Week at a Glance: May 3 - 7

English 11 Pre-AP

• Due MONDAY:
• Free Write for 10 minutes on this topic: "Does poetry provide a uniquely powerful vehicle for social commentary? How or how not?"
• BRING YOUR SILENT READING BOOK!
• Due WEDNESDAY:
• Bring your Free-write (for 10 minutes) on this question to class to hand in: What is the power of mixing media with poetry?
• The examples we used to explore this question on Monday are as follows:
• http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/object.xq?objectid=songsie.b.illbk.48&java=yes
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkg9kmLnX30&NR=1
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGcQsciSp_I&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfDpW3xUK8g&feature=related
• http://www.jennyholzer.com/Projections/site/Toronto2007/
• Bring your silent reading book.
• DUE FRIDAY
• Bring your free-write (10 minutes long) on this question: What does Frost's poetry do? If you weren't at class on Wednesday, roam around the web to find some of his poems and commentary about Frost (might want to start here: http://www.poets.org/)

English 11

• Your journal portfolio is due Monday (day 2) and Tuesday (day 1). 
• We have read the following stories:
• The Black Cat - Edgar Allan Poe, The Terrible Old Man - J.P. Lovecraft
• The Initiation - Sylvia Plath, The Luncheon - Jeffery Archer
• Araby - James Joyce, Birthday Girl - Haruki Murkami
• The Other Side of the Hedge (1.1 & 2.1), The Necklace - Guy De Maupassant
• Cell One - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi, The Chaser - John Collier  (1.1 & 2.4)
• An Upheaval - Anton Chekhov
• You may omit 2 of these + The Black Cat (That being noted, I will take further notice of those who submit a response for all of these stories).
• Since it is a portfolio please present it as such: "a portable case for holding material representative of a person's work". Bind it together in some creative or basic way and include a cover page. 
• Take pride in your work. This will account for a considerable portion of your term three mark and it should therefore be of considerable quality. You've had more than a month to perfect a final product.  The bar is high.

Writing12

• PRACTICE YOUR READING so you're ready for FRIDAY NIGHT!!!!!!! 

Week a a Glance: April 26-30

Writing 12

• Tuesday: Bring the piece that you're going to read at the May 7th public reading. We'll do a run through, choose the MCs and write the invitations.
• Thursday: Dress rehersal before a live audience!

English 11

English 11 Pre-AP

• Tuesday: Choose a book for your Read with an Adult project!
• Due Thursday:
• Bring your "read with an adult" book to class for silent reading
• Read Chad Davidson's essay at http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5899 then prepare the following: Highlight key phrases ~ Pull out main points ~ Paraphrase main idea  ~  articulate your opinion of his main idea and arguments
• Future Due Dates:
• Read with an Adult Projects due on June 4th.
• Lit/Lines Presentation due on June 8th
• Final Exam on June 15th

English 8