Friday, June 18, 2010
Honors English 11 Summer Reading-PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER 2010-2011
Please post your annotation paragraphs (2) on Pale Horse, Pale Rider here!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Weeks 9 and 10--Honors English 11 2009-2010
Week 9, please explain which "ism" that you read from was your favorite and why! Please read at least two other posts and respond to them!
Week 10, do the same, but complete the following: I might choose the following author for my year long author project because...
Week 10, do the same, but complete the following: I might choose the following author for my year long author project because...
Thursday, May 07, 2009
May 2009 Our Town PrePost
ENGLISH 11 Students: Please respond to this link:
Blog directions: See link below to get there ;)
THREE questions: (1) Realizing Life- What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now? (example: you will find that with regard to birth, things are far more open than even in the recent past. Dads come into the delivery room, with video cameras!)
Blog directions: See link below to get there ;)
THREE questions: (1) Realizing Life- What does it take to "realize life?" How do you realize life? Do you think anyone, ever, really CAN realize life? What kind of events might help us to realize life?
(2) "There's something way down deep about every person" How would you define that thing that makes us uniquely human, that connects us as humans, that makes us a part of "the circle of life?"
(3) "This is the way we were" What things (referring specifically to the list we made for the bulletin board items) do you think were handled the same or differently in the past as compared to now? (example: you will find that with regard to birth, things are far more open than even in the recent past. Dads come into the delivery room, with video cameras!)
Friday, August 15, 2008
Final Summer Post--English and American Studies
Hi. You should have finished your summer reading by now and have written your post responding to one of the essential questions (English) in terms of your contemporary novel. Please don't start the year off by saying any variation of the following: "Well, I didn't know what to do, so I thought I would ask when school started." You have had my phone number and email all summer long with which to ask me questions, and we will not have time to revisit your summer work (which is a good percentage of your first semester grade) during the schoolyear.
Before you start back to school, please print off two copies of your posts, including dates and times, but not your peer responses, one of your English posts and one of your history posts. You will give the latter to Mr. Vigue. If you cut and paste, as I expect you will, make SURE that you do it neatly and in an organized way.
Finally, Mr. Vigue would like you to pick up the following two texts: THE AMERICAN POLITICAL TRADITION (RICHARD HOFSTADTER) and GREAT ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY, VOL. III (1864-1981) (RICHARD HOFSTADTER). You can obtain this book at B&N or Borders or even Mr. Paperback, but Mr. Vigue recommends buying a used copy on Amazon. Link:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=richard+hofstadter
Final thematic questions for history (Frederick Douglass):
(1) How is it possible that slavery could exist in the United States until the Civil War?
(2) How do you think Douglass' autobiography helped to promote an end to the evil institution of slavery in the United States?
(3) Why would such a book be so controversial in the 19th Century?
Before you start back to school, please print off two copies of your posts, including dates and times, but not your peer responses, one of your English posts and one of your history posts. You will give the latter to Mr. Vigue. If you cut and paste, as I expect you will, make SURE that you do it neatly and in an organized way.
Finally, Mr. Vigue would like you to pick up the following two texts: THE AMERICAN POLITICAL TRADITION (RICHARD HOFSTADTER) and GREAT ISSUES IN AMERICAN HISTORY, VOL. III (1864-1981) (RICHARD HOFSTADTER). You can obtain this book at B&N or Borders or even Mr. Paperback, but Mr. Vigue recommends buying a used copy on Amazon. Link:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=richard+hofstadter
Final thematic questions for history (Frederick Douglass):
(1) How is it possible that slavery could exist in the United States until the Civil War?
(2) How do you think Douglass' autobiography helped to promote an end to the evil institution of slavery in the United States?
(3) Why would such a book be so controversial in the 19th Century?
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Week Six Post: Starting Your Contemporary Novel
Hi! Well, you should be about through with The Autobiography of Franklin at this point.
In order to transition to your last reading assignment, I am going to ask you to post two things on MY blog.
(1) I want you to think about what you have learned about Franklin from reading his autobiography. Most historians agree that Franklin was the epitome of what it means to be an American. Do you think he represents what it means to be an American? (Yes or no, and why or why not.) Write at least one well-developed paragraph WITH SPECIFIC EXAMPLES from the text explaining your point of view. Please don't cop out with "well, maybe then, but not now...if not now, then explain WHY not now..." ;)
(2) Then, in a separate post, I want you to explain which contemporary novel you are going to read...start it, and decide which of our three essential questions you plan to address. Does your novel explore an aspect of the American dream? Does your novel contain a character who is an example of a quintessential American? Does your novel explain what it means to be an American today?
Only respond your classmates' Franklin posts....
Summer is winding down!
In order to transition to your last reading assignment, I am going to ask you to post two things on MY blog.
(1) I want you to think about what you have learned about Franklin from reading his autobiography. Most historians agree that Franklin was the epitome of what it means to be an American. Do you think he represents what it means to be an American? (Yes or no, and why or why not.) Write at least one well-developed paragraph WITH SPECIFIC EXAMPLES from the text explaining your point of view. Please don't cop out with "well, maybe then, but not now...if not now, then explain WHY not now..." ;)
(2) Then, in a separate post, I want you to explain which contemporary novel you are going to read...start it, and decide which of our three essential questions you plan to address. Does your novel explore an aspect of the American dream? Does your novel contain a character who is an example of a quintessential American? Does your novel explain what it means to be an American today?
Only respond your classmates' Franklin posts....
Summer is winding down!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
A note from Mr. Vigue for the kids who are taking Junior Level Honors History, too
Honors Junior History Summer Work Blog
Because of the changeover from Webmail Pro to First Class, I am going to ask you to post your summer work solely on your own blogs. Mrs. Vigue has given me a list of everyone's blogger address except for Ethan B's. I am happy to see that some of you have already been posting, but some of you have fallen behind. Email me at wvigue@msad48.org if you have any questions. I will be evaluating your posts using the same blogging rubric that Mrs. Vigue gave you as a part of your English Summer Reading packet.So far, you should have posted the following on your blog: Midwife's Tale thematic question, part one, part two and an evaluation of the author's intent. Again, I will be evaluating your work using the blogging rubric provided by Mrs. Vigue in your English packet.
Week Three and Four, you will be evaluated by Mrs. Vigue and myself, but look on her blog for directions.
Mr. Vigue
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