Thursday, August 13, 2020

August 17, 2020

 If you are here, then Plan A of CTLS and Plan B of Zoom did not work. 

We are so happy to have you! Our syllabus is linked, as are the required documents for the first days of school. 

Sign-Off for Syllabus

CTLS Phone App

Allatoona Digital Integrity Policy

Student Handbook

Feel free to click on the welcome video that we made for you! 

This is going to be a great year NO MATTER WHAT! A positive attitude is the best school supply you can have... and a laptop 😊

For your first assignment, create a FlipGrid using this link:

Tell us about yourself and the craziest thing that has ever happened to you.... Click Here!

-Coach Fridborg and Mrs. Civitella

AHS English Department Syllabus – Fall 2020

American Literature and Composition

Coach Erik Fridborg and Mrs. Lindsay Civitella

Room 2214

Phone: (770) 975 – 6503 x7012214

Email Address: Erik.Fridborg@cobbk12.org  Lindsay.civitella@cobbk12.org

This course is designed for the student who has an interest in the interpretation of American literature. This examination is accomplished through argumentative and expository writing. This course integrates writing, grammar and usage, speaking and listening. It includes a variety of literary genres: short stories, novels, poetry, drama, and nonfiction. I will utilize our school blog daily to communicate and provide resources. Please check out the amazing resources there!

Required Text: Students will be assigned a consumable textbook that closely aligns with the Georgia Standards for ELA. Textbook will remain in the classroom, unless homework is assigned.  

 

Grading: The gradebook will be updated weekly. Formative grades are those where your student is practicing the standard(s). Summative grades are those where your student is proving mastery of the standard(s). Please monitor your student’s progress via ParentVue. Information for login may be obtained through the counseling office.

A: 100-90                       B: 89-80                            C: 79-74                        D: 73-70                     F: 69 and below

We are an EOC course. The grading will be as follows:

Formative assessments – 30%

Summative assessments – 50%

Final – 20% **Will comprise of both test and project**

 

Make-up Policies and Late Work

·       Late work may be turned in for ½ credit (½ of the actual grade earned) for up to 5 days from the assignment due date.  A zero will be recorded in the gradebook until the assignment is turned in.  On the 6th day, if the assignment is still not turned in, no credit will be awarded for the assignment.

·       When absent, students are expected to make-up or arrange to make up missed assignments. Please check our class blog – there are valuable resources there.

 

Tutoring: If you need additional help, please come see me. We can arrange before or after school, or during Buc Block.

 

Supplies: Students will need tools daily to be successful in this course. It is an expectation that students arrive with:

·       Pencil

·       Blue or black pen

·       Highlighter

·       Spiral/Composition Notebook

If in the classroom: Teacher will provide supplies to complete group projects; however, your students may prefer their own: scissors, glue stick, markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils.

In the virtual setting: projects will be completed with technology resources.

 

Class Rules:

1.       Be in the classroom when the bell rings

2.       Come prepared with supplies to learn

3.       Be respectful of teachers and fellow classmates

4.       No food or drink

5.       Cell phones remain in backpacks unless BYOD is announced by the teachers.

Cell Phone Policy: Allatoona is utilizing CCSD’s Bring Your Own Device Policy. Students may bring their own tablet or cell phone as a learning tool, and will only be permitted to use this when announced by the teacher. If BYOD is not in place during instruction, we will take up the device and turn it into the front office, as outlined in the Student Handbook on pg. 16.

Movies and Media: We firmly believe that multimedia assists in bringing the literature alive for students. We will be watching film clips of stories we read, and in some cases, will be watching the entire movie. All movies will have a subsequent assignment and purpose in their viewing.

What will we learn?

Reading *Short Stories – We will read several short stories in class and for homework.  You will be required to complete assignments aligned with these stories. *Non-fiction and informational texts – We will read several pieces of informational texts, such as newspaper articles, biographies and other essays.  *Novels – We will read at least two novels in this course: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. These novels connect to our unit themes. You do not have to buy these – I will provide the text.

Writing We will give you the guidelines and rubrics (grading scale) for all of our writings.*Response to literature – You will be required to write short essays about selected works of literature.  We will write these in and out of class.*Autobiographical – You will be required to write an autobiography about your life.  *Compare and contrast – You will be required to compose at least one essay in which you compare and contrast two or more things.  *Persuasive – You will be required to compose a research paper in which you will argue one topic. *Warm-ups – Students will be writing daily as their warm up. This may be in the form of journals, literary analysis, or vocabulary.

We look forward to working with your child! American Literature is a subject that we are very passionate about teaching. We hope that through this course, your child will explore and enjoy the dynamic stories, writings, and projects encompassed in this course. 



Monday, May 11, 2020

5/11-5/14

Hamlet

Monday 5-11

Key Vocab (Continue Powerpoints as usual...definition, sentence, picture)
confrontation
conferring 
countenance
disposing


Read Act 4 Scenes 1&2

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section10/

Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUeswRqdas4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af-2pjM4B_k

Take the quiz and send me your score

Tuesday 5-12

Key Vocab (Continue Powerpoints as usual...definition, sentence, picture)
inane
coy
traumatic 


Read Act 4 Scenes 3&4

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section11/

Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFNZ8i5L0vc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCd2yJ18RiA

Take the quiz and send me your score

Wednesday 5-13

Key Vocab (Continue Powerpoints as usual...definition, sentence, picture)

bereaved
incoherent
muddied

Read Act 4 Scenes 5&6
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section12/

Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHyTt1qHS-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpIlUxYKPSc

Take the quiz and send me your score

Thursday 5-14

Key Vocab (Continue Powerpoints as usual...definition, sentence, picture)
erratic
dispose
concocts 
customary 

Read Act 4 Scene 7
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section13/

Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_NQAwQFivk

Take the quiz and send me your score

Monday, May 4, 2020

Brit Lit/Am Lit ESOL

5-4-20 - 5-7-20

Hamlet

Monday 5-4-20

Key Vocab (Continue Powerpoints as usual...definition, sentence, picture)
-annuity
-emanate
-melancholy
- entreats

Read Act 2 Section 2

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section5/

Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6plZb9Uqrs

Take the Quiz and send me your results

Tuesday 5-5-20

Key Vocab   (Continue Powerpoints as usual...definition, sentence, picture)
-agonizing
-bear (and not the animal)
-denounce
-emerge

Read Act 3 scene 1
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section6/

Watch Act 3 scene 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOWHzWAUt2A&t=133s

Take the quiz in the bottom left corner and send me your score

Wednesday 5-6-20

Key Vocab (Continue Powerpoints as usual...definition, sentence, picture)
-heartily
-torments
-pun
-gradually
-distemper

Read Act 3 scene 2

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section7/

Watch Act 3 scene 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRADS5eo8Vw

Take the quiz and send me your score

Thursday 5-7-20

Key Vocab
adequate
eavesdrop
rash (not the skin type either)
condemnation

Read Act 3 scene 3
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section8/

Read Act 3 scene 4
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section9/

Watch Act 3 scene 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txunTfPEx6U&t=85s

Watch Act 3 scene 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6xM87cJmGQ

Take the quiz for Act 3 and Act 4 and send me your scores

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Brit Lit/Am Lit ESOL

4-27-20 through 4-30

Monday 4-27

Hamlet Act 1 Scene 1
Key Vocab (Define, Picture, Sentence as usual)

-William Shakespeare
-Apparition
-impending
-conquest
-ensure
-apprehensive
-ramparts
-deceased

Go to this Website
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section1/

Read the Summary and then go to this website:
https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/hamlet/page_2/
Read through the English translation of Scene 1 Act 1  (6 pages)

Then go to the link below and watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPC57q8nsQg&list=RDCMUCCbl73gRvfLKBCh-QgSP6ng&index=21

Then take the quiz in the bottom left corner and send me your score.

Tuesday 4-28

Hamlet Scene 1 Act 2
Key Vocab:
-rashly
-dispatch
-jovial
-rouse

Read the link below:
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section2/

Feel Free to read through the translation if you want:
https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/hamlet/page_18/

Watch the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4WSWTqYZDw&list=RDCMUCCbl73gRvfLKBCh-QgSP6ng&index=28

Take the quiz at the bottom of the reading and tell me your score.

Wednesday 4-29
Act 1 Scene 3&4

Key Vocab
-vulgar
-stern
-rebuff
-laughingstock

Read the summary of Act 1 Scene 3&4
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section3/

Feel free to read the translation if you want:
https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/hamlet/page_40/

Watch the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCAYcl053iE&list=RDCMUCCbl73gRvfLKBCh-QgSP6ng&index=11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGXI4zEx8aA&list=RDCMUCCbl73gRvfLKBCh-QgSP6ng&index=11

Take the quiz at the bottom of the reading and tell me your score

Thursday 4-30

Hamlet Scene 1 Act 5 and Act 2 Scene 1

Key Vocab:
-appalled
-exhorts
-incestuous
-frantically
-explicit
-accosted

Read the link below:

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet/section4/

Feel free to read the translation if you want:
https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/hamlet/page_76/

Watch the two links below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCU8F4_oM8&list=RDCMUCCbl73gRvfLKBCh-QgSP6ng&index=12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-hY0Is-79w&list=RDCMUCCbl73gRvfLKBCh-QgSP6ng&index=31

Take the quiz at the bottom of the reading and tell me our score.







Sunday, April 19, 2020

American Lit 4/20-4/23

Edgar Allen Poe

Monday 4-20

Read Tell-Tale Heart

https://www.owleyes.org/text/tell-tale-heart/read/the-tell-tale-heart

Key Vocab Define as usual (take two days to finish these words)
hearken
conceived
cunning
vex
distinctness
muffle
conceal
suavity
distinct
hideous
homophone

Tuesday 4-21 Watch the Tell-Tale Heart
Google Tell Tale Heart film, then go down and find the black and white short film that is 28:01 from October 13 2017 by Tainlor.

After watching the film complete a 5-5-5 Venn Diagram between the reading and the short film.

Wenesday 4-22

Hop Frog (this story is kind of difficult so make sure you watch the video closely.
Watch first this time... go to Hop Frog film, go down and look for Hop Frog or The Eight Chained Orang-Outangs from August 7, 2012 by The Mudbrooker.

Key Vocab as usual...(take two days for these words)
Keenly
corpulent
predispose
motley
dwarf
consolation
prodigious
dexterity
masquerade
goblet
endeavor
tyrant
exquisite

Thursday 4-23

Go to this website:
https://poestories.com/read/hop-frog and read it and then write 1 paragraph as to the 5W's of what the story is about.

Brit Lit 4/20-4-23

Lord of the Flies

Monday 4-20
Read chapter 9 and take the quiz and send me your score
Watch chapter 9 of the movie.
Write 1 short paragraph of the 5W's from the chapter.
Do a venn diagraph chapter 9 from film to movie 5-5-5
Key Vocab...Define as usual in powerpoint.
-anxious
-languid
-dissuade
-plunge

Tuesday 4-21
Read Chapter 10 and take the quiz and send me your score
Watch chapter 10 of the movie.
Write 1 short paragraph of the 5W's from the chapter.
Do a venn diagraph chapter 10 from film to movie 5-5-5

Key Vocab...Define as usual in powerpoint.
-clutch
-virtually
-companion

Wednesday 4-22
Read Chapter 11 and take the quiz and send me your score
Watch chapter 11 of the movie.
Write 1 short paragraph of the 5W's from the chapter.
Do a venn diagraph chapter 11 from film to movie 5-5-5

Key Vocab...Define as usual in powerpoint.
-fury
-shrill
-brawl

Thursday 4-23
Read chapter 12 and take the quiz and send me your score
Watch chapter 12 of the movie.
Write 1 short paragraph of the 5W's from the chapter.
Do a venn diagraph chapter 12 from film to movie 5-5-5

Key Vocab...Define as usual 
-impale
-thicket
-fend
-composure 

Monday, April 13, 2020

American Lit ESOL

Monday 4-13 through Thursday 4-16

Monday, Tuesday Cask of Amontillado

Key Vocab for the week (continue to make powerpoints using (definition, sentence, and picture)
cask
amontillado
catacombs
jest
vaults
nitre
mason
plaster
preceed
Revenge is best served cold...what is the meaning of that statement
mad...I am not looking for the angry definition, but another one related to the story

Go here: https://www.poemuseum.org/the-cask-of-amontillado

Read the story on Monday until you get to where Fortunato asks Montressor if he is of the brotherhood, the Masons.

On Tuesday finish the story.

Wednesday go to these links and read the story again.
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/poestories/section11/

https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/poestories/section11/page/2/

Email me any questions that you may have.

Thursday
Write a response to these questions...1 Paragraph...Why might one argue that our narrator, Montressor, is insane?  List at least three reasons.

2nd Paragraph.....Why might one argue that our narrator is sane?  List at least 3 reasons.

3rd Paragraph....(Google: Apology call, Billy Madison)  Watch the short clip and explain to me how the guy on the couch who has a list on the wall is similar to the narrator from The Cask of Amontillado.


August 17, 2020

 If you are here, then Plan A of CTLS and Plan B of Zoom did not work.  We are so happy to have you! Our syllabus is linked, as are the requ...