Honors Junior Class Guidelines
Click link below to read course expectations and syllabus.
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Edmodo
We will try to utilize Edmodo to facilitate communication allow for some assignments to be turned in online. We're saving a few trees, I hope. Create and account and see Mrs. Vest for the group code to link you my Junior class!
Prezi presentation on Metaphor
Crucible Research Mini Projects
Government
Salem/Colonial
Sparticus
Tulane - Salem Politics
Catholic Resources
Delta.edu
Wikipedia
History.state.gov
McCarthy/Cold War
Wikipedia - Truman Doctrine
History.com
Funfront.net
Signal Alpha
Judicial System
Salem/Colonial
umkc.edu
umkc.edu - Witch Trial Procedure
McCarthy/Cold War
Schmoop
Religion
Salem/Colonial
Delta.edu
Netplaces
Wikipedia
US History.org
National Humanities Center
PBS
McCarthy/Cold War
Cold War Religion
Religion and the Cold War (a book you can preview)
Entertainment
Salem/Colonial
US History.org
Entertainment in Colonial America (a book you can preview)Puritans At Play (a book you can preview)
Wikipedia
History For Grownups
Samuel Kordik
McCarthy/Cold War
KCLibrary
AMC Film in the 40's
AMC - Blacklisting
The Cold War as TV Entertainment
American Recreation YouTube
Cinematic Cold War - book review
View of Women
Salem/Colonial
US History.org
Scribd.
chnm.gmu.edu
angelfire
Transforming Eve: The Dual Role of Women In Colonial America and in the Newspapers
National Humanities Center
McCarthy/Cold War
Constructing Feminity in the Early Cold War Era
Yahoo
I Love Lucid
PBS
Punishments
Salem/Colonial
umkc.edu Giles Corey
Salem Museum
US History.org
Colonial Williamsburg
Score.rim
McCarthy/Cold War
US History.org
Amhistory.com
Wikipedia - blacklisting
Fear of Witches
Salem/Colonial
Tulane - Witches
Delta.edu
Wikipedia
umkc.edu
umkc.edu - governor
McCarthy/Cold War
Schmoop
Schmoop - Red Scare
US History.org
Salem/Colonial
Sparticus
Tulane - Salem Politics
Catholic Resources
Delta.edu
Wikipedia
History.state.gov
McCarthy/Cold War
Wikipedia - Truman Doctrine
History.com
Funfront.net
Signal Alpha
Judicial System
Salem/Colonial
umkc.edu
umkc.edu - Witch Trial Procedure
McCarthy/Cold War
Schmoop
Religion
Salem/Colonial
Delta.edu
Netplaces
Wikipedia
US History.org
National Humanities Center
PBS
McCarthy/Cold War
Cold War Religion
Religion and the Cold War (a book you can preview)
Entertainment
Salem/Colonial
US History.org
Entertainment in Colonial America (a book you can preview)Puritans At Play (a book you can preview)
Wikipedia
History For Grownups
Samuel Kordik
McCarthy/Cold War
KCLibrary
AMC Film in the 40's
AMC - Blacklisting
The Cold War as TV Entertainment
American Recreation YouTube
Cinematic Cold War - book review
View of Women
Salem/Colonial
US History.org
Scribd.
chnm.gmu.edu
angelfire
Transforming Eve: The Dual Role of Women In Colonial America and in the Newspapers
National Humanities Center
McCarthy/Cold War
Constructing Feminity in the Early Cold War Era
Yahoo
I Love Lucid
PBS
Punishments
Salem/Colonial
umkc.edu Giles Corey
Salem Museum
US History.org
Colonial Williamsburg
Score.rim
McCarthy/Cold War
US History.org
Amhistory.com
Wikipedia - blacklisting
Fear of Witches
Salem/Colonial
Tulane - Witches
Delta.edu
Wikipedia
umkc.edu
umkc.edu - governor
McCarthy/Cold War
Schmoop
Schmoop - Red Scare
US History.org
Irony
Irony makes things interesting. Review the types of irony and think of examples you know.
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/three-types-of-irony-lesson.ppt#259,4,Dramatic Irony
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/three-types-of-irony-lesson.ppt#259,4,Dramatic Irony
Poetry Meter
Click here: Poetry Meter Powerpoint to see definitions, and mnemonic devices to help you with the different types of meter.
TP-CASTT strategy of Poetry Analysis
TP-CASTT is a strategy for interpreting poems. It provides a checklist of thing to analyze/process for arriving at conclusions about a poem.
Poems can be very difficult to interpret because a lot of what they have to say is not written but is implied. A major problem that students have with interpreting poetry is that they read the poem once, pick out a detail or two and then jump to a conclusion, often the wrong conclusion. To avoid this pitfall, it is important to gather significant data and try out different hypotheses before drawing a conclusive interpretation. These steps, sort of like the scientific method, comprise a safe way to avoid serious misinterpretations.
Title
Ponder the title before reading the poem. Make up questions about the title. There are two kinds of titles: interactive titles and naming titles. Interactive titles are have some sort of interplay with poem itself and can affect its meaning. Naming titles may give less crucial information. If a poem lacks a title, you can do this step with the first line of the poem or skip it.
Paraphrase
Translate the poem into your own words. And I mean translate! Word for word! Find synonyms for every possible word. Summarizing is NOT paraphrasing!
Connotation
Contemplate the poem for meaning beyond the literal. Identify and figure out the figurative language.
Attitude
After identifying a subject/topic of the poem, figure out how the speaker (and/or the poet) feels about it.
Shifts
Note transitions in the poem. Shifts in subject, attitude, mood, or motif.
Title
Examine the title again, this time on an interpretive level. Answer your questions. Figure out how the title illuminates the poem. Remember a "naming title" may not mean much. Remember you can do this with the first line of a poem if it lacks a title or you can skip this step altogether.
Theme
After identifying a subject/topic of the poem, determine what the poet thinks about the subject. What is his/her opinion.
(borrowed from Mrs. Macy of carsonhigh.com)
Poems can be very difficult to interpret because a lot of what they have to say is not written but is implied. A major problem that students have with interpreting poetry is that they read the poem once, pick out a detail or two and then jump to a conclusion, often the wrong conclusion. To avoid this pitfall, it is important to gather significant data and try out different hypotheses before drawing a conclusive interpretation. These steps, sort of like the scientific method, comprise a safe way to avoid serious misinterpretations.
Title
Ponder the title before reading the poem. Make up questions about the title. There are two kinds of titles: interactive titles and naming titles. Interactive titles are have some sort of interplay with poem itself and can affect its meaning. Naming titles may give less crucial information. If a poem lacks a title, you can do this step with the first line of the poem or skip it.
Paraphrase
Translate the poem into your own words. And I mean translate! Word for word! Find synonyms for every possible word. Summarizing is NOT paraphrasing!
Connotation
Contemplate the poem for meaning beyond the literal. Identify and figure out the figurative language.
Attitude
After identifying a subject/topic of the poem, figure out how the speaker (and/or the poet) feels about it.
Shifts
Note transitions in the poem. Shifts in subject, attitude, mood, or motif.
Title
Examine the title again, this time on an interpretive level. Answer your questions. Figure out how the title illuminates the poem. Remember a "naming title" may not mean much. Remember you can do this with the first line of a poem if it lacks a title or you can skip this step altogether.
Theme
After identifying a subject/topic of the poem, determine what the poet thinks about the subject. What is his/her opinion.
(borrowed from Mrs. Macy of carsonhigh.com)
Click the link below to see a LiveBinder of Web Tools for projects
Crocodoc
Crocodoc is a webtool that allows you to collaborate on document revision! Below is a persuasive essay that needs help! Open the link below, and mark up the essay with your comments and changes!
Transcendentalists: Emerson and Thoreau
Click the link below to see the presentation on aphorisms.
http://prezi.com/2lzcrvruheuw/aphorism/
If you are unable to see the Prezi presentation above, refer to the definition on page 363 or your glossary.
Assignment for 3-17-11: Read Self Reliance (page 363) and find five aphorisms and write them down. Then, write a one-sentence summary of Emerson's message.
http://prezi.com/2lzcrvruheuw/aphorism/
If you are unable to see the Prezi presentation above, refer to the definition on page 363 or your glossary.
Assignment for 3-17-11: Read Self Reliance (page 363) and find five aphorisms and write them down. Then, write a one-sentence summary of Emerson's message.
Thoreau: Civil Disobedience and Walden
Assignment for 3-18-11: Read Civil Disobedience (page. 369). Write a one page summary of Thoreau's message. Then, read "On Civil Disobdience" by Gandhi and answer the following two questions: 1. How does one change an unfair government? 2. When does a government rule its people?
Click on the link below to see the 3-18-11 prezi presentation on Civil Disobedience.
http://prezi.com/vvaxgqa1ath7/civil-disobedience/
Click on the link below to see the 3-18-11 prezi presentation on Civil Disobedience.
http://prezi.com/vvaxgqa1ath7/civil-disobedience/
Archetypes
Take notes on this presentation to get acquainted with Archetypes in literature.
Huckleberry Finn Resources and Information
Click the collection below to find the text in its entirety, audio files, SparkNotes' No Fear version, plus more.
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=73632
Or go directly to No Fear Huckleberry Finn: http://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/lit/huckleberry-finn/
Click the collection below to find the text in its entirety, audio files, SparkNotes' No Fear version, plus more.
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=73632
Or go directly to No Fear Huckleberry Finn: http://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/lit/huckleberry-finn/
Southern Gothic Literature
Southern_Gothic.ppt
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Southern-Gothic-Distinguising-Features
Smartboard Pages on Flannery O'Conner and William Faulkner (ppt files)
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Southern-Gothic-Distinguising-Features
Smartboard Pages on Flannery O'Conner and William Faulkner (ppt files)