Ms. Bane's Blog

Monday
English 11/English 12
Classroom Procedures PowerPoint.
Classroom Procedures Roleplay.
Homework: Quiz on Procedures on Thursday!


Tuesday
English 11
Journal #1
 Of Mice and Men Anticipation/Reaction Guide.
Cross the Room: Agree/Disagree. (if time)
Homework: Procedures Test tomorrow!

English 12
Journal #1
Shakespeare and Music: Found Poem.
Homework: Procedures Test tomorrow!


Wednesday
English 11
Journal #2
Steinbeck: Vocabulary and Questions. Choose six vocabulary words and define them. Ask and answer three questions based on the article (pg. 668)
Homework: Procedures Test tomorrow!


English 12
Journal #2
Shakespeare and Music: Found Poem.
Homework: Procedures Test tomorrow!


Thursday
English 11
Journal #3
Procedures Quiz.
Steinbeck: Vocabulary and Questions. 


English 12
Journal #3
Decoding Shakespeare: Soliloquy Review.
Homework: Soliloquy due Tuesday!


Friday
English 11
Journal #4
Collect journals and week’s work.
Of Mice and Men Introduction PowerPoint
Homework: Review Of Mice and Men notes.


English 12
Journal #4
Decoding Shakespeare: Soliloquy Writing.
Homework: Soliloquy due Tuesday!

Monday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #17 Write about a time with friends. / Write about a success of yours.
Vocabulary #2
Homework: Vocabulary #2 due Wednesday!

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #17 Write about your favorite animal. / Write about a person who believes in you.
Vocabulary #2
Homework: Vocabulary #2 due Wednesday!

Tuesday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Turn in your journals!
Persuasive Essay Research.
Homework: Vocabulary #2 due tomorrow!

English 12 Fall/Spring
Turn in your journals!
Short Story / Senior Portfolio.
Homework: Vocabulary #2 due tomorrow!

Wednesday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #18 What is your idea of a perfect day? / What is your favorite day of the week?
Vocabulary #2 due today!
Persuasive Essay Rough Draft.
Homework: Persuasive Essay typed rough draft due Friday!

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #18 What makes a short story good? / What was your favorite short story as a child?
Vocabulary #2 due today!
"B. Wordsworth" (pg. 1015) and Episodic Notes.
Homework: Short Story typed rough draft due Friday!

Thursday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #19 Write about anything!
Persuasive Essay Rough Draft.
Homework: Persuasive Essay typed rough draft due tomorrow! Vocabulary #2 test tomorrow!

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #19 Write about anything!
"B. Wordsworth" (pg. 1015) and Episodic Notes.
Short Story.
Homework: Short Story typed rough draft due tomorrow! Vocabulary #2 test tomorrow!

Friday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #20 Write from the perspective of someone standing on the edge of a cliff. What do they see, smell, taste, hear, and touch? / Write from the perspective of someone standing in the rain. What do they see, smell, taste, hear, and touch?
Persuasive Essay Draft due!
Vocabulary Test #2!
Vocabulary #3.
Homework: Vocabulary #3 due Tuesday!

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #20 Write from the perspective of someone standing on a boat. What do they see, smell, taste, hear, and touch? / Write from the perspective of someone standing on the edge of the ocean. What do they see, smell, taste, hear, and touch?
Short Story Draft due! (Fall only.)
Vocabulary Test #2!
Vocabulary #3.
Homework: Vocabulary #3 due Tuesday!

Monday
English 11
Journal #13 What sort of quests or journeys do people today go on in order to become rich? / Do you have any phobias or fears? What sort of things frighten you and why?
"El Dorado" by Edgar Allen Poe (pg. 281) and Comparing Poems (pg. 282)
Homework: Vocabulary #1 due tomorrow!

English 12
Journal #13 What is the best advice you have ever received and why? / What does it mean for you to be at Lorin Griset? What would graduation mean to you?
"Telephone Conversation" by Wole Soyinka (pg. 939) -- Focus on vocabulary. / Senior Portfolio
Homework: Vocabulary #1 due tomorrow!

Tuesday
English 11
Journal #14 What do people need to know in order to be successful? / Why do people love advice shows and books? Have you ever sought out advice in this way?
Vocabulary #1 due!
Persuasive Essay Research / "All I Really Need to Know..." (pg. 72)
Homework: Check your grade on Engrade.

English 12
Journal #14 Does racism still exist? Where and why? / Have you ever experienced prejudice?
Vocabulary #1 due!
"Telephone Conversation" by Wole Soyinka (pg. 939) -- Focus on vocabulary. / Senior Portfolio

Wednesday
English 11
Journal #15 Respond to the quotation: "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."/ "What would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
Vocabulary Bingo! / Persuasive Essay Research
Homework: Study for your test on Friday!

English 12
Journal #15 Respond to the quotation: "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."/ "What would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
Vocabulary Bingo! / Persuasive Essay Research
Homework: Study for your test on Friday!


Thursday 
English 11
Journal #16 Write about anything!
Jeopardy: Vocab. and Review
Homework: Study for your test! 


English 12
Journal #16 Write about anything!
Jeopardy: Vocab. and Review
Homework: Study for your test!


Friday 
Minimum day!
English 11
Vocabulary #1 Test!
Homework: Vocabulary #2 due Tuesday.


English 12
Vocabulary #1 Test!
Homework: Vocabulary #2 due Tuesday.


 

Monday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #9 September 11 was yesterday. Do you remember what you were doing that day? How do you feel about what has happened since then?
Reading: "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allen Poe
Homework: Vocabulary #1 due Wednesday. Bring in three pieces of evidence (from your research) to support your thesis.

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #9 September 11 was yesterday. What do you think has changed since that day, if anything?
Reading: Beowulf (pg. 33-38) / Senior Portfolio
Writing: Work on short story.
Homework: Vocabulary #1 due Wednesday.

Tuesday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Evidence due today!
Journal #10 How do you cope with a problem? / What do you think of your progress at school this semester?
Reading: Finish "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allen Poe and do Literary Response #1-5 (pg. 269)
Writing: Persuasive Essay
Homework: Vocabulary #1 due tomorrow! Journals #1-10 due tomorrow!

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #10 What are some problems that you have addressed so far this semester? / What do you think of your progress towards your goals this semester?
Reading: Beowulf and Literary Response #1-9 (pg. 40) / Senior Portfolio
Writing: Work on short story.
Homework: Vocabulary #1 due tomorrow! Journals #1-10 due tomorrow!


Wednesday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Collect Journals #1-10 and Vocabulary #1
Quiz: "The Pit and the Pendulum"
Reading: "The Raven"
Writing: Work on persuasive essay.

English 12 Fall/Spring
Collect Journals #1-10 and Vocabulary #1
Quiz: Beowulf / Reading: Beowulf and Literary Response #1-9 (pg. 40)
Writing: Work on short story.

Thursday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #11 Write about anything!
Grammar: Verbs
Reading: "The Raven"
Writing: Work on persuasive essay.

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #11 Write about anything!
Grammar: Affixes.
Writing: Work on short story.

Friday
English 11 Fall/Spring

Journal #12 Finish the paragraph: "At that moment, I knew things couldn’t go back to the way they were before." / "Nobody ever said it was easy."
Writing: Persuasive Essay
Rough draft, editing 
Quiz: “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe
Homework: Vocabulary Packet #2 due Tuesday. 

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #12 Finish the paragraph: "I walked across the world in a day." / "It was never an option to take the easy way out."
Writing: Work on short story. / Quiz: Beowulf. 
Vocabulary Packet #2.
Homework: Vocabulary Packet #2 due Tuesday. 

Monday
No school! Happy Labor Day!

Tuesday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Collect Journals #1-5.
Logical Fallacies Test.
Reading: "World in hounding me" (pg. 33) and Quickwrite (pg. 32)
Homework: Bring clean song lyrics to class for analysis. ALL lyrics must be free of profanity or the lyrics will not be accepted!

English 12 Fall/Spring
Collect Journals #1-5.
Logical Fallacies Test.
Read Beowulf Part 1. (pg. 21-28)
Homework: Bring clean song lyrics to class for analysis. ALL lyrics must be free of profanity or the lyrics will not be accepted!

Wednesday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #6 Do you believe in ghosts or spirits? Why or why not? / Write about your name: consider who gave it to you, what it means, and whether or not you like it.
Analyze song lyrics using a thinking map. Then, write a paragraph about what the song means.
Finish "World in hounding me" and do the Quickwrite. (pgs. 32-33) If you do not finish, this is homework.

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #6 If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be? / When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Analyze song lyrics using a thinking map. Identify any literary terms present. Write a paragraph about how the literary terms enhance the song.
Finish Beowulf (pg. 21-38). If you do not finish, this is homework.

Thursday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #7 Write about anything!
Grammar: Parts of Speech.

English 12
Journal #7 Write about anything!
Grammar: Prefixes.
Beowulf clips.

Friday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #8: Finish the paragraph: I was once an old man who didn't know anything. / I went into the store for some milk, but then something strange happened.
Writing: Five Paragraph Essay (Persuasive)

English 12
Journal #8 Finish the paragraph: I was falling through space. / I dreamed that I was in a faraway land.
Writing: Write a short story about a hero like Beowulf.

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”

Hello Lorin Griset! This will be the first blog post of the new school year. Please feel free to comment with any questions.

Monday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #1: What does freedom mean to you? / What is most important to you and why?
Reading: Speech to Virginia (page 80) / Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (page 564)
Circle Map on Reading
Homework: Recommended notebook.

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #1 What makes a hero? / What would you change in your community or in the world if you could? Why?
Tree Map on Heroic Tales / A Modest Proposal (page 430) and Circle Map
Homework: Recommended notebook.

Tuesday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #2 What are your goals? Who or what do you want to be? / Where in the world would you travel to if you could?
Logical Fallacies

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #2 What is your favorite holiday? / If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?
Literary Terms / Senior Portfolio

Wednesday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #3 Where do you see yourself in five years?
Logical Fallacies

English 12 Fall/Spring
Journal #3 Where do you see yourself in five years?
Literary Terms / Senior Portfolio

Thursday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #4 Write about anything!
Logical Fallacies

English 12
Journal #4 Write about anything!
Read about Anglo-Saxons (pg. 6-10) and do a Circle Map / Catch up on Literary Terms

Friday
English 11 Fall/Spring
Journal #5 If a movie was made about your life, what would it be like? / Describe your favorite musical artist and why you like them.
Logical Fallacies review.
Argument Prep: Write down three reasons why school uniforms should or should not be used.
Homework: Logical Fallacies test on Tuesday! Bring clean song lyrics to analyze on Wednesday.

English 12
Journal #5 If a movie was made about your life, what would it be like? / Describe your favorite musical artist and why you like them.
Read about Anglo-Saxons (pg.12-15) and do a Circle Map / Read Beowulf (pg. 21-25) and do a Circle Map
Homework: Bring clean song lyrics to analyze on Wednesday.

List of Sources - This website lays out exactly how to cite any type of source (movie, book, etc.)
MLA at Purdue Owl - Excellent resource that breaks down every aspect of MLA.
In-Text Citation Guide - This is helpful for specific parenthetical citations.

If you are struggling with the Shakespearean language in Hamlet, the links below might be able to help you out.

No Fear Shakespeare -- A modern translation side-by-side with the original play. You can also use this to read the entire play online... use this to catch up on reading you may have missed or use it to review for quizzes and tests!
SparkNotes Hamlet -- Read summaries of the acts, take practice quizzes, read character biographies, and more.
CliffNotes Hamlet Quiz -- Test your knowledge of the play! The rest of the site also contains more information similar to SparkNotes.
Shakespearean Insulter -- Just for fun! A Shakespearean insult generator.

"A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation." -Mark Twain