Mrs. Loomer’s WebsiteAcademic English 2 - Academic English 4 - Student Council

If you were absent, please schedule a time to make up the test.

Today we turned in the work from Friday with the substitute & then went over the directions for the presentation.

• Poetry Project Handouts
• poetry-presenation-example
• poetry-presentation-directions-0910
• presentation-planning-sheet2
• poetry-powerpoint-guide
• poetry-pres-rubric

Sorry the website has been updated as much as usual - sinus infections will do that to a teacher!  Here  are all the good things that went on in our class last week:

• gawain-tabloid-article
• mortedarthur-leveled-questions

Sorry the website has been updated as much as usual - sinus infections will do that to a teacher!  Here  are all the good things that went on in our class last week:

• OGT Grammar Warm Ups
• Tuesday - ogt-grammar-day-61
• Wednesday - ogt-grammar-day-71
• Thursday - ogt-grammar-day-81 

• Poetry Notes & Assignments
• guitar
• making-a-fist 
• weary-blues-jazz-fantasia-analysis

Today we reviewed and turned in our Eady poem analysis and take home quiz.

We then read Sonnet 18 and got an assignment for Valentine’s Day that is due Tuesday.  Click here for the notes and directions: sonnet-18-notes-directions

Today’s OGT Grammar: ogt-grammar-day-5

These days were spent reading & analyzing Gawain.  Here are the assignments, notes & due dates:

Wednesday’s Background Notes: gawain-background

Study Guide: gawainshieldworksheet, gawain-leveled-questions2

Pentangle Notes & Assignment (due Tuesday): gawain-pentangle

Friday’s notes: gawain-part-4 (be sure to read pages 178-183 if you were absent)

HW - finish PENTANGLE ASSIGNMENT for Tuesday

These days were spent analyzing two poems by Cornelius Eady (pages 633-636).

• TO COMPLETE FOR FRIDAY:
• poetry-analysis-sheet for both poems
• eady-partner-quiz

OGT GRAMMAR FOR WED. & THURS.:  ogt-grammar-day-3, ogt-grammar-day-4

Today:

• OGT grammar, exercise 1 questins 4-5 (CLICK HERE - ogt-grammar-day-2
• Poetry Term review (CLICK HERE FOR NOTES - term-review

Today we began our OGT grammar review.  We also did a quick write & took notes on our poetic devices.

HW - finish poetry definitions

• TODAY’S HANDOUTS:
• 1. Poetry Term Notes- poetry-notes-0910
• 2.OGT Grammar answer sheet - writing-ogt-prep-answer-sheet
• 3. Today’s OGT grammar questions - ogt-grammar-day-1

Today we took some notes on Arthurian Legends and also discussed how romance and chivalry are (or are not!) present in relationships today.

NOTES: arthurian-legend-background, chivalricprelearn, arhurian-legend-courtly-love-notes