 

AP Language 

Make sure you have a full outline (Claim, arguments, evidence) for your Fun Home paper in google docs by 2:15 tomorrow. 

Homework, Friday, November 6

ANNOUNCEMENT! ALL OF MY CLASSES WILL BE IN ROOM 403 on Monday, NOVEMBER 9. 

Seniors - You need to finish the novel by Tuesday when we will have a double points quiz and discussion. As you read, note evidence that helps you answer the research question you developed today in class. If you were out for the field trip, discuss it with a classmate on Monday.

AP Language - If you were not in class today, check your email. I sent you a photo of your graded claim and comments. The grade will not go into the gradebook now, but it will after you revise.

• Everyone who is planning on submitting their Fun Home paper as their exhibition needs to share it with me by Monday morning. I strongly suggest doing so rather than working on an additional English paper. 

• If you are not submitting an English exhibition, send a revised claim to me at jessica.candlin@gmail.com by Monday morning

TIPS: Below I have included some prompts to help you consider SO WHAT? These will help you with English and History. I also recommend consulting the "resources for close reading and analytic writing" tab in this blog.

ESTABLISHING WHY YOUR CLAIMS MATTER

•  X matters/is important because __________. 
• Although X may seem trivial, it is in fact crucial in terms of today’s concern over __________. 
• Ultimately, what is at stake here is __________. 
• These findings have important consequences for the broader domain of __________. 
•  My discussion of X is in fact addressing the larger matter of __________. 
• These conclusions/This discovery will have significant applications in __________ as well as in __________. 
• Although X may seem of concern to only a small group of __________, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about __________. 

Homework, Thursday, November 5

Seniors 
1.) Based on your close reading in class today, write a paragraph that discusses how a character's internal conflict or contradictory traits reach a breaking point. How does Miller characterize her/him in that scene? What does it reveal?

2.) Tomorrow will be a silent reading day. Heads up that you need to finish the novel by Tuesday, when we will have a double points quiz and a discussion on the conclusion of the novel.

AP Language - 

I'm sorry I wasn't able to return your claims this afternoon, but I will get them to you tomorrow. Tonight, outline your paper, using your rough claim as a guide. Come in tomorrow with an outline of your arguments and evidence.

Homework, Wednesday, November 5

Seniors - If you didn't finish your analytical paragraph in class, do so tonight. Then, read to page 336 if you're in 12CD or 12A and 313 if you're in class 12B.

AP Language - If you want to be as prepared as possible for this paper, reread Fun Home with your essay question in mind. I realize everyone may not have time for that, but everyone needs to come to class with at least nine pieces of evidence of textual evidence that addresses the prompt for your Fun Home paper. You will need a hard copy of the evidence in class. We will not have computers. Be sure to include evidence from the beginning, middle and end of the novel.

12B - Read until p. 288. As you read, choose a structure to record your thoughts: you can summarize or collect key quotations and analyze them. Notice how the events in the novel are building suspense. It's about to get crazy!

12A and 12CD - Read to p. 316.  As you read, choose a structure to record your thoughts: you can summarize or collect key quotations and analyze them. Notice how the events in the novel are building suspense. It's about to get crazy!


AP Language and Composition: 

1. Head on over to the class blog (aplanguagepower.blogspot.com) to post your first commentary!!! Make sure it is proofread and posted by 9:00 am tomorrow morning.

2. Read the rest of Fun Home

3. Read through everyone's first commentaries and respond to at least two. (Instructions on AP blog)

4. Write another commentary about the end of the book. I will post it tomorrow by 3:30 pm.

Homework, Friday, October 30

Seniors -
12B Read to page 254, summarizing each chapter. You will have a brief quiz as your entrance ticket for discussion. I also suggest looking at last week's notes from discussion to get ideas on how some of your ideas have evolved since last week: Last Week's Notes.

12A, CD - Read ch. 24-25 of The Song of Achilles, summarizing each.

In Class: Inquiry into a study guide:

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/iliad/

http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby

EdPuzzle code: dBrvZn

-How are they organized?

-How do they present information?

-How could I use it to help me write a paper or discuss a text in class? (This doesn’t mean I wouldn’t read it, but it can enhance my understanding.)

Inquiry into study guides:

What is it? How can we use it? What are the benefits of different platforms?

What would help me write a paper or understand a difficult text best?

AP Language -
1. Draft intro and two body paragraphs of your rhetorical analysis essay in google docs. Share it with me by midnight, November 1 at jcandlin@sof.edu. You should use the thesis you reworked with your group AND the packet I gave last week to help you structure your essay.

2. Read ch. 6 of Fun Home.