Watch the Veggie Tales. They are always fun!
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Remake
Over the years, many versions of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story have been filmed. One that was mentioned in class this week was the Veggie Tales version. The older versions are probably poor quality and the newer version may have portions that may be inappropriate (and therefore non-recommendable.)
Watch the Veggie Tales. They are always fun!
Watch the Veggie Tales. They are always fun!
Writing 1 Class Notes -- Week 3 (January 30)
Greetings!
It was good to see
everyone today after last week's cancelled classes. With the poor
driving weather, I'm also glad to see that we were all safe.
Since
we didn't have class last week and therefore didn't get a chance to go
over the worksheets that I e-mailed out, we spent a significant amount
of time on Grammar, talking about pronouns today. I made a chart
on the board to explain nominative and objective cases along with 1st,
2nd, and 3rd person pronouns. This helped us as we worked through some
of the worksheets. We went over some of the exercises on the worksheets
assigned for next week.
Next on our agenda was a brief discussion of our next paper, the Narrative Essay.
Because we have new students this semester, I explained the 3-step
process for putting together an essay: pre-writing, the rough draft,
and the final draft. We also reviewed what a thesis statement was
(Topic/Subject + Opinion/Stand = Thesis Statement) These Narrative
Essays are not just stories, but they are to be stories "with a
purpose" In other words, they need to have a thesis that gives the
paper direction and focus.
Finally, we discussed our first book for this term, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Written at the tale end of the Victorian era, the language is a bit
dryer than our modern diction. Their mode of speech may feel more
stilted and formal, but it is a fairly accurate depiction of the
language of the time. It's a fascinating story with multiple layers of
themes.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read Chapters 5 & 6 from Jekyll/Hyde
-- Answer 2 questions for each chapter
-- Finish Pronouns Worksheets 4-4 and 4-5
This week's blog posts
Class Notes
Have a great weekend and stay warm!
Mrs. Prichard
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Writing 1 -- "Cold Day" Homework
Greetings!
My apologies for not sending out an e-mail before this with the homework for next week. Our family is hosting a fundraiser at our house for our son Ryan who is in Thailand with Youth with a Mission. The past two days have been full of cleaning, baking, and jewelry making.
Firstly, a reminder of the homework that was due for this Thursday which you should bring to class next week:
Assignments due Jan. 23
-- Narrative Essay Pre-Write
-- Read the background information about Robert Louis Stevenson
-- Read Chapters 1 & 2 of Jekyll/Hyde
-- Answer 2 questions for each chapter from the Study Guide
-- Grammar Worksheets 4-1 and 4-2.
Assignments due Jan. 30
-- Narrative Essay Rough Draft
-- Read Chapters 3 & 4 of Jekyll/Hyde
-- Be prepared to discuss the study questions for Chapters 3 & 4
-- Grammar Worksheet 4-3 (attached and on Dropbox)
Extra Credit options:
-- Make up your own Quick Write. Choose any topic and write for 7 minutes.
-- Make your own "Word of the Day" list of 3 unusual words along with their definitions.
I've made a new Dropbox folder for this semester's class. For those who are new to the class, all of the handouts (grammar worksheets, study guides, writing guidelines, syllabus, etc.) are on this site. I also attach any handouts with the weekly Class Notes. AND, most of them are in a format so that they can be read on the blog. It is not necessary to use all three of these sources.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Stay warm!
Mrs. Prichard
This week's blog
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Writing 1 Class Notes -- Week 1 (January 16)
Greetings, once again!
I don't know about all of the students, but I feel that it's good to be back in school again. Our Quick Write for the day was weather-related because of the snow and high winds in the northwest portion of the state: Imagine you are stuck somewhere in a blizzard. What would you do? Write about it. For those who are new to the class, we do a these Quick Writes at the beginning of every class. They help to jump start our brains into a writing mode. Often, we usually do Words of the Day, a selection of foreign or unusual words and phrases so that we can expand our vocabularies. We didn't do any words this week because we had a lot to cover.
I handed out a lot of papers this week:
-- Spring Semester Syllabus
-- Introduction to Robert Lewis Stevenson
-- Study Guide to The Strange Adventures of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
-- Narrative Essay Guidelines
-- Grammar Worksheets
We discussed the general plan for the semester that included the writing assignments, the literature, and the grammar plan. I will attach those documents with this e-mail, with the exception of the grammar worksheets, and will put them on the Dropbox site. I am using a supplemental workbook published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston which is a fairly big document. I have the whole workbook on Dropbox, so if a student is missing an assignment, you can download the workbook and print the needed pages.
Resources for the class:
-- Weekly Class Notes
-- Weekly Blogs (same content as the Class Notes)
-- Dropbox document storage site
-- Engrade (an assignment and grading website)
(If you have any questions about these, let me know. Some students already have Engrade accounts through other classes. If that is the case, let me know the student number, and I can adjust the number for the account for this class.)
Our first essay for the semester is a Narrative Essay. An essay of this kind is, in a sense, a story with a purpose. The students are to write about the events with a thesis in mind. How was this event significant or important? Were lessons learned or lives changed?
We will be using three books this semester: The Strange Adventures of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Jekyll/Hyde), The Short Stories of O. Henry, and Great, Short Poems. We're starting with the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde book.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Narrative Essay Pre-Write
-- Read the background information about Robert Louis Stevenson
-- Read Chapters 1 & 2 of Jekyll/Hyde
-- Answer 2 questions for each chapter from the Study Guide
-- Grammar Worksheets 4-1 and 4-2.
This week's blog posts:
Class Notes
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
Study Guide -- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Study Guide
The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Chapter 1 – Story of the Door
- In the beginning of the book, the readers are
presented with what seems like a detective novel, beginning with a
sinister figure, a mysterious act of violence, and hints of blackmail and
secret scandal. Give examples from
the text (direct quotations) that indicate these aspects. Include the phrases and page numbers.
- What of the characteristics of the two men,
- Victorian society highly valued reputation, even
at times at the expense of reality.
What ideas about reputation can you draw from this first chapter?
- A major theme of this book is the conflict
between the rational (reasonable, logical) and the supernatural
(otherworldly, metaphysical). What
examples of this conflict do you find in the first chapter?
Chapter 2 – Search for Mr. Hyde
- What causes Mr. Utterson to be concerned about
Dr. Jekyll, and what does he do about it?
- What significance does his dream have? What affect does it have on the
plot? On the atmosphere?
Symbolically?
- Describe Hyde’s appearance. Give specific details (along with page
numbers). What significance does
the word “troglodyte” have?
- What is Dr. Lanyon’s relationship to Dr.
Jekyll? Describe his opinions and
response to Jekyll’s experiments.
hapter 3 – Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease
- What attracted people to spending time with
Utterson? What was Jekyll’s opinion
of him?
- What reasons does Jekyll give for his interest in
Hyde? Are they acceptable to
Utterson? Why? Why not?
- Why do you think Jekyll asks for justice for
Hyde?
Chapter 4 – The Carew Murder Case
- How much later does the next part of the story
take place?
- List 5 new characteristics that the readers learn
about Hyde.
- How can Hyde be viewed as “otherworldly” as a result of this chapter and the
author’s descriptions?
Chapter 5 – Incident of the Letter
- How does Utterson behave like the proper
Victorian English gentleman?
- How is the importance of reputation expressed in
this chapter? Which is more
important? Reputation or
truth? Outward appearances or evil potential?
- How is
- One analysis of this book says that much “of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is
written in a brisk, businesslike, and factual way, like a police report on
a strange affair rather than a novel.”
Do you agree or disagree?
Why? Give specific examples
from the book to back up your opinion.
Chapter 6 – Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon
- How is Jekyll different when Hyde is not around?
- Describe Dr. Lanyon’s condition and
situation. How does he account for
his condition?
- What might be the reason for the author not
telling us exactly what happened to Lanyon? What other important details are left
unexplained at this point?
- Why is Utterson both desirous AND reluctant about
seeing Jekyll again?
Chapter 7 – Incident at the Window
- When Jekyll talks to Utterson and
- What does Jekyll mean when he says “It will not
last very long” to the men?
- How did their conversation end? What do you think happened?
Chapter 8 – The Last Night
- How would you describe Jekyll’s butler,
- What was the weather like when they hurry to
Jekyll’s house? What specific
language does Stevenson use? How
does this affect the story?
- Appearances and decorum continue to be important
to Utterson. Give examples from
this chapter.
- What reasonable and, to him, logical explanations
does Utterson give for the present situation and for
- Gothic literature often conveys a sense of the
uncanny, of dark and disturbing events or deep secrets that break upon
every day life. Could this book be
considered a gothic novel? Explain.
- Give 5 – 6 words that describe the atmosphere of
this chapter.
Chapter 9 – Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative
- What mysteries are cleared up in this
chapter? What details remain
unclear or unexplained?
- Why was Jekyll’s experiments with “transcendental
medicine” and its results so shocking to Lanyon?
Chapter 10 – Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
- Describe the struggle that Jekyll, as a young
man, had between his good side and his bad side. Give specifics from the story.
- What was the dual life that he led?
- Why was Hyde smaller in stature? What were his other physical characteristics?
- Why did Jekyll cave in and take the potion after
repressing Hyde?
- What further points of the mystery of Jekyll and
Hyde are cleared up? Do any
questions remain unanswered?
- What motivated Jekyll in the first place? What
drove him to separate his personalities?
Introduction to Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Information about
Robert Louis Stevenson[1]
Robert
Louis Stevenson, born in 1850 in Edinburgh ,
Scotland Edinburgh
University England because
the warmer climates helped his deteriorating health, now known to have been
caused by tuberculosis. His travels in France led to his first book, An Inland Voyage (1878), the story of a
canoe trip on the country’s many canals. While in France , he fell in love with Fanny
Osbourne, a married American.
In 1879,
Stevenson undertook an extremely risky voyage to California , where Fanny was divorcing her
husband. The dreadful transatlantic crossing to New York and the cross-country train trip to
the West Coast nearly killed him. The strain was so hard on his health that
when he reached California
and finally married Fanny, he was barely able to stand. His doctor told Fanny
that her new husband could live for only a few months.
Fortunately,
the doctor was wrong. The couple returned to Scotland . It was there that
Stevenson began to write his first great success, Treasure Island
(1883), the thrilling story of a
swashbuckling pirate named Long John Silver. The writer’s deteriorating health prompted
the
couple to move to the south of France , where Stevenson completed A Child’s Garden of Verses
(1885). At his next home, in southern England ,
Stevenson wrote Kidnapped.
Nonetheless, financial
worries were never far away. One night Stevenson had a
nightmare so strange that he decided to use it as the basis for a novel. This
novel, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde (1886), became one of Stevenson’s most popular creations and helped
to ease his financial strain.
In 1888, an
American publisher asked Stevenson to write a travel book about the South
Pacific. The couple jumped at the chance to escape to the tropics. They
chartered a yacht and sailed from San Francisco to the Marquesas Islands,
Tahiti, and Hawaii. The author’s health improved in the tropical sun, and in
1890 the Stevensons decided to settle in Samoa .
On his
estate in Samoa , Stevenson finished David Balfour (1893), a sequel to
Kidnapped, as well as several books about nature and life in the South Seas . His descriptions of his exotic and romantic
lifestyle captivated readers. During his years in Samoa ,
legends grew up about Stevenson that led to his reputation of being one of the
most beloved storytellers of his time.
Stevenson
died in Samoa on December 3, 1894 , at the age of forty-four. At
the time of his death, he was working with friends in Scotland to
prepare an edition of his complete works.
[1] "Study Guide
for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Glencoe Literature Library.
McGraw Hill Education. Web. 1
Jan 2013 .
<http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/strangecase.html>.
Narrative Essay
Narrative Essay
Definition
In a personal narrative, you re-create an incident that
happened to you over a short period of time.
This incident could be an emotional experience, a silly or serious
event, or a frightening encounter.
Narrative writing requires students to think clearly about the details
of an event as if it was a plot. A
narrative:
· Presents
a story with a distinct plot. The plot
includes an internal or external conflict.
It has a beginning, middle, and an end.
· Has
a setting of some sort
· Presented
in a specific point of view, usually spoken in the voice of a narrator or
character
Thesis Development
As you
present your narrative from a certain point of view, you must consider the
significance of the event. Was there a
lesson to learn? Did it change someone’s
history? Does it reveal something
insightful about a person, place or circumstance? These are the variables that will help you
form a thesis.
Organization
Narratives
are generally told in chronological order; in other words, you explain the
events considering the timeline in which they happened.
Optional Narrative
prompts:
· Write
about a time when you faced a challenge and what the outcome was. Be sure to narrate the series of events and
include specific details.
· Write
a story about when you taught someone something. It can be anything that you know better than
someone else.
· Think
about an event in your life that taught you an important lesson. Write a
narrative in which you tell what happened and how you learned a lesson.
· Write
a narrative about a person or character who overcomes a difficult
situation. The character must be a
person from history or from literature, movies or television.
Essay Guidelines
– Due
dates: Pre-Write due Week 2 (1/23); Rough
Draft due Week 3 (1/30); Final Draft due Week 5 (2/13)
– Essay
length: 500 – 700 words (between 2 and 4
pages)
– Rough
drafts can be typed or hand-written, but must be double-spaced.
– Final
draft format:
– Typed
(if this is not possible, please let me know)
– 1
inch margins
– Name
and date on the upper right hand corner
– Number
the pages on the lower right hand corner
– Title
centered above the text of the essay, below your name and date
Narrative Essay
Narrative Essay
Definition
In a personal narrative, you re-create an incident that
happened to you over a short period of time.
This incident could be an emotional experience, a silly or serious
event, or a frightening encounter.
Narrative writing requires students to think clearly about the details
of an event as if it was a plot. A
narrative:
· Presents
a story with a distinct plot. The plot
includes an internal or external conflict.
It has a beginning, middle, and an end.
· Has
a setting of some sort
· Presented
in a specific point of view, usually spoken in the voice of a narrator or
character
Thesis Development
As you
present your narrative from a certain point of view, you must consider the
significance of the event. Was there a
lesson to learn? Did it change someone’s
history? Does it reveal something
insightful about a person, place or circumstance? These are the variables that will help you
form a thesis.
Organization
Narratives
are generally told in chronological order; in other words, you explain the
events considering the timeline in which they happened.
Optional Narrative
prompts:
· Write
about a time when you faced a challenge and what the outcome was. Be sure to narrate the series of events and
include specific details.
· Write
a story about when you taught someone something. It can be anything that you know better than
someone else.
· Think
about an event in your life that taught you an important lesson. Write a
narrative in which you tell what happened and how you learned a lesson.
· Write
a narrative about a person or character who overcomes a difficult
situation. The character must be a
person from history or from literature, movies or television.
Essay Guidelines
– Due
dates: Pre-Write due Week 2 (1/23); Rough
Draft due Week 3 (1/30); Final Draft due Week 5 (2/13)
– Essay
length: 500 – 700 words (between 2 and 4
pages)
– Rough
drafts can be typed or hand-written, but must be double-spaced.
– Final
draft format:
– Typed
(if this is not possible, please let me know)
– 1
inch margins
– Name
and date on the upper right hand corner
– Number
the pages on the lower right hand corner
– Title
centered above the text of the essay, below your name and date
Spring Semester Syllabus, 2014
Spring Semester Syllabus
|
Week/Date
|
Literature
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Assign. Due
|
Writing
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Grammar
|
|
Week 1 (1/16)
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Introduction to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde
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Discuss: Pronouns
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Week 2 (1/23)
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Jekyll/Hyde: Ch. 1 - 2
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Answer 2 questions for Ch.
1 and 2 for Ch. 2.
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Narrative Essay Pre-Write
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Discuss: Pronouns
Due: Worksheets 4-1, 4-2
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Week 3 (1/30)
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Jekyll/Hyde: Ch. 3 – 4
|
Be prepared to discuss the
study questions for
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Narrative Essay Rough Draft
|
Discuss: Pronouns
Due: Worksheet 4-3
|
|
Week 4 (2/6)
|
Jekyll/Hyde: Ch. 5 – 6
|
Answer 2 questions for Ch.
5 and 2 for Ch. 6.
|
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Discuss: Pronouns
Due: Worksheets 4-4, 4-5
|
|
Week 5 (2/13)
|
Jekyll/Hyde: Ch. 7 – 8
|
Be prepared to discuss the
study questions for
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Narrative Essay Final Copy
|
Discuss: Pronouns
Due: Worksheet 4-6
|
|
Week 6 (2/20)
|
Jekyll/Hyde: Ch. 9 – 10
|
Answer 2 questions for Ch.
9 and 2 for Ch. 10.
|
Theme & Character
Pre-Write
|
Discuss: Pronouns
Due: Test
|
|
Week 7 (2/27)
|
Short Stories: Gift of the Magi (p. 1); After Twenty Years (p. 21)
|
2 “Short Story Chart”
Worksheets
|
Theme & Character Rough
Draft
|
Discuss: Capitals
Due: Worksheet 12-2
|
|
Week 8 (3/6)
|
Makes the Whole World Kin
(p. 85); A The Furnished Room (p. 23)
|
“Short Story Chart”
Worksheets
|
|
Discuss: Capitals
Due: Worksheet 12-3
|
|
Week 9 (3/13)
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Short Stories: Retrieved
Reformation (p. 49); The Pimenta Pancakes (p. 29)
|
“Short Story Chart”
Worksheets
|
Theme & Character Final Copy
|
Discuss: Capitals
Due: Worksheet 12-6
|
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Mar. 20 – No CHAT
|
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Week 10 (3/27)
|
Short Stories: The
Ransom of Red Chief (p. 71); Poems of Robert Service (handout)
|
“Short Story Chart”
Worksheets
|
News Story Pre-Write
|
Discuss: Punctuation
Due: Worksheet 13-6
|
|
Week 11 (4/3)
|
Poetry: Hughes (p. 51); Williams (p. 48); Frost (p. 44)
|
“Poetry Analysis”
worksheets
|
News Story Rough Draft
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Discuss: Punctuation
Due: Worksheet 13-7
|
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Week 12 (4/10)
|
Poetry: Wordsworth
(p. 12); Browning (p. 19); Bronte (p. 24); Hopkins (p. 31)
|
“Poetry Analysis”
worksheets
|
|
Discuss: Punctuation
Due: Worksheets 14-2, 14-3, 14-4
|
|
April 17 –
No CHAT
|
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Week 13 (4/24)
|
Poetry: Shakespeare
(p. 1); Donne (p. 2); Jonson (p. 3); Quarles (p. 4); Carew (p.5); Milton (p.
5);
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“Poetry Analysis”
worksheets
|
News Story Final Copy
|
Discuss: Punctuation
Due: Worksheet 15-2
|
|
Week 14 (5/1)
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Poetry: T.S.
Eliot (Handout)
Poetry Presentations
|
|
Re-Write
|
Discuss: Punctuation
Due: Worksheets 15-3, 15-4
|
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Week 15 (5/8)
|
Poetry Presentations
|
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