Midsummer Student Example: Kelsey Nelson

Wednesday, 3/6/13: Midsummer Review

* Open

* MusiCal Folks
  • Binder check (and J15-16)
  • Midterm Quiz
* Journal 16: Finish reading acts IV-V; answer at least four questions from each act for a total of eight responses.  

* End of period: Ask me any question from the guide that you do not know the answer to.

HW: J16; organize binder

Tuesday, 2/5/13: Grammar, Midsummer

* Open

* Midsummer Review (Acts I-II)

* Antigone reviewed.  Please take these notes:
  • Weave your quotes into your sentence, "For instance, here is an example"; it helps you establish context, quote, and commentary seamlessly (Schwager 105).  Notice what I write, "You capitalize on the way in, unless your quote follows the natural grammar of the sentence," and you need a comma or other punctuator on the way out (110).  But if the "quote follows the natural grammar" of the sentence, you do not use the capitalization or puncutators to set off the quotation; the quote is embedded in the clause, not an interruption of the clause (110). 
  • Reminder: Underline book, play, and other long work Titles when handwriting; italicize Titles when typing.
  • MLA: Measure your margins
  • Key issue: You have three body paragraphs, each one with a sweet topic sentence.  Great.  Do you have three key supports for each topic?  Oops.
HW:
  • (Schwager) Read acts IV-V(you will be answering 4 questions from each of these acts for a total of 8 responses for Journal 16).
  • (Reno) Prepare for your poetry recitation (Wed) and your Midsummer test (Thurs)
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Travel Notes

Let's all sign up at the same time...perhaps later this month.   So, don't sign up until we're sure we have a sweet group going. 

The price only went up $20 for March, which is almost nothing.  That's awesome.  We may not get the early sign up discount (about $100), but I'm asking if we can extend it for the month.

I'm making a place on my whiteboard for the tour.  Please write your name and email address there.  Once we have a reasonably-sized group, we'll schedule a meeting during the school day to see what your plans are and to see if I should call a meeting for your parents (so they can discuss details they are interested in).

CWP: Jacob Nissen: Satire on iPads



Jacob Nissen
Mr. Schwager
English 405
28 February 2013
CWP Quarter 3: Satire
            Our fair high school holds a place in history for its being the first high school (to my knowledge) to attempt integration. It is ground zero for the cooperation of man and machine in the interest of bettering the educational experience. A noble goal by any standards, but three years in, you have no doubt recognized as I have by this time the problems that are so incessantly present in this trailblazing venture. 

Monday, 2/4/13: Midsummer

* Open
  • Travel note (above)
  • This week 
    • Read A Midsummer Night's Dream
    • Answer 10 questions per act
    • Binder check on Thursday
    • Midterm Test on Thursday:
      • A Midsummer Night's Dream
      • The Lost Tools of Writing Notes and Grammar
    • If you have a planned absence, please have your assignments done early (responses, binder, midterm)
* Read Act III

* (Schwager) Work on Journal 15 (due Tuesday, March 5): Answer 10 questions for Act I, 10 questions for Act II, and 10 questions for Act III (total of 30 responses; you choose the questions you respond to).  The questions are on Focus as a .pdf in the Drama section.    

HW: J15 

 

Block Day: Midsummer

* Open

* Honors
  • AP English III
    • Rhetoric
    • More in-class essay writing
    • More writing (and reading) than the regular class
    • See Mr. Holzclaw for more details
  • Turn in outside reading your essay (no window; it's nearing the quarter's end)
  • Submit essay to turnitin.com online (review submission names...0 for grade after Tuesday)
* Finish the Video

* Read Act II

* Work on Journal 15 (due Tuesday, March 5): Answer 10 questions for Act I, 10 questions for Act II, and 10 questions for Act III (total of 30 responses; you choose the questions you respond to).  The questions are on Focus as a .pdf in the Drama section. 

HW: Work on J15