The Philologists

Learning Targets:  11-12W1c: I can use precise language, content-specific vocabulary and literary techniques to express the appropriate complexity of the topic.  11-12W1d: I can use appropriate and varied transitions, as well as varied syntax, to make critical connections, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.  11-12W1e: I can provide a concluding statement or section that explains the significance of the argument presented.  11-12W1f: I can maintain a style and tone appropriate to the writing task. vocabulary quiz: Tuesday, October 1 This Land Was Our Land  class handout last Wednesday, another copy below  In class: writing paragraph on Robert Browning's My Last Duchess .  NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE VOCABULARY QUIZ, THE PARAGRAPH MUST BE SHARED WITH ME BY MIDNIGHT: 2006630   After 12, this writing grade is worth only 50 points. Those of you who receive extra time, have until Wednesday at 5pm to share your paragra

Coming up: vocabulary This Land Was Our Land; quiz on Tuesday, October 1 (handout 9/24..another copy below) In class: Review of yesterday's grammar assigment.  My Last Duchess organizer on text to support a thematic developmentment. (class handout/ copy below) Make sure you have completed the six items required on the organizer, in order to write your paragraph on Monday. The organizer will be collected on Monday, whilst the paragraph will be shared on line. ______________________________________________________________________ Name__________________________-Irregular Verbs - Exercise  Thursday, September 25 Directions:  Open up a word document and create an MLA heading with the title Grammar Practice 1. REWRITE each sentence, correcting the form of the verb in parenthesis. You may add auxiliary verbs.  This is due at the close of class.  Share 2006630    Graded class assignment. 1.      Yesterday Joan (feel) quite ill.  (felt) 2. Have you (make) any mo

Coming up: vocabulary This Was Our Land, Tuesday, October 1                      In class: grammar practice. See directions below: Make sure you have shared these with me today, as they will be corrected this evening.  Share: 2006630. This is timed for the class. Only those receiving extended time may turn it in later. TAKE YOUR TIME; these require reflection, especially the pronoun agreement.                               Name__________________________-Irregular Verbs - Exercise  Thursday, September 25 Directions:  Open up a word document and create an MLA heading with the title Grammar Practice 1. REWRITE each sentence, correcting the form of the verb in parenthesis. You may add auxiliary verbs.  This is due at the close of class.  Share 2006630   Graded class assignment. 1. Yesterday Joan (feel) quite ill. 2. Have you (make) any money from your business yet? 3. After he finished the plumbing job, Bob (leave) his tools at the site. 4. The house was (build)

Coming up: This Was Our Land vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, October 1 (class handout / copy below) On Thursday, I am not here. You will be working on two grammar exercises. You will need your chrome book. Please follow the directions and share with me by the end of class to get credit for your work: 2006630.  On Friday, you will be selecting a thematic topic based upon the poem and completing a graphic organizer in preparation for a short, analytical, text-based writing piece. If you are absent, make sure to check the blog. Please remember that if you are absent, you are responsible for the work; that includes anything written in the notebook. I will put the blog date in your  notebook, so that you can complete the assignment. In class: review of the graphic organizer for My Last Duchess.   If you have yet to turn in the assignment, do so now, as once we review the material no work will be accepted. Name__________________________________ My Last Duchess by Robert Browning