Laflin English

January 31, 2012

2012-01-31T09:54:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Chapter 1 in AF
- Continue research
- Finish BW

English 12:
- Quiz tomorrow (Blake, Shelley, Burns)

Socio:
- Read 14-22 in textbooks
- Pay attention to any TV commercials you encounter

January 30, 2012

2012-01-30T10:12:00.002-05:00

English 9:
- Define Animal Farm vocab #1
- Finish review sheet using sites listed below

Character Research Site #1
Character Research Site #2

English 12:
- Blake
- Finish ":The Lamb" and "The Tyger"
- Read Infant Sorrow, p 752
- Listen to Intro Lecture on The Hobbit (CLICK HERE)

Sociology
- Read 5-11 in your textbook
- Journal # 1 Q3 - " What do you think the study of Sociology is about? What is the point? Why would we bother to study it at all? What do you expect to learn this semester? What do you want to learn?"

January 20, 2011

2012-01-20T10:07:00.000-05:00

ENGLISH MIDTERM

TUESDAY, 1/24 @ 10:45

STUDY!!!!!!!!

January 19, 2012

2012-01-19T09:07:00.000-05:00

The English Midterm is Tuesday, January 24 @ 10:45

English 9:
- Finish Review #4 (R+J, OMM, OMS)
- Study!
- Bring your textbooks tomorrow

English 12:
- Finish Review Task 2
- Short, informal presentations tomorrow

Psych:
- Presentations/projects due tomorrow

January 18, 2012

2012-01-18T08:20:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Review Task #3 (Short Stories/Poetry)
- Bring Textbooks
- All makeup work is due by Friday

English 12:
- Finish Review Task
- Presentations Thursday or Friday

Psych:
- Projects due Thursday
- Group Project due Thursday

January 17, 2011

2012-01-17T10:05:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Midterm Review Task #2 (Lit Terms)
- Bring Textbooks

English 12:
- Review for the Midterm

Psych:
- Projects due Thursday

January 13, 2011

2012-01-13T09:06:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Midterm review task #1 - Vocab
- Bring textbooks on Tuesday

English 12:
- Page 736, 1-4 and page 739, 1-4
- Begin review for Midterms

Psych:
- Projects due next Wednesday

January 11, 2012

2012-01-11T10:45:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- Bring notebooks for tomorrow
- All makeup work due by end of next week

English 12:
- Finish parts 2+3 in from Frankenstein
- Page 531, "understanding" questions 1-4 and 1-6 (purple books)

Psych:
- Finish OFOCN
- Individual projects due next Wednesday
- Group project filming begins Monday

January 10, 2011

2012-01-10T09:30:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Anno-Bib #2 for peer review

English 12:
- Finish Part I of from Frankenstein

Psych:
- Projects
- Finish OFOCN

January 9, 2011

2012-01-09T09:38:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Annotated Bibliography #1 (Fate in R&J)

English 12:
- Finish BW
- Midterm review

Psych:
- Individual Projects due 1/18
- Continue with group project
- OFOCN should be completed by this Friday

January 6, 2011

2012-01-07T12:20:00.000-05:00

My apologies for the delayed post. I was out sick yesterday but shall return Monday.

English 9:
- Finish the short constructed response for Man from the South
- Begin to review notes for midterms

English 12:
- Romantic Period intro packet due Monday

Psych:
- Finish OFOCN for next Friday
- Projects

January 5, 2011

2012-01-05T08:48:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- OMS Study Guides due tomorrow (QUIZ GRADE)

English 12:
- Begin to review notes/ texts for midterm

Psych:
- Projects
- OFOCN Group Therapy 218

January 4, 2012

2012-01-04T10:13:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Royal Jelly
- Prepare for short constructed responses tomorrow

English 12:
- Review Age of Reason texts
- In class essay tomorrow

Psych:
- Projects
- OFOCN Group Therapy 218

January 3, 2012

2012-01-03T09:10:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Review notes from Dahl in class
- OMS due Friday, 1/6

English 12:
- Finish Eve's Apology
- Page 561, 1-5

Psych:
- Projects
- Group Therapy Friday, 218

December 22, 2011

2011-12-22T10:16:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- OMS/Study Guide due 1/6/12 (Quiz Grade)

English 12:
- Read "Paradise Lost" (524-534)
- Read "Inferno" (543-550)
- Be prepared to compare and contrast these two epics

Psych:
- Read Part 3, 172-218, in OFOCN

December 21, 2011

2011-12-21T09:07:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Read The Old Man and the Sea, due 1/6
- Study Questions (Quiz Grade), due 1/6

English 12:
- Finish from Gulliver's Travels

Psych:
- Group Therapy tomorrow, 172
- Projects

December 20, 2011

2011-12-20T08:59:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Test Part II, Essay, is tomorrow

English 12:
- Finish A Modest Proposal
- Page 625, 1-4

Psych:
- Group Therapy on Thursday, 172
- Projects

December 19, 2011

2011-12-19T09:38:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- R+J TEST TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY!

English 12:
- Read A Modest Proposal to Page 622

Psych:
- Group Therapy on Thursday, 172
- Projects

December 16, 2011

2011-12-16T08:14:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish R+J
- Completed Study Guide due Monday
- BW
- R+J Test next Tuesday and Wednesday

English 12:
- No class, complete work from yesterday

Psych:
- Group Therapy next Thursday, 172
- Work on projects

December 15, 2011

2011-12-15T09:51:00.004-05:00

English 9:
- Finish though Act V, Scene 2
- Study Guide to #8
- Define Act V Vocab

English 12:
- Read 464-474 again

Psych:
- Group Therapy tomorrow, 137
- Q2 Journal 4 - Psychoanalyze 3 scenes from this week's reading assignment in your journal. Entries should be thoughtful and include much of the theory work that we have been discussing. This is practice for your individual projects/papers.

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December 14, 2011

2011-12-14T09:37:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- Finish R+J Act IV, Scenes 1-4
- Complete Study Guide to #15
- BW
- R+J Test 12/20 and 12/21

English 12:
- Read 464-474
- Page 514, 1+2

Psych:
- OFOCN Group Therapy Friday to 137
- Individual Projects

December 13, 2011

2011-12-13T09:37:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- Define Act IV Vocab
- Bring Textbooks

English 12:
- Read 464-474
- Bring books tomorrow
- Anno-Bib on RAGAD due tomorrow

Psych:
- Projects (self and group)
- OFOCN Group Therapy to page 137

December 12, 2011

2011-12-12T09:45:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Act III
- Complete Act III of Study Guide
- R+J Test 11/20 and 11/21

English 12:
- Bring Textbooks tomorrow
- RAGAD Test due Wednesday

Psych:
- OFOCN Group Therapy Friday, 137
- Projects

December 9, 2011

2011-12-09T09:51:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Read R+J Act III, Scenes 3+4
- Study Guide to # 15
- BW

English 12:
- RAGAD Anno-Bib due Wednesday, 12/14

Psych:
- Group Therapy next Friday to 137
- Character Study----> Project
- Film selection

December 8, 2011

2011-12-08T10:35:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Read Act III, Scenes 1+2
- Study Guide to #11
- BW

English 12:
- RAGAD Anno-Bib due Wednesday, 11/14

Psych:
- Group Therapy tomorrow up to page 101

December 7, 2011

2011-12-07T08:44:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- Define R+J Act III Vocab
- Bring Textbooks tomorrow

English 12:
- Finish RAGAD
- Review notes

Psych:
- Group Therapy on Friday, page 101

December 6, 2011

2011-12-06T09:13:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- Finish BW
- Quiz tomorrow over Acts I and II

English 12:
- Write a paragraph about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (during the scene in which they obliviously observe their own tragic fate well before it actually happens) and explain their reaction (inaction) in terms of the themes we have been discussing.

Psych:
- OFOCN to 101 for Group Therapy on Friday

December 5, 2011

2011-12-05T09:53:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Act II
- Finish Act II Study Guide
- Quiz tomorrow over Acts I and II

English 12:
- Read RAGAD to page 81
- Existentialism

Psych:
- Review for Chapter 16 Quiz
- ?project ideas
- Group Therapy 101

December 2, 2011

2011-12-02T10:32:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- Read R+J Act II, Scene 3
- Study guide to #12
- Quiz over R+J Acts I and II on Wednesday

English 12:
- Consider the question from the board
- Review Existentialism handout

Psych:
- Read OFOCN to page 101 for next Friday

December 1, 2011

2011-12-01T10:01:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Define R+J Act I vocab
- Bring textbooks tomorrow

English 12:
- Read RAGAD to page 66

Psych:
- Read OFOCN to page 82
- Journal 3, Q2 - Discuss the scene, starting on page 70, that explains the manner in which The Big Nurse can control the passage of time on the ward. What sort of power is this, to manipulate time? What would be the Big Nurse's reason for doing this? Why does the Chief suddenly notice that it hadn't happened, neither the time nor the fog, since McMurphy came? Work hard and apply what you have learned.

November 30, 2011

2011-11-30T09:40:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Act I in R+J
- BW
- Act I of Study Guide due tomorrow

English 12:
- Read to page 54 in RAGAD
- Find 3 examples of Existentialism

Psych:
- Read OFOCN to 82
- ?project ideas?

November 29, 2011

2011-11-29T09:41:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Act I, Scenes 2+3
- BW
- Study Guides to #13

English 12:
- Read R+G to page 35
- Consider Existential themes

Psych:
- Read OFOCN to page 82 for Friday
- ?project ideas?

November 28, 2011

2011-11-28T08:22:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Act I, Scene 1 in R+J
- BW
- Study Guide to #8

English 12:
- Read Existentialism handout
- Paragraph on coin flipping scene

Psych:
- Read OFOCN to page 82
- ?project ideas?

November 22, 2011

2011-11-22T10:15:00.000-05:00

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

English 9:
- Finish BW
- Read page 289
- Define Vocab
- R+J begins Monday

English 12:
- Questions Packets due Monday (double quiz grade)
- Return all Hamlet Handouts

Psych:
- Read to page 69 in OFOCN
- Journal 2 Q2 - Over the break, please identify and discuss 5 different passages, sentences, or words from the novel that evoke some sort of psychoanalytical significance in terms of what we have discussed. Work hard, I expect to have a conversation about this on Monday.

November 21, 2011

2011-11-21T08:46:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- Bring your textbooks tomorrow
- Return all OMM books

English 12:
- Study for Hamlet Test tomorrow
- Question Packets due after break

Psych:
- Read OFOCN to page 69 for next Monday
- Begin to think about possible project ideas

November 18, 2011

2011-11-18T08:15:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- POETRY TEST MONDAY (complete study guide)
- Read "Insomniac" on page 283
- Page 284, "Reviewing Literary Terms" 1-10

English 12:
- Finish Hamlet
- Question Packets due after break
- Hamlet Test on Tuesday, 11/22

Psych:
- Continue to research Freud etc

November 17, 2011

2011-11-17T09:48:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish BW
- Define Poetry Vocab #2
- Poetry Test Monday, 11/21

English 12:
- Finish Act V, Scene 1
- Questions
- Hamlet Test Tuesday, 11/22

Psych:
- OFOCN to page 41 for Friday
- ? Quick quiz tomorrow

November 16, 2011

2011-11-16T08:18:00.003-05:00

English 9:
- Finish BW
- Read "The Addressing of Cats" on 241
- Poetry Test Monday, 11/21

English 12:
- Work on your Hamlet Questions
- Hamlet Test 11/22
Psych:
- Read to page 41 on OFOCN for Friday
- Possible quiz Friday over Freud etc

November 15, 2011

2011-11-15T09:03:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Finish Short Constructed Response (Imagery/"Plaza")
- Read "The Skater of Ghost Lake" on page 254
- Page 255, 1-5
- Poetry Test Tuesday, 11/22

English 12:
- Finish Act IV in Hamlet
- Questions
- Acts III and IV Quiz tomorrow

Psych:
- Read to page 41 in OFOCN
- Review Freudian Terminology

November 14, 2011

2011-11-14T10:44:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Define Poetry Vocab #1
- Finish BW
- Poetry Terms Quiz tomorrow
- Poetry Test 11/22

English 12:
- Read Act IV, Scenes 1-4
- Quiz Wednesday over Acts III and IV
- Questions

Psych:
- Journal 1 "Write a journal entry in which you demonstrate your understanding of the psychoanalytical approach to reading a novel. Cite one example from OFOCN and dissect it in terms of what we have already studied. Work hard and do the best you can.

November 10, 2011

2011-11-10T08:27:00.001-05:00

English 9:
- OMM PROJECT DUE MONDAY 11/14
- Page 216, 1-4 and page 219, 1-3

English 12:
- Finish Act III in Hamlet
- Questions

Psych:
- Continue research on psychoanalysis
- Read to page 28 in OFOCN
- Pick on part and analyze it

November 9, 2011

2011-11-09T08:37:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- Define poetry terms
- OMM Project due Monday, 11/14

English 12:
- Read Hamlet to Act III, Scene 2, Line 222
- Questions

Psych:
- Continue to research Freud/Psychoanalysis
- Apply to one literary work you've read (or one scene)

November 8, 2011

2011-11-08T08:25:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- OMM Projects due Monday, 11/14
- Bring Textbooks tomorrow (Poetry Unit begins)

English 12:
- Return Acts I and II
- Page 207, Act I in Review 1-5
- Page 221, Act II in Review 1-4

Psych:
- Research Freud/Psychoanalysis
- Review class notes from today

November 7, 2011

2011-11-07T09:21:00.000-05:00

English 9:
- OMM Projects due 11/14 (Test Grade)
- Bring Textbooks on Wednesday
- Film differences sheet due tomorrow

English 12:
- Hamlet Quiz, Acts I and II tomorrow
- Finish long paragraph
- Review Questions
- Hand in Acts I and II

Psych:
- Journal # 10 - The end of the first quarter of Psychology is upon us. In this entry, reflect upon what we've studied thus far. What interested you the most? What interested you the least? Given this reflection, tell me what you goals are for the next quarter. What do you want to focus upon? Which direction do you want to go in? Please write thoughtfully.

November 4, 2011

2011-11-04T09:00:00.002-04:00

English 9:
- OMM Projects due 11/14
- Period 1: OMM Test Essay due Monday

English 12:
- Finish Hamlet Act II and Questions
- Hamlet Acts I and II Quiz on Tuesday
- College Essay

Psych:
- Review Chapters 1-5 in textbook

Technical Issues

2011-11-03T15:31:00.001-04:00

Hello students/parents:
I have been having technical issues with the online gradebook for a few days and haven't been able to enter/alter grades. Please bear with me. Thanks!

November 2, 2011

2011-11-02T10:59:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Projects due 11/14
- Period 1 students will be given the essay for this weekend

English 12:
- Finish Hamlet Act II
- Questions
- Quiz sometime early next week

Psych:
- Nothing, unless you didn't hand in your project...

November 1, 2011

2011-11-01T08:05:00.000-04:00

SPIRIT WEEK- Bring a canned good/non-perishable item and dress down tomorrow. The only catch is that you must wear something GOLD.

English 9:
- OMM Essay Test tomorrow
- OMM Project due 11/14

English 12:
- Finish Hamlet Act II
- Quiz Friday or Monday
- College Essay

Psych:
- Projects due tomorrow!

October 31, 2011

2011-10-31T11:29:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- OMM Test tomorrow, Day 1 of 2
- OMM Project due 11/14

English 12:
- Read to Act II, Scene 2, line 227 in Hamlet
- Questions
- College Essay

Psych:
- Final Draft of Project due 11/2

October 27, 2011

2011-10-27T09:49:00.000-04:00

SPIRIT WEEK NEXT WEEK!
MONDAY IS DRESS DOWN IF YOU WEAR BLUE

English 9:
- Finish OMM
- Finish all BW
- NB Check Monday
- Complete American Dream chart
- OMM Test 11/1 and 11/2

English 12:
- Hamlet Act I questions
- Act II next week
- Quiz after Act II is complete

Psych:
- FINAL DRAFTS DUE 11/2

October 26, 2011

2011-10-26T09:00:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish OMM Chapter 5
- Finish BW
- Finish take home questions
- Test 11/1 and 11/2

English 12:
- Finish Act I
- Finish Act I questions
- Quiz after Act II

Psych:
- Finish CIR
- Projects due 11/2

October 25, 2011

2011-10-25T09:42:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish OMM Chapter 4
- Finish BW
- Define Chapter 4 vocab
- OMM Unit Test 11/1+11/2

English 12:
- Finish Act I, Scenes 1+2
- Work on packet

Psych:
- Finish CIR
- FD projects due 11/2

October 24, 2011

2011-10-24T09:32:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Read OMM Chapter 4 to page 76
- Finish BW
- OMM Test 11/1

English 12:
- Finish reading Shakespearean sonnets
- Read pages 266-269 (two poems)
- Page 270, 1-4
- Hamlet starts tomorrow

Psych:
- CIR, Finish for Thursday
- Final Drafts of project due 11/2

October 21, 2011

2011-10-21T11:36:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Finish OMM Chapter 3
- Finish Take Home Quiz (Due Monday)
- Finish BW

English 12:
- Page 261, 1-5
- Read pages 273 and 277

Psych:
- Finish CIR of next Friday
- Final Draft due 11/2
- Journal #9 - Over the next week we will be finishing our first novel of the term. I want you to revisit some of the previous scenes and "psychoanalyze" them according to what we've learned regarding Freud and psychoanalysis. I want you to use at least two scenes and try to figure out why Holden is doing what he does.

October 20, 2011

2011-10-20T08:46:00.002-04:00

English 9:
- Re-read Chapter 2
- Finish all BW
- Chapter 3 Take Home Quiz will be handed out tomorrow

This is the scoring rubric for the short constructed responses.
Score Point 2
• presents a well-developed paragraph
• provides an appropriate explanation of the literary element or technique chosen
• supports the explanation with clear and appropriate evidence from the text
• uses language that is appropriate
• may exhibit errors in conventions that do not hinder comprehension
Score Point 1
• provides an explanation of the literary element or technique
or
• implies an explanation of the literary element or technique
or
• has an unclear explanation of the literary element or technique
AND
• supports the explanation with partial and/or overly general information from the text
• uses language that may be imprecise or inappropriate
• exhibits errors in conventions that may hinder comprehension
Score Point 0
• is off topic, incoherent, a copy of the task/text, or blank
• demonstrates no understanding of the task/text
• is a personal response

English 12:
- Read page 252
- Finish in-class work

Psych:
- Final Project due 11/2
- CIR 18-22 due tomorrow

October 19, 2011

2011-10-19T11:07:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Define OMM Chapter 3 vocab
- Finish Character Sketches (Slim, CW)

English 12:
- Read pages 236-250

Psych:
- RD of Part II due tomorrow
- CIR 18-22

October 18, 2011

2011-10-18T08:06:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish OMM Chapter 2
- Finish BW
- Quiz tomorrow OMM Ch 2 and vocab

English 12:
- Test tomorrow, Medieval Unit
- College Essay

Psych:
- RD part II due Thursday
- CIR 18-22
- Finish Textbook activity

October 17, 2011

2011-10-17T09:46:00.001-04:00

English 9:

- Read to page 27 in OMM

- Finish BW

- Chapter 2 Quiz Wednesday

English 12:

- Finish Final Draft of Ballad

- Review Medieval Period content

- Medieval Test Wednesday

- College Essays

Psych:

- Read text to page 128

- Part II RD due Thursday

- Finish 115-128

October 14, 2011

2011-10-14T08:13:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish Chapter 1 First Person paper
- Re-read chapter 1
- Finish all BW
- OMM Chapter 2 Quiz 10/19 (wed)

English 12:
- Finish Final Draft of Ballad
- Begin working on college essay

Psych:
- RD of Part II due Thursday (peer review)
- CIR 18-22 due next Friday

October 13, 2011

2011-10-13T09:17:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Define OMM Chapter 2 Vocab
- Finish Character Sketches

English 12:
- Prepare 3 topics for tomorrows balladeering
- Be ready to be inspired...
- Medieval Unit Test next week TBD

Psych:
- CIR 15-17 for Ryeday
- RD of Part II due next Thursday
- RD of sketches due next Wednesday

October 11, 2011

2011-10-11T08:06:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Finish Chapter 1 in OMM
- Finish BW
- Quiz Thursday over OMM Chapter 1 and Vocab

English 12:
- Finish Morte D'Arthur
- Page 195, 1-5
- Medieval Unit Test 10/18

Psych:
- Finish 106-115

- Rough Drafts due Thursday

October 7, 2011

2011-10-07T09:33:00.002-04:00

English 9:
- Read OMM to page 7
- Finish BW
- Research the 1930's on the Interweb
- Quiz over OMM Chapter 1 10/13

English 12:
- Final Drafts due 10/11
- Read page 184

Psych:
- Rough Drafts due 10/13
- CIR 15-17
- Journal #8 We are currently at the half way point of the quarter. In this journal I want you to assess your current position in this class. What do you feel have been your successes? What aspects of the class do you think you could improve upon? Are there any topics you'd like to include in the coming weeks? What are your concerns about the big project we are working on? How is the seminar style working for you? Please use this journal entry to assess and evaluate your experience so far.

October 6, 2011

2011-10-06T09:29:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish BW
- Finish Poem questions
- Bring OMM books tomorrow
- OMM Chapter 1 Quiz 10/13

English 12:
- Finish The Wife's Tale
- Page 151, 1-5
- Final Drafts due 10/11

Psych:
- Rough Drafts due 10/13
- CIR 11-14

New Commercial!

2011-10-05T10:32:00.010-04:00

The only thing missing???

A cameo by Mr. Laflin. Oh well...

October 5, 2011

2011-10-05T07:52:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Define OMM Chapter 1 vocab
- Bring OMM books
- OMM Chapter 1 Quiz 10/13

English 12:
- Wife's Tale to line 218
- Final Drafts due 10/11

Psych:
- Work on projects
- Rough Drafts of back-story due 10/13
- CIR 11-14

Football

2011-10-04T11:34:00.003-04:00

I am re-posting this video I made last fall of my brother's senior year of high school. He is now playing as a freshman in college but I couldn't help but to share the video once more... Anyway, it's rather long but, if you do watch some of it, watch from 1:40 to 2:00. It's an excellent play and, personally, I think it shows better character than any of the other "successful" plays in the video.

October 4, 2011

2011-10-04T09:08:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Short Story Unit Test Part 2 tomorrow
- Review your essay outlines from last weekend

English 12:
- Read The Wife's Tale to line 218
- Finish BW
- Rough Drafts due tomorrow for peer-assessment

Psych:
- CIR 11-14
- Work on projects for tomorrow (back-story)

October 3, 2011

2011-10-03T09:44:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Day 1/2 of Short Story Test tomorrow
- Store away your textbooks

English 12:
- Finish Wife's Prologue
- Finish BW
- Rough Drafts due 10/5

Psych:
- Finish classwork Chapter 4
- Answer Critical Thinking #1 on 104
- Projects

September 30, 2011

2011-09-30T09:47:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Complete Essay Outline
- NB Check Monday
- Review BW/Short Stories
- Short Story Test Tuesday and Wednesday

English 12:
- Finish The Pardoner's Tale
- Finish Worksheet from class
- Finish BW
- Rough Drafts due Wednesday

Psych:
- Work on Projects
- CIR 11-14 due next Friday
- Journal # 7 - "She just about killed me." Consider the effects of diction upon a narrative and, spring boarding from today's class discussion, focus on the diction choices made by Salinger in the novel. How has Holden's particularly unique psychology benefited from his odd diction choices? Explain with examples.

September 29, 2011

2011-09-29T08:27:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish YNGU
- Finish BW
- Read Split Cherry Tree (26)
- Test over Short Stories on Tuesday

English 12:
- Finish Pardoner's Prologue
- Read pages 122-123
- Answer Questions on page 122
- Rough Drafts due

Psych:
- CIR 5-10 due tomorrow
- Project

September 28, 2011

2011-09-28T08:19:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish SPP
- Finish BW
- Read A Day's Wait, page 97
- Short Story Unit Test , Tuesday, 10/4

English 12:
- Read lines 735-855 in the CT Prologue
- Rough Drafts due 10/5

Psych:
- Work on Character ideas for tomorrow
- CIR 5-10

September 27, 2011

2011-09-27T10:55:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Read SPP to the break on page 67
- Finish BW
- Papers with self-assessment due tomorrow

English 12:
- The Canterbury Tales presentations tomorrow
- Rough Drafts due 10/5

Psych:
- Journal #6 - "Consider your discussions today from class and think about the oddities of the mind. Think about the brain map, all the different areas of the brain, and all their corresponding functions. Is your brain your personality? Is it who you are? Could some catestrophic brain injury change a person into someone else? (consider Phineus Gage on page 86). Think long and deeply about what this means. Also, consider the manner in which differently spaced damage to the brain produces odd effects." You all need to write longer and more thorough journal entries.

September 26, 2011

2011-09-26T12:12:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Define SPP vocab
- Final Drafts of paper due Wednesday
- Review BW and Short Stories

English 12:
- Read pages 90-95
- Become familiar with The Canterbury Tales' Prologue
- Rough Drafts due 10/5

Psych:
- Study the map of the brain
- Review pages 81-89
- CIR chapters 5-10

September 23, 2011

2011-09-23T11:26:00.002-04:00

English 9:
- Finish SI
- Finish BW
- Page 55, 1-7
- NB check on Monday
- Final Drafts due Wednesday

English 12:
- Thesis due Monday
- Read page 82 and 90-93

Psych:
- CIR, chapters 5-10

- Journal #5 - "I want you to react to what you have read so far in CIR. This is basically a character study (case study) of Holden. Describe him and begin to diagnose him, or something like that. What does memory have to do with the story? What about perceptions of reality? Hmmm. Knowing what you have learned so far, write intelligently about the novel so far."
- What's the deal with the hat?

Colby Football - 9/24 @ 1pm

September 22, 2011

2011-09-22T08:17:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Read SI to end of page 50
- Finish BW
- Define SI vocab
- NB check Monday

English 12:
- Continue work on Anno-Bibs, due Friday
- Thesis due Monday, 9/26
- Rough Drafts due 10/5

Psych:
- Read CIR, Chapters 1-4

Septeber 21, 2011

2011-09-21T09:08:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Read The Smuggler (page 3)
- Page 8, -16
- Final Drafts due 9/28

English 12:
- Work on Anno-Bibs
- Thesis due Monday, 9/26
- Rough Drafts due 10/5

Psych:
- CIR 1-4
- Quiz tomorrow textbook 1-3

September 20, 2011

2011-09-20T09:47:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Finish GDTD
- Page 43, 1-5
- Finish BW
- Rough Drafts due tomorrow for peer review

English 12:
- Have Grendel read

Psych:
- Journal #4 - "Recall the conversation you had with a partner regarding your first memories (the oldest ones you can remember). Using what you've learned about memory, write an analysis about why you think these are your first memories and why they continue to stay in your long term memory storage. Do you think there may be any confabulation involved? Why? This should be about a page.
- CIR 1-4
- Textbook chapters 1-3 quiz Thursday

September 19, 2011

2011-09-19T09:51:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Define GDTD vocab and write a sentence for each
- Rough Drafts due Wednesday

English 12:
- Study for Beowulf test tomorrow
- Make sure Grendel is read, research for papers begins soon

Psych:
- Read pages 64-75
- CIR 1-4 due Friday

September 16, 2011

2011-09-16T09:55:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish MDG
- Page 24, 1-8
- Finish BW
- Folders due Monday
- Rough Drafts due Wed, 9/21

English 12:
- Finish Beowulf
- Page 65, 1-4
- Folders due Monday
- Beowulf Test on Tuesday, 9/20

Psychology:
- Read Chapters 1-4 in CIR
- Read about Freud, 206-208

September 15, 2011

2011-09-15T10:36:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Read MDG to page 20
- Finish BW
- Rough Drafts due 9/21
- Folders due Monday

English 12:
- Read Beowulf to page 622
- Finish BW
- Folders due Monday
- Find your college essay prompt (due tomorrow)
- Beowulf Test on Tuesday

Psychology:
-Watch the video below...does this help at all?
- Journal #3 - "Seeing is believing.... Is this a true statement? Consider a situation in which a person is interviewed following a traumatic event. Can their testimony be considered completely accurate? Consider shock, speed to the events, inability to rehearse, conversion of short to long term memory, ability to translate memory into words, etc. Use the verbiage you have learned in the reading to decide whether or not police questioning is a useful investigative tool."

September 14, 2011

2011-09-14T10:16:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish BW
- Read MDG to page 16
- Rough Drafts due 9/21

English 12:
- Read Beowulf to line 448
- Make sure Grendel is finished immediately as paper assignments will be handed out soon...

Psychology:
- Read 53-61
- Consider the link between smell and memory.

September 13, 2011

2011-09-13T08:13:00.002-04:00

English 9:
- Finish BW
- Read page 9
- Read MDG to page 11

English 12:
- Finish BW
- Read Beowulf to line 284

Psychology:
- Journal Entry #2 "What is learned helplessness? How can the effects of learned helplessness affect a person's life? Is there anything that can be done once this has been learned? Consider the conditioning typologies that we have previously studied." Write until you are satisfied with your answer.

September 12, 2011

2011-09-12T08:07:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Define MDG vocab and write a sentence using each word
- Consider paper topics for summer reading.
- Rough Drafts due 9/21

English 12:
- Review Anglo-Saxon Period and Epic Hero
- Read Beowulf to line 29

Psychology:
- How do we learn?
- Read pages 37-43
- Review previous types of conditioning

September 9, 2011

2011-09-09T08:07:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Finish BW
- Think about the meaning of the course throughline for 5 uninterrupted minutes
- Paper assignments next week
- Cover your textbooks

English 12:
- Read Grendel this by next Tuesday
- Read pages 1-16 and 34-35 in your textbook

Psychology:
- Read pages 23-37 in your textbook
- Journal Entry #1: Consider how operant conditioning has affected your life so far. Can you cite an example? Do you believe this conditioning is necessary? Explain why. (200-250 words or so, I'm not going to count). Please be thoughtful in your response.

September 8, 2011

2011-09-08T10:36:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Finish BW (Boardwork)
- Review your summer reading
- Paper topics next week

English 12:
- Finish BW (Boardwork)
- Share syllabus with parent/guardian
- Return signed academic contract
- Quiz over Grendel tomorrow

Psychology:

- Share syllabus with parent

- Read pp 7-15

September 7, 2011

2011-09-07T09:06:00.001-04:00

WELCOME BACK!

English 9:
- Share your syllabus with parent/guardian
- Return signed portion of syllabus (bottom of second page)
- Bring necessary materials (notebook, syllabus, pens, folder, etc.)
- Consider the inequalities represented in your summer reading text

August 29, 2011

2011-08-29T09:54:00.006-04:00

Meandering entwining paths,
Toward all that is, a smile, a laugh.
Remembered youth at once returns,
From depths unknown, faintly discerns.
The brilliant haze of green and gold,
cool draught for tired eyes of old.
Spring of promise, wonder, surprise,
Atop weary shoulder of youth revived.
-Anonymous

August 26, 2011

2011-08-25T10:52:00.005-04:00

I've finished my summer reading....have you?

Seniors, you should begin to be thinking about what it's like to view the world from the perspective of the "other", the "outsider". How does that affect your experience? We will begin the first full week of school by reading through the traditional "Beowulf" text. Be prepared to notice dissimilarities.

Freshmen, by now you have chosen Sula or Brave New World and have finished one of them. Our Course Throughline, or the theme of our entire year, will be “What does a study of literature tell us about the inequalities of our world?” So, in preparation for both our year and the initial paper assignment, you should begin to be thinking about how inequality is represented in the text you have read.

August 2, 2011

2011-08-02T11:38:00.000-04:00

Greetings to all! Just a quick note....as you begin (gasp) your back to school shopping, here is a list of supplies for my classes.

1) A LARGE notebook devoted solely to my class
2) A folder that I will keep in the class as your portfolio over the course of the year
3) Two pens...you should never be without them.
4) A flashdrive (they are very cheap compared to when I was younger...). 1GB is more than enough.

This information will be given in detail on the first day of school, I just wanted to give you all a heads up. I assume you've finished the summer reading? If you have, congrats! Have some cake to celebrate. Mr. L

July 14, 2011

2011-07-14T13:28:00.002-04:00

Hello all! Just a reminder to all of you to be thinking that the summer days are pouring through our hands like grains of elusive sand and that, before we know it, the school year will be here! I hope that everyone has at least obtained a copy of their summer reading and that, hopefully, you have all begun working on it. Seniors, you will be given no parole should you arrive on the first day unprepared. Freshmen, leniency will be given only to those students that register at the very last moment and, even for these few cases, the novels will be completed within one week of the first day of school. Anyway...I hope you are all enjoying the freedom. See you soon! Mr. L

June 20, 2011

2011-06-20T08:19:00.002-04:00

Here's to hoping that everyone has an enjoyable summer break. However, as you all very well know, you each have a summer reading assignment that needs to be completed before the first day of school.

Incoming Freshmen: You will have a short paper to write over the novel you have read.

Incoming Seniors: You will have a diagnostic quiz on the first Friday of school and will also be writing a research paper over the following weeks using a combination of critical essays and your own findings. Be forewarned, the summer reading assignment is a requirement. See you soon....
NOTE- As for the texts, I suggest Amazon.com I ordered mine from there and they were fairly inexpensive.

CLICK HERE for the Summer Reading List

June 10, 2011

2011-06-10T07:52:00.000-04:00

EXAM DAY

Take a deep breath, hang out with a friend, appreciate all your hard work this year. Well done.

June 9, 2011

2011-06-09T07:51:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- EXAM TOMORROW @ 9:00 am!!!!!!

June 8, 2011

2011-06-08T07:51:00.000-04:00

LAST DAY OF CLASSES!

English 9:
- ENG 9 FINAL IS FRIDAY, 6/10, @ 9:00 AM IN THE CAFETERIA

- Get plenty of sleep tonight
- Don't stress over reviewing, you've already done most of the work
- Eat some breakfast (preferably not McDonalds,...maybe some oatmeal?)
- Arrive to school no later than 8:30
- Wear cool, comfortable, and appropriate clothing

- You've worked very hard this year; let's finish it up strongly.

- Two more days...

June 7, 2011

2011-06-07T08:59:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Finish review of texts in support of course throughline
- "Why should we bother with reading literature?"
- Review previous days of review work
- Peruse your folders and your notebooks.
- Review Critical Lens Essay Format (see below)
- English Final is Friday, 6/10, at 9:00 am....be there!

June 6, 2011

2011-06-06T07:50:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- English Final is this Friday @ 9:00am
- Finish Review Task #5
- Novels (TKAM, F451, AF)
- Look over Review Tasks 1-4

June 3, 2011

2011-06-03T07:58:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- ONE WEEK UNTIL THE ENGLISH 9 FINAL!!!!!
- Finish Review Task #4
- Short Stories
- Look over review tasks 1-3

- Feeling stressed????

June 2, 2011

2011-06-02T08:19:00.000-04:00

English 9:
- Finish Review Task # 3
- Romeo and Juliet
- Look over review tasks 1+2
- Final: 6/10 @ 9:00am

June 1, 2011

2011-06-01T09:04:00.003-04:00

English 9:
- Finish Final Review Task Day 2
- Vocabulary
- TKAM Anno-Bib Project due TOMORROW, 6/2

May 31, 2011

2011-05-31T08:13:00.001-04:00

English 9:
- Finish Final Review Task Day 1
- Literary Terminology
- Critical Lenses
- TKAM Anno-Bib Project due Thursday, 6/2
- The rapids are approaching...but there is no need for fear.-