Today we will finish our reading of Walden, but first we have a quiz. Click the link below and take the quiz then open your Walden text, your English Journal and your Vocab spreadsheet.
Byrd and Thoreau Quiz
Friday, February 13, 2009
Walden Continued
Good morning,
Today we will finish our reading of Walden, but first we have a quiz. Click the link below and take the quiz then open your Walden text, your English Journal and your Vocab spreadsheet.
Byrd and Thoreau Quiz
Today we will finish our reading of Walden, but first we have a quiz. Click the link below and take the quiz then open your Walden text, your English Journal and your Vocab spreadsheet.
Byrd and Thoreau Quiz
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Walden
No examination of American writings about nature would be complete without looking at Thoreau's most famous work Walden. Today we will read and listen to some excerpts. (Thank you to Francis for doing the cut and paste to put this selection together.) You will need your English Journal open as well as a tab for the text. Between sections of the text I will give you two minutes to quick write as much as you can about your impressions of what we just read.
If you are waiting for others to be ready to begin visit the map at the bottom of the blog and find the marker for Walden Pond. Zoom in and switch to sat view to see the place Thoreau was writing about.
If you are waiting for others to be ready to begin visit the map at the bottom of the blog and find the marker for Walden Pond. Zoom in and switch to sat view to see the place Thoreau was writing about.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Catch up and get organized!
Good morning,
Today is a good day to get our act together. Many of you have several things you need to finish or polish and so I am giving you a prioritized list. Make sure you have done the things below.
1. If you were absent on Friday (5 people) you missed a quiz. Scroll down, find it and take it.
2. Yesterday we were looking for four quotes that showed how Byrd viewed nature. A number of you did not finish getting those into your English Journal. Finish that. (Nine of you were absent for this. read the blog from yesterday and get it done.)
3. Scroll to the bottom of this blog and take a look at the map I added with the locations of several things we've read or learned about. Try zooming in on them.
4. As you can see I still need locations for many of the things we've read. Use the time line in class and find me locations for several more texts. When you think you know send me an e-mail.
5. Tomorrow we will look at Thoreau again so you need to know more about him. Use the links on the Thoreau Links page to explore more. Add an entry to your English journal about something interesting you found out.
6. Now is also a great time to make sure your English journal looks great. Are all of your entries dated? Thoughtful? Anything in there you need to finish up?
Today is a good day to get our act together. Many of you have several things you need to finish or polish and so I am giving you a prioritized list. Make sure you have done the things below.
1. If you were absent on Friday (5 people) you missed a quiz. Scroll down, find it and take it.
2. Yesterday we were looking for four quotes that showed how Byrd viewed nature. A number of you did not finish getting those into your English Journal. Finish that. (Nine of you were absent for this. read the blog from yesterday and get it done.)
3. Scroll to the bottom of this blog and take a look at the map I added with the locations of several things we've read or learned about. Try zooming in on them.
4. As you can see I still need locations for many of the things we've read. Use the time line in class and find me locations for several more texts. When you think you know send me an e-mail.
5. Tomorrow we will look at Thoreau again so you need to know more about him. Use the links on the Thoreau Links page to explore more. Add an entry to your English journal about something interesting you found out.
6. Now is also a great time to make sure your English journal looks great. Are all of your entries dated? Thoughtful? Anything in there you need to finish up?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
William Byrd
Good morning,
Welcome back to Tuesday. When we left last week we were reading through Of Plymouth Plantation to see what William Bradford thought about Massachusetts when the Pilgrims arrived on The Mayflower in November of 1620.
Today we will look at another colonial writer, William Byrd. He wrote about Virgina about 100 years later. His text is dense and might be challenging for you. I suggest that you either A. paste it into a new text template and annotate it as you go or B. paste it into a new blank google doc and annotate it as you go.
You are looking for quotes that show what Byrd thought about nature and the landscape he was writing about. Find at least four and paste them into your English Journal. Make sure you put them in quotation marks and EXPLAIN WHY EACH QUOTE SHOWS SOMETHING OF HIS VIEW OF THE NATURAL WORLD. Do not paste his entire text into your English Journal, just the four quotes and your explanation is all you should have there.
HISTORY OF THE DIVIDING LINE: RUN IN THE YEAR 1728.
Welcome back to Tuesday. When we left last week we were reading through Of Plymouth Plantation to see what William Bradford thought about Massachusetts when the Pilgrims arrived on The Mayflower in November of 1620.
Today we will look at another colonial writer, William Byrd. He wrote about Virgina about 100 years later. His text is dense and might be challenging for you. I suggest that you either A. paste it into a new text template and annotate it as you go or B. paste it into a new blank google doc and annotate it as you go.
You are looking for quotes that show what Byrd thought about nature and the landscape he was writing about. Find at least four and paste them into your English Journal. Make sure you put them in quotation marks and EXPLAIN WHY EACH QUOTE SHOWS SOMETHING OF HIS VIEW OF THE NATURAL WORLD. Do not paste his entire text into your English Journal, just the four quotes and your explanation is all you should have there.
HISTORY OF THE DIVIDING LINE: RUN IN THE YEAR 1728.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Friday 2/6
It's Friday. Lets take a quiz.
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE QUIZ
Then we will read more of the text we started yesterday.
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE QUIZ
Then we will read more of the text we started yesterday.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Thursday 2/5
Good morning,
Because I have many new students this semester it is time to update my data records. All students, (yes, even if you have been her since September,) should click the link below and fill out the data form please.
Student Data Form
We have seen a bit about how Native Americans viewed their natural world. Now let us look at how one European, William Bradford, viewed North America when his group arrived in 1620. Today you will read an excerpt from his book Of Plymouth Plantation. You will use your text template (in Google docs) to annotate the text as we read.
And just to make sure we all have enough to do today... Lets start that spreadsheet for new vocabulary that I showed you about yesterday and add some of the words on the board. Don't forget to share it with me.
Because I have many new students this semester it is time to update my data records. All students, (yes, even if you have been her since September,) should click the link below and fill out the data form please.
Student Data Form
We have seen a bit about how Native Americans viewed their natural world. Now let us look at how one European, William Bradford, viewed North America when his group arrived in 1620. Today you will read an excerpt from his book Of Plymouth Plantation. You will use your text template (in Google docs) to annotate the text as we read.
And just to make sure we all have enough to do today... Lets start that spreadsheet for new vocabulary that I showed you about yesterday and add some of the words on the board. Don't forget to share it with me.
Nature Quotes
These are some things you wrote in your English journals about nature on Monday.
Nature listens to my problems.
Nature is good for the earth.
I've tried to pick so many roses so many. At the time no one told me that they had thorns.
Nature is filled with adventure!
Nature isn't always a positive thing.
I wonder what goes on in nature when no one is around to see what happens.
Flowers can be nature to.
I think nature is nice.
I personally, do not like nature, because also when I think of nature, I think of nasty bugs and my feet getting all muddy.
Everything in nature was the stepping stones to the creation to all that we have now.
The wind is just as mysterious as fire or water.
Nature listens to my problems.
Nature is good for the earth.
I've tried to pick so many roses so many. At the time no one told me that they had thorns.
Nature is filled with adventure!
Nature isn't always a positive thing.
I wonder what goes on in nature when no one is around to see what happens.
Flowers can be nature to.
I think nature is nice.
I personally, do not like nature, because also when I think of nature, I think of nasty bugs and my feet getting all muddy.
Everything in nature was the stepping stones to the creation to all that we have now.
The wind is just as mysterious as fire or water.
Native American Orgin Myth
Good morning,
Yesterday I asked you to reflect on what you think about nature. Today you will read an old Iroquois legend about the origin of the world. Pay attention to what this myth says about the Iroquois view of the natural world. When we finish the reading you will write your thoughts in your English journal.
The World On The Turtle's Back
Extra option: Search google images for pictures that connect to what you wrote yesterday and today and add them to your English journal.
Yesterday I asked you to reflect on what you think about nature. Today you will read an old Iroquois legend about the origin of the world. Pay attention to what this myth says about the Iroquois view of the natural world. When we finish the reading you will write your thoughts in your English journal.
The World On The Turtle's Back
Extra option: Search google images for pictures that connect to what you wrote yesterday and today and add them to your English journal.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Second Semester begins Here!
Good morning,
Go to your English journal and write 100 words about what you think about nature. What is nature? Do you like nature? What is nature good for? What do you wonder about nature? Those are just some sample questions to help you get thinking.
Then visit some of these short stories. Read three and write about one in your English Journal. They are all really good.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d2x9bmz_0drsgg4fc
Go to your English journal and write 100 words about what you think about nature. What is nature? Do you like nature? What is nature good for? What do you wonder about nature? Those are just some sample questions to help you get thinking.
Then visit some of these short stories. Read three and write about one in your English Journal. They are all really good.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d2x9bmz_0drsgg4fc
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Leaked test questions...shhhh!!
Tuesday and Wednesday's questions are gone. Maybe you can find a friend who still has them. Here are a few for Thursday. And you all know how bad my memory is. It is possible that some of these questions are the same as questions I posted on Tuesday. I apologize if I'm repeating myself. Don't forget to bring a pencil and notebook paper on Friday.
1. He was always an ethical person.
a. miserly b. thoughtful c. moral d. stubborn
2. What happens to Abigail at the end of The Crucible?
a. She marries John Peters
b. She leaves town suddenly
c. She gets pregnant
d. She goes to jail and then gets hung
3. Which description of Rodrick Usher best foreshadows his death?
a. "His air appalled me. . . ."
b. ". . . an eye large, liquid, and luminous. . . ."
c. "The silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow. . . ."
d. "His countenance was . . . cadaverously wan. . . ."
a. "His air appalled me. . . ."
b. ". . . an eye large, liquid, and luminous. . . ."
c. "The silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow. . . ."
d. "His countenance was . . . cadaverously wan. . . ."
4. In The Raven what is it that the bird keeps repeating? a. Lenore b. nothing more c. nevermore d. forevermore
5. Thoreau says that the only obligation he has to assume is to:
a. Support the government b. obey all laws
c. do what he thinks is right d. accept the majority rule
PS I'm grading your short stories and most of them are really good. I've been handing out A's like candy because they are just that good. I'm going to feature some of my absolute favorites in my next blog post.
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