And for our happily ever after...
Here's your chance to teach the rising freshman class, by creating a lesson and / or worksheet that deals with:
A full media analysis
which includes lessons in:
Select one from the list, report proposed lesson to teacher, and base worksheet on the film watched in class:
Archetypes, 10 steps to analyzing characters, dynamic vs. flat characters, catelyst characters, plots, subplots, types of conflict, in media res, reversal, Greek plot structure, setting and tone, word choice, use of color, use of music, use of body language, theme, universal theme, message, genre, motif, parallel plot, vocabulary, techniques, media techniques, storyboarding, camera angles, camera movement, video and sound, pacing, consistency, static, audience engagement / reader engagement, red herrings, other...
All extra credit lessons due exam day.
A full media analysis
which includes lessons in:
Select one from the list, report proposed lesson to teacher, and base worksheet on the film watched in class:
Archetypes, 10 steps to analyzing characters, dynamic vs. flat characters, catelyst characters, plots, subplots, types of conflict, in media res, reversal, Greek plot structure, setting and tone, word choice, use of color, use of music, use of body language, theme, universal theme, message, genre, motif, parallel plot, vocabulary, techniques, media techniques, storyboarding, camera angles, camera movement, video and sound, pacing, consistency, static, audience engagement / reader engagement, red herrings, other...
All extra credit lessons due exam day.
Showcase Requirements
For English 9 Global Classes
The ItemsTitle Page (Name, Block, Title if desired)
Table of Contents* Writings 1. Exemplar Essay.....................11 point Essay Format Hook /Thesis/Trans/Body/Trans/Body/Trans/Body/Trans/Broad Concl/Referencing Throughout 2. Formal Letter.........................Business Letter Format Sender's Address / Date / Receiver's Title, Name, Address / Salutation / (optional) Subject Line / Text (at least intro / body / conclusion paragraphs) / Closing / Signature / Printed Name (title) / Position / (optional) Enclosures 3. Reflection..............................Personal Narrative Must be Reflective (broad pictue / meaning seeking / tranformative in nature), Must be Personal, Must be a narrative (plot, setting, theme, characters, vocab and/or lit device) 4. Writing Reflection.................Format Student Choice Must be a Reflection on the growth of writing / strongly suggested to use 6+1 check. 5. Newspaper Commentary.......Article Look at articles that are out there. Articles are informative, but have hooks and conclusive statements (usually brief in nature) 6. Reaction to Literature Poem..Poem Format Student Choice Read a piece of literature and react to the content as a poem. 7. Autobiographical Piece..........Format Student Choice Must be detailed, narrative and autobiographical in nature...could be in any format the student selects, including poetry 8. Point / Counterpoint..............OpEd One page response to a prompt in the affirmative. One page response to a prompt in the negative. For example: Schools should require dress codes in all schools. One page response in the affirmative supports the statement. Second writing (one page response in the negative argues against the statement). 9. Twenty Quotes ...................... Quotes and Explanation Select 20 quotes that define you. Following the rules, explain how the quote applies to the definition of who you are. 10. Annotated Notes.................. Students show study skills Create a set of notes and annotate them. Take notes on notes. Make comments, highlight, use the Review key and/or bubble in the Word program. Do not just have a set of notes. 11. One Hundred Words............. Vocab List plus sentences Select 100 words that you do not know. Define them via a dictionary. Create a sentence (following the rules) that uses the word. 12. Essay Prep............................ Organizational preparation for essay Create all the organizational needs for an essay, including a thesis statement, topic sentences, outlines on where items would go, and a broad conclusion paragraph. No essay is necessary, but the organization is needed. Bibliography *Order of Pieces is up to student Pieces must be typed Times New Roman 12 point font with 1 inch margins double spaced Citations must follow MLA rules and use Noodletools or appropriate citation software Each piece should be titled. All pieces must follow the Class Writing Rules. Students may gain extra credit points for using the greatexp.wikispaces.com study group for any meaningful contribution. |
The RulesPlease note, due to a class discussion, in which it was decided that the following rules will be either followed or not followed, by the choice of the student, the "rules" listed below should be considered "Guidelines". In this spirit, the guidelines should be followed to ensure good quality writing, and only "broken" if they do not hinder the overall effect of the piece.
All pieces will be evaluated using 6 +1 traits criteria. 1. No Be Verbs 2. No Thing, Body, One Endings or Generalized language including the word People 3. No Repeated Starting of sentences and/or paragraphs 4. Thesis Statements must be in the SOCACA format 5. Essays must be in the 11 point essay format 6. Supporting information must be included in the body 7. Third person must be used with the exception of items that are personal narrative 8. All sources must be cited 9. Writers need to write to completeness 10. Writers need to write for an audience of one 11. Writers need to do a 6 +1 Traits Check before final submission |
Exam
1. Showcase will be used in the exam (it is due at the end of the work period on the 6th or 7th of June). I strongly suggest all students have all pieces "completed" prior to the work period, and the block can be spent peer editing and revising.
2. For the exam, I suggest students study www.greatexp.wikispaces.com, knowing the following:
a. the vocabulary words
b. the formal letter
c. the literary techniques
d. who they are and what they expect
3. Students should bring a pen with good ink to the exam, an open mind, and kindness to their fellow colleagues.
2. For the exam, I suggest students study www.greatexp.wikispaces.com, knowing the following:
a. the vocabulary words
b. the formal letter
c. the literary techniques
d. who they are and what they expect
3. Students should bring a pen with good ink to the exam, an open mind, and kindness to their fellow colleagues.
Summer and Beyond
English will be with you for some time well beyond your infinitesimal English 9 class. If I am wrong about this, let's face it, you wouldn't be able to read this section and you wouldn't even know that I am wrong. Right? Logically, I would be right about this in my being wrong, therefore, unbeknownst to you, being rightfullyt wrong or versa visa. (just in case you are wondering, yes, I purposefully mixed up the order of this last word).
Here are my two cents for success.
1. Read the summer assignment quickly, get on the www.greatexp.wikispaces and do exactly what you did for this last assignment.
This summer the reading assignment will be Anthem (by Ayn Rand)...pick up a copy before leaving for summer.
2. Read everything you can about Ayn Rand (maybe even reading some other works), take corpulent notes, permeate yourself with the knowledge of one author. Do thesis notes, venn diagrams, compare and contrast Rand to Orwell. Write more than necessary, always, then back away and pare down with revision. Most of all, if you find your thesis, you'll find your point; if you find your point, you'll find your stance; if you find your stance, you'll find yourself. Don't ever let anyone do this for you - otherwise it will be their stance you are taking, their point you are making, their thesis you are proving, and it will be the most un-you that you can be.
If you cannot find your voice, this means that you need to only look more, and there is no shame in the quest. It is, afterall, the oldest story in world history, and there is comfort in knowing that only that which is sought after is worthy of being sought after. All else is accidental and happenstance.
There is never shame in losing the flower of eternal life, only shame in never attempting to gain it.
So next year, and beyond, commit yourself. The more involved, the more politically charged you are in your readings, the more you hold meaningful discourse, the more you tenaciously devour more and more of the literature, the more it will become part of you....and the more you will become part of it...for your story, your wonderfully powerful story, each of yours, no matter how ostensibly listless, no matter how ostracized you may feel, no matter the level of rancorous potency it might elicit, each of your stories matters.
Each of your narratives cannot be replicated, your plots are yet to find their denouments, your characters yet to be fully well rounded, your settings yet to be explored in their moody ambiance, your themes yet to be sung with the words of your own making.
Walt Whitman pensively writ in Leaves of Grass:
O ME! O life!... of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish;
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever renew’d;
Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.
---
I, for one, never saw a blank page in front of you...but imagined the ink's dance,
I, for one, cannot wait to read your contributing verse...
and sing the song which is remarkably you!
EDM 6/4/2013
Here are my two cents for success.
1. Read the summer assignment quickly, get on the www.greatexp.wikispaces and do exactly what you did for this last assignment.
This summer the reading assignment will be Anthem (by Ayn Rand)...pick up a copy before leaving for summer.
2. Read everything you can about Ayn Rand (maybe even reading some other works), take corpulent notes, permeate yourself with the knowledge of one author. Do thesis notes, venn diagrams, compare and contrast Rand to Orwell. Write more than necessary, always, then back away and pare down with revision. Most of all, if you find your thesis, you'll find your point; if you find your point, you'll find your stance; if you find your stance, you'll find yourself. Don't ever let anyone do this for you - otherwise it will be their stance you are taking, their point you are making, their thesis you are proving, and it will be the most un-you that you can be.
If you cannot find your voice, this means that you need to only look more, and there is no shame in the quest. It is, afterall, the oldest story in world history, and there is comfort in knowing that only that which is sought after is worthy of being sought after. All else is accidental and happenstance.
There is never shame in losing the flower of eternal life, only shame in never attempting to gain it.
So next year, and beyond, commit yourself. The more involved, the more politically charged you are in your readings, the more you hold meaningful discourse, the more you tenaciously devour more and more of the literature, the more it will become part of you....and the more you will become part of it...for your story, your wonderfully powerful story, each of yours, no matter how ostensibly listless, no matter how ostracized you may feel, no matter the level of rancorous potency it might elicit, each of your stories matters.
Each of your narratives cannot be replicated, your plots are yet to find their denouments, your characters yet to be fully well rounded, your settings yet to be explored in their moody ambiance, your themes yet to be sung with the words of your own making.
Walt Whitman pensively writ in Leaves of Grass:
O ME! O life!... of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish;
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever renew’d;
Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.
---
I, for one, never saw a blank page in front of you...but imagined the ink's dance,
I, for one, cannot wait to read your contributing verse...
and sing the song which is remarkably you!
EDM 6/4/2013