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Monthly Archives: August 2017

agenda Th/F Aug 31/Sep 1: the teller

31 Thursday Aug 2017

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learning goal: how important to the overall effect is the character of the narrator?

 

Quickmark Tally Sheet: In the column labelled “Heaney quote 8/27” put a hash mark in the appropriate row each time a quick mark appears on the text of this assignment

  • • study story with guide questions about character of narrator
    • write notes on Q sheet–at least one note for each of the questions
  • • talk with others about character of narrator
    • what one or two adjectives from your group describe the narrator?
    • what is importance of this particular teller-character to story’s overall effect?
    • how does this person’s telling the story affect the meaning you make from Nadine Gordimer’s story?

 

hmwrk: work on your animal poem, which is due to TRNTN before next Poetry Day

agenda T/W Aug 29/30: Nadine Gordimer

29 Tuesday Aug 2017

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learning goal:  after a first reading, what does Nadine Gordimer’s short story, “The Ultimate Safari,” mean to you?  Why?  How?

 

time to read, individually

time to reflect

time to write

 

due T/W Sep 5/6: original poem #1, an animal poem

25 Friday Aug 2017

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To TURNITIN before your next Poetry Day (Tue/Wed Sep 5/6), please submit an original animal poem.

This is poem about an animal of your choice.  You don’t have to rhyme, but can if you want to.  And just to clarify, this poem is about an animal, not in the voice of an animal.  The speaker of the poem is you, not the animal.  The voice we hear is yours, not the animal’s.

As you choose an animal and compose your poem about this creature, keep in mind what Milosz and Horace have written about the purpose of poetry.  For me, the idea of empathy appears in both men’s statements.  See our first Poetry Day handouts to remind yourself of their statements.  Here’s my summary of the common idea in the two excerpts: we naturally want to connect with other human beings.  It is in our nature to connect with other people.  The purpose of, the power of, poetry is in making these connections with people who read or hear our poem.

So, in this poem assignment you are describing a particular animal, as Rilke has done with the panther and gazelle.  As you write (draft, review, revise, and refine), have an eye toward connecting with readers and hearers of your poem.  When we see details in your description, we also feel a connection to you and other humans.

Oh, and use at least 15 lines in making your poem.  Try to employ one or more of the poetic tools introduced during our first Poetry Day–i.e., alliteration, run-on lines, or hyperbole.  Good luck.  Have fun.  Use the time you have.  Let the poem take shape over time, rather than try to rush something off the night before.

 

agenda F/M Aug 25/8: Qmarks

25 Friday Aug 2017

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learning goal: what is the Qmark Tally Sheet? where should I keep it?

review Poetry Day terms and assignment*

distribute Qmark Tally and Descriptor sheets

explain today’s in-class writing

begin writing (200-400 words)

submit writing to “Heaney quote” writing to TURNITIN (H block by midnight Monday, Aug 28)

*animal poem of at least fifteen lines, tethered to either Milosz’s or Horace’s view of poetry (see ars poetica section of Poetry Day 1 hand-outs); due to TURNITIN before Poetry Day #2 (Tue/Wed Sep 5/6))

agenda W/Th Aug 23/4: POETRY DAY #1

23 Wednesday Aug 2017

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learning goal: what various effects can run-on lines produce in a poem?

distribute day’s sheets

fill in table of contents for today: Milosz, Horace, Rilke; ars poetica, alliteration, run-on line, hyperbole

Liesel-Animal warm-up: five-line poem

share warm-up poems with others

complete ars poetica section

Observe and consider today’s poems–use OCC sheet

share observations considerations

hear and begin thinking about original-poem assignment (due to TURNITIN before next Poetry Day)

 

 

 

 

 

due M/T Aug 21/2: complete class assignment (“I used to think”)

21 Monday Aug 2017

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Be sure to submit the “I used to think” paragraph to TURNITIN by the end of the day you started this writing in class.  Thank you.

agenda M/T Aug 21/2: marked passages

21 Monday Aug 2017

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learning goal: in what particular way did my thinking about The Book Thief change after listening to classmates’ comments?

homework from last week: 

Bring to class three passages marked in your copy of The Book Thief (BT).

Be ready to explain (in speech or writing) why you marked these passages.

TODAY’S AGENDA

small groups: 1-1-2 exercise

individual: IUTT-BNIT paragraph (typed)

submit paragraph to TURNITIN

 

 

due Mon/Tue Aug 21/2: finish BT

18 Friday Aug 2017

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If you have not already finished reading The Book Thief, please make sure you do by our Mon/Tue class.  Thank you.

agenda Th/F Aug 17/18: BT, TRNTN

17 Thursday Aug 2017

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learning goal: how, and how often, will we use TURNITIN?

The Book Thief (BT) exercise: responses to marked passages–let me count the ways

Turnitin.com (TRNTN)  enrollment and submission; template

1718b / 15953613

1718d / 15953725

H block // Enrollment Key: 1718h / class ID: 15958631

due Th/F Aug 17/18: BT passages

15 Tuesday Aug 2017

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Bring to class three passages marked in your copy of The Book Thief (BT).

Be ready to explain (in speech or writing) why you marked these passages.

 

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