Family Life / Outside Reading

Family Life classes will be held during English class the first 4 days of the semester.

Students have been assigned an outside reading project during this time.
It is due February 10 and is a major grade.

Instructions can be found here: http://woodliffenglish10.blogspot.com/2009/01/outside-reading.html

Exam Review

First semester exam review can be found here.

January 15: Finish up F451, Exam Review

•Turn in journals
•Get correct answers to Quiz #4
•Turn in B & C assignments from Tuesday. If you did not finish these, you have 30 minutes to finish.

Students had the opportunity to use an outline we created on the board. They could also complete their own or revise the outline to be in the order they chose.

Day 10, January 13

• Make sure the following journals are complete: Jan 7, Dec 16, Dec 10, Dec 8,November 20 and 14. Turn in journal. If not today, it is due Thursday, no exceptions.
• At your tables, answer study guide questions.
• Turn in vocabulary #4
• Quiz #4. 20 minutes 7:51
• Read the “Afterword” and “Coda”

1. coda - anything that serves as a concluding part
2. What do we learn from the afterword?
3. From the coda?
4. How does Bradbury feel about his book?
5. How are works being censored?
6. How does this negatively affect you as a student?
7. In Bradbury's play he tells about in the Afterword, Beatty says “I do play with ironies.” Why is it ironic for a fireman to own books? Which type of irony is this an example of: Verbal irony: saying one thing but really meaning the opposite. Situational irony: what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate Dramatic irony: the audience or reader knows something important that a character doesn’t know.

• Identify Dystopia characteristics in Anthem and Fahrenheit 451 (handout)
• Essay prewriting and outline. Use the handout above to prewrite (brainstorm and outline) as follows:

Prewrite for a 5-paragraph essay in which you compare the dystopias Anthem and Fahrenheit 451
1st: brainstorm.
What do these 2 books have in common?
What characteristics of literature might you write about?
2nd: organize by outline
Organize your thoughts into the order you will present them in an essay.
Basic Outline (write a sentence for the underlined parts)
I. Introduction: hook, summary, 3-point thesis statement
II. Topic #1 (this is the first point in your thesis)
A. – D. 4 details that support Topic #1. You should have details from each book to support your topic.
III. Topic #2
A. – D. Details (same as above)
IV. Topic #3
A. – D. Details (same as above)
V. Conclusion: restated thesis statement, closing thoughts

January 9, Day 9

Journal: Make sure all journal entries are complete. Add to or revise those that aren't. Journals will be turned in on Thursday (Tuesday, if you want to turn in early). I will not accept journals after Thursday.

Graded Quiz #3 was returned.

Vocabulary #3 was turned in.

We finished the book. Students had time to answer study guide questions.

We will recap on Tuesday for about 20 minutes than take Quiz #4.

HOMEWORK: finish vocabulary #4

Day 8, F451: January 7

Journal: “Save this book!” If you could save one book from being destroyed forever, which would it be and why? 3 sentence minimum.

Quiz #2 was returned, and we went over the answers.

Quiz #3 was taken.

Vocabulary assignment: Write 2 sentences using the words "obscure" and "pedant." Choose a vocabulary activity of your choice to complete for remaining words from reading assignment #4. Due Tuesday, January 13

Reading Assignment #4 vocabulary: fill in the blanks...

•A. burning
•B. clear, hidden
•C. decision
•D. distorted
•E. described
•F. crushing
•G. spice
•H. knowledge
•I. materials, corpse

"Burning Bright" We started reading the last chapter, "Burning Bright." Read from page 113 - "I'm sorry about this" on page 135.

Vocabulary #3 homework from last class: If it wasn't turned in today, students won't be penalized for turning it in on Friday. None will be accepted after Friday.

Day 7, Fahrenheit 451: January 5

1. Turn in vocabulary homework.
2. Quiz #2
3. Reading Assignmnent #3 vocabulary: make a cinquain or acrostic for each new word.
4. "The Sieve and the Sand" page 71 (read through page 93).
5. While reading this chapter, determine what its title means.
   While reading, add to “Get into My Head” characters.
6. HOMEWORK: Finish reading "The Sieve and the Sand" (copies were given). Finish vocabulary activities. Prepare for a quiz Wednesday.
7. Anthem essays returned:
   •On a separate sheet of paper, write “Anthem Essay” at the top. Then:
   •Editing: What types of mistakes did you make?
   –Make a list of mechanical mistakes (last part of rubric). Write an example of each mistake from your essay. Then correct the mistake and write your new sentence.
   –Due Friday, January 9
   •Replacement essay will be assigned after we finish Fahrenheit 451 for those of you who are unhappy with your grade enough to write a new essay.
   •A prewriting make-up assignment will also be given at that time.