4/11 - Rear Window

What we did in class:

We watched Rear Window

Homework: Work On Rough Draft

4/10 - Red Herring/ Foreshadowing/ Clues - Wasps' Nest

What we did in class:
DOL:

4.    landon dont know weather the word bookkeeper is spelled with one k or too 

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Quiz :
1) Name two clues from the Wasps' Nest.
2) Was anyone murdered in the story?
3) What were the two means discussed to get rid of the wasps?
4) Who was Hercule Poirot?
5) Tell me about the motive behind the plot.

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What is a red herring?

A red herring is an idiom or term used to describe a set of clues which can be misleading.

Writing Exercise:

Create a list of ten clues for your mystery story.

From these ten clues, allow three of the clue to actually be red herrings which will trick the reader into believing someone innocent in the story is actually the criminal.











Homework:

4/9 - Writing Activity / Full Circle

What we did in class:

DOL:

2.    next week us boys will visit the city of cape canaveral not far from where discovery the space shuttle was launched

 

3.    at cooper’s discount store a blue shirt was bought by lennox with a button down collar

   

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1) We discussed Full Circle by Sue Grafton. In our discussion we looked at:
     a. Setting - Temporal and Spatial
     b. Characters -
     c. Conflict -
     d. Exposition -
     e. Rising Action -
     f.  Climax -
     g. Falling Action -
     e.  Resolution -
     h. Perspective -

2) We talked about "perspective" and what it is.

      * Remember different characters can have very different perspectives concerning the same event.


3) Writing Exercise/ Classwork: 5 points
    a. The class is divided into groups of four.
    b. Each will write about a car crash. 
    c. Each student in the group will write from a different perspective of a participant in the crash.
        1. One student will write from the perspective of a casual observer who witnessed the crash.
        2. One student will write from the perspective of a police officer who arrived at the crash.
        3. One student will write from the perspective of the driver.
        4. One student will write from the perspective of the car.
    d. After each group writes about the accident from their unique perspective, they will then come together and read their writing to each other in their group.
   e. If time permits we will read some samples aloud to the larger class.


Homework:
Read Wasps' Nest by Agatha Christy p. 759

4/8 - Writing Activity

What we did in class:

DOL:
the louvre a museum in paris and a former royal residence exhibits Leonardo da Vincis mona lisa which is actually a rather small painting

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We talked in more detail about conflict in literature.

We watched this video.

Writing Exercise:
1) Each student will begin to brainstorm by:

a. Define the conflict which they hope to include in their up coming Mystery Narrative.
   
b. Once the conflict is considered, begin to think about:
       1. Exposition
       2. Rising Action
       3. Climax
       4. Falling Action
       5. Resolution

c. Write down a brief description of how you plan on incorporating these five aspects of plot into your paper.

Homework:
 Read - Full Circle by Sue Grafton p. 744

4/7 - Plot/ The Utterly Perfect Murder

DOL:

4.    accept for marcel everybody in the 11^th grade german class want to stop in Milwaukee and eat at the bavarian chalet

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What we did in class:

Quiz: 5 Points
1) Name three examples of spatial setting from The Hound of the Baskervilles.

2) Name an example of temporal setting from The Hound of the Baskervilles.

3) Name three characters from The Hound of the Baskerville.

4) Who was the murderer in the story?

5) What was his motive?

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1) Discussed The Utterly Perfect Murder by Ray Bradbury.

2) We then began to talk about the five elements of a plot.
       a. Exposition
       b. Rising Action
       c. Climax
       d. Falling Action
       e. Resolution

* All of the elements of the plot can simply be defined as conflict.



Elements of Plot


3) We then discussed as a class how the five elements of a plot appeared in:
      a. The Adventures of the Speckled Band
      b. The Hound of the Baskervilles
      c. The Red Wind
      d. The Utterly Perfect Murder

Homework:
Begin to brainstorm what the plot of your mystery might be.

4/4 - Writing Exercise

What we did in class:
1) We formed small writing groups of three people.

2) Each student came up with a list of ten examples of spatial setting and ten examples of temporal setting. (Tell)These choices will be used in the mystery narrative piece.

3) The chose a minimum of five choices from each list (Temporal/Spatial) and then wrote about them. (Show)The Spatial choices each contained a minimum of three sentences. The temporal choices contained a minimum of one sentence.

4) Students then read aloud their writing to their writing group. Each student who listened then gave feedback.


  
* These brainstorming activities will be included with our final submission of your mystery narrative.


Homework: 
1)Read Utterly Perfect Murder by Ray Bradberry in your orange text book p.799

2)Begin to think about how your mystery will end.

4/2-3 - The Red Wind

What we did in class:

DOL:

3. for easter our family will drive to the southeast and visit grandma and grandpa which lives in Charleston South Carolina 

The Red Wind - Audio

The Red Wind - Text

1) The class discussed similarities and differences between the written text and the audio version.

2) We discussed character development. Remember character development is more than just the physical description of a character. Character development also deals with how a character potentially changes over the arch of a story.

3) Discussed how to write "Show not tell"
  example : tell - The room was large and dark.
                  show - As I entered the room, the sound of my feet echoed as I walked across the floor of the room; with out light to guide my way I had no idea how far the expanse would reach.

4) Students wrote about their favorite place to read.

5) Students discussed their writing.
     This piece of writing was turned in for five points.

6) Class discussed places which might make a good setting for a scene of a mystery story.

7) Students wrote about this place using temporal and spatial descriptors.

8) The work was read and discussed.

Classwork: Personal Reading Space - Spatial Setting - 5 points

Homework: For the final assignment for this unit we will be writing a mystery narrative, we will begin to think about various aspects of setting which may be used in this piece of writing. Your assignment is to brain storm how you will use both temporal and spatial setting in your paper. Keep this brainstorm since it will be turned in with your final paper.

4/1 - Fishbowl

What we did in class:

DOL:

1.    My Mothers speciallty is biscotti she makes it from a old Itallian recipe she inherritted from her Grandmother.

QUIZ:

1) What object did Sir Henry Baskerville have stolen from him?

2) Why was this object taken?

3) Who took it?

4) Where was it finally found?

5) Why was this object found in this particular spot?


We recapped what we did yesterday

Students then spent time locating examples of character description, setting (temporal/spatial), or clues from The Hound of the Baskervilles.


This prepared them for THE FISHBOWL!!!

Fish Bowl Activity is worth 5 points
If you missed this activity you can submit a paper containing direct quotes from the book containing:
one example of character description, one example description of temporal setting, one example of spatial setting, and one example of a clue.

Homework:
Read - The Red Wind - Original Text

3/31 - Character Development

What we did in class:


DOL:

1.    the 7 cyclists couldnt agree on which town were the furthest away trumann arkansas somerville TN or senatobia mississippi

Setting (review) / Begin Character Development

 Vocabulary DOL

10 minutes

 

Quiz:

1. Who initially came to visit Sherlock Holmes for advice?
2. What advice was he seeking?
3. Who was the first murder victim?
4. How did he die?
5. Who was Selden?

 

10 Minutes

 

Discuss: Hound / Plot

10 minutes

 

Power Point Presentation

 Characters & Setting Hound of the Baskervilles

10 Minutes

 

Discuss History of the Mystery -

3 minutes

 

Character Development Activity -Have students form small groups and brain storm different types of character archetypes.

10 minutes

 

Homework: Find passages of character development/ or spatial or temporal setting from Hound of the Baskervilles - Be prepared to easily find and reference these passages tomorrow.

3/21 - Setting - Spatial/Temporal

What we did in class:

1)Discussed and reviewed setting.
Temporal/Spatial (time & space)

2) Discussed how to write "Show not tell"
  example : tell - The room was large and dark.
                  show - As I entered the room, the sound of my feet echoed as I walked across the floor of the room; with out light to guide my way I had no idea how far the expanse would reach.

3) Students wrote about their favorite place to read.

4) Students discussed their writing.

5) Class discussed places which might make a good setting for a scene of a mystery story.

6) Students wrote about this place using temporal and spatial descriptors.

7) work was read and discussed.



Homework:

Read Hound of the Baskervilles
Have a good springbreak.

3/19-20 - Introduction to Narrative Writing/Mystery - The Speckled Band

What we did in class:

• We discussed the upcoming unit concerning Narrative Writing / Mystery.
• We talked about how this unit will allow the class to participate in daily writing activities.
• These writing activities will be low stakes writing and will help students develop the skill of simply committing their thoughts to paper. 
• We began to discuss what is needed to develop a Narrative.
• Setting Temporal/Spatial (time/space)
• Developed Characters
• Plot (5 elements)
• Conflict
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Resolution
• Foreshadowing/ Red Herring/ Clues
• Symbols 
• YuWe listened to "The Adventures of the Speckled Band" and read along.
• We discussed the story

The Speckled Band Audio

The Speckled Band Text

Homework:

Read the Hound of the Baskervilles

Introduction

Hello!
I see you have discovered my class blog. I am going to use this blog as a resource for the class.
I will add a post daily, which will discuss what we have covered in class for the day and will list what the homework assignment is. You can use this blog as a study guide to refresh your memory about what we have covered in class. You can also use it to discovered what you missed if you are absent. If you have any questions regarding a lesson or a class assignment you will have an opportunity to leave a comment or ask a question in the comment section at the bottom of the post. I hope you will find this blog to be a helpful addition to our class. If you have any questions or comments please do not hesitate to ask.