Vocabulary Mini-Poster

Select a vocabulary word from The Pearl. On a blank sheet of paper create a mini-poster (see example), including:

1. Vocabulary word
2. Definition
3. The sentence from the novel where the word appears
4. An illustration based on the sentence from the novel

Song of My Schoolday (Extra Credit Opportunity)

Sound and song is an important part of our novel, The Pearl, as you could tell from Chapter One (“Song of the Family,” “Song of Evil”). Much like Kino, you will make a “soundtrack” of the different parts of your school day, from start to finish. The steps for this project are outlined as follows:

1. Think of songs that you could relate with the 7 periods of your school day:
- 1st period:
- 2nd period:
- 3rd period:
- 4th period:
- 5th period:
- 6th period:
- 7th period:

On a clean sheet of notebook paper, write at least 3 sentences explaining your choice for each song, and why they are appropriate for those particular times. **Include the song title and artist. **

Ex: Track 1 (When marching band practices): “Downeaster Alexa” by Billy Joel. I chose this song because I hear it every morning during first period. At first it was kind of annoying (sorry band), but after Mr. Woody dedicated the song to me for the rest of the year, I’ve found renewed appreciation for it. The lyrics speak of “work[ing] my fingers to the bone” for the “people…who count on me.” These sentiments speak volumes about the work I do starting with First Period every day.

2. Print out the lyrics to all of the songs you choose, and highlight the parts you talk about in your explanation.

** Important: Your songs must be SCHOOL APPROPRIATE. It may be hard to find a song without an occasional curse word, BUT your song cannot talk EXPLICITLY about anything. Just remember, I can hold you responsible for anything you turn in and write.**

Not having a computer is not an excuse. You can do this on a computer at the public library. You can make a friend.

EXTRA EXTRA CREDIT: Burn a CD (or load a USB drive) with your 7 songs on it! (+10 points)

Successful completion of this opportunity will replace one missing classwork grade assigned prior to the deadline, which is Monday, November 4th. You may, of course, turn it in earlier, if you would like. If you are absent on the 4th and did not turn it in beforehand, I suggest you pick a Blues song for my class, as I will not accept late work for extra credit.

If you have questions on anything, please talk with me before or after school to clear everything up.

As mentioned above, the deadline is November 4, 2013.
No late work will be accepted.

Free Christmas Carol e-Book

If you have the Kindle app on your computer or smart device, you may download a copy of A Christmas Carol from the Amazon store for free. (You must download the book from your computer or web browser on your smart device; the book will by synced to the app the next time you run it.)

This Is Just to Say... Poem & Poster

Using William Carlos Williams' poem, below, as a guide, create your own "apology" poem.

Preserve Williams' three four-line stanzas, the anaphora (repetition of "so") at the end, and his tone. Write your poem on a single sheet paper and include a classroom-appropriate image (the subject matter of your poem must be classroom-appropriate, as well).

You are not limited to changing just the words in boldface below, but they are the most likely.

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This Is Just To Say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

      —by William Carlos Williams

Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach"

If you were absent, please add the following terms to your literary terms dictionary:

Symbol:

Allegory:

Allusion:

or were assigned the poetry analysis assignment, please read the poem and respond to the following questions.

1. What is your understanding of the poem's meaning?
2. How did the connotations of the literary devices in the poem (simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, anaphora, personification, allusion, rhyme scheme, etc.) help you arrive at your understanding?

Dover Beach
Matthew Arnold

The sea is calm to-night.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits; on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand;
Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.
Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!
Only, from the long line of spray
Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,
Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.

Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.

The Sea of Faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.

Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.

Expository Essay PDF/Powerpoint

Follow this link for the presentation we took notes on in class. If you were absent, please make sure you take notes on pages 5 through 8.

Once you have the notes, please run through the sample theses and essays beginning on page 9.