Homework!

Read to page 22 by Thursday (3rd period) and Friday (5,6, 8)

Connect to the text using 3 sticky notes, each note attached to the section of text that you are responding to.

Be ready to share.

Also remember to document your dreams if you have them. (You only need 4 total, but if you are interested in keeping a more detailed record of them, by all means, do so!)

* Also, thanks to Sydney, I must correct an error. I have mistakenly been spelling Pa-U-lo Coelho, Pa-O-lo Coelo--the Italian spelling and as you know he is Portuguese, both derivatives of the English, Paul. So, for the record, it is P-A-U-L-O. 
Interestingly enough Pablo, as in Pablo Neruda, our ode poet, is the Spanish derivative of Paul, all meaning "humble".

Challenge Criteria Option

Watch the film "Il Postino", a playful, highly acclaimed movie (with subtitles) involving the poet Pablo Neruda as he "coaches" a young man in the use of the language of love. Write a brief response.

20 points

Alchemist

Homework Due Monday 2/25

An alchemist is a person who practices a form of chemistry from the Middle Ages which was concerned with transforming various metals into gold. (noun)

Alchemy may be considered as the precursor to the modern science of chemistry. This image gallery displays some of the images and pictures associated with alchemy and the history of chemistry.

Some background work on Paolo Coelho:

The following link to the Wikipedia site, will offer you what I think is one of the most interesting descriptions of a writer I have ever read there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho

From the brief biography, answer the following questions in complete sentences in your spiral:

1. When and where was Paolo Coelho born?
2. After research, what did Coelho conclude after researching "what it meant to be a writer"?
3. Where was Coelho sent at the age of 16? Why?
4. How did he explain his parents actions?
5. How do you feel about what they did?
6. What did Coelho end up doing with his early life? List 3 things.
7. How many copies of The Alchemist were originally published? How many have sold to date? Into      how many languages has the book been translated?
8. Name 3 additional facts you find interesting about Coelho.

Assigned 2/19
Spiral Check: Mid-March

Reading Work Sample

Reading Work Samples need to be finished by March 1st--SO, we will be working on them at the end of this week. Thursday and Friday will be devoted to completing them.

Periods 5 and 8 TFA drafts due Monday 2/25

Due Dates: Details below so scroll down!

30-Day Project Representation Tuesday 19th (3rd period)
30-Day Project Representation Wednesday 20th (5,6, and 8)

We will have a chance to showcase our projects if you desire to do so. Remember, it's worth 50 points, so it should be polished.

TFA Typed Final Draft--Thursday 21st (3rd) 200 points
TFA Typed Final Draft--Friday 22nd (5, 6, 8) 200 points

Remember, if it's not an A paper, you will have the option of revising it. If it is below a C (meaning not yet proficient in sophomore level skills), I will require you to revise it.

"Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" questions: (if not finished in class) are due 2/15 (Friday)--40 points. This should be completed in your spiral and will be checked in class.

A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Questions

Due no later than Friday 2/15 in spirals

If you missed this in class or did not finish. The story can be found online as it is a VERY famous story by Marquez, or you may come into class during tutorial or other free-time and use the textbook.

el diablo, by Washington state artist, Gene Flores

lleuve, by Gene Flores

Reading Check (straight from the text, meant to measure your comprehension)

1. What do Pelayo and Elisenda thing the old man is? What does their neighbor think? Father Gonzaga?
2. How does the winged old man change the lives of Pelayo and Elisenda?
3. What miracles are attributed to the old man?
4. What happens when another novelty, a spider- woman, comes to town?

Critical Thinking:
5. Writing that ridicules human behaviors is called satire. What human shortcomings might Garcia Marquez be satirizing in this story? Consider: how Pelayo and Elisenda treat the old man; Father Gonzaga's reactions to him; how the townspeople react.
6. Do you think the old man is a divine figure or and evil one, or neither? Explain your answer using evidence and reasoning. What other possibilities might explain his identity?
7. Do you think this story is intended merely to entertain us, or is there a deeper theme lying beneath its amusing aspects? Do you think the old man might symbolize, or represent, the miracles we wish for but cannot accept whan they happen, or the misunderstood artist whose imagination longs to soar?

Literary Analysis:
9. What details of the story illustrate the style of magical realism--that is, fantastical elements mixed in with the commonplace?

Challenge Criteria Option!

We will be reading Shakespeare's Macbeth later this spring. You have the option of going to see this incredible performance of it this month. Bring a friend! Go with a parent! Don't miss this great opportunity. Write a brief review for credit.

Check out the link here!

http://postfivetheatre.org/shows-and-events/2013/Macbeth

HW: SSR and Typed Drafts of TFA

Hello All of You Brilliant Students!

You have received your Things Fall Apart handwritten essays. It's time to type those babies. You have one week--3rd period I need the typed drafts by Thursday the 14th. 5th, 6th and 8th, I need the drafts by Wednesday the 13th.  I look forward to your revisions. We will peer-edit, and self-edit the typed drafts before you turn in a deeply revised draft to me the following Thursday the 21th (3rd) and Friday the 22th (5th, 6th, 8th).


In the meantime, please remember to bring your SSR books to class everyday along with your journals.

I am so lucky to have you as my students.