TODAY in class!! Nov 26th

Tonight's class will be a work session for your papers. You should come with enough copies of your section of the final work for all members to read and comment on it. Bring your copy of the peer review form we have used in the past as well, if you think reminders of those elements will help you be a more critical reviewer. I will look at drafts too, if you bring an extra copy for me.

Please also announce tonight if you need any technology for your presentations. I have to reserve those machines a week ahead.

See you tonight!

HW:
Work on presentations and papers. Presentations will be held nest week and the week after. Work on your final papers as well: those are due Dec 10, with any revised essay 2s and with everyone's essay dialogue for essay 2.

Nov 19

In class:
What makes a good presentation?
Specific presentation requirements:
1) 3-5 min speaking per person
2) show us how the book is a piece of art and resistance
3) make us want to read the book
4) use the good presenting elements we discuss tonight
Character-
group time
sign up to present

Essay 2 returned
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HW: over the break, work on the essay portion of your paper. Be sure to be in touch by email if nothing else. Group peer review is on the Monday we return from break so bring enough copies of your section for all your group to read it.

Work on essay dialogue for essay 2 (same as essay 1). You must turn this in with essay 3 or you cannot turn in essay 3 at all.

Vocab logs: I will collect them one more time, so keep them up.

Read as much as your group has decided to read.

Start thinking about how to present the book.

Nov 12-19

Nov 12

HW only (no class; holiday AGAIN!!)

- read the amount your group decides to read

- Visit: http://languagearts.mrdonn.org/figurative.html

Surf as many of the links as you need to learn what each of the following are:

Figurative language

Overviews
Alliteration
Personification

Simile
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole

Metaphor
Idioms
Clichés




Find an example of each in your text. If you cannot find one of them, find whatever you consider to be the closest thing. Write out the quotes you chose that exemplify each figurative language element and bring them to class 11/19.



Rest of the semester

Nov 19

Group time:

-character

-dialog

-visual imagery/figurative language

-go over paper and presentation info

HW: reading/work on your paper. Peer review in class on Dec 3. Bring enough copies of your section for all your group members to read it.



Nov 26:

Intro to good oral presentations

Group time:

-Sign up to present

-Peer review

HW: work on paper, work on presentation



Dec 3

Presentations 1, 2, 3

Final group time on paper

HW: Final paper



Dec 10

Presentations 4, 5, 6

Turn in papers



Dec 17:

Final presentations, reflections

In class fake JEPET

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Final project:



2 parts:



A) presentation. Each person gets an individual grade on this. Min 2 minutes per person speaking so a group of 4 will speak for 8 minutes. You can certainly do a skit or something interactive but I must see each person doing at least 2 minutes of work or I cannot give an individual grade. We'll go over "good presenting" in class.



B) paper: The paper will consist of 3 parts

-what makes this book unique, interesting, worth reading? This can be a look at the figurative language, the impact the book has had on society, the dialog, the characters, the plot…it's up to you.
-how/why is this book a piece of resistance art? Here I want you to examine the meaning of art that acts as a resistance to some injustice in society and explain how your book does that.
-how does the author's life or history impact the message or theme of the book? This section will require some research into the author; then you will need to connect the author's history with the text and speculate on how the life of the author contributed to the novel.


Each person in your group will write on one of these questions, but the final paper must be a combined, complete work, not unrelated chapters, but cohesive and reflective of everyone's contribution. This is why I will give you time in class to read each other's work, but I would email or meet outside of class also so you are always up to date. If yu have more than 3 people in a group, you may assign 2 people to do 1 section, so maybe 2 people are covering why the book is unique and 1 person covers characterization while another person covers imagery in the book. Again, that is up to you.



REQUIREMENTS:

Each member must write 2-4, double spaced. You can use pictures or graphs or any visual you like to enhance your paper, but you must still write at least 2 pages of text.
Each section must make use of at least 1 direct quote, cited correctly and in a quote sandwich format.
You can arrange the sections however you want, and can use chapter headings to introduce new sections. Still though, one section must flow from the next cohesively.
Include a title and a works cited section
See your peer review form for the other technical requirements both on global and local levels; I will expect them all


PAPER DATES:

Peer review in class: 11/26

Paper due: 12/10 in class

11/5

In class:
reflections
book groups
reflection letter

Homework

Get your book
1. Read as much of it as your group decides to read
2. Nov 12 is a holiday, no class. However, check back here on the 12 or the 13th for homework for the week. I will also post information on the final project/paper online before that time.
3. NOTE: you can communicate with your book group right here. Just attach a comment to this week's blog with your book's name in the title and write your comment. Please check through the comments to see if anyone from your group is posting; do this regularly as it is more reliable than email and all group members (plus I) can see these messages.