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Tuesday, November 12 to Monday, November 18

Agenda:

 

  • #1, 3 and 4 from the Narrative Template are due today
  • you will bring your idea to me for review – while you are waiting for your turn, start writing your narrative OR review the resources on the blog:
    • rhetorical techniques, show don’t tell activity, the instructions, the rubric/evaluation scale, the exemplars, read other essays (see the heading: Readers Make the Best Writers)
    • BUT no talking
  • Also, writing a narrative and using writing techniques is helpful for generating ideas for your Spoken Word, so start mulling over a potential topic. For your Spoken Word, all work (brainstorming, drafting, final product) must be written in a small journal; have it by the end of this week!!!!  More to come!
  • Timeline:
    • Tuesday: check-in and start writing
    • Wednesday: check-in and writing
    • Thursday: writing
    • Friday: a 99% – mostly there draft is due at the beginning of class; review for:
      • proper punctuation with dialogue -see the image on the Writing and Grammar tab
      • a proper hook
      • logical sequencing of event/s – story/narrative details balanced with reflection
      • Showing not Telling – descriptive imagery and accessing of the senses for your reader; highlight parts on your draft
      • a conflict/narrative complication and a thematic take away – can you highlight where your thematic insight is implied or explicitly revealed?
      • minimum: four examples of rhetorical manipulation; one is parallel structure and one is figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification) – the other two can be anything (anti-thesis, rule of three, alliteration, anadiplosis,  etc.)
    • we will start Spoken Word on Friday as well
    • Monday, November 18: Essay is due to TEAMS – NO class time on Monday
    • Thursday, Friday – November 28, 29: In-class performances for Spoken Word are DUE
    • Tuesday, December 3 – School Wide Open Mic performances in the cafeteria – all English classes attend
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Tuesday, November 12 to Monday, November 18

Agenda

 

  • REMINDER: add credits all this week for Night Cafe
  • quick review of some of the scenarios on the Padlet -BUT you should have your idea in mind
  • discuss the rest of the COL Literary Elements Brainstorm sheet Fall 2024
  • Timeline:
    • Tuesday – get the Brainstorm sheet completed for tomorrow
    • Wednesday – writing 🙂
    • Thursday – a 98% completed draft is due by the end of class
    • Friday – fine tune your draft into the final good copy. Start on the poster portion of your project. Remember, getting a really good prompt based off some of the imagery from your story is key.
      • Mr Barazzuol will be coming to class tomorrow to check if anyone needs help with the poster portion of the project – so start playing around with prompts, etc. today/tonight so that by tomorrow you have some questions ready to ask about any issues that might arise
    • Monday November 18:
      • a part of the class will be an intro to spoken word
      • a part of the class will be for writing the reflection for your project – the project is due Monday Night to TEAMS
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Thursday, Friday – November 7, 8

Agenda

Friday

  • Creative Non-Fiction Writing Brainstorming Sheet is due today
  • we will go over the other documents – Instructions etc. today
  • Timeline:
    • Tuesday, November 12 – the idea for your Narrative essay is sorted out and you are ready to share with me; you must have #1, 3 and 4 from the Narrative Template completed – the Writing and Grammar Tab
    • Wednesday – start writing your narrative
    • Rough – but mostly there – draft is due: Friday, November 15
    • Final good draft is due: Monday, November 18 to TEAMS

Thursday

  • the annotations for The Opposite of Loneliness are due
    • What is the thematic insight into life? What thesis statement could you write for it?
    • What is the conflict?
  • Start with this activity: Creative Non-Fiction Writing – Brainstorming English Studies 12
    • under the heading/s:

      Materials for the Narrative Essay
      Getting Started Documents:

  • This is DUE tomorrow!!!
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Thursday, Friday – November 7, 8

Agenda

 

  • Barazzuol Visit for the COL Poster portion of the project
  • make sure you have your ‘scenarios’ sorted out from yesterday’s activity: copy and paste the work you did in #1 from COL Literary Elements Brainstorm sheet Fall 2024 to the PADLET; obviously some of the ideas will be replicated, but that is okay. The link to the PADLET will posted in TEAMS – make sure that everyone has posted by FRIDAY NIGHT – so others can check out all the ideas
  • Read through the rest of the COL Literary Elements Brainstorm sheet Fall 2024 over the long weekend; be prepared with a story idea BY TUESDAY’s class, when you will fill out the rest of the details of your story on the brainstorm sheet; you need to start the writing of the story by Wednesday.
  • Keep Mr. Barazzuol’s lesson in mind; build up credits on Night Cafe everyday over the weekend… but you will not be designing your poster until the story is completed. But keep the IMAGERY you create in your story in mind for when you are ready to start creating your prompts in Night Cafe.

 

Thursday:

  • finish discussing the theme/s of The Veldt and the text to world connections
  • Introduction to the project – all materials are in the HCE and COL tab of the blog
  • work on the Literary Elements Brainstorming document
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Monday, Tuesday – November 4, 5

Agenda

 

 

Tuesday:

  • continuation of discussion of SAS
  • New essay: The Opposite of Loneliness
  • Test tomorrow – make sure you have a pen
  • study the resources on the blog:
    • the test is mostly multiple choice but has a section where you need to correct two incorrect (non-parallel sentences) by making them parallel
    • there is another section where you have to identity the pattern that makes the sentence parallel; here are the patterns – so make sure you understand them:
      • Verb tense pattern
      • Subject – verb agreement pattern
      • Correlative conjunction pattern (not only, but – neither, nor – either, or…)
      • Prepositional phrases pattern
      • Subordinate clauses pattern – which begin with subordinate conjunctions

Monday:

  • homework check for the annotations and questions – A South African Storm
  • discussion of above
  • reminder – test on Parallel Structure on Wednesday, November 6
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Monday, Tuesday – November 4, 5

Agenda

 

Tuesday – STREAM schedule today:

  • Homework check and discussion for the rest of the questions for The Veldt
  • text to world connections – see the materials on the blog

 

Monday – Short Day today:

  • Homework check: read or Free Rice during the homework check
  • discuss the questions
  • work on the rest for tomorrow – Homework check
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Wednesday – Friday, October 30 – November 1

Agenda

 

Friday:

  • Homework check for Chomp Chomp Parallel Structure #2 (online #3)
  • New essay: A South African Storm:
    • we will read it together and start work on the questions.

 

Thursday:

  • Homework check for the Libraries narrative essay:
    • looking for annotations on the essay: highlighted parts and labeling (metaphor, parallel structure, isocolon, etc.)
    • you have answered the questions as well, either on the essay doc or a separate doc
    • discussion of above
  • Work on Parallel Structure # 2 (#3 in online Chomp-Chomp) – due tomorrow

Wednesday:

  • We will review The New York Times article for devices and techniques – link is in the Writing and Grammar tab
  • First Essay: Libraries – use the resources for rhetorical analysis in the Writing and Grammar tab to answer the questions and annotate right on the paper copy of the essay handed out – due tomorrow 
  • Work on Parallel Structure #2 in Chomp Chomp – due Friday