Final Day!

May 15, 2014

Starter:

What would your Post Secret say about your finals experience?
 Create it.

Activity:
1.  John Donne Poem Analysis

The Sun Rising

Busy old fool, unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us?
Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run?
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide
Late schoolboys, and sour prentices,
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,
Call country ants to harvest offices,
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Thy beams, so reverend and strong
Why shouldst thou think?
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink,
But that I would not lose her sight so long:
If her eyes have not blinded thine,
Look, and tomorrow late, tell me
Whether both the’Indias of spice and mine
Be where thou leftst them, or lie here with me.
Ask for those kings whom thou saw’st yesterday,
And thou shalt hear: “All here in one bed lay.”

She’is all states, and all princes I,
Nothing else is.
Princes do but play us; compar’d to this,
All honour’s mimic, all wealth alchemy.
Thou, sun, art half as happy’as we,
In that the world’s contracted thus;
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
To warm the world, that’s done in warming us.
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere;
This bed thy centre is, these walls, thy sphere.

 INSTRUCTIONS:
On a separate sheet of paper, annotate each stanza.
Use this time to generate meaning.
Then, respond to the following questions:

A.  What is the objective summary of the poem?

B.  Which line best captures the main idea and why?

C.  What is the speaker's attitude towards the sun?

D.  How does the speaker value love?

E.  What is meant by the hyperbole, "She is all states, and all princes I?"


Please show me when you are done.




2.  Revisions

Closure:
Feedback.
I would like to know how your overall experience was in the class.
Please give me a positive and a delta.

 

2 Days Left!!

May 14, 2014

Starter:

Think about how this year has gone. 

What song would be playing in the background of your life?

Why?

Activity:

1.  Practice Selection

Read through with a partner.

Then, answer with the people at your table.

2.  Practice Poem

Read through with a partner.

Answer as a group.

WE WILL GO OVER AS A CLASS.

3.  USA test prep

Answer the ten questions.

Closure:

Have you noticed any improvements from other day?

Review Game

May 13, 2014

Starter:

What can you do to feel like this?

Find at least one inspirational quote to push you.

Activity:

1.  Partner Read

721-724

2.  Reflect

Just like in Harry Potter, this year is coming to an end.

How do you want your summer to begin?

What plans do you have?

3.  Review Game

4.  USA test prep

Answer the ten questions.

Closure:

Have you noticed any improvements from yesterday?

Review

May 12, 2014

Starter:

 

What are you afraid to dive into?

How can you overcome your hesitations and fears?

Activity:

1.  Review

First, you will read the passage by your yourself.

Excerpt from American Eloquence

We will answer the questions as a class.

2.   Independent Review

Please log in to USA test prep.

Click on Review Practice

You must earn 100%.

For the questions answered incorrectly, mark down the right answer and explain your new reasoning.

3.  Partner Read

701-710

4.  Symbol

Find a symbol to represent the conflicts you have read about.

Draw the symbol, using markers or colored pencils.

In a short answer response, explain why that symbol represents conflict.

Closure:

  Set a short term goal to accomplish for the end of the week.

How can you achieve this?

Jeopardy

May 9, 2014

 Starter:

Take 10 minutes to review your notes from yesterday. 

List of Sonnets:

SONNET 29

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings. 

SONNET 106

When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have express'd
Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are but prophecies
Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they look'd but with divining eyes,
They had not skill enough your worth to sing:
   For we, which now behold these present days,
   Had eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. 

SONNET 94

They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing they most do show,
Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow;
They rightly do inherit heaven's graces
And husband nature's riches from expense;
They are the lords and owners of their faces,
Others but stewards of their excellence.
The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
Though to itself it only live and die,
But if that flower with base infection meet,
The basest weed out-braves his dignity;
   For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
   Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. 

SONNET 46

Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war
How to divide the conquest of thy sight;
Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar,
My heart mine eye the freedom of that right.
My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie --
A closet never pierced with crystal eyes --
But the defendant doth that plea deny
And says in him thy fair appearance lies.
To 'cide this title is impanneled
A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart,
And by their verdict is determined
The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part:
   As thus; mine eye's due is thy outward part,
   And my heart's right thy inward love of heart. 

SONNET 60

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,
Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time, that gave, doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth,
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow.
   And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,
   Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.

Activity:

 

1.  Jeopardy

2. Partner Read

675-679

 

3.  Real Life Connection

Great Betrayals

4.  Reflection

Think about a time you felt betrayed.

What happened?

What advice would you give yourself if you could go back?

What can you do to prevent this from happening again?

Closure:

How do you currently feel about the poetry section?

What can be done to help?\

Sonnet Jeopardy

May 8, 2014

Starter:

What does your voice tell you ??

Activity:

1.  Prep for Jeopardy

Each category pertains to one of Shakespeare's sonnets.

Take 10 minutes to make notes on each sonnet.

SONNET 29

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings. 

SONNET 106

When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have express'd
Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are but prophecies
Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they look'd but with divining eyes,
They had not skill enough your worth to sing:
   For we, which now behold these present days,
   Had eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. 

SONNET 94

They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing they most do show,
Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow;
They rightly do inherit heaven's graces
And husband nature's riches from expense;
They are the lords and owners of their faces,
Others but stewards of their excellence.
The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
Though to itself it only live and die,
But if that flower with base infection meet,
The basest weed out-braves his dignity;
   For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
   Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. 

SONNET 46

Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war
How to divide the conquest of thy sight;
Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar,
My heart mine eye the freedom of that right.
My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie --
A closet never pierced with crystal eyes --
But the defendant doth that plea deny
And says in him thy fair appearance lies.
To 'cide this title is impanneled
A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart,
And by their verdict is determined
The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part:
   As thus; mine eye's due is thy outward part,
   And my heart's right thy inward love of heart. 

SONNET 60

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,
Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,
And Time, that gave, doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth,
And delves the parallels in beauty's brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow.
   And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,
   Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.

2.  Jeopardy

3. Partner Read

675-679

4.  Journal/Closure

How would you feel if you were lied to? Betrayed?

 

Third Selection

May 7, 2014

Starter:

Watch the Maze Scene

This clip has zero dialogue.

While you are watching, write down what you think Harry is thinking in his head.

Activity:

1.  Section Three from Common Exam

You will read through the selection with a partner.

We will then answer the multiple choice as a class.

Then, individually, you will answer the last constructed response.

2.  Partner Read

Pages 638-643

660-669

3.  Harry Potter Constructed Response Practice

As a group, answer each question:

What is the conflict?

What is the overall tone?

What is the theme?

For each question find as many examples from the text as possible.

Each example will be worth one point for your team.

Closure:

Predict.

What will Voldemort do next?

Released Final

May 6, 2014

Starter:

  

How can you make this review period the best and most effective ever?

Activity:

1.  Read Aloud

English Language Arts IV Final

Closure:

What concerns you the most about the final now that you have taken a practice one?

Achieve

Cinco de Mayo!

Starter:

Predict what will happen to Cedric and Harry.

Activity:

1.  Achieve 3000

Please log in and take the final test.

Take this seriously so you can see how you have improved since taking the initial test.

Closure:

What are your thoughts and feelings on the Achieve program.

Fishbowl

May 2, 2014

E.Q: How do problems in HP relate to problems today?

Obj: I can effectively and respectably discuss types of conflicts.

Starter:

What is a problem that you are currently experiencing?

How does it make you feel?

What are some steps that you could take to feel better or resolve the problem?

If you are not currently experiencing a problem, think back to a time that you did.

What could you have done to remediate the situation? 

Activity:

1. By The Sea

Please answer the 5 questions for review, using the link above.

We will go over the answers and why they are correct as a class.

2.  Achieve 3000

Please complete all activities for 

Leaders Promise to Help the World's Poor

(15 minutes to complete)

3.  Partner Read

Pages 599-604

4. Fishbowl

You will be assigned an issue that relates to the text.

a.  defamation- pg. 541

Defamation, Libel, and Slander Law

b.  friendship- pg. 287

Conflict with Friends

c.   attack- pg. 560

Violent Crime and Personal Safety

d. hatred- pg. 600

Combating Hate Crime

Each table will be assigned a topic to discuss in an inner circle.

You will explain what your topic is, how it is a conflict, and possible solutions.

Think of real life examples and probe each other for deep thinking.

Use the articles to help direct you if you are unsure of what to talk about.

You will earn 2 points for each minute you discuss.

The max amount you can earn is 10 points.

Closure:

What are your thoughts on using fishbowls?

Homework:

Chapter 31

Daily Prophet

May 1, 2014

Starter:

You have now read two of the three competitions which compose the TriWizard Tournament.  

If you were in charge of creating the events, what would the last event be?

Think of something outlandish and mystical!

Be creative and write at least a half page response.

 

1.  Partner Read

With a partner look back to the events that happen during the second task.

You will be using this information for YOUR second task.

Pages 495-503

2. The Daily Prophet  

You will be writing a feature story of the events from the above reading.

Make sure that you use your own voice and put your own spin on the events.

YOU MUST INCLUDE:

A nutgraph.

This sentence explains what the whole story will be about in one sentence.

It answers the questions: who, what, where, when, why, and how.

An introduction.

Grab the readers attention.

Provide a reader with a quick glance of what your story is all about.

The article

What is the whole reason you are writing this article?

What story do you want to tell?

Conclusion.

What lasting impression do you want to leave your audience with?

Picture:

Include an illustration to support your story.

If you have questions ask me or visit these great resources.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/Writewit/news/step1.htm

http://stage6.pbworks.com/f/How+To+Write+A+Great+Feature+Article.pdf

3.  Achieve 3000

Please complete all activities that go along with the article.

Closure:

How does this article relate to conflicts we have been talking about?

Trivia!!

April 30, 2014

E.Q: How does themes in Harry Potter connect to our lives?

Obj: I can make connections between the text and the real world.

Starter:

  

Unpack the Quote:

It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/conflicts.html#1DWc3m6q12GcBtId.99

It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/conflicts.html#1DWc3m6q12GcBtId.99

It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/conflicts.html#l1KiJAZ8FCkHBbIl.99

 It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race.

Activity:

1.  Harry Potter Trivia

Your table will be asked a series of questions relating to Harry Potter and conflict.

 If you get that question correct you will earn set amount of points.

Some questions pertain to plot, some require making inferences, some relate to real world situations, and some are just fun. 

Try and earn as many points for your team!!

2.  Connection 

Think back to one of the articles you located during trivia.

Flesh out the problem.

You may freewrite or use TPEQEA to elaborate and expand.

Closure:

How does conflict influence change?

It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/conflicts.html#l1KiJAZ8FCkHBbIl.99

It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/conflicts.html#l1KiJAZ8FCkHBbIl.99

The First Task

April 29, 2014

E.Q: How does conflict result in change?

Obj: I can create a visual based on the text.

Starter:

 

Thinking about the prompt, how can we all be better friends to each other?

How would this help decrease arising conflicts?

Activity:

1.  Partner Read

Half of 344-Top of 345

352-356

360

2.  Comic Strip

What would this all look like visually?

Create a comic strip depicting the first task.

10 points for vivid dialogue

10 points for creative flair

(How will you comic stand out from all the others?)

3.  Gallery Walk

You will be walking around, reading each others comics.

Give your peers feedback. 

One positive.

One delta.

4.  Voting

You will also be given one marble. 

Place the marble in front of the comic that you think is the best.

You CANNOT vote for yourself.

 The team with the most marbles will earn an extra 15 points.

Second place will earn 10 points.

Third place will earn 5. 

Closure:

Predict

What do you think is inside the golden egg?

Reading:

Chapter 23

Real Life Conflicts

April 28, 2014

 

Starter:

Making Predictions.

What do you predict will happen during the Triwizard Tournament?

What is the Goblet of Fire?

 

 

 

Activity:

 

1.  Partner Read

Refresh what you read over the weekend.

Look at pages:

186-188

212-217

 

2.  Application

Professor Moody claims, "You've got to appreciate what the worst is" (217).

What do you believe is the worst?

How do you appreciate and accept it?

Write a short response to the above questions.

(3-5 sentences)

 

3.  Partner Read

255-256

269-271

281

 

What conflict comes to exist throughout the above pages?

How will this conflict influence a change?

 

4. Conflict

Conflict surrounds us.  Whether we choose to accept it or not, it is everywhere.

Think of a conflict or problem that is present in our world.

 

Examples:

Personal Conflict: Not having good self-esteem

Global: Bullying

 

Pick one conflict and research it.

How prevalent is this issue?

Are there solutions?

What can be done?

 

Write one TPEQEA paragraph explaining the conflict/problem.

Then write one TPEQEA paragraph explaining a possible solution.

 

5.  Class Discussion

What issues did you all focus on?

How can we help?

 

Closure:

What is one thing you can do today to help make this world a better place?

 

 

 

 



Benchmark!!!

April 25, 2014

Benchmark!!

You will be taking the last benchmark of the semester today.

You must complete all of it.

You also must receive a 75%.

 

It is titled Last Benchmark For Real.

When you are done you may begin reading ch. 14.

We will discuss both chapters in class on Monday!

Have a great weekend!!

Conflict

April 24, 2014

E.Q: How does conflict allow for change?

Obj: I can identify the elements of conflict in HP.

Starter:

 

What lesson do you think is most important?

Why?

From what other characters have you learned valuable information about life?

What was it?

Activity:

1.  Partner Read

Pages 128-130

141-144

2.  Mind Mapping

Your Theme is Conflict.

If you answer ALL questions you will earn 10 points.

If you include a picture, with color, you will earn an additional 5 points.

QUESTIONS:

How is conflict defined?

What is the present conflict in HP?

Include at least 3 direct examples from the text.

How will the conflict facilitate change?

What is a possible resolution?

Make at least 3 predictions of what will happen due to the Dark Mark.

What do you think the Dark Mark looks like?

 Which quote captures the entire chapter?

Interpret it.

3.  Character Journal

Assume the role of either Harry, Ron, or Hermione.

Write a journal entry as if you just witnessed the Dark Mark.

What did you see?

Who do you think did it?

How do you feel?

What is going on in your head?

Write at least a one-page, hand written, response.

This is your opportunity to tell a story.  Be as creative as possible.

Closure:

What is a conflict you have in your life?

What is a possible solution to your problem?

Homework:

Read ch. 12

Let the Games Begin

April 23, 2014

E.Q: How do you know what is real and imaginative?

Obj: I can identify literary devices in text.

Starter:

The following ten statements require a yes/no response.  Please explain your reasoning.

1.   I believe in magic. 

2.  Mermaids are real.

3.  What you can imagine can become reality.

4.  I would greet any challenge that met me with enthusiasm.

5.  There is a possibility that wizards and ghosts are real.

6.  If my friend was in danger I would risk my life to save him/her.

7.  I wish I could go to Hogwarts.

8.  Dumbledore vs. Gandalf, who wins?

9.   If I could have a special talent it would be…

10.  I look forward to reading Harry Potter.

Activity:

1.  Your House Crest

There are 4 houses in Harry Potter.

Your table will be your house.

Create a crest to represent your "house".

 Each house will earn points by correctly identifying elements of the story.

Whichever team has the most points wins.

2.  Table Reading

Taking turns, read ch. 2, The Scar.

Pages 16-25

3.  Literary Scavenger Hunt.

With your table find one example of each:

Connotation- the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning

Denotation-the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression

Setting- the location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place

Characterization- a step-by-step process wherein a character of a story is brought to notice and then detailed upon in front of the reader.

Foreshadowing- to show or indicate beforehand

Write down the example and page number.

Whichever team completes this task first wins for the day!!

Closure:

What do you predict the "Goblet of Fire" is?

REMINDER!!!

YOUR PAPER IS DUE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!!

Read chapter 9 for tomorrow.
Chapter 8 is optional.