Publishing Party

We´ll be celebrating the completion of our Author Study papers on Friday or Monday. Bring in snacks and drinks - but most importantly: don´t forget your printed paper.

Contribute to Our Author Study Paper Final Draft Rubric

Please follow this link. 

Prose Analysis Quiz (formative) February 6th and 7th

On February 6th or 7th we will have a quiz on an excerpt from James Galsworthy´s A Modern Comedy. 

Terms that will appear on the quiz include:
ironic
paradoxical
juxtaposition
analogy


Some words you may not know that appear include:
austere
fecund
idyllic
aloof
obdurate

Were you left wondering about ¨A Rose for Emily¨?  This close reading by a college professor might be helpful.

Bring Back Books

When you bring in your papers this Friday or Monday, bring in all books you borrowed from our classroom library. This will be a Life Skills grade for the second semester.

Today's Short Story: A Rose for Emily

We're starting our mini-unit on love today.

We're going to listen to and read William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily". You can read it here and listen to it here.

Peer Review

If you haven´t yet completed your PeerMark peer review, you can do so starting tomorrow. It is listed as Author Study Draft 2. Remember: you must complete one full peer review.

Final Drafts of Author Study Due

The final draft of your author study paper is due — printed and stapled — in class February 2nd or February 5th.

I thought after all of the conferencing some written feedback might be refreshing. We´ll talk about it in class.

Today's Short Story: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

You can find the full text here. 

Special Opportunity

We rarely get a chance to see theater in English here in Bogotá. As such, I recommend you see the HS play. If you do attend, I will see to it that you are compensated for your time.

Author Study Paper Instructions

Your paper should focus on a theme or technique among at least two works by your author.

It needs to be 4-5 pages double-spaced.

MLA Citation Video Explanation

Here is a brief explanation of MLA given by my twin brother, Messi Tangen.

Here are the links that I go over:

MLA Citation Page

MLA Sample Paper

How to write in-text citations for multiple works by same author

Enroll in Turnitin.com

Use this class code: 17276714

The password is dickinson.

Peer Review

For next class turn in your paper to Turnitin.com for an anonymous peer review.

Classwork for 1.19.18

I'm training for AP Capstone scoring today.

In my stead, please complete this lesson.

The Short Story "A&P" by John Updike

You can find the short story here and the audio - if you prefer to listen - here. 

And conclusions?

Here is our mini-lesson on college-style conclusions.

Mini-lesson on Introduction Strategies

Turn to page 2 of this document.

Close Reading (formative) Rubric

Please write your input here. We´ll be using this to evaluate your close readings, as we prepare to hand in our full-length author study.

Model Close Readings

You can find them here.

Close Reading: Formative

For next class (Tuesday or Wednesday), post your first close reading to your blog. You'll be evaluated on your understanding, your incorporation of text and your use of Standard English.

Verb List for Literary Analysis

I noticed in a lot of the timed writing essays that I read that we are struggling to find other ways to say ¨talks about¨, so I want to provide you with a list of possibilities.

You´ll find them here on the second page under the ¨Literary Analysis¨ column.

Author Study Timed Writing Exemplars

Below you will find exemplars of our timed writing. I am linking them to the author of study´s last name.

Junot Díaz

Suki Kim

Edwidge Danticat

Model Author Study Papers

See a paper about Octavia Butler´s work written here.

Here is another about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Poetry-in-a-Box Claim

For anyone who would like to keep their Poem-in-a-Box, please claim them by Friday. They will be disposed of Friday afternoon.

For Next Writer´s Workshop

For our next Writer´s Workshop on Friday or Monday (depending on your section) bring in your three passages (you can take a picture, have a photocopy, or scan - but I will need to see them) from at least two works by your author. 

Remember you want to demonstrate your ability to link three close readings to a larger pattern.