le 28 avril

Bounjour!  Here is a list of your tasks to do today.  Please do them in order.  Stay busy.  Stay in French.

 

1.        http://frenchfair.byu.edu/information/2015-results/

Nous avons gagné plus que je pensais!

2.       http://www.languageguide.org/french/vocabulary/office/

Etudier le vocabulaire.

 

3.        

4.        Décrivez cinq personnes que vous connaissez avec  les cheveux différents.

5.       http://www.jeux-geographiques.com/jeux-en-ligne-Jeu-Villes-de-France-_pageid39.html

 

Tu es le plus intelligent de la classe?  Record your highest score.

 

6.       http://free-french-quiz.com/

Take these quizzes

Rubric for Huck Paper

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Research/Literary Analysis Paper


DUE: March 4 for B day classes, March 6 for A day classes
200 points

Late papers will receive half the credit they would have otherwise received, and probably half the comments from me.

Please familiarize yourself with this rubric, as your grade will be derived from it.

Name____________________________________________ Period_____ Date turned in______

1. Title page with name, date, teacher’s name, title, class, and period	5
2. Typed, double spaced, no spaces between paragraphs, Times New Roman font. I can’t accept a paper that is not typed.	5
3. Introduction has an attention-getting device that is appropriate for this type of scholarly paper.	10
4. Thesis statement is well-crafted, thoughtful, and gives the reader a road map of your paper. No laundry list thesis statements. Think "over-arching."	20
5. Paper is well-organized. Topic sentences are clear, mini-thesis statements for each paragraph. All sentence belong in their paragraphs. Transitions are used to guide the reader gently to the next idea. Paper should be around four pages long.	10
6. Sentence structure is sound and varied.	5
7. Paper contains few or no mechanical errors, such as punctuation, spelling, grammar, and usage.	10
8. Strong conclusion ties all the information into a nice package. Your thesis is proven. (No new information in conclusion.)	10
9. Work Cited page is flawless. You are required to use four sources. including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn itself. One must be a book source. One may be a blog. Refer to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/	40
10. This paper has accurate parenthetical documentation throughout. Refer to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/	40
11. Ideas are fresh, insightful, convincing, and strongly supported by compelling evidence. Your citations from other authors merely act as support to your own ideas. A good paper is not just a string of quotations.	10
12. Writing style should be a pleasure to read–-graceful, uncluttered, vivid. A good writer makes a paper easy for the reader to read. Quotations are woven into the text gracefully.	15
13. Writer shows he/she is aware of the audience. Scholarly language is appropriate for a paper such as this. A well developed counter-claim is offered, where appropriate.	15
14. Include this rubric, filled out with the scores you believe you will receive.	5
15. Extra credit option: Read your paper aloud to a parent
Total:	200

This paper must be significantly different from your oral presentation. If you are in doubt, clear it with me well in advance.

IDEAS AND TOPICS FOR YOUR HUCK FINN LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPER




You must still provide your own well-crafted thesis statement.





1. The overall American critical reaction to the publishing of The Adventures of Huck Finn in 1885 was summed up in one word: "trash". Louisa May Alcott (author of Little Women and Little Men) said, "If Mr. Clemens cannot think of anything better to tell our pure-minded lads and lassies, he had better stop writing for them." The Public Library Committee of Concord, Massachusetts excluded the book as "a dangerous moral influence on the young." Defend or refute the position that the novel is indeed "trash" with evidence from the text to support your claim.

2. Discuss historical revisionism and whether Huck Finn should be part of a high school curriculum. You may include 2011's revised edition of the book, which replaced the word "nigger" for "slave."

3. One critic says that the novel shows the conflict between our national faith in democracy and our inheritance of prejudice. He also says it shows the conflict between our love for freedom and our love for conformity.

4. A persona is an alternate name and personality uses for many different reasons. Discuss the many personas used in the novel.

5. Huckleberry Finn has been called the "Great American Novel." However, it is one of the most frequently banned book in the United States. Discuss why this masterpiece is banned mostly in Christian academies and in some institutions that are predominantly African-American.

6. This novel is a satire on human weaknesses. What human traits does he satirize? Give examples for each. What is the power of satire?

7. What does Twain admire in a man and of what is he contemptuous?

8. Select five characters that Twain does not admire in Huck Finn. Give the specific traits that each possesses that makes him or her not an admirable person. Select five characters that Twain does admire. Give the specific traits that each possesses that makes him or her admirable.

9. Discuss the role of religion in the novel.

10. Think about the characters in the novel who are middle to upper class in comparison to the lower class folks. What was Mark Twain saying about "social classes" in the novel?



11. How is does the river act as a spine for this book? What else could it symbolize?

12. Ernest Hemingway said, "All of American Literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
13. Is Huck the American Hero?



14. The names that an author gives his/her characters is often more significant than one might initially understand. Is this the case with Mark Twain?

15. What is Twain saying about America in this novel? What is he saying about Europe?

16. How is humor used? What can satire do? How do some of the dark themes compare with the humorous parts?

17. Respect for rule of law/ conscience

18. Honesty

19. Lonesomeness

20. Man in the Natural World

21. Foolishness and folly

22. Superstition

23. What role do drugs and alcohol play in the book?

24. What constitutes a family in Huck Finn?

25. Huck is young. America is young. What is Twain saying about youth and growing up/growing old?

26. Innocence vs experience

27. Jim as Huck’s true father

28. What is Twain saying about religion?

29. Freedom

30. Friendship

31. Compare Jim and Pap.

32. Why is the setting of this book important?

33. Think of a single scene in the book that stands out to you and relate it to the book as a whole.

34. Think of a single citation in the book that stands out to you and relate it to the book as a whole.

35. Think of a recurring motif or symbol in the book and relate it to the book as a whole.

36. Discuss Twain’s use of dialect.

37. William Dean Howells said that Twain was the Lincoln of our literature. How so?

38. Huck is the most honest of American heroes.



　

ACT Prep: Past Participles

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Term 3 2015

Third Term Calendar            Honors/IB English 11          2015        Mrs. Loveless  

MLK	1-19 No School	1-21 A Huck Finn Intro, new vocab, ACT talk	1-22 B Huck Finn Intro, new vocab, ACT talk	1-23 A Doll’s House Book Card due: 100 pts, Doll’s Final HF quiz 1-4
1-26 B  Doll’s House Book Card due: 100 pts, Doll’s Final HF quiz 1-4	1-27 A Mock ACT#1 50 pts 5th floor lab HF quiz 5-7	1-28 B Mock ACT #1 50 pts. 7th per. Tech center 8th per. 5th floor lab, HF quiz 5-7	1-29 HF quiz 9-12	1-30 B HF quiz 9-12
2-2 A Vocab Quiz HF quiz 13-16 New Vocab SAGE TESTING	2-3 B Vocab Quiz HF quiz 13-16 New Vocab SAGE TESTING	2-4 A HF quiz 17-19   SAGE TESTING	2-5 B A HF quiz 17-19   SAGE TESTING	2-6 A HF quiz20-23 quiz, Proposal Due today! Past Participles
2-9 B HF quiz 20-23, Proposal Due today! Past Participles	2-10 A Mock ACT #2 5th floor lab Vocab quiz HF quiz 24-26	2-11 B Mock ACT #2 3rd floor lab Vocab quiz HF quiz 24-26	2-12 A HF quiz 27-30, Quiz on past participles, some library time	2-13 B HF quiz 27-30, Quiz on past participles, some library time
PRESIDENTS DAY NO SCHOOL	2-17 A HF quiz 31-33, Root Words	2-18 B HF quiz 31-33, Root Words	2-19 A HF 34-37 Some library time	2-20 B HF 34-37 Some library time
2-23 A HF quiz 38-41 Outline due	2-24 B HF quiz 38-41 Outline due	2-25 A Mock ACT #3 5th floor lab	2-26 B Mock ACT #3 3rd floor lab	2-27 A HF quiz 42 to the end, Weaving quotations, verbs in analysis, sentence variety
3-2 B quiz 42 to the end, Weaving quotations, verbs in analysis, sentence variety	3-3 A/B    ACT TEST!	3-4 A Huck Finn Papers due:  200 points Root Words Quiz ACT acc’ting sheets due	3-5 B Huck Finn Papers due:  200 points Root Words Quiz ACT acc’ting sheets due	3-6 A Huck Finn Final Test discuss presentations, critiquing
3-9 B Huck Finn Final Test, discuss presentations, critiquing	3-10 A P/C (3)	3-11 B P/C (5)	3-12 A P/C (5) HF book card due	3-13 B P/C (5) HF book card due
3-16 A P/C (5)	3-17 B P/C (3)	3-18 A P/C (5)	3-19 B P/C (5	3-20 A P/C (5) Last day I will consider any late work.
3-23 B P/C (5)	INHERIT THE WIND	INHERIT THE WIND	INHERIT THE WIND	INHERIT THE WIND

·         Literature choices for IB presentations:  The Crucible, The John and Abigail Adams Letters, The Scarlet Letter

·         Honors students may choose from:  The Crucible, The John and Abigail Adams Letters, The Scarlet Letter, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Doll’s House.

 

Project or Presentation

Project or Presentation? Watch the Due Date!

CHOOSE EITHER A PROJECT OR A PRESENTATION. Check calendar for due date.

PROJECTS:   A.        Develop a two-page section from a Boston newspaper during the time/setting of this story. Your front page will be full of the story of Hester and Company, the scandal, her sin and punishment, or the aftermath. Your pages should include the following: A banner headline At least one picture with a caption The lead story (at least 300 words) Related side bar stories Horoscope/advice column/gossip column/classifieds Title of newspaper At least on advertisement that is story-related Editorial/weather report   B.       Write a four page prequel to The Scarlet Letter in the language and style of Hawthorne.  Size 14 font, double-spaced, Times New Roman. C.      Write a diary from the perspective of one of the main characters.  Choose five major events in the novel for your character to respond to.  Any changes that your character goes through should be dealt with in these journal entries.  You should tell us how you feel about other characters and events.  A diary entry should disclose motive and be written in the voice of the character. D.      Write a sequel featuring Pearl after the novel ends.  Describe what her life is like and how she is affected by the events of the novel. Be sure your choices are consistent with what you know about Pearl and the novel. This should be between about four pages, 14 font, Times New Roman, double spaced.

PRESENTATION:   A.       Write and sing a ballad, telling the story of Hester from any perspective you choose.  Words should be typed and distributed to the class.  I have a keyboard you may use, or you may bring a guitar.   B.        Create a school appropriate video of at least two major scenes from the novel.  Come in after school the day before to insure that your technology actually works.  Use a flash drive or something you can count on.  If I can’t see it, I can’t grade it.  5-7 minutes     C.     With one or two partners, write a dramatic script of at least one main scene a piece from the novel. In stage directions, describe the setting for each scene. For the class presentation, enact one of the scenes. Add props or costumes to recreate the scene effectively.  I need to see evidence that each person has participated in the writing.  Lines must be memorized.   D.       Create an embroidered or counted cross-stitch alphabet letter that looks like Hawthorne has described Hester’s “A.”  Include descriptions of the scarlet letter from the text, cited accurately, and a paragraph telling about your experience.  Size and proportion should match the text’s description.  I will be the least generous with this option, if insufficient effort is evident.

Memorized Poetry Options

In addition to your Hawthorne quote, Emerson quote and your Thoreau quote, you must memorize and recite a poem by January 8 , 2015.  There will be a sign-up sheet on the door with spots after school, in class, and during SIR.  No poems may be passed off before school.  Please do not ask if you may choose another option.  You may only choose from the following options:

#1  On Turning Ten  by Billy Collins

The whole idea of it makes me feel
like I'm coming down with something,
something worse than any stomach ache
or the headaches I get from reading in bad light--
a kind of measles of the spirit,
a mumps of the psyche,
a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul.

You tell me it is too early to be looking back,
but that is because you have forgotten
the perfect simplicity of being one
and the beautiful complexity introduced by two.
But I can lie on my bed and remember every digit.
At four I was an Arabian wizard.
I could make myself invisible
by drinking a glass of milk a certain way.
At seven I was a soldier, at nine a prince.

But now I am mostly at the window
watching the late afternoon light.
Back then it never fell so solemnly
against the side of my tree house,
and my bicycle never leaned against the garage
as it does today,
all the dark blue speed drained out of it.

This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself,
as I walk through the universe in my sneakers.
It is time to say good-bye to my imaginary friends,
time to turn the first big number.

It seems only yesterday I used to believe
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.
But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,
I skin my knees. I bleed.

#2  Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.

We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.

We passed the school, where children strove
At recess, in the ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.

Or rather, he passed us;
The dews grew quivering and chill,
For only gossamer my gown,
My tippet only tulle.

We paused before a house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.

Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.

 

#3  Verse 52 from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman

The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me—he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed—I too am untranslatable; I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. The last scud of day holds back for me; It flings my likeness after the rest, and true as any, on the shadow’d wilds; It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk. I depart as air—I shake my white locks at the runaway sun; I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags. I bequeath myself to the dirt, to grow from the grass I love; If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles. You will hardly know who I am, or what I mean; But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged; Missing me one place, search another; I stop somewhere, waiting for you. Excerpted from "Song of Myself," in Leaves of Grass. #4  Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea #5  In honor of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, I’m including it as an option, even though it is not really a poem.  One may, however, find in it many poetic devices.  Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863     #6  This option is for the rare student who would like to challenge herself/himself with a ridiculously long and wonderful poem called “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.  You’ll find the entire text online and in our textbook.