12/13/2011

Homework: None, but if you've been absent any day this week, be sure to read Act I in Romeo and Juliet.
You can visit Shmoop on my Resources Page and get a modern day summary of the play to aide you in your understanding if necessary.
Middle Age Test Takers: Make Up Tests--No Later than THIS THURSDAY!

***Tomorrow: You will write your Act I Assessment! This particular assessment will be a paragraph summarizing the key elements of Act I. As discussed in class today, consider focusing on the key characters that are introduced in this act and their relationships with each other. You will want to make sure that your summary contains a solid introductory topic sentence and a concluding sentence that ties back to your main topic.

You will have forty minutes to write this assessment; you will want to take all that time as it's a heavy weighted grade, and the team with the highest test percentage wins our first awarding of ducats!

Mrs. Johnson

12/07/2011

English Homework: Read pages 804-807 in tan book--bring tan book to class tomorrow.

History Homework:

 Everyone needs 1^st of 3 documents read, annotated, highlighted, and brought to class ready to discuss tomorrow.

12/05/2011

Homework:
*Continue study for Middle Ages Literature Test for Wednesday (100 question multiple choice)
Read the background information and "The Wife of Bath's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer on page 772-784 and answer the following questions:
"Identifying Facts" 1-4
"Interpreting Meanings" 1-4

***I am not collecting the answers to these questions until the beginning of the English period on Wednesday, before you take the test, so you can always read the story tonight, go through the questions verbally, but then actually write them out tomorrow to help you time manage a little.

Thank you,

Mrs. Johnson

12/02/2011

Homework:
Study for Middle Ages Literature Test! You will find the Study Guide under the "Study Guides" tab.
1. Today in class we took notes on the "Punctuation" Power Point, which you can find under the "Power Points" tab. You will want to take notes on the different kinds of punctuation you can use for stylistic purposes.
2. Punctuation has been removed from the following excerpt. It is your job to put it back in, using the various punctuation marks reviewed or learned in the Power Point:
 

“Preparation timing and speed were all important the explorers had to wait for spring and sunlight to return to the Arctic but they also had to complete the journey before great sections of the polar ice melted in the Arctic summer Peary’s expedition consisted of five advance relay sledge teams which would take turns going ahead to break the trail and establish supply camps as each team finished its leg of the journey it would return to the supply ship”

 

***Bring your excerpt with the correct punctuation to class with you on Monday. Additionally, bring your tan book as we will read the "Wife of Bath" story.

3. As promised, the Dante and Chaucer lecture notes are under the "Study Guides" tab. I can print copies out for those who truly cannot access them.
***Bring tan books Monday for the "Wife of Bath" story!
4. Dr. Paraskevas asked you to email her your sentences directly from now on. Her email address is now located under the "Resources" tab.
5. Finally, I of course collected the Song of Deeds stories today.

Happy Friday!

Mrs. Johnson

12/01/2011

Today in class:

Homework:

Please finish Dante's Inferno (if you were in class today, that amounts to two pages of reading). If not, then four.
***Song of Deeds stories are due tomorrow! I look forward to reading them!

Mrs. J

11/30/2011

***Great Presentations today***
Homework: Revise Song of Deeds Stories
*Bring tan books tomorrow!
Toys for Hoover Elementary would be so appreciated!!!
There are 12 girls, and 11 boys for the class I am getting toys for and . . .

We still need:

• Stickers/Temporary Tattoos
• Colored Pencils
• Candy Canes
• Bouncy Balls

*Each boy/girl gets a separate bag for the items to go in, so we need the same items for everyone. The Dollar Store is a great place to go, and obviously carries other fun item that could be purchased as well. Anything purchased (as long as there's enough for all) would be so appreciated.

Thank you and happy holidays to all!

Mrs. J

11/28/2011

Homework: Please read Canto 5 or pages 755 through 758 of The Inferno.
*Bring tan book tomorrow

Thank you,

Mrs. Johnson

11/26/2011

Good very early morning:

As promised, I just posted the "Middle Ages Exam Study Guide" under the "Study Guides" link on the tab bar at the top of the blog. Hope you're enjoying your break!

Take care,

Mrs. Johnson

P.S. Bring your tan books Monday of course!

11/18/2011

Happy Friday and Mini Vacation!

Homework:
Revise Song of Deeds creative stories

Final Draft Due Date: December 2nd, Friday

I have added a new "Resources" page on the bar that runs across the top of the webpage; you'll find some helpful writing information there as well as other resources.

*Bring tan book on Monday, November 28th!

Mrs. J

11/15/2011

Today in class, we:

Discussed the Dante's Divine Comedy gallery walk questions.
*Please bring your tan books for tomorrow.
We will first continue taking our Inferno notes, and then hopefully commence reading the Inferno!

Homework: Please bring a second rough draft of your song of deeds paper with you to class on Thursday for our second peer edit session.

Thank you and thanks for another excellent discussion today!

Mrs. J

11/09/2011

Today in class:

• Students completed the peer edit for the first rough draft of the song of deeds

*Please bring tan book tomorrow as we may have time to begin Dante's Inferno.

Thank you,

Mrs. Johnson

11/08/2011

Please create a storyboard for "Chevrefoil" and turn it in by Thursday.
This assignment is worth 10 points.
The storyboard should contain at least 6 panels, and no more than 8 as a short story.
You only need to focus on the story we read from your tan book and not the additional background information from the Power Point.
The storyboards do not have to be in color, although they tend to look nicer that way.
Please do not copy and paste pictures from the internet, but use your own creativity to create this assignment.
***Bring your rough drafts for your song of deeds if you haven't done so already! Deadline is tomorrow! Zero out of ten points if you don't!

Mrs. Johnson

No tan book needed tomorrow

11/07/2011

Today in class:

1. I collected the song of deeds rough drafts.
2. We finished The Grail.
3. We discussed similarities and differences between Roland and The Grail.

There is no assignment from today or no homework. If you didn't bring a rough draft, bring one tomorrow!
*You WILL need your tan book tomorrow!
*PLEASE SEND ME YOUR FANCY SENTENCES FOR DR. PARASKEVAS--via email would be best!

Mrs. Johnson

11/04/2011

Homework: Please write a rough draft of your song of deeds story. Your story should be at least two pages in length. The rough draft can be handwritten. Just to clarify, it does not need to be an epic poem. Your story can be in narrative prose form.
Here is a link to the Power Point I showed for the assignment: Song of Deeds Assignment Description

*Please bring tan book to class on Monday
*Please select a sentence from either a newspaper, advertisement, internet article, magazine, comic book, novel, any text that strikes you as interesting and email it to me if possible; otherwise, write it down on a piece of paper and bring it to class this week. The homework deadline due date for this assignment is: Wednesday, November 9th; however, I would welcome the assignments early!

*Rome Literature Quizzes MUST be made up by Wednesday, November 9th, or the grade will sadly become a zero as I need to be able to hand the quizzes back to students.

*Finally, all make up work previous from the Rome unit will have to made up by Wednesday, November 9th as well.

Thank you,

Mrs. J

11/03/2011

*I forgot to remind you to bring in a sentence that really stood out to you for our lesson with Dr. Paraskevas tomorrow! It can be a sentence from the internet, newspaper, advertisement, book you're reading, anything!
*Bring tan book tomorrow as well!

Mrs. J

11/01/2011

Excellent discussion today on the Song of Roland. Check In-Touch as I just added in grades for that discussion. Because the discussion was so good, I weighted the grades in your favor! Those who spoke out received one bonus point! I meant to compliment the class on doing such a wonderful job today!

Bring tan books tomorrow!
Mrs. Johnson

10/31/2011

*Bring tan books tomorrow through the rest of the week.
For those of you who missed taking Song of Roland background notes with us on Thursday and Friday of last week, click on this link for the notes: Roland Notes
*The above notes are important as many of the information will appear on your Middle Ages Literature Test.
*Epic Hero Paragraph Rewrites due today!
*No homework for tomorrow!

Mrs. Johnson

10/25/2011

*You DO NOT need tan books tomorrow!
Here is the Power Point on the Epic Hero feedback from today:
Epic Hero Paragraph Feedback

No homework for English tonight.

See you tomorrow,

Mrs. Johnson

10/23/2011

• Epic Hero Paragraphs will no longer be accepted as we will begin the Middle Ages Unit this week.
• Please DO NOT send me epic hero paragraphs via email. Due to print budget constraints, I cannot print them out, and your paragraph is too late to be accepted at this point anyway. For those who sent them via email early on, I will grade them on my computer, and put a grade in the gradebook for you.
• The Odyssey exam has closed and will now become a zero. The warnings have been out there for weeks.
• You will NOT need your tan books tomorrow.
• Bring a number two pencil

Study up and see you tomorrow!

Mrs. Johnson

10/21/2011

Roman Literature Review Questions Power Point
Roman Literature Review Answers Power Point

Study Tip Suggestion:

• I would suggest that you make flashcards of the author and their works and:
• flashcards of the literary terms and definitions.

*If you know these, you'll be in excellent shape!

Study up and see you Monday!

Mrs. Johnson

10/19/2011

The Roman Study Guide is located under "Study Guides" on the top tab of my Webpage. I will now post all Study Guides there.
Here is the Connections Chart from today as promised: Rome Quiz Connections Chart

10/19/2011

For those who were not here for Gladiator Diet Power Point and Assignment, Here is the Power Point for that and you'll need to get an article from me:

For help with apostrophes, click on link below:
Gladiator Diet Assignment
Apostrophes

10/17/2011

Today in class, we took notes on a new poet, Catullus. See Power Point below to get the assignment if you were absent.

*You do not need your tan book tomorrow!
Bring your pink Gladiator Diet article and your "Big Ideas" statements from the article (you were to write down at least 5 big idea or essential details from the article, which you will share in a group tomorrow).

Catullus Assignment

10/13/2011

Epic Hero Final Draft due Monday, Oct. 17th
*Bring Tan Book Monday

Enjoy your extended weekend!

Mrs. Johnson

10/11/2011

Today we read Tacitus The Burning of Rome in your tan book.
Here is the Power Point with questions for your notes, which will help you prepare for the Rome Test. I am not collecting the notes, so take them in any fashion you want. AND DON'T forget YOUR ROUGH DRAFT! NOT A FUN DAY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T.
Tacitus and The Burning of Rome Power Point

10/11/2011

Don't forget Epic Hero Paragraph rough draft due tomorrow!!!
*You don't need tan book tomorrow, YAH!!!!

10/10/2011

You can find the Epic Hero Assignment in yesterday's blog post, but the complete rough draft is due this Wednesday, the 12th. Draft needs to be typed in MLA format. Clear it with me if you can't type it. On Wednesday, you will spend the period in a peer edit session, which you will receive points for, so it's an important day not to miss.
*Homework for me today and tomorrow is to work on the paragraph assignment.
*Bring tan book tomorrow as we will read an in-class assignment in it tomorrow.

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. Johnson

10/09/2011

Epic Hero Rough Draft Paragraph in DBQ outline format due Wednesday!
Click link for assignment directions.
You MUST come with a COMPLETE ROUGH DRAFT this Wednesday Oct. 12th to get 5 out of 5 possible points.
Epic Hero Paragraph Assignment

P.S. On the assignment, I mention that you can refer to your Oregon State Scoring Guide--I will send you all with one on Wednesday as you will work on your final draft over the extended break.

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. Johnson

10/07/2011

Today in class:
Groups presented Sappho poetry analysis
Take notes on following Power Point--Be sure to get homework assignment from the last slide:
Roman Spectacle/Theatre Power Point

Bring Tan Book Monday!

10/05/2011

Homework:
*Bring tan book to class tomorrow!

Tonight in your TAN World Lit Book, read pages 279-282 and answer questions 1-4 on page 283.

You will now start bringing your TAN book to class and leave your GREEN book in your locker. DO NOT TURN YOUR GREEN BOOK BACK INTO THE LIBRARY AS WE WILL USE THAT FOR Romeo and Juliet and Great Expectations.

Mrs. Johnson

10/04/2011

If you were absent today:

1. We took The Odyssey test!
2. I collected: The blue Epic Chart, the green character/terms chart, and the Part II Odyssey Reader's Response Journals
3. I gave the following Homework Assignment:

• Read the article: The Gods Return to Olympus by Matthew Brunwasser
• Write a summary of the article (there are specific guidelines for the summary, which I handed out, and can attach to the webpage, but not at the moment). I do not have the article scanned, so I cannot attach that either. If you were absent, then just get both items from me when you return.

Mrs. Johnson

10/03/2011

Below is the Power Point from the review session for TOMORROW'S test:

Due tomorrow:

1. Green Character/Terms Sheet (see earlier post on this site for the characters you don't need to worry about)
2. Blue Epic Hero Character Chart
3. Responses to the Writing Prompts over The Odyssey Part II Power Point (also an earlier post/link you can access on this site)
4. Bring your TAN World Lit book tomorrow
5. Bring a NUMBER 2 Pencil

Odyssey Trivia Power Point

Good luck studying!

Mrs. Johnson

09/30/2011

Below is an Odyssey background Power Point where I asked the class to take notes and write a summary of their understanding of the notes--this was obviously before we began The Odyssey. If you are missing this, here it is below:

The Odyssey

09/30/2011

Odyssey Study Guide at the bottom!

We will have our exam Tuesday.
Recommended study for a literary work of this nature:

• Do not re-read the entire epic poem; however, do go through the poem and take notes over the key sections.
• For example, you can apply the SQ3R model: or Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review

Survey:
In this stage, you quickly scan the epic poem and look through each key section. Read the captions, look at pictures, and write down each category of each major section of The Odyssey.

Question:
After you've surveyed and text, then go back to each category you've written down, and write questions on the left-column (like Cornell Notes style). Your questions should be things like:
How does The Odyssey begin? Your category to the right would state Homer addresses the muse of epic poetry.

Read:
Again, do not re-read the entire epic adventure, but go through each section and locate the important elements from each section. Re-read these....

Recite:
In this stage, you recite your notes, (yes outloud), going over them and over them to help with your memorization.

Review:
Ideally you should put your notes down for a day or two and let the information process. Then review it again for a couple hours the night before the test.


Additional Tips:

• Full 8 Hours of Sleep the night before exams
• Eat breakfast
• Do not stuff yourself at lunch or drink too much caffiene
• Stress Reducing Exercises: Deep breathing, positive thinking, pressure points, yoga, etc.

Odyssey Study Guide

09/29/2011

Final Odyssey Facilitated Discussion

09/29/2011

If you have been absent at any point, you will want to go back and answer questions from the Power Point I've been showing in class all week as we have finished part II. We finished it yesterday, so make sure to finish the story/epic poem if you haven't done so already.
Our test will take place on Monday as we finished earlier than expected!
I will post a Study Guide on the blog very soon!
Part II Odyssey Notes Power Point

09/26/2011

Today in class we read to the "Argus" section in Part II of The Odyssey (page 722).
I asked students to start taking notes over PART II, which I will collect on the exam day, which will most likely be Tues/Wed of next week.
If absent today:
Title your notes Odyssey Part II Notes:
Complete the following journal in your notes:

}1. Describe a time when you returned to a place that used to seem familiar and comforting to you, but suddenly had changed to feel foreign and unsettling: Include the emotions you felt during this experience: (If you cannot think of a time, then write about how Odysseus must feel upon his return to Ithaca)

 

2.  With your table partner, define the terms foreshadowing and flashback and find one example of each in The Odyssey.

 

 

See you tomorrrow!

 

Mrs. Johnson

09/23/2011

If you were absent today, then you need to choose 5 of the questions on the attached Odyssey Study Guide and complete them and turn them in Monday.
We finished Part I today.

Mrs. Johnson

Part I Odyssey Study Guide

09/22/2011

No homework for those that were present today.
Those who missed need to read up through Scylla and Charybdis, which ends on page 709.
I also collected your summaries of The Odyssey thus far, so please get those done if you were absent when I gave the assignment on Wednesday.

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. Johnson

09/21/2011

Today's Homework:

In a thorough paragraph, summarize the main events of The Odyssey up through “The Land of the Dead” episode. Be sure to include a topic sentence introducing your summary and a concluding sentence that ties back to your summary.

Summaries will be graded on the following scale:

4=A           3=B            2=C            1=D           F=0

09/19/2011

Today in class: We started "The Cyclops" section of The Odyssey on pages 686. We read to page 690.
Homework: 690-698

A few of you seemed concerned about what's due in English thus far, so here is what I have collected:

• 5 Paragraph Pre-Assessment Expository Essay regarding a person/teacher who has impacted you significantly in your life. ( I handed these back today, and you wrote these the second day of class for me).
• The 6 questions about reading/writing/vocabulary that were on your Humanities Goals sheet from me.
• The Cornell Notes/Questions/Summary from the Power Point (see notes below and Power Point if you were absent)

*This is it so far!

If you missed last Thursday, then you missed our introduction to The Odyssey. I will attach the Power Point that I showed on Thursday.
Here is the assignment that goes with that Power Point:
Take Cornell Notes on the Power Point. If you do not know how to take notes in Cornell style, then that's okay for this assignment. Take notes on the assignment and make sure to answer the questions included in the Power Point. I also included the pages in the book where the answers can be found, so you will want to have your book handy.
Turn in your Notes, Answers to the Questions, and a Summary explaining what you learned about Greek culture. Here's the Power Point below:
Odyssey Background Power Point

09/16/2011

No Homework this weekend:)

If you missed the Greek Myth assignment and need the questions, here they are:

Greek Myth Assignment:

Goal:

 –Summarize sequence of events, main ideas, supporting details

1.              Provide a one to two sentence summary of the myth.

2.              How have you seen this myth referenced in society today? And if you haven’t, describe a story or film that is similar. You can always go online and look for how your story is alluded to today; therefore, everyone should have something to say for this question.

3.              What was the central theme of the story?

4.              Find two to three interesting facts about your myth and list them.

Weekend Homework

Research proper name pronunciation for Greek myth.

Due today 09/09: Answers to 6 questions from Goal Sheet
Due 09/08: Expository 5 Paragraph Essay

Welcome to Class!

Mrs. Johnson