August 30

AGENDA:

1. Vocabulary Quiz

2. Discuss "Whatever Happened..."

3. For period 3 - complete "Yellow Wallpaper"

4. If time, house cleaning....

HW: Literature Analysis due September 27;

August 29

AGENDA:

1. Presentations 

2. Historical culture of "female invalidism"

3. Parallels in Charlotte Gilman's life
4. Questions on the short story for discussion

5. PSAT - extra credit!

HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow; Read "Whatever Happened to the Guy Stuck in the Elevator" extra credit question(s) will come from this tomorrow on vocab quiz  



What Ever Happened to the Guy in the Elevator

August 28

AGENDA:

1. Constructing gender differences

2. Group work on "The Yellow Wallpaper" and gender

August 27

AGENDA:

1. Journal Write -

Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz once said, "Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view." With this in mind, describe a moment when your perspective changed.

2. Discuss "Allegory of the Cave"

HW: Read "Yellow Wallpaper" for tomorrow's class; Vocab quiz on Friday

August 26

AGENDA:

1. Guernica, Pablo Picasso

2. Groups identify myth, fable, parable, allegory

HW:Vocab quiz on Friday; Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gilman by Wednesday's class; bring a level two and a level three question with you tomorrow about "Allegory of the Cave" - to be turned in



yellowwallpaper

August 23

AGENDA:

1. Vocab quiz/name of literary analysis book

2. Turn in thesis revisions
3. "Allegory of the Cave" questions


HW: CSF Forms! Renaissance Forms! Find and bring in a short fable, parable, allegory, or myth for class on Monday. Bring just one copy.

August 22

AGENDA:

1. Allegory/Parable/Symbols/Myths/Fables

2. "Prodigal Son" by Luke

3. "Allegory of the Cave" by Plato

HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow; book selected for first literary analysis; thesis revision due (optional); Read "Allegory of the Cave" and be ready to discuss tomorrow



The Allegory of the Cave
 


Symbolism.allegory.myth.fable.allusion

August 21

AGENDA:

1.Group work- Pick out five phrases which you think are especially important to the story. Briefly be ready to describe why you chose each. What questions about character or motivation or plot does this story leave in your mind?

2. Types of irony

3. Discussion on "Story of an Hour"

HW: Rewrite your thesis by Friday; vocab quiz on Friday; select your literary analysis book by Friday;

August 20

AGENDA:

1. Hand back essays

2. Go over essays/thesis'/peer editing

3. Literary Analysis - come to class with your book tomorrow


HW: Vocab quiz on Friday; Read "The Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin tonight for class tomorrow 

  The Story of an Hour


 LITERATURE ANALYSIS 2014

August 19

AGENDA:

1. Richard Cory recitations

HW: Vocab quiz on Friday

English Honors 2 Syllabus

English 10 Honors Syllablus

California Scholarship Federation (CSF) Application

California Scholarship FederationRHSAPP13

August 16

AGENDA:

1. Graded Socratic Seminar on "The Lottery"

HW: Richard Cory on Monday; vocab quiz on Friday the 23rd


The Lottery

August 15

AGENDA:

1. Vocabulary #1 (Quizlet.com - search for MrsByrne600 and click on English Honors 2014)

2. Annotating and Active Reading

3. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
4. To become a member of this blog - login at top right corner of blog

HW: Richard Cory on Monday 19; Vocabulary quiz on Friday, August 23

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

August 14

AGENDA:

1. Essay Exam - Summer Reading

In each of the novels assigned for summer reading, characters' belief systems were challenged by events and information that caused them to reconsider their assumptions. Analyze and compare two of the novels to explain how the author achieves this purpose. Your analysis must include at least three technical elements of literature (such as plot, setting, characterization, diction or syntax).

For example, in Bless Me, Ultima and Like Water for Chocolate, the authors use indirect characterization, formal diction, and internal conflict to help the reader see how the main characters' beliefs change throughout the novel.

If you are new to Righetti or for some reason did not read this summer:

In many works of literature, past events can affect, positively or negatively, the present actions, attitudes, or values of a character. Choose a novel or play in which a character must contend with some aspect of the past, either personal or societal. Then write an essay in which you show how the character's relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. (Do not merely summarize the plot).

REMINDER: Turn in your summer reading notes today before you leave for credit. 

HW: Prepare for Richard Cory recitation

WELCOME BACK!

JOURNAL TOPIC

Who are you and what are you doing in this class? How did you get here? Is English a love or simply another talent you possess? What do you expect from the class and from yourself this year? How far are you prepared to go in order to achieve your goals? Is there anything about yourself that would be helpful for my understanding you? Do you have fear coming in here this year? Of what? What do you read? What do you like or dislike about reading? Please provide your email, your parent's email and your cell phone number. Mine are on the board. 

AGENDA 

1. Journal 

2. Name Cards 

3. "Richard Cory"(to be memorized by Mon. 8/19) 

4. Essay exam tomorrow - timed 40 minute (Wed. 8/14) 

5. Go over syllabus (Signed syllabus due by Friday 8/16)  and blog

6. Annotated notes from summer reading due tomorrow with essays



“Richard Cory”
By Edward Arlington Robinson, 1897

Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich – yes, richer than a king –
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

HW:  Read these three articles and be ready to discuss on Thursday

Why We Memorize.New Yorker
 

Why We Memorize
 

Why We Memorize