The Arrow And The Song

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

I shot an arrow into the air,  [This is the name of the Twilight Zone episode we watched!]

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For who has sight so keen and strong,

That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.

Friday, September 12 and Monday 15:

MEDIA CENTER

1. BLOG about The Twilight Zone.

• What are your thoughts on theme, plot, characterization, symbolism, irony, etc.?  
• Similarities to Lord of the Flies?
• Begin writing assignment--To be announced!

2. BLOG with ideas for our wiki. Vote on colors!

3. Go to CREATE PAGES, on the right.

• Make a page for yourself to experiment on, store things, etc.
• Store it in the STUDENT PAGES folder.Put your biopoem on the wiki--with decorations, if you choose! There is a page already created for this. However, since only one person at a time can edit a page, you can work on your poem on your own page.

Put your biopoem on the wiki--with decorations, if you choose!

Thursday, September 11:

• Influences of Golding's Lord of the Flies on film and literature: The Twilight Zone

• HOMEWORK: Compare and contrast Lord of the Flies to this episode of The Twilight Zone

Wednesday, September 10

• TEST: Lord of the Flies

• HOMEWORK:

  • Editing assignment-class handout

  • Make up two very ungrammatical sentences! Example: I don't have none of them teachers this year do you. (Ouch! This hurts me to write such a terrible sentence...but...it's for the best, right? RIGHT?)

Tuesday, September 9:

• THE WIKI IS HERE! THE WIKI IS HERE! Let's take a look!

• TEST REVIEW: Lord of the Flies

• Introduce editing--handout

Monday, September 15 (Media Center):

1. Classwork:

• BLOG with ideas for the wiki     

• Go to the "Copyright and Fair Use" page and answer the following questions:

  • What is copyright?
  • What is copyleft?
  •  What is fair use?
  • What is plagiarism?

2. Homework:

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