WRITER'S NOTEBOOK - Quick Video

Table of Contents: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Dd2oyGQ1Ei9uD4G_n5_CgT2tG8btOFw-NuFBlR0vmo/edit

Here is a video that Mr. Potter made to show you how the Writer's Notebook works! https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B43PwhQg8qq8VkNZclRTR1V2eGc/edit

Thanks so much!!

               -Mr. Durham

10H EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT - DUE MAY 20/21

If any of my 10H students would like to get extra credit (due NO LATER than May 20th for A Day and May 21st for B Day), they can take the 12 current words of the day and use them in a one-page story or piece of writing. They must UNDERLINE all of the words and the one page must all be on the same topic (it can't just be twelve sentences). Then, they must turn it in by the due date. Simple, but designed to help them understand the words. We will NOT have a words of the day quiz.

Help and Examples for 10H's Great Gatsby Paper

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-suvwxfUfn8R0lHcmtfVDFxUzA/edit?usp=sharing

The above link will take you to an example of parts of a Great Gatsby essay. I chose one of the prompts and went through deciding what my Claim, Evidence, and Warrant would be and how I would appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos. I also gave a few writing suggestions underneath that for everyone. Please feel free to email if you have any questions. Thanks so much. The paper is due May 16th (A Day) or 17th (B Day)

Film Lit Adaptation Paper Example

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-suvwxfUfn8NlNlMUcwdHJWaFk/edit?usp=sharing

The above link will take you to  very good example of what I am expecting from your Adaptation Paper, which is due on May 20th (A Day) or May 21st (B Day). Please feel free to email with questions. Hopefully you have already finished your book and watched the movie and you just have to finish your paper. :)

Thanks so much.

Another 10H UPDATE - Due Dates, etc.

The students should now have finished The Great Gatsby in their reading at home. The Chapter Song Explanations were due on the dates listed in the previous blog post from a few weeks ago. The 20 vocabulary words from the novel were also due on April 30th/May 1st.

The students have had a big Gatsby quiz that they completed in groups. It was more of a "work together to find the best answers" situation. Though it was a quiz, I was hoping to get them to look more closely at some of the symbols and the important themes.

ON MAY 16TH, THE STUDENTS HAVE THEIR PERSUASIVE ESSAY DUE ON THE GREAT GATSBY. I handed out the prompts which also explains the specific things I will be looking for when I grade them. Feel free to email if you have questions.

The students have two more tests that they will take. The first is on MAY 2nd/MAY 3rd. It is on three grammar concepts: appositives, semi-colons, and possessives. If the students have listened well and practiced with us when we have practiced in class, they should be prepared or now what to study or what to ask me questions about. No one has asked any questions, so they seem to feel they are prepared.

The last test will most likely be May 20/May 21. It is on ethos, pathos, and logos and those are important concepts for their essay. So, the test will be designed to remind them of those concepts right before they turn in the essay.

Thanks for all of your help and support. I appreciate you and your student.

FILM LIT - ADAPTATION ESSAY

Your assignment is to read a book that was adapted into a movie. Then, you will watch the movie adaptation. You must choose a book that you have never read. If you have seen the movie adaptation before, that is fine.

Write a paper comparing and contrasting the book and the movie. Was it a good adaptation? Focus on changes that were made and WHY. Focus on things in the movie that were inherently cinematic and things in the text that couldn’t really be replicated. You must keep in mind that a book and a movie are two different “animals.” Try to speak with a more literary voice in this essay. Do not allow your anger over what was changed color your writing. Instead, intelligently discuss the changes and try to put yourself in the mind of the filmmakers. Also, spend a little time judging the movie on its own merits, separate from the book.

HERE IS A LINK TO A PARTIAL LIST OF BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE INTO MOVIES. IF IT IS NOT ON THIS LIST, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE! JUST CLEAR IT WITH ME FIRST.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-suvwxfUfn8ckJ5aC14V0dfZDA/edit?usp=sharing

The Great Gatsby VOCAB and Chapter Song Explanations - ENGLISH 10H

As we read The Great Gatsby, the students have two specific assignments to complete. The first is that they need to find 20 words that they don't know and write down the page number that the word was on and then find the definition. They will turn a sheet of paper into me with the words, their page numbers, and their definitions.

Also, the students have a cross genre assignment to find a song that represents each chapter. They need to turn in a two paragraph explanation of each chapter song explaining how the song and the chapter "connect." THE FIRST FIVE CHAPTER SONG EXPLANATIONS WILL BE DUE ON APRIL 22ND/APRIL 23RD.

CHAPTER SONG EXPLANATIONS FOR CHAPTERS 6-9 ARE DUE ON APRIL 30TH/MAY 1ST.

BEST SONG EVER

English 10H - Your persuasive paper on the BEST SONG EVER is due. Your grade will be based upon if you appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos in your persuasive piece. We know there is no "best song ever" but you should act like there is and be as persuasive as possible. It should be 2-3 paragraphs (most likely). Thanks.

ENGLISH 10H - QUIZ AND TEST BEFORE SPRING BREAK

English 10H students,
      Next time, March 28th and 29th, we will be having our Words of the Day Quiz. It will be a harder and more in-depth quiz than normal. You will be quizzed on the 10 AP Language rhetorical terms (anaphora, anadiplosis, epistrophe, apostrophe, alliteration, synecdoche, oxymoron, litotes, zeugma, asyndeton).

This quiz will differ from the previous because you will not be quizzed on the definitions of the words, but your ability to create examples and explain why those examples are good uses of language. You will also have to recognize examples that I create and explain why they are well-written or what they accomplish.

ALSO, depending on what each individual class chooses, we will have the TMU Test on the next 10 word roots on Thursday or Friday as well. It tests students' abilities to match the roots with their definitions, define words in context, create words to fill blanks in sentences, and remember words that the roots are in.

Both of these assessments will be very important to students' grades, so it would behoove them to study well. Thanks.

                -Mr. Durham

AP Language - TONE link

http://www.fwisd.org/aail/Documents/Tone.pdf

Just some tone help.

English 10H Extra Credit and other due dates

10th Grade Honors English students and parents. March 8th and 11th is the date of our figurative language and poetry test. Be ready!!

Also, March 14th and 15th - POETIC PANTHEON group projects are due!!

This term, you have an opportunity for extra credit. You can get a little bit of extra credit for visiting this site:  http://thepoetsgarret.com/list.html and writing a poem in one of these forms: Villanelle, ZaniLa Rhyme, Ya Du, Ropalic, Rondeau, Rubaiyat, Go Vat, Cavatina, Triolet, Aubade. Then, explain the trouble you had writing it and your process and what you tried to "do" in the poem.

You can get even more extra credit for reading a Shakespeare play that you have never read before and writing a 1 1/2 to 2 page essay on it in MLA format.

Both of these extra credit assignments are due by March 15th. NO EXCEPTIONS! If you want some insurance, do one of these assignments. Your extra credit points will be based on how good of a job you do on either assignment. So, try hard or don't expect big results.

Thanks!

Research Paper - Film Lit

BRIEF EXPLANATION:

Remember to use MLA Format!!! (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/)

Research:

1.       Pick some aspect of movies/film. Research that thing. (This can be cinematography, animation, music in movies, the Oscars, an actor, an actress, etc.)

a.       This is going to take a little bit of effort on your part. Use the internet, find RELIABLE sources. You may even want to go to a few libraries. If you have the opportunity to go to the Orem Library, I would definitely take that opportunity! They have many choices there. If you have any books at home or have friends that have books about film, that would also work out quite well.

b.      If you wait until it gets close to the end of the term, you are not going to be able to get it done in time then your grade will suffer as you get a zero for this very important assignment.

2.       Write an essay that shares with me what you learned from the book and what insights you got. Really try to find some interesting information that helps you to understand filmmaking even more clearly.

a.       If you researched an actor, what insights do you now have about that actor? What were interesting stories that were told? What movies did he/she act in and why were they important?

b.      If you researched cinematography, what camera shots did they talk about? What movies did they single out as having the best cinematography EVER? What things do you now know about cinematography that you didn’t before?

The Poetic Pantheon

Here is the text from the Poetic Pantheon explanation. Though there are links to the rubrics, those are the old rubrics.

Take a look at The Poetic Pantheon.

If you have more questions, please ask! Thanks.

English 10H DUE DATES

Figurative language pick-up lines - 2 each for simile, metaphor, allusion, personification, and pun. Keep them appropriate and clean, please. Just show me that you can use the figurative language correctly. DUE NEXT TIME - Friday, February 15th (A Day) and Tuesday, February 19th (B Day).

The Poetic Pantheon - Group assignment to create a magazine based on one poet. This is due ONE WEEK BEFORE THE END OF THE TERM. DUE: MARCH 14TH (A DAY) OR MARCH 15TH (B DAY).

Film Lit - Screenwriting Format Help

http://www.scriptologist.com/Magazine/Formatting/formatting.html

More specific:

http://www.screenwriting.info/

Keep the format as accurate as possible.

-Mr. Durham

Distance Carnival Splits

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-suvwxfUfn8X09mTVg4dkpOdUk/edit?usp=sharing

AP - Synthesis "Help"

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/51307.html

Commonly Confused Words List and Some Definitions

EFFECT

–noun

1.	something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.

2.	power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect.

3.	the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect.

AFFECT

–verb (used with object)

1.	to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.

2.	to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply.

3.	(of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of.

BETWEEN
-preposition

1.	in the space separating (two points, objects, etc.): between New York and Chicago.

2.	intermediate to, in time, quantity, or degree: between twelve and one o'clock; between 50 and 60 apples; between pink and red.

3.	linking; connecting: air service between cities.

4.	in portions for each of (two people): splitting the profits between them.

AMONG

–preposition

1.	in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by: He was among friends.

2.	in the midst of, so as to influence: missionary work among the local people.

3.	with a share for each of: Divide the cigars among you.

4.	in the number, class, or group of; of or out of: That is among the things we must do.

EITHER

–adjective

1.	one or the other of two: You may sit at either end of the table.

2.	each of two; the one and the other: There are trees on either side of the river.

–pronoun

3.	one or the other: There are two roads into the town, and you can take either. Either will do.

–conjunction

4.	(a coordinating conjunction that, when preceding a word or statement followed by the disjunctive or, serves to emphasize the possibility of choice): Either come or write.

–adverb

5.	also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses): He's not fond of parties, and I'm not either. If you don't come, she won't come either.

NEITHER

-conjunction

1.	not either, as of persons or things specified (usually fol. by nor): Neither John nor Betty is at home.

2.	nor; nor yet; no more: Bob can't go, and neither can I. If she doesn't want it, neither do I.

–adjective

3.	not either; not the one or the other: Neither statement is true.

–pronoun

4.	not either; not one person or the other; not one thing or the other: Neither of the suggestions will do. Neither is to be trusted.

FEWER

–adjective

1.	Of a smaller number: fewer words and more action.

–pronoun

2.	(used with a plural verb) a smaller number: Fewer have come than we hoped.

Usage note:
Even though less has been used before plural nouns (less words; less men) since the time of King Alfred, many modern usage guides say that only fewer can be used in such contexts. Less, they say, should modify singular mass nouns (less sugar; less money) and singular abstract nouns (less honesty; less love). It should modify plural nouns only when they suggest combination into a unit, group, or aggregation: less than $50 (a sum of money); less than three miles (a unit of distance). With plural nouns specifying individuals or readily distinguishable units, the guides say that fewer is the only proper choice: fewer words; fewer men; no fewer than 31 of the 50 states.
Modern standard English practice does not reflect this distinction. When followed by than, less occurs at least as often as fewer in modifying plural nouns that are not units or groups, and the use of less in this construction is increasing in all varieties of English: less than eight million people; no less than 31 of the 50 states. When not followed by than, fewer is more frequent only in formal written English, and in this construction also the use of less is increasing: This year we have had less crimes, less accidents, and less fires than in any of the last five years.

LESS

–adverb, a compar. of little with least as superl.

1.	to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.

2.	most certainly not (often prec. by much or still): He could barely pay for his own lodging, much less for that of his friend.

3.	in any way different; other: He is nothing less than a thief.

–adjective, a compar. of little with least as superl.

4.	smaller in size, amount, degree, etc.; not so large, great, or much: less money; less speed.

5.	lower in consideration, rank, or importance: no less a person than the manager.

6.	fewer: less than a dozen.

GOOD

–adjective

1.	morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.

2.	satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health.

3.	of high quality; excellent.

WELL

-adverb

1.	in a good or satisfactory manner: Business is going well.

2.	thoroughly, carefully, or soundly: to shake well before using; listen well.

3.	in a moral or proper manner: to behave well.

Irregardless - NOT A WORD/regardless

Waste - all other uses/waist - torso/abdomen