Virtue in Franklin's Autobiography

Topical Joke of the DaY:

Teacher: "Now, children, if I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him, what virtue would I be showing?"

Smart Student: "Brotherly love."

Finish reading excerpt from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

Copy these questions and answer them.

1. Why did Franklin make the list of virtues?
2. Was he successful in his task in attaining moral perfection? Why or why not? Cite the text in your answer.
3. What virtues gave Franklin the most trouble? Refer to the text in your answer.
4. What would be the first five virtues on your list? Why?
5. What are the similarities and differences among your virtues and Franklin's?

"If" by Rudyard Kipling

Homework: Make a list of 5 virtues that are important to you and give reasons for each virtue you list. Use complete sentences.

Got Books?

1. Retrieve textbooks from room 48

2. Complete the blue and white textbook cards

3. Correct test and worksheet/Update assignment list

4. SSR Autobiography and enter grades

Homework: define Virtue in your own words.

First Test

1. Grade Word Chart

2. Update Assignment List:

Assignment List

1. Class Rules, 9/5, 6
2. Narrative/contemporary Word Chart, 9/6, 18
3. Curriculum Letter, 9/6, 10
4. The Day in the Life of My Shoe, 9/8, 30
5. First Test, 9/8, 11
6. Benjamin Franklin Video Worksheet, 9/8, 10

3. Take first test.

4. View video about Benjamin Franklin.

Homework: Borrow or buy a book to bring to school everyday and read!

The Writing Process

Finish back-side of word chart (contemporary, autobiography, coherent) and turn it in.


Review the writing process

Respond, revise, and edit narratives about the day in the life of a shoe.

Final draft due at the end of class.

A Day in the Life of My Left Shoe (A Narrative from a shoe's perspective)

Return rules: keep in portfolio, record grade on assignment list and computer spreadsheet.

Collect signed curriculum letter.

Copy assignment list and keep as first page of portfolio.

Assignment List

1. Class Rules 9/5 6
2. Narrative/Contemporary Word Chart 9/6 18

Copy Carnegie Standards for Written Work

Finish back-side of word chart (contemporary, autobiography, coherent) and turn it in.

Do The Day in the Life of My Shoe exercise.

Homework: Final draft of The Day in the Life of My Shoe

Welcome to the First Day of Eighth Grade!

Assign seats

Pass out color-coded folders

Narrative Poem (a poem that tells a story: "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Copy rules and hand them in

Be in your seat ready to work when the bell rings or receive a tardy.

Bring a blue or black pen, paper, a # 2 pencil with eraser, your agenda book, your English notebook and any other required texts every day.

Behave in a polite and appropriate manner.

Eat, drink, and chew elsewhere.

Use restroom before and after class.

Absolutely no updog in class.

Discuss and collect summer reading (extra credit) assignment. Students must submit the essay by Friday, September 8.

Do first vocabulary word chart for the words narrative, theme, and tradition.


Distribute and discuss curriculum letter (due Friday).

Bones in Measuring Up

Answer questions 1-10 on page 189 in Measuring Up

Correct Vocabulary Mastery

Correct Vocabulary Mastery Test.

Answer questions 1-4 including all "comprehension check" questions on page 293 of the Language of Literature.

Do the vocabulary questions 1-10 on page 294 of Lang. of Lit.

Death Penalty or Life Imprisonment?

Writing prompt

Which is a more humane punishment--the death penalty or life in prison? Explain.

Read "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov on page 285 in theLanguage of Literature.


Homework: Persuasive essay

ipods and immigration

Read the articles on ipods and immigration . Highlight the logical arguments in purple, the facts and statistics in green, the opposing views in yellow, and the proposition in pink.

Answer the following questions for each article.

1. Quote a sentence or two that uses facts or statistics. Explain why the sentences are factual.

2. Quote a sentence or two in which the author uses a logical appeal. Explain why they are factual.

3. Quote an opposing view.

4. What is the author's proposition or thesis? Explain.

Rough drafts of persuasive essay paragraphs are worth 20 points each and are due according to the following schedule.

Paragraphs 1 & 2 (Anecdote and proposition): 4/7

Paragraphs 3 & 4 (Opposing views and facts and statistics): 4/17

Paragraphs 5 & 6 (logical or ethical appeal and conclusion: 4/19

Final draft due on 4/21.

Evaluate examples, research, and write

Add three words to the Persuasion Word Chart: ethical, editorial, argument.

Homework: Cut out a persuasive advertisement from a newspaper or magazine and write a paragraph about its persuasive qualities.

First official day of Persuasion Unit

Add three words to the Persuasion Word Chart: appeal, emotional, logical.

copy the guidelines for the persuasive essay.

Homework: Cut out a persuasive advertisement from a newspaper or magazine and write a paragraph about its persuasive qualities.

Links to articles on controversial topics:

Immigration Editorial
Opinion on Cell Phones in School
Article about a cell phone ban with recovery fee
ipod ban in Miami

Last day to turn in Make-up work!

Last day to turn in the following assignments:

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15
19. Ode Charts, 3/13, 36
20. Quick Defs., 3/14, 4
21. Memory Poem, 3/15, 35
22. Extra Credit
23. Ode Notes, 3/20, 20
24. Ode, 3/25, 100
25. Nancy Drew, 3/21, 10
26. Poetry Letter, 3/23, 10
27. Recitation, 3/28, 40

Class Agenda

Dispatch (Writing prompt):Choose a controversial topic for your persuasive essay. Why did you choose this topic? What do you know about the topic already? What do you want to know about your topic? What are some of your points and arguments? What are some opposing arguments? Do you have a personal anecdote (or story) that relates to the topic? Where do you think you can find facts and statistics to bolster your arguments.


Read page 215 in Measuring Up about pesuasive essays then read the essay "Downloading Music for Free Isn't Fair!" and answer the "Guided Questions" on page 216.

Finish up Measuring Up

Finish the back half of the Persuasion Word Chart.

Finish the questions for "On Women's Right to Vote" on pages 47-48 in Measuring Up and answer questions 1-10.

Controversy

Write a few sentences in response to the following controversial topics.

1. The United States House of Representatives recently passed a law to build a wall between the United States of America and Mexico and to make it a felony to help illegal immigrants.

2. Abortion should be illegal.

3. Same sex marriages should be legal.

4. The United States should get out of the war in Iraq.

5. All Carnegie students should be required to wear a school uniform.


Copy Persuasion Word Chart.

Read "On Women's Right to Vote" on pages 47-48 in Measuring Up and answer questions 1-10.

Abolish the Penny?

1)"Abolish the Penny" read pages 44-46 in Measuring Up. Answer "Guided Questions" 1-8 and questions 1-2 on page 46.

2)Read " On Womens Right to Vote" on pages 47-48 and answer questions 1-10.

Workshop Day

Last day of class time to work on any unfinished work.

Progress report letter

This letter is to be filled out in class and taken home to your parents. Have them sign the bottom.

Use the rest of the period to work on your odes, recitations, and make-ups.

Work on ode, recitation, and take "Nancy Drew" Quiz

Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15
19. Ode Charts, 3/13, 36
20. Quick Defs., 3/14, 4
21. Memory Poem, 3/15, 35
22. Extra Credit
23. Ode Notes, 3/20, 20
24. Ode, 3/25, 100
25. Nancy Drew, 3/21, 10
26. Poetry Letter, 3/23, 10
27. Recitation, 3/28, 40

Silently work on the above assignments which you haven't finished. Most students will be working on their ode and recitation.

Read the selection about the authorship of the Nancy Drew mysteries in the Measuring Up book on pages 34- 36. Answer questions 1-10 on pages 37-38.

Homework: Memorize poem for recitation, Write an ode, complete poetry letter.

Witness Protection Ode

Respond to the following prompt in writing.

You have to leave your home forever. You have 5 minutes to choose five items from your home to take with you. List the five possessions and explain why you chose each one.

Copy the following notes:

The Characteristics of Odes

* Praise something. (socks, womanhood)
* Usually long. (often much longer than a sonnet)
* Poet often speaks directly to his/her subject.
* Elevate their subjects to a higher level. (leaf of grass to stars, celestial socks)
* Often less formal than sonnets—no strict rhyme and meter schemes.

Ode checklist

__ Two stanzas of 9 lines
__ Follows the assigned rhyme and meter pattern
__ Has the ode characteristics 1-4.
__ Title
__ Proper heading in upper right hand corner


Assigned Rhyme and Meter Scheme

Line, Syllables, Rhyme
1, 10, a
2, 4, b
3, 10, a
4, 4, b
5, 10, c
6, 4, c
7, 10, d
8, 4, d
9, 8, c

Brainstorm ideas around one of the five items chosen in the writing prompt. Begin writing your ode.

Homework: Poetry letter due 3-23. Recitation due 3-23. Make-ups due 3-28.

The Mysterious End...

Read your memory poem or sonnet out loud to the class for 15 extra credit points and a sticker.

Read the recitation poem for 40 points.

Read "The Mysterious End..." on pages 26-29 in Measuring Up. Answer all questions on pages 29 - 33.

Homework: memorize poem. Last day for make-ups is 3/28.


Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15
19. Ode Charts, 3/13, 36
20. Quick Defs., 3/14, 4
21. Memory Poem, 3/15, 35
22. Extra Credit

Poetry letter

Review poetry letter. Take it home and have parents read the letter and listen to your poem.

Pick a poem to recite.

Letter and poem due 3/23.

Memory Thief

Memory Thief

The memory thief is knocking on your door. He will steal from you every memory you fail to write down in the next 30 minutes. First write with your dominant hand. For the last fifteen minutes, write with your other hand. Don’t look back. Don’t correct. There is no time to waste, when the thief is at the door.

After you’ve completed this exercise, select the memory that has the most energy, heat, pain, or joy in it, to work it into a poem.

The poem is worth 35 points. If you don't finish it in class, it's homework.

Groups

Work in groups according to what assignment needs extra work.

Quick dictionary definitions:

Define the following words related to odes.

lush

exaggeration

adulation

exuberance

Ode to odes

Make ode charts.

Examine odes on pages 141-152 in Poetry with Teenagers and complete an ode chart for six of them.

Finish assessment and make ups.

Check grades on the computer.

More Testing!

Distric Periodic Assessment on Thursday and Friday

DNA for Dinner! Lesson 3 in Measuring Up

Do Lesson 3 in Measuring Up. Read pages 22-23. Answer "Guided Questions" 1-9 on pages 23 and 24. Answer questions 1-5 on page 25.


Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15

Short period due to testing

Today is a short period due to morning testing. Finish sonnets and start lesson 3 in Measure Up.

Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz (3/6/06), 3/6, 5

New grading period--Start Sonnets

I turned in the grades. Many students did not complete the homework assignment and the assignments while the substitute teacher was here.

Most of the class time will be devoted to writing your sonnets. After you complete the first draft, have a classmate check it with the checklist.

Exit Quiz on Poetry Terms

Write down appropriate poetry term for the following definitions,

1. Praise poem (ode)
2. 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter (sonnet)
3. two lines that rhyme (couplet)
4. a group of lines; a paragraph in poetry (stanza)
5. four lines of poetry (quatrain)

Homework: Finish Sonnet

Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72

14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35

15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10

16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140

Shakespearean Sonnet Rhyme Scheme

Joke of the day

Read Sonnets in Poetry for Teenagers, figure out the rhyme scheme and record the rhyme scheme on paper for 5 sonnets.