Speech & Poetry

Homework Assignments: Week 22 AP English Monday 1/31     Practice your speech. Make sure that you know the entire speech and that you vary your intonation, practice pausing, and speaking clearly and loudly. You will have to practice your speech, many, many times in order to know it well enough. Make sure you’re ready to deliver your speech perfectly by Wednesday Tuesday 2/1       Finish practicing your speech. Be sure to vary your intonation, pause effectively, and be expressive. Practice in front of friends or family, or in front of a mirror, so that you can check your gestures and facial expressions. Be sure to make eye contact and look confident (even if you aren’t). Tomorrow is the day. Wednesday 2/2       Read in your IR book. Thursday 2/3       Complete a reflection on “Convergence of the Twain.” Friday 2/4       Read in your IR book. Remember, if you’re reading more than one book, the first book is due by February 18. All books must be read and tested by March 1.         Old Assignments: Week 18-19 Week 21 Monday 1/24            Learn the first page of your speech; we’ll practice more tomorrow in class. Tuesday 1/25            Continue practicing your speech. You will have to practice your speech, many, many times in order to know it well enough. Make sure you know the first half of your speech by Thursday (either 1.5 pages if you speech is short, or 2.5 if it is long). Wednesday 1/26            Continue practicing your speech. Be sure to vary your intonation, pause effectively, and be expressive. Practice in front of friends or family, or in front of a mirror, so that you can check your gestures and facial expressions. Be sure to make eye contact and look confident (even if you aren’t). Thursday 1/27            Continue practicing your speech. Make sure you can deliver your whole speech by Monday (and only have to look at your note cards occasionally). Friday 1/28            Read in your IR book and practice your speech so that you are ready to give your whole speech on Monday. We will spend all period Monday and Tuesday for everyone to deliver their entire speeches to the class. Wednesday, you will deliver your speech to the school. .   Week 20 Tuesday 1/18            Complete a reflection on “The Whipping” Wednesday 1/19            Work on revising for the final draft of your speech. Be sure to add power language, repetition, precise word choice, and persuasive writing. Make sure you have an effective conclusion. Use the writing notes and my comments to help you revise. Due Friday Thursday 1/20            Finish writing the final draft of your speech. Be sure to read it aloud and fix any awkward moments, typos, or points that need more emphasis. Due tomorrow. Friday 1/21            Read in your IR book and memorize the hook to your speech. Be prepared to deliver your first half page to the class on Monday   Week 19 Monday 1/10            Work on writing the first draft of your speech. Write at least the first page tonight, but try for the first two pages if you’re planning on writing a longer speech. Be sure that you begin with an engaging hook, write several persuasive, well-supported paragraphs, and end with a piece of your hook. Due Wednesday. Tuesday 1/11            Finish writing the first draft of your speech. Due tomorrow. Wednesday 1/12            Based on peer editing comments and what you learned from writing response groups, write a second draft of your speech. Due Thursday. Please hand in your second draft in the morning before you leave for Mock Trial. Thursday 1/13            Read in your IR book. Friday 1/14            Read in your IR book and schedule a test as soon as you’ve finished a book.   Week 18 Monday 1/3            We’ll be working on researching for the speech contest topic all this week. This years topic is Enforcing our Borders: States versus Federal Rights. Read the New York Times overview article on Arizona’s immigration law SB1070. Read at least the first three pages of United States v. Arizona. Find both articles on the speech contest GoogleDoc and print out and underline on the articles or save to your computer and highlight there. You will show your highlighting at the beginning of class tomorrow. Tuesday 1/4            Read articles on the speech topic from the GoogleDoc. Please start with articles from the GoogleDoc because choosing articles from reputable sources is very important in giving a speech. Once you have your grounding, you can branch out and look for your own articles. I would recommend searching SFGate.com and NYTimes.com because they both have free on-line archives (unlike many newspapers). You also might want to try PBS.org, NPR.org, WhiteHouse.gov and AZ.gov. Please print out and underline or save and highlight on your computer and show me what you’ve read at the beginning of class tomorrow. Wednesday 1/5            In addition to continuing your research on the speech contest topic, write up a brief paragraph about your opinion on the issue and ideas for your speech angle. Bring to class your paragraph and any new articles you’ve read. Be sure to save all the source information on each article because we will write up bibliographies next week. Thursday 1/6            Do more research on the speech contest topic and bring your articles to class tomorrow. Friday 1/7            Read in your IR book and schedule a test as soon as you’ve finished a book. I know many of you were planning on finishing a book over winter vacation. Work on the first draft of your speech on Enforcing our Borders: States versus Federal Rights. First drafts will be due next Wednesday January 12   Week 17 Finals Week 16 Monday 12/6            Read in your IR book. All books tests must be taken by next Friday, December 10. Re-write your timed writing on Arun if you choose to. Tuesday 12/7            Complete the book notes assignment on A Tale of Two Cities. See the link for details. Wednesday 12/8            Complete the book notes assignment on Pygmalion. See the link for details. Thursday 12/9            Read in your IR book or complete the writing notes for The Great Gatsby early. Friday 12/10            Complete the book notes assignment on The Great Gatsby. See the link for details. Study for your English final by going over all of your book notes and reviewing writing notes and sample prompts. Re-write any of your timed writings if you want extra practice.   Week 15 Monday 11/29            Read in your IR book. All books tests must be taken by next Friday, December 10. Tuesday 11/30            Complete a think write on “The Whipping” or “Ars Poetica.” Write at least one page and quote lines from the poem to focus your writing. Wednesday 12/1     Work on the final draft of your Two Cities essay. Due Friday.       Thursday 12/2           Finish writing the final draft of your Two Cities  essay. Due tomorrow. Friday 12/3            Read in your IR book. All book tests must be taken by December 10.     2008-2009 Assignments: Week 17 - 23 Week 23 Monday 2/23            Choose a poem you’d like to discuss in class from the anthology—read at least 10 poems before you make a choice. Write down the title, poet, and page number. Write one paragraph explaining why you chose the poem and why you think it will be interesting to discuss. Tuesday 2/24            Read the student choice poem "Against Love" (p. 754) several times and then write a think write on it. Write at least a page. Wednesday 2/25            Read the student choice poem "Hymn to God the Father" (p. 768) several times and then write a think write on it. Write at least a page.             Thursday 2/26            Write a reflection on “Sestina.” Write more than a page. Friday 2/27            Read in your IR book. Finish your prewriting for the poetry essay if you have not done so already.   Week 22 2/9           Finish your bibliography if you have not done so already. Write a reflection on “The Shield of Achilles.” A reflection is more than a think write, but less than a full-fledged essay. Write more than a page, but focus on whatever you find most interesting about the poem. Do not feel obligated to analyze everything, just a few stanzas, lines, or concepts. Stay close to the text and analyze thoughtfully. Tuesday 2/10            Write a reflection on “There’s a certain slant of light.” Write more than a page. Wednesday 2/11            Write a reflection on “I heard a fly buzz when I died.” Write more than a page. Thursday 2/12            Write two style analysis paragraphs on one of the poems we’ve read so far this year. Write a clear introduction and one full, meaty body paragraph. Friday 2/13            Read in your IR book. You should be at 200 pages or so for this quarter. The week-long vacation should be a good opportunity to catch up (or get ahead) if you’re behind. Week 21 Monday 2/2            Practice delivering your speech. First, make sure you know the entire speech well so that you can focus on your delivery. Second, practice pausing and delivering your speech slowly and clearly—don’t trail off at the end of your sentences. Remember the four Ps: Power, Passion, Poise, and Pausing. Tuesday 2/3            Keep practicing your speech delivery. Be prepared to give a graded rehearsal of your speech tomorrow (you don’t need to dress up for this). Wednesday 2/4            Finish preparing for your speech. All students will deliver their speeches to the entire school tomorrow morning, Thursday February 5th. Wear something nice to school tomorrow. Thursday 2/5            No homework! Friday 2/6            Read in your IR book. Read a lot this weekend if you’ve not been reading much lately. You should be at 150 pages or so for this quarter.   Week 20 Monday 1/26            Complete the assignment on “The Whipping.” Begin learning the hook of your speech if you have it exactly as you want it. Tuesday 1/27           Make any necessary last minute changes to your speech and then start learning your speech. Make sure you know the first paragraph (or half page) by tomorrow, Wednesday the 28th. Wednesday 1/28            Keep practicing your speech delivery. Be prepared to give the first page and a half of your speech by Friday. Thursday 1/29            Keep practicing your speech delivery. Learn as much as you can by Friday, but at least the first page and a half. You must know your entire speech by Tuesday so that you have two days to hone your delivery before the final performance on Thursday February 5th. Friday 1/30            Learn as much of your speech as you can, but plan on learning at least the first 3 pages by Monday. If you have a longer speech, make sure you know the entire speech by Tuesday. Also start practicing your delivery. Be sure to pause and vary your intonation to enhance the meaning and persuasiveness of your speech. Remember, if you spend a lot of time this weekend and start next week knowing your speech well, Thursday’s performance will be a lot less stressful.   Week 19 Tuesday 1/20            Based on peer editing comments, the grading criteria, and your own ideas, write a second draft of your speech. Due tomorrow. Wednesday 1/21            Complete the poetry assignment. See the link for details. Thursday 1/22            Use the writing notes, my comments on your speech, and your own ideas to revise your speech and write a final draft. Spend a lot of time because the better your final draft is, the more confident you’ll feel about delivering your speech to the school on February 5th. Finish writing the final draft of your speech. Due Monday. If you want to start learning your speech over the weekend, then hand in your speech by the end of the day on Friday. Friday 1/23            Finish the final draft of your speech by Monday if you have not done so already. If you know your hook is good, begin learning that too. I’d like you to know at least the first paragraph of your speech by Tuesday.   Week 18 Monday 1/12            Go through the Google Doc links and search on your own to find useful articles to round out your research. Look at the 2009 Water Plan, look at some of the specifics in the plan (South and North Lahontan regions, find the supply and demand numbers), and find specific articles that help you with the angle you’ve chosen for your speech. Begin reading through your articles. Bring your annotated articles to class on Tuesday. Tuesday 1/13            Continue researching and honing in on the angle you want to pursue. Bring in your next batch of annotated articles for Wednesday. You may want to come in at 8:00 on Wednesday if you don’t have a good internet connection at home so you can get some more research done. Wednesday 1/14            Do some more research if necessary or start working on your prewriting. Finish your IR if you have not done so already--all IR tests must be taken by tomorrow. Thursday 1/15            Finish up your research if you’re not done yet and work on your intro. Bring whatever you have done to class tomorrow because you will have the whole period to work on writing. Be sure to look at the speech writing tips because speeches should be written differently than essays. Friday 1/16            Finish writing the first draft of your speech. First drafts are due on Tuesday for juniors and seniors. Make your first draft really good because we will move through the revision process very quickly.   Week 17 Monday 1/5            Finish reading and annotating the Cadillac Desert excerpts. Read the first 14 pages carefully, skim through the next sections, marking those areas that are of interest to you. I have the entire book if you’re interested in reading more. Tuesday 1/6            Finish reading and annotating the Water Education Foundation overview. Read this whole packet carefully—it should help a lot. Wednesday 1/7            Finish reading and annotating the California Water Plan summary. Thursday 1/8            Search for and annotate appropriate articles for your speech. First make sure you’ve browsed through all the articles in the email, then search any of the applicable sites from the email that look like they’ll be helpful to your topic, then go onto Google and look for more specific articles. Bring out printed and annotated articles to class tomorrow. Friday 1/9            Finish reading IR. Tests will be next week. Finalize your ideas for a speech angle. Do more research and be ready to start writing early next week.

Speech Contest Links Enforcing our Borders: State vs. Federal Rights See the Google Doc for updated links    In-class Assignments "The Whipping"Robert Hayden "The Shield of Achilles"W. H. Auden "There's a Certain Slant of Light" Emily Dickinson "Tell all the Truth but Tell it Slant" Emily Dickinson "I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died" Emily Dickinson "A Noiseless Patient Spider" Walt Whitman "Water" Li Young Lee "Sestina" Elizabeth Bishop "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" T.S. Eliot "A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed" Alexander Pope Student Choice Poems Suggestions for reading poetry Writing Notes: Titanic Poetry Essay Due Dates First IR Book: Friday February 18 Independent Reading Q3: March 1 Due Dates Written Speech (D1): Wednesday 1/12 Written Speech (D2): Thursday 1/13 Written Speech (final): Friday 1/21 First paragraph memorized: Monday 1/24 First half memorized: Thursday 1/27 Whole speech memorized: Monday 1/31 School Wide Speeches: Wednesday 2/2 LVHS Speech Contest: Thursday 2/3 Lion's Club Contest: Monday 2/7 Poetry essay (first draft): Poetry essay (second draft): Poetry essay (final draft):