Posted: April 3, 2012
Read chapters 2 and 3 of to Kill a Mockingbird
Reading check quiz tomorrow.
Mrs. O'Neill-MacDonnell Notes
English 9; English 123; GG (Special Olympics Leadership)
Notes
Posted: April 2, 2012
Finish reading chapter one of To Kill a Mockingbird for tomorrow.
Short Stories were due today.
Posted: April 2, 2012
Story with Shakespeare's expressions due Wednesday, April 4, 2012.
Poetry analysis due Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Choose between three poems:
The Geranium by Theodre Roethke
Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke
Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou
See attached steps for poem analysis and model analysis.
analysis_of_a_poem.docx
anthem_for_doomed_youth.docx
Posted: March 28, 2012
Poetry analysis due Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Choose between three poems:
The Geranium by Theodre Roethke
Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke
Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou
See attached steps for poem analysis and model analysis.
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| anthem_for_doomed_youth.docx | 12.85 KB |
Posted: March 22, 2012
Major Poetry assignment due Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Poetry test Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Posted: March 22, 2012
Short Story test is now Tuesday, March 26, 2012
Short Story final project due March 30, 2012 (see attached)
Piece of writing on theme from Alden Nowlan's "Hurt" was due today. Value 10
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| short_story_flash_fiction.docx | 11.72 KB |
| short_story_writing_rubric2.doc | 42 KB |
Posted: March 19, 2012
Poetry test in Thursday, March 22, 2012
Poetry Anthology due March 27th
Posted: March 19, 2012
Short Story test on Thursday, March 22nd.
We discussed the difference between the subject and the theme of a short story.
Read the short story "Hurt" by Alden Nowlan.
Do a draft paragraph discussing the subject and theme of the story. Use quotes from the story to support your statements.
Posted: March 13, 2012
"The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes assignment due Friday
Major poetry assignment due March 27
Posted: March 13, 2012
Read "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan
Cheet on Character Analysis (mother or daughter)
"The Sniper" sheet due Thursday
Posted: February 28, 2012
We will finish "Dead Poet's Society" tomorrow and start assignment for this in class. It will be due Friday, March 2, 2012.
Posted: February 28, 2012
We read chapter 2 of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Point of view was discussed.
Homework: Vocabulary exercise and 6 questions.
Posted: February 28, 2012
Today we looked at the elements of a short story and focused in on Point of View. We read the story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson and discussed how the reader's experience would change with a different first person narrator.
Homework: There is no real resolution to the story "Charles". Write an ending for the story, resolving some of the issues (half page)
Posted: February 26, 2012
Look up Anti-Jewish propoganda from the era of WWII. Bring in an example.
Posted: February 26, 2012
Practice rants
Write about your favourite (or list favourite short story) and why you feel that way.