Wednesday, April 30, 2014
video release reminder
Thanks to those of you who remembered to print, sign, and deliver the Lesson Planet video release form today. If you didn't bring it today, please bring it tomorrow. Mahalo.
kudos: april
Congratulations to the following students on their college admissions, scholarship wins, and amazing accomplishments!
Lesther Valenzuela (Elks Student of the Month/March)
Shane Hunter ($20k grant to University of the Pacific)
Rudy Valentine ($250 Danish Lounge Scholarship)
Rachel Shedd ($1k & 2nd place in Santa Maria Arts Council)
Miranda Gomez ($500 Women of the Moose Scholarship)
Lindsey Wong (Minerva Scholarship)
Daniel Rucker (Minerva Scholarship)
Taylor Duguran (Minerva Scholarship)
Breanna Timmons ($10k Costco Scholarship)
Rachel Nolan (Admitted to Blended Program at Sonoma State)
Michaila Bohard ($500 Santa Barbara Cattlewomen's Scholarship)
Miranda Nillo ($1k Coast Hills Scholarship; $2k Military Kids Scholarship; Luso American Scholarship)
Alex Hunter ($500 Santa Barbara Foundation Scholarship)
Danny Luu (rocking the CA state science fair at USC this week)
Amara Sharp (Admitted to UC Merced, Northern Arizona University)
If I missed anyone, or if you've done something amazing since I posted this, please let me/us know in class or comment below.
Lesther Valenzuela (Elks Student of the Month/March)
Shane Hunter ($20k grant to University of the Pacific)
Rudy Valentine ($250 Danish Lounge Scholarship)
Rachel Shedd ($1k & 2nd place in Santa Maria Arts Council)
Miranda Gomez ($500 Women of the Moose Scholarship)
Lindsey Wong (Minerva Scholarship)
Daniel Rucker (Minerva Scholarship)
Taylor Duguran (Minerva Scholarship)
Breanna Timmons ($10k Costco Scholarship)
Rachel Nolan (Admitted to Blended Program at Sonoma State)
Michaila Bohard ($500 Santa Barbara Cattlewomen's Scholarship)
Miranda Nillo ($1k Coast Hills Scholarship; $2k Military Kids Scholarship; Luso American Scholarship)
Alex Hunter ($500 Santa Barbara Foundation Scholarship)
Danny Luu (rocking the CA state science fair at USC this week)
Amara Sharp (Admitted to UC Merced, Northern Arizona University)
If I missed anyone, or if you've done something amazing since I posted this, please let me/us know in class or comment below.
april 30
JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" by The Clash; "Break on Through" by The Doors]
When do you seek others' counsel in making a big decision, and when do you take the plunge on your own?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Senior Info paperwork
3. Masterpiece previews
HW:
1. Please read the Vendler Grid post and the TPCASTT post, and begin the Poetry Boot Camp work.
2. Please complete and be prepared to discuss the multiple choice questions on poetry (after the jump) tomorrow (Thursday).
3. Revisit the essay prompts, multiple choice questions, and rubrics in the Exam Practice & Reference tab as needed.
When do you seek others' counsel in making a big decision, and when do you take the plunge on your own?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Senior Info paperwork
3. Masterpiece previews
HW:
1. Please read the Vendler Grid post and the TPCASTT post, and begin the Poetry Boot Camp work.
2. Please complete and be prepared to discuss the multiple choice questions on poetry (after the jump) tomorrow (Thursday).
3. Revisit the essay prompts, multiple choice questions, and rubrics in the Exam Practice & Reference tab as needed.
poetry boot camp
The moment is upon us. Please deliver on time.
STEP 1: Convene a group.
Poetry is something you need to talk about. You need to read it aloud and have it read aloud to you. You need to hear that someone caught the same possibility of meaning you did. Invite 2-9 people you think will add insight to a conversation about at least three poems. (NOTE: you can invite one group of people and still participate with another group that invites you. The more practice the better, and you and you will either get unique perspectives on >6 poems or you will have an opportunity to see how two different audiences can interpret the same poems so similarly/differently.)
STEP 2: Select poetry from the menu you suggested (after the jump).
You must select at least three and there is no maximum. If you'd like to add a poem you feel strongly about please do so in the comments. If you'd like to see what else has already been vetted have a look at the Poetry Reading List.
STEP 3: Read the poem.
Read the poem. Then read it again. Seriously. Like, over and over. Meditate on it. Read it at least seven times. Think about what sounds different or makes new sense in the seventh reading.
[DELIVERABLE #1: POST THIS TO YOUR BLOG UNDER THE TITLE, "SEVENTH READING" BY 11:59 P.M. WEDNESDAY 4/30.]
STEP 4: Read & discuss the Vendler & TP-CASST grids with your group, and determine who will do which.
In class tomorrow and Wednesday we will go over these highly structured ways of dissecting poems. Since dissection is rarely a high point for a frog-lover, please keep the exam and the goal you set for it in mind. You will be relying on these tools extensively over the week. After the exam please shake your head really hard and read a poem just to make sure you don't see a grid.
[DELIVERABLE #2: POST YOUR GRID/S TO YOUR BLOG UNDER THE TITLE "GRIDLOCK" BY 11:59 P.M. THURSDAY 5/1.]
STEP 5: Meet with your group to analyze each poem through the Vendler & TP-CASST grids.
This is where you want to dust off your critical thinking chops and clarify, consider things from different perspectives, challenge, research, and identify the best of everyone's thinking on each point. Take "best of" notes that you can use to outline your essays.
[DELIVERABLE #3: POST "GROUPTHINK"--A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS CONVERSATION LED YOU TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF A POEM, THE AP EXAM, OR [?]-- TO YOUR BLOG BY 11:59 P.M. FRIDAY 5/2.]
STEP 6: Write your essays.
[DELIVERABLE #4: POST "AT LEAST TWO POETRY ESSAYS" (THAT'S THE TITLE, TOO; THERE IS NO MAX) TO YOUR BLOG BY 11:59 P.M. SATURDAY 5/3. THAT'S RIGHT. SATURDAY. BETWEEN PROSE ESSAYS [TBD]. EMBRACE THE SUCK TODAY. YOU WILL WIN NEXT WEEK.
STEP 1: Convene a group.
Poetry is something you need to talk about. You need to read it aloud and have it read aloud to you. You need to hear that someone caught the same possibility of meaning you did. Invite 2-9 people you think will add insight to a conversation about at least three poems. (NOTE: you can invite one group of people and still participate with another group that invites you. The more practice the better, and you and you will either get unique perspectives on >6 poems or you will have an opportunity to see how two different audiences can interpret the same poems so similarly/differently.)
STEP 2: Select poetry from the menu you suggested (after the jump).
You must select at least three and there is no maximum. If you'd like to add a poem you feel strongly about please do so in the comments. If you'd like to see what else has already been vetted have a look at the Poetry Reading List.
STEP 3: Read the poem.
Read the poem. Then read it again. Seriously. Like, over and over. Meditate on it. Read it at least seven times. Think about what sounds different or makes new sense in the seventh reading.
[DELIVERABLE #1: POST THIS TO YOUR BLOG UNDER THE TITLE, "SEVENTH READING" BY 11:59 P.M. WEDNESDAY 4/30.]
STEP 4: Read & discuss the Vendler & TP-CASST grids with your group, and determine who will do which.
In class tomorrow and Wednesday we will go over these highly structured ways of dissecting poems. Since dissection is rarely a high point for a frog-lover, please keep the exam and the goal you set for it in mind. You will be relying on these tools extensively over the week. After the exam please shake your head really hard and read a poem just to make sure you don't see a grid.
[DELIVERABLE #2: POST YOUR GRID/S TO YOUR BLOG UNDER THE TITLE "GRIDLOCK" BY 11:59 P.M. THURSDAY 5/1.]
STEP 5: Meet with your group to analyze each poem through the Vendler & TP-CASST grids.
This is where you want to dust off your critical thinking chops and clarify, consider things from different perspectives, challenge, research, and identify the best of everyone's thinking on each point. Take "best of" notes that you can use to outline your essays.
[DELIVERABLE #3: POST "GROUPTHINK"--A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS CONVERSATION LED YOU TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF A POEM, THE AP EXAM, OR [?]-- TO YOUR BLOG BY 11:59 P.M. FRIDAY 5/2.]
STEP 6: Write your essays.
[DELIVERABLE #4: POST "AT LEAST TWO POETRY ESSAYS" (THAT'S THE TITLE, TOO; THERE IS NO MAX) TO YOUR BLOG BY 11:59 P.M. SATURDAY 5/3. THAT'S RIGHT. SATURDAY. BETWEEN PROSE ESSAYS [TBD]. EMBRACE THE SUCK TODAY. YOU WILL WIN NEXT WEEK.
TPCASTT poetry analysis
Here is the TPCASTT
(Thanks, Ms. Fischer!)
(Thanks, Ms. Fischer!)
TPCASTT: Poem Analysis
Method:
title, paraphrase, connotation, diction, attitude, tone, shift(s), title revisited and theme |
|
Title
of poem means |
|
Paraphrase
parts of the Poem |
|
Connotation
of some of the words – changing literal meaning to implied or associated values |
|
Attitude
What is the attitude of the author, characters or yourself? |
|
Shift
At first we think or feel one way – then there is a shift: identify the shifts and explain them |
|
Title revisited
Any new insights on meaning or significance of title? |
|
Theme
|
|
vendler grid poetry analysis
Here is an example of a Vendler grid with explanations after the jump.
(Thanks, Ms. Fischer!)
(Thanks, Ms. Fischer!)
Vendler Grid
| Meaning | |
| Antecedent Scenario |
|
| Structural Parts | |
| Climax | |
| Other Parts |
| Skeleton | |
| Content Genre- games |
|
| Tone | |
| Agency | |
| Roads Not Taken | |
| Speech Acts | |
| Outer and Inner Structural Forms |
|
| Imagination |
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
april 29
JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "April Fool" by Soul Asylum; "April in Paris" by Billie Holiday]
Using what you've learned about literary elements, compare the styles and effects of the following two quotes:
April is the cruellest month. -T.S. Eliot
There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye/ There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by. -William Cullen Bryant
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Return essays
3. Deconstruct last night's multiple choice questions
4. Masterpiece preview prep
HW:
Which of the following activities will best prepare you for tomorrow?
A. Revising your essay
B. Reviewing your performance on the multiple choice questions and answering more
C. Fine-tuning your masterpiece preview
D. All of the above
Using what you've learned about literary elements, compare the styles and effects of the following two quotes:
April is the cruellest month. -T.S. Eliot
There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye/ There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by. -William Cullen Bryant
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Return essays
3. Deconstruct last night's multiple choice questions
4. Masterpiece preview prep
HW:
Which of the following activities will best prepare you for tomorrow?
A. Revising your essay
B. Reviewing your performance on the multiple choice questions and answering more
C. Fine-tuning your masterpiece preview
D. All of the above
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