Pre-AP English II: Persuasion Presentation

Below is Monday's presentation on Persuasive Techniques. If you missed class, please make sure you are familiar with the content of the presentation and add the big ideas to your notes.

Pre-AP English II: Anthem Background

Below is today's presentation on things that influenced Anthem. After viewing it, please write a quick paragraph exploring your personal anthem, bearing in mind that an anthem identifies and celebrates your personal values:

1. Identify a song that you relate to and makes you feel good about yourself;
2. If no song really does the trick, identify what your values are and how a song might celebrate those.

Due: Monday 1/28

Pre-AP English II: Ayn Rand Presentation

Below is this morning's Ayn Rand presentation. After viewing it, please write a quick paragraph

1. Identifying two life events that have changed the way you see the world, and
2. What conclusion about life you've drawn because of those events

Due: Friday 1/25

Intro to Ayn Rand on Prezi

Pre-AP English II: Symbolism Presentation and Assignment

If you missed class today or just want to revisit the fun, check out the presentation below.

Assignment: Complete the grid below (click to enlarge). You need to only do one of the three (dog, rifle, canoe), but you must do "the pearl." Running through the "how do I determine what symbol may mean" slides in the presentation to help you think through the process.

Due date: Monday, December 10.

English I (Pre-AP): Haiku Presentation (and Assignment)

If you missed class today, below is the presentation on Haiku. After viewing the presentation -- and taking notes -- please create your own haiku. On a full sheet of plain white paper write your haiku and illustrate it.




You can view the Avatar: The Last Airbender clip we watched in class at the Nickelodeon website ("Sokka's Story" begins at the 13 minute mark.)

And here's another fun haiku-related video.

Pre-AP English II: Steinbeck and The Pearl

Today's presentations on John Steinbeck and The Pearl are below. If you missed class or some of the info, add this to your notes.

John Steinbeck

The Pearl

Quickwrite: As mentioned in the Steinbeck presentation, migrant workers were paid for their stories, which Steinbeck incorporated into his novels. In 3-5 sentences, please explain your feelings about the rightness/wrongness of someone profiting from someone else's stories if it's the only way for that person's stories to be heard.

All English Students: Literary Devices PowerPoint

All students must make a PowerPoint-style presentation of literary devices. Each slide must contain 3 things:

1. The literary device
2. The definition of the literary device
and
3. a creative example of the literary device

Presentations which include all three of those things on every slide will earn an 85%. In order to earn a 100%, every slide must also be creatively illustrated (fancy banners, drop-shadows, etc., do not count).

If you do not own a copy of MS PowerPoint, Open Office is a free office application that contains a presentation component. Google Drive also provides a free presentation software selection.

If a computer-based solution just isn't going to work out right now, you may create your presentation on paper. One literary device/definition/example per sheet (illustrations raise grade here, too).

See this earlier blog post for the terms and their definitions. You must come up with your own creative examples (taking them from the Internet will result in a Plagiarism=0 grade until a parent-student-teacher conference can be held).