Speeches are due today. Everyone, even if you’ve already recorded yours, refer to the directions AND the rubric. Questions? Please ask them.

Here is the Flipgrid link for your Elizabethan England speeches.  They must be uploaded by Friday. Have fun! https://flipgrid.com/152fb2e4

I was surprised at the number of students who requested a hard copy of Romeo & Juliet.  We only have a class set at the school (appx 20).  If you didn’t get one of these, I have posted the links to the full text on my blog and in the Google Classroom.  I included the link for the No Fear Shakespeare version which provides the original text as well as a modernized translation.  If having the book in hand is easier or more comfortable for you, and you didn’t get one of the available copies from school, Books a Million has them available to order online for around $6.

https://bit.ly/RomeoandJulietfulltext

https://bit.ly/NoFearShakespeareRomeoandJuliet

Pre AP English I & English I

Think About it Thursday:  Please be watching the Google Classroom for the weekly quotes.  You will write your paragraph reflections and turn them in there.

Literary Term of the Week:  The new chart for the 4th quarter literary terms is in the Google Classroom.  I will share the new terms and their definitions in the lesson plans posted here on my blog.  If you would like to participate in extra credit, find an example of the terms in literature and email them to me along with the title and author of the work in which you found the terms.

1. Pathetic Fallacy:  the treatment of inanimate objects as if they had human feelings, thoughts, or sensations.  In the discussion of literature, pathetic fallacy is similar to personification.  Pathetic fallacy is most often used to describe weather in a story.
2. Prologue:  an introduction to a story that usually sets the tone and acts as a bit of a background or a sneak peek into the story. Prologues are typically a narrative spoken by one of the characters and not from the part of the author.

SAT Vocabulary:  It is time for list 9.  The list has some modified instructions since we are online.  You will submit your flashcards in the Google Classroom either through screenshots, Google Slides, or a Quizlet link. Let me know what questions you may have. Flashcards are due Friday the 24th.

Shakespearean Sonnets:  Watch the Prezi over Shakespearean Sonnets posted in the Google Classroom and take notes in your English journal.  You will then choose a topic from those provided, write an original sonnet, and submit in the Classroom.

Literature:  It is time to begin Romeo & Juliet! The full text is available online at this link  https://bit.ly/RomeoandJulietfulltext or you may choose to read the No Fear Shakespeare version which provides the original text and a modern translation side-by-side at this link https://bit.ly/NoFearShakespeareRomeoandJuliet.

• There will be study questions for each scene and a Queen Mab assignment posted in the Google Classroom with individual due dates.
• I will also host an online reading through Zoom Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. beginning Wednesday, April 22nd.  I will post the link for that meeting in the Google Classroom, on my blog, and if possible, through Remind.
• If you would like to be assigned a role to read aloud, please contact me.  I’ll do my best to get everyone the part they would like.

SSR/Book Talk Reading:  Please spend at least 30 minutes each week reading.  We will have Book Talks in May even if we have to use flipgrid once again.  You need to be reading!

Pre-AP English I only

Romeo & Juliet:  There are two additional assignments for Pre-AP students as follows:

1. Life in Elizabethan England Speech Assignment posted in the Google Classroom.  Speeches due 4/17
2. Memorization of Act I Prologue DUE 5/8  Hopefully, these will be done in person! 😉

I miss you all very much! Be well and wash your hands!

I so wish we were back in school already! I miss y’all so much!

I will be posting lessons for the next two weeks later this week, so this is a reminder of what needs to be turned in by Friday, April 10th.

Common Lit:  “The Lottery” and “Life Isn’t Fair”

Corona Chronicles Flipgrid:  Post your video and comment on three classmates’ videos

Think About it Thursday:  Choose two of the three quotes and write a paragraph reflection for each

SAT Vocab List 8:  Flashcards and TEST will be posted on Friday

ChoiceBoard:  Read “The Storyteller” and “The Necklace” in Common Lit and complete three separate choice assignments for each story.

Please let me know if you have any questions by emailing me, texting me through Remind, or commenting through the Google Classroom.  I’m here for you!

Click the flipgrid link and 1) share how you’ve been passing the time during this quarantine, 2) comment on at least three classmates videos.

It will be fun to see your faces and hear your voices! I miss y’all!

https://flipgrid.com/wohscoronachronicles

Think About it Thursday:  Choose two of the following quotes and write a paragraph response for each in a Google Doc (titled:  Last Name – Think About it Thursday) which you share with me or an email which you send to me. ([email protected])

“Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destination.” Eudora Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short story writer and novelist who wrote about the American South. Her novel The Optimist’s Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the South.

“My thoughts are stars that I can’t fathom into constellations.” John Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author and YouTube content creator. He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel, Looking for Alaska, and his fourth solo novel, The Fault in Our Stars, debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list in January 2012.

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget the way you made them feel.” Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) Throughout her life, she worked as a civil rights activist, poet, and award-winning author. She is the first African American woman to write a best-selling nonfiction book. She is most known for her memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Literary Term of the Week:  The new chart for the 4th quarter literary terms will be in the Google Classroom.  I will share the new terms and their definitions in the lesson plans posted on my blog.  If you would like to participate in extra credit, find an example of the terms in literature and email them to me along with the title and author of the work in which you found the terms.

1. Paradox:  a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
2. Pathos:  a rhetorical device (technique that an author uses to convey to the audience a meaning with the goal of persuading them) which appeals to the emotions of the audience and elicits feelings that already reside in them. 

SAT Vocabulary:  It is time for list 8.  The list has some modified instructions since we are online.  Let me know what questions you may have. Flashcards are due Friday the 3rd; test will be Friday the 10th. The test will be a Google Form.  If this will pose a problem for you, please let me know. 

Literature:  Read the following short stories through CommonLit:  “The Storyteller” by Saki and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant.  Instead of answering the questions through that website, choose three different tasks for each story from the Choice Board.  There are twelve tasks provided, and you will complete six of them (three for each story). 

SSR/Book Talk Reading:  Please spend at least 30 minutes each week reading.  We will have Book Talks in May even if we have to use flipgrid once again.  You need to be reading! I will find a solution to my Read Aloud idea, so be watching!

I miss you all very much! Be well and wash your hands!

Pre-AP English I

I sent the following Remind message out this morning. Please join if you have not yet done that.

“Beginning next week, we will be doing Think About it Thursday journals digitally. This means that I still need quotes. If you were assigned last week or this week, get those to me today. Moving forward, quotes are due to me by Wednesday of each week. I need to have them to Mrs. Jennings on Thursdays for hard copy packets to be ready by Friday. MISS YOU ALL!”

Please check the Think About it Thursday quote schedule posted here in the Google Classroom. You do receive a grade for providing a quote at your assigned week.

It seems my videos are not loading for you to be able to read along with me through Harry Potter The Sorcerer’s Stone.  I’m recording and uploading exactly like I did with Night, so I’m not sure of the problem.  I am going to try something different and hope to begin again tomorrow.  Be watching for a new post of chapters 1 and 2.

Keep your fingers crossed and your hands washed! I miss y’all!

I will be reading a chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone each day through April 5th. Please read along with me – the video is in the Google Classroom and the complete text is posted in both places). When we return to school, you will be ready to do your book talk with me over this novel. The book and the movie are not the same.

Enjoy one of my favorite series with me!

http://bit.ly/HarryPotterbook1