AGENDA:
Continue to work on your Animated Poem and Rattlebone short story
Continue to work on questions in your Rattlebone study guide
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Animated Poetry
AGENDA:
Go to Poetry 180: Billy Collins' web site:
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
Select a poem to "animate" (shorter poems work best).
Copy and paste your poem on a Word document.
Find images on Google that help to express the mood or imagery of the poem.
These will be backgrounds for the text.
Go to Movie Maker. Take a tour and follow the instructions on how to use it.
Copy and paste text into Movie Maker.
Copy and paste your images as well into Movie Maker to support the text.
ANIMATE YOUR POEM!
Go to Poetry 180: Billy Collins' web site:
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
Select a poem to "animate" (shorter poems work best).
Copy and paste your poem on a Word document.
Find images on Google that help to express the mood or imagery of the poem.
These will be backgrounds for the text.
Go to Movie Maker. Take a tour and follow the instructions on how to use it.
Copy and paste text into Movie Maker.
Copy and paste your images as well into Movie Maker to support the text.
ANIMATE YOUR POEM!
Rattlebone Vocabulary
AGENDA:
Vocabulary.com has Rattlebone vocabulary practice!
Lay or Lie?
Lay means "to place something down." It is something you do to something else.
Incorrect: Lie the book on the table.
Correct: Lay the book on the table.
(It is being done to something else.)
Lie means "to recline" or "be placed." It does not act on anything or anyone else.
Incorrect: Lay down on the couch.
Correct: Lie down on the couch.
(It is not being done to anything else.)
The reason lay and lie are confusing is their past tenses.
The past tense of lay is laid.
The past tense of lie is lay.
Incorrect: I lay it down here yesterday.
Correct: I laid it down here yesterday.
(It is being done to something else.)
Incorrect: Last night I laid awake in bed.
Correct: Last night I lay awake in bed.
(It is not being done to anything else.)
Your Assignment: Write two sentences for "lay" and two sentences for "lie" using each word correctly. There should be a total of four sentences.
We will be finished with the book this week. Here's the rest of the vocabulary. We will be having a short quiz on the vocab FRIDAY
Rattlebone Vocabulary
Happenstance (pg. 6): A chance happening or event
Capricious (pg. 13): Erratic or obsolete
Corporal-punishment (pg. 17): Physical punishment, inflicted on the body of one convicted of a crime: formerly included the death penalty
Cicadas (pg.27): A large insect, similar to the grasshopper
Unfettered (pg. 43): Liberated, set free
Bristled (pg. 45): To react in an angry or offended manner
Mouton (pg. 56): Sheepskin
Putrid (pg. 56): Rotten, foul smelli
Chiffarobe (pg. 101): a piece of furniture that serves as a closet, similar to a armoir
Ptomaine (pg. 107): Food poisonin
Obeah (pg. 144): A form of religious belief of African origin, practiced in some parts of the West Indies, Jamaica, and nearby tropical America, involving sorcery
Amulet (pg. 158): An object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury
Sonorous (pg. 159): Having or producing sound, a full, deep, rich sound, Impressive in style of speech
Stateliness (pg. 194): Dignified and impressive, as in size or proportion
Vitiligo (pg. 209): an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin
HMWK: Read next 2 chapters in Rattlebone, work on study guide
The Great War and Secret Love
Vocabulary.com has Rattlebone vocabulary practice!
Lay or Lie?
Lay means "to place something down." It is something you do to something else.
Incorrect: Lie the book on the table.
Correct: Lay the book on the table.
(It is being done to something else.)
Lie means "to recline" or "be placed." It does not act on anything or anyone else.
Incorrect: Lay down on the couch.
Correct: Lie down on the couch.
(It is not being done to anything else.)
The reason lay and lie are confusing is their past tenses.
The past tense of lay is laid.
The past tense of lie is lay.
Incorrect: I lay it down here yesterday.
Correct: I laid it down here yesterday.
(It is being done to something else.)
Incorrect: Last night I laid awake in bed.
Correct: Last night I lay awake in bed.
(It is not being done to anything else.)
Your Assignment: Write two sentences for "lay" and two sentences for "lie" using each word correctly. There should be a total of four sentences.
We will be finished with the book this week. Here's the rest of the vocabulary. We will be having a short quiz on the vocab FRIDAY
Rattlebone Vocabulary
Happenstance (pg. 6): A chance happening or event
Capricious (pg. 13): Erratic or obsolete
Corporal-punishment (pg. 17): Physical punishment, inflicted on the body of one convicted of a crime: formerly included the death penalty
Cicadas (pg.27): A large insect, similar to the grasshopper
Unfettered (pg. 43): Liberated, set free
Bristled (pg. 45): To react in an angry or offended manner
Mouton (pg. 56): Sheepskin
Putrid (pg. 56): Rotten, foul smelli
Chiffarobe (pg. 101): a piece of furniture that serves as a closet, similar to a armoir
Ptomaine (pg. 107): Food poisonin
Obeah (pg. 144): A form of religious belief of African origin, practiced in some parts of the West Indies, Jamaica, and nearby tropical America, involving sorcery
Amulet (pg. 158): An object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury
Sonorous (pg. 159): Having or producing sound, a full, deep, rich sound, Impressive in style of speech
Stateliness (pg. 194): Dignified and impressive, as in size or proportion
Vitiligo (pg. 209): an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin
HMWK: Read next 2 chapters in Rattlebone, work on study guide
The Great War and Secret Love
Friday, September 20, 2019
Rattlebone and other assignments
AGENDA:
Warm-up:
NEW SIGN-IN for vocabulary.com. Study Rattlebone vocabulary!
READING: Work on study guide questions for Rattlebone
WRITING:
Be sure to turn in Natalie Goldberg Test #1--I remember for credit
Be sure to turn in POV exercise for credit.
Be sure to revise and turn in 15 sentence poem. Only keep images and phrases that work for you. Get rid of unnecessary words. Consider enjambment (running a sentence on to the next line). What about STANZAS!
Work on Rattlebone story. Use the padlet (padlet.com) to collect images and information.
Warm-up:
NEW SIGN-IN for vocabulary.com. Study Rattlebone vocabulary!
READING: Work on study guide questions for Rattlebone
WRITING:
Be sure to turn in Natalie Goldberg Test #1--I remember for credit
Be sure to turn in POV exercise for credit.
Be sure to revise and turn in 15 sentence poem. Only keep images and phrases that work for you. Get rid of unnecessary words. Consider enjambment (running a sentence on to the next line). What about STANZAS!
Work on Rattlebone story. Use the padlet (padlet.com) to collect images and information.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Rattlebone Assignment
Rattlebone Writing Assignment
RATTLEBONE WRITING ASSIGNMENT: After reading Rattlebone by Maxine Clair, write a short story (at least 4 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font) that uses setting and time in American history as background for a "coming of age" story with a young protagonist. Your story should reveal the impact this important event has on the protagonist.
Do research on your important "historical" event to provide accurate details in your story.
If you have an idea for the story, speak to Ms. Gamzon about it. If you are looking for an idea, start with your own birthday and look it up in "This Day in American History."
Background for Rattlebone
The Civil Rights Movement in the American South was a struggle for the civil rights in the modern times. It challenged the racism in America and made the country a humane society for all. Some of the popular people who participated in this movement were Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall and The Little Rock Nine. The Civil Rights Movement Timeline discloses the important events in this historical movement
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, (1954),was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying black children equal educational opportunities unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which reinforced segregation. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This ruling paved the way for integration and the civil rights movement
Civil Rights Movement Timeline1954: The American Supreme Court declared the segregation in public schools in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka ruling as unconstitutional.
1955: Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to give her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1st as required by the city ordinance. The bus boycott was launched. The bus segregation ordinance was declared unconstitutional. Segregation on interstate buses and trains was banned by Federal Interstate Commerce Commission.
1956: Coalition of Southern congressmen demanded for massive resistance to Supreme Court desegregation rulings. On 21st December, the Montgomery buses desegregated.
1957: Arkansas governor Orval Rubus used the National Guard to prevent nine black students from attending a Little Rock High School. According to the court order, President Eisenhower sent the federal troops to keep up with the court order to avoid the segregation in schools. Garfield High School became the first Seattle high school having more than 50% nonwhite students.
Do research on your important "historical" event to provide accurate details in your story.
If you have an idea for the story, speak to Ms. Gamzon about it. If you are looking for an idea, start with your own birthday and look it up in "This Day in American History."
Background for Rattlebone
The Civil Rights Movement in the American South was a struggle for the civil rights in the modern times. It challenged the racism in America and made the country a humane society for all. Some of the popular people who participated in this movement were Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall and The Little Rock Nine. The Civil Rights Movement Timeline discloses the important events in this historical movement
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, (1954),was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying black children equal educational opportunities unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which reinforced segregation. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This ruling paved the way for integration and the civil rights movement
Civil Rights Movement Timeline1954: The American Supreme Court declared the segregation in public schools in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka ruling as unconstitutional.
1955: Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to give her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1st as required by the city ordinance. The bus boycott was launched. The bus segregation ordinance was declared unconstitutional. Segregation on interstate buses and trains was banned by Federal Interstate Commerce Commission.
1956: Coalition of Southern congressmen demanded for massive resistance to Supreme Court desegregation rulings. On 21st December, the Montgomery buses desegregated.
1957: Arkansas governor Orval Rubus used the National Guard to prevent nine black students from attending a Little Rock High School. According to the court order, President Eisenhower sent the federal troops to keep up with the court order to avoid the segregation in schools. Garfield High School became the first Seattle high school having more than 50% nonwhite students.
Rattlebone
AGENDA:
WARM-UP: Work on quill.org exercises
https://blog.wordgenius.com/to-em-dash-or-not-to-em-dash/
READING:
Rattlebone discussion and handout discussion questions.
WRITING:
Work on 15 sentence poem.
MAJOR ASSIGNMENT:
Brainstorm ideas and begin collecting images on a padlet.
WARM-UP: Work on quill.org exercises
https://blog.wordgenius.com/to-em-dash-or-not-to-em-dash/
READING:
Rattlebone discussion and handout discussion questions.
WRITING:
Work on 15 sentence poem.
MAJOR ASSIGNMENT:
Brainstorm ideas and begin collecting images on a padlet.
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