Welcome Seniors • Please find your seat and fill out the back of your index card with the following information: ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ Preferred Name/Nickname 11th Grade English Teacher/Level Your email address Primary language spoken at home/by parents Titles of assigned summer reading books you read Time Commitments (job, sports, family obligations) ▫ OPTIONAL: Anything else I should know about your learning style/safety/comfort in my class (can’t see from back row, nut allergy, etc.) September 4, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ Seating/Notecard Syllabus and Course Overview Mock Interview Remind and Weebly ▫ Homework: Student Questionnaire and C.S. Lewis Quote Response due Monday ▫ Review syllabus and get parental signature September 8, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm up: Academic Vocab Abstract Acronym ▫ Due: C.S. Lewis Quote, Student Questionnaire Discuss ▫ Perspective—Film Clip ▫ Scribble Activity • Homework: Post Atwood quote response to Weebly September 9, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Academic Vocab Analogy Annotate ▫ Due: Atwood Response ▫ Summer Reading Tests ▫ Goal Letters • Homework: Check if your college(s) accepts the Common App. If not, find their college essay prompt. Letter to self: • TASK: Write (actually…I would rather you type this assignment if possible) a letter either to me OR to your future self about where you hope to be (personally, academically, socially, etc.) by the end of the year. In order to do this, you need to think about what your specific goals are for this year as well as how you plan to accomplish those goals. You may want to address potential roadblocks and how you’ll navigate through them. • * Nobody else will read this except me unless you choose to show this letter to anyone. Have fun with this! Warm-Up: September 10, 2014 • Daily Agenda ▫ Due: Goal letter, college essay prompts ▫ Mock Interviews ▫ Homework: Annotate College Essay Article • • • • • • • • • • Tell me about yourself. What do you do for fun in your free time? What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now? Does your high school record accurately reflect your effort and ability? If you could do one thing in high school differently, what would it be? Why do you want to go to college? (or not want to go to college) Who in your life has most influenced you? How/why? What three adjectives best describe you? What high school experience has been most important to you? Why? If you had a thousand dollars to give away, what would you do with it? Why? Warm-Up Draw yourself talking to your admission office representatives. In a cartoon bubble above the “you” character, write all the things you want them to know about you. Above their heads, write either what you are afraid of them saying or what you want them to say. September 12, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ Due: College Essay Article Annotation Jigsaw Groups Experience Map Me Talk Pretty One Day excerpt ▫ Homework: Finish excerpt, analysis questions, and reflection. September 15, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-up: Academic Vocab Audience Authentic ▫ Due: Analysis Questions and Reflections Review ▫ Group Activity: Dissecting the Common App Prompts ▫ Group Activity: College Admissions ▫ Homework: Draft, email me your first line September 16, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Academic Vocab Citation Criticism ▫ Due: 1st sentence of college essay ▫ Mini-Lesson: Reading for Purpose/ Interactive Notes ▫ Intro. to Criticism ▫ Homework: Work on draft September 18, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: My Papa’s Waltz— Subjective/Annotation/Interactive Notes ▫ Mini-Lesson: New Criticism/Reader Response Review My Papa’s Waltz—Review ▫ Intro. to Criticism Group Work Mushrooms ▫ Homework: “Oranges” through your assigned “lens” Draft due tomorrow September 19, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Academic Vocab Archetype ▫ "Oranges” Jigsaw ▫ Mini-Lesson: Archetypal Criticism ▫ College Essay Work: Hooks ▫ Homework: “Young Goodman Brown” Annotations and FIVE interactive notes through ARCHETYPAL lens September 22, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”― C.S. Lewis Respond to this quote ▫ Due: “Young Goodman Brown” INs Share Review Archetypal Criticism ▫ Homework: “Little Red Cap” Annotations and FIVE interactive notes through ARCHETYPAL lens September 24, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Academic Vocab: Psyche Unconscious ▫ Due: “Little Red Cap” Share ▫ Archetype Creative Group Skit ▫ Homework: “Little Briar Rose”. Syllabus Quiz tomorrow September 25, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Syllabus Quiz ▫ Due: “Little Briar Rose” Review ▫ Once Upon A Time ▫ Archetype Creative Skit Groups ▫ Homework: Finish analysis packet September 26, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Due: Once Upon A Time Analysis Review ▫ College Essay Peer Reviews—Focus on content ▫ Archetype Creative Skit Groups ▫ Homework: College Essay Draft 2—TYPED!! September 30, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ Warm-Up: Sign-Up for Conferences if desired Due: Draft 2 Archetype Creative Skit Groups Mini-Lesson: Feminist Criticism ▫ Homework: “Little Snow White”—Five Interactive Notes through a Feminist Criticism. Five Interactive Notes through a Archetypal Criticism. ▫ Skit Presentations tomorrow October 1, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ Warm-Up: Prep for skit Due: “Little Snow White”, Skit Archetype Creative Skit Groups Presentations Revision in A414 ▫ Homework: Flipping the classroom—Discussion ▫ Questions you still have regarding the college application process ▫ Continue working on draft 3 October 2, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Guidance Visit ▫ Homework: Flipping the Classroom—Post “Little Snow White” Interactive Note on Discussion Board October 6, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: What is love (baby, don’t hurt me) ▫ Class Discussion: Gender Roles in Relationships and Love ▫ Expectations vs. Reality of Love Clips ▫ Homework: Sonnets ▫ Bring a hard copy of your next draft to class October 7, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Due: Sonnets Review ▫ Pop Sonnets ▫ Homework: “Happy Endings” explicit language warning October 8, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Theseus and Hippolyta reading ▫ Due: “Happy Endings” Ins Share ▫ Midsummer Act I, sc i Archetypes—Forest, Night Homework: Finish sc i, annotate, 5 Ins, Helena’s soliloquy October 10, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Helena’s Soloiloquy ▫ Due: I.i INs Share ▫ Mini-Lesson: Comedy/Farce ▫ Mini-Lesson: Peer Editing Homework: Finish Act I, 5 Ins, Pyramus and Thisbe story October 14, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: None ▫ Due: I.ii INs Share ▫ Mini-Lesson: MLA L2 Assessment Assigned Homework: 1 page analysis due tomorrow. October 15, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Academic Vocab: Patriarchy Misogyny ▫ Due: Act I L2 Assessment—1 page MLA literary analysis Share ▫ Mini-Lesson: Language of the Realms Act II Magic Archetype Homework: Act II. I, 5 INs October 17, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Revisit II.i.195-251 What is revealed about their relationship through their language? How do they view love? Helpful hint: Use the footnotes provided in your book! ▫ Due: Act II.i Ins Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Language of the Realms Close Reading Tone and Subtext—Acting! YAY Homework: Act II. ii, 5 Ins. Bring a hard copy of your most recent college essay draft to class on Monday! October 20, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Academic Vocab: Misandry Binary opposition ▫ Due: II.ii INs Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Modernizing Language Subtext—Acting! Tone, Body Language, etc. YAY Puns and Pickup Lines II.ii.40-71 Underline all uses of the form “lie” Modernize Language—What is Lysander trying to do? ze ▫ Mini-Lesson: Self Editing Homework: FINAL COLLEGE ESSAY. THIS WILL BE WORTH A TEST GRADE pun [puhn] Noun 1. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. Although Oscar Wilde said of puns, “Puns are the lowest form of humor,” they are the simplest. Puns are a type of humor that is often told to children in the form of “knock, knock” jokes. They are simple jokes that most often have to do with words & pronunciation. October 21, 2013 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Due: College Essay ▫ Act III, sc i—Comedy/Mockery of Love of First Sight Read together Homework: III.ii 5 interactive notes October 23, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Academic Vocab Social Constructionism Subjectivity ▫ Due: Act III.ii Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Subtext Insult Activity Stop Activity Act III of movie—if time permits Homework: Literary Analysis due Monday—we will discuss a “good” literary analysis tomorrow Insults 1. “Get you gone, you dwarf,/You minimus of hind’ring knotgrass made…” (III.ii.346-47) 2. “I will not trust you, I,/ Not longer stay in your curst company.” (III.ii.361-62) 3. “Out, tawny Tartar, out!/ Out, loathed medicine! O, hated potion, hence!” (III.ii.27475) 4. You juggler, you cankerblossom, /You thief of love! What have you come by night/Any stol’n my love’s heart from him?” (III.ii.296-98) How is the audience supposed to respond to the insult? Laugh? Cry? What does it reveal about the speaker? The character being insulted? Modernize the insult. Be prepared to present it to the class with some sass and body language. October 24, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: I have a boat load of stuff to hand back to you ▫ Mini-Lesson: Writing Formative Review Literary Analysis The Princess Bride Homework: Log into ASPEN—make sure you don’t owe me anything major Literary Analysis due Monday • pun [puhn] – Noun – 1. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. • Although Oscar Wilde said of puns, “Puns are the lowest form of humor,” they are the simplest. Puns are a type of humor that is often told to children in the form of “knock, knock” jokes. They are simple jokes that most often have to do with words & pronunciation. • • • • Based on your card suit, get into groups. Review your responses Pick the best/closest modernized language insult Person with the lowest numbered card (aces are low) present the insult to the class • Take into consideration tone and body language when presenting • social constructionism gender categories are constructed by society • • objectifies treating women like objects • • Subjectivity • hysteria psychological disorders deemed peculiar to woman and characterized by overemotional, extremely irrational behavior • Male privilege October 29, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ College Essays will be handed back and discussed ▫ Act IV ▫ Mini-Lesson: Acting Stop Activity Homework: Finish Act IV, 5 INs October 30, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Academic Vocab Repression Desire ▫ Mini-Lesson: Psychoanalysis Intro. To Freud The Unconscious and Dream Group Activity Act V Finish The Princess Bride Homework: Finish Act V, 5 Ins—due Tuesday Term ends tomorrow October 31, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Happy Halloween—Feminist Style ▫ Mini-Lesson: Psychoanalysis Pan’s Labyrinth How to Read Literature Like a Professor Phallic Symbols Homework: The Use of Force, 5 Ins—due Tuesday Finish Act V, 5 INs Term ends today November 4, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Psychoanalyze this scene from Say Anything ▫ Due: Use of Force, Act V Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Comedy The Beatles do Pyramus and Thisbe Wrap Up Play Homework: The Prince Frog, 5 Ins November 5, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: FREE WRITE: Do today’s students take the easy way out instead of a more traditional academic approach? Do students rely too heavily on outside resources rather than persevering independently? Is this generation in danger of not being able to think for themselves? ▫ Due: The Frog Prince Review ▫ Mini-Lesson: Synthesis Writing Mode Jigsaw Activity Essay Assigned Homework: Reading and annotations Assignment: • Take a positon that defends, challenges, or qualifies the claim that students of this generation are becoming complacent in a “shortcut” society. Form a thesis statement. • Read and annotate your sources. • Present the main ideas of your sources to the class. • Use the information in the sources to support your position. November 6, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Annotated articles Discuss Homework: The Hills like White Elephants, 5 Ins Essay Outline November 10, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Psychoanalyze this ad-> ▫ Due: The Hills like White Elephants, Outline Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Biographical/Historical Criticism The Lost Generation Hemingway Homework: The Sun Also Rises Ch1&2, 5 INs November 12, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Reflect on the quotes included at the beginning of Book I of The Sun Also Rises ▫ Due: Ch. 1 & 2 INs Discuss ideas of masculinity and femininity The Lost Generations—how does the novel reflect Hemingway's style ▫ Mini-Lesson: Thesis Statements Writing Workshop Homework: Ch. 3 & 4, 5 Ins Essay Draft due Monday November 13, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Expectations of Masculinity and Femininity ▫ Due: Ch. 3&4 INs Discuss ideas of masculinity and femininity Close Read diction in Ch. 4 opening What is the injury—How does it affect Jake’s sense of masculinity? Homework: Ch. 5 & 6, 5 Ins Essay Draft due Monday November 17, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Setting Activity: Draw the floor plan of a house you have lived in. Take a mental tour through this house, pausing (and marking on the floor plan) where significant events occurred. Walk through again, making a list of these events. Pick one of them and write about it. Pay attention to the setting and the atmosphere of the event. How does you relation to the space, light, weather, walls, furniture, and objects affects what you are doing and feelings? Does the place represent safety or confinement? ▫ Due: Ch. 5&6 Ins, Essay Draft Discuss “The One”—Light and Dark Imagery, Altitudes Homework: Ch. 7, 5 Ins November 18, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Abstract Writing: Write a paragraph or two in which you describe your essay as it stands. Imagine representing your essay to someone who hasn’t read it. Try to Define your purpose in your draft Comment of the present strengths and limits of your piece—those aspects your are please with and those you want to work on more. ▫ Due: Ch. 7 Ins Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Peer Review Reverse Outlines Slackers will read “Home Burial” and “The Story of an Hour” and complete INs focusing on the two different affects of similar settings. Homework: Ch. 8-9, 5 Ins—focus on symbolism of alcohol and trip— what do they help reveal about Jake and the others? November 19, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Housekeeping—Writing Portfolio stuff, Turn It In, things to pass back, I lied to you, etc. ▫ Due: Ch. 8-9 INs Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Hemingway's style—Tone and Connotation Focus on Dialogue in Chapters 6-9 How does Hemingway do so much with so little? Homework: Ch. 10-11, 5 Ins—focus on symbolism of setting Continue to work on essay November 21, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Jeter Commercial –how is altitude used as a sign of power and status? ▫ Due: Ch. 10-11 INs Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Setting Altitude as Power Close Reading—L2 Assessment: Read and annotate the provided passages. You may use your book and INs as you wish. Has Jake gained power through this change of setting, why? Homework: Ch. 12-14, 8 Ins Continue to work on essay due 12/2 November 24, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: “Aficion means passion” (136). So far, what have you discovered about Jake’s passions or desires? What about the other characters? ▫ Due: Ch. 12-14 INs Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Synthesis Writing Turn It In What is Plagiarism Paper Checklist Lab Homework: Ch. 15-17, 8 Ins Continue to work on essay due 12/2 November 25, 2014 • Daily Agenda ▫ Warm-Up: Resources posted on Senior webpage ▫ Due: Ch. 15-17 INs Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Synthesis Writing Lab Your final paper must be MLA formatted with a Bibliography/ Works Cited Page Must be submitted Turnitin before class starts on Tuesday Homework: Finish book, Ch. 18 & 19, 5 Ins Continue to work on essay due 12/2 Eat lots of food December 1, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Article ▫ Due: Ch. 18-19 INs Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Motif Affinado Groups Homework: Six word story Final Paper due tomorrow, posted on Turnitin—include a works cited page! December 2, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Quiz ▫ Due: Essay, Six Word Stories Present Six Word Story ▫ Mini-Lesson: Biographical/Historical Criticism Notes Songs Articles Literature Circles Homework: “The Yellow Wallpaper”, 5 INs—use your knowledge of criticism to guide you. Literature Circle Questions • How do characters react to the war, when it's mentioned? • What war imagery/themes are present in the novel? How does it affect the characters? • Why does Hemingway make Jake's injury central to the plot of the novel? Why doesn't Hemingway explain how Jake got this injury, or discuss it or Jake's experience in the war in more detail? • How might the war relate to the two major attitudes displayed by characters in this novel: a wild party-seeking lifestyle, and a widespread dissatisfaction or depression? • How is Hemingway’s life reflecting in the novel? Why/how is he Jake? December 3, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Practice with Biographical & Historical Criticism: “Hey Jude” and “The Times They Are a-Changin’” ▫ Due: “The Yellow Wallpaper “ Discuss ▫ Mini-Lesson: Historical/Bio Criticism Discussion Questions: Fill out these as a group. What does Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story "The Yellow Wall-paper" suggest about middle-class women's place and role(s) in her society? How does she reveal this through the narrator in the story? Then, reflect upon your initial response: Has your understanding of the reading changed? Homework: “Why I wrote The Yellow Wallpaper” & Gilman Bio • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCyw3prIWhc How does the advertisement try to get your attention? Would it draw men or women’s attention more? Why? 2. What is the advertisement for? 3. Who is the advertisement aimed at? 4. How are men and/or women used in this advertisement? 5. What does the use of men and/or women say about gender? 6. Which body parts are shown or focused on? What is the effect of this? 7. Which colours are used? What is the effect of this? 8. Are there any interesting camera angles used? What are the effects of these? 9. Does your eye stop at any point on the advertisement? What techniques are used for this? 10. Are there any words on the advertisement? Are they aimed at one gender in particular? Biographical “‘Hey Jude,’ like ‘She Loves You,’ is the story of a friend offering advice, but the world as well as the music had grown more complex. Paul McCartney has said he wrote it to cheer up Julian Lennon, John's five-year-old son, when Lennon was divorcing his first wife. The narrator realizes that things may not be good now, but with a little work he can find his true love ‘and make it better’” (Dillion). Historical “‘The Times They Are a-Changin’ became an anthem of social causes throughout the 1960’s, including the American civil rights movement and opposition to America’s role in the war in Vietnam” (Roskelly). December 5, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Why I wrote the Yellow Wallpaper ▫ Mini-Lesson: Communication Socratic Seminar Assessment Homework: TBD December 11, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: What are the major factors that influence one’s personal beliefs, perspectives and understandings of the world? ▫ Due: SS Reflection ▫ Literature Focus: Feminist Theory Response to “Modern Family” and article from Monday Jennifer Garner article “The Awakening” Homework: Ch. 1-9, at least 5 Ins December 12, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: “At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life—that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions”. In which ways has Edna “conformed”, and how is she questioning her choices? ▫ Due: 1-9 Ins Discuss ▫ Literature Focus: Feminist Theory Character Analysis Ch. 7 Close Reading Genre: Realism Homework: Ch. 10-14, at least 5 Ins December 15, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: “A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul. She grew more daring and reckless, overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before”. How has Edna become “awakened” and what has she become “awakened” to? ▫ Due: 10-14 Ins Discuss ▫ Literature Focus: Duty vs. Desire Edna’s awakening—Ch. XI Ch. VI & VII revisit Homework: Read Chapters 15-20 (XV-XX) Take at least 5 Ins on Edna’s change in thoughts and actions References to being “awake” vs. “aslesazep”; “water” “dreams” December 17, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: [Edna to Madame Ratignolle:] “I would give up the unessential [for my children]; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn’t give myself. I can’t make it more clear, it’s only something which I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me.” ▫ Quick discussion on something super cool ▫ Due: 15-20 Ins Discuss ▫ Literature Focus: Feminism, Psychoanalysis L2 Winter Break Assignment Revolutionary Road Homework: Read Chapters 21-26 (XXI-XXVI), 5 Ins December 18, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Ban on Loveless Marriages ▫ Due: 20-26 5 Ins Discuss ▫ Literature Focus: Feminism, Psychoanalysis L2 Winter Break Assignment Revolutionary Road Homework: Read Chapters 27-32 (XXI-XXXII), 5 Ins • How important is love in any relationship? • Do you think a loveless marriage is reasonable grounds to end the relationship? Does a marriage need to be loving to be considered legitimate? • What do YOU believe are the components of a real, truly stable and effective marriage? • Consider the following quote from The Awakening: – “She grew fond of her husband, realizing with some unaccountable satisfaction that no trace of passion or excessive and fictitious warmth colored her affection, thereby threatening its dissolution.” – How does this passage reveal Edna’s feelings about marriage and intimate relationships? Do you believe these feelings are fair? December 19, 2014 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: 27-32 5 Ins Discuss I will collect—circle one ▫ Literature Focus: Feminism, Psychoanalysis L2 Winter Break Assignment Revolutionary Road—We’ll discuss the movie Homework: Finish novel (XXIII-XXXV), 5 Ins Personal interpretation of the ending, pay special attention to BIRD and WATER IMAGERY January 6, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Put homework on handout ▫ Due: End of novel INs ▫ Literature Focus: Feminism, Psychoanalysis Group Annotations Poem Connections—Historical/Biographical Connections Homework: Poem/Song Annotations. January 8, 2015 (period 11 only) • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Annotated Poem/Song ▫ Literature Focus: Poetry, Biographical/Historical criticism Share poem/songs with groups Finding creditable sources Presentation options Homework: Begin research, we will meet in A414 tomorrow. January 9, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Creditable Sources ▫ Due: Annotated Poem/Song ▫ Literature Focus: Poetry, Biographical/Historical criticism Lab work/research Period 4 in library Period 11 in A414 Homework: Continue research/presentation prep January 12, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Research ▫ Literature Focus: Criticism Review Madmen Analysis Review for Mid-Year Homework: Work on presentation due Thursday. Keep it betwwen 5-8 minutes long. January 14, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Research ▫ Literature Focus: Criticism Review Madmen Analysis Review for Mid-Year Homework: Work on presentation Presentation FAQs Q: What should I be presenting? A: You should be presenting the song you are analyzing and how understanding the historical/biographical context it was written in can help enhance our understanding of it. You should not be analyzing the song through any other lens of than historical/biographical. Q: How long should my presentation be? A: No longer than 8-10 minutes. We need to get through all twenty-something of you in the next two classes. That being said it should be at least 5 minutes. If you plan on playing the song/music video account that into your timing, however, your presentation should be the bulk of your presentation. Meaning, do not play the music video that’s seven minutes long, and then give a 30 second speech. Q: Do I need a PowerPoint? A: I don’t care. Do whatever works for you. However, understand that if you do make a PowerPoint, the words on it should be kept to a minimum. If your speech is the PowerPoint, I will deduct ten points automatically. Use PowerPoints wisely. Q: What do you mean by reliable source? A: At this point in your academic career, and life, I hope you know that not everything on the internet is true. That being said you should stick to respectable media outlets and scholarly websites for this particular assignment. Time, The New Yorker, Rolling Stones, NPR, The Boston Globe, Academy of American Poets, the artist’s certified webpage, etc are all reliable and creditable. Songfacts. com, Wikianswers, shmoop.com, hotlyrics.com, imtoolazytodoresearch.com, are not reliable. Do not use them. Q: Do I need a works cited page? A: YES! Please include where you got your information from. Give credit where credit is due. Q: How much is this worth? A. This will be both a communication and a L2 assessment. 15 points for each category=30 points Any other questions? January 15, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: ▫ Due: Research ▫ Communication Focus: Public Speaking, Presentations Poem Presentations Review for Mid-Year Homework: Review for Mid-Year January 16, 2015 • Daily Agenda: ▫ Warm-Up: Write down what you think might be on the mid-year, and prepare any questions you having regarding it ▫ Due: Presentations ▫ Communication Focus: Public Speaking, Presentations Poem Presentations Review for Mid-Year Homework: Review for Mid-Year