Thesis Paper Process & All Quiet on the Western Front

Thesis Paper Due Dates:
Due Monday, October 22:  Typed introduction (5 Homework Points)
Due Tuesday, October 23:  Typed first section of your paper (Rough Draft)
Due Friday,  October 26:    The rest of the body of your thesis should be completed (all sections should be typed)
Due Monday, October 29:  The conclusion should be added to your paper.  This means by today you will have a completed rough draft for peer evaluations.  Please have everything with you.

All Quiet on the Western Front Reading Assignments:
For Friday, Oct. 26:  Pages 1-33 (chapters 1 & 2)
For Tuesday, Oct. 30:  Pages 35-74 (chapters 3 & 4)

Expect random reading quizzes throughout this unit.  You must keep up with the reading.  Below is a link you may use to help guide you through the reading of the novel.  Do not use SparkNotes!  You need to learn to think for yourself. 

 http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/all_quiet.pdf

Osama, Thesis Paper, and All Quiet on the Western Front

October 5, 9, 10:  We will be viewing the film Osama.  A story of a young girl from Afghanistan.

On Thursday, Oct. 11 and Friday, Oct. 12 will meet be going to the computer lab (#438).  We will be completing two webquests in preparation for your major thesis paper. If both webquests are not completed by the end of the period on Friday, they must be completed over the weekend.  The assignments together are worth 10 homework points.  You must have them completed for Monday.  Because we will be using them as part of our discussion on Monday, October 15, no late assignments will be accepted. 

On Monday, Oct. 22 we will begin reading All Quiet on the Western Front.   

Real Time

Real Time Reading Assignments:

Read pages 22-56 for Wednesday, Sept. 19 and complete handout
Read pages 56-102 for Friday, Sept. 21
Read pages 105-136 for Wednesday, Sept. 26
Read pages 136-end for Friday, Sept. 28
End Test:  Due to the assembly on Tuesday, the test will be moved to Wednesday, Oct. 3


Webquest assignment due on Friday, Sept. 21 (We will be working on it in class on Wednesday and Thursday)

Website addresses for Real Time Webquest:

Part I: Real Time Websites

http://www.answers.com/topic/pnina-moed-kass

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

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/

http://griid.org/2010/12/20/democrats-push-through-yet-another-anti-palestinian-resolution/

http://securitysolutions.com/news/security_exposing_hostile_intent/

Part II: Real Time Websites
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/kibbutz.html

http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/resource_center/index.asp

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005476

http://www.grouprecipes.com/91808/palestine-makluba.html

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/keffiyeh

The Weeks of September 10, 2012 and September 17, 2012

Assignments and due dates for "Marriage is a Private Affair" and Real Time:

"Marriage is a Private Affair"  - If not finished during class on Wednesday, please finish the questions for homework.  It does count as a quiz grade.

Real Time due dates:
Pages 1-middle of 22 due on Monday, Sept. 17 (chart should be completed, too!)
Pages 22-56 is due Wednesday, Sept. 19 (handout should be completed, too!)

If you have an IPod/MP3 player and headphones, you may bring them to class on Wednesday, Sept. 19 and Thursday, Sept. 20.  You will not be able to go to your locker during the class period to get them.  You must have them with you when you walk in the door.

Please have Real Time with you each day you come to my class.   If you do not have it with you, it will be considered an unprepared.

Unit 1: September 2012

Welcome 9 CP-A Students!

As 9^th grade English students, you will be exposed to many different cultures this year through films, literary works, and nonfiction.  What can learn from reading articles and stories and from viewing films about different cultures?   Why is it so important for young students in today’s society to be exposed to these different cultures?  Although both of these questions will be revisited throughout the year, it is how I would like to begin your first marking period of 9^th grade English.

You will be using the film we will be watching, the articles we will be reviewing, the short story and novel we will be reading this marking period to help answer the above questions.  Eventually, you will answer the question in a formal thesis paper.  All the tools you will need to be a successful high school English student will be given to you during the first marking period.

The following are the items we will be working on over the next marking period:

• ·         Quote Analysis

• ·         Critical Thinking Skills

• ·         Writing Skills (Thesis Statements, Paragraph Organization, MLA format, Citations, Works Cited Page, etc.)

To learn and strengthen these skills we will use the following for our discussions:

• ·          “Marriage is a Private Affair” and other selections from World Literature: An Anthology of Great Short Stories, Drama, and Poetry

• ·         Real Time

• ·         Osama

• ·         2012 summer and fall current event articles from around the world

• ·         Nonfiction Sample

Exam Review

9 Academic Exam Review

I.  Literary Terms, Poetic Devices, and Dramatic Conventions (20 Points)

Vignette

Personification

Imagery

Synesthesia

Oxymoron

Malapropism

Soliloquy

Aside

Concealment

Sonnet

Couplet

Prose

Blank Verse

Fable

Satire

Allegory

Propaganda

Euphemism

Syntax

Diction

II.        Formal Paper – All thesis paper rules apply!  (60 points)

Be familiar with the works listed below.  You should know the characters, the plot, and the themes of each work.

·         The House on Mango Street

·         Animal Farm

·         Hedda Gabler

·         A Doll House

·         Romeo and Juliet

·         Whale Rider

·         Rabbit-Proof Fence

III.       Informal Writing Prompt (20 Points)

Review the characters you have met during the second semester of 9 Academic English.  Think about what motivates each of them, how they each act in certain situations, how they treat others, etc.  This section has something do with the personalities of the characters from the following works:

·         Hedda Gabler

·         A Doll’s House

·         The House on Mango Street

·         Rabbit-Proof Fence

·         Whale Rider

Review PowerPoint presentations, handouts, old tests and quizzes, and essays/log entries.  All will help refresh your memory about the works studied the second semester of the 9 Honors Course.  The terms listed on the previous page are all terms found on the PowerPoint presentations for Romeo and Juliet, The House on Mango Street, and Animal Farm. 

Animal Farm

Please review the calendar you received in class.  The calendar provides you with all of the reading due dates for Animal Farm.  If  you do not have your calendar with you, please note the due dates listed below:

Chapters 1-3 for Wednesday,May 23
Chapters 4&5 for Friday, May 25
Chapters 6 &7 for Tuesday, May29
Chapter 8& 9 for Thursday, May 31
Chapter 10 for Monday, June 1

Objective End Test:  Tuesday, June 5