Due Monday: Please leave a comment or a question here for Dennis Mannion.  Thanks!

Poem of the Week: "Ex-Basketball Player" - Updike

Please write a 2-3 sentence reflection on ths poem.  Read the responses to those who have commented before you, and build upon their ideas.  Draw connection to the themes and charcaters in Death of a Salesman.  Due Friday.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172264

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