If you were interested in our conversation about meditation and want some more information about the Buddhist tradition, click here to check out a video that Paul found online. Try the link for "Basic Meditation."
Reminder: Vocabulary sentences on Unit #4 are homework for Friday.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Want More Practice?
The website below lists several decent SAT-style prompts. You can practice for this test ... it's largely an exercise in rapid time management, after all. Write whole timed essays or just take five minutes to make an outline.
Click here for sample questions (scroll past the sales pitch to the light blue squares ... each is a quote followed by an essay assignment).
Click here for sample questions (scroll past the sales pitch to the light blue squares ... each is a quote followed by an essay assignment).
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Week of November 26th
Monday, Nov. 26th (H)
• Due: Come back rested from a lovely Thanksgiving weekend.
• Class: Jonathan Edwards: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
Tuesday, Nov. 27th (F)
• Due: See the reverse of this page for the “Your Choice” writing assignment. Unless it is a terrible hardship, please type your work.
• Class: Presentation: “The Rise of Romanticism.”
Wednesday, Nov. 28th (S)
• Due: Read “Thanatopsis” packet and answer study questions.
• Class: Common assessment and reflection. Discussion of “Thanatopsis.”
Thursday, Nov. 29th (U)
• No class today.
Friday, Nov. 30th (M)
• Due: Vocabulary sentences for Unit #4 (original and detailed; underline each word).
• Class: Introduction to Transcendentalism: “Unlocking Your Inner Transcendentalist.”
Monday, Dec. 3rd (T)
• Due: Readings and study questions on Emerson. Study for upcoming vocabulary quiz.
• Class: Discussion of Emerson; understanding Transcendentalist values.
Note: We will have a vocabulary quiz on Unit #4 on Tuesday, Dec. 4th.
• Due: Come back rested from a lovely Thanksgiving weekend.
• Class: Jonathan Edwards: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
Tuesday, Nov. 27th (F)
• Due: See the reverse of this page for the “Your Choice” writing assignment. Unless it is a terrible hardship, please type your work.
• Class: Presentation: “The Rise of Romanticism.”
Wednesday, Nov. 28th (S)
• Due: Read “Thanatopsis” packet and answer study questions.
• Class: Common assessment and reflection. Discussion of “Thanatopsis.”
Thursday, Nov. 29th (U)
• No class today.
Friday, Nov. 30th (M)
• Due: Vocabulary sentences for Unit #4 (original and detailed; underline each word).
• Class: Introduction to Transcendentalism: “Unlocking Your Inner Transcendentalist.”
Monday, Dec. 3rd (T)
• Due: Readings and study questions on Emerson. Study for upcoming vocabulary quiz.
• Class: Discussion of Emerson; understanding Transcendentalist values.
Note: We will have a vocabulary quiz on Unit #4 on Tuesday, Dec. 4th.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
Enjoy the holiday! We'll postpone the homework on the calendar until Tuesday so you can eat some extra turkey knowing that you'll have the rest of the weekend to sleep it off. Also, because I forgot that I had meant to assign you that sermon to read (d'oh!). If you find yourself with extra time on your hands ... what a great opportunity to send in your literary magazine submissions to litmag.ahs@gmail.com. Click here for the full instructions!
Monday, November 19, 2007
Literary Magazine
Remember that you can earn extra credit by submitting your work to the literary magazine! Click here to visit the magazine's site for full details.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Week of November 13th
Anne Bradstreet Webquest: Click here to begin tonight's homework, or navigate to http://kitsis-webquest.blogspot.com/2007/11/anne-bradstreet-homework.html.
Tuesday, Nov. 13th (H)
• Due: Read excerpt from On Plymouth Plantation and write a one page dramatic scene.
• Class: Share sermons; introduction to Puritanism.
Wednesday, Nov. 14th (F)
• Due: Webquest on Anne Bradstreet (see blog for link).
• Class: Wrap up intro to Puritanism; poetry of Anne Bradstreet.
Thursday, Nov. 15th (S)
• Due: Work on metaphysical poem.
• Class: The “metaphysical conceit” in poetry: “Huswifery” and “The Flea.”
Friday, Nov. 16th (U)
• No class today.
Monday, Nov. 19th (M)
• Due: Metaphysical poem.
• Class: Share poetry. Lesson on the SAT essay.
NB: Our next common assessment (a timed essay in the style of the SATs) will be held after Thanksgiving.
Tuesday, Nov. 20th (T)
• Due: Vocabulary exercises for Unit #4.
• Class: Wrap up lesson on the SAT essay.
Wednesday, Nov. 21st (W)
• Noon dismissal. Have a great Thanksgiving vacation!
Monday, Nov. 26th (H)
• Due: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
• Class: Jonathan Edwards and the art of the sermon.
Tuesday, Nov. 13th (H)
• Due: Read excerpt from On Plymouth Plantation and write a one page dramatic scene.
• Class: Share sermons; introduction to Puritanism.
Wednesday, Nov. 14th (F)
• Due: Webquest on Anne Bradstreet (see blog for link).
• Class: Wrap up intro to Puritanism; poetry of Anne Bradstreet.
Thursday, Nov. 15th (S)
• Due: Work on metaphysical poem.
• Class: The “metaphysical conceit” in poetry: “Huswifery” and “The Flea.”
Friday, Nov. 16th (U)
• No class today.
Monday, Nov. 19th (M)
• Due: Metaphysical poem.
• Class: Share poetry. Lesson on the SAT essay.
NB: Our next common assessment (a timed essay in the style of the SATs) will be held after Thanksgiving.
Tuesday, Nov. 20th (T)
• Due: Vocabulary exercises for Unit #4.
• Class: Wrap up lesson on the SAT essay.
Wednesday, Nov. 21st (W)
• Noon dismissal. Have a great Thanksgiving vacation!
Monday, Nov. 26th (H)
• Due: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
• Class: Jonathan Edwards and the art of the sermon.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Week of November 5th
Monday, Nov. 5th (S-Day)
• Due: Introduction and topic sentence outline for Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Class: Share and improve outlines. Pre-viewing discussion of Scapin.
Tuesday, Nov. 6th (U-Day)
• Class drops today. You’ll see Scapin during Periods 2 & 3.
Wednesday, Nov. 7th (M-Day)
• Due: Come to class prepared for Socratic seminar.
• Class: Socratic seminar on Scapin. I’ll quickly share Crucible essays and grades, too.
Thursday, Nov. 8th (T-Day)
• Due: TBA.
• Class: Log Crucible essays; work with quotation integration. Vocabulary review.
Friday, Nov. 9th (W-Day)
• Due: Study for vocabulary review quiz covering Units #1-3.
• Class: Vocabulary review quiz covering Units #1-3. Introduction to Puritanism unit.
Monday, Nov. 12th
• No school today. Enjoy!
Tuesday, Nov. 13th (H-Day)
• Due: Introductory assignment for Puritanism unit (TBA).
• Class: TBA.
• Due: Introduction and topic sentence outline for Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Class: Share and improve outlines. Pre-viewing discussion of Scapin.
Tuesday, Nov. 6th (U-Day)
• Class drops today. You’ll see Scapin during Periods 2 & 3.
Wednesday, Nov. 7th (M-Day)
• Due: Come to class prepared for Socratic seminar.
• Class: Socratic seminar on Scapin. I’ll quickly share Crucible essays and grades, too.
Thursday, Nov. 8th (T-Day)
• Due: TBA.
• Class: Log Crucible essays; work with quotation integration. Vocabulary review.
Friday, Nov. 9th (W-Day)
• Due: Study for vocabulary review quiz covering Units #1-3.
• Class: Vocabulary review quiz covering Units #1-3. Introduction to Puritanism unit.
Monday, Nov. 12th
• No school today. Enjoy!
Tuesday, Nov. 13th (H-Day)
• Due: Introductory assignment for Puritanism unit (TBA).
• Class: TBA.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Edward R. Murrow Quotations
As promised in class, some quotations from the real Edward R. Murrow:
Our history will be what we make it.
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.
We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and remember we are not descended from fearful men.
When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices – just recognize them.
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
If none of us ever read a book that was “dangerous,” had a friend who was “different” or joined an organization that advocated “change,” we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants. Whose fault is that? Not really [McCarthy’s]. He didn’t create this situation of fear. He merely exploited it, and rather successfully.
Most of us probably feel we couldn’t be free without newspapers, and that is the real reason we want the newspapers to be free.
We cannot make good news out of bad practice.
[Reply to Senate critics who wanted him to ignore racial strife in order to project a better image abroad.]
The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.
If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable.
Our history will be what we make it.
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.
We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and remember we are not descended from fearful men.
When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices – just recognize them.
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
If none of us ever read a book that was “dangerous,” had a friend who was “different” or joined an organization that advocated “change,” we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants. Whose fault is that? Not really [McCarthy’s]. He didn’t create this situation of fear. He merely exploited it, and rather successfully.
Most of us probably feel we couldn’t be free without newspapers, and that is the real reason we want the newspapers to be free.
We cannot make good news out of bad practice.
[Reply to Senate critics who wanted him to ignore racial strife in order to project a better image abroad.]
The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.
If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable.
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