Greetings PEOPLE Students!

Hi PEOPLE!

Test out your "commenting" skills here! Tell me one thing you believe as a comment!

-Amy

Excellent job, seniors!

Dearest Seniors,

I want to applaud your outstanding performances in and out of class!

Your character analyses and your comments are critical, thorough, and smart! I can see you are learning so much from each other and that has been the point of these blogs. You are not only students, you are also teachers (teachers for me as well!).

I also know how terribly tough this IB thing is and I sympathize with the amount of pressure you are under, though I'm confident that you will all survive and excel.

Take a deep breath over Spring Break and do your best with Ms. Pecola.

Also, here's a helpful website for more info on the fabulous Toni Morrison: http://www.tonimorrisonsociety.org/index.html

Take care,

m.d.

Exam Review Sessions

Also, I just got this e-mail from Docktor regarding IB Exam Review Sessions. Mark your calendars!

Friday, April 24: 7:15 - 8:30 AM
Topic: Unpack the Question/ Metamorphosis
Mr. Docktor

Tuesday, April 28: 4:00 -5:15 PM
Topic: Darkness at Noon*
Ms. Thomas

Thursday, April 30: 4:00-5:15 PM
Topic: Darkness at Noon*
Ms. Thomas

Thursday, May 7: 4:00-5:15 PM
Topic: Metamorphosis
Mr. Docktor

* - Ms. Thomas will add a component of unpacking the question to her presentation. She will identify which date works best sometime soon.

Preparing for Orals and WKND Homework

Hello Seniors,
I'm sorry I could not be in class today; I pulled a muscle in my back somehow and can't move!!

Ok. So here's the deal:

1. You should have gotten a bit of background information on Dr. King/Civil Rights Movement today in the video. Hopefully this will help you contextualize his speeches a bit.

2. In terms of King: think about the purpose of giving speeches: to inspire and motivate. What rhetorical devices does King use to do this and do you believe he is effective?

3. In terms of studying for orals:
Remember to contextualize every piece first--who is the author? How does the piece situate itself amongst his/her other poems/speeches/plays/stories? Is the piece reflective of the writers time/place (17th century? Civil Rights Mvt., Ireland, etc)? Then, like the SSSIFT method asks of you, be sure to describe the "Situation" of the poem/passage--literally, what is going on? Don't jump to analysis before taking care of that first.
And finally, always remember to use the text to support what you are saying.

4. Your weekend homework (in case the sub didn't do a good job telling you):
*Comment on a peers' plog
*Complete the Rhetorical Structure Wkst on "I Have a Dream"
*Read/Annotate the other King speeches
*Be prepared to discuss all three speeches on Monday

TONE Words!

It's important to note the tone and mood of Donne's poems, if not in your commentary, in your analysis/dissection of them; I've already given you a list of "Tone" words first semester, but here's another GREAT list if you're stumbling, looking for the right word(s).

http://www1.fccj.edu/shughes/tone_words_to_know.htm

another IB blog site for you

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?s=8243a2dfb6d42144279209e4200f1046&f=10


I found helpful discussions here on EE's, getting a 6 on the exam, etc.

Check it out! Add to the global conversation!

Lysistube