Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
WebQuest: Poetry Slam
On Wednesday May 6, we will be holding a Poetry Slam in class. You will work in groups of 3 to create a slam poetry performance. Each member of your group must present at least 1 poem.
During this Webquest, you will explore poetry websites to:
During this Webquest, you will explore poetry websites to:
- discover the different topics poetry discusses
- find a favorite poem
- brainstorm ideas for performing that poem in the Poetry Slam
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At the end of Wednesday you will have to turn in the "Exploring Poetry" worksheet and pick the poem you will perform next Wednesday.
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Start with this website: Poetry Tool.
We will look at one poem together. You will have to read at least one more poem by another poet on this website.
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Pick at least two more websites from the following list. You will have to read at least two poems by different poets from each website.
One word of advice: Look for poems between 10 and 20 lines long. Less than 10 lines is too short. More than 20 can be overwhelming.
- Poetry 180: "A Poem A Day for American High Schools"
- Poets.org: Poems for Every Occasion
- The Other Pages: Look in the left-hand column to see a list of SUBJECTS.
- Saul Williams, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes and Others: Scroll Down to see Saul Williams and everyone else
- Old Poetry: From Wordsworth to Tupac
- 30 poems in 30 days
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Researching Flight and Invisibilty Using the Internet
Welcome to internet research day in Freshman English!
Your task is to complete at least 2 more research note-cards.
Any note-cards you have not completed by the end of today are homework!
Begin your research using this list of superheroes, organized by superpower, on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superhuman_features_and_abilities_in_fiction
You may also use the following websites to research superheroes in greater detail:
The Marvel Universe: http://www.marvel.com/universe/Main_Page
The Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe: http://www.dcuguide.com/
You can also use Google to research. Here are a few search terms to use:
Good luck!
Your task is to complete at least 2 more research note-cards.
Any note-cards you have not completed by the end of today are homework!
Begin your research using this list of superheroes, organized by superpower, on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superhuman_features_and_abilities_in_fiction
You may also use the following websites to research superheroes in greater detail:
The Marvel Universe: http://www.marvel.com/universe/Main_Page
The Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe: http://www.dcuguide.com/
You can also use Google to research. Here are a few search terms to use:
- Superheroes with Flight
- Superheroes with Invisibility
- The Invisible Woman
- Iron Man
- Superman
- Invisible Scarlet O'Neil
- Wonder Woman
- The Amazons
- Storm X-Men
Good luck!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Write Your Own Short Story Project
You MUST complete a satisfactory short story in order to pass this marking period!
Be prepared to type your story in class on Thursday and Friday! Stories that are not typed will lose 10 points. Any stories turned in after Friday will be considered late and will lose 5 points a day for each day they are late.
Your story should follow the structure of the plot pyramid.
Be prepared to type your story in class on Thursday and Friday! Stories that are not typed will lose 10 points. Any stories turned in after Friday will be considered late and will lose 5 points a day for each day they are late.
Your story should follow the structure of the plot pyramid.
- Paragraph 1: Exposition (Tell us who the characters are, what the conflict is, where they are)
- Paragraph 2: Rising Action, Event #1 (small conflict)
- Paragraph 3: Rising Action, Event #2 (big conflict)
- Paragraph 4: Rising Action, Event #3 (bigger conflict)
- Paragraph 5: Climax (conflict explodes!)
- Paragraph 6: Falling Action (consequences of the climax)
- Paragraph 7: Resolution (how it ends)
Monday, November 17, 2008
Vocabulary for Forged by Fire
Below are the 5 vocabulary words for this week. If you did not get the notes in class, this will help you complete Homework #13.
We have a quiz on these words on Friday, November 21st!
* elaborate: made or done with great care or much detail
* hysterical: feeling uncontrolled, extreme emotion
* numerous: great in number
* resignation: the act of giving up or accepting something terrible
* terrify: to fill someone with terror
Directions for completing the graphic organizers:
* Definition: Write in the dictionary definition (see above for our definitions)
* What is is: Write what the vocabulary word means in your own words and/or give examples
* What it isn't: Write down the opposite of the vocabulary and/or give non-examples
* Use it in a sentence: Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word
We have a quiz on these words on Friday, November 21st!
* elaborate: made or done with great care or much detail
* hysterical: feeling uncontrolled, extreme emotion
* numerous: great in number
* resignation: the act of giving up or accepting something terrible
* terrify: to fill someone with terror
Directions for completing the graphic organizers:
* Definition: Write in the dictionary definition (see above for our definitions)
* What is is: Write what the vocabulary word means in your own words and/or give examples
* What it isn't: Write down the opposite of the vocabulary and/or give non-examples
* Use it in a sentence: Write a sentence that uses the vocabulary word
Thursday, November 6, 2008
All Rewards are Canceled Until Further Notice
Dear Class,
I write this in sadness. During my fourth period class, one or more of my students stole cookies that belonged to their classmates.
As you know, I reward students in my class generously when they do well: grab bag prizes, homework passes, raffle tickets, candy bars, Hershey's kisses, and homemade cookies. I do these things out of my own kindness and generosity. I do these things because I want to, not because I have to.
Today, my trust was horribly violated. I have spent the past two months believing in each of my students as honorable and decent human beings. I was proven wrong when cookies were stolen this morning.
The cookies were not only stolen from me--I spent four hours baking cookies last night--but from your fellow classmates.
From this point on, there will be no rewards in my classroom. Student of the Month has been discontinued. I will no longer give out candy or tickets from the jug.
Rewards will resume when I get an apology from the thief/thieves or whenever I begin to trust my classes again. I'm not sure which will happen first.
My apologies.
Ms. Gibson
I write this in sadness. During my fourth period class, one or more of my students stole cookies that belonged to their classmates.
As you know, I reward students in my class generously when they do well: grab bag prizes, homework passes, raffle tickets, candy bars, Hershey's kisses, and homemade cookies. I do these things out of my own kindness and generosity. I do these things because I want to, not because I have to.
Today, my trust was horribly violated. I have spent the past two months believing in each of my students as honorable and decent human beings. I was proven wrong when cookies were stolen this morning.
The cookies were not only stolen from me--I spent four hours baking cookies last night--but from your fellow classmates.
From this point on, there will be no rewards in my classroom. Student of the Month has been discontinued. I will no longer give out candy or tickets from the jug.
Rewards will resume when I get an apology from the thief/thieves or whenever I begin to trust my classes again. I'm not sure which will happen first.
My apologies.
Ms. Gibson
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