1/26 Research Reflections

1) use "date range" for Google search, especially if there is a film adaptation of your novel

2) Gale "Novel for Students," CRITICAL OVERVIEW

3) find the one quality sentence in an otherwise plot/character summary article

Poetry Out Loud Laureates

A huge congratulations to all who bravely recited their poems. This is one of the hardest parts of ELA 10, and we are honored with how you gave voice to these words.

Here are our classroom winners:

• Hei Sin Leung
• Saran Inniss
• Lila Hernandez
• Rhonandhoh Abraham
• Megan McLean

If these winners are unable, or unwilling, to represent on Friday, January 30th, we may select alternates by Monday, January 26.

1/23 Research Paper classwork (intro on research sources)

Welcome to the ELA 10 research paper!

Today, you will accomplish the following tasks:
1) register for an Evernote account
2) log into BPL.org Electronic Resources using library card and pin
3) reserve author biography and Bloom Guide from BPL.org
4) search JSTOR for quality articles

NOTE: if you do not have a library card # or pin, this MUST be remedied ASAP

Task 1

• https://evernote.com/
• check to see if you already have an account, otherwise sign up!
• notice the elephant icon added to your chrome toolbar

Task 2

• http://www.bpl.org/electronic/literature.asp
• select categories: "biography" and "Literary Criticism"

NOTE: older books will have more articles from these categories. Newer books will require a search of "general" and "k12" for newspaper and magazine

• search your novel title, using quotation marks
• click "full text" to limit search results

Task 3

• use the BPL search bar to find book length biographies of your author
• search for "title of novel" and "bloom" to find books of critical articles

• search for "title of novel" and "understanding" to find books of historical context

• write down the call # of books so you can check the shelves as there may be other books waiting for you to find! 

Task 4

• http://www.bpl.org/electronic/alpha.asp#j
• enter the JSTOR site
• search your novel title, using quotation marks
• download .pdf copies of articles, or clip using Evernote

EXTRA CREDIT Civil Disobedience essay

You (and up to three friends) are invited to compose an Extra Credit essay. The topic is Civil Disobedience, and you must connect the story of Antigone, the essay of Thoreau, the letter of Dr. King, and the action of OB students regarding MBTA student passes.

Outline
Introduction/Thesis
Body 1 (Thoreau, King, or Antigone)
Body 2 (King, Antigone, or Thoreau)
Body 3 (Antigone, Thoreau, or King)
MBTA/Conclusion

Sample Thesis: 
As shown through ________, civil disobedience is __________  for society to ____________.

Requirements
3 written pages
MLA formatting (cover page, Works Cited)
printed copy due 1/30 @2pm

Poetry Work: January 13-16

This week, you will unpack your Poetry Out Loud poem and 6 poems from the textbook using the TPCASTT framework.

You are responsible for 3 TPCASTT charts (1 for PoL poem, 2 for textbook poems) that are due on 1/16. The TPCASTT charts may be used on the exam, and you may complete additional TPCASTT charts as needed.

Here are the poems for you to read and enjoy (and will be on Friday's test):

Poem Title	Poet	Page #
The Red Wheelbarrow	William Carlos Williams	812
Poetry Out Loud Poem		PoL
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer	Walt Whitman	792
Sonnet XXX	Edna St. Vincent Millay	732
Tonight I Can Write	Pablo Neruda	724
Meeting at Night	Robert Browning	700
Those Winter Sundays	Robert Hayden	240
Who Makes the Journey	Cathy Song	933

Here are the poetry terms you will be using this week in your TPCASTT charts

Anaphora	Alliteration	Consonance
Scanning	Sonnet	Stanza
Tone	Allusion	Couplet
Parallelism	End Rhyme	Connotation
Symbol	Theme	Metaphor
Personification	Motif	Speaker
Shift	Hyperbole	Assonance

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Here is the full video of Dr. King's letter.