Extra Credit-Post your comments after viewing the play this Thursday, Friday or Saturday!

DARK OF THE MOON is a fantasy that takes place in Appalachia -- the Smoky Mountains.  It is kind of an American "ROMEO AND JULIET.  John is a witch who falls in love with a human girl, Barbara Allen, and gets changed into a human so he can marry her.  The Townspeople are suspicious of his powers and jealous of the couple's happiness; a former lover of Barbara is especially hateful, and ultimately he and the Townspeople succeed in destroying them.

Poem(s) of the Week

This weeks poems are Ballads. A ballad is a lively storytelling form of poetry. The most basic ballad stanza consists of alternating 4-beat and 3-beat lines, with the second line rhyming with the fourth. In Scarlet Town, where I was born, There was a fair maid dwellin' Made every lad cry wellaway, And her name was Barbara Allen. The traditional ballad stanza has four lines, alternating between four iambic beats (da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM), and three beats (da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM) per line. The second and fourth lines rhyme. (In older English, "Allen" was pronounced "Ellen," so the second and fourth lines of the first example would have rhymed for the original singers. Many poets utilize variations of this format. The Fall Play (this Thursday, Friday and Saturday) makes use of several ballads: The actors will be are singing "Barbara Allen," "Omie Wise," and "Smoky Mountain Gal," as well as several old favorite hymns from the American tradition. "Barbara Allen": http://www.harveyreid.com/lyrics/barbaraallen.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Allen_(song) "Omie Wise": http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/greg+graffin/omie+wise_20537968.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omie_Wise Think of current events to write historical ballads or consider real-life drama to write a "tabloid ballad."Please post your poem by Friday.

SAT Essay Scoring Link

Can familiarizing yourself with the SAT scoring rubric and graded student samples help you to improve your own writing? http://sat.collegeboard.org/scores/sat-essay-scoring-guide View student samples and familiarize yourself with the scoring rubric. Attach a Post-It to your paper with: *The score you would give *Why you gave it that score *Goals for your next essay *Questions/ Suggestions you may have

Poem of the Week- Period 6

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/wcw.plums.html "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams POST YOUR OWN "APOLOGY" POEM AND COMMENT ON A CLASSMATE'S POEM.

Poem of the Week - Period 5

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/wcw.plums.html "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams POST YOUR OWN "APOLOGY" POEM AND COMMENT ON A CLASSMATE'S POEM.

Poem of the Week- Period 2

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/wcw.plums.html "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams POST YOUR OWN "APOLOGY" POEM AND COMMENT ON A CLASSMATE'S POEM.

Poem of the Week- Period One

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/wcw.plums.html "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams POST YOUR OWN "APOLOGY" POEM AND COMMENT ON A CLASSMATE'S POEM.

Honors (Edmodo Post)

Body Paragraphs- due tomorrow If you are doing research... If you go through the ICONN databases (the link is on the library website) U.S. and World History In Context might be helpful Academic OneFile might also be a good resource Opposing Viewpoints JSTOR You shouldn't need a password if you access the databases through the library website at school. However, if you need to access them from home, the password is "hornets." For JSTOR, use this link: http://www.jstor.org/token/VbYNIBDKBeBm3SqU4b... and create an account.

Article of the week 10/22

1. Compose a brief reaction to this essay. 2. Critique the structure & it's effectiveness. 3. If you were to model an essay after this example, what would your subject be? "How to... 10 Essentials to Get You Started." (We will write this essay next marking period) http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3469271&type=story

Article to read-due tomorrow---prepare for your role in the discussion.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/magazine/why-californias-proposition-37-should-matter-to-anyone-who-cares-about-food.html?WT.mc_id=NYT-I-P-FOOD-MAG-101412-L4

Optional--related course readings

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/magazine/californias-central-valley-land-of-a-billion-vegetables.html?WT.mc_id=NYT-L-P-FOOD-MAG-101412-L1

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/the-self-destruction-of-the-1-percent.html

Honors 11: Article (video) of the Week-Due Friday

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38312193/ns/dateline_nbc/t/america-now-children-harvest/

Honors Post-Due Wednesday

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/02/21/tomato-growers-florida/


After reading this article, please post a 3-5 sentence reaction.  Be sure to reference the article.  Try not to repeat the thoughts of previous posters.  If warrented, comment on a classmate's post.

Depression Era Photographs Assignment- Due Monday (Honors)

Guiding Question: What can be learned from the photographs of the Dust Bowl Era?


Task:

Choose a photo from the Dust Bowl Era. Include a link to the photo. Write about what you think the image conveys. You may use the following questions to help guide your response:

*Why would the artist have taken the photo?

*Who do you see in the photograph?

*Where do you think they are?

*What can you tell about the people based on the photograph?

*How do you think they feel in this picture? How can you tell?

*What techniques does the photographer use to draw you into the subject matter or to draw an emotion from you?

The Recession Generation

This is the nonfiction article for next week.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/01/08/the-recession-generation.html

Course Related Reading-Optional---Thanks, Nate!

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/13/161091770/smiley-west-poverty-is-a-political-issue

Honors Nonfiction Article of the Week 9/19/12-Due Friday

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/why-cant-we-end-poverty-in-america.html?adxnnl=1&_moc.semityn.www=&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1348025227-0O51QDOKMhDjZ6In7ODYvQ

All classes may post here.  Please react to the article in three to five sentences.  Be sure to reference the article.  If you wish, you may comment on a classmate's post, but this is not required.

Honors Homework:

Article of the Week-Due Friday
Tuesday- Prepare 3 discussion questions for the first section of N&D
Wednesday-In class MTP
Thursday- Prepare 3 discussion questions for N&D section 2
Friday- Prepare 3 discussion questions for N&D section 3-end

Article of the Week-Period 6

Write a 3-5 sentence reaction to the following essay. Be sure to reference the article. Aim to get your voice across. Comment on a classmates post if you have something to add/ say.



http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/technology/cutting-the-digital-lifeline-and-finding-serenity.html?pagewanted=all


or here:


http://kellygallagher.org/resources/AoW%2012_02%20Turn%20Off%20Phone.pdf

Article of the Week-Period 5

Write a 3-5 sentence reaction to the following essay. Be sure to reference the article. Aim to get your voice across. Comment on a classmates post if you have something to add/ say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/technology/cutting-the-digital-lifeline-and-finding-serenity.html?pagewanted=all

or here:


http://kellygallagher.org/resources/AoW%2012_02%20Turn%20Off%20Phone.pdf

Article of the Week Period 2

Write a 3-5 sentence reaction to the following essay. Be sure to reference the article. Aim to get your voice across. Comment on a classmates post if you have something to add/ say.



http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/technology/cutting-the-digital-lifeline-and-finding-serenity.html?pagewanted=all


or here:

http://kellygallagher.org/resources/AoW%2012_02%20Turn%20Off%20Phone.pdf

Article of the Week Period 1

Write a 3-5 sentence reaction to the following essay.  Be sure to reference the article.  Aim to get your voice across.  Comment on a classmates post if you have something to add/ say.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/technology/cutting-the-digital-lifeline-and-finding-serenity.html?pagewanted=all

or here:
http://kellygallagher.org/resources/AoW%2012_02%20Turn%20Off%20Phone.pdf

Honors- Vocabulary Quiz on Friday (lucent-fetid)

2011 Version of N&D--Due Wednesday

Write a 2-5 sentence reaction to the article or a particular section of the article. Be sure to cite a line or two from the article in your reaction.  In addition, offer your personal opinion as to what is the solution to the poverty of so many of America’s working people?


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-ehrenreich/nickel-and-dimed-2011-ver_b_922330.html

Nickel and Dimed Budget Assignment

If Barbara Ehrenreich were to have conducted her experiment in Branford, what would her experience have been?  Is it possible to live in this town while earning minimum wage?

Look for an apartment in town and determine the cost of utilitites, food, entertainment, cell phone, Internet access, household needs, etc...  Create a budget based on these findings.  Make a spreadsheet for earnings and expenses.  Type a one page explanation of your findings including your reaction.  Submit your spreadsheet and reaction paper this Friday and be prepared to dicuss with your classmates.

Period 6 August 30, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/opinion/men-who-needs-them.html


1. Read the article. Consider the author's tone and your personal reaction.


2. Please add an intelligent comment (minimum 3 sentences) in response to the linked article from the NY Times. Be sure to reference specifics from the article.


3. Comment on a classmates post in a second post (minimum 3 sentences)


*Use only your first name, last initial and period of class to identify yourself.

Period 5 August 30, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/opinion/men-who-needs-them.html


1. Read the article. Consider the author's tone and your personal reaction.

2. Please add an intelligent comment (minimum 3 sentences) in response to the linked article from the NY Times. Be sure to reference specifics from the article.

3. Comment on a classmates post in a second post (minimum 3 sentences)
*Use only your first name, last initial and period of class to identify yourself.

Period 2- August 30, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/opinion/men-who-needs-them.html

1. Read the article. Consider the author's tone and your personal reaction.

2. Please add an intelligent comment (minimum 3 sentences) in response to the linked article from the NY Times. Be sure to reference specifics from the article.

3. Comment on a classmates post in a second post (minimum 3 sentences)

*Use only your first name, last initial and period of class to identify yourself.

Thursday, August 30, 2012- Period 1

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/opinion/men-who-needs-them.html
1. Read the article.  Consider the author's tone and your personal reaction.
2. Please add an intelligent comment (minimum 3 sentences) in response to the linked article from the NY Times.  Be sure to reference specifics from the article.
3. Comment on a classmates post in a second post (minimum 3 sentences)
*Use only your first name, last initial and period of class to identify yourself.

NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT!!!

"Sinking House" is not available online.  Vocab quiz will be on Friday:)

"Rappaccini's Daughter" Hawthorne

http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/authors/Hawthorne/Rappaccini.htm

"Young Goodman Brown"-Hawthorne

"The Birthmark" Hawthorne

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/125/

"Cat in the Rain"- Ernest Hemmingway

http://www.vahidnab.com/cat.pdf

"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"- Ernest Hemmingway

http://www.mrbauld.com/hemclean.html

"A Wagner Matinee" Willa Cather

http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/1945/

"I Stand Here Ironing"- Tillie Olsen

http://producer.csi.edu/cdraney/2011/278/resources/olsen_ironing.pdf

"A Good Man is Hard to Find"- Flannery O'Connor

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~surette/goodman.html

A&P- John Updike

http://www.tiger-town.com/whatnot/updike/
Please post a brief comment and a discussion question for class on Monday.

"The Story of an Hour"

*Brief comment/insight
*Discussion Question

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/hour/

"Mr Preble Gets Rid of His Wife"

*Brief comment/ insight
*Discussion ?

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1933/03/04/1933_03_04_017_TNY_CARDS_000220229?printable=true&currentPage=all

The Yellow Wallpaper- Link

http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/yellowwallpaper.pdf

Vocabulary & Article of the Week- Period 1&4-Due Monday

*Review Vocabulary 1st!
http://quizlet.com/12155809/dysregulation-nation-flash-cards/

*3-5 Sentence Reaction
*Reference Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20fFOB-WWLN-t.html




 

Poem of the Week-Period 5&7

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/phenomenal-woman/

Poem of the Week-Period 1&4

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/phenomenal-woman/

"Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?" Period 7

Nonfiction Article of the Week from The Atlantic: May 2012


1. Read & annotate the article noting:

*Author's Bias(es)

*Tone

*Connections

*Reaction/ Personal Thoughts & Opinions

2. Post on this blog:

Do you believe that sites like Facebook have increased loneliness? Reference the article to support your opinion.

"Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?" Period 5

Nonfiction Article of the Week from The Atlantic: May 2012


1. Read & annotate the article noting:

*Author's Bias(es)

*Tone

*Connections

*Reaction/ Personal Thoughts & Opinions

2. Post on this blog:

Do you believe that sites like Facebook have increased loneliness? Reference the article to support your opinion.

"Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?" Period 4

Nonfiction Article of the Week from The Atlantic: May 2012


1. Read & annotate the article noting:

*Author's Bias(es)

*Tone

*Connections

*Reaction/ Personal Thoughts & Opinions

2. Post on this blog:

Do you believe that sites like Facebook have increased loneliness? Reference the article to support your opinion.

"Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?"-Period 1

Nonfiction Article of the Week from The Atlantic: May 2012
1. Read & annotate the article noting:
*Author's Bias(es)
*Tone
*Connections
*Reaction/ Personal Thoughts & Opinions
2. Post on this blog:
Do you believe that sites like Facebook have increased loneliness?  Reference the article to support your opinion.

Period 4-Post Paper Town Discussion Questions Here

Minimum of 2 questions per person. Due before class on Thursday.

Period 1-Post Paper Town Discussion Questions Here

Minimum of 2 questions per person.  Due before class on Thursday. 

Poem of the Week 4/23/12

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174742

Article of the Week: 4/23/12

Please print out this weeks article (black & white), and show evidence of text rendering.  Instead of blogging your opinion this week, type your opinion in paragraph form.  Be sure to reference the article for support.  Due before class on Friday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html?src=me&ref=general

Poem of the Week: 4/9 Period 7

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/wcw.plums.html

"This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams

POST YOUR OWN "APOLOGY" POEM AND COMMENT ON A CLASSMATE'S POEM.

Poem of the Week: 4/9 Period 5

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/wcw.plums.html

"This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams

POST YOUR OWN "APOLOGY" POEM AND COMMENT ON A CLASSMATE'S POEM.

Article of the Week- PERIOD 5

CAN men and women be friends? 
Reference the article when giving your opinion.

Article of the Week-Period 7

CAN men and women be friends? 
Reference the article when giving your opinion.

Poem of the Week: 4/9 (PERIODS 1&4)

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/wcw.plums.html

"This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams

POST YOUR OWN "APOLOGY" POEM AND COMMENT ON A CLASSMATE'S POEM.

Article of the Week: 4/9 Periods 1 & 4

CAN men and women be friends? 
Reference the article when giving your opinion.

Article of the Week: 4/1

React to this issue in 3-5 sentences. Possible reflection topics:


• Do you support Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law? Why? Why not?

• Young men are shot every day in this country. Why do you think this story caught the

attention of the national media? Explain.

• Predict what will happen next in this case. Explain your prediction.

Poem of the Week: 4/1

To My Son's Girlfriend

by Michael Milburn

Quizlet Link

Vocab Quiz on Friday will be on words from this week's list "Vocab 3/26" and last week's list "Ny Times-War Stance Article."  I will choose 15 of the words to be used in sentences.  The Group Name is: BHS-English 11


http://quizlet.com/

Weekly Vocabulary-Words Defined on Quizlet

Draconian

Disproportionate

Lucrative

Perpetuate

Decriminalize

Systemic

Per-capita

Disparity

Ubiquitously

Ameliorate

Coterminous

Contemporaneous

Chattel

Stigmatized

Aggrandizing

Construct (n)

Poem of the Week: 3/26

Participate in an online analysis of "The One Girl at the Boys Party" by Sharon Olds.  Continue to build on what others before you have noticed, and add your interpretation.  Pose questions to your classmates about aspects of the poem that may be confusing.  Consider key lines, images, structure, devices, metaphors and themes.  Aim for 3-5 sentences.  Due Friday.

Young, Black and Male in America- Nonfiction Topic of the Week of 3/26

Young, Black and Male in America


Would pulling back on draconian drug laws be enough to fix the disproportionate number of black men behind bars? What else needs to be done?

Draconian is an adjective meaning great severity, that derives from Draco, an Athenian law scribe under whom small offences had heavy punishments (Draconian laws).



List the Titles of the articles read.

Summarize the opinions of the debaters, and discuss your own opinion.

Weekly Vocabulary

Kibitzing

Caveats

Homicidal

Zealots

Genocide

Rationale

Tyranny

Leverage

Dissents

Cabal

Libertarian

Inchoate

Counterinsurgency

Desecrations

Ways and means

Mobilizing

Sanctions

Counterstrike

Pundit

Mantra

Rogue fanatics

Collateral chaos

Hawkish

Article of the Week

In preparation for our upcoming SAT essay, please read the attached editorial and offer your opinions.

Poem of the Week: 3/19

"On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins. Participate in an online analysis of this poem.  Continue to build on what others before you have noticed, and add your interpretation.  Pose questions to your classmates about aspects of the poem that may be confusing.  Consider key lines, images, structure, devices and themes.  Aim for 3-5 sentences.  Due Friday.

Facing It- Yusef Komunyakaa

(LINKS ON WIKI) Participate in an online analysis of this poem.  Continue to build on what others before you have noticed and add your own interpretations.  Pose questions to your classmates about aspects of the poem that may be confusing.  Consider key lines, images, structure, devices, and themes.  Aim for 3-5 sentences.  Due Friday.

KONY Video & Articles

Directions: Please view the 30 minute Invisible Children KONY video.  (link on wiki) What is your initial response to the video?  Read 2-3 articles from the NY Times that debate the campaign.  (links on wiki) What are your thoughts?  Where do you stand?  Aim for 6-8 sentences.  Reference direct quotes where appropriate.  Feel free to comment on your classmates posts as well.  American Lit- Due Tuesday.  Honors-Due Friday.