Updated Calendar for Term 4

Mrs. Loveless                                                            4^th Term                                              Honors/IB English

B April 4 Calendar SAGE prep Inherit the Wind Begin log of significant quotations. Leave space to justify your choice.	A April 5	B April 6 SAGE prep Inherit the Wind Vocabulary 6 quotes in log/ Leave space to justify your choice.	A April 7	B April 8 SAGE prep Inherit the Wind 6 quotes in log/ Leave space to justify your choice. Root Words
A April 11	B April 12 SAGE 3rd floor lab	A April 13	B April 14 SAGE 3rd floor lab	A April 15
B April 18 Inherit the Wind 6 quotes in log/ Leave space to justify your choice. Intro #1 stamped Root Words	A April 19	B April 20 Inherit the Wind 6 quotes in log/ Leave space to justify your choice. Intro #2 stamped Root Words	A April 21	B April 22 Inherit the Wind with Spencer Tracy and Gene Kelly Intro #3 stamped Root Words
A April 25	B April 26 SAGE 3rd floor lab	A April 27	B April 28 Inherit the Wind Final/ BOOK CARD DUE Intro to Gatsby	A April 29
B May 2 Have read ch 1-2The Great Gatsby three 3x5 card with three quotes/full back justified	A May 3	B May 4  Have read ch 3-4 The Great Gatsby three 3x5 card with three quotes/full back justified	A May 5	B May 6 Have read ch 5-6The Great Gatsby three 3x5 card with three quotes/full back justified
A May 9	B May 10 Have read ch 7-8 three 3x5 card with three quotes/full back justified	A May 11	B May 12 Have read thru ch 9/ three 3x5 card with three quotes/full back justified	A May 13
B May 16 Gatsby Vocab test “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”	A May 17	B May 18 The Great Gatsby Final, Book card due Turn in all cards	A May 19	B May 20 Root Words Test
A May 23	B May 24  Wm Carlos Williams/ Langston Hughes	A May 25	B May 26 Gwendolyn Brooks/ Hemingway	A May 27
Memorial Day No School	B May 31 Six Word Short Story DUE	A June 1	B June 2  Poetry Testing	A/B June 3

Major Points for 4^th Term:

Root Words Worksheets:  60 points                                    Citations/responses for Inherit:  150 points Root Words Final:  100 points                                               Citations/responses for Gatsby:  150 points Book Cards for Gatbsy and Inherit:  200 points                  Prufrock explication:  50 points Assorted reading/vocab quizzes:  350 points                     Six Word Short Story:  50 points Finals for Gatsby and Inherit: 300 points                            Essay Intros:  100/100

4th Term

Mrs. Loveless                                                            4^th Term                                              Honors/IB English

B April 4 Calendar SAGE prep Inherit the Wind Begin log of significant quotations. Leave space to justify your choice.	A April 5	B April 6 SAGE prep Inherit the Wind Vocabulary 6 quotes in log/ Leave space to justify your choice.	A April 7	B April 8 SAGE prep Inherit the Wind 6 quotes in log/ Leave space to justify your choice. Root Words
A April 11	B April 12 SAGE 3rd floor lab	A April 13	B April 14 SAGE 3rd floor lab	A April 15
B April 18 Inherit the Wind 6 quotes in log/ Leave space to justify your choice. Intro #1 stamped Root Words	A April 19	B April 20 Inherit the Wind 6 quotes in log/ Leave space to justify your choice. Intro #2 stamped Root Words	A April 21	B April 22 Inherit the Wind with Spencer Tracy and Gene Kelly Intro #3 stamped Root Words
A April 25	B April 26 SAGE 3rd floor lab	A April 27	B April 28 Inherit the Wind Final/ BOOK CARD DUE Intro to Gatsby	A April 29
B May 2 Have read ch 1-2The Great Gatsby One 3x5 card with three quotes	A May 3	B May 4  Have read ch 3-4 The Great Gatsby One 3x5 card with three quotes	A May 5	B May 6 Have read ch 5-6The Great Gatsby One 3x5 card with three quotes
A May 9	B May 10 Have read ch 7-8 One 3x5 card with three quotes	A May 11	B May 12 Have read thru ch 9/ One 3x5 card with three quotes	A May 13
B May 16 Have finished The Great Gatsby/One 3x5 card with three quotes	A May 17	B May 18 The Great Gatsby Final Turn in five cards, stamped with three quotes each	A May 19	B May 20 “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Root Words Test
A May 23	B May 24  Wm Carlos Williams/ Langston Hughes	A May 25	B May 26 Gwendolyn Brooks/ Hemingway	A May 27
Memorial Day No School	B May 31 Six Word Short Story DUE	A June 1	B June 2  Poetry Testing	A/B June 3

Major Points for 4^th Term:

Root Words Worksheets:  60 points                                    Citations/responses for Inherit:  150 points Root Words Final:  100 points                                               Citations/responses for Gatsby:  150 points Book Cards for Gatbsy and Inherit:  200 points                  Prufrock explication:  50 points Assorted reading/vocab quizzes:  350 points                     Six Word Short Story:  50 points Finals for Gatsby and Inherit: 300 points                            Essay Intros:  100/100

 

Summer Reading for my Future Students

May 2, 2016


Dear Future Junior Honors English Students:

As the school year is coming to a close, it is almost time to start thinking about summer. Picture yourself in the backyard hammock. The birds are singing. You are sipping a lemonade, and you are reading a great book. My hope for you is that you have already selected a few good books that are on your personal line-up, waiting on your nightstand, ready to offer you a vicarious adventure.

By way of assignment, I would like to offer you the opportunity to read a really good book. It is not long, but it will keep your newly acquired analysis skills sharp. Please read The Chosen by Chaim Potok, and do the following activities:

1. Make a vocabulary list of at least twenty words from the book. Include definitions. Choose words that you think will provide a bit of a challenge to you and other classmates. Then create a brief vocabulary quiz, using all the words from your list.

2. For each chapter, select two lines that you think are particularly meaningful. They may speak to character or offer other insight about the story. Briefly tell why you think each line is significant.

3. Type a one page journal response to the book when you have finished it. You may include what you believe to be the theme of the book, your response to passages that were particularly powerful to you, and any possible personal connections you had with any of the characters or the events of the story. Please double space, and use 14 font, Times New Roman.

Please avoid any Sparknotes-type website. I would not want to rob you of your own experience with the text. This is very important. If you are unsure about plot, or you have questions about characters, you may discuss the matter with another student or family member, but do not go to the web.

I look forward to having a wonderful year next year. I’ve already heard good things about you—collectively, that is, and I am anxious to meet you. Make it a great summer!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Loveless

Junior Honor English Teacher

direct object quiz

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa062899t.htm

IB Presentation Tips

IB Presentation

Last minute Tips:

 

• Start well and end well.  Practice a beginning and an end.
• Have a clear thesis and support with strong evidence.

·         Think about the best placement of your creative portion.  Where will it pack the biggest wallop?  You can do it up front, at the end, in the middle, or interspersed throughout the presentation, as long as it doesn’t take up more than a third of the entire time.

·         Speak loudly and clearly and confidently.

·         Dress nicely.

• Time yourself at home.  Practice.
• If you are using a brand new word, double check the pronunciation.
• Practice for a smooth performance with a high register.
• Creative portion should relate directly to the text.
• Relate your ideas directly to the text.
• Think:  fresh insight, new angle, your unique take on the material.
• Stand up straight and use your teacher voice.  If we can’t hear you, we will not score you high.  You may relax a little during the question part, but your vocabulary still needs to maintain that high register.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Cut the fluff; get to the stuff.  Just because it is a long presentation, doesn’t mean you should pad.

Thesis Statements

Questions to ask yourself about your thesis statement:

1.       Is it in the right place?

2.       Is it in the form of a question?  (Hint:  It should not be a question, nor should it be more than one sentence.)

3.       Does it give the direction of your paper?

4.       Is it narrow enough?  Is it focused?  Is it clear?

5.       Can you deal with the subject matter in the assigned number of pages? Do you have enough information, enough supporting evidence?

6.       Is it too broad?  Is there too much to say to deal with it effectively, given the assigned number of pages?

7.       Is it too obvious?  Will your reader say, “duh”?

8.       Is it debatable?  Could reasonable people disagree about it?

9.       Is it an over-arching statement, rather than a laundry list?

10.   If it is a literary analysis paper, does is reference the title of the work you are discussing, as well as the author?

11.   Is it directly linked to that piece of literature?

12.   Have you crafted your thesis statement so that it flows beautifully without extraneous words and phrases?  Is it pretty?  Have you used your best academic language?  Is it a well-crafted sentence?  Is it polished?

Topic Suggestions for HF Paper

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.