Monday, November 30

Announcements

Poetry Project is due Monday, 12/14. You will be sharing your poems in class on Wed, 12/16.
Important dates:
12/9: Period 2 goes to Poe's house
12/10: Period 3 goes to Poe's house
12/11: 9th grade trip


Assignments
Sonnet ppt
Paraphrase the following the sonnets and answer the questions.

Homework: Finish Sonnet 73 and answer the questions on the bottom.

Tuesday, November 24

Journal
What do you think I should tell your parents at parent/teacher conferences? Be honest.

Assignments
Today we discussed and analyzed the poems you and your groups created on Friday. You all did some amazing work!

Your homework is the Poetry Handbook Project. Choose one of the assignments to complete. The project is due in class on Thursday, December 10.  Be ready to present one poem to the class on that day! If you have questions or want to adapt the project, please see me. I'm open to ideas and creativity!

Don't forget:
Period 2 - your NHD papers are due to Mr. Brasof TODAY!
Period 3 - your NHD papers are due to ME by 3pm TODAY! (mccartneychs@gmail.com)

Monday, November 23

Remember, your NHD papers are due tomorrow.

Period 2, you are turning your papers in to Mr. Brasoff.
Period 3, you are turning your papers in to me. If possible, please bring me a paper copy. If not, email it to me by 3pm!

Good luck! I'm looking forward to reading all of your hard work.

Tomorrow, we will be returning to poetry!

Friday, November 20

Poetry Stations!

If you missed class today, see me on Monday. I will give you a worksheet to make up some of the group work we did today.

We will review your creations and interpretations on Tuesday in class.

Thursday, November 19

Today, we reviewed parenthetical citations and worked on organizing NHD papers, including introductions and conclusions.

The NHD paper will count as a grade for English and Social Studies!
Make sure you are meeting the requirements on the rubric.

NHD Intros and Conclusions

We will have computer time in class on Monday to work on your paper!

Papers are due Tuesday! Period 2, you will turn your paper in to Mr. Brasof. Period 3, you will turn your paper in to me.

Wednesday, November 19

Today is MLA day!

Review the following materials so that you can add parenthetical in-text citations to your NHD paper!

MLA power point
MLA Parenthetical Citations

Bring in your NHD Materials for tomorrow! We will be continuing MLA citations and working on organization tomorrow!

Period 3 - Complete these practice worksheets for homework.
Practice with Parenthetical Citations

Tuesday, November 17

Announcements

Bring your NHD notes and in-progress papers to class on Wednesday and Thursday! We will be working on organization, MLA citations and annotations in class.

If you were not in class today to take the quiz, you have one week to make it up! See me to set up an appointment!

Assignments

Journal

If you had to come up with a metaphor or a simile for your life, what would you compare to your life to? Why? Explain.

After the quiz, we talked about simile and metaphor in the following poems.

"Willow and Gingko"

"Caged Bird"

"Poker Face"

Read the following poem and follow the directions below it.

"Willow and Ginkgo"

by Eve Merriam

The willow is like an etching,

Fine-lined against the sky.

The ginkgo is like a crude sketch,

Hardly worthy to be signed.

The willow’s music is like a soprano,

Delicate and thin.

The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus

With everyone joining in.

The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf;

The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.

The willow’s branches are like silken thread;

The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.

The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair;

Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair.

The willow dips to the water,

Protected and precious, like the king’s favorite daughter.

The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete;

Like a city child, it grows up in the street.

Thrust against the metal sky,

Somehow it survives and even thrives.

My eyes feast upon the willow,

But my heart goes to the ginkgo.

DIRECTIONS

1. underline the imagery

2. focus on the animals and people that the trees are compared to

3. what surrounds each tree?

Based on the descriptions, sketch what you think each tree would look like. Why do you think each tree would look this way?

Monday, November 16

Announcements

1. Quiz tomorrow, 11/17/09, on vocabulary, commas and fixing run-on sentences!
2. Keep working on your NHD papers! On Wednesday and Thursday, we will go over MLA in-text citations and organizations. Next Monday, I will give you computer time in class to finalize papers. See me if you need help!
   

Assignment

Today, we reviewed the Illuminating Imagery worksheet on the "Juicy," "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" and "Harlem."

We also read a review on the new Christmas Carol Movie. Pay attention to the different ways the author uses commas and phrases.

Tomorrow, we will take the quiz and focus on simile and metaphor in poetry!
Your homework is to study for tomorrow's quiz!

English 3

Your assignment is on the newly created English 3 Blog.

http://english3mccartneychs.blogspot.com/

English 1 - Friday, 11/13

Happy Friday the 13th! I guess it's your lucky day because I'm not there... I'm sorry I'm not with you today, but here is today's assignment.

Assignment:   
Complete Collection 1: Skills Review in the Elements textbook (purple book). Complete all questions and assignments, including the essay, on pages 76-81. Work will be collected when I return and counted as a grade.

We will go over your homework (Illuminating Imagery worksheet) on Monday when I return. Your quiz on Vocab #5, run-on sentences, and commas will still be on Tuesday.

Have a wonderful weekend and I apologize again for missing class.