Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Tuesday / Wednesday November 25 / 26th
Students were asked first to complete a Reflection on their personal essay:
Students then had some time to begin reading The Stranger. They were reminded that there will be an in-class character analysis essay; and that a dialogue journal or post-it note journal will be expected. Suggested note topics include: Sensory elements; Feelings of isolation; Descriptive language; key passages.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Personal Essay/College
Essay
Reflection
1.
Consider
each of the descriptors in the rubric.
In a paragraph tell me where you think you are developing, meeting, and
exceeding or somewhere in between.
Justify why.
2.
Tell
me what part of the rubric doesn’t seem to fit your piece. For example, a personal essay may have an
implied thesis, one that isn’t necessarily specific and well worded as an
expository essay should have. Dialogue
is another category to consider.
3.
Describe
one place in your essay where you think you revised effectively in
particular. Be sure to tell why you
picked this section (Before—After).
4.
If
given more time, describe one thing you would have done differently or revised
again. Why?
5.
Highlight
on your final draft examples of where you used listing and an effective
punctuation mark other than a period or a comma.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Monday, 24 November
Personal Essays are due next class!
Students were reminded to include the full prompt above the title on their essay.
Students were reminded to bring the draft that they had for peer conferencing with them next class.
Students were advised that Part I (p. 1-59 ) of The Stranger is due on December 2nd. Part II (pgs 63-123) is due on December 9th. The journal will be turned in on the 9th. There will be quizzes on both the 2nd and 9th.
4th period used the essay rubric to structure a peer conference.
7th period began discussing existentialism. 7th period also wrote discussion questions for Crash that are due on Wednesday.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Thursday / Friday 20 / 21 November
Personal Essays are due next Tuesday / Wednesday
Students were given a rubric to self-asses their work as they revise it over the weekend.
Students finished viewing Crash and class will have a structured discussion on the movie next week.
Students went to the library to check out a copy of Albert Camus' The Stranger. Although no reading has been assigned yet, students who do choose to read should keep in mind that there will be a Character Analysis essay at the end of the unit; during study of the novel students are to keep a dialogue journal or sticky notes in the text paying particular attention to:
A) Sensory details
B) Feelings of isolation
C) Descriptive Language
D) Key passages
Students were given a rubric to self-asses their work as they revise it over the weekend.
Students finished viewing Crash and class will have a structured discussion on the movie next week.
Students went to the library to check out a copy of Albert Camus' The Stranger. Although no reading has been assigned yet, students who do choose to read should keep in mind that there will be a Character Analysis essay at the end of the unit; during study of the novel students are to keep a dialogue journal or sticky notes in the text paying particular attention to:
A) Sensory details
B) Feelings of isolation
C) Descriptive Language
D) Key passages
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Monday & Tuesday / Wednesday 17-19 November
Sorry for missing a post.
4th and 7th period have done different things on different days; below is a list of what has been completed in both classes, not necessarily in the same order.
The two strands of class are 1) watching and analyzing Crash and 2) working on drafts and revisions of the personal essay. The due date for the personal essay is the last class of next week.
Period 7 has finished Crash and period 4 will finish it this week.
On Thursday and Friday both classes will be checking The Stranger by Albert Camus out from the library.
Students have had lessons on effective ledes; we've discussed avoiding cliches, and worked on analyzing effective personal essays.
4th and 7th period have done different things on different days; below is a list of what has been completed in both classes, not necessarily in the same order.
The two strands of class are 1) watching and analyzing Crash and 2) working on drafts and revisions of the personal essay. The due date for the personal essay is the last class of next week.
Period 7 has finished Crash and period 4 will finish it this week.
On Thursday and Friday both classes will be checking The Stranger by Albert Camus out from the library.
Students have had lessons on effective ledes; we've discussed avoiding cliches, and worked on analyzing effective personal essays.
Friday, November 14, 2014
12 and 14 November (with notes from the end of last week as well)
Things have certainly been a mess with days off for grading, honoring those who have served snow, and who knows what else.
Classes (when they have met, which is much more for period 7 than 4) have been working on the personal essay assignment, and in particular on ledes and hooks. Including watching this clip.
Period 7 has seen some excellent models, and period 4 will see those models on Tuesday.
We've been viewing Crash, and period 7 is at minute 57 while period 4 is at minute 17.
Classes (when they have met, which is much more for period 7 than 4) have been working on the personal essay assignment, and in particular on ledes and hooks. Including watching this clip.
Period 7 has seen some excellent models, and period 4 will see those models on Tuesday.
We've been viewing Crash, and period 7 is at minute 57 while period 4 is at minute 17.
Monday, November 3, 2014
3 November, 2014
Students were reminded of the group project due date for next class.
Mr. Zartler introduced the OSAC https://app.oregonstudentaid.gov/ scholarship portal. Students will be working on personal essays -- such as the ones for the OSAC application.
Classes looked at a graphic organizer to be used while viewing Crash, and then wrote to the following prompt (due next class).
Homework
Mr. Zartler introduced the OSAC https://app.oregonstudentaid.gov/ scholarship portal. Students will be working on personal essays -- such as the ones for the OSAC application.
Classes looked at a graphic organizer to be used while viewing Crash, and then wrote to the following prompt (due next class).
Homework
Write about
a time when you had a spontaneous interaction with someone you didn’t
know. This could be an encounter in the
hall, at a restaurant, on the playing field, with an unknown relative, on
public transportation. One that was a
negative experience would be better to explore.
Consider who was the target/victim, ally, bystander, and
perpetrator. Writing expectations: half
page for partial credit, full page for full credit. (10 points)
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