Lessons - to End of Term

22 April 2015 Dear Mr. Gillis: Please share this with any English 1302 students you visit with today, and ask them to share with their classmates; Angelina's BlackBoard will not load (again). Lessons, Week of 27-30 April, 4-7 May, and 11 May 2015 Taking early retirement can mean the difference between graduating in the top ten and, well, not graduating in the top ten. The business letter is meant to be a relatively easy 100; it can be an easy zero if you don’t follow the format found in your Bedford and in two different handouts. Because you are writing to yourself you may use the same address for both the heading and for the inside address. Read and study all your handouts. You will be tested over them. Keats and the Romantics – learn them, live them, love them. Last Great Celebration of Learning – Final Exam My intent is to offer to you this exciting opportunity on Wednesday and / or Thursday, 6 and 7 May. Monday, 11 May, maybe, if you are in the classroom working on your exam at 0945. 0946 is a zero. Once you have finished your final exam you are finished with English 1302 and you are then to return to Jasper High School. College is not high school – there is no mercy summer makeup or late submission of work. Your grades must be in the Angelina system early on Thursday morning, 14 May, and for that to happen I must grade your exams and review your grade entries in the days before. If you wish to know your final grade, see me on campus at class time Monday through Wednesday. For security reasons I won’t send a grade via email.

Lessons, Week of 13-16 April and 20-23 April 2015

Please pass this on to your English 1302 classmates; BlahBoard isn't loading. Lessons, Week of 13-16 April and 20-23 April 2015 Congratulations to the drama and footie teams! To assist you in meeting academic, drama, and athletic schedules I will again grant flexibility in the due-dates. My recommendation is that you turn in your two MLA projects this week as scheduled; however, you are free to make the best decision for yourself in that matter. At present this class is probably not the top item on your agenda, but don’t let it be the last. Here is a list of your handouts and projects, including two new ones: Excerpts from Ian Droescher’s William Shakespeare’s Star Wars “Why Do We Read Poetry?” “How to Read Poetry When Your Teacher Assigns It” Glossary of Poetic Terms Brief biography of John Keats Themes, Motifs, and Symbols in Keats “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” “Bright Star” “Ode on a Grecian Urn” “To Autumn” As of this week you also have a handout on the basics of the sonnet and a new writing assignment, a letter to yourself in ten years.

Week of 6 - 9 April 2015

6 April 2015 Poetry Unit Because many students are away on UIL one-act play and soccer competitions, please read (wherever you are) the four poetry handouts and work together on the MLA format sourcing projects. You do not yet have the Keats handout. Excerpts from Ian Droescher’s William Shakespeare’s Star Wars “Why Do We Read Poetry?” “How to Read Poetry When Your Teacher Assigns It” Glossary of Poetic Terms Brief biography of John Keats Themes, Motifs, and Symbols “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” “Bright Star” “Ode on a Grecian Urn” “To Autumn”