First Notes: Parts of a Story, Conflict & Plot

Tuesday 26 August 2014 for Periods 2, 5 & 6 and Wednesday 27 August 2014 for Periods 7

Devotional Text: 1 Corinthians 14:40 “But all things should be done decently and in order.”

Sentence Work #1: Simple subject and predicate



Write a sentence using a specific noun and a precise verb.

Journal Entry: Did you enjoy reading Jaimie Ford’s Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet?
(If you haven’t read it, explain why?) Title this entry "Hotel."

Study skills are a part of Loma Linda Academy's Expected School-wide Learning Results (ESLRs).

Mr. Stone discussed the importance of organization. Keep like items in the same place. Students should keep all of their English I papers in either a three-ring binder devoted to the class or in a general three-ring binder that has a divider that is clearly labeled English I. Mr. Stone will check to make sure students have set up a binder for English I late next week.

Students practiced a form of the Cornell Method of Note Taking. Each page is divided into two columns. The lefthand column equals one-third of the width of the page and the righthand column equals two-thirds of the width of the page. Initial notes are taken in the right column. Later, students use the lefthand column to analyze or annotate the notes previously taken.



Mr. Stone lectured on five basic parts of a story, definitions of conflict (external and internal), specific types of conflict, and elements of a plot line.

Students received a handout listing the major elements of the short story genre.


Homework: Read Saki's "The Interlopers" (304-310)

Syllabus

(Monday 25 August 2014 for Periods 2, 5, and 6 and Tuesday 26 August for Period 7)

Devotional Text: Philippians 1:3-6

Students received a composition book to use as a journal. Mr. Stone directed them to write their first and last names on the cover. He encouraged them to personalize the spine (and the cover if they would like) so that it is easier to distinguish their journal from their classmates.

Quiz: "The Most Dangerous Game"

Mr. Stone distributed copies of the course syllabus and read it through with the class, elaborating on parts.

Homework: Get one parent/guardian to read the syllabus and complete the signature page. Bring the syllabus signature page back to submit at the beginning of the next class.

(Note: Period 5 still needs to take "The Most Dangerous Game" quiz.

First Day

(Thursday, August 21 for Period 2. Friday, August 22 for Periods 5,6, & 7.)

As students entered, they selected their own seats in the room, printing their names on a sticky note for the seating chart.

Class began with a reading of John 1:1 and prayer:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning."

Students listened to a dramatic recording of "The Most Dangerous Game" with most following along in their textbooks. Mr. Stone informed students that they should bring their "big green literature book" to class every day unless directed otherwise. Students who have not yet purchased the Vocabulary Energizers text or the research handbook should acquire those in the next couple of weeks.

Students need a composition notebook for journaling in this class.


Homework: Finish reading "The Most Dangerous Game" and review for a quiz over the story.

The quiz will be on Monday for Periods 2, 5 and 6 and on Tuesday for Period 7.

Students should begin studying for the summer reading test that will be given on Thursday September 4th using the review sheet provided in class. Student will turn in the completed review sheet at the time of the test.

Welcome!

Tomorrow begins the first day of the 2013-2014 school year--the first day of high school for most of you in English I. If I don't see you in class Thursday, I should see you in class on Friday.

I look forward to meeting you and getting started. We will begin with short stories. Bring your big green literature book to class. I will let you know when you need to bring the other texts. If you don't have your book yet, you will get by with out it, but it will be better for you to have it. Consider borrowing a classmate's from another section.

As I pray for our first day together, I'm remembering Jeremiah 29:11:

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"


I'm also claiming the promise of my favorite text, Philippians 1:6:

"Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."


Welcome, again, to the high school of Loma Linda Academy.

Summer Reading Test

Freshmen will be tested over Jamie Ford's Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet on Thursday, September 4, 2014.