Poem In Your Pocket Day-April 18

National Poem in Your Pocket Day 

http://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/programs/national-poem-your-pocket-day 

About PIYP Day 
http://www.nyc.gov/html/poem/html/about/about.shtml

Poem in Your Pocket Day

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/poem-in-your-pocket-day/ 

Participate in Poem in Your Pocket Day!

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/participate-poem-your-pocket-20720.html 

Such a difficult choice-which poem? "The Raven"? "The Road Not Taken"? "Hope Is A Thing With Feathers"? I'm torn between a poem previously in my pocket-"The Rainy Day" by Longfellow- and tucking e e cummings' "anyone lived in a pretty how town"  back there. Hey, since there is no rule about only one poem in one pocket, maybe I'll put on my cargo pants and live it up!

Writing Strategies: Evaluating Film as Literature

Third Quarter Assessment Grade 12

Writing Strategies: Evaluating Film as Literature

English 12 Taylor

This is a two-part assessment. The first part is to choose a film appropriate for school discussion and describe the elements that identifies it as true literature.

The second part of this assessment is to describe the elements of the class-view film “Life Is Beautiful” and describe the elements of that identifies it as true literature.

Three paragraphs for each part will be adequate, a total of six paragraphs. This may be typed or handwritten.

Theme, character, and plot are primary elements of story and narrative that would elevate a film to true literature.

Rubric for assessment for Evaluating Film as Literature

Student Choice; also Rubric for Teacher Choice

Needs improvement                    Satisfactory                                 Superior

1.                                                        Discusses one element

thoroughly

2.                                                         Enhanced vocabulary

3.                                                         Enhanced sentence

                                                    structure and usage.

   This is a Q3 Cumulative Assessment. This is due start of class Thursday, 3/14/19.

Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" Questions Act V

Shakespeare “Romeo and Juliet” Act V

 Grade 9 Ms. Taylor

Questions Act V

1.    Were you in any way surprised by the way in which this play ends? Why or why not?

2.    In Act V, Scene I, what news causes Romeo to exclaim, “Then I defy you, start”? How are Romeo’s word consistent with what you know of his character?

3.    Identify at least three events that cause the Friar’s scheme to fail. Why is it not surprising that the scheme fails?

4.    How do Romeo and Juliet die? Which is most to blame for the lovers’ deaths—chance, the lovers themselves, or their families? Explain.

5.    How do you think events would have turned out if the apothecary had refused to sell poison to Romeo? What other unique actions in the chain of events, if avoided, could have changed the play’s outcome?

6.    How does the relationship of the feuding families change at the end of the play? Were Romeo and Juliet’s deaths necessary for the feus to end? Explain. Do you think tragedies always lead to peace?

7.    In what ways does Shakespeare’s play provide a valuable lesson about the destructive effects of hatred?

God's Grandeur

Jack London: The Law of Life

The Law of Life
https://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~ehrlich/343/london_law_of_life.htm

Jack London: The Law of Life – Listen and Read

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do4TNnj7MLQ

An Episode of War, by Stephan Crane

An Episode of War
http://www.flippedoutteaching.com/lessons/eng3/unit4/Episode%20of%20War,%20An.pdf

Happy Valentine's Day with up so floating many bells down

 [anyone lived in a pretty how town] 

BY E. E. CUMMINGS

anyone lived in a pretty how town

(with up so floating many bells down)

spring summer autumn winter

he sang his didn’t he danced his did.

Women and men(both little and small)

cared for anyone not at all

they sowed their isn’t they reaped their same

sun moon stars rain

children guessed(but only a few

and down they forgot as up they grew

autumn winter spring summer)

that noone loved him more by more

when by now and tree by leaf

she laughed his joy she cried his grief

bird by snow and stir by still

anyone’s any was all to her

someones married their everyones

laughed their cryings and did their dance

(sleep wake hope and then)they

said their nevers they slept their dream

stars rain sun moon

(and only the snow can begin to explain

how children are apt to forget to remember

with up so floating many bells down)

one day anyone died i guess

(and noone stooped to kiss his face)

busy folk buried them side by side

little by little and was by was

all by all and deep by deep

and more by more they dream their sleep

noone and anyone earth by april

wish by spirit and if by yes.

Women and men(both dong and ding)

summer autumn winter spring

reaped their sowing and went their came

sun moon stars 

Island of the Blue Dolphins

PDF Island of the Blue Dolphins

http://playpen.meraka.csir.co.za/~acdc/education/Dr_Anvind_Gupa/Learners_Library_7_March_2007/Resources/books/bluedolphins.pdf

PDF Questions and Activities Scholastic

https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/activities/migrated-files-in-body/island-of-the-blue-dolphins-bookfiles.pdf

"The Open Boat," Stephen Crane

The Open Boat
https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the-open-boat.pdf

Student-Generated Writing Prompts for The Old Man and the Sea

Student-Generated Writing Prompts for 
The Old Man and the Sea

Grade 9 P. 4 English 10 Taylor

        1.  What did the struggle with the fish and/or sharks symbolize?

        2. Santiago’s inner thoughts; what do they mean?

        3. What/who could Santiago symbolize? (Jesus, Francis, etc…)

        4. Does Santiago give up after getting 1)hurt, 2)criticized, 3)attacked by sharks? 

       5. Does Man olin care about Santiago like 1)a parental figure, 2)a friend, 3)a      god

       6. What mental state was Santiago in? Did his mentality affect him in any way?

       7. What role does Santiago have in the town? (crazy… wise… poor… etc…)

       8. What did the shark represent? (evil… the devil… etc…)

Questions: Out of the Silent Planet

Out of the Silent Planet Questions

Quizlet

https://quizlet.com/30393451/out-of-the-silent-planet-flash-cards/

Out of the Silent Planet Questions

What is the main conflict in Out of the Silent

Planet?

In Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis, what are some of Weston's fears?

What are at least three character traits for the main character, Ransom, in the book Out of the Silent Planet?

Can you summarize the Postscript of C. S. Lewis's Out of the Silent Planet?

   Please summarize Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis.

Scandal in Bohemia! Sherlock Holmes

Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaDfTP7zohQ

Grade 12 Practice Literary Analysis #2

Write a 5 paragraph essay based on this short story including three elements of short stories and evidence from the story to validate your analysis.

The Gift of the Magi

https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/1-the_gift_of_the_magi_0.pdf

Mood

A Christmas Carol Cycle

Our Christmas Carol Cycle: 

Watch the video, locate the section in the book, analyze the section--then teams will write scripts for scenes and perform them. We don't have fancy costumes, but we have hats!

A Christmas Carol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol_(1984_film)

A Christmas Carol eText

https://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Dickens/Carol/Dickens_Carol.pdf


Stave 1 text questions
http://www.fmms.mps-al.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_394994/File/Floyd%20Middle%20School%20fro%20Mathematics,%20Science%20and%20Technology/Forms/Teacher%20Forms/achristmascarolstave1questions.pdf

Stave 2 text questions
http://www.fmms.mps-al.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_394994/File/Floyd%20Middle%20School%20fro%20Mathematics,%20Science%20and%20Technology/Forms/Teacher%20Forms/achristmascarolstave2questions13-14.pdf

Stave 3 questions
http://www.fmms.mps-al.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_394994/File/Floyd%20Middle%20School%20fro%20Mathematics,%20Science%20and%20Technology/Forms/Teacher%20Forms/AChristmasCarolStave3Questions14-15.pdf

Stave 4 questions
https://study.com/academy/practice/quiz-worksheet-a-christmas-carol-stave-4.html

Stave 5 questions

https://study.com/academy/practice/quiz-worksheet-a-christmas-carol-stave-5.html

Students will write scenes from the story and perform them. Fun!

Practice Literary Analysis Essay 2: Short Story Grade 11

Write a 5 paragraph essay based on this short story including three elements of short stories and evidence from the story to validate your analysis.

 Christmas Day in the Morning
https://www.whatsoproudlywehail.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Christmas-Day-in-the-Morning-Pearl-Buck.pdf?x65350 

Required Reading in MzT's English Class

Required Reading

English Class, Ms. Taylor

mtaylor@vvcs.org

Each English student will read material outside of English class. Three types of material are required: fiction, informational and biographical. Students log their daily progress in a reading log in their interactive notebook (INB). The student will present an alternative book report (ABR) for each of the required reading three types. and write a five paragraph essay on one of the required readings.

The purpose of Required Reading outside of class is to

1.   Give students ownership of their reading responsibilities;

2.   Improve reading comprehension skills, as well as speed and fluency, in more than one genre;

3.   Enhance familiarity with punctuation skills and grammar usage through the written page;

4.   Open venues of research online;

5.   Develop speaking skills to the entire class as well as in collaborative groups; and create a community of respectful listeners.

6.   Strengthen thinking and writing skills through creation of presentations and essays.

7.   Grow curiosity and imagination, and an increasing love of literature.

What kind of reading is acceptable? Books and topics are cleared by the teacher.

Fiction books must be at grade level, and books considered classics are preferred. The student may watch a Shakespeare movie and do a presentation, however only Shakespeare is allowed in movie form.  Students may also read books of poetry.

Biographical material may be a book or information found online from valid sources, at least seven links to be documented. The resources may include video.

Informational material may be a book or information found online from valid sources, at least seven links to be documented. The resources may include video.

Here are the choices for Alternative Books Report:

Thank you, Todd Finley.

Students will choose one writing prompt.

What's Happening in MzT's Classroom Week of 11/5-11/9 2018

All of our classes are writing a novel!

NaNoWriMo
https://nanowrimo.org/dashboard

This week's focus on Writing Strategies is characterization.

Outside Reading is going into hyperdrive-- SSR every day, daily logging in pages read, taking ownership of their reading--Alternative Book reports! Reading Comprehension is the name of the game.

The Seniors are reading Macbeth-oops, I guess I should say, "The Scottish Play," and as we read, watch Patrick Stewart's 2010 version. And read aloud and write, write, write.

We are having great fun with these non-book report options. Thank you, Todd Finley.

Wazzup in MzT's Class 10/22-10/26 2018

This week we are emphasizing outside reading with weekly summaries and check and a push towards the classics.

Grade 10 will start The Last of the Mohicans, and Grade 12 will start 'MacBeth.' The other grades are enjoying folklore, fairytales, and myths.

Reviewing Literary Genres

https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/reviewing-literary-genres.html

7, 9 Fables and Fairytales--Beauty and the Beast

https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/7-9-fables-and-fairytales-beauty-and.html

12 What is Drama? Intro to Shakespeare
https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/12-what-is-drama-intro-to-shakespeare.html

Prefixes and Roots 7 &8

https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/prefixes-and-roots-7.html

https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/10-what-is-novel.html

10 James Fenimore Cooper Bio

https://mztsclass.blogspot.com/2018/10/10-james-fennimore-cooper-bio.html

Reviewing Literary Genres-with an eye for creative writing