Congratulations to the following students on their college admissions and scholarship wins! Congratulations also to those students who have chosen where they'll be going next year. You look good in the driver's seat.
If
I've missed anyone, or if something wonderful happened for you over the
break, please either put it up in class or comment to this post.
Shenaya: Admitted to Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; Admitted to School of Field Studies Summer Program (Kenya); Admitted to Cal Poly Pomona
Lupita: Admitted to CSULA Honors College
Jisu: Admitted to Cal Poly SLO
Victoria: Attending UCLA
Sophia: Attending UC Riverside
Millie: Attending UC Santa Cruz
Matthew: Attending UC Merced
Aaron: Attending UC Merced
Kurt: Attending Cal Poly SLO
Bridgit: Attending UC Davis
Danielle: Attending UCLA
Alyssa: Attending CSULB
Hikaru: Attending UCI
Edgar: Attending CSULA
Omar: Attending Cal Poly SLO
Elizabeth: Attending Cal Poly SLO
Ephraim: Attending UCSB
Jayce: Attending UC Riverside
Naiomi: Attending UCLA Luk
Chase: Attending WVCC
Alec: Attending UC Santa Cruz
Megan: Attending CSU East Bay
Alexus: Attending AHC
Jose: Attending ASU
Lilly: Attending Cal Poly SLO
Miles: Attending CSULB
Haley: Attending CSULB
Sierra S: Attending CSULB
Jacob: Attending Cal Poly SLO
Lukas: Attending US Air Force Academy
Tia: Attending CSU East Bay
Sierra B: Attending SDSU
Stevie: Attending UCLA
Courtney: Attending UCLA
Mellany: Attending CSU Channel Islands
Daniel: Attending Cal Poly SLO
Jordan: Attending Cal Poly SLO
Melissa: Atending SDSU Honors College
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
april 30
JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" by The Clash; "Break on Through" by The Doors]
When do you seek others' counsel in making a big decision, and when do you take the plunge on your own?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Turn in Senior Info paperwork
3. Multiple choice/poetry
4. MGOTM
HW:
1. Please read the Vendler Grid post and the TPCASTT post, and begin/continue the Poetry Boot Camp work as needed (and be honest with yourself; you probably need it).
2. Please complete and be prepared to discuss the multiple choice questions on poetry (after the jump) tomorrow (Friday).
3. Revisit the essay prompts, multiple choice questions, and rubrics in the Exam Practice & Reference tab as needed.
When do you seek others' counsel in making a big decision, and when do you take the plunge on your own?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Turn in Senior Info paperwork
3. Multiple choice/poetry
4. MGOTM
HW:
1. Please read the Vendler Grid post and the TPCASTT post, and begin/continue the Poetry Boot Camp work as needed (and be honest with yourself; you probably need it).
2. Please complete and be prepared to discuss the multiple choice questions on poetry (after the jump) tomorrow (Friday).
3. Revisit the essay prompts, multiple choice questions, and rubrics in the Exam Practice & Reference tab as needed.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
april 29
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Yesterday I told everyone to get 6-8 hours sleep each night between now and the AP exam. Last night: Did you? Why/not? Was last night an unusual occurrence or a matter of habit? How can you improve your health by improving your schedule?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Last night's sonnet
3. Last year's poetry boot camp
HW:
1. Take the layers of poetry you need and practice as you see fit
Yesterday I told everyone to get 6-8 hours sleep each night between now and the AP exam. Last night: Did you? Why/not? Was last night an unusual occurrence or a matter of habit? How can you improve your health by improving your schedule?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Last night's sonnet
3. Last year's poetry boot camp
HW:
1. Take the layers of poetry you need and practice as you see fit
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
april 28
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Actor Patrick Stewart once said, "The only still center of my life is Macbeth. To go back to doing this bloody, crazed, insane mass-murderer is a huge relief after trying to get my cell phone replaced."
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
Actor Patrick Stewart once said, "The only still center of my life is Macbeth. To go back to doing this bloody, crazed, insane mass-murderer is a huge relief after trying to get my cell phone replaced."
What is it about extreme characters-- or any fictional characters with whom we resonate-- that helps us make sense out of our everyday lives?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Macbeth wrap-up
3. Notes on exam preparation
HW:
1. Read the following sonnet. Determine whether it's Petrarchan or Shakespearean. Explain where the shift is and how it influences the overall theme and tone of the work. Post to your course blog. We'll discuss in class Wednesday. (Please Note: The idea here isn't to see whether you can find the "right" answer-- don't research online. Anticipate AP exam conditions. Use what we've discussed in class and your own reasoning.)
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
Monday, April 27, 2015
april 27
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Often learning takes place after the fact. (Like when you think of the perfect comeback twenty minutes after the conversation is over.) Now that you're putting high school Shakespeare in your rear view mirror, what did you learn from reading it? What did the texts tell you about writing style, or history, or human nature? What did your approach tell you about your own reading style, or habits of mind? What would you tell next year's seniors and freshmen that will help them?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Work as a class to ID questions about Macbeth. Post your period's questions as comments here so I can spot trends and prepare accordingly. We will conference about the play on Tuesday.
HW:
1. If you haven't yet written the essay, please give yourself 30 minutes and do it.
Often learning takes place after the fact. (Like when you think of the perfect comeback twenty minutes after the conversation is over.) Now that you're putting high school Shakespeare in your rear view mirror, what did you learn from reading it? What did the texts tell you about writing style, or history, or human nature? What did your approach tell you about your own reading style, or habits of mind? What would you tell next year's seniors and freshmen that will help them?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Work as a class to ID questions about Macbeth. Post your period's questions as comments here so I can spot trends and prepare accordingly. We will conference about the play on Tuesday.
HW:
1. If you haven't yet written the essay, please give yourself 30 minutes and do it.
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