Tuesday, 3.31 - (Holy Tuesday) Marching into April

• 3PO
• GUM: do Bedford 24-25 PDF Ex. 24-2 (page 2). We will check Ex. 24-1 from yesterday. When you finish, look at our first grader chants below OR you may take a moment to read the daily scripture reading for Holy Tuesday of Holy Week.
• Subjective: I, you, he-she-it, we, they, who, whoever
• Objective: me, you, him-her-it, us, them, whom, whomever
• Journal: 2nd Gen. Rom. Poets (U6 tab): Byron, Shelley, Keats

HW: see yesterday's assignment

Holy Week Schedule

Schedule for the Week (click READ MORE to see the entire week's schedule)

Monday - regular M/W schedule

Tuesday - Easter Chapel - all HS

Monday, 3.30 - Holy Week

• 3PO
• GUM: Go to GC and import Bedford 24–25 into Notability. Do Ex. 24-1 using the Bedford 24 rules to the right to help you determine the correct answer. 
• Subjective Case Pronouns:
• I, you, he-she-it, we, they, who, whoever
• Objective Case Pronouns:
• Me, you, him-her-it, us, them, whom, whomever
• Ex. 
• Sub (I, you, he-she-it, we, they, who, whoever) blessed Obj.(me, you, him-her-it, us, them, whom, whomever)
• He blessed them.
• Who blessed her?

• Continue working in your pairs to finish the Second Generation Romantic Poets journal (U6 tab–>Byron, Shelley, and Keats). The journal will be due halfway through block day (Wed/Thurs).

HW: 

1. (due - halfway through block) Journal: 2nd Gen. Rom. Poets 
2. (Return from Spring Break) Finish P&P (three quotes from any three separate chapters). 
1. However, this time, link the quote to another quote or particular section of the book, explaining how they are connected (i.e. theme, character, or another lit. element like irony/satire); furthermore, consider what Austen is saying.

Wednesday, 3.25 - The Renowned Pronoun

• 3PO
• GUM: do Pronoun Case Ex. 1 while I check HW
• Please do at least the first ten and let me see your score. You may keep going while I spot check your quotes.

• Finish your Coleridge journal notes with your partner from Monday.
• With same partner, begin the Second Generation Romantic Poets—begin assignment (U6 tab)—due next Wednesday.

TURNITIN.COM INFORMATION!!!

• Turnitin.com enrollment info:
• Class ID - 8860899
• Password - Beowulf

HW: 

1. Second Generation Romantics Journals (due next Wednesday)

Tuesday, 3.24 - Workout Day

• 3PO
• Workday - You may work on the following:
1. finish Coleridge notes with your partner (tomorrow we will
2. CWP Q4: Romantic Poems (check with me re: MLA formatting)
3. P&P journal

HW:

1. (Wed) - P&P (P2 Ch 19 - P3 Ch 1-7) OR (Ch 42 - 49) - two quotes
2. (Wed) CWP Q4: Romantic Poems 
1. MUST be MLA formatted properly. Please see me to check your work.
2. MUST turn in a hard copy on Wed at the beginning of class; if you are not at school, you must have a copy submitted to turnitin.com at the beginning of class.
3. Submit a copy to turnitin.com by Wednesday night before you leave for the senior trip.

 

Monday, 3.23 - More Romance

"With my crossbow, / I shot the albatross!"

• 3PO
• "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" - snag a partner with whom you have not yet had the chance to work, and identify and take notes on the following:
• How this narrative poem follows the biblical arc of 
• Creation - how does the narrative reflect the goodness, harmony, society of the Garden
• Fall - who/what is/are the agent(s) of sin/temptation? What act plunges creation into the curse? What are the effects of this sin?
• Redemption - who/what is/are the agent(s) of redemption? Why? What are the immediate effects?
• Restoration - who/what is restored? Is there a change in the protagonist? In the hearer of this tale?
• How this poem includes numerous romantic obsessions
• With the same partner, begin working on the Second Generation Romantic Poets (U6 tab), using the link provided (you have the next several days to work on this assignment)

HW:

1. (Wed) - P&P (P2 Ch 19 - P3 Ch 1-7) OR (Ch 42 - 49) - two quotes
2. (Wed) CWP Q4: Romantic Poems

Block, 3.19 & 20 - Phantasmagoric Gospel?

• 3PO
• GUM: review for your quiz
• SVA Quiz
• S.T. Coleridge (U6 tab)
• P&P 

HW:

1. (Wed) - P&P (P2 Ch 19 - P3 Ch 1-7) OR (Ch 42 - 49) - two quotes
2. (Wed) CWP Q4: Romantic Poems

Wednesday, 3.18 - Review, Read, and/or wRite

• 3PO
• GUM: None. Let's get started.
• SVA: check PDF
• Read P&P and/or work on your CWP (due next Wednesday).

HW:

1. (block) SVA quiz
2. P&P (P2 Ch 15-18) or (38-41) 
1. one quote/episode
2. context 
3. new reflection (choose one below)
1. link to theme
2. ask a penetrating question-provide a possible answer
3. make a characterization observation 

Tuesday, 3.17 - Happy St. Patrick's Day

• 3PO
• GUM: Do the final two exercises on your SVA worksheet (available via GC); we will review the answers tomorrow in preparation for your quiz on block day.
• I will check your P&P journal (two quotes)
• The Story of St. Patrick

HW:

1. (block) SVA (Subject-Verb Agreement) quiz 
2. P&P - next four chapters (P2 Ch 15-18) or (Ch 38-41) - one quote

Monday, 3.16 - One More Lap! Don't Be a Sluggard!

• 3PO
• GUM: Go to GC and get the SVA (Subject-Verb Agreement) PDF. Open in Notability and do the first two pages (Ex 21-1 and 21-2), identifying both the simple subject and the verb for each clause under question. Please note that these are different than the exercises that you already did by the same names. 
• Final Poem to memorize! G. M. Hopkins' "God's Grandeur"
• CWP Q4: Romantic Poems (due block day March 26th)
• Work on assignments (specifically tomorrow's P&P HW)

HW:

1. (Tues) P&P (P2 Ch 9-14) or (Ch 32-37): two quotes

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (bio)
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• Audio by Richard Burton
• As we read, I want you to do two things:
1. Identify how this narrative poem follows the biblical arc of 

• Creation - how does the narrative reflect the goodness, harmony, society of the Garden
• Fall - who/what is/are the agent(s) of sin/temptation? What act plunges creation into the curse? What are the effects of this sin?
• Redemption - who/what is/are the agent(s) of redemption? Why? What are the immediate effects?
• Restoration - who/what is restored? Is there a change in the protagonist? In the hearer of this tale?
2. Identify how this poem portrays various romantic obsessions

Block, 3.11 & 12 - Anyone Prejudiced against Movies?

• 3PO

• GUM: review your poem
• Finish Wordsworth (U6 tab)
• Turn in your HW
• Watch P&P - please check your grades to make sure nothing is missing. Let me know.

HW:

1. (Tues) P&P (P2 Ch 9-14) or (Ch 32-37): two quotes

Tuesday, 3.10 - These Romantic Poets Are Too Much with Us

• 3PO
• Week's Schedule
• Monday - M/W schedule with Advisory
• Tuesday - M/W schedule with Advisory
• Wednesday - Friday block schedule with chapel; students will remain in their third period class for Advisory
• Thursday - Regular Thursday block schedule
• Friday - No school; this is the end of the quarter
• GUM: Subject-Verb Agreement: Ex 5 (1-10)
• Poetry Recitations?
• Finish Wordsworth (U6 tab)
• Compare notes from yesterday with a new partner (someone you have not worked with yet)

HW:

1. (block) P&P journal and poetry recitation

Monday, 3.9 - Last Week of 3rd Quarter

• 3PO

  

  Wednesday's Block Schedule

• GUM: Subject-Verb Agreement: Ex 4 (1-10)
• Any recitations?
• Finish Wordsworth (U6 tab)
• Work by yourself this time and answer posted questions. 
• DO not look up the poem online; rather, you may merely search to look up definitions.
• CWP Q4: Romantic Poems (due second week of the 4th quarter). For those who would like to write and submit them to Poetry Santa Cruz Competition, please go to Google Classroom for the contest details.
• You must do two poems
1. (Blake) A voice for the voiceless
1. Write a poem that speaks on behalf of someone or some group in society who is suffering—akin to Blake's "Chimney Sweeper" poems. Remember that Blake considered the chimney sweeps the sacrificial lambs of London society.
2. (Wordsworth) My heart leaps up
1. Write a poem that celebrates the beauty of creation (Nature). It can also lament the hold that technology has on us. Or, in good Wordsworthian fashion, you can show how Nature intersects and transfigures our inventions.

HW: 

1. (Wed) Poetry Recitation (do any day between now and block)
2. (Wed) P&P: 
1. New journal entries (Ch 1-8)
2. Only two quotes needed but use new criteria

Block, 3.5 & 6 - Let us go then, you and I, like impatient students: either I upon the table of the earth now let you run or not

• 3PO
• GUM: do Bedford 21-2 while I check your quote from P&P (21-23)
• Discuss P&P and finish Quizzy-quizzes for those who haven't yet been summoned to share
• New P&P expectations re: Theme
1. You may identify a passage and link it to a theme you see developing OR
2. You may ask a really insightful question and propose a possible answer to it OR
3. You may make an observation about a character, identifying whether your quote makes the character dynamic (shows character development), rounds him out, etc.
• Finish Wordsworth's poems (Unit 6) - discuss
• Romantic poetry project
• I have something muy very special . . . and Romantic for you all today 

CWP

• CWP Q4: Romantic Poems (due second week of the 4th quarter). For those who would like to write and submit them to Poetry Santa Cruz Competition, please go to Google Classroom for the contest details.
• You must do two poems
1. (Blake) A voice for the voiceless
1. Write a poem that speaks on behalf of someone or some group in society who is suffering—akin to Blake's "Chimney Sweeper" poems. Remember that Blake considered the chimney sweeps the sacrificial lambs of London society.
2. (Wordsworth) My heart leaps up
1. Write a poem that celebrates the beauty of creation (Nature). It can also lament the hold that technology has on us. Or, in good Wordsworthian fashion, you can show how Nature intersects and transfigures our inventions.
• You must introduce or follow each poem with a short explanation of what the poem means (content) and how it means (literary elements/terms). You must have at least ONE literary element used and specifically identified in each poem—simile, metaphor, imagery (identify which type), paradox, personification, etc.
• GUM: you must properly punctuate your poetry, just like you would prose. Improper punctuation will cost you points. 
• Length: at least 400 words total (two poems and two introductions)
• Format: MLA (all lines double-spaced)
• Title of assignment: CWP Q4: Romantic Poems
• Turnitin.com

Wednesday, 3.4 - Let's come to a subject-verb agreement, gentlemen

• 3PO

• GUM: Subject-Verb Agreement in Bedford Online
• Bedford Online
• Grammatical Sentences
• 21k (Exercise 21-1 do a–5 . . . yes, a–5 for a total of ten)
• Copy the exercise into Notability and mark both the subject(s) and the verb
• And for those who don't have an iPad, you may borrow a fellow student's iPad to view how to use one of the Bedford Handbook books HERE. (Since one of you asked what a book was . . . you snarky snark and the funky bunch ; )

• Discuss Wordsworth's "Lines upon Westminster Bridge"
• Read and discuss "The world is too much with us"

• Work on HW for block (P&P 21–23)

Tuesday, 3.3 - Take a Breather

• 3PO

• Extended Chapel Schedule
• GUM: Subject-Verb Agreement: Ex. 3 (1-10)
• Reno to check P&P HW (15-20) 
• Finish discussing Wordsworth's "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" (U6 tab) and taking notes by answering the questions on the blog:
1. Paraphrase
2. Notice any Lit elements? If so, what are they and how do they add to the poem?
3. What makes this poem "Romantic"?
• When you're finished with the poem, you should free read P&P for block day (you only need to do chapters 21-23 and select ONE quote ; )

HW:

1. (block) P&P (Ch 21-23) - only select ONE quote

Monday, 3.2 - The Man Is Father of the Daughter

• 3PO
• Mr. Schwager's family has a new addition:
• My heart leaps when I behold
• Some Sunshine in the sky
• Sunshine Jean Schwager was born this morning
• GUM: Subject-Verb Agreement: Ex 2 (1-10)
• LIT: Finish Blake and move to Wordsworth (U6 tab)

HW: 

1. (Tues) Finish your P&P (15-20) journal

Theme

• P&P theme - A theme is one sentence that sums up what an author is telling readers about some aspect of life. Here are some guidelines from Perrine's Literature to help you observe a story's theme:
1. "Theme should be expressible in the form of a statement with a subject and a predicate."
2. "The theme should be stated as a generalization about life."
3. "We must be careful not to make the generalization larger than is justified by the terms of the story."
1. "Terms like every, all, always should be used very cautiously; terms like some, sometimes, may are often more accurate."
4. "Theme is the central or unifying concept of a story."
5. "There is no one way of stating the theme of a story."
6. "We should avoid any statement that reduces the theme to some familiar saying that we have heard all our lives, such as 'You can't judge a book by its cover.'"
7. Reno would add that with a large story (a novel) there may be several themes an author portrays.

• Try moving from topic to theme in P&P (below is an example):

• Topic - love
• Subtopic (what kind?) - romantic love
• Cliche? - Love is blind (do not use a cliche as a theme)
• Theme (what about romantic love?) - Austen's Pride and Prejudice develops the theme that romantic interest often obscures the vision and critical observation of those who are in the grip of attraction.