Archives for January 2016

HW due 2/2: Slaughterhouse Five and More

January 25, 2016 By

1. Slaughterhouse Five–Complete the novel! As you finish the novel, FOCUS your annotating on tracking Vonnegut’s treatment of a certain theme or tracking his use of particular devices. Remember, this will be one of two options (the other being 1984) for your next essay.

2. Satire/Parody projects are due by 3 p.m. Thursday! In addition to your film, you must submit a script (to satisfy the written requirement for the project).

The following will be considered when assessing the satire/parody project:

1. Project’s visual impact (The visual should be aesthetically pleasing…more simply, it should look amazing). Many of you are making films! Be thoughtful/creative in how you compose each shot and how you edit the film.
2. The project should demonstrate control of satire and/or parody.
3. Project is thoughtful. Beyond the visual element, the written element should also reflect great thought on subject and form.
4. Project is well-designed/executed.
5. Project reflects exceptional effort.  This one is very important as I (and my fellow assessors) expect to see a project that “took time and effort” to complete.
6. All projects are expected to employ irony as one of the primary figurative elements to carry the project’s purpose/message. Be thoughtfully/creatively ironic!

HW due 1/27: Poetry Portfolio Posting on Class Forum

January 23, 2016 By

1. Wednesday, Jan. 27th, you will post the following poems to the class forum. So gather them and prepare them for posting:

  • An Emotion
  • Villanelle
  • Confessional
  • Elegy
  • Activist (Harlem Ren)
  • Modernist Gratitude
  • Imagist
  • Beat
  • Spoken Word
  • Essence
  • High School

Please label each poem (i.e. #1 An Emotion, #2 Villanelle, etc.) and include a title if titled. Leave a couple of spaces between each poem as well. This MUST posted by 3 p.m. Wednesday to receive credit.

Another term has come and gone. Seven chapters of your high school experience have been written; you have one to go! Live fully in this final chapter. Don’t wish it away… In the end, leave Beacon a bit better because you were here; leave the landscapes of the lives you grace in peace and happiness; and be grateful.

Thank you dearly for a great term. I was touched by your heart and wisdom. I was honored to teach you and I am proud to know you. 

Poetry Seminar

HW due 1/25: Term Final and Thank You

January 22, 2016 By

1. Term Final–Final Drafts are due Monday by 3 p.m. You can either place your final draft AND EDITED FIRST DRAFT in my mail box or hand them to me. DO NOT staple the two drafts together; rather, paperclip them together. Be sure to pay attention to the little things!

2. The Trial–Turn in your copy of The Trial so that I may grade your annotations. If you do not, I will be forced to give you a zero. Write your name inside the front cover. NOTE: A small number of your wrote in school copies which means I cannot use them next term. Please buy a replacement copy. The copy you annotated in will be yours.

3. Steppenwolf–Please return school copies this week! I also need them for next term. If you wrote in a school copy, please purchase a replacement. Thank you! You’re the best!

Another term has come and gone. Seven chapters of your high school experience have been written; you have one to go! Live fully in this final chapter. Don’t wish it away… In the end, leave Beacon a bit better because you were here; leave the landscapes of the lives you grace in peace and happiness; and be grateful.

Thank you dearly for a great term. I was touched by your heart and wisdom. I was honored to teach you and I am proud to know you. 

Existential Lit

HW due 1/21: Slaughterhouse Five

January 20, 2016 By

1. Slaughterhouse Five–Read and annotate Chapter 7.

Homework for the time between terms will be posted soon!

HW due 1/20: Slaughterhouse Five and To Be Verbs

January 19, 2016 By

1. Slaughterhouse Five–Read and annotate Chapter 6.
2. Intro Paragraph–Working with your assigned intro paragraph (10A–First Paragraph/10C–Third Paragraph) reduce the number of “to be” verbs (10A–8 to 3/10C 17-7). So, 10C rather than 5, try to reduce the number to 7.

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