Thursday, December 19, 2013

Ragtime vocabulary and background

Create a padlet for the Ragtime vocabulary

Period 5

http://padlet.com/wall/emejqbfqfs

Period 9

http://padlet.com/wall/gra3irvsae

or go to Glogster

Monday, December 16, 2013

Sweat/Ragtime/Bedford

 "Sweat"

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.wsu.edu%2Fpipermail%2Fenglish%2Fattachments%2F20130206%2F4fdc96a6%2FHurstonSweat.pdf&ei=ICWvUpznHaTksATfg4CACA&usg=AFQjCNHGMrL0IWZqOvtoWWWXPWrqZWPGUQ&sig2=ne2A0oKY5yIoL0jNP6I4IQ&bvm=bv.57967247,d.cWc

Video "Spunk":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOG_fHaNb7M 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11ioCkW5U14

Analysis of Sweat:

http://voices.yahoo.com/zora-neale-hurstons-sweat-character-metaphor-in-428737.html?cat=38 

http://www.articlemyriad.com/analysis-summary-sweat-hurston/

"Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self"

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fenloehs.wcpss.net%2Fresources%2Fkingsberry%2Fpropaganda.pdf&ei=PyevUvmzCobjsASyooGIDA&usg=AFQjCNGF3LcsA7McjXlWuu0hO0YeXXausg&sig2=kptazb7odmkb_vBblhZnDw&bvm=bv.57967247,d.cWc

CONTENT
  1. What did the third floor of Walker's new grade school formerly house?
  2. Describe the relationship between Miss Mey and the author's mother.
  3. Who is Miss Yarborough?
  4. How does the author feel about being on the cover of a magazine at the time of the writing of this piece?
  5. Describe the author's relationship to her poetry.
  6. How does Rebecca react upon viewing the author's eye? How does Walker react to her reaction?
  7. What changes in Walker's life when she becomes eight years old?
STRATEGY AND STYLE
  1. Explain this essay's title in light of the author's view of beauty and self-identity. How effective do you find it? Explain.
  2. Discuss "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self" as a comparison/contrast essay. Support your answer with specifics from the text.
  3. Why do you think Walker repeatedly puts quotation marks around the word accident? How can you relate this punctuation to her feelings about the event?
  4. In the last paragraphs the author departs from her mainly chronological approach. What incidents does she recount? What would she lose if she presented these things chronologically?
  5. In paragraph forty-three, Walker includes one of her poems. How else could she have conveyed this information? What does the poem provide besides information? How would the essay change without it?

Monday, December 9, 2013

A Day of Remembrance and Final Projects

1. Moment of Silence for Nelson Mandela

What do we know about Nelson Mandela?
Please take about 5 minutes to complete the bellwork I handed out. If you don't know anything about Nelson Mandela, please sit quietly or complete the last prompt on the worksheet. 

*PLEASE COMPLETE Mandela Worksheet for homework!!!

We will pay tribute by viewing a Maya Angelou tribute poem  to Nelson Mandela



2. Projects as Promised!!!

3. Discuss how this helps us to study for the AP exam!!! 

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Thursday 12/5/13










While interest in Black Boy ebbed during the 1950s, one of his best selling novels, a resurgence of interest in critics, Black Boy remains a vital work of historical, sociological, and literary significance whose seminal portrayal of one black man's search for self-actualization in a racist society made possible the works of such successive writers as James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison. It is generally agreed that Wright's influence in Native Son is not a matter of literary style or technique. His impact, rather, has been on ideas and attitudes, and his work has been a force in the social and intellectual history of the United States in the last half of the 20th century. "Wright was one of the people who made me conscious of the need to struggle,"said writer Amiri Baraka.[30]
Agenda
Housekeeping - Are there any questions or concerns about upcoming assignments?
Remember: Your multi-genre project is due Dec. 9th and there will be a unit test TOMORROW!

Quiz time as promised.
Review Quiz
 We will be Continuing our discussion of the Harlem Renaissance


Get into groups to find out information about Richard Wright


We will finish Richard Wright’s review and look at some biographical information. http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/s_z/r_wright/wright_life.htm



H.W.  Study for the exam and begin your 2-page essay. Projects due Monday, December 9th.


Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Please pay attention to your class' specific vocabulary and rubric


Period 5 AP English

In addition to studying the vocab and passages below you MUST review all of the concepts we have covered in class with Mr. Johnson, up to and including the Harlem Renaissance.

Vocabulary:
Ch 1- dilated, pugnacious, sodden
Ch 2- frothing
Ch 3- dwindled
Ch 4- bellowed, scorn
Ch 5- brazen, tangible
Ch 6- brute, irked
Ch 7- indifference, loins, prostrating, reconciled
Ch 8- ostentatiously
Ch 9- resurrection, usurper
Ch 10- swaggered
Ch 11- aromatic, excruciating, temporized
Ch 12- sashaying
Ch 13- blotchy, shabby
Ch 14- hordes, phosphorescent
Ch 15- emanations
Ch 16- homage, indiscriminate, seraphs
Ch 17- fracas
Ch 18- cherubim, peevish
Ch 19- delirium, dishevelment
Ch 20- fretful

Passages to be identified

Pg 20 Chapter
Pg 76 Chapter 7- “The years took…”
Pg 96 Chapter 10- “It’s all right…”
Pg 120 Chapter 13
Pg 184 Chapter 18
Pg 190-193 Chapter 20






Co-Constructed Rubric for your 2-page essay in the multi genre project due Monday December 9th. There is an Essay prompt below and you may choose one of the following three prompts:

1.) Consider our conversation on literary terms and rhetorical devices. Using evidence from the text, examine how Hurston uses three literary elements or rhetorical devices to convey meaning within the novel.

2.) Hurston uses a unique pattern of diction in the novel. Identify the two distinct types of diction used in the novel and discuss the effect and purpose of diction in the text.

3.) Write a synthesis essay which draws from three critiques of Zora Neale Hurston’s work (see the DICHOTOMY blog post on the class blog), be sure to include your own interpretation Hurston’s stylistic elements. 


1 (D/f)
2 (C)
3 (B)
4 (A)
Content
-cites lack of/no evidence
-lack of comprehension of themes

-makes arguments not supported with evidence
-inaccurate evidence
-too much evidence and not enough analysis
-makes arguments but arguments are unclear or hazy
-does not connect major claims
-official like the referee blew the whistle
-sufficient evidence most of which is analyzed
-most/all claims supported by sufficient evidence
-relevant arguments
Mechanics
-major errors
-no spell check
-no MLA heading
-writes like a seventh grader
-multiple mechanical errors
-inaccurate citations
-incomplete/incorrect MLA heading
-few mechanical errors
-complete and correct MLA heading

-almost no/none mechanical errors
-good use of MLA citations
-complete MLA heading

Organization
-not organized
-no structure
-some paragraphs carry structure
-full essay isn’t unified
-unified idea for the whole essay
-could have been better developed
-fully developed and unified essay




__________END OF 5th period AP class______




Period 09 AP English

In addition to studying the vocab and passages below you MUST review all of the concepts we have covered in class with Mr. Johnson, up to and including the Harlem Renaissance.

Vocabulary:
Ch 1- Drawled, Pugnacious
Ch 2- Languid, Revelation
Ch 3- Cosmic, Mien
Ch 4- Bellowed
Ch 5- Brazen, Temerity
Ch 6- Brute, Coquetry
Ch 7- Loins, Prostrating
Ch 8- Counterpane, Ostentatiously
Ch 9- Cur, Usurper
Ch 10- Swaggered
Ch 11- Abyss, Excruciating
Ch 12- Sashaying
Ch 13- Blotchy, Iodine, Shabby
Ch 14- Hordes, Muck, Bushel
Ch 15- Emanations
Ch 16- Indiscriminate, Defilement
Ch 17- Profusely
Ch 18- Peevish, Sultry
Ch 19- Delirium, Dishevelment
Ch 20- Fretful, Fetid

Passages to be identified
Ch 1 Pg 1 Metaphor for dreams, sets up novel
Ch 2 Pg 12,13,14 Kissing Johnny Taylor
Ch 16 Pg 140 Mrs. Turner talks to janie about her class
Ch 19 Pg 182 Tea Cake has rabies
Ch 20

Ch 6 Pg 61, 62 Vultures
Ch 13 Pg 121 Janie talks to Tea Cake about money
Ch 4 Pg 29 Janie first meets Joe Starks





Co-constructed Rubric
Co-Constructed Rubric for your 2-page essay in the multi genre project due Monday December 9th. There is an Essay prompt below and you may choose one of the following three prompts:

1.) Consider our conversation on literary terms and rhetorical devices. Using evidence from the text, examine how Hurston uses three literary elements or rhetorical devices to convey meaning within the novel.

2.) Hurston uses a unique pattern of diction in the novel. Identify the two distinct types of diction used in the novel and discuss the effect and purpose of diction in the text.

3.) Write a synthesis essay which draws from three critiques of Zora Neale Hurston’s work (see the DICHOTOMY blog post on the class blog), be sure to include your own interpretation Hurston’s stylistic elements. 


1 (D/F)
2 (C)
3 (B)
4 (A)
Content
-no evidence from the text
-lack of information
-lacks claims
-no thesis

-minimal evidence
-not a lot of explanations
-unclear thesis
-acceptable amount of claims supported by sufficient evidence
-clear thesis
-strong arguments
-outstanding use of evidence to support claims
-clearly stated, well supported thesis
-more analysis than description
Mechanics
-lack of punctuation
-no MLA heading
-an abundance of spelling errors
-no citations
-few punctuation and spelling errors
-comma splices
-run-on sentences
-incorrect citation
-few punctuation errors
-minimal spelling errors
-correct use of citation
-little to no punctuation errors
- accurately cites evidence
-MLA heading
Organization
-no introduction
-no conclusion
-no order
-some paragraphs carry structure
-full essay isn’t unified
-unified idea for the whole essay
-could have been better developed
-fully developed and unified essay



Modernism, The Harlem Renaissance, and Zora Neale



Agenda
Housekeeping - Are there any questions or concerns about upcoming assignments?
Remember: Your multi-genre project is due Dec. 9th and there will be a unit test (meaning since Mr. Johnson has been teaching) on Friday.
Your project must be approved by Mr. Johnson Today!

Get together with a partner. You have 15 minutes to come up with two pieces for your multi-genre project. Type the following information and post it to the class blog:
Your name, today’s date, title of the novel with author’s name along with your two choices for the multi-genre project, partner’s name and feedback you received from your partner.
Discussion of the Harlem Renaissance


Let’s read Richard Wright’s review which has been given to you as well as posted to the class blog. Do you agree with Wright’s review of Hurston’s work? Let’s talk character development. How does Hurston “create” Janie?

H.W.  Study for the exam and begin your 2-page essay. Research Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. How does this relate to Janie. Be prepared for a 5pt quiz on Maslow. Study the chart and be able to tell me Maslow’s first name due Thursday, 12/5/13.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Co-Constructing Our Exam




Procedure
Housekeeping - Are there any questions or concerns about upcoming assignments.
Remember: Your multi-genre project is due Dec. 9th and there will be a unit test (meaning since Mr. Johnson has been teaching) on Friday.
There is a list of multi-genre projects on the class blog. Your project must be approved by Mr. Johnson on Wed. December 4th.


We will finish co-constructing the exam for friday. We will form groups then come together as a class. We will discuss what is ON THE TEST:
  • vocabulary
  • rubric
  • select short passages/reviews
  • modernist themes (including short stories:Hemingway, Eliot, Faulkner)
Mr. Johnson loves literature circles and we will discuss the novel with a question and answer segment and seminar style lecture.
    • We will read Richard Wright’s review in class
    • Do you agree with Wright’s review of Hurston’s work?


H.W.  Study for the exam and begin your 2-page essay. Research Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. How does this relate to Janie. Be prepared for a 5pt quiz on Maslow. Study the chart and be able to tell me Maslow’s first name.