Women Writers

We have only read two women writers so far: Barbara Kingsolver for The Bean Trees and now Edith Wharton with Ethan Frome. Are women writers any different from men? Do they choose different topics? Do they have different writing styles? Do you prefer to read stories by men or women? Does it matter if a book is by a man or a woman?

Edith Wharton

Skim the information about Edith Wharton. Write down five interesting facts about her life.

Vocabulary Review

Go to Class Wiki link

In the Vocabulary Section, look at words 106-135. Write a short story using 10 of the words. Put the vocabulary words in bold.

Seattle 1999

Look at this link.

What is the WTO? In the movie This is What Democracy Looks Like, what are they protesting about the WTO?

Thoreau's View of Technology

Refer back to page 36 in the play. What is Thoreau's view of technology? Do you agree or disagree with him? What are the advantages and disadvantages of technology? What technology do you use every day? Could you go without technology for a day?

Podcast About Thoreau

Listen to part of the show Entitled Opinion about Thoreau. Answer these questions:

1. What is the host's view of Thoreau?

2. What is Kathryn Todd's view of Thoreau?

3. What are the advantages of living your life like Thoreau?

4. What are the disadvantages?

Civil Disobedience

What actions by the government are you against? What is the best way to change these actions? Can you use any of the ideas of Martin Luther King Jr. or Henry David Thoreau?

Bradbury's Writing Style

Go to the class wiki

Copy and paste five quotes that you like from your classmates. What is Bradbury's writing style? What kind of figurative language does he use? Give some examples. How is Bradbury's writing style different from Arthur Miller's?

Science Fiction

Go to this link.

What is Science Fiction? Who are some of the famous authors? What are the settings like?

Later, you are going to write a science fiction story to record in a Podcast. Do you have any ideas what your topic could be? What setting interests you?

Big Media

Media Ownership Chart: Most of our media sources are ultimately owned by a very small number of very large media corporations. Make a list of all the media you consume in a “typical” day – print media, television, video games, music, etc. Aim for a list of between 8-10 media examples. Then, research and chart who ultimately owns each media example. Use www.cjr.org to help you with questions of ownership, parent companies, etc.

Banned Books

Go to this link about banned books. What are the general reasons books are banned? What does this say about our culture and our country? Have you read any of the books on the list? How would your education be affected if you didn't read that book?

Renegades of Funk

Listen to the Rage Against the Machine song

"Renegades of Funk." Here is a link to the

lyrics

Who are some of the people mentioned?

What does Zack de la Rocha (the singer)

admire about them?

Period 6 Rough Draft Thesis Statements

Go to the Schreiber website

Click on the link for Period 6 Rough Drafts.

Read the introductions of 10 Rough Drafts. Choose the three best thesis statements. Copy and paste them into your blog. Explain why you think they are the best. Are they unique? Are they specific? Are they precise? How can you improve your thesis statement? What can you learn from other thesis statements?

Thesis Statements and Embedding Quotes

Go to the Schreiber website

1. Click on the PDF Per. 3 Rough Drafts. Read the introductions of 10 Rough Drafts. Copy and paste the three best thesis statements onto your blog. Explain why you think they are the best thesis statements? Are they unique? Is their phrasing precise? Do they give you ideas on how you could improve your own thesis statement?

2. Click on the PDF about Embedding Quotes. Read the information. If you wrote a rough draft, revise three of your quotes so that they are embedded. Introduce the quotes and only use the words that are absolutely necessary for expressing your point. Write the revised quotes in the blog. If you did not write a rough draft, choose a rough draft from the Per. 3 Rough Drafts. Revise three quotes to make them embedded. Post them in your blog.

Vocabulary Review in Wiki

Go to class wiki

Click on the Period 3 tab. Go down to either #6 or #7 of the Practice Test (don't do the one your group did). Copy and paste the vocabulary story into your blog. Make sure the Edit Html button is clicked, so you can paste properly. Fill in the answers. Check the key afterwards.

Nota Bene: Remember to review the Practice Tests tonight. You can use your computer or copies of the Wiki Practice Test on the Crucible Test Friday.

Review of Roots

Review the roots:

act- do

aud- hear

cred- believe

dic- speak

graph- write

loc- place

man- hand

mot- move

ped- foot

pop- people

port- carry

sign- mark

spec- see

tract- pull, drag

vid- see

volve- roll

Think of one word for each root. Write a poem using these 16 words.

English Handbook Questions

1. Where does the heading go? What goes in the heading?

2. Give an example of a comma splice?

3. What is the difference between a comma splice and a fused sentence?

4. What are two uses of the comma?

5. How is a semicolon used?

6. What numbers should be spelled out?

7. Are plays underlined?

8. What is the difference between "affect" and "effect?"

9. Explain the difference among "there," "their," and "they're."

10. What is parallel structure?

Citing Photos for Keynote

According to the book The Curious Researcher, "Online images often don't give you much to go on. If there is a name of the artist and title of the image, include them. If not, at least describe the image, and include the name of the sponsoring organization or site, and when you downloaded it" ( Ballenger 306).

Here's an example:

"China Town Engulfed." Online image. 12 May 2008.

BBC News. 8 June 2008

WEB ADDRESS HERE>.

Look at one of the photo web addresses you saved. Post an online citation for one of your photos.

Are Ideas Worth a Life?

Can you think of any situation or idea that is important enough to you that you would die for it?

Quest for Periods 2 and 6

Use your textbook to answer these questions:

1. What kind of Writing Workshop does The Moderns chapter have?

2. What is the name of the Puritan poem in Chapter 1?

3. How is Don Henley connected to Henry David Thoreau?

4. In Chapter 3, what is the title of the Pablo Neruda poem in Spanish?

5. What does Emily Dickinson mean when she writes, "Tell all the Truth but tell it slant?"

6. Write the lyrics to the first stanza of one of the Spirituals from Chapter 4.

7. In Chapter 4, what does the root of "theory" mean?

8. In the Resource Center at the back of the book, what's one tip for writing a Resume?

9. In the Writer's Handbook at the back of the book, what are the four stages of the writing process?

10. What are three tips in Test Smarts?

Project Reflection

Reflect on the group project. How well did you work together? How did you feel about your performance? What could you do better next time?

Rumors

Think of a rumor you heard recently. At the moment of your hearing it, what did you believe? Who had control-- the one who spread the rumor or the one about whom the rumor was spread?

The Crucible

Have you ever lost trust in someone you love? How did your behavior with that person change? How were you able to regain that trust?

Another Version of Huck Finn

Read Spike Lee and Ralph Wiley's versions of three scenes from Huckleberry Finn. How are Huck and Jim portrayed in these scenes? Is Jim described the same way as in Mark Twain's original? The screenplay was written in 1997. How might it reflect the time it was written in.