Room Change for: F Band

F-Band: Yes, it is "official"- we will now meet in Room 406 effective Tuesday, 1 February. Looking forward to seeing everyone again.

Schedule for Week of 1 February

Meaningful Word Part Quiz: Friday, 4 February (de-down/away to in-not)

Tuesday 1 February: Complete Poetry Unit (Finish discussion of To My Coy Mistress and conclude with If.

Thursday 3 February: Begin Short Story Unit. You will receive an Anthology of Short Stories-if you have not returned AMND you must do so in order to receive a text. Please note that the stories assigned can be found on line in addition to links I have provided on nicenet.org. Why is Diedrich informing us of this? He does not want to hear that you could not do the assigned reading because you left the text in your locker.

The following short stories are mandated for this unit (Diedrich will certainly add some of his favorites-perhaps the favorites of your parents as well):

The Fever Tree Ruth Rendell
The Blanket Floyd Dell
A Piece of Steak Jack London
The Necklace Guy de Maupassant
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty J. Thurber
The Lady, or the Tiger Frank R. Stockton
The Lottery Shirley Jackson
Raymond's Run Toni Cade Bambara
The Monkey's Paw W.W. Jacobs
The Most Dangerous Game R. Connell

NOTE: THE ABOVE LISTING DOES NOT INDICATE THE ORDER IN WHICH THE SELECTIONS WILL BE READ.

Friday, 4 February: We will read together a short story-with Diedrich modelling-Read Aloud/Think Aloud Strategies-applying literary devices and techniques used by the author.

Now for the most exciting part of this unit-I can no longer delay: Your Project:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70424805/Literary-Device-Song-Project

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70417142/Literay-Devices-for-song-project

Naturally, we will discuss this in class-I expect to meet with many of you during the 371/2 minute tutorial. Why do you think this project is not due immediately upon your retun on Monday, 28 February?

Literary Devices: Song Project

Literary Devices: Song Project

Schedule for Week of 3 January

Monday(1/3) and Tuesday(1/4): Dead Poets Society Presentations - I will first ask for volunteers. Then, I will select names that have been written on index cards. If you are unprepared, you will receive a "0." No Excuses!

Thursday(1/5): Poetry Unit continued: Poems about Death (Because I Could Not Stop For Death and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night and To An Athlete Dying Young)

Friday(1/6): Complete reading and discussion of the above poems. HW: TBA
Root Word Quiz: siphon to theo

Friday(1/13):Root Word Quiz (Ten Remaining): therm to zoo
Prefix Quiz #1: a, an to contra (15)