Discuss Part One of Fahrenheit 451.

Discuss figurative language and imagery.

HW: Read to page 21 and answer up to question 17. Vocab words due on Wednesday!

Day One of Birmingham Jail Seminar

If you are absent, you will take a test to make up for this portion of the seminar.

Discuss Part One of Fahrenheit 451 and continue reading.

HW: Finish study guide and read up to page 31.

Day Two of Birmingham Jail Seminar

Parent Permission Slip due for Novel Project

Multiple Choice Practice

See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

Go over vocab words.

Discuss reading up to page 31. Hand out study guide for the rest of Part One (see Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent to get this!)

HW: Continue reading.

Introduction to Romanticism, Transcendentalism, and Gothic Lit - get notes from a classmate or Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent.

Discuss reading so far; character analysis paragraph about Montag.

HW: Study for vocab; work on paragraph.

Vocab Quiz - see Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

Finish Part One in Fahrenheit 451. Study guide due Monday (except for vocab words! - they are due Wednesday)

Download Part One Study Guide here.
HW: Work on finishing reading.

Reading Day for The Scarlet Letter!

Read Chs. 1-2 and complete response. Please get the assignment from me if you were absent.

HW: Finish reading. Monday we will be in the computer lab to work on your sites for the novel project.

Computer lab to work on projects.

Vocab Unit #6:
Words due Wednesday - part of speech, definition, and original sentence

augur
exhort
intervolution
phantasmagoric
remonstrance
requital
sable
scourge
tremulous
wreak
efficacious
emaciated
emissary
impalpable
lurid
penitential
presentiment
scurrilous
undissembled

HW: Read up to Ch. 3 for Thursday and complete a reader's journal response that explores the following questions:
Ch. 3: The Recognition
1. Analyze the description of Chillingworth and the background information on Hester and Chillingworth's relationship. Do you feel sorry for him? Explain. Do you pity her? Explain.
2. What oath does Chillingworth make? Why? How does this oath affect your opinion of him?
3. According to Hawthorne, why are the Puritan people not capable of judging Hester Prynne?
4. What does Wilson try to get Dimmesdale to do?
5. Analyze the description of Dimmesdale.
6. What conflict is revealed in Dimmesdale's character when he speaks to Hester and in his reaction to her response? What is your opinion of Dimmesdale as a man?

I checked your Part One Study Guide (all except the vocabulary words).

We continued reading and discussing Fahrenheit 451.

Start Part Two, "The Sieve and the Sand."

Download Part Two Study Guide here.

Small group discussions of Chs. 1-2.

If you were absent, please download the assignment here.

Go over vocabulary words.

Continue reading F451.

Go over vocab words.

Large group discussion of Chapters 1-2.

HW: Ch 3 for tomorrow.

Discuss Chapter 3 in The Scarlet Letter.

HW: Study for your vocabulary quiz.

Read Chs. 4 and 5 for Monday. Complete assignment below:
Read Chapters 4 & 5 for Monday. As you read, take notes on the following questions. Cite examples or mark passages from the text to support your ideas. Your notes should be thorough and show an thoughtful reading of the text.

Chapter 4:
Why does Chillingworth want Hester to live? How does this desire of his affect your opinion of him?
What do you learn of him and his marriage to Hester? Does this information cause you to pity him? Why or why not?
Against whom does Chillingworth want revenge? Why doesn't he want Hester to reveal his identity? How do these two interests affect your opinion of Chillingworth?
How do you judge Hester's answer to Chillingworth? Is she fair to her men? Is she fair to herself? To her child? To the Puritan law?

Chapter 5:
How did the Puritan community use Hester Prynne? Is this a good strategy? Why or why not?
Why didn't Hester leave? What does this reveal about her?
How did the community treat Hester? How did their actions affect her feelings towards various people? In time, however, how was her imagination affected?

DGP - Capitalization and Punctuation

Read up to page 89 in Fahrenheit 451.

HW: Prewriting for CDW paragraph.

Discuss Chs. 4-5 in The Scarlet Letter; discuss paragraphs from Friday.

HW: Read Chs. 6-8 for Friday and complete the following assignment. Thursday will be an in class reading day.

1. Take notes as you read, focusing on:

Ch. 6: Pearl- discuss her characteristics and how Hawthorne portrays her in the novel

Ch. 7: How does imagery and figurative language play a role in this chapter?

Ch. 8: What is the significance of this chapter for the plot of the novel? Discuss conflict and symbols.

2. Then, in each chapter, choose one passage that you think is particularly significant. Annotate or take extensive notes on that passage. Bring the passage to class with two discussion questions for the class.

Quickwrite: Describe a time when you felt frustrated or angry.

Continue reading "The Sieve and the Sand."

Download study questions here.

HW: Work on study guide and finish reading Part Two.

Finish discussing Chs. 4-5.

Start reading "Thanatopsis" in your literature book (267).

Complete analysis of poem. Download assignment here.

HW: Bring red literature book tomorrow and prepare to discuss "Thanatopsis."

Quickwrite: Describe a time when you felt happy or excited.

Finish discussing "The Sieve and the Sand."

7th period: Quiz on Part Two; start looking at color motif in Fahrenheit 451.

HW: Finish study questions for Part Two.

Work on Bradbury writings and discuss the color motif in Fahrenheit 451.

Discuss "Thanatopsis" and Romantic literature.

HW: Read your books.

Reading Day

Chapters 6-8 in The Scarlet Letter for tomorrow.

First entries on your novel project are due next week! Make sure I have your link by checking here:
http://chsrumfelt.org/blogs/

HW: Prepare to discuss Chs. 6-8.

Work on Bradbury writing: add color to your piece.

7th period: start discussing sound devices (assonance and alliteration).

HW: Read up to page 121 in Part Three. Prepare to discuss tomorrow.

Today we discussed the beginning of Part Three, Burning Bright.

Then we discussed your creative writings, which are due on Tuesday.

I handed out the Part Three Study Guide. Download Part Three Study Questions here.

HW: Read up to page 129 and answer study guide questions. Stop at the sentence that ends "...long winter to come."

Here is the Laws of Life entry form if you would like to do the Laws of Life Essay Contest.

Your essay is due to me by DECEMBER 11. You must follow all instructions below and on the entry form.

LAWS OF LIFE

If you are not familiar with the contest, the Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest is a character education program for high school students. Students in grades 9-12 are asked to select a "Law of Life" - or a proverb - (such as "Honesty is the best policy" or "To give is better to receive") and to write about how the character value contained in the maxim applies to the student's life. The contest challenges students to reflect on values such as generosity, courage, compassion, and it rewards those students who are wiling to take a stand for their belief.

The contest also has substantial cash prizes for students!

Grand Prize: $2,000
First Runner-up: $1,000
Second Runner-up: $500
Third Runner-up: $300
Fourth Runner-up: $250
Fifth Runner-up: $200

A few points to remember:

1. The essay should be in MLA format - typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman
500-700 words
2. The student's name should not appear on the essay; only on the entry form
3. A completed entry form must be submitted with each essay
4. The essays will not be returned
5. Your essays should be submitted to me by DECEMBER 11.

We discussed Ch. 6 in The Scarlet Letter. We will finish discussing Chs. 7-8 on Monday.

HW: Read Chs. 9-10 for Monday. Your only assignment as you read is to take extensive notes, and bring in passages for discussion.

Today we discussed your novel projects and I handed out the rubrics for grading.

In addition, we discussed the time for the first due date. The first five entries are due tomorrow at 6:00 pm.

HW: Prepare to discuss Chs. 8-10 in The Scarlet Letter tomorrow in class.

Quickwrite:

What do you think will happen to Montag? Predict based on what we know so far.

Group activity with figurative language. See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

HW: Tomorrow is a reading day. You will need to finish the book over the break. Make sure you have your book and your study questions tomorrow!

Reading Day!

Today you worked on finishing Fahrenheit 451. Your study questions for Part Three are due on Monday, Nov. 30. You should also have the book finished.

You also turned in your creative writing (color and sound elements).

Here is the study guide in case you lost yours: Part Three Study Guide

Cold Turkey (ha ha ha) Seminar on Chs. 8-10

See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

HW: Read Chs. 11-13 in The Scarlet Letter. Chapters and assignment due Tuesday, Dec. 1.

Download assignment for Chs. 11-13 here.

Please remember that your first five entries on your website are due TODAY at 6:00 pm.

DGP

Discuss Part 3 in Fahrenheit 451.

Part Three Study Guide due tomorrow.

HW: Test on Fahrenheit 451 on Friday.

MC Practice - See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

Discuss Flamingo essay

HW: Read to Chapter 20 in The Scarlet Letter and complete assignment for Friday.
Download assignment for Chapters 14-20.