Class Jan 27 & 28

BELLWORK
Vocabulary root "demo"

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
Read to page 47.
Watched 42 minutes of movie.

Class Jan 25 & 26

BELLWORK

• Vocabulary root "cracy"
• Book Report book check (10 points)

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

• Read to page 31. Filled out Reading Guide.
  

THIS I BELIEVE--we started working on writing a "This I Believe" personal essay.

•  Writer's Notebook entry. Listen to "A Busybody's Guide to Improving the World." Then respond to this prompt: Do you also believe that sometimes you should be nosey?
  
• "Finding a belief statement to write about." We completed assignments 1 & 2 in class (assignments 3 & 4 should be completed for homework). A copy of this assignment can be found below under Homework.

Homework due Jan 27 & 28

Homework Assignments

• Reading Log reading: Book Reports will be in class Feb. 24 & 25, so you must finish at least one book by then.
• Reading book (10 points): if I didn't see your Book Report book yet, bring it to class.
• This I Believe: "Finding a Belief Statement to Write About." Complete these four short assignments to help you find the best topic for your essay. You need a parent/other adult's help with the fourth assignment.
• Haiti Photos--see post below for links to photos.
  

Haiti Photographs Homework

After viewing these photos, choose one photo to describe and then write your thoughts and feelings about it. In other words, 1) write one paragraph describing the photograph, and 2) write a second paragraph explaining your thoughts and feelings about what you see in that photograph.

Class Jan 21 & 22

HANDOUTS

• English 11 vocabulary roots list
• Term 3 walkaways and schedule

 BELLWORK

• Vocabulary root "ad"
• Writer's Notebook--Reflect on your relationship with older people.

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

• Discuss WN entry
• The Simpsons--"Tuesdays with Abie," a spoof of Tuesdays with Morrie. Why is Mitch Albom/Marshall Goldman portrayed as a bad guy?
• Read to p. 17.
  

Class Jan 19 & 20

BELLWORK

Writer's Notebook entry: Quote of the Day--"Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overwhelmed by what comes back." (Morrie Schwartz, the subject of Tuesdays with Morrie)

Writer's Notebook entry: respond to the "This I Believe" essay "Navigating Turbulent Waters."

BUSINESS

Hall Passes--if you didn't get your 2 Hall Passes, bring your binder to show me and I'll give them to you.
Disclosure Document--if you're new this term, see me for a Disclosure Doc.
Reading Log--if you didn't get one, see me--you need to read and record 500 pages by Feb. 24 (A-day) or Feb 25 (B-day.
Book Reports--you will do your Book Reports in class Feb. 24 (A-day) and Feb. 25 (B-day).

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

Pre-reading activity--"To what degree do you agree or disagree with the following statements?"
Class discussion--On the back of this paper, answer this question: What values, beliefs, and behaviors define American culture?
Reading--We will be reading this book in class, but if you get behind or want your own copy, check one out from the Writing Lab. Today we read the first 15 pages.

Class Jan 14 & 15

 Quote of the Day: "Without music life would be a mistake." (Nietzsche)

Plot Variations Test (12 points)

WRITER'S NOTEBOOK (3 assignments)

1. Brainstorm the way music and memories dance together. Draw a large heart on a page in your notebook and fill it with songs that live in your heart--most important songs and memories at the center of the heart; the ones you'd rather forget at the edge.
2. Respond to "This I Believe" essay: "Always go to the funeral." In your WN, share one of more examples of "doing good versus doing nothing." Like the writer, do you also believe in this?
3. Play Bananagrams. Use the words from your own anagram to write a story.
   

Class Jan 12 & 13

FINISHING THE SHORT STORY UNIT

Notes from board: review of variations in plot structure--stream of consciousness, multiple points of view, plot within a plot, frame story, and regular plot structure. Short test next time.

Story and Assignment 5: "Too Good to Be True."

On a piece of poster paper, draw a double plot line (one above the other). In the inverted “V” of each plotline, write a plot summary. So…you’ll write two plot summaries. Each summary should include a description of each of the five parts of the plotline. If you missed this assignment, get a copy of the story from me.

Turn in all 5 assignments stapled together.

Class Jan 8 & 11

SHORT STORY UNIT continued
Read "Everything Stuck to Him" by Raymond Carver (pages 1028-32 in textbook).
Do this assignment.

SSR--book of your choice (no book = no participation points).
Book Chats--you can do your Book Chat during class if you're ready.

Class Jan 6 & 7

SHORT STORY UNIT continued
 Multiple Points of View
Read "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan (p. 1110 in the textbook)
Complete this assignment.

BUSINESS
Turn in Hall Passes (5 points each extra credit)
Turn in Reading Log (if you read more than 1000 pages = 10 extra credit points and $20 drawing)
Turn in Crucible book to Writing Lab (10 points)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

I will not be at school Thursday and Friday (Jan 7 & 8). On Thursday, I will be at the Capitol in SLC because my brother is appearing before the Utah State Judiciary Committee about his recent appointment as a judge, and he has been invited to introduce his family. On Friday, I have Alpine School District professional training for a new Writing and Communications class I'm teaching next year. Because the term ends this week, you must meet with me Tuesday or Wednesday to do Book Chats and to discuss any other Term 1 issues. I will also be available by email (pharline@alpine.k12.ut.us). Late work is due in the Late basket by Friday.

Class Jan 4 & 5

LATE LYRICS PRESENTATIONS

SHORT STORY UNIT continued

Read Frederick Douglass' "The Battle with Mr. Covey" and complete plotline assignment.