Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Please continue completing work on your own and email me if you have questions.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Art, go



1. What’s true?

2. Problem of subjectivity.

3. All bears are liars, said the bear.

4. Music presentations-   Questions? 

5. Calendar

6. Going forward, plan.

7. List of what’s expected!

Violins
Art
Short Story
Presenation
Class work
Journals
Any other marginalia/Drafts.

8. Final Exam-

9.  

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Music!



Journal-  What’s a question you have about music?  Why?  Oh!  This is called a “guiding question.”

2.  Please write your question on the board.

3.  Quick planning session.

5. Presenations…

6.  Music Presentations-  Tuesday, Nov 29th.

7.  HW-  Kardashian/Violence

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Ugh.

1.  Journal-  What does this election mean? 


2.  Pop quiz.


3.  Essays


4.  Drafts


5.  HW-  Photos for art, music analysis, next.

Thursday, November 3, 2016

1.                        What’s your biggest stress right now?

2.                         Quotes on walls.

3.                        Planning and drafting-  Thesis?

Dialogue, description, conflict, metaphor, simile, compare and contrast themes?


4.                         Draft Due Tuesday-  (Short Story)



Tuesday, November 1, 2016

What’s your biggest problem right now?  Why is it a problem?  What can you do differently to solve the problem?  How much of the problem is your fault?  How much of the problem is another’s fault?  What compromises could be reached?   Is it a problem if you view it as a problem—what if you don’t?


Reading essays-


Short story--Planning essays-


Quote boards--

HW-  Gathering quotes from the stories to illustrate your chosen group's theme.  Come to class with at least 8 quotes from the story--  Finishing essays for stars.

Up Coming Reading:  HERE

Pictures for TV art?




Thursday, October 27, 2016

1.  Journal-  write an analysis of the grade you gave yourself.  What are you good at?  Where can you improve?  Why and how?


2.  Grade another's essay.  Be firm, but fair.

3.  Discuss grades.

HW-  Re-writing.   Reading, finally, this and this.  TV art pictures....

Thursday, October 20, 2016

SS

1.  What thematic similarities exist in the three stories we've read?  Why so?


2.  Short story discussion.


3.  Noticing Lit Devices in short story.


4.  Finding meaning in the short stories.


5.  HW-  Reading.  This and this--- Thinking about the TV art!

Thursday, October 13, 2016



1. What’s the best short story you’ve read?

5 short stories.

2. Short Story Lit devices…. Your list.


3. How to think and write about short stories-

The lit devices create a tool for us to describe theme and explain meaning.

4. Essays due Tuesday.

5. Essay readers?  Read aloud?

6. HW- reading short stories:  Lottery     Lottery    

Lit terms list for SS-

Foreshadowing: 
Hints within the story that illustrate what will happen

Direct Characterization: 
The author tells you what the character is like.

Indirect Characterization:
Author implies what the character is like through dialogue and other ways.

Conflict:
Internal, within the character…existential crisis.
External, outside forces.

Setting:
Time and place


Plot:
Sequence of events.

Tone: 
Author’s attitude.

Mood:
Reader’s attitude.

Theme:
Message-  what the story means.

Denouement-
Climax, where the plot is solved.

Allusion:
Reference to something else, usually literature.

Symbolism:
Object represents an idea or something else.

Imagery:
Creates a mental picture.