11/15

Brits: Read 1.2; by Monday have read thru 2.1

9s: Continue writing speech - final due Monday @ beginning of hour. Recite Wednesday

American Lit: First Drafts due Friday at beginning of hour. Finals due Monday, recite Wed.

8s: Outline due today at end of hour. First draft due Friday at end of hour. Finals due Tuesday at beginning of hour. Recite Wednesday.

J/B: Wolverine Weekly

GB: Ch. 10 in class today. Ch. 11 for HW. Chapter 12 for Monday.

From now until Christmas Break

Brit Lit: We'll be reading, analyzing, interpreting Taming of the Shrew and then moving onto Paradise Lost.

9s: Writing our own speeches, then moving onto Poetry (analyzing different styles and techniques in order to recreate lyrical poetry)

American Lit: Writing our own speeches, then moving onto Poetry (Slam Poetry!)

8s: Writing our own speeches, then moving onto Poetry (a WIDE range of poetry - we'll be building our own anthology!)

J/B: continue Wolverine Weekly

GB: The Golden Compass

Welcome Back!

This year is already shaping up to be great and it hasn't technically even started yet. All classes of mine need to "follow" this blog in order to receive updates regarding their English class(es).

1st hour: British Literature/Creative Writing
3rd hour: English 9
4th hour: American Literature
5th hour: English 8
6th hour: Journalism/Business Writing
7th hour: Contemporary Literary Genres

Updates!

9s: We have finished Great Gatsby and are taking the final test Friday (3/9) After spring break we will begin our writing assignment for the novel and then move onto our next novel!

Basics: We are going to finishing Feed early in the week after Spring Break. We will have a final test and then a writing assignment. If there is enough time left before Junior/Senior projects we will start another novel.

Brits: We are finished with Frankenstein, we have a test review today and test tomorrow. After spring break we will begin our writing assignment for the novel and then move onto our next novel!

Film: The week after spring break (on that friday) your final drafts are due.

10s: We are going to finish Catcher this week. From there, next week we will be studying for our final test and begin writing on this novel. Then we will start our next book!

8s: We have a quiz tomorrow on Lord of the Flies. We we are back from spring break we will continue reading and relating our lives to that of the boys' on the island.

All MLA info found here

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

2/8/2012

9s: Research day Thursday - present on Friday. Next week we continue reading.

Basic: Continue working on futuristic advertisements

Brit: Screenplay and script for the first half of Frankenstein

Film: Paper assignment: Is our "Wall-E-Like-Doom" inevitable? How much control do we have over our lives?

10s: Research day Thursday - present on Friday. Next week we continue reading.

8s: Screenplay and Script for Part One of Lord of the Flies. Filming and editing Thursday, Friday, and present to class Monday and Tuesday.

Thank You and Congrats!

Thank you so much to all classes that attended today's slam poetry show!

AND A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TENTH GRADE FOR PRESENTING THEIR POEMS FLAWLESSLY FROM MEMORY!

Slam Poetry

Grade 10s! Get ready and dress the part. Whatever you have to do to amplify your presence during this rock-show-poetry-slam-a-thon...BRING IT.

(school rules apply)

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Monday! (1/16/2012)

9s: Continue writing poetry
Basic: Find out where Kyle traveled!
Brit Lit: Create Fakebook, read up to letter one
Film: We finally finished out color symbolism chart. Now we will move on to breaking down some Mise en Scene. Jeopardy on Wed.
10s: Slam Poetry
8s: Poetry Anthology

Basic

ORP: we read to page 198 today. HW assignment: who is Alice Cooper?

Class Assignment Update:

9s: Tomorrow we will continue to work in groups to explore our assigned poems to their fullest extent.

Basic: We will continue reading ORP - one day this week we will be taking a break to do a fun mini activity.

Brit: Arts and Crafts time! (Frankenstein trading cards)

Film: Last day to finish vocab flash cards

10s: We will take another look at the slam poems that we watched yesterday and take notes on why they are effective. Then we will practice reading them out loud....over....and over....and over.

8s: Tomorrow we discover the wonderful world of Metaphors.

Welcome Back!

Grades 8, 9, and 10:

We are finishing up poetry this week and the next. Then we will be moving on to novels!

Brit Lit:

We are starting Frankenstein. For the next few days we'll be working diligently on our trading cards. Gather up all the info necessary for your cards. Make them marketable to your classmates!

Film:

We'll be finishing up our vocab terms and then we'll breakdown the first film that we analyze.

Basic:

One Red Paperclip. If you're new to the course, you'll need to read up to page 138. We will review everything before each reading session.

ALL STUDENTS

YOUR MIDTERM GRADES AND FINAL GRADES ARE POSTED FOR MY CLASS.

HAVE A WONDERFUL BREAK. BE SAFE. HAVE FUN. YOUR TEACHER CARES ABOUT YOU.

MR. C

Mid Term Exams

Good luck!

Tuesday: 1st, 3rd, and 5th hour exams
Wednesday: 2nd, 4th, and 6th hour exams
Thursday: We high-five and clean out lockers.

Want to pass your finals?

Hey boys and girls, if you want an easy way to study for finals check out this link. It will take you to a site where you can make online flashcards and share them with your classmates. Divide and conquer.

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/

Study Time for Mid-Terms! (12/15)

Classes, all of you have been given (or will be receiving tomorrow) study guides for the mid-term exams. Please contact your friends in that class in order to find out what you need to study if you missed class today.

If you still are unable to get a study guide, email me and ask what you need to study. cororkes@agsd.us

Happy Studying.

2ND SEMESTER CLASS OFFERING

STUDENTS, NEXT SEMESTER I WILL BE OFFERING A FILM STUDY COURSE DURING 4TH PERIOD. THIS CLASS IS AVAILABLE TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SO LONG AS IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH YOUR SCHEDULE.

-Mr. C

Wednesday 12/14

9s:
Break down Road Not Taken further, read some more poems

Basic:
ORP

Brit:
The Star

10s:
Read and broke down Break, Break, Break. Practice counting syllables

8s:
xmas tree lane

Tuesday (12/13)

Tuesday:
9s:
Read through Figurative Language, Read through The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Basic:
ORP

Brit:
Finished 2nd Final Draft

10s:
Read through Figurative Language, Read poems out loud, Read and broke down Break, Break, Break. Practice counting syllables

8s:Xmas tree lane decor