Tuesday, 9/17/13: Tolkien
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* Open
* J3
* CWP Reviewed
HW: Read through ch. 13
Monday, 9/16/13: Homecoming Week Begins!
* Open
Notes: Plot concerns the series of events that take place in the narrative and the resolution of the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist (Turco).
HW: J3; Hobbit through ch. 11
- Grammar: When you wish up on a star it makes no diference who you are anything you're hart desires will come to you.
Notes: Plot concerns the series of events that take place in the narrative and the resolution of the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist (Turco).
- Beginning
- exposition
- complication or inciting incident (the antagonist presents an obstacle to the protagonist)
- rising action which features
- crisis points
- Middle
- climax or ultimate crisis
- there may be a black moment (darkest point of the climax)
- the protagonist may experience an epiphany, sudden realization, clarification, or anagnorisis
- End
- falling action, denouement
- resolution
- open ending
- closed ending
- Journal 3: Write an overview of the plot of Esther using all the bold elements above (one page).
HW: J3; Hobbit through ch. 11
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Block Day: Plot
* Open
* Short Stories: Esther; you may click the link to your left or read from a Bible.
HW: Read through ch. 9
- Grammar Opening:
- Token rote: I am nearly dead of [hunger] said Bilbo in a week little voice that nobody heard. That can perhaps be mended said the Lord the Eagls....Gandalf too was liing down after doing his part in seting the fire going since Oin and Gloin had lost there tinder-boxes. [Dwarves have never taken too matches even yet.] 122
- Beginning
- exposition
- complication or inciting incident (the antagonist presents an obstacle to the protagonist)
- rising action which features
- crisis points
- Middle
- climax or ultimate crisis
- there may be a black moment (darkest point of the climax)
- the protagonist may experience an epiphany, sudden realization, clarification, or anagnorisis
- End
- falling action, denouement
- resolution
- open ending
- closed ending
* Short Stories: Esther; you may click the link to your left or read from a Bible.
- Journal 3: Write an overview of the plot of Esther using all the bold elements above (one page).
HW: Read through ch. 9
Wednesday, 9/11/13: Riddles in the Light
* Open
* Let's read together!
HW: Read through Ch. 7
- Grammar Correction: Strait over Gollum's head he jumped 7 feet forward and 3 feet in the air indeed had him nown it he only missed cracking his skul on the low ark of the pasage [96].
* Let's read together!
HW: Read through Ch. 7
Tuesday, 9/10/13: Continue
* Opening Grammar
* Finish Reviewing J2
* Chapter Discussion
Please add the following to your terms and vocabulary page in your notes:
HW: Read though Ch. 5 (This is a note for your planning: after today, you will generally be reading two chapters each night you have this class for a total of at least eight chapters per week)
- Now he drew [his dagger] out it shone pail and dim befor his eyes so it is an elvish blade too he thaught and goblins are not very near yet not far enouf.
* Finish Reviewing J2
* Chapter Discussion
Please add the following to your terms and vocabulary page in your notes:
- Protagonist: the main character in a narrative (originally, the main character in a Greek tragedy)
- Antagonist: character, force (such as nature), or other obstacle opposing the goal of the main character
- Dynamic Character: a character who changes during the narrative
- Static Character: a character who remains essentially the same during a narrative
- Flat Character: a character whose makeup is clear and simple, with usually one one major personality trait (loyalty or malice or worry or confidence).
- Round Character: a character whose makeup is more complex, exhibiting a wider range of personality traits (for instance, this character may openly show confidence but privately battle doubt, etc.).
HW: Read though Ch. 5 (This is a note for your planning: after today, you will generally be reading two chapters each night you have this class for a total of at least eight chapters per week)
"Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin
Leaves are fallin' all around, time I was on my way
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay
but now it's time for me to go, the autumn moon lights my way
for now I smell the rain, and with it, pain
and it's headed my way
Aw, sometimes I grow so tired
but I know I've got one thing I got to do
A-ramble on, and now's the time, the time is now
Sing my song, I'm goin' 'round the world, I gotta find my girl
On my way, I've been this way ten years to the day
Ramble on, gotta find the queen of all my dreams
Got no time to for spreadin' roots, the time has come to be gone
And though our health we drank a thousand times
it's time to ramble on
A-ramble on, and now's the time, the time is now
Sing my song, I'm goin' 'round the world
I've gotta find my girl
On my way, I've been this way ten years to the day
I gotta ramble on, I gotta find the queen of all my dreams
I tell you no lie
Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear
How years ago in days of old when magic filled the air
'twas in the darkest depths of Mordor, mm-I met a girl so fair
but Gollum and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her
her, her, yeah, and ain't nothin' I can do, no
I guess I'll keep on ramblin', I'm gonna
Sing my song/Sh-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, I've gotta find my baby
I'm gonna ramble on, sing my song
Gonna work my way all around the world
Baby, baby/Ramble on, yeah
A-do-do-n-do-n-do-n-do, my baby/Baby
A-ramble on, baby
A-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-de-do-de-do-de-do-de-do-de, yeah, yeah/
I can't stop this feelin' in my heart
Everytime I feel I will leave, I really gotta part
Gotta keep searchin' for my baby/
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, babe
I've gotta keep a-searchin'for my baby
My, my, my, my, my, my, my baby/
Yeah-yeah, a-yeah-yeah, a-yeah-yeah
My, my, my, my, my, my baby/
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Ooh, my, my, my-my, my-my, my-my, yeah/
I can't find my bluebird, I'd listen to my bluebird sing
but I, I can't find my bluebird
I keep a-ramblin' baby/ Ah, ah, yeah
I keep a-ramblin', baby/I keep, keep, keep, keep, keep
Babe, babe, babe, babe/
I keep a-ramblin', baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
My, my babe
Bay-ya-by/A-goodbye, goodbye, a-goodbye, baby
Well, something's wrong
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay
but now it's time for me to go, the autumn moon lights my way
for now I smell the rain, and with it, pain
and it's headed my way
Aw, sometimes I grow so tired
but I know I've got one thing I got to do
A-ramble on, and now's the time, the time is now
Sing my song, I'm goin' 'round the world, I gotta find my girl
On my way, I've been this way ten years to the day
Ramble on, gotta find the queen of all my dreams
Got no time to for spreadin' roots, the time has come to be gone
And though our health we drank a thousand times
it's time to ramble on
A-ramble on, and now's the time, the time is now
Sing my song, I'm goin' 'round the world
I've gotta find my girl
On my way, I've been this way ten years to the day
I gotta ramble on, I gotta find the queen of all my dreams
I tell you no lie
Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear
How years ago in days of old when magic filled the air
'twas in the darkest depths of Mordor, mm-I met a girl so fair
but Gollum and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her
her, her, yeah, and ain't nothin' I can do, no
I guess I'll keep on ramblin', I'm gonna
Sing my song/Sh-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, I've gotta find my baby
I'm gonna ramble on, sing my song
Gonna work my way all around the world
Baby, baby/Ramble on, yeah
A-do-do-n-do-n-do-n-do, my baby/Baby
A-ramble on, baby
A-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-de-do-de-do-de-do-de-do-de, yeah, yeah/
I can't stop this feelin' in my heart
Everytime I feel I will leave, I really gotta part
Gotta keep searchin' for my baby/
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, babe
I've gotta keep a-searchin'for my baby
My, my, my, my, my, my, my baby/
Yeah-yeah, a-yeah-yeah, a-yeah-yeah
My, my, my, my, my, my baby/
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Ooh, my, my, my-my, my-my, my-my, yeah/
I can't find my bluebird, I'd listen to my bluebird sing
but I, I can't find my bluebird
I keep a-ramblin' baby/ Ah, ah, yeah
I keep a-ramblin', baby/I keep, keep, keep, keep, keep
Babe, babe, babe, babe/
I keep a-ramblin', baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
My, my babe
Bay-ya-by/A-goodbye, goodbye, a-goodbye, baby
Well, something's wrong
Monday, 9/9/13: Tolkien and Onward
* Opening Grammar Correction
* Check nails, terms and vocabulary. Copy them into your binder, and look up words that you do not know.
* Check books and discuss Journal 2.
* Read
HW: Read -- ch. 4 (that means to the end of chapter four)
- Fix the example below.
They did not sing or tell stories that day even thou the whether
improved nor the next day nor the day after they had begun to
feel that dangre was not far away on iether side. They camped
improved nor the next day nor the day after they had begun to
feel that dangre was not far away on iether side. They camped
under the stars and their horses had more to eat than they had
for their was plenty of grass but there was not
much in they're bags even with what they had got from the
trolls. (Tolkien 55)
for their was plenty of grass but there was not
much in they're bags even with what they had got from the
trolls. (Tolkien 55)
This also shows you how a long quotation works in MLA. Notice that there are no quotation marks (the colon and 1" indentation mark off a long quote). Notice that the parenthetical citation comes after the period (it's always before the period otherwise).
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| Some think Rivendell was modeled after the Lauterbrunnental valley in Switzerland (which Tolkien visited in 1911). Field trip, anyone? This is Tolkien's own artwork. |
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| God's Artwork |
* Check books and discuss Journal 2.
* Read
HW: Read -- ch. 4 (that means to the end of chapter four)
Block Day, Week 4
*Open
* Journal 3: Opening Chapters of the The Hobbit (italicized when typed and underlined when handwritten: The Hobbit)
HW: Finish Journal 3
- What's wrong with this sentence (do this when you take your seat)?
- Write a corrected version of the sentence on the board into your notes.
- "In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit not a nastee dirty wet hole filled with the ends of worms and an ozy smell nor yet a dray bare sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat it was a hobbit-hole and that means comfort" (Tolkien 3).
- Prayer
- Memorization
- When you finish the quiz, please begin reading from the links below on MLA and Parenthetical Citation:
* Journal 3: Opening Chapters of the The Hobbit (italicized when typed and underlined when handwritten: The Hobbit)
- How do Bilbo Baggins' shire surroundings mirror his personality in the opening chapters of the novel?
- Include at least one parenthetical citation.
- Length: One paragraph of at least five sentences
- What do you learn about the dwarves from their treasure song?
- Include at least one parenthetical citation.
- Length: One paragraph of at least five sentences
HW: Finish Journal 3
Wednesday, 9/4/13: Tolkien
* Open
* Memorization
* Grammar
* Memorization
* Grammar
- When do I use a comma? For today:
- Noun lists
- Quotations
- Dates
- Introductory words, clauses, and phrases
Tuesday, 9/3/13: Tolkien
* Open
* From Mount Olympus to the Lonely Mountain!
* Introduce the Tolkien assignment
* Begin reading in class
HW: Finish ch. 1 of The Hobbit
* From Mount Olympus to the Lonely Mountain!
* Introduce the Tolkien assignment
* Begin reading in class
HW: Finish ch. 1 of The Hobbit
Friday, 8/30: Essay Exam
* Open
* Essay Exam
* If you have been absent, take notes from the class posters by viewing them here (thank you, Ryan!).
HW: Purchase a copy of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (or, if you have read it, then one of The Lord of the Rings series books by Tolkien that you have not read). I will be checking for your book (or a receipt of purchase) next week on our block day.
* Essay Exam
- Handwritten
- MLA Heading
- Underline your thesis, please
- Please only write on the front of each sheet of paper (else it is more difficult to read)
* If you have been absent, take notes from the class posters by viewing them here (thank you, Ryan!).
HW: Purchase a copy of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (or, if you have read it, then one of The Lord of the Rings series books by Tolkien that you have not read). I will be checking for your book (or a receipt of purchase) next week on our block day.
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