We Are: Listing our Activities

WE ARE involved with our stories (see previous posts) Peer Feedback should be considered and typed drafts should be ready by 10/3
WE ARE outlining a custom essay about APH (see previous posts about prompts, etc.): Bring your outline to class by 10/2
WE BROUGHT a self-chosen William Carlos Williams poem to class today and practiced focused discussion-- WE TURNED IN OUR NOTES.
WE ARE starting Jane Eyre this weekend-- READ through Chapter 9 by Monday-- read two chapters a day after that.
WE ARE keeping a dialectic journal for each reading session with Jane Eyre.
WE ARE experiencing the sunshine and fall at the same time, enjoy!
Mrs. Eddy

Bye, Bye, Pretty Horses--Hello Jane!

Monday:
We are finishing up APH with an essay-- you write the question that burns within you after you read the following passages, and we'll write a custom prompt together, and you'll write the essay!  Excellent!
Read the following passages an them pick one to ask an analysis question about.  Consider theme, symbol and the ideas in the first 11 chapters of, How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Write down a question worthy of an essay and turn it in to the teacher. We will conference individually and decide on a direction for your thesis/essay.

Passages: 
1-page 282: dear slaying scene--beauty vs. pain
2- pg 284: wisdom = misery? the price of growing up
3- pg. 286: crossing back over to Texas

Short Story Drafts:
Fill out a story reaction form for a classmate and have them do the same for you.  Conference and speak to each other about your stories

Tuesday:
Checked out Jane Eyre
Completed a Major Works Data Sheet for All the Pretty Horses

Today we Wrote Away--
Please finish the first draft of your story by Monday.
Please make sure you are letting the words "flow" (dribble, plunk, rush, appear) on the page in a voice that is comfortable for you-- DO NOT try to sound fancy or erudite or pompous or official--just find a voice that is comfortable for you and make sure your DICTION is appropriate to a short story for young adults/adults.
Brainstorm: 3 Ways to go--
Focus on Character
Focus on Situation (character in a particular place: what if Zombies attacked Victorian England (been don!)
Focus on Plot: outline your character's journey in advance--ONLY if you want to.

First Draft: Decide who will tell the story (character/narrator)
Begin--
SHOW don't TELL your story
Exercise from Thursday's class
Enjoy the weekend!

Writing some more!

Here are some writing opportunities you might have missed if you were gone:
APH Quiz: Write a paragraph that discusses the typology/symbolism in the last image (paragraph) in Part III.
In-Class Short Story: we begin on Thursday, September 20th
      Elements: Beginning/Middle/End: quest structure, show--don't tell as you write, first event/problem must happen by no later than the end of the first paragraph, TWO elements of the traditional quest narrative must be included-- in whatever amazing package you choose to dress them in-- you must get your "quester" back home by the end--hopefully changed--hopefully for the better--hopefully not returning to the burned out ashes of his former hovel--BUT,  hopefully or not--end it in NO MORE than three, double spaced, 12-point font, pages. Make it flow-- move like the Colorado during Spring rise--very fast!
Reminder: APH Reading Journals Due September 20th

Here is what we worked on today--

Please remember to download and print the Literary terms glossary.  Here is a link to the poem exercise we did today-- thanks for your hard work!
The School Children

Looking Very Closely at What We Read + Learning New Words

We are working hard to learn how to read closely-- to really think deeply about what we are looking at--whether it be graphic or written in nature.  Here are the exercises we have done so far:
APH Paragraph #1
APH Polysyndeton Study
Optic Method of reading images
 We are also beginning the Literary Terms Glossary that we will create during the semester.  please check out, DOWNLOAD AND PRINT the pieces of this assignment for your reference--thanks!

Quick Reminder: Writing from "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" has a final due date of Friday, September 14th.
All the Pretty Horses REading Journals are due by September 20th.

See you tomorrow!
Mrs. E

First Day!

Attached is the assignment we did in class today-- remember to get hold of a reading notebook and to take care of the summer work if you missed out (see previous posts).
Have a great night!
Student Syllabus