Friday, October 14, 2011

English 10: October 17-21

Greetings Sophomores!

This is an A week, so we will meet twice. We have a good bit to cover in that time, so let's not waste any.
You will be getting your report cards. If you are disappointed in your grade, consider that you may have failed to turn in your summer reading, which did have an effect on several people's grades. It is too late to turn in work from the first nine weeks, so do not ask.

I expect every student to register for Moodle, since I will require you to turn in assignments on Moodle from time to time. If you do not have a computer or internet access at home, please see me about scheduling time to stay after school and use a school computer or make time to visit the public library.  If you have difficulty logging on, please submit your name and birthday to me so that I can have your password reset. I will email the person in charge of setting up Moodle with student names on Friday, so if you have not told me of your difficulty by then, I will presume you are registered or that you have chosen not to follow instructions. Assignments that are to be submitted to Moodle will NOT be accepted in any other format. Please submit all assignments as .rtf files. I will demonstrate this changing file format in class.

This is October, as you know, and I always choose October for writing narratives. This week, I will review the important parts of a narrative and give you instructions for writing your own narratives, which must be submitted to Moodle before October 27. We will share our narratives in class, so don't come unprepared.

I want your narratives to be interesting and fun to share, so I am challenging you to include lots of vivid description and exciting twists and turns. Or, you can use interesting symbolism or foreshadowing. Whatever you choose to write about, make sure you make your stories, since that is what narratives are, appropriate for school.

Here are a few links that might help you in creating your short story.

http://www.freelancewriting.com/articles/article-writing-a-good-narrative-essay.php 

This, while a bit too formulaic for my tastes, is a good starting point if you are having difficulty knowing how to format your narrative:
http://www.sbcc.edu/clrc/files/wl/downloads/StructureofaPersonalNarrativeEssay.pdf

Outline graphic organizer
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/874_01.pdf



So, I want you to think about your narratives, but I also want you to remember that we still have other tasks to do in class. You will have the test we reviewed for on Native American myths and the comparative accounts of Plymouth and Jamestown by Bradford and Byrd respectively on Tuesday, so don't forget to study. On that day, you will also have a test on "the phrase" in which you will identify all the following types of phrases: Appositive, prepositional, gerund, participial, infinitive. Both tests are relatively short, so you should have little trouble completing them in one block.

You will also continue your study of American literature with a look at two Captivity Narratives. Please read the Narrative of the Captivity by Mary Rowlandson before we meet on Thursday. It can be found in your text book. We will also read the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olauda Equiano in the near future. Both of these narratives are classified as "captivity narratives" because they both tell about a person who has been held captive. We will compare and contrast these two stories in class, and you will be expected to answer essay questions on them on a test, so pay close attention.

In grammar we will begin differentiating the different types of clauses. A clause is any group of words that contains both a subject and verb. But not all clauses are alike, as you will learn.

AND we have a quiz on lesson 10 vocabulary.

It looks to be a busy week!

See you in class!

Mrs. SO

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