Friday, February 27, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
All Quiet reading quiz and review
Animal Farm research

Period 2:
Shortened due to special senior meeting in Room 18!!!
Vocabulary Quiz
Quick book discussion
Work on presentations

Period 3:
Viewing Rear Window - evaluating fidelity

Period 5:
Publish and comment on odes
Free verse?

Thought for the day.... (because perspective matters)
"I do not seek. I find." - Pablo Picasso

Odes, Sonnets & other Rhyming Stuff

For my creative writers...

Here are some sites that you may want to check out....

Rhyming Dictionary & Thesaurus - so many uses...and will also include phrases.

RhymeZone - This site allows you to search the word you want to rhyme and organize the results by syllable - because sometimes it matters!

Write Express Rhyming Dictionary - Exactly what you think it is.

Poetry 4 Kids Rhyming Dictionary - organizes by word length, not to be confused by syllables.

I will place these permanently on my new website - which you may want to bookmark: http://whstyler.sau23.org - just think Woodsville High Styler & you'll always find me!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
All Quiet reading quiz
In class reading time
Animal Farm research

Period 2:
Present current events
Hullabaloo reading quiz & discussion
Work on Persepolis Presentations

Period 3:
Discuss "Rear Window" - anticipate the movie
Work on Our Town

Period 5:
Publish/Comment on Sonnets
What is an ode?
Begin writing an ode...

Thought for the day...
What is now proved was once imagined.
- William Blake

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I'm debuting a new website... Check it out!

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Reading Quiz & Discussion
Begin researching the Russian Revolution

Period 2:
Review Vocabulary
Reading Quiz & Discussion
Begin researching Persepolis and Iran

Period 3:
Examining perspective by using Sweet Home Alabama
Discuss Our Town

Period 5:
Publish Haikus
Begin work on sonnets
Checking out William Shakespeare for inspiration

Thought for the day...
A book is the most effective weapon against intolerance and ignorance.
- Lyndon Baines Johnson

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Period 1:
All Quiet Reading Quiz & Book Review
Recognizing what is important...
What is the purpose of war?

Period 2:
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard Reading Quiz & Book Review
Discussing goals, and ways to get there
What is happiness?
Understanding Sampath

Period 3:
Independent Film Project
Reading Our Town
Understanding Perspectives

Period 5:
Poetry...
We shall begin with the haiku (which is much more complex than you remember)

Thought for the day...
"What is art but a way of seeing?" - Saul Bellow

Monday, February 23, 2009

Welcome back, well almost. See you tomorrow.

Thought for the day...
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela

February 13, 2009

Final Day of Winter Carnival!!!

Period 5:
Descriptions.....

Have a great vacation & see you all at the ball tonight!

Thought for the day...
All glory comes from daring to begin.
- Eugene F. Ware

February 12, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Present current events
Review novel

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Present current events
Review novel - what's important
Meet about essays

Period 3:
Read Our Town

Thought for the day...
“A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.” - Nancy Lopez

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Winter Carnival: Early Release Schedule!
Best of luck at Quiz Bowl and Lip Sync

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
All Quiet quiz
In-class reading

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Don Quixote test

Period 3:
Reading Our Town

Period 5:
You are a detective - in a kitchen....

Thought for the day...
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game. "
Michael Jordan

May you all enjoy this week's events!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Period 1:
Discussed All Quiet & reading quiz
The image of earth
What is irony and how is it used...
Comparing Sunrise & All Quiet

Period 2:
Discussing Don Quixote
Work on essays

Period 3:
Finish A River Runs Through It
Examining the fidelity
Why the changes?

Period 5:
Flying...
Onomatopoeia

Thought for the day...
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
- Henry Drummond

February 6, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
All Quiet on the Western Front quiz
How to take notes: characters, major events/changes, relationships - how do the characters relate to one another....
Taking notes on Ch. 1 - reviewing some of the characters

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Reviewing Don Quixote
Finishing Archetypes - Present on Monday

Period 3:
A River Runs Through It

Period 5:
Reading and discussing: "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
Writing about your "ugly red sweater"

Thought for the day...
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." - Arthur Schopenhauer

February 5, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
Sunrise over Fallujah test

Period 2:
Present current events
Don Quixote quiz
Components of a literary analysis essay
Finish character archetypes

Period 3:
Film Vocabulary Test
Viewing A River Runs Through It

Period 5:
Discussing "Young Goodman Brown"
Role of description in writing

Thought for the day...
"Every time we say, "Let there be!" in any form, something happens." - Stella Terrill Mann

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Early Release Day - Shortened Periods

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Sunrise over Fallujah review

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Don Quixote quiz
Work on archetypes

Period 3:
Viewing A River Runs Through It

No Period 5 due to Honor Roll and Attendance Assembly
I'll see you tomorrow - be prepared to discuss "Young Goodman Brown"

Thought for the day...
Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.
- Joseph Addison

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Period 1:
Sunrise quiz & discussion
Looking at archetypes in literature and identifying roles in novel

Period 2:
Don Quixote quiz & discussion
Tracing theme/archetype through novel
Bringing an archetype to life

Period 3:
Types of montages and their uses
Building a scene from A River Runs Through It - movie tomorrow, I found it! :)

Period 5:
Describing "a scary place"

Thought for the day...
Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
- Hermann Hesse

Monday, February 2, 2009

Period 1:
Sunrise quiz
In-class reading
War presentations

Vietnam




World War II:


Iraq War


Korea:


Period 2:
Don Quixote quiz
Exploring themes and key passages of DQ
Working with archetypes

Period 3:
Categories for analyzing film
Lighting & shot length
Independent Film Assignment: Selecting a work
Review scenes from Citizen Kane

Period 5:
Literary devices: What is an archetype?
Identifying and using a situational archetype

Thought for the day...
"You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself." - Harvey Firestone