Week 1: “The Washwoman”

Objective Assignments HW
Mon
Tues Analyze a point of view or cultural
Wed experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the
United States.
Thurs
Fri
Establish classroom norms and procedures
Understand common vs. proper nouns
Warm Up (WU): Journal & TEXTBOOK
Syllabus & Course Overview, homepage
Cornell Notes: MLA formatting
Lit Term: Setting
WU: Journal
LT: Theme
Notes: Types of Fiction and Nonfiction; “Washwoman” vocab & background
WU: Journal
LT: Conflict
Notes: Types of Conflict
Read “The Washwoman”
WU: Journal (turn in all journals)
Notes: Types of Point of View
Grammar Handbook (GH) Notes: Nouns
GH Nouns Page
Cite (use) textual evidence to support analysis
WU: Reading & Vocab QUIZ
Literary Analysis Worksheet: Narrative Essay
“Washwoman” Critical Thinking Questions & additional analysis/objective questions (handout)
Return signed syllabus by
Fri.
Return signed syllabus by
Fri.
Return signed syllabus by
Fri.
Finish reading by Fri.
Return signed syllabus by
Fri.
Finish reading by Fri.
Critical Thinking & objective questions due
Monday if not done in class.

• FOR NOW, just put your FULL NAME in the upper LEFT-HAND corner of your paper. On the top line, write MONDAY JOURNAL.
• Respond to the prompt. Write silently for the entire time provided.
• Prompt: I like to run. I’m slow, but I enjoy going long distances.
I’m planning on running a marathon (26.2 miles) next year.
Some people don’t understand why I’d do this. For me, running takes me to my “happy place.” It lets me clear my mind, puts me in tune with the natural world (when I run outside), and makes me feel free and relaxed. Plus, I always have a wonderful sense of accomplishment when I’m done. WHAT DO YOU LIKE
TO DO to clear your mind, relieve stress, and feel free? What activity or hobby makes you feel happy and generally great?
You may write about more than one activity and/ or hobby.

• Pearson Literature Writing and Language (textbook)
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Poetry and Articles

20%
10%
20%
Classwork & Homework
Writing & Projects
Tests
Participation
50%

• Homework
• Turn-in box
• Absences
• Never ask what we did yesterday
• Check the class binder/ website/ a friend
• You must make up classwork, including warm ups
• You must include the DATE OF ABSENCE on the top of your paper or I will not accept it.
• Make up tests within a week, at lunch or in ASSETS

• NO FOOD whatsoever
• NO DRINKS except water in a closed container
• You can’t leave, so don’t ask
• No bathroom, no water fountain
• If emergency, you may go, but will lose all participation points for the day.
• No multiple emergencies

• Binder
• Paper
• Pencil
• Planner
• Book (if paperback)
• Grammar Workbook (for warm ups)
• If you forget materials, you lose points

1.
Take out a clean sheet of paper. We will come back to the journal shortly.
2.
Write your full name in the upper left-hand corner.
3.
Write “Cornell Notes and Headings” on the top line.
4.
Fold or draw a line down the left-hand side of the paper, creating a column that is 1-2 inches wide.

How to do
Cornell
Notes
• In English 9, all notes must be in Cornell format.
• You may use a composition book, or a section in your binder
• Developed at Cornell University to aid studying
• The note title/ topic goes on the first line.
• The column to the left is for subtopics, key terms, and/ or questions.
• On the bottom of the LAST PAGE of notes for the day, write a 1-3 sentence summary for reference.

Headings
MLA
• All papers (except some handouts) in
English 9 must have an MLA heading
• MLA = Modern Language Association
• Establish norms for academic paper format
• An MLA heading goes in the upper left-hand corner of your paper:
Student name
Teacher name
Class
Date (month day year, no commas)

• Add an MLA heading to your Cornell notes, and your journal
• Ex:
John Steinbeck
Ms. Fishman
English 9
18 August 2014
Now back to the notes--

New topic: Draw a line or turn to the back of your paper
Vocab Lists
Lit Terms
• 2 types of vocab work in English 9
• Vocab lists (for stories or books)
• Cornell notes style
• Term in left column, definition on right
• Literary Terms (LTs)
• For talking about literature
• Get 4-Squares
• Always write term on top of 4-square
Definition In my own words/ synonym
Image/ graphic Example

• Now, summarize the day’s notes on the bottom of the paper
• Ex: “All notes must be in Cornell format, and all papers must have an MLA heading.”

• Fresh paper
• Write “setting” at top of pg
• Draw 4-square on top half only
The definition
The time and place of the action in literature
In my own words
(synonyms, key phrases or words) image or graphic example

• Under your 4-square, write “Journal”
• You’ll use this for your first essay in the future!
• Write for the full time provided.
• What would be the most interesting setting for a story, and why? Describe it in great detail. A forest, a desert, a city, the country, the jungle, underground, in space, another realm, the afterlife, inside a body

• Continue on yesterday’s Journal page.
• Draw line
• Today’s date
• Respond to the prompt. Write silently for the entire time provided.
Here’s my family.
About my husband:
About my daughter:

• Clean paper (or back of “setting” paper
• Write “theme” at top of pg; draw 4-square
The definition
Central message or insight into life revealed through literary work
In my own words
(synonyms, key phrases or words) image or graphic example

• MLA heading on clean paper
• Copy notes in
Cornell style
• Title top of page
• Topic line down left side
• Details right side
• Summary at end of notes
Traits of
Fiction
1.
Characters
2.
Plot
3.
Conflict
4.
Setting
5.
Point of view
6.
Theme

• Novel: long
• Chapters
• Subplots
• Novella: shorter
• Short Story
• Single conflict

• Narrated by real person
• Facts, experiences, ideas
• Audience: specific
• Purpose: reason
• Tone: author’s attitude

• Narrative: describe events
• Expository: informs/explains
• Persuasive: convinces reader to act
• Descriptive: creates mental images
NOW DRAW A LINE AND
SUMMARIZE YOUR NOTES IN
1-2 SENTENCES AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE LAST PAGE
EX: There are many different traits of fiction and nonfiction…

• Clean paper.
• MLA heading
• Copy title above
• Copy vocab words & definitions only (pg. 24)

• Continue on yesterday’s Journal page.
• Draw line
• Today’s date
• Respond to the prompt. Write silently for the entire time provided.
If I had to give up salty food or sweet food, I would definitely give up sweets! I love salty food so much. I appreciate when people give me sweets as gifts, but honestly, I’d rather have some chips.

• Under “theme” entry, draw line
• Write “conflict”; draw 4-square
The definition
A struggle between opposing forces
In my own words
(synonyms, key phrases or words) image or graphic example

• MLA heading on clean paper (or continue on back of previous notes)
• Copy notes in Cornell style
• Title top of page
• Topic line down left side
• Details right side
• Summary at end of notes
External
• clash w/ outside force conflict
(character, society, nature)
• Example:
Internal conflict
• clash w/ own opposing feelings, beliefs, needs, or desires
• Example:
• Solution occurs in resolution
• If no solution, then character has epiphany
(insight/learning)
SUMMARY:

• Continue on yesterday’s Journal page.
• Draw line
• Today’s date
• Respond to the prompt. Write silently for the entire time provided.
My husband & I have two cats. My mom has three dogs, a horse, and a donkey. She also feeds cats out in the garden.
Tell me about your pets. If you don’t have any, write about what kind of animals you like and dislike.
I will collect journals today. You should have 4.

Use clean sheet.
Include
MLA heading
1 st Person
2 nd person
3 rd person
• Uses “I, we, us, our”
• Usually used in
• Makes the reader think/feel
• Uses “you” or “understood
‘you’”
• Usually used in
• Makes the reader think/feel
• Uses “he, she, they”
• Usually used in
• Makes the reader think/feel
SUMMARY

• MLA heading
• Set up your Cornell notes
• Rule 1
• Capitalize proper nouns
• Specific names of people, places, & things
• Ex: My cats’ names are Penny and Odie.
• I live in Fort
Bragg, California.

1.
Clean paper
2.
MLA heading
3.
Copy title above
4.
Copy rule for nouns
5.
Copy one teacher example
6.
Come up with 3 original examples (of your own)
7.
Decorate for 3 more points (7-10 pts possible)