Satire Essay

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Please get you netbook when you arrive to class.

SATIRE ESSAY -- Today we will share our satire essay in a group of four.  You will be given a form to complete and turn in at the end of class.  As there will probably be time, I would like a few of you to share your essay with the class.  This is an extra credit opportunity.  Several of you have written very interesting essays, and it would be great to have the whole class hear them.

HOMEWORK:  Be sure to read over vacation.  You should be able to finish the first of two books required.

Satire Essay

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Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

SATIRE ESSAY -- You have this final day to complete the satire essay.  The writing of this essay has also been assigned for homework so you should be in very good shape to have it fully completed by tomorrow.  You will share your essay in a group of four students. I will have a form for you to complete and hand in at the end of the period.  NOTE: Be sure to carefully proofread your essay for errors.

HOMEWORK: Satire essay  

Satire Essay

Good Morning!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

SATIRE ESSAY -- It looks like Thursday needs to be the day for reading response groups.  You have today and tomorrow to FULLY

complete your essay.  That means that at the start of class on Thursday, we will form groups for sharing our essays.  You will receive points for your FULLY completed draft.  Be sure to carefully proofread your essay!

HOMEWORK: Satire Essay

Satire Essay

Good Morning!  
I hope that you had a very enjoyable weekend!

Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

SATIRE ESSAY:  I see that some of you have completed your satirical essay and have written over 1,000 words!  For the rest of you, please work this period towards completing the essay and tonight for homework.  Proofread your essay very carefully for errors and, if you can, please have someone else proofread it for content and mechanical errors.  Wednesday I would like us to have reading response groups, and that activity requires that all students have completed the essay.  You will receive points for a fully completed draft on WEDNESDAY (separate from a final grade). There are a wide range of topics! 

HOMEWORK: Satirical essay 

Satire Essay

Good Morning!  

Please get your netbook when you arrive to class and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

 

SATIRE ESSAY -- You have made significant progress in composing your satirical essay.  Continue your work today with studious, conscientious endeavor.  Reward yourself each and every day with such practice,and you will thank yourself many times over down the road.  Again, carefully compose your sentences.  Proofread carefully for effective sentences. 

 

Homework:  SATIRE ESSAY DUE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18th.

Satire Essay

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Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

SATIRE ESSAY -- Today we will continue composing the satire essay.  As you write, be attentive to composing effective sentences.  If you are struggling with how to express an idea, ask me for help. 

You are focused on the act of writing and working quietly.  

HOMEWORK:  Satire essay. 

Satire Essay

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive to class and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

SATIRE ESSAY -- Yesterday you created a NEW document, you named it Period __ Satire Essay, and you shared it with me (abaltrushes@gmail.com).   AND, for homework last night you were assigned to get started on composing the essay.  The final draft of this essay is due a week from today.  Today we will work on this essay.  You will be quietly focused on this writing.  

HOMEWORK: Satire Essay.  Due Date: Wed, December 18th

Satire Essay

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Please get your netbooks when you arrive.  Read quietly until we are ready to begin.

*Yesterday I showed you the satire writing prompt for the essay that you will be completing by Wednesday, December 18th. (I will give you a hard copy today). For homework last night I asked you to write an introduction which would also include a thesis statement.  For this essay, you will CREATE A NEW DOCUMENT and will name it: Period ___ Satire Essay.  Do this today and also share it with me today (abaltrushes@gmail.com).

*Student examples of satire 

*Today I would like you to develop four reasons for your position. Refer to the writing prompt for an example:
Satire Process Prompt

HOMEWORK:  Begin drafting your essay.  If you have not done so already, develop a thesis and four reasons for your position. 

Satire Essay Prompt

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Friday you responded in your ENGLISH JOURNAL to two student satires, "Satirical Essay on Social Media" and "How to Succeed in School."   Let's look at some of your responses.  (Your response should be a well-developed paragraph).

Satire Process Prompt

Choose an issue in your life or our community that concerns and bothers you and write a satirical essay that critically examines this issue.  Use some of the techniques we have looked at such as, hyperbole, sarcasm and verbal irony, and figurative language. Support your points with evidence that will entertain and inform your audience.

HOMEWORK: Write introductory paragraph to your essay.  Include a thesis statement.  You will be creating a NEW Google document and naming it Period ___ Satire Essay.  Share it with me at abaltrushes@gmail.com.

Student Examples of Satire

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive.

* Please have your independent reading book out so I can check what you are reading.  Have your book each day.

* Yesterday we discussed ideas on issues that might be the topic of a satirical essay -- an essay that critiques an issue in our world using satire. Today we will read two student examples.

ASSIGNMENT: In your ENGLISH JOURNAL briefly summarize the following essays and indicate what satirical devices are used to satirize. (Be sure to include the title of the essay in your ENGLISH JOURNAL)

"Satirical Essay on Social Media"

"How to Succeed in School"

HOMEWORK: Independent reading

"No Chive Left Behind"

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive.

NOTE:  Please have your independent reading book by tomorrow.  I want to see what you have chosen.

* "No Chive Left Behind"  -- Yesterday you read this essay and responded to questions in your ENGLISH JOURNAL.  I am especially interested in your response to Question #8.

*  In groups of 4 I would like you to generate a list of possible 

    topics for our next writing assignment which will be to write 

    your own satire.  List ten topics/issues.

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading book

"No Chive Left Behind"

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive.

NOTE:  By Friday please select your first independent reading book for the final six weeks.  

Today we are reading another piece of satire which I have shared with you in your VIEW ONLY folder.  The essay is "No Chive Left Behind."  PLEASE make your own copy of the text.  Please read the essay quietly and respond to the questions at the end.  When you have completed the questions, please copy the completed questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL.

HOMEWORK: Select your independent reading book and begin reading. 

"Advice to Youth"

Good Morning!

We do not need the netbooks today.  

NOTE: Please have your independent reading books selected by the end of the week, and we will resume quiet reading each day.

*Mark Twain's "Advice to Youth"  -- for homework you annotated this essay, noting what Twain is mainly satirizing and his use of sarcasm or verbal irony.  When you turn in your annotated copy of this text, I should see notes beside each paragraph.
 

HOMEWORK:  Select your Independent Reading book for the next six weeks.

"Advice to Youth"

GOOD MORNING!  Welcome back to school -- I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving vacation! 

Please get your netbooks when you arrive.

1.  Book Reviews -- I would like to share with you some of the more successful book reviews.  Please bring your new selection to class each day for some quiet reading. 

2.  I would also like to share with you some English Journal responses which caught my attention.

3.  Anticipation Questions: (Respond in your ENGLISH JOURNAL)
     1. What is the most consistent advice that you receive from your
          elders (parents, teachers, etc.)?
     2.  Is there advice that you hear that you believe to be futile?
     3.  What do you think is the best advice?
     4.  What is your best advice? 

3.  HOMEWORK:  Mark Twain -- "Advice to Youth"  (HANDOUT COPY)

     *What do you think Twain is mainly satirizing?

         *Give three examples from the text and explain what he is 

       mocking.

     *Point out three instances of sarcasm or verbal irony

Book Reviews

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Please get your netbook when you arrive.  

Today I am giving you the opportunity to complete your Goodreads book reviews or any recent assignment that has not been completed. This will also give me the opportunity to help anyone that might be having difficulty with Goodreads.

An EXTRA CREDIT opportunity:  Locate a poem about Thanksgiving to read to the class .  We will do this towards the end of class.    Thanksgiving Poems

HOMEWORK:  Have a great Thanksgiving!  Make your next book selection and read over vacation. 

English Journal Response

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NOTE:  Please return to the library TODAY your copy of The Crucible if you have not done so already. 

*Yesterday you completed your annotation of "The Ugly Truth About Beauty."  I also asked you to respond to this essay in your ENGLISH JOURNAL.  Please complete that today.  Briefly summarize the essay and provide a meaningful explanation of the ugly truth about beauty (what is the ugly truth about beauty?).

HOMEWORK:  Your two book reviews are due tomorrow.  Be sure to share the URL of the published review page by filling out the Book Review URL form under "Important Links."  Tomorrow I will give you time in class to complete this and any recent assignment that you need to complete.

"The Ugly Truth About Beauty"

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Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

NOTE:  If you have not returned to the library your copy of The Crucible, please do so as soon as possible.  Many of you have not according to Mrs. Cooper.

* "The Ugly Truth About Beauty" -- You should have completed your annotation of this essay yesterday, and you also have shared this essay with me (abaltrushes@gmail.com).  Make sure that your name is on the essay in the upper left corner. 

* NOW, go to your ENGLISH JOURNAL and answer the following question:  What is the ugly truth about beauty?  Write a paragraph which provides an in-depth response to this question.  Begin by briefly summarizing the article and then provide a meaningful response to the question.

HOMEWORK:  You have two book reviews due by Friday.  One of the reviews will be on a book from the recommended list.  Follow the Book Review Rubric.

"The Ugly Truth About Beauty"

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

NOTE:  Two book reviews are due by this Friday, Nov22.  Follow the Book Review Rubric and be sure to fill out the Book Review URL form under "Important Links" so that I receive the link to your published Goodreads page. 

*PLEASE open your copy of  "Lost in the Kitchen" and put your name and period in the upper left corner.  Do the same on your copy of the essay we will read today.

* "The Ugly Truth About Beauty" -- this is another Dave Barry essay which we will annotate for satirical devices and main ideas.  The essay is in your Google drive.  Make your own copy so you are able to annotate.  Read the essay to the end and for the second reading annotate the text. SHARE YOUR ANNOTATED COPY WITH ME (abaltrushes@gmail.com).

HOMEWORK: Two book reviews on Goodreads are to be completed by this Friday, Nov 22.

Satire -- "Lost in the Kitchen"

Good Morning!  I hope that you had an enjoyable weekend!

Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

* "Lost in the Kitchen" -- You have about 15 minutes to complete your annotation of this essay, and then we will discuss the satirical devices that you noted in your annotation. Please share your annotated copy with me if you have not done so already (abaltrushes@gmail.com).

* Another Dave Barry essay: "The Ugly Truth About Beauty" -- Annotate for features of satire, main ideas, and your responses.  Once you have completed your annotation, please share your annotated copy with me.

HOMEWORK: You have two book reviews due by this Friday.  Please follow the Book Review Rubric.

Satire -- "Lost in the Kitchen"

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

" a culture without satire is a culture without self-criticism and thus, ultimately, without humanity."

                                           -- Max Eastman, a theorist of humor

*Yesterday I introduced the genre of satire to you and pointed out some of the common satirical devices.  I also read to you a condensed version of "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift, an eighteenth century English writer.  Today we will read a contemporary example of satire and you will identify the satirical devices in your annotation of the text.

Open your Google docs and go to "shared with me."  You will find the essay "Lost in the kitchen."  Make a copy of this essay so you will be able to annotate it as you read.  You will then share your annotated copy with me -- abaltrushes@gmail.com

HOMEWORK:  Work towards completing two book reviews by NOV 22.  Be sure to follow the Book Review Rubric.

Satire

Good Morning!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin. I love to see all of you reading!

For anyone in this class who has not filled out the STUDENT DATA FORM under "Important Links," please do so at this time.  I need your email address so I can share documents with you in a "view only folder."

* Introduction to Satire:

   (Some of your responses to the #2)
   What is satire?

   What are some of the common devices used in satire?

* A memorable example of satire: "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift.

HOMEWORK: Two book reviews are due by Nov 22! Follow the Book Review Rubric.

 

Satire

Good Morning!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

 1. Anne Bradstreet poem, "Upon the Burning of Our House"

     In your English Journal, explain what this poem is about. 
     What is the message or theme of this poem? 

2. SATIRE 
To begin our study of satire, please respond to the following questions in your English Journal:

1. What is satire?
2. Why is it important to look critically at the world around us?
3. Why do author's choose satire?

3.  Satirical Devices
4.  Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" 

HOMEWORK: By Nov 22 you will have completed two book reviews in Goodreads.  One of the books will be from the recommended list.



 

Anne Bradstreet

Good Morning!  I hope you had a great three-day weekend!

 

We don't need the netbooks today.  Please read quietly until we are ready to begin.

 

Before we leave the era of The Crucible (to become a distant memory as we go along this year), I would like to share with you a poem from the Puritan era which reinforces our learning about the culture in that period in our nation's history. 

 

"Upon the Burning of Our House," by Anne Bradstreet -- With a partner, read each stanza and paraphrase what Bradstreet is describing and complete questions 1-4.  (Two handouts)

NOTE: Tomorrow we  begin our study of SATIRE

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading and book reviews.  Two book reviews are due by NOV 22.  One of the reviews must be from the recommended booklist.

  

Expert Project

Good Morning!  Happy Friday!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.  Begin at the bell.

 

EXPERT PROJECT:  Today is our final day for working on the Expert Project until we finish with the unit on Satire which we begin next week.  Hopefully, you are engaged in your topic with interest and enthusiasm to learn more.  Four posts on your blog should show your efforts this week.  

 

HOMEWORK:  Be mindful of the due date of Nov 22 for your two book reviews.  You now have a hard copy of the Book Review Rubric which you are to follow in writing your book reviews for this grading period. 

Expert Project

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

NOTE: I am passing out to you today the hard copy of the Book Review Rubric because I want you to closely adhere to it for the next book reviews.  Keep it in your notebook. 

EXPERT PROJECT:  So far we have used Google Advanced News Archive and My Big Campus to enhance our research on our topic.  Today, let's look at the school district database:
          1.  Go to www.pointlomahigh.com
          2.  Click on library
          3.  Click on Links
          4.  Click on SIRS Knowledge Source
          5.  Type in topic in "Issues Researcher" box

HOMEWORK: You are to have completed 4 posts on your blog by tomorrow.  AND, of course, there is the standing homework assignment of your book reviews. The grading period ends Nov 22.

Expert Project

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive and quietly read until we are ready to begin.  Begin at the bell.

EXPERT PROJECT:  By Friday you will have four blog posts for your research topic.  Your posts are summaries of the articles that you read and/or an explanation of what work you did in your research.  

An additional resource for your research:  

          GO to My Big Campus -- you will be able to log in (I am told)

          Click on library  and then enter your topic in the search box

HOMEWORK:  If you are able to do this at home, please work on your Expert Project blog posts.  You should have 4 blog posts by Friday.  AND, of course, there is your independent reading and book reviews of which to be mindful. The grading period ends Nov 22.

Expert Project

Good Morning!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.  Please begin at the bell.

EXPERT PROJECT -- By Friday of this week you will have four blogposts, summarizing your research findings on your topic.  Today, you will investigate how you might do some "deep" research on your topic.  Use Google Advanced News Archive to find primary sources on your topic.  Summarize at least one article for today.  I will be going to your blog to check your progress.  Work on this at home if you can.  Please use the class time available to you to complete this work.

HOMEWORK:  Expert Project research and independent reading book reviews.  The end of the grading period is Nov 22.

Expert Project

Good Morning!  I hope that you had a very enjoyable weekend!

Please get your netbook when you arrive to class and read quietly until we are ready to begin.  

NOTE:  Since you will be writing your first book review soon, please review the BOOK REVIEW RUBRIC under "Important Links."  For this second grading period, I am going to want you to adhere more closely to this rubric's guidelines.   

EXPERT PROJECT:  Today you will be doing some searching on your topic.  Find an article or resource closely related to your research question. Post a link of the article on your blog and use the rest of the post to explain and summarize what you found.  By the end of the week, you will have posted on your blog four summaries of articles.  Be sure to also include in your blog post the URL of the site you visited.

If you have not created a blog yet, please do so today as follows: 

1.  Go to blogger.com
2.  gmail
3.  new blog
4.  title (create a title relevant to your topic)
5.  address ( _______________.blogspot.com)
6.  template 

 THEN, share the URL of your blog by filling out the following form:

Expert Project Blog URL

HOMEWORK:  You should be getting ready to write your first book review on Goodreads.  Two book reviews are due Nov 22.

Expert Project

Good Morning!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin

EXPERT PROJECT: As I have indicated to you, we will begin work on our Expert Project today and will continue next week to get it well under way.  Today you will create a blog which is where you will record your findings from your research. You will summarize articles that you read on your topic and post these summaries on your blog, including the URL of the website where you located the article.

Here are the steps to create your blog:

1.  Go to blogger.com
2.  gmail
3.  new blog
4.  title (create a title relevant to your topic)
5.  address ( _______________.blogspot.com)
6.  template

After you create your blog, please fill out the following form.  You will paste the URL of your blog address into the form.

Expert Project Blog URL

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading.  The end of the second six weeks will come quickly -- Nov 22.  You should have an eye towards writing your first book review very soon! 

 

Writing Assessment

Good Morning

NOTE: Please swing by the library when you can and return your copy of The Crucible.

WRITING ASSESSMENT:  Yesterday I told you that I would be giving you an essay to read and that you would be responding to the essay in writing. 

 Please carefully read "The Man in the Water."  Annotate the essay for the rhetorical devices/techniques that you are able to identify.  A rhetorical device is a technique that an author uses to convey to the reader a meaning with the goal of persuading the reader to consider a topic from a different perspective.  Write a paragraph discussing the main idea of the essay and the rhetorical devices that are used to convey that idea.

The following are examples of rhetorical devices: diction, tone, imagery, metaphor, simile, connotation, euphemism, mood, tone, syntax, sentence length, irony, syntax, logos, ethos, pathos. 

HOMEWORK:  Expert Project Research topic. If you are thinking of changing your topic, be ready with your new idea tomorrow. Tomorrow we will begin our work on this year-long project.  We will start by creating a blog.

 

Character Narrative/Analysis

Good Morning!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive to class and quietly read until we are ready to begin.

Character Narrative/Analysis Assignment -- You  have FULLY completed your final draft.  Please take a few minutes to give it a last careful reading, making sure that there are no obvious errors.  Your narrative or essay should have a title. Please also put your name, period, and date in the upper left corner. I would like some of you to share your writing with the class.  This is an EXTRA CREDIT opportunity.  How can you refuse?

HOMEWORK:  We will be spending some time on the expert project assignment.  You have handed in your research question.  If you are inclined to change it, then consider what your new topic will be.  We will begin work on Friday. 

NOTE:  Tomorrow you will be given a writing assessment prompt which asks you to discuss rhetorical devices in an essay that I will give you to read.  This must be accomplished before Friday.  We just haven't had the opportunity to do this at an earlier date.

Character Narrative/Analysis

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly while the netbook is powering up.  FYI the end of the grading period is Nov 22.  Two book reviews on Goodreads are due by that date.

Character Narrative/Analysis Assignment:  A completed first draft of this writing assignment is due today, but I see that many of you are still writing.  What I want you to do today is have a partner read what you have written so far.  You and your partner will read for writing mistakes and content.  Are the details clearly explained? Is the quoted material introduced smoothly? Make suggestions to your partner.  Spend the rest of the period completing this draft.

HOMEWORK:  Complete the Character Narrative/Analysis final draft.

Character Narrative/Analysis

Good Morning! 

 I hope you had an enjoyable weekend!

Please get your netbook when you arrive to class and read quietly while your netbook is powering up.

Character Narrative/Analysis Assignment:  You have another day in class to complete your first draft of this writing assignment (this was also assigned over the weekend.  Tomorrow you will have another student read your draft and offer suggestions.  The final draft is due Wednesday.  

HOMEWORK:  Character Narrative/Analysis writing assignment

Character Narrative/Analysis

Good Morning!

Please get your netbooks when you arrive to class and read quietly while your netbook is powering up. This grading period will pass swiftly so make swift progress with your reading.  Use the time available to you! 

Character Narrative/Analysis Writing Assignment -- I asked you to be prepared with a draft in progress.  Today you have time in class to work on this assignment.  A fully complete first draft is due Monday and the final draft is due Tuesday.  On Monday you will share your writing with another classmate for feedback.  Name this NEW document Period ___ Character Narrative/Analysis and share this document with me (abaltrushes@gmail.com).  Do this today.

NOTE: If you have not completed the questions to Act IV (they should have been completed), do so today.  I will be checking these over the weekend and will record a grade.  I will not look again to see if they are completed.

HOMEWORK:  First draft fully completed of writing assignment.