English 12

Monday Today is Fake Appreciation Day ! http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-6-Pointed-Paper-Snowflakes/ 1. Poem recitation options: video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrEPJh14mcU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyMS4qJ8NXU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6_QUhUPrF4 two voices https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdJ6aUB2K4g solo & live https://www.poetryinvoice.com/videos/alyssa-howard-fear-snakes-lorna-crozier 2. Tone mapping your recitation poem.   https://www.poetryinvoice.com/teachers/lesson-plans/tone-map/tone-list 3. Don't forget your Creative Writing Portfolio is due tomorrow. Tuesday 1. Pear Deck! poetry terms. 2. Work on your poetry recitation. 3. Your Creative Writing Portfolio is due today. 4. Quizlet - practice poetry terms.   https://quizlet.com/168944317/english-12-terms-and-devices-flash-cards/ Wednesday Hooray! It's December 20th.  And you know what that means don't you? It's...  Cathode-Ray

Friday 1. Next week you have a poem recital to do. Today you should find a poem. Use only the Poetry in Voice website:  https://www.poetryinvoice.com/  The poem MUST be at least 10 lines long. 2. Paste a copy of your poem in OneNote. 3. See if you can find a video or audio recording of someone reading your poem. Start with the Poetry in Voice website videos: https://www.poetryinvoice.com/videos Thursday 1. Assemble the work for the Creative writing portfolio, including the personal reflection/self-evaluation in a single page in OneNote. There is a document in your personal OneNote folder that lists all the pieces we have done in class. There is also a rubric for how your portfolio will be assessed. 2. Make sure the first and second drafts of your memoir/personal narrative essay are in OneNote. Wednesday 1. Work on improving the draft of your memoir/personal narrative essay.  Due tomorrow, Thursday, December 14. Tuesday 1. Listen to some of yesterday's creati

Friday Happy National Christmas Tree Day! ASK ME ABOUT THIS! http://artsclub.com/education/digital-leap 1. Peer feedback on the memoirs. 2. Brush-up/complete your memoir. 3. Self-assess your memoir using the rubric and the sample memoirs. Identify where the evidence of quality is in your memoir. NB - This is an in-class piece of writing. Please do not work on it outside of class time. I have saved a copy of the work you have done so far.  4. Complete any other missing work for your creative writing examples in OneNote. Thursday 1. In-class write of a PNE/memoir Wednesday 1. Composition prompts. 2. Writing the senses. 3. Time to draft a setting description. 4. Rubric for tomorrow's in-class write is now in OneNote. Tuesday Happy (?) Kramusnacht!      In  folklore ,  Krampus  is a horned,  anthropomorphic  figure described as "half-goat, half-demon", [1]  who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved, in