Here is the plan for Friday, 4, 15, 2016
- Please show the students the video below: "Hip-Hop & Shakespeare"
- Let them work on their sonnet project for 40 minutes. If they are finished early, they may read silently.
- If there is more time, please show them these two videos "The Emergence of Drama" & "Did Shakespeare Write his Plays?"
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
― Jack Kerouac
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” - Ernest Hemingway
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anaïs Nin
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
― Jack Kerouac
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” - Ernest Hemingway
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anaïs Nin
"Don't wait for the perfect moment; Take the moment and make it perfect."
- Zoey Sayward
POETRY. . .
Poems from our class and for life.
- "Oranges" by Gary Soto - a narrative poem
- "The Ghosts" - by Graham Foust
Our NOVELS
The Giver - Lois Lowry
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- A PDF of the Book
- A Literary Chart describing the novel chapter by chapter.
- The audio files to our book. - Male narrator
- Another audio file of our book - Female narrator
- Slang of the 60s
- Watch a crash course on the 60s - Video is 14 minutes.
- Background of the 60s
SHORT STORY. . .
The Overview: What is it and how long long is a short story?
An invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot--of course, that's not always true. There are exceptions, but that's what makes literature interesting. . . there are always exception. You will see different guidelines everywhere but generally speaking
short stories range anywhere from 1,500 to 30,000 words; Novellas run from 30,000 to 50,000; Novels range from 55,000 to 300,000 words--that's for your party going knowledge.
PLOT LINE: Click here to access a link to the elements of a story.
Tone versus Mood - Click here to review the difference.
Figure out the elements of the plot in the following short stories:
Short Stories:
An invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot--of course, that's not always true. There are exceptions, but that's what makes literature interesting. . . there are always exception. You will see different guidelines everywhere but generally speaking
short stories range anywhere from 1,500 to 30,000 words; Novellas run from 30,000 to 50,000; Novels range from 55,000 to 300,000 words--that's for your party going knowledge.
PLOT LINE: Click here to access a link to the elements of a story.
Tone versus Mood - Click here to review the difference.
Figure out the elements of the plot in the following short stories:
Short Stories:
- “Duffy’s Jacket” - Bruce Coville - Writing prompt: In your mind, was the camping trip a success? Defend your answer with evidence from the text.
- “All Summer In a Day” – Ray Bradbury
- “Mother and Daughter” – Gary Soto (WE HAVE NOT READ THIS ONE YET)
- “Smallest Dragon Boy” – Anne MaCaffrey
- “The Lady or the Tiger” - Frank Stockton
- “Three Skeleton Key“ - George G. Toudouze
- The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry (WE HAVE NOT READ THIS ONE YET)
"The Smallest Dragon Boy" - Anne MaCaffrey
- For this text we have talked about the hero cycle and how it may apply to our character Keevan.
- Terms – inference, hero concept, marginalization, priming the reader, bio-engineering
Check out the TedTalk below about Bio Engineering - Specifically around tissue engineering. - Vocabulary – goaded, imminent, perturbed, confrontation, alleviate
- Comparisons to Dreamworks, How to Train Your Dragon abound: Deja Reviewer; Association of Behavior Analysis International; Helping Writers Become Authors
- Our CEE Writing Notes are right here.
- _Our Padlet on the perfect CEE comparing How to Train Your Dragon with "The Smallest Dragon Boy"_
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"All Summer in a Day" - Ray Bradbury
Perhaps listen to this while reading the story. . .
- Click here to access the story
- Click here to access the video of the story._
- Terms – suspense, irony, bullying, bystander versus "upstander," point of view, Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave."
- Vocabulary: pharmakos, concussion, protested, slackening, muffling, repercussions, allegory
- Student sample CEEs from our reading comparing Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" with our story: Sample 1
- "Is the Universe a Simulation?" - New York Times
- "Is Freedom Just an Illusion? We Don't Want to Know" - NPR online
- The Truman Show Trailer - How does this relate to the cave?
- You and your team are to develop your own interpretation of Plato's Allegory of the Cave" -
- Remember you team must have a plot diagram for your contemporary allegory. Within that diagram you should explain your use of symbolism.and how the elements relate to Plato's interpretation.
- PLAN. PLAN. PLAN each scene and film it like Inniritu -- One long shot if possible.
- You will be rewarded for your creativity and unique approach. Our film festival will be next Friday. Plan today, organize props and film next week. Have fun!
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"Rikki Tikki Tavi" - Rudyard Kipling
Mongoose Family Motto: "Run and find out."
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- Plot Diagrams & "Rikki Tikki Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling - See our handout (above) that we will be filling out in class.
- Today we will review Plot Diagrams using a short story "Rikki Tikki Tavi".
- Some ideas that stand out to Chufo as she listens to the story. . . motif of curiosity, restraint--"A full meal makes a slow mongoose," and "A mongoose tries to improve his post."
- Watch a biography about Rudyard Kipling here. (It's 46 minutes)
Here is the video version of Kipling's classic. Here is an actual mongoose vs. cobra.
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Fiction is fact distorted into truth - Edward Albee
CREATIVE WRITING:
- Memory Poem Assignment:
- All three versions of your poem
- All three must be related (clearly from the same poem) but very different. In other words, you worked to push your poem intentionally in a new direction with each draft. For example, you played with sound, pacing, punctuation, word choice, color, etc.
- You must include a line from your future self.
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These two videos below are spoken word performances from Sarah Kay. They are meant to inspire you to think about the power of sharing your poetry with others. What do both Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye (of no relation) do in their delivery to add power to their words? How do they tell their poetry effectively? What works? What is a distraction?
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The two videos above were inspirations for a writing technique called "flooding" to help spark memories around their childhood. One is an experimental piece created from a series of writers who waxed about the word "FORK." The other is an add for an investment company about investing for "Your Older You."
NOTEBOOK ADVICE:
- The notebook is meant to help you and to keep you organized. One of my goals for the year is to guide you through a process to organize your work in this class.
- Yes, your notebook will be graded for content and organization.
- Take the time now to make at least 3 sections: Writing, Notes, Words of the Day. If you want to embrace your inner nerd, you can also add a fourth section: Grammar.
- Yes, I will ask you, on occasion, to show me a section of your notebook. I will be looking for a particular item that we worked on in class. For example, I might say, "Please show me the flooding technique we practiced on the 'fork.'" If it takes you more than a minute to find this exercise then I know that you haven't worked out a system that works for you. So, we shall refine and tweak that system.
BOOKS and other readings. . .
I have already received questions about books and other readings that we shall delve into this year. The theme for our school year is appropriately, "The Quest for Identity." Here are a few of the short stories and texts we shall explore. I have yet to refine my choices as I need to get to know my students. Once I figure out their preferences I will select which books we shall read. Until then, here is what's on the list so far:
Short Stories:
Novellas & Novels:
We will also explore poetry as it is such a great way to teach analysis and literary terminology. Oh, and it's great fun. We plan on doing several collaborations this year. One will be a "Science and Sonnets" Poetry Slam and the other will be with Art - Exploring the art of the "Pop Up" book and Identity.
Short Stories:
- “Duffy’s Jacket” - Bruce Coville
- “All Summer In a Day” – Ray Bradbury
- “Mother and Daughter” – Gary Soto
- “Smallest Dragon Boy” – Anne MaCaffrey
- “The Lady or the Tiger” - Frank Stockton
- “Three Skeleton Key“ - George G. Toudouze
- The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry
Novellas & Novels:
- The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
- The Giver - Lois Lowry
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
- Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare
- The Pearl - John Steinbeck
- The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
We will also explore poetry as it is such a great way to teach analysis and literary terminology. Oh, and it's great fun. We plan on doing several collaborations this year. One will be a "Science and Sonnets" Poetry Slam and the other will be with Art - Exploring the art of the "Pop Up" book and Identity.
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