10th World Literature October 10-October 14

Monday- Intro Vocab 6; Students got introductory information about Macbeth
Tuesday- Students either attended the Shakespeare Tavern trip or Watched Macbeth in class
Wednesday- Finished watching Macbeth; Went over and turned in Macbeth discussion questions; Introduced research process
Thursday- Researched in the lab; Introduced annotated Bibliographies
Friday- Took Vocab 6 Quiz; Went over exampes of annotated bibliographies; Students finished annotated bibliographies

Honors World Lit October 10- October 14

Monday- Intro'd Vocab 5; Students took a Power of One Quiz and turned in Dialectical Journals; I introduced Macbeth's plots for the field trip; Students have a worksheet to turn in after viewing
Tuesday- Students either went on the Shakespeare Tavern field Trip or viewed Macbeth in class
Wednesday- Students finished watching Macbeth and turned in the worksheet; students began to TPFASTT telephone conversation
Thursday- We discussed telephone conversation
Friday- Vocab 5 Quiz; Students saw examples of rhetorical analysis samples; students began presenting the Rhetorical Analysis Projects

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY! FOR ALL CLASSES

Attached is a link to the Booth Western Art Museum Writing Competition. For an extra credit (yet to be determined because it has to be approved by the department) grade, you can complete an entry to the contest.

Who can enter? The competition is open to students in grades 9 – 12 in Georgia, public or private schools, and students who are home-schooled in grades 9 – 12.

Incentives:  Award certificates, recognition (press release sent to local paper in student’s city/county, winners photographed and posted on our website), and cash prizes for students. Museum passes, gift cards, and recognition for teachers. Please note: this is a statewide competition and looks GREAT on a college application!

Deadline for entries:  December 9, 2016

What to Write?  Students may enter short stories, essays, narrative poetry and/or Cowboy poetry. Entries must be the result of a required writing assignment based on selected works of art from Booth Museum’s collection. Each entry must be submitted to a teacher for a grade. Images and lesson plans are available by grade level on the Museum’s website,

http://boothmuseum.org/writing-through-art/ . Local schools may choose to visit the museum to see the selected art (entrance fees to the museum do apply).

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2016-Writing-Through-Art-Literary-Competition-Contest-Rules.pdf - Contest Rules

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WTA-literary-competition-entry-form-2016-17_v3.pdf - Entry Form

How many entries can be submitted per school? The contest coordinator at each school or home-school group can submit up to twelve entries per genre to the Booth Museum. Example: 12 essays, 12 short stories, 12 narrative poems and 12 cowboy poems*

9^th and 10^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-9th10th-images.pdf

11^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-11th-grade-images.pdf

12^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-12th-grade-images.pdf

10th World Lit September 12-16

Monday- Go over Afghanistan Background; Introduced Annotated Bibliography; wrote annotated bibliography as a class
Tuesday- Vocab 4; Intro A Thousand Splendid Suns; Read chapter 1 and fill out questions about ATSS
Wednesday- Read A Thousand Splendid Suns; Review Vocab
Thursday- Kabul Poem; Read A Thousand Splendid Suns
Friday- Vocab Quiz; Read A Thousand Splendid Suns

10th World Lit September 5-September 9

Monday- LABOR DAY!
Tuesday- Review for Test
Wednesday- Test; Read an annotate Background info about Afghanistan
Thursday- Discuss background info; Introduce Feminist Lens; Begin Watching Cinderella with accompanying analysis graphic organizer
Friday- Finish Analyzing Cinderella; Summarize background info in one paragraph

Honors World Lit September 12-16

Monday: Socratic Seminar; Viewed Images from Township in preparation for Wednesday
Tuesday; Mexican Folkloric Dance Presentation
Wednesday: Guest Speaker
Thursday: Discuss Ghandi's letter to the British Government; Discuss rhetorical analysis
Friday: Vocab Quiz; finish "Passage to India"

Honors World Lit September 5-9

Monday: LABOR DAY

Tuesday: First 10- Vocab 3 PPT -Rhetorical Terms PPT

Wednesday: First 10- Review info from yesterday -Finished Terms PPT Last 10- Go over Mandela's speech

Thursday: First 10- Recap Analyzing Details for Characterization -Analyzing Details for Setting -Analyze “Kaffir Boy” Excerpt Last 10- Annotate Ghandi's Speech

Friday: First 10- Vocab Quiz -watch "A Passage to India Last 10-Stoplight activity

Miracle Rising Documentary for Honors World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDrRdfvUg8

10th World August 22-26

Monday: First 10- Finish Annotations Last 10- Assign presentation

Tuesday: First 10- Anti Hero Notes --Work on Stations Last 10-Assign Parts

Wednesday: First 10- Oedipus background -Finish working on Stations -Begin Presenting Stations Last 10- Give students prompt

Thursday: First 10-  Argumentative Notes/Give students Prompt -Finish Presenting Stations -Anti-Hero notes -Argument Notes -Begin pre-writing Last 10-  Work on/Check Claim

Friday: First 10- Finish pre-writing -Writing check off -Intro to Oedipus -Assign parts Last 10-Stoplight activity

Hon World August 22-26

Monday: First 10- Study Guide - Details Feedback/Example - “Daredevil” Archetype Review Activity Last 10- Recap archetypes in “Daredevil”

Tuesday: First 10-  Study Guide - Types of Heroes  Stations Last 10- Essay Prompt

Wednesday: - Details Practice

Thursday: First 10 Unit 1 Test Last 10 Unit 1 Survey

Friday: First 10- In Class Essay Last 10-

Unit One Study Guide Test on Thursday- Honors World

Unit One Test- Heroes and The Alchemist

The Alchemist

-Characters

-Plot

-Major ideas in the text

-Identify archetypes and Santiago’s Hero’s Journey

Annotated Bibliography

-Parts of the annotated bibliography (Summary, Analysis, Citation)

-Basic Format

-Be able to identify parts in a sample annotated bibliography

Writing

                -Types of paragraphs (Be able to identify in a “cold-read” text)

               -Types of sentences in body paragraph (Be able to identify in a “cold-read” text)

Details

-Be able to “cold-read” a text (read a text for the first time) and pick up on details and what the details infer about a character

-Analyze how details work to communicate an author’s purpose

Archetypes

-Character archetypes (be able to answer questions about each archetype as well as identify a type pf character from a “cold read”)

-Types of Heroes (be able to answer questions about each type as well as identify a type pf character from a “cold read”)

-Be able to map out hero’s journey from a “cold-read” text

10th World Lit August 15-August 19

Monday: First 10- Discuss Minority Report so far -Finish reading “Minority Report” Last 10- Discuss last (essay) question in packet

Tuesday: First 10- Vocab 2 -Watch “Minority Report”

Wednesday: -Watch “Minority Report”

Thursday: First 10-  Finish Minority Report -Annotation Instructions -Begin New York Times Article

Friday: First 10- Vocab Quiz -Continue New York Times Article Last 10-Finish Article for Homework

Honors World Lit August 15-August 19

Monday:  First 10- Vocab 2 -Compare and contrast “10 Reasons why we need heroes” and “Why are we obsessed with superheroes?” -Details lesson

    Last 10- Finding Details in The Alchemist

Tuesday: First 10- Go over Alchemist details -Assign Alchemist Socratic Seminar -Media Center Last 10-Socratic Sem Article Check Wednesday: First 10- Annotated Bib Rubric and Example -Work in Media Center Last 10- Format Check Thursday: First 10- Go over rules for Socratic Seminar - Socratic Seminar Last 10-  Vocab Exercises Friday: First 10- Vocab Quiz -Read and Annotate Pulling Children from Nepal's Prisons Last 10-Stoplight activity

10th World Literature August 8-August 12

Monday- Groups finished body Pargraphs, Wrote Paragraphs on posters; offfered feedback on posters
Tuesday- Began Minority Report
Wednesday- Read "Minority Report;"
Thursday- "Minority Report;" Vocab Review
Friday-Vocab Quiz; Finish Minority Report; Practice Essay Instruction

Honors World August 8- August 12

Monday- Finished analyzing "Batman Begins"
Tuesday- Practice Annotating "Hero of a Thousand Faces" Map Santiago's Journey
Wednesday- Archetype notes; Write paragraph in groups;
Thursday- Analyzsed "Not Everything's a Hero's Journey" as a class and students began brainstorming for an argumentative essay
Friday- Took Vocab Quiz; Took Alchemist Quiz; Finished practice brainstorming; Received "10 reason why we need heroes" and "Why Do We Need Super Heroes?" to annotate over the weekend

10th World Literature August 1- August 5

Monday- Introduce course; discuss flags as symbols; students created individual flags
Tuesday- Students created mission statements and symbols; global scavenger hunt; students put their symbol on part of the world (on map) that they have a connection to
Wednesday-Students review hero's journey; students are put into group and assigned a type of hero to create a poster with examples for
Thursday- Students presented posters as groups; writing instruction; Prompt "What type of hero is Odysseus?" is given to class; Brainstorm as a class for essay
Friday- Reviewed brainstorm from previous day; Wrote a thesis and body paragraph as a class; students got in groups from previous 2 days and wrote group paragraphs that support the thesis statement created at beginning of class

Honors World Lit August 1-August 5

Monday- Introduced course; discussed flags as symbols; created individual flags
Tuesday- reviewed hero's journey; Discussed types of heroes; students created posters in groups of examples of hero type they were assigned
Wednesday-Writing instruction;Students (in the same groups as yesterday) wrote group thesis statements and paragraphs
Thursday-Discussed rubric;Wrote group paragraph on poster; gallery walk-groups gave each other feedback; group re-wrote paragraph
Friday- Watched Batman Begins; analyzes Batman hero type and Batman's hero's journey

Coming back from the break

Hello all! I hope you were able to enjoy a week off from school. It won't be much longer for the return of Mrs. Magnus, so there are a few things we need to focus on going forward.

World Literature

Your papers are due Monday, April 11th. I need the following items when you turn in your assignment:  the final draft of your paper, annotated bibliography, a rough draft of your work, your two outside sources printed out and annotated, and your rubric.

Please make sure you have composed your final draft in MLA format. 

We will be starting Macbeth for Unit 3. This is a short unit. Also, we are scheduled for testing on Tuesday, April 12th. Please bring your headphones.

Honors World

Your papers are due Monday, April 11th. Your Unit 2 test will be Tuesday, April 12th. Monday will be a review day for the test. Wednesday, I plan to start Unit 3 with the anchor text In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. I highly encourage  you to pick up your own copy so you can annotate it.

-Mr. J

A message from Mr. Joiner

Hello all! Mr. Joiner again. I'm sorry that I haven't had the chance to post lately. I was sick last week, which has put me behind in grading several assignments. I intend to have those assignments graded by the end of this weekend.

MISSING ASSIGNMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are absent or serving a suspension, you are eligible to make up missed assignments. Until you do, you will have a zero for that assignment. I implore you to take responsibility for your grades by going to your student account on Synergy, find which days you were absent and the assignments on those days, make a list, and make time to come see me before school, before or after class, or after school so you and I can make plans for you to make up that missing work. Until you do, you will have a zero. The longer you wait, the more work you will have to do. 

HONORS WORLD

Thursday, March 3rd (TOMORROW), we will have the Socratic Seminar for Chapters 1-4 of The Power of One. Please have your dialectical journals and your 3 open-ended questions. Don't be average. Aim to ask as least two of your questions and make 5 comments during the seminar. 

Friday, March 4th, we have scheduled a vocabulary quiz and the The Power of One quiz for chapters 5-9. Bring your journals for chapters 5-9 as well. If you finished both quizzes before class is over, plan to work on your next set of journals that will be due Monday.

WORLD

2nd and 4th Blocks will continue to read A Thousand Splendid Suns as well as work on identifying direct and indirect characterization. Also, we will touch on two of the archetypes on the Unit 2 test: the Abusive Mother and Absent Father. 

Friday, March 4th, we will have a vocabulary quiz. Study, study, and oh yeah, study. 

Sincerely, 

Mr. J.

 

Greetings! This is Mr. Joiner. I have an email address for parents and students to contact me. The address is John.Joiner@Cobbk12.org. This is the best way to reach me if you have concerns about grades and assignments. 

The week of 2/1 - 2/5

Honors

Monday: Vocabulary #2, Group Project presentations

Tuesday: Group Project presentations, Miracle Rising documentary (annotated)

Wednesday: Miracle Rising, The Power of One pop quiz

Thursday: Introduction to Post-Colonialism (handouts)

Friday:  Vocabulary #2 quiz, Post-Colonialism 

10th Grade World

Monday: It's a Girl documentary (handout)

Tuesday: Introduction to A Thousand Splendid Suns (handouts)

Wednesday: Background information:  Women of Afghanistan (handout)

Thursday:  Introduction to Feminist Lens (handout)

Friday:  Vocabulary #2 quiz, Feminist Lens

To all students who have been absent from class

Please come speak to Mr. Joiner to make plans to make up any and all assignments you are eligible to make up. Please note that the Google drives hold many of your assignments and handouts for class, including vocabulary. 

Sincerely,

Mr. Joiner

10th World Literature and Honors World

Hi! This is Mr. Joiner. I have officially taken over for Ms. Magnus today. As of today, I do not have my email address from the school district, but I expect to have that by next week so that parents and students will have the opportunity to reach me. I will post the address here. For the 10th World Literature students, please have a personal copy of A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini by Monday, February 2nd. Honors World be ready to present your projects on Monday. Enjoy your weekend!

Assignment In Lab 1/13/16

1) Read and summarize the article "Pulling Children from Nepal's Prisons" You may write on the article.

2) Watch the video at the following link: http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2012/03/15/cnn-heroes-pushpa-basnet.cnn  Fill out the first 3 Boxes (TAP) when viewing the video

3) Consider the last three boxes (The 2nd TAP) in reference to the article compared to the video.

10th World Lit January 11- January 15

Monday- Vocab Week 1; Continue watching Batman
Tuesday- Finish Batman; discuss his hero's journey; fill out Iliad character list
Wednesday- SRI testing; Who's Who Bingo; "Pulling Children from Nepal's Prisons" article
Thursday- Begin The Iliad-Book 1
Friday- Vocab Quiz 1; Continue reading the Iliad

Honors World Lit January 11- January 15

Monday- Introduced Vocab Week 1; Continued Batman
Tuesday- Finished Batman; Went over Batman's hero's journey; mapped out hero's journey for Alchemist
Wednesday- Finish Alchemist hero's journey and archetypes; motifs notes; go over rubric; Motifs Group paragraph; Pushpa Basnet Article (homework)
Thursday- Details and characterization lesson; Socratic seminar assignment; Alchemist quiz
Friday- Vocab week 1 quiz; do prep work for Socratic Seminar

10th World Lit- January 4-7

Tuesday- Intro to class; terms PowerPoint
Wednesday- Finish PowerPOint; Hero's Journey Notes;
Thursday- Where the Wild Things Are hero's journey; Archetypes notes; Read, summarized, and analyzed Hercules for archetypes.
Friday- Discussed Hercules; Begin Batman

Honors World Lit January 4-7

Tuesday- Intro to class; Hero's journey and hero types notes; mapped out hero's journey and decided types of heros from film summaries
Wednesday- Finished mapping hero's journey;
Thursday- Archetype notes; group paragraph about archetypes
Friday- finished group paragraphs; began Batman