Culver's English 11, Honors English 9, and Creative Writing

Happy Holiday Day…kicking off Homecoming Week.  I hope you enjoyed our Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade the teachers put on for you this morning. It was fun seeing your faces either surprised, disgusted, shocked, or just smiling. 🙂 Maybe next year we can throw more candy.  (Sorry about the pine cone, A.P.)

Test tomorrow on chapters 1-10 of Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Multiple Choice.

Narrative essays are being graded. Slowly but surely I will get them into iNow. Please be patient.

If you missed class today, we did a bellringer and did summary squares for chapters 9 and 10, then studied/read quietly.

Good afternoon!  Today was an interesting one, since it was Hillbilly Day…whoo hoo, I’ve seen some crazy stuff today. You guys have great school spirit!

Today in class, all my 11th grade classes did Bellringer 4, which once again was about vocabulary words found in Their Eyes Were Watching God. We discussed chapters six, seven, and eight from the novel and wrote summaries of each one in our summary squares. After that, we went over the answers for the three worksheets I had previously given to you on fig. language, imagery, and conflict.

HW for weekend is to read chapters 9 and 10 in Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Remember test is on Tuesday on Chapters 1-10. It will be multiple choice. Monday we will review for the test.

Ernesto, in case you check this blog–your rough draft of the narrative essay is here on my desk. 🙂

Hello!

Today first and eighth period completed a bellringer (#3), a summary square for chapter 6, and worked on the three worksheets I gave you yesterday–the ones about figurative language, imagery, and conflict. These worksheets will be pages 7,8, and 9 in your folder.

Second and fifth period were able to get into the library’s computer lab to type theirnarrative essay if they needed to. Everyone else worked on their three worksheets.

Remember: Narrative Essays, typed and following the rules of the rubric, are due tomorrow for a gold grade.  This is a big deal. Don’t forget to proofread.

Homework tonight is to read chapters 7 and 8. They are both pretty short.

Overview: Dialect and Narration–watch now

Overview video of TEWWG–watch now

Theme: Finding Your Voice–don’t watch until Tea Cake is in the picture

Theme: Love and Relationships–don’t watch until Tea Cake is in the picture

Context: TEWWG

Don’t watch this one until Tea Cake is in the picture.

Motifs in TEWWG—Don’t watch until we are done with the book.

Final Analysis in TEWWG–don’t watch until we are done

Plot Overview–Don’t watch until we are done.

Symbol: Hair in TEWWG–Don’t watch until we are done

Lesson Plans

Week 8

Week of September 22, 2014 to September 26, 2014

Monday, September 22, 2014

1.  Bellringer #10: Vocab from Their Eyes Were Watching God
2. Take up Bellringers
3. Summary Squares Chapter 1 review, 2 and 3
4. Pass out questions Ch. 1-4
5. Read chapter 4 tonight/Read/listen to audio of chapter 4

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

1. Bellringer 1: Vocab
2. Summary square for chapter 4
3. Check on dialect worksheet/questions at my desk
4. Review dialect worksheet and questions
5. Give rubric for narrative essay if I haven’t already
6. Read chapter 5/listen to chapter 5

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

1. Bellringer 2: Vocab
2. Quiz on Chapters 1-5, 15 questions, Multiple Choice—UPDATED 9/23
3. Check those questions for chapters 1-4 that I didn’t check yesterday–UPDATED 9/23
4. Summary square for chapter 5
5. Give worksheets  for Figurative Language,  Types of Conflict, and imagery
6. Work on these for rest of period OR go ahead and listen/read chapter 6

Thursday, September 25, 2014

1. Bellringer 3: Vocab
2. Summary square for chapter 6
3. Review Figurative Language,  types of conflict, and imagery
4. Read/listen to  chapters 7 and 8

Friday, September 26, 2014

1. Bellringer 4: Vocab
2. Turn in Narrative Essay for a GOLD GRADE. Must be typed. Refer to the rubric I gave you.
3. Summary Squares for chapters 7 and 8
4. Give questions for chapters  5-8
5. Quietly answer questions for rest of period. Read chapter 9/10 for hw

****NEXT TEST GRADE is on Chapters 1-10, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and it will be on Tuesday, September 30.