Oral Book Reports

Oral Book Reports for Second Nine Weeks! On Monday and Tuesday, we will be going to the library to check out a new novel to read for your oral book report. Criteria are the same as last time: Novel must be more than 150 pages, if you have a novel at home that you want to read, you must bring it to class Monday or Tuesday.

For the report itself, you will be required to speak about your novel for at least 3 minutes, but no longer than 5

Provide title and author

You must summarize

Give book's theme

Personal reflection

Green days will give their reports starting on December 16, White days start on December 17.

Ralph Ellison Critical Perspectives

Read the articles found on this website by Kaiser and Corry :
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/ellison-main.html

Do you know your words??

This game allows you to challenge your knowledge of the English language. Test it out and post your scores in the comment section!!

http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=misc.QuizCommonWords

Ralph Ellison-Invisible Man

Hello, gifted children...please view the following link in order to gain insight into Ellison's life. He was a highly acclaimed, yet criticized writer, and I believe you will find both him and his book interesting.

www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/1914-/lit/ellison.htm

Biography on Erich Maria Remarque

In order to set the stage for the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, it is imperative that you learn about it's author, Erich Maria Remarque. Please follow this link to learn about Erich, his past, and his effect on War literature.

www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/exhibits/
remarque/documents/bio.html

You will be responsible for taking your own notes on this Biography and will be quizzed on the material.

Time for those novels!!

"I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisibility; any way you face it, it is a denial. But to whom can I be responsible, and why should I be, when you refuse to see me?" Prologue, pg. 14

It's that time again...go and purchase, borrow, or check out your respective novels.

Green 1, White 5, White 7~All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Green 2 and 3~Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

White 6~Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Compare and Contrast Essay

Due dates for this essay are as follows:
Gr 1-Friday, Oct. 24
Gr 2-Thursday, Oct 30
Gr 3-Thursday, Oct. 30

Whi 5-Friday, Oct 31
Whi 7-Friday, Oct 31

This essay must be typed in a 12 pt font, Times New Roman, double spaced, and submitted in the writing folder. IF you have misplaced your writing folder, then you may purchase another from me for .50

Oral Book Reports

Hi guys! Your oral book reports are due next week, so spend this weekend reading! Green days will present their reports on Wednesday, Oct 8th, and White days will present on Thursday, Oct 9th. Requirements are as follows:

Provide Author and Title
Summary of book and theme
Personal reflection
Stage presence
Must be more than 3 minutes and less than 5

Good luck!!

Syllabi

10th Grade English Gifted – Multi-Cultural Literature
2008-2009 Syllabus
Mrs. Tidwell – 848-2111 (rm. D6)
Kecoughtan High School, Hampton, VA

Grade Scale
A 100-93
B 92-85
C 84-75
D 74-68
F <67

Daily Assignments/Homework..……………….……30 percent
Quizzes/Tests………………………………………...35 percent
Projects/Essays……………………………………….30 percent
Participation…………………………………………...5 percent

Texts:
Literature: Elements of Literature: Fourth Course. Austin, New York:
Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc., 2007.
Novels To Purchase: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
TBA

Materials:
o 3-ring binder with 5 pocket dividers
o Black and white composition notebook
o Notebook paper
o Black/blue ink pens

Content Expectations:
First Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.4: Elements of the Short Story; Informational Texts
• Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
• Summer Reading Assessment
• Timed Writing
• Content of A Dead Man’s Pocket p. 14 Jack Finney
• Everyday Use p. 102 Alice Walker
• Two Kinds p. 124 Amy Tan
• The Secret Garden from Lipstick Jihad p. 166 Azadeh Moaveni
• The Story of an Hour (handout) Kate Chopin
• The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka
• Character Analysis Essay

Second Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.8, 10.9, 10.11: Elements of a Novel; Author Study
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• Timed Writing
• Outside Reading
• Documented Research Paper

Third Nine Weeks: SOL 10.5: Poetry
• The Elements of Poetry
• “I, Too” p. 710 Langston Hughes
• “We Real Cool” p. 611 Gwendolyn Brooks
• “Miss Rosie” p. 602 Lucille Clifton
• “Ex-basketball Player” p. 599 John Updike
• “Ode to my Socks” p. 577 Pablo Neruda
• “Barbie Doll” (Handout)
• “The Dog” (Handout)
• “Four Haiku” (Handout)
• The Sonnet
• “Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening” p. 509 Robert Frost
• “The Road Not Taken” (Handout) Robert Frost
• Frost Project
• Compare and Contrast Essay
• Timed Writing AP Style
• Outside Reading

Fourth Nine Weeks: SOL 10.6, 10.5: Drama and Folktales.
• Elements of Drama
• The Brute: A Joke in One Act p. 852 Anton Chekov
• Biography of William Shakespeare p. 869 Robert Anderson
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar p. 882 William Shakespeare
• Timed Writing AP Style
• Sample AP Tests and strategies
• Caesar Project
• Outside Reading
Throughout the course students will be expected to develop proper grammar techniques and apply them to their writing, focusing on both formal and informal essays.

10th Grade English Honors – Multi-Cultural Literature
2008-2009 Syllabus
Mrs. Tidwell – 848-2111 (rm. D6)
Kecoughtan High School, Hampton, VA

Grade Scale
A 100-93
B 92-85
C 84-75
D 74-68
F <67

Daily Assignments/Homework..……………….……30 percent
Quizzes/Tests………………………………………...35 percent
Projects/Essays……………………………………….30 percent
Participation…………………………………………...5 percent

Texts:
Literature: Elements of Literature: Fourth Course. Austin, New York:
Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc., 2007.
Novels To Purchase: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
More TBA
Materials:
o 3-ring binder with 5 pocket dividers
o Black and white composition notebook
o Notebook paper
o Black/blue ink pens

Content Expectations:
First Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.4: Elements of the Short Story; Informational Texts
• Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
• Summer Reading Assessment
• Timed Writing
• Content of A Dead Man’s Pocket p. 14 Jack Finney
• Everyday Use p. 102 Alice Walker
• Two Kinds p. 124 Amy Tan
• The Secret Garden from Lipstick Jihad p. 166 Azadeh Moaveni
• The Story of an Hour (handout) Kate Chopin
• Character Analysis Essay

Second Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.8, 10.9, 10.11: Elements of a Novel; Author Study
• All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
• Outside Reading
• Documented Research Paper

Third Nine Weeks: SOL 10.5: Poetry
• The Elements of Poetry
• “I, Too” p. 710 Langston Hughes
• “We Real Cool” p. 611 Gwendolyn Brooks
• “Miss Rosie” p. 602 Lucille Clifton
• “Ex-basketball Player” p. 599 John Updike
• “Ode to my Socks” p. 577 Pablo Neruda
• “Barbie Doll” (Handout)
• “The Dog” (Handout)
• “Four Haiku” (Handout)
• The Sonnet
• “Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening” p. 509 Robert Frost
• “The Road Not Taken” (Handout) Robert Frost
• Frost Project
• Compare and Contrast Essay
• Outside Reading

Fourth Nine Weeks: SOL 10.6, 10.5: Drama and Folktales.
• Elements of Drama
• The Brute: A Joke in One Act p. 852 Anton Chekov
• Biography of William Shakespeare p. 869 Robert Anderson
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar p. 882 William Shakespeare
• Caesar Project
• Outside Reading


10th Grade English – Multi-Cultural Literature
2008-2009 Syllabus
Mrs. Tidwell – 848-2111 (rm. D6)
Kecoughtan High School, Hampton, VA

Grade Scale
A 100-93
B 92-85
C 84-75
D 74-68
F <67

Daily Assignments/Homework..……………….……30 percent
Quizzes/Tests………………………………………...35 percent
Projects/Essays……………………………………….30 percent
Participation…………………………………………...5 percent

Texts:
Literature: Elements of Literature: Fourth Course. Austin, New York:
Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc., 2007.
Novels To Purchase: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
More TBA
Materials:
o 3-ring binder with 5 pocket dividers
o Black and white composition notebook
o Notebook paper
o Black/blue ink pens

Content Expectations:
First Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.4: Elements of the Short Story; Informational Texts
• Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
• Summer Reading Assessment
• Timed Writing
• Content of A Dead Man’s Pocket p. 14 Jack Finney
• Everyday Use p. 102 Alice Walker
• Two Kinds p. 124 Amy Tan
• The Secret Garden from Lipstick Jihad p. 166 Azadeh Moaveni
• The Story of an Hour (handout) Kate Chopin
• Character Analysis Essay

Second Nine Weeks: SOL 10.3, 10.8, 10.9, 10.11: Elements of a Novel; Author Study
• Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
• Outside Reading
• Documented Research Paper

Third Nine Weeks: SOL 10.5: Poetry
• The Elements of Poetry
• “I, Too” p. 710 Langston Hughes
• “We Real Cool” p. 611 Gwendolyn Brooks
• “Miss Rosie” p. 602 Lucille Clifton
• “Ex-basketball Player” p. 599 John Updike
• “Ode to my Socks” p. 577 Pablo Neruda
• “Barbie Doll” (Handout)
• “The Dog” (Handout)
• “Four Haiku” (Handout)
• The Sonnet
• “Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening” p. 509 Robert Frost
• “The Road Not Taken” (Handout) Robert Frost
• Frost Project
• Compare and Contrast Essay
• Outside Reading

Fourth Nine Weeks: SOL 10.6, 10.5: Drama and Folktales.
• Elements of Drama
• The Brute: A Joke in One Act p. 852 Anton Chekov
• Biography of William Shakespeare p. 869 Robert Anderson
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar p. 882 William Shakespeare
• Caesar Project

Homework

Gifted 10~Study for Shabanu and Farewell to Manzanar tests.

Honors 10~Study for Shabanu test either Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Continue working on the Farewell to Manzanar Reading Log. The reading log must be completed and turned in by Sept. 18th for Green and Sept. 19th for White.

English 10~Study for Shabanu test Tuesday and Wednesday.

Summer Reading

Discuss your thoughts on any of the summer reading novels. What were the themes of the novels, the message? Did you agree with the message? What did you think about the characters? Could you associate with any of them?

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a huge issue among high school and college level courses and has resulted in some extreme repercussions. In class, we will go into great detail about what constitutes plagiarism and how it can be avoided. Please read the following article posted in the Daily Press regarding an unfortunate incident of plagiarism at The University of Virginia.

Daily Press Article

Welcome Back!

Oh! How unfortunate it is that summer seems to fly by when we wish it would linger. The days of lying by the pool, book in hand, music softly playing in the background have left us all too soon. Yet, these lazy days are being replaced by an adventure equally exciting...10th Grade!!!

In an effort to hold on to those fabulous summer days a tad bit longer, let's share some of the novels we read over the summer. Provide us with title, author, a brief summary, and if you would recommend it to someone else.

I'll go first! I hate to admit that I am completely behind the times and only this summer actually read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, an ESPN sportswriter. This was probably one of the most touching novels I have read in a long time, if not ever. I think I cried in the first chapter. The story is a recollection of Albom's former professor who has found out he is dying from ALS and makes the decision to LIVE the remainder of his life and not simply DIE. The book recalls many lessons that Albom learned from Morrie and he passes those lessons on to us as the readers. Great book!!! Everyone should read it!

TaTa!!