"CTW" Paper Revisions

Concerning your Change The World Paper, please review your paper rubric and paper to answer the following revision questions. Please answer specifically. (You could earn up to 25 points for these responses).

1. What did you did you do well regarding the process and final writing of your CTW paper?

2. What is an area that you could improve upon regarding your CTW paper?

3. What writing strategy will you try to use next year when you write for any class?

4. When you write next year, what steps will you take to turn in a more complete and polished final writing product?

5. What word of writing advice would you give to your future self for next year?

Significant Other? Perfection? "Romeo & Juliet?" Really?

What is essential to share regarding your completion of the "Perfect Match " handout? How does your experience relate to what you know about Romeo and Juliet's situation? What does this make you think? Reflect? Contemplate? Don't forget to include references to our class discussion. This blog response should be completed in class on 4-26-18.

Background Info Addressing "Romeo And Juliet?"

After viewing the Romeo And Juliet background video, what do you believe is important to consider as you read the play? Why? This blog response is due by Wed., April 25th at 2:30p.m.

"Farewell To Manzanar" Internment Web Link Background Information?

Regarding the Densho Internment Link Resource, what are some ideas or trends that profoundly struck you that are addressed regarding this period in American History? Please use any quotes or specific references to materials that validate your argument. Due by 2:30p.m. on Mon., April 9th, 2018.

Poetry In Music?

Please Quote One Of Your Favorite Song Lines Or Lyrics, And Explain How It Exhibits One Of Our Studied Poetry Terms? Make sure that your quoted lyrics are appropriate. Please italicize the song lyrics, include the song title/artist(s), and qualify or establish the connection between the poetry term and the lyrics. (Due Friday, January 12, 2018 by 2:30p.m.)

Thinking About Poetry?

After viewing the spoken word poem Can I Auto-Correct Humanity, what are you thinking regarding the poem's message, tone, theme, and use of poetic devices? Please analyze and comment using specifics. This blog response is due during class today.

"The Simpsons," Satire, And "The Odyssey?"

Compare The Odyssey video excerpt from the Simpsons (Simpson's Video Clip) with Homer's epic poem The Odyssey Books 9,10,12,21,22,23. What does the Simpson's version satirize? What does it make you think about regarding the poem's characters, theme, relationships, and episodes? Please respond with specific support (i.e.-quotations) for your argument. Complete this blog response by 2:30p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8th.

"The Odyssey" In Vase Art?

In viewing the following black and red figure vase art, Odyssey In Art; Odyssey In Art Part II, what do you notice about the artists' message concerning The Odyssey? What symbols, manifestations, heroic elements, and other ideas we discussed can you critique and comment upon. Your response is due during class on Thurs., Dec. 7th.