AP Lit Neville
 
A.P. Lit. and Comp... August  22-26, 2011

Summer Reading:

Read all of The Stranger, by Camus; then, answer all objective test questions and answer any ten of the eighteen essay questions ( 50 - 100 wds. )

Read Ellison, but this work will not be due till mid-Sept...

I look forward to our aggressive, provocative, and enjoyable times together soon...Mr. Neville

Friday, 08-19-11:

1.  Distribute new materials...syllabus...discuss as needed...
2.  Read Woolf's, "Three Pictures,"...discuss...
3.  Submit Camus', "The Stranger" ten essays done over the Summer...brief referencing in class to several significant essay questions...discuss as suitable...
H.W:  Re-read, "Three Pictures" and read, "The Legacy."

08-22-26-11:

Monday:

1. Test on, "Three Pictures,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Intro. comments on Realism...on Woolf as early Realist...
3.  Return the ten corrected The Stranger essays...discuss
H.W:  Read...or re-read... "The Legacy,"

Tuesday:

1.  Test on "The Legacy,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Conclude our discussion of Camus and The Stranger...
3.  Intro. comments on "The New Dress"...
H.W:  Read, "The New Dress"...

Wednesday:

1.  Test on  "The New Dress,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion on commonalities of theme/distinctions of plot/setting/tone/characterizations in the three Woolf stories...
3.  In class reading of Hammett's excerpt from The Maltese Falcon, "G in the Air."...discuss as an adjunct to the burgeoning realistic sensibilities of mid-20th C. writers...
H.W:  Review all three Woolf stories and read the essay, "The Inner Life." also read either "Eveline" of "Tickets, Please" depending on which class you are in...also, you will be receiving your first AP Lit Writing Prompt...review it/reflect upon it...the essay in response to this prompt will be due on Fri.

Thursday:

1.  Test on whichever short story you read from Wed. h.w...correct...discuss...collect...; also, then a brief test on our "Inner Life" excerpt...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Intro. to Poetry and our Perrine's Sound and Sense text...several Frost, one Heaney, and two Dickinson selections will be explicated together in class...
H.W:  Prompt essay...

Friday:

1.  Collect Prompt essays; then, we will discuss the literary work which we referenced for our Prompt essays...
2.  Finish our poetry pursuits from Thurs...
H.W:  Read Frost's, "Mending Wall" and "Out, Out."

Enjoy your wk/end after our first full week of academic endeavour...

08-29-09-02-11:

Monday:

1.  Finish our discussion of Carver's, "Neighbors"...how is this Realism?
2.  Brief reading of AP Prompt, Brush's, "The Birthday Party."...brief discussion...
3.  Intro. comments on Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...
4.  Text, read, then orally explicate together, Smith's, "Not Waving but Drowning."
H.W: 1.  Compose an essay on the AP Prompt, "The Birthday Party" for Wed...2.   Read Act One of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Tuesday:

1.  Test on Act One of Albee...correct...discuss...collect
2.  Oral reading of selections from Act One...second half of Act One will be orally read completely in class...discussion...
H.W:  Read Act Two of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Wednesday:

1.  Test on Act Two of Albee...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Oral readings of selected passages from Act Two of our play...discussion...
3.  Collect AP Prompt essays.
H.W:  Read Act Three of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Thursday:

1.  Test on Act Three of Albee...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Oral readings of selected passages from Act Three of our play...discussion...
H.W:  Review Albee play...

Friday: 

1.  Test on entire Albee play...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Begin our viewing of the film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
H.W:  Read Lawrence's, "Tickets, Please"...test on this after conclusion of the film...probably next Wed/Thurs is more likely...

enjoy your wk/end...football, anyone?...


09-06-09-11:

Tues:

1.  Continue our in class reading/discussion of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...30 minutes...
2.  Continue our in class oral explicative analyses of Shakespearean Sonnets...
H.W:  Read Act 3 of Albee...begin selecting a Sonnet for your upcoming Explication Essays due on Fri. or Mon...

Wed:

1.  Continue our in class reading of Albee...30 minutes...
2.  Continue our in class oral explicative analyses of Shakespearean Sonnets...
H.W:  Finish Albee play...review full play for a test...keep looking over your Sonnets...

Thurs:

1.  Albee test...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  View film version of, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
H.W:  Explication essay on Sonnet of choice due next Tues...

Fri:

1.  View film as on Thurs. for full period...
H.W:  See Thurs. assignment

09-12-16-11:

Mon:

1.  View film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...full period
H.W:  Vocab. Wk Shts...do assigned work as stated for Tues...also, Shakespeare Sonnets:  review #'s: 18, 29, 71, and 116...quiz on these on Wed...

Tues:

1.  Finish Albee film...discuss...
2.  Correct Vocab. WkSht's...discuss...collect...
3.  Review Shakespearean Sonnets in our packets for upcoming essays due...upcoming test on the above listed four sonnets...Wed. or Thurs...
H.W:  Review Albee play for test on Wed...review Sonnets for test on Wed. also...

Wed:

1.  Albee test...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Sonnets test...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  Several students will begin our assigned oral recitations of the sonnets of their choices...
H.W:  Review remaining four sonnets in our packets...read/examine lit. devices...meter...rhymes...themes...

Thurs:

1.  Several more students recitations of sonnets...
2.  Oral in-class explicating of the four remaining Shakespearean Sonnets...
3.  Intro. to our next play, Tennessee Williams', "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
H.W:  Read Act One of "Cat"...test and discussion on Fri...

Fri:

1.  Several more students sonnet recitations...
2.  Oral in-class reading of selected passages from Act One of, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...discussion of same...
H.W:  Read Act Two of Williams play...

09-19-23-11:

Mon:

1. Test on Albee's, "Woolf?" play...correct...discuss...submit...
2.  Oral reading of Act I of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...discuss...
HW:  Read first half of Act II of "Cat."

Tues:

1.  Test on "Cat" to this point...correct...discuss...submit...
2.  Oral reading of Act II of "Cat."
H.W:  Read first half of Act III of "Cat."

Wed:

1.  Discussion of "Cat" for Realism...for Characterization...for Setting...
2.  Oral reading of Act III of "Cat."
H.W:  Finish any remaining pages of "Cat."   review full play for a test...

Thurs:

1.  Test on "Cat."...correct...discuss...submit...
2.  Oral reading of any remaining pages of Act III...discuss...
3.  If time, oral reviewing of our 64 word Vocab. WkShts...sundry words examined/used in sentences, etc...
H.W:  Write Prompt Essay to assigned prompt i will be distributing to you...

Fri:

1.  Collect Prompt Essays...
2.  Begin viewing film,"Cat ona Hot tin Roof."
H.W:  I do not know yet; however, we will pursue some worthwhile reading over the wk/end...probably from our Jacobs and Roberts texts...oh, yes, now I have it:  Read in Jacobs and Roberts texts, Albee's play, "The Sandbox."...test on Monday...


09-27-30-11:

Tues:

1.  View conclusion of film, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...discuss...How is this play mid-20th C. Realism?...How distinct from Albee?
2.  Test on "Cat."...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Prompt:  Addison's early 18th C. Diary...due on Wed...
N.B.  Also, you have your tests, essays, etc...to complete upon the conclusion of our reading of Ellison's Invisible Man...We will expect you to have thoroughly and thoughtfully completed all these tests, essays, etc...by Oct. 18th...you should begin this week...

Wed:

1.  Collect Prompt Essays...
2.  Roberts and also Perrine tests both needed in class for our poetry pursuits...We will be analyzing the remainder of our Shakespeare Sonnets from our packets; then, we will analyze sundry poetry selections ion both texts on Wed-Fri w/an Explication due on next Tues...
H.W:  In texts, read selected Dickinson, Frost poems...

Thurs:

1.  Continue our Poetry pursuits of sundry poems from both Roberts and Perrine texts...both texts needed in class...
H.W:  Same as Tues...

Fri:

1.  Same as Thurs...
H.W: Explication on poem(s) of choice due on Tues...;also, read in Roberts text all of ACT I of "The Glass Menagerie."...test on Mon. 

October 03-07-11:

Mon:

1.  Final Discussion on Williams overall and on "The Glass Menagerie."
2.  Jacobs Text, Albee's, "The Sandbox,"  oral review...discussion...
3.  Conclude our analyses of the Shakespearean Sonnets Packets...review of Sonnets...Explication de Texte on Sonnet of choice due on Thursday
H.W:  Review for "Glass Menagerie" test and read first three ch's of Chopin's, The Awakening.

Tues:

1.  Test on "The Glass Menagerie."...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Test on "The Sandbox."...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  Intro. discussion on ch's: 1-3 of The Awakening...
H.W:  Read to ch. 6 in The Awakening...N.B.  Be sure you all know that you are to be reading Ellison's, Invisible Man, over the next two and one-half weeks and answering the accompanying tests and writing the required two essays...this will be an ongoing, assumed every nite assignment for the next two weeks...do you see?

Wed:

1.  Test on ch's 1-5 of The Awakening...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Analysis of Frost's, "Mending Wall" and "Out, Out."
H.W:  Chopin's, The Awaken ing...read to ch. 13...

Thurs:

1.  Collect Explication essays
2.  Discussion of Chopin so far to ch. 13...
3.  Several students will each present their synopsis/analysis of ch's 6-12...
4.  Continue to conclusion our Frost poetry analyses...
H.W:  Read Chopin's, The Awakening to ch. 16

Fri:

1.  Test on Chopin, ch's: 6-16...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Several students will present their synopsis...their analysis of Chopin ch's 13-16
3.  Review of Frost...examination of several briefer Frost poems...
H.W:  The Awakening, read ch's: 14-20...remember to keep up w/reading of and answering of tests/essays for Ellison's, Invisible Man...


10-10-11:

Mon:

Off

Tues:

1.  Test on The Awakening, Ch's: 1-6...correct...discusss...submit...
2.  Proceed w/our Sonnets packet and review final Shakespeare Sonnets
3.  Cavalier Poetry of 17th C. England packet...read/analyze/discuss...
H.W:  Read Ch's 7-15 in The Awakening...Explication de Texte Essay due on Fri...

Wed:

Off

Thurs:

1.  Test on The Awakening, Ch's: 7-15...correct...discuss...submit...
2.  Conclude our unit of study on Cavalier Poetry...review remaining poems in our packets...analyze...discuss...Explication de Texte on any Shakespearean Sonnet or any Cavalier Poem is due Fri...
HW:  Read Ch's 16-21 in the Awakening...Essays due either Fri or next Tues...we will determine this on Fri based upon our pursuits and progress of this rather erratic and limited school week...

Fri:

1.  Test on The Awakening, Ch's: 16-21...correct...discuss...submit...
2.  Keats" "Ode to Autumn."   read/explicate orally...there is a prompt on this that I have...it may be assigned for submission at the end of next week...we will see...
H.W:  Finish reading The Awakening...also, do whatever essay will be due on Tues. as we determine by Friday...

10-18-22-11:

Mon:

1. Test on ch's 8-27 of The Awakening...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion of integral selected passages from the novel
3.  Review of elements of foreshadowing in the novel...
H.W:  Review/finish reading The Awakening...for Tues test and discussion w/grade assigned...

Tues:

1.  Discussion on The Awakening
2.  Test on novel...begin correcting till bell...hand in...we will finish on Wed...
H.W:  Read all poems in our Cavalier/Carpe Diem Poetry packets

Wed:

1.  Finish correcting The Awakening tests...discuss overall novel...collect tests...
2.  In-class oral Expication of sundry Cavalier Poetry in our packets...grade assigned...
H.W:  Finish reviewing Cavalier Poetry...test on Thurs...

Thurs:

1.  Intro. to Cather's, My Antonia
2.  Finish Explicative work on remaining Cavalier Poetry...
3.  Reading from text of Keats' "Ode To Autumn."...discuss...
H.W:  Read Book I of My Antonia for Monday and answer take home test on Book I

Fri:

1.  Full Period:  Do an AP Lit and Comp Prompt Essay in class...submit after 43 min's...
H.W:  See Thurs assignment

October 24-28-11:

Mon:

1.  Finish final The Awakening test...correct together in class...discuss...collect...
2.  Continue w/our Cavalier Poetry packets...correct first test done Fri on "Gather Ye Roses..."...discuss...collect...
3.  Discussion of Marvell's, "To His Coy Mistress" and in-class oral Explication of this poem...Allusion/Imagery/Irony three central elements to observe/review/explicate...
4.  Test on Marvell either today or tomorrow...
H.W:  Read in packets remaining poems by Donne and Frost...Also bring Cather's, My Antonia to class...

Tues:

1.  Continue Marvell discussion/Explication...test on Marvell poem...correct...discuss...
2.  Oral explication of Donne's and Frost's poems in our packets...
H.W:  Read Book One of My Antonia and complete test for Thurs...

Wed:

1.  Finish explicating Cavalier poetry...discuss for overall thematic/artistic sensibilities, etc...
2.  Students begin ...5-6 per day...reciting their memorized Sonnets...
3.  In class comments upon key excerpts/selections from My Antonia novel...discuss...
H.W:  Same as Tues. assignment above...

Thurs:

1.  Correct take-home My Antonia tests...discuss...collect...
2.  In our Jacobs/Roberts text, we will be reading Keats' "To Autumn"...discuss...
H.W:  Read Book Two:  first half for Fri test and class evaluative analysis of Cather to this point...

Fri:

1.  Discussion of Book two of Cather...
2.  Keats:  His two Ode's..."On a Grecian Urn" and "To A Nightengale" in our texts...We will read/discuss/explicate...
H.W:  Finish Book Two and also read Book Three of My Antonia for Tues...

Oct- 31-Nov.4, 11:

Mon:

1.  Discuss/Correct My Antonia Book One tests...also, various students present their memorized sonnets to the class...several students present their My Antonia presentation to the class also...
H.W:  Finish remainder of Book Two of My Antonia...some students will have individual My Antonia presentations to prepare...others, Sonnets to prepare...

Tues:

1.  Test on Book Two of My Antonia...correct...discuss...collect
2.  Several Student My Antonia Presentations...
3.  Several Students Sonnet Recitations...
4.  Brief intro. by me of Keats...of his "To Autumn"...
H.W:  Read all of Book Three and first half of Book Four of My Antonia...some students will prepare special My Antonia presentations...others will recite their Sonnets on Wed...Also, read Keats', "To Autumn" in text...

Wed:

1.  Test on Book Three of My Antonia...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Several Students Sonnet Recitations
3.  Several Students  My Antonia Presentations...
H.W:  Again read Keats' "To Autumn" in text and type a brief Explication de Texte of the essential poetic elements/literary devices/grammatical structure/syntactical styles in this poem...include a title page...also, read all of Book Four of My Antonia...several students will prepare their Sonnet recitations...several students will prepare My Antonia presentations...several students will prepare "To Autumn" presentations...

Thurs:

1.  Test on Book Four of My Antonia...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Several students recite their Sonnets...
3.  Several students present their My Antonia presentations...
4.  In-class oral explication of "To Autumn" as we reference our own Explication de Textes and then submit them as essay hw...
H.W:  Finish My Antonia and read in text Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and Ode to a Nightingale."

Fri:

Off

Nov. 7-11-11:

Mon:

1.  Several students...and I...will review "To Autumn" for lit.terms...esp. metonymy and synecdoche and apostrophe...
2.  Discussion of My Antonia from Lena Lingard to Cusack's Boys...
3.  Collect four essays written on the novel this past wk/end...discuss the ten quotes on the test sheets...
4.  Students Sonnet Recitations
H.W:  Review complete My Antonia novel for Tues...or Wed. test...also answer one of the ten My Antonia quotes in essay form


Tues:

1.  Final discussion of My Antonia...if time, some lit. terms review from our sheets...first fifteen...
2.  Student Sonnet Recitations
H.W:  Same as Mon plus answer two more of the ten essay choices...

Wed:

1.  Final Test, My Antonia...correct...discuss...submit...
2. Collect My Antonia Essays...discuss these ten essay questions/discuss novel overall..
3.  Student Sonnet Recitations.
H.W: Re-read The Great Gatsby...first half...

Thurs:

1.  Test on first half of Gatsby...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Text, Keats poetry...sundry selections...in class explication
3.  Last of the Student Sonnet Recitations...
H.W:  Finish reading The Great Gatsby

Fri:

1.  Test on complete novel, The Great Gatsby...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Continue in cl;ass explicating of Keats' poetry...
H.W:  Explication de Texte Essay on any Keats poem or any Shakespeare Sonnet 


Nov. 15-18-11:

Tues:

1.  Finish any Sonnet Recitations
2.  Finish correcting all remaining MY Antonia tests...discuss Novel as either essentially Romantic or essentially Naturalistic...what degrees of Feminism?...Main Character?...Is there a central theme?...What is a "Memory Book?"
H.W:  Gatsby, Ch's 1-4...test on Wed...

Wed:

1.  Test on Gatsby...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Review of Lit Terms from our Packets, esp. #'s 15-21...
H.W:  Read Ch's 5 & 6 in Gatsby...test on Thurs...do next five lit terms


Thurs:

1.  Test on Gatsby...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Correct Lit terms hw...discuss...collect...
3.  Keats:  Grecian Urn read/analyzed...
H.W:  Provide a brief synopsis of each stanza of Grecian Urn...also, finish Gatsby

Fri:

1.  Test on entire Novel, The Great Gatsby...correct...discuss...collect
2.  Review our synopses of Keats' Grecian Urn...pursue some in-class oral explication of Keats...collect synopses...
H.W:  Answer two of any of the essays provided on The Great Gatsby...also...read in text, Keats', "Ode To a Nightingale."

11-21-22-11:

Mon:

1.  Return of the five My Antonia Essays...brief comments...Collect AP Lit and Comp Prompt Essays due today...
2.  Review of Gatsby Quotes from selected chapters...discussion...
3.  Text, Auden and Arnold poems...read/analyze/evaluate...
H.W:  Lit terms sheets, do a definition for and and example of all terms in col. one...also read Gatsby ch's:  5 & 6...also be sure to have two My Antonia quotes memorized for in-class recitation on Tues...

Tues:

1.  Finish any Auden...Arnold poetry...in-class discussion/analysis/evaluation...
2.  Test on ch's 1-6 of Gatsby...correct...discuss...submit...
3.  Correct our Literary Terms hw...
HW:  AP Lit and Comp Essay Prompt #2 due Tues...also, Thanksgiving Essay due on Mon...details to be provided in class

Nov. 28-Dec. 2-11:

Mon:

1.  Discussion/Analysis of Obasson AP Prompt...
2.  Discussion of The Great Gatsby...refer to our two essay tests sheets for quotes/meanings, etc...
3.  Submit essays on The Great Gatsby...
4.  Review for Gatsby test Tues...
H.W:  Review Gatsby...Lit terms sheets: do any four selected terms w/def's and ex's...

Tues:

1.  Test on Gatsby...correct/discuss/submit...
2.  My Antonia quotes recited by several students...
3.  Review Lit Terms from hw...discuss/submit...
H.W:  Text, read Act One of "Death of a Salesman."...also do four more lit terms as done for today's hw...

Wed:

1.  Test on Act One of "Death of a Salesman"...correct...discuss...submit...
2.  Several student recitations from My Antonia quotes...
3.  Review lit terms h.w....
4.  Begin in-class reading of Act Two of "Death of a Salesman."
H.W:  read pages i will assign for "Salesman"...to be determined...also do four more lit terms...also read Intro pages to Dickinson in our text...

Thurs:

1.  Review lit. terms hw...discuss...
2.  Several students My Antonia recitations...
3.  brief quiz on lit. text intro pages to Dickinson...correct...discuss...submit...
4.  Continue oral in-class reading of "Salesman" to conclusion today or Friday...
H.W:  Finish "Salesman" in text...read four Dickinson poems in text of choice...

Friday:

1.  Test on full play of "Salesman"...correct/discuss/submit...
2.  Last few student recitations of My Antonia quotes...
3.  In class oral explication w/discussion grade assigned for  two of Dickinson's poems in the hand-out packets i provide...
H.W:  Read in text Intro to "Oedipus the King" and first five scenes of Act One...

Dec. 5-9-11:

Mon:

1.  Intro to "Oedipus Rex."
2.  Oral reading in text of Oedipus...first five scenes of Act I...discuss...
3.  Oral review of four Lit. Terms/devices from our Lit Terms Shts...
4.  Several students will recite their My Antonia quotes/understandings...
H.W:  Finish reading all of Act I of Oedipus...do four more Lit. Terms

Tues:

1.  Test on Act I of Oedipus...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Oral review of four lit. terms...same procedure as Mon...
3.  Several students recite their My Antonia quotes/understandings...
4.  Oral reading of Act II...discuss...
H.W:  Finish reading Act II of Oedipus...do four more Lit. Terms...

Wed:

1.  Test on Act II of Oedipus...correct...discuss...collect..
2.  Oral review of four more Lit. Terms...
3.  My Antonia student recitations...
4.  Oral reading of Act III of Oedipus...discuss...
H.W:  Finish reading full length of Oedipus...do four more Lit. Terms...

Thurs:

1.  Return of Hawthorne/Kogawa/Bradstreet AP Lit Prompts...discuss grading/areas for improvement/new rubric rules based upon what these papers indicate...discuss...
2.  In class, we will go over all three literature excerpts...the prompts for them...the areas of proper analysis/critical evaluation, etc...
3.  Oral review of four Lit.Terms...
4.  Oral reading of final two scenes of Oedipus...discussion...
H.W:  Review entire Oedipus play...test on Mon...

Fri:

1. Students will do a sample Objective AP Lit and Comp Test...or...students will do an in-class AP Lit and Comp Essay Prompt...this will be determined by me before Fri...not sure what i want yet...
H.W:  Review for "Oedipus Rex" test on Mon...bring Euripides', "The Medea" to class on Monday...  


Dec. 12-16-11:

Mon:

1.  Test on full play, "Oedipus Rex."...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Intro. to Euripides, "The Medea" by me...review of Aristotle's and Plato's concepts of Tragedy...How will "The Medea" suit these criteria in its unique female "Hero?" 
3.  Begin in-class reading of "The Medea."
H.W:  Several pages of the play to be assigned at end of per. for Tues...

Tues:

1.  Continue w/our play w/oral in-class reading...discussion
2.  Several students present on Euripides, Sophocles, and Tragedies...also several recitations of My Antonia quotes...maybe we will memorize "The Night Before Christmas" for recitations next week to the class...to people on the street...at the Jewel...for Aunt Stella...whatever...
H.W:  Some added play pages plus some poetry will be assigned...

Wed:

1.  Finish reading, "The Medea" in class...discuss...
2.  Intro. to Miller..."Death of a Salesman."...text...
H.W:  Review "The Medea" for Thurs. test and read assigned pages of Act I of "Death of a Salesman."

Thurs:

1.  Test on "The Medea"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  In-class reading of the rest of Act I of "Salesman"...discuss...
H.W:  Assigned pages in "Salesman."

Fri:

1.  Test on "Salesman" readings thus far...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Recitations of My Antonia quotes...of other assigned literary memory work...
3.  We will review the three Literary Excerpts used for our last three written Prompts and analyze for correct understandings/interpretations/evaluations...bring your packets of the three prompts to class both Thurs and Fri...
H.W:  Finish reading "Death of a Salesman."...test on Tues...
N.B.  EVERYONE NOTE:  The novel, Invisible Man, is to be fully read w/all obj. tests and both essays answered upon return from Christmas...there will be an AP Lit Prompt also to fulfill...and Santa will not provide gifts if this is not honestly pursued...honestly pursued...honestly!

Dec. 19-20-11:

Mon:

1.  Correct...discuss...collect our two take-home "The Medea" tests from Friday...
2.  Review our Shakespeare Sonnets for understanding of the elements required in our Explication de Texte papers due on Tues...
H.W:  Explication de Texte Essay on a poem of choice from those we have suggested

Tues:

1.  Submit Explications; then, we will orally explicate Donne's, "A Valediction:  Forbidding Mourning."...also several Christmas recitations from selected students...
H.W:  1.  An essay prompt will be assigned...2.  Read entire novel, Invisible Man, by Ellison and answer all objective tests plus do two of the four essays provided...3.  Do five more literary terms from our Worksheets so that you have 20 ready to submit upon return after break...bah...humbug...

Jan. 3-6-12:

Tues:

1.  Return Christmas AP Lit and Comp Essays...discuss Prompts for theme...for writing directions...
2.  Collect Christmas HW obj tests on Ellison's novel, Invisible Man...discuss/correct...
3.  References to Keats's, "To Autumn,"...Frost's, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," and Heaney's, "Blackberry Picking" as relates to final exam prep...
H.W:  Rewrite ret'd AP Essay Prompts...finish Ellison essays...

Wed:

1.  Continue correcting Ellison's, Invisible Man, obj tests...
2.  References to Donne's "A Valediction," and "Meditation XVII" as relates to final exam prep...
3.  Collect rewrites of Christmas AP Essay Prompts
H.W:  Have all the Ellison Essays done for Thurs...read "Meditation XVII"...

Thurs:

1.  Collect Ellison Invisible Man two essays...discuss novel as relates to these essay questions...
2.  IN class Explication of the two Donne works examined in class and at home this week...
3.  Review of remaining Lit Terms on our Lit Terms WkShts...discuss...some of these will be pursued in one of our final exam tests...
H.W:  Review all Lit Terms on our Lit Terms WkShts...hand in all def's and ex's for these on Fri or Mon...we will see...Read several Keats poems as assigned from our text...

Fri:

1.  Finish our in-class explication of Donne's, "A Valediction:"...discuss
2.  Examine central aspects of the Keats poems assigned...
3.  Review all Lit Terms; then, hand in the hw sheets w/def's and ex's for an end of the semester grade on Lit Terms...
H.W:  Review all plays, novels, poetry, essays, prompts, vocab, Lit Terms, short stories, etc...covered first sem. for sem. exam review on Mon...for the exam itself later in that week...

Jan. 9-13-12:

Mon:

1.  Finish reviewing all our remaining Lit Terms/Devices as review for the Final...
2.  In-class reading of Donne's, "A Valedition:  Forbidding Mourning"...in-class oral Explication...
3.  Finish correcting our Invisible Man tests...collect tests and essays
H.W: Read on-line Donne's, "Meditation XVII" for class discussion/analysis...finish any Prompt Essay Revisions to be submitted on Tues...

Tues:

1.  Reading/Discussion/Evaluation of Donne's, "Meditiation XVII"
2.  Review of sundry Lit covered this first semester for our Final this week
H.W:  Review for Final

Wed-Fri:  Exams 

Jan. 17-20-12:

Tues:

1.  Return final exams from Sem I...discuss...review each of the ten essay answers...review each of the Lit Terms examined...
H.W:  Read Act I of Miller's, "Death of a Salesman" in our Lit. Text...

Wed:

1.  Test on Act I of Salesman...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  In class reading of Act II...
H.W:  Finish reading Act II...

Thurs: 

1.  Test on Act II of Salesman...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Finish reading Salesman to bell; then; students finish play for Monday hw...

Fri:

1.  Lacuna from "Salesman,"...We will pursue an AP Lit and Comp. Objective test for the full class period...correct it together on Mon...
H.W:  Review/finish "Salesman" for a test on Mon...

Jan. 23-27-12:

Mon:

1.  Continue to completion our in-class reading/discussion of Miller's, "Death of a Salesman."...overall final discussion w/grade assigned...
2.  Return Lit. Terms Sem I HW WkShts...review...discuss as needed
H.W:  Review play for a test...also, read MacBeth's quote upon death of the Queen...write a few comments re: this for in-class discussion Tues...

Tues:

1.  Test on "Salesman,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Review MacBeth quote and discuss for theme...
3.  In our Shakespeare poetry packets, we will finish looking at the three sonnets that we have not yet analyzed/memorized, etc...; then, I will review all the elements integral to an effective Explication de Texte, and you will all write one on any sonnet of choice due on Fri...
H.W:  See 3# above...

Wed:

1.  We will be pursuing sample AP Lit and Comp Obj Tests...doing them in class; then, correcting them together in class for the rest of the week...your first efforts re: these Obj. tests...we will do this several times this quarter...
H.W:  See Tues assignment...

Thurs:

Same as Wed...

Fri:

Same as Wed/Thurs...N.B.  Submit your Explication de Texte Essays on Fri...

Jan 30-Feb. 03-12:

Mon:

1.  Finish our discussion of theme of "Waiting for Godot."
2.  Review of our Lit. Terms Shts...
3.  Test on "The Yellow Wallpaper" from text...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Critical Review Essay on Gilman's story...due Tues...

Tues:

1.  Collect Gilman Critical Review Essays...
2.  Begin our in-class pursuit of sample AP Obj.Tests...this will continue all week...
H.W:  Text, review Smith, Ferlinghetti poems...

Wed:

1.  Brief discussion/analysis of the Post-Modernist poems in our text...
2.  Then, continue w/our testing/correcting/analyzing/improving upon AP sample tests...

Thurs:

Same as Wed...

Fri:

Same as Wed/Thurs...We need to pursue several of these sample AP Tests..see how we are all scoring...discuss...revisit...complete these test...

H.W:  A.P. Lit. and Comp. Prompt Essay:  Psychological Aspects of a major work of Literature that are subtle, yet significant...due on Tues...

02-06-10-12:

Mon:

1.  We read and examined "Hedda Gabler" to Act IV last week...we were to pursue some sample AP Lit and Comp tests, but the variances in our schedule all week did not allow sufficient daily 45 min time periods; so, we will finish "Hedda Gabler,"today and Tues...test on Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" Wed...begin Wilder's, "Our Town" on Wed/Thurs...and still pursue at least one or two days for AP sample testing...
2.  Today, oral reading of Act IV of "Hedda Gabler"...discuss...
H.W:  Review play for full Play test Tues...be sure to obtain your copies of "Our Town by Thurs!"

Tues:

1.  Test on "Hedda Gabler"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion of Gilman's, "The Yellow Wallpaper."
H.W:  Review Gilman for Wed test...be sure to obtain your copies of "Our Town" for Thurs...

Wed:

1.  Test on "Wallpaper"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  In class taking of section one of a sample AP Lit and Comp objective test...I will collect these at the end of the period...we will correct/discuss them on Thurs
H.W:  GET OUR TOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...for Thurs...

Thurs:

1.  Review/Correct yesterday's sample AP Lit and Comp objective tests...
2.  Begin intro pages of Wilder's, "Our Town."
H.W:  Read Act One of "Our Town."

Fri:

1.  Test on Act One of "Our Town."...correct...discuss...collect
2.  In class reading of "Our Town"
3.  Read remainder of Act Two and also Act Three for Mon...we will be pursuing more sample AP Lit and Comp objective testing next week...

Feb. 13-17-12:

Mon:

1.  Finish reading "Our Town" orally in class...discuss for Theme (Universal or Pedestrian?)/Setting/Tone (Changing Tone)/Characterizations (Universal or Provincial?)/Plot (Anachronistic or Universal?...Innocuous or Sophisticated?)
2.  Distribute new AP Prompt Essay...discuss briefly...due on Thursday...if on Retreat...due on Tuesday
H.W:  Begin reading Frankenstein, ch's 1 and 2...

Tues:

1.  Test on Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Test on "Our Town,"...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  Text, read selections of p[oetry from Shelley, Keats...oral explication...grade assigned...
H.W:  Read Frankenstein, ch's:3-5 for Wed...and read to ch.16 for next Tues...

Wed:

1.  We will be pursuing sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test on both Thurs and Fri for full periods...
H.W:  For Thurs, AP Prompt Essays assigned on Monday are due on Thursday...also, Frankenstein to ch. 16 is to be carefully read for next Tuesday...

Thurs:

1.  Testing same as Wed...
H.W:  See Wed. assignments above...

Fri:

Off

Feb. 21-24-12:

Tues:

N.B.  There will be an in-class AP Lit and Comp
Essay Prompt  for all three classes...each on a different day this week...per. 8:  Tuesday...Per. 2: Wednesday...Per. 3:  Thursday...  

1.  Discussion of Frankenstein, Ch's 1-4...several students will be reading their synopses to the class...if you were on Kairos, you can gain much thru sophisticated attention to/questions upon these ch's and these synopses...
2.  In class reading of the first three pages of Ch. 5 of the novel...discussion...is this discernibly gothic?  any Romantic elements to review from previous ch's?
3.  Review of Keats's "To Autumn" in our texts and in our AP Lit and Comp tests, section two, which we did last week...this is to assist the Kairos students as a refresher for you...a lesson for them...
H.W:  Read Frankenstein to Ch. 18 for Fri...several students will be presenting daily synopses on these ch's as the week progresses...finish the novel for next Tues...there will be a non-take home, non-"I help you w/it" test of significance on next Tues...

Wed-Fri:

1.  For these days, we will be either pursuing an AP Lit and Comp Essay Prompt and/or taking/correcting/discussing an AP Lit and Comp Objective test.
...also,   Read all of Frankenstein for a Tues test/a Tues or Wed. discussion w/grade ...remember that on Fri all the ch's to 18 in Frankenstein are to be read...we will...somehow...also spend some brief in-class time on that too...

Feb. 27-Mar 02-12:

Mon:

1.  Correct our two take-home tests on Frankenstein...discuss...collect...
2.  Listen to several student synopses on Ch's 17-21 of the novel...discuss...
3.  Overall Frankenstein Discussion:  Romantic...Gothic?...Why? How? So?
4.  Take Section four of our sample AP Lit and Comp Examination...this may have to wait till Tues...we will see...
H.W:  For Wed, finish Frankenstein...

Tues:

1.  We will be pursuing a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test for the full period
H.W:  See Mon...

Wed:

1.  Test on Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Intro.comments on Wuthering Heights...bring books to class on Fri...
H.W:  Read first two ch's of Wuthering Heights for Friday

Thurs:

1.  We will again pursue a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test for the full period
H.W:  See Wed...

Fri:

1.  Test on first two ch's of Wuthering Heights...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion w/grade on Wuthering Heigts...also, several students will be presenting info on Bronte, on the "Family Tree,"...on ch's 3 & 4...
3.  More time onAP Lit and Comp Objective Testing if time allows...
H.W: Read Bronte, ch's: 3-7 and answer accompanying 100 question test/Worksheet on these ch's...sheet due next Wed...test on ch's 3-7 on Mon...

Mar. 05--09-12:

Mon:

1.  Do Sect. One on "Ulysses" poem of sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...
2.  Correct test orally...discuss...both for testing nuances and for poetic understanding...
3.  Intro. comments on...class discussion of ch's: 1 & 2 of Wuthering Heights
N.B.  You did the first section of the 100 question sheet I gave you...we are
correcting that
H.W:  Read ch's 3-5 of Wuthering Heights and answer the contiguous questions in your 100 question packets...

Tues:

1.  Do Sect. Two of Sample"Ulysses" AP LIt and Comp Objective test
2.  Correct test orally...discuss...
3.  Synopses by students of Ch's 3-5 of Wuthering Heights...discuss...
H.W:  Read Wuthering Heights, ch's: 6-8 and answer corresponding questions in packets...

Wed:

1.  Do Sect. Three of Ample "Ulysses" AP Lit and Comp test...
2.  Correct test...discuss...
3.  Discussion of/Synopses of ch's: 6-8 of WH's
H.W:  Read WH's, ch's:  9 & 10 and answer corresponding packet questions...

Thurs:

1.  Do Sect. Four of "Ulysses" Sample AP Lit and Comp Test...correct in class...discuss...
2.  Discussion and Synopses of WH's, ch's: 9 & 10...
H.W:  Read WH's, ch's 11 & 12...complete 100 Question Packets for submission on Fri...also have #'s: 21-35 of Vocab wds done w/a sentence for each...

Fri:

1.  Discussion of WH's ch's: 11-12...finish all WkSht questions...discuss...collect 100 Question packets...
2.  Vocab Wk Shts:  Review words 21-35...discuss...

Mar. 12-16-12:

Monday:

1.  Correct our Wuthering Heights Tests, questions 59-100...discuss...
2.  Discuss novel...
H.W:  Read ch's 12-15...test on Tues...

Tues:

1.  Test on Ch's: 12-15...correct...dsicuss...collect...
2.  Do section one of "Ulysses" sample AP Lit test...correct...discuss...
H.W:  Read ch's: 16-19 in Wuthering Heights

Wed:

1.  Test on Wuthering Heights, ch's: 16-19...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Do second section of "Ulysses" Ap Lit Sample Test...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Read in WH's, ch's: 20-24

Thurs:

1.  Test on ch's 20-24...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Do third section of "Ulysses" AP Lit Sample Test...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Read remaining ch's of WH's...test on entire book on Mon...

Fri:

1.  Discussion of remaining ch's of WH's...several students will be presenting synopses...
2.  Do fourth section of "Ulysses" AP Lit Test...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Review WH's for a full book test and a class discussion w/grade assigned on Monday

Mar. 19-23-12:

Mon:

1.  Final test on Wuthering Heights...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Examination of Browning's two Dramatic Monologues, "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover."...in-class explication
H.W:  Read the two poems over for continued explicative analysis on Tues...

Tues:

1.  Complete analysis of Browning's two Dramatic Monologues...several students will present oral explicative analysis of parts of the poems to the class...
H.W:  Section one of Sample AP Lit and Comp Sample test...

Wed: 

1.  Intro to Dostoyevsky's, Notes From The Underground...discussion re:  Russian Naturalism in late 19th C. Lit...
2.  Correct Sample AP lit and comp test...discuss...
H.W:  Read over the Break the novella, Notes From The Underground...

Thurs:

1.  Do sections 2 and 3 of sample AP Lit and Comp test...correct orally together...discuss...
H.W:  Complete written AP Lit and Comp Prompt Essays...

Fri:

1.  Do section 4 of sample test...correct orally together...discuss...
2.  Collect AP Lit Prompt Essays...
H.W:  Over Break, complete our reading of Dostoyevesky

Apr 9-13-12:

Mon:

1.  We will discuss Dostoyevsky near the end of this week to allow anyone who has not yet completed this novella to do so; hence, have the work read fully by Thursday and be prepared for a discussion w/grade assigned...
2.  Re: Dostoyevsky, also submit a brief critical evaluation of this novella...typed...350-400 wds...due Fri...how does Dostoyevsky's character parallel the central characters in Invisible Man?...The Stranger?...Waiting for Godot?...What is the central thematic purpose of Notes From The Underground?...Is it effectively achieved?
3.  Today in class we will now pursue the 46 question AP Lit and Comp Test...answers on the test itself..."Mr. Jones, of whose..."...distribute tests...full period...keep in your folders till we correct them together Thurs...
H.W:  Finish Dotoyevsky by Thursday ...

Tues:

1.  Answer for full period the 1999 AP Prompt Essay:  "Nobody...in a contrary direction at the same time."...double space...in ink...submit at end of period...
H.W:  Read Ch. 1 of Conrad's, Heart of Darkness...

Wed:

1.  Distribute Sheet One of Heart Of Darkness Question Sheets...
2.  Do in class all of sheet one
H.W:  Finish Sheet One...Read first 10-12 pages of Ch. 2 of Heart of Darkness

Thurs:

1.  Correct AP Lit and Comp Tests we did in class on Monday...discuss...collect...
2.  Begin Sheet Two of Heart of Darkness Question Sheets
H.W:  Read remainder of Ch. 2 of Heart of Darkness and Finish Sheet Two

Fri:

1.  Do in class for full period Sample AP Lit and Comp Obj. Test from 2004...do #'s: 1-45...stop there
H.W:  Read Ch 3 of Heart of Darkness...worksheet #3 due on Tues... 

04-16-12:

Mon:

1.  We will orally correct/analyze the remaining sections of the sample AP Lit and Comp test we did last week...
2.  We will correct the remaining questions of sheet one and the first half of questions of sheet two for our novel, Heart of Darkness...
H.W:  Read the first half of Ch. Three of Heart of Darkness and answer the appropriate questions on the WkSht...

Tues:

1.  We will be correcting Heart of Darkness questions...discussing pertinent thematic quotes,...from ch's two and three for the full period...
H.W:  Finish the novel for hw and answer all remaining Sht. Three questions...

Wed:

1.  Correcting all the remaining questions on our WkShts for Heart of Darkness...discussing...esp...re-reading/analyzing several key thematic passages...
H.W:  Review full novel for a Friday test/discussion grade too

Thurs:

1.  We will pursue another AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...doing the first two sections today...then correcting/discussing...
H.W:  Read in our Lit Text Keats', "Ode On A Grecian Urn," "Ode To A Nightingale," and one other Keats poem of your selection...

Fri:

1.  Test on Heart of Darkness...correct...discuss...
2.  Analysis of Keats" poetry read last nite...continue this on next Monday...
H.W:  There will be a take-home AP Prompt Essay to be completed for Tuesday...

04-23-27-12:

Mon:

1.  We will finish our Heart of Darkness correction of Wk Sht Three...we will engage in a class discussion w/grade assigned on the novel...we will submit all three WkShts for my correction...
2.  Review of Naturalism...of Realism...of Post-Modernism...of Absurdism...
3.  Review of several Lit Terms deom our Lit Terms WkShts...be sure you have them in class...
4.  Reminder:  Test tomorrow on Dostoyevesky's, Notes from the Underground...
H.W:  Review Dostoyevsky's novella for our test...our discussion...

Tues:

1.  Test on Dostoyevsky...correct...discuss...submit...
2.  Review of remainder of the lit. terms on our Lit Terms Wk Shts...
H.W:  Read all Keats poetry in our text

Wed:

1.  We will review all of Keats's poetry in our text; then, we will pursue an in-class oral explication de texte of his "Ode to a Nightingale"...
2.  Review of all lit. terms we have covered both first and second semesters...
H.W:  Read assigned selections of Worsworth in our texts...both Jacobs and Perrine...

Thurs:

1.  We will be pursuing an in-class AP Lit and Comp Test both today and Friday...doing it/correcting it/analyzing it...
H.W:  Complete AP Prompt Essay of choice for Monday

Fri:

1.  Same as Thurs...
H.W:  Same as Thurs...

Apr 30- May 04-12:

Mon:

1.  Few comments on our corrected Dotoyevsky tests...on the novella overall...
2.  Finish final section of our sample AP Lit and Comp tests...correct...discuss...
3.  In Sound and Sense text, we will be explicating sundry poetry selections as the second half of class every day this week...
4.  We will also be reviewing again our Lit Terms/Devices WkShts for about ten minutes each period all this week...be sure to have your fully done WkShts in class w/you everyday...
H.W:  Section one of our next sample AP Lit and Comp Exam

Tues:

1.  Correct section one of AP exam...discuss
2.  Poetry selections orally explicated from Sound and Sense
3.  Lit Terms from our WkShts reviewed...
H.W:  Section two of our AP exam

Wed:

1.  Correct section two of AP exam...discuss
2.  Same as Tues
3.  Same as Tues
H.W:  Section three of AP exam

Thurs:

1.  Correct section three of AP exam...discuss...
2.  Same as Wed
3.  Same as Wed
H.W:  Finish remaining questions in our AP exam

Fri:

1.  Correct remainder of our AP exam...discuss
2.  Same as Thurs
3.  Same as Thurs
H.W:  Take home AP Lit and Comp Prompt Essay...and...Section one of our final sample AP Lit and Comp Obj Test

N.B:  One day this week, we may do an in-class AP Prompt essay...not sure...we will see what we most need to work upon as the week proceeds and as our needed areas for effort become clear....


May 07-11-12:

Monday:

1.  Collect AP Prompt Essays...
2.  Continue w/taking our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective 2009 test...we will first correct section two which you did over the wk/end; then, we will do section three...then correct it...
3.  In Sound and Sense, we will be reading/explicating/evaluating sundry poems...
H.W:  Do Sections four and five of the sample AP test from 2009...

Tuesday:

1.  Correct sections four and five of the AP Objective test from 2009...discuss...
2.  In Sound and Sense, same procedure as #3 above on Monday...
H.W:  Section one of our next sample AP Objective test which I will distribute today...
N.B:  Remember to attend our Final Review Sessions tonite and Wed...6:30-8:00pm

Wed:

1.  Correct Section one of the sample AP Lit Objective test...discuss...
2.  In Sound and Sense, same procedure as on Mon and Tues above...
N.B.  Remember to attend our final review session tonite...6:30-8:00 pm

Thurs:

AP Lit and Comp Exam...only 8th per will have class today...we will pursue selected poems from Sound and Sense

Fri:

1.  Day after AP Exam...we will pursue some final poetry in Sound and Sense
 

 



 





 





thursday, 8-19-10:

1.  test on the legacy and the storm...
2.  vocab wds. due; then, lit. terms are due
3.  discussion of Realism/short stoies read so far, etc...
4.  Camus novel summer reading questions due...fri...Invisible Man work is due...maybe we will wait till Tues...

Fri.

1.  test on The New Dress...
2.  submit all Camus work
3.  submit both the Vocab. h.w. and the lit terms h.w...discuss/collect/grade
H.W:  Read "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" for Mon...for a test...bring all Invisible Man Summer Reading work to class on Tues...

Mon., 8-23-10:

1.  Test on "The Storm"...correct/discuss/collect...
2.  Test on "The Legacy"...correct/discuss/collect...
3.  In-class review of our 18 Summer Reading Camus, The Stranger, essay questions...I will return those I have thus far corrected over the wk/end...the rest will be ret'd on Tues...
H.W:  Read "The New Dress" in our packets...

Tues.

1.  Test on "The New Dress"...correct/discuss/collect...
2.  Continue our review of the 18 Camus questions for The Stranger Summer Reading Assignment...I will return the remaining of these corrected by me for you today...
H.W:  Read "G in the Air" and begin essay on one of the three prompts I have provided for you...due Thurs...

Wed.

1.  Test on "G in the Air"...correct/discuss/collect...
2.  Correct our Lit. Terms WkShts/discuss/collect...
3.  Finish correcting our Vocab. WkShts. to # 11...
H.W:  Bring your Invisible Man Summer Reading essays to class...Prompt essay is due on Thurs...Read "The Inner Life" hand-out sheet I provided for you last week for a test and discussion on thurs...

Thurs.

1.  Test on "The Inner Life" WkSht...correct/discuss/collect...
2.  In-class review of our Invisible Man Summer Reading essays...
3.  Submit your Prompt essays
H.W:  Read "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" in our lit. packets...do #'s: 12-25 on our Vocab. WkShts...

Fri.

1.  Test on "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"...correct/discuss/collect...
2.  Correct our Vocab h.w. assigned on thurs...submit for my grading...
3.  Continue our correction/discusssion of the Invisible Man essays...; then,we will submit them to me for wk/end final grading...Also, we will review/correct your Invisible Man Obj. Tests in class...
H.W:  Read Carver's, "The Neighbors" in our Lit. Text...

Work for Aug. 30 and 31...Sept. 1 - 3, 10:

Mon.

1.  Collect Vocab. h.w...review orally...
2.  Read in text, Auden's, "Musee des Beaux Arts"...discuss/connect to Camus' Naturalism in The Stranger...Explicate orally together in class...
3.  Refer to the eight Shakespeare Sonnets in our lit. packets...we will read two; then, we will explain how to explicate a sonnet for both form and content/structure and meaning...take notes on this...an Explication de Texte on any Shakespeare Sonnet of choice will be due next Tues...
H.W: Read Sonnets 29 and 116; also...read the first half of Act I of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Tues:

1.  We will read over Sonnets 18, 29, 71, and 116 from our Shakespaeare Sonnets packets...oral discussion/in-class oral explicating of one of these of our choice...
2.  Intro. comments on Albee's play as related to all the Realism Lit. we have read since our first days of classes...
H.W:  Finish reading Act I of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...also, read again Shakespeare's Sonnet 116...

Wed.

1.  Review of Sonnet 116 w/several students orally explicating the work for us from podium...
2.  Begin our oral reading in class of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...
H.W:  Read Act II of Albee...
N.B. I will return all corrected AP Prompt essays by Wed...

Thurs:

1.  Test on Act's I and II of Albee...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Continue our reading of Albee...
H.W:  Read first half of Act III of Albee...

Friday:

1.  Oral in-class reading of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...this will take the full period...we hope to finish by end of class; otherwise, finish this for H.W...
H.W:  An Explication de Texte on any Shakespeare Sonnet of choice is due on Tuesday... On Monday, we will probably finish reading the remainder of Act III of Albee's play; then, we will view the film version from Tues-Fri...then, a compare/contrast paper will be done of the two mediums presentations...

Week of 9/7-10/10':

Tues:

1.  Continue our in class reading of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...
This will take the full period today and Wed...
H.W:  Read any of Act II we have not read to completion in class and the first four pages of Act III...


Wed:

1.  Continue to completion our in class reading of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...
H.W:  Read any remaining pages of Act III and review entire play for a thematic discussion and a formal test of the play on Thurs...

Thurs:

1. Test on Albee's play...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion of play for thematic direction...connection to Existentialsim and Absurdism?...connection to Woolf's own writings is...?
3.  Begin viewing of the film...
H.W:  Read first three Carpe Diem poems in the packets I will distribute...test next Tues...

Fri:

1.  Full period for viewing of the film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...we will finish the viewing on Mon...
H.W: Read remainder of Carpe Diem poems in our packets for a Tues. test and discussion... 

9-13-10:

Mon:

1.  Viewing of film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...full period...
H.W:  Several students will be assigned background presentations on Albee, Woolf, and Miss Davis for class on Wed...also, AP Prompt essays are due on Tues or Wed...depending upon which period you are in our class...

Tues:

1.  Viewing of film,  "Woolf?" for full period
2.  AP Prompt essays are due today or Wed...

Wed:

1. Test on Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Several students present their reports on Albee, Woolf, etc...to the classes...
3.  In our texts, we will read Stevie Smith's, "Not Waving but Drowning"...discuss...
4.  Intro. comments to Williams and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...
H.W:  Read Act I of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

Thurs:

1.  Test on Act I of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Oral reading in class of selections from Act I and several pages of Act II...discuss...
H.W:  Read all of Act II of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...

Fri:

1.  Test on Act II of "Cat"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Oral reading in class of selections from Act II and begin reading Act III of "Cat."
H.W:  Finish reading "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

Week of 9/20-24/10:

Monday:

1.  Correct out take-home tests on "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...discuss...collect...
2.  Discuss short story read over the wk/end:  "Eveline"...test...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  Intro. comments on Porter's, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"...
H.W:  Read all of "Granny Weatherall" for test and discussion w/grade assigned on Tues...

Tuesday:

1.  Return AP Prompt essays...discuss...
2.  Test on "Granny Weatherall"...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Read first 17 pages of Act One of "Cat on a HotTin Roof"...several students will be assigned presentations for Tues and Wed. on Williams...

Wednesday:

1.  In-class oral reading of the remainder of Act One and the beginning of Act Two of "Cat ona Hot Tin Roof."...discussion following...students presentations on Williams will also proceed today and Thursday...
H.W:  Read Act Two of "Cat."

Thursday:

1.  Test on Act Two of "Cat"...correct...discuss...collect...any student presentations on Williams will then follow...
2.  In-class oral reading of Act Three of "Cat."...discussion of entire play following...
H.W:  Review play for test...also, in text, read Act One of "The Glass Menagerie"

Friday:

1.  Test on "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Test on Act One of "The Glass Menagerie"...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Read the remainder of Williams" "The Glass Menagerie"...also, begin reading whichever play of Williams you have selected to read outside of class on your own for our overall Williams analysis/discussion next Wednesday...There are six plays from which you can choose...I will provide those listings for you...

Tues. 9/28:

1.  Continue our reading orally in class of Williams", "Cat on a HotTin Roof"...Act Two...discuss for last ten min's of class what we have read thus far...
H.W: Read first half of Act Three of Cat...

Wed> 9/29:

1.  Test on Act Two of "Cat"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Finish our reading of "Cat" to end of Act Three...discuss what we have read thus far during the last ten min's...
H.W:  Read any remaining pages of Act Three of "Cat."...review entire play for a Thurs. test...

Thurs>  9/30

1.  Test on "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Begin in-class viewing of the film of this play from our DVD...
H.W:  Prompt essay on "The Birthday Party" is due Friday...

Friday, 10/01:

1.  Collect Prompt essays...
2.  Viewing of film of "Cat" for full period...to be completed on Monday

Oct. 4-10. 10:

Mon:

1.  Continue our viewing of the film, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...full period...

Tues:

1.  Finish viewing film, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...discuss then for compare/contrast...play/film...
H.W:  As we asserted on last Fri, you were to have read the first six scenes of "The Glass Menagerie"...be sure you have this completed for class tomorrow...

Wed:

1.  Test on scenes one to six of "The Glass Menagerie"...correct...discuss...collect.
2.  Orally in class reading of the remaining of "The Glass Menagerie"...discussion upon completion today or tomorrow...
H.W:  Review play for Thurs. test...maybe a discussion w/grade assigned instead...

Thurs:

1. Test/Discussion on "The Glass Menagerie"...
2.  Intro. to Cather's, My Antonia...
H.W:  for Monday, read Book One of My Antonia...

Fri:

1.  Examination of Robert Frost poetry in our text...pp:  1143-1158...sundry selections...an Explication de Texte will be due on any Frost poem of choice for next Thursday...
H.W:  Read Book One of My Antonia for Mon. test/discussion...

10-12-15-10:

Tues:

1.  Finish reading Scene seven in text of The Glass Menagerie...discuss...compare/contrast w/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof...
2.  Refer to text questions in text on p. 1773,,,#'s: 1-11...we will review/answer these...
3. Begin discussion of Book 1 of My Antonia...tests due today...we will continue this test analysis/discussion into Wed...
H.W:  text, p. 1774...answer any five of choice on paper for Wed...
Also, read the next ten-twenty pages of Book two of My Antonia...

Wed:

1.  Correct Williams' questions from p. 1774...collect...
2.  Continue correcting our Book One My Antonia tests...
3.  Discussion of early pages of Book Two...
H.W:  Finish Book Two of My Antonia

Thursday:

1. Test on Book Two of My Antonia...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  In text, we will begin reading all the Frost poetry...several today...
H.W:  Book Three of My Antonia...read first half or so...

Friday:

1.  Discussion of My Antonia to this point in Book Three...
2.  Continue reading our Frost poetry in text to completion...
H.W: Finish Books 3 and 4 of My Antonia; also, read in test these short stories:  Amy Tan's, Two Kinds" on p. 194 and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" on p. 98...enjoy your Homecoming...

10/18-22/10:

Mon:

1.  Finish correcting our My Antonia Book One tests...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion of pages assigned fromBook Two ...
3.  In texts, intro. to Frost...review of any poetry we know from Sophomore year work...readings of Frost poems in or texts/explicative oral analyses, etc...
H.W:  Read remainder of Book Two of My Antonia

Tues:

1.  Discussion w/grade assigned of Book two of My Antonia...
2.  Continue our review of Frost poetry in our texts...
H.W:  Read Book Three of My Antonia

Wed:

1.  Test on Book Three of My Antonia...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Finish our examination of Frost poetry in text plus review my handout of "Bird's Song" by Frost...oral in class explication of "Bird's Song"...
H.W:  Finish all of My Antonia for Fri. test/discussion/culmination...

Thurs:

1.  Examination of Dickinson poetry in text...OR...we may pursue an AP sample exam...we will decide by Thurs...
H.W:  Finish My Antonia...

Fri:

1. Discussion/Critical Review...of My Antonia...OR...if we took an AP sample test on Thurs., we will correct/discuss the sample AP test and pursue My Antonia on Monday...test on My Antonia either way on next Monday...
H.W:  Review My Antonia for few final comments on Mondayand a final exam as well on the novel...

10/25-29/10:

Monday:

1.  Correct our Glass Menagerie tests from Fri...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion of Lena Lingard chapter and The Pioneer Woman's Story chapter of My Antonia...
3.  Return Birthday Party AP Prompts...discuss...
H.W:  For Wed., finish My Antonia...

Tuesday:

1.  Review of Heaney, Frost, and Keats packet of poetry...a Prompt Essay on these three will be assigned in class on e day within the next two weeks...
2.  Discussion of Carver's short story, "Neighbors" read last Friday...
H.W: Same as Monday...

Wednesday:

1.  Test on"Neighbors"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  In class final discussion of My Antonia, esp. the final chapter...the final pages...
H.W:  Review novel for Thursday test...

Thursday:

1.  Test on My Antonia...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Poetry:  Donne's "A Valediction:  Forbidding Mourning"...
H.W:  Re-read  "A Valediction" in text and also read Meditation 17...find it online...or... look in Sound and Sense text...

Friday:

1.  Continue our study of Donne and also read "The Sun Rising" on p. 888 together...
2.  Intro. to Conrad's, Heart of Darkness...Naturalsim reviewed in class...
H.W.  Read Ch. One of Heart of Darkness up to question 22 of the Worksheet I will be providing for you...

Nov. 1-5, 10:

N.B.  We will not start Heart of Darkness until some weeks later...

Mon.

1.  Remember My Antonia final exams are due on Tues...
2.  Finish any Frost poetry remaining in our texts from our Thurs/Fri review...
3.  Intro. comments on Chopin/The Awakening...
H.W:  Read first four chapters of The Awakening...

Tues.

1.  Review/discuss/submit our My Antonia tests
2.  Test on ch's: 1-4 of The Awakening...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  Refer to our "Carpe Diem" poetry packets from Sept...we will finish reding/orally explicating the remainder of these poems today and Wed...
H.W:  Read ch's 5-12 in The Awakening

Wed.

1.  Test on ch's: 5-12 of The Awakening...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Finish reviewing our Carpe Diem poetry packets...conclude w/Frost's poem, "Carpe Diem" in our packets...
H.W:  Read ch's: 13-17 in The Awakening...

Thurs.

1.  Test on ch's: 13- 17 of The Awakening...corrct...discuss...collect...
2.  Donne Poetry:  "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,"  "The Sun Rising,"...in class reading/explicating
H.W:  Read Donne's, "Meditation 17"...also, read in The Awakening, ch's 18-25...

Fri.

1.  Discussion of ch's 18-25 of The Awakening...grade assigned...
2.  Continue our readings of Donne on into "Meditation 17."
H.W:  Read The Awakening to conclusion for Tues...

Work for the week of Nov. 22 and 23:

Monday:

1.  Final Exam on Chopin's, The Awakening...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  An AP Prompt of choice...either the Hawthorne Prose excerpt or the Bradstreet Poetry selection...will be distributed...very briefly referenced; then, do this for h.w...due Monday after the break...
3.  We will continue w/our in-class oral reading of Miller's, "Death of a Salesman" in our text...discussion last five min's of what we are thus far reading...
H.W:  See #2 above...

Tuesday:

1.  Continue our in-class reading of "Death of a Salesman"...
2.  Last five min's:  discussion of text so far...
H.W:  !.  Finish reading "Death of a Salesman" over the break; then, also answer from text on paper from p. 1569, the questions on Act II and on the "Requiem"...
         2.  Do AP Prompt essay as assigned on Monday above...
         3.  Compose a 250-450 wd. essay of choice...a personal narrative...on any
              aspect of your life...your thoughts...over the Thanksgiving Break...
N.B.  The AP Lit. and Comp. Prompt is due Monday.  The other two assignments Tuesday...

Have a lovely TG...


Nov. 29- - Dec. 03, 2010:

Monday:

1.  Correct "Death of a Salesman" questions from p. 1569 in text...discuss...collect...
2.  Oral reading of "Death of a Salesman" from p. 1533 to the Requeim...discuss...
H.W:  AP Prompt Essays are due tomorrow....also the Thanksgiving Break Essays are due...

Tuesday:
1.  Collect AP Prompt Essays and Thanksgiving Essays...
2.  Final discussion w/grade assigned on Miller and on "Death of a Salesman."
H.W:  In text, read Alice Walker's, "Everyday Use"...quiz on Wed...

Wednesday:

1.  Test on "Everyday Use"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  We will begin two days of pursuing our first AP Lit. and Comp. tests...section I, #'s: 1-22, the Sinclair Lewis selection, will be done in class to the conclusion...
H.W:  Read Act I of Ibsen's, "Hedda Gabler" for Friday...

Thursday:

1.  Correct together section I of our AP Lit. and Comp. tests done yesterday...
2.  Students then do the next section to the bell...
H.W:  See Wednesday assignment of "Hedda Gabler" for Friday...

Friday:

1.  Finish any remaining questions of our AP Lit And Comp tests; then, begin orally correcting these to the end of the period...
2.  Brief reference to Ibsen's, "Hedda Gabler."
H.W:  Read Act II of "Hedda Gabler" for Monday...


Dec. 6-10, 10:

Monday:

Since we took more time than anticipated to complete "Death of a Salesman,"  and since we have elected to read "Oedipus the King"... and wait on "Hedda Gabler" until our Greek Tragedies are all examined......next we will read the Euripides play, "The Medea," starting on Friday...the wk/end...let us now proceed...
1.  Return Thanksgiving Essays...few comments...
2.  Test on Prologue to "Oedipus the King."...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  Continue our in-class reading Oedipus to conclusion of class...
H.W:  Read Episode Three of Oedipus

Tuesday:

1.  Test on Episode Three of Oedipus...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Continue our in-class reading of Oedipus to conclusion...
H.W:  Finish reading all of the play for Friday when we will have a discussion w/ a grade asigned and a final test also on the entire play...

Wednesday:

1.  We will take the day and tomorrow for doing a previous AP Lit and Comp test...
We will do section one, #"s: 1-22 of the Sinclair Lewis excerpt (I think that is the number of questions in this first section...); then, we will correct this together in class...discuss for understanding and test-taking concerns, etc...
H.W:  See Tues. assignment

Thursday:

1.  We will do the remainder of the objective portion of the AP Lit. and Comp. test we began yesterday...; then, we will correct our tests together in class and discuss for test-mastery needs, etc...this will take a full period...
H.W:  See Tues. assignment

Friday:

1.  Test on full play, "Oedipus the King."...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion of play and also of our textual readings of Aristotle's descriptions of Tragedy and Tragic Heroes...grade assigned...
H.W:  Read first 11 pages of Euripides's "The Medea"...test on Mon...also a discussion on initial comparisons/contrast between Sophocles's style/purposes/hero delineations vs. those quite different in Euripides...

Dec. 13-17, 10':

Mon:

1.  Continue our in-class oral reading w/integrated discussion of Euripides,"The Medea."...we should conclude on Tues...
H.W:  Finish any remaining pages in "The Medea" and review entire play for an in class discussion w/grade assigned...Any students assigned earlier to read "Antigone" are to present this play to the class on either Tues or Wed...also, I will be returning last week's AP Prompt essays...discussion; so, there will be another Prompt handed to you due on Thurs...or Fri...

Tues:

1.  Culminate our reading of Euripides play, "The Medea."
2.  Discussion of entire play...compare/contrast w/"Oedipus Rex", etc...grade assigned...
3.  Several students will be presenting their synopses/critical reviews of "Antigone" by Sophocles to the class...some will do this onWed...
H.W: Work on AP Prompt essays...also review "The Medea" for a full Play test on Wed...

Wed:

1.  Any students still presenting thier reviews/synopses of "Antigone" to the class will continue...
2.  Test on "The Medea."...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  If time, we will begin an AP Lit. and Comp. Test...this will continuue for the remainder of our week...
H.W:  AP Prompt Essays are due Thurs...some are due on Fri...:  per's 1 and 8 are due Thurs; per's 2 and 7 are Fri...

Thurs and Fri:

1.  We will be taking an AP lit. and Comp. Test for full periods both today and Friday...we will stop after each objective section to correct it together before moving on to another section...

N.B.  The three essay questions of this test, plus one additional,separate one I have selected for your scholastic development and intellectual aggrandizement are to be completed over the Break...
H.W:  Besides the above stated work, you are to read Act I and II of Ibsen's, "Hedda Gabler."

A caveat:  We may also write a "free-style" essay about our Christmas Break since the Thanksgiving Essays were so impressive...we will discuss this idea together and decide...


1-03-11:

Mon:

1.  You read The Kite Runner over the break and answered the eight tests I gave to you to do at home as you read; hence, we will correct these tests, discuss the novel contiguously, etc...
2.  Return of AP Prompt Essays...discussion...oral reading of and literary ananlyses of these two very fine prompts...this work will be for both Mon. and Tues...
H.W:  Review full novel for a Tues. book test...

Tues: 
1.  Finish all Mon. work; then, book test will follow but probably will not be pursued till Wed...
H.W:  Same as Mon if we did not take the novel test; also, read ACT I of Ibsen's, "Hedda Gabler."

Wed:

1.  Test on The Kite Runner...unless done on Tues...which is very unlikely...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Test on Act I of "Hedda Gabler."...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Read ACT II of "Hedda Gabler."

Thurs:

1.  Test on Act II of "Hedda Gabler."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Oral in-class reading of Act III of "Hedda Gabler" to end of period...
H.W:  Finish reading Act III of "Hedda Gabler."

Fri:

1.  Test on Act III of "Hedda Gabler."...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Continue in-class oral reading of the remainder...into Act IV... of "Hedda Gabler.
"...
H.W:  Finish "Hedda Gabler"...test on full play on Mon..l.

N.B.  We have not taken our sample AP Lit. and Comp. tests the week before Christmas Break as we had planned; so, sometime this week...Jan 3-7, we may take two days to do that instead of what is above stated; or, we will do these tests the next week of the 10th to the 14th...we will see as the week of our return progresses which is the more academically propitious pursuit...glad to have you all back here...

01/10-14/11:

Mon:

1.  Return remaining essays/comments...
2.  Test on Acts I and II of "Hedda Gabler"...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  Oral reading in class of Act III of "Hedda Gabler"...discussion integral as we read...
H.W:  Read Act IV of "Hedda Gabler."

Tues:

1.  Test on entire play, "Hedda Gabler."...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Oral in-class reading of selected scenes from Act IV of "Hedda Gabler."...discussion grade assigned as we conclude this play
H.W:  Read first six chapters of Frankenstein for Mon...

Wed-Fri:  Sem. Exams...

Jan. 18-20-11:

Tues:

1.  Return Final Exams...comments...now, we will do them carefully together in class as a significant prep. for May...this will take all per. and Wed. also...
2.  Return AP Prompt essays...comments...
3.  Collect take-home Final Lit Terms tests...correct...return Thurs...

Wed:

1.  Continue correcting/analyzing...our final AP test...full period...
H.W:  Finish Act III and Read the first half of Avt IV of "Hedda Gabler"...

Thurs:

1.  Finish any remaining questions from our Semester Exam AP test...discuss as needed...
2.  Review Lit. Terms Final Exams orally...first five...
3.  Test on Act II of "Hedda Gabler"...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Finish reading "Hedda Gabler"

Fri:

1.  In class reading of Acts III and IV of "Heddda Gabler."...discuss for elements of early psychology in this seminal and significant elemental work of Realism...
2.  Test on Act II of "Hedda Gabler"...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Review entire play, "Hedda Gabler," for a Mon. test/class discussion also...

Jan. 24-28:

Mon:

1.  Finish the one remaining section of our AP Sem Final Exam correction...discuss as needed...
2.  Test on Acts 2 and 3 of Hedda Gabler...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Read Act 4 of Hedda Gabler...test on Tues...

Tues:

1.  Test on Act 4 of Hedda Gabler...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Oral in-class reading of Hedda Gabler, Acts 2 - 4...selected excerpts...discussion w/grade assigned on overall sig. of Ibsen's, "Hedda Gabler."
H.W:  Read Act 1 of Beckett's, "Waiting for Godot."

Wed:

1.  Test on Act 1 of Godot...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  In-class reading of Acts 2 and 3 to conclusion of class...
H.W:  Finish reading Godot/review for a play test...

Thurs:

1.  Test on Godot...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Overall discussion and oral class reading of final act of Godot...
3.  If time, we will begin a sample APLIT and COMP test...continue it in class Fri...
H.W:  Read Donne's, "A Valediction:  Forbidding Mourning" and his "Meditation 17"...both in either textbook...

Fri:

1.  Few comments on Donne's, "A Valediction:  Forbidding Mourning"; then, note that we will be writing a take-home Explication de Texte on this poem due on Tues...
2.  We will do the first section of an AP LIT and COMP Test...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Explication de Texte of Donne's "A Valediction..." due on Tues...

Jan 31-Feb.04,11:

Mon:

1.  Finish in class reading of Ibsen's, "Hedda Gabler"...
2.  Discussion for Realism...grade assigned...
3.  Return AP Prompt Essays to per's: 1, 7, & 8/discuss...students are to re-do these by Thurs...
H.W:  Finish any remainng pages of Act 4 of "Hedda Gabler" and review full play for a play test Tues...

Tues:

1.  Per. 2, inclass Prompt essay on "Obasson."...other three per's:  "Hedda Gabler" test...correct...discuss..l.collect
2.  Vocab. Wk/Sht:  Oral review of words 1-12...
H.W:  Do 2nd half, #'s: 12-end, of Lit. Wk/Sht...do 2nd half, #'s: 12-20 of Vocab. Wk/Sht...
N.B  If a "Snow Day" seems possible, there will be an added writing assignment for all AP students due upon return to school...


WED:

1.  Correct both our Vocab. and our Lit. Wk/Shts for the full class period...collect...
H.W:  I will distribute Heart ot Darkness Wk/Shts:  Do the first 10...

Thurs:

1.  Discuss intro pages of Heart of Darkness and correct #'s: 1-10 from Wk/Shts...
2.  Begin Section One of an objective questions AP Test...finish in class on Fri...
H.W: Read the remainder of Heart of Darkness Ch. 1 and do Wk/Sht quest's 11-30...this will be due on Mon, not Fri... 


Fri:

1.  Continue the next two sections of our AP Objective questions test...we will then correct these questions/answers in class on Mon and Tues...
H.W:  See Thurs. HW assignment...


02-07-11-11:

Mon:

1.  Brief review of AP Prompt wtiting guidelines for our next Prompt due Fri...
2.  Vocab. Words: 10-15 on WkSht:  review/provide sentences/discuss...
3.  Heart of Darkness:  Review answers to quest's 1-14 on our WkSht 2...discuss...
H.W:  Heart of Darkness WkSht 2, #'s: 15-33...

Tues:

1.  Correct/discuss #'s: 15-33 on our Heart of Darkness WkSht 2...discuss key quotes/passages/emerging thematic sensibilities/writing style, etc...of the novel thus far...
H.W: Heart of Darkness:  WkShts:  #'s 1-11 of WkSht Two...

Wed:

1.  Correct/discuss WkSht. 3, #'s:  1-15...discuss novel...references to several key foreshadowing passages...discuss...
H.W:  Heart of Darkness:  WkSht. Two #'s: 12-28...

Thurs:

1.  Correct/discuss WkSht Two, #'s: 12-28...discuss novel...oral reading of sundry key thematic and imagistic and Naturalistic passages...discuss...
H.W:  Heart of Darkness:  WkSht Three #'s 1-20...

Fri:

1.  Correct/discuss WkSht. Three, #'s: 1-20...discuss novel progression as final pages are about to unfold...reference key selections for theme/for Naturalism...
H.W:  Heart of Darkness:  Finish remainder of final WkSht Three questions for Mon correction and Mon discussion w/grade assigned of overall novel...

02-14-18-11:

Mon:

1.  Return Fri. APPrompt essays...discuss...
2.  Correct WkSht 2, #'s: 1-11, for Heart of Darkness...discuss
3.  If time, review remaining wds on our 20 wd. vocab. wkshts...otherwise...one day this week after we finish Heart of Darkness...
H.W:  Finish reading Ch. 2 of Heart of Darkness and answer all remaining questions on WkSht 2...

Tues:

1.  Correct WkSht 2, #'s: 11-29 for Heart of Darkness...entire period...
H.W:  WkSht. 3, #'s: 1-15...

Wed:

1.  Correct WkSht 3, #'s: 1-15...entire period...
H.W:  Finish WkSht 3, #'s: 16-30...review entire novel also...for discussion w/grade on Thurs...

Thurs:

1.  Correct WkSht 3, remaining questions...discuss all three WkShts...collect for grading...
2.  Discussion w/grade assigned for overall novel...
H.W:  There will be an APPrompt Essay assigned due on Fri...since I have an extra day off on Mon, I can get these corrected for all of you in my four classes by Tues or Wed...

Fri:

1.  Sample AP Objective test from 2008...first half only...correct/discuss/collect...
2.  Submit APPrompt Essays...
H.W:  I am not sure yet...depends on how the academic pursuits of the week culminate...but there will be an assignment...

FEB. 22-25-11

Tues:

1.  Correct orally in class, Sht. 2... remaining questions for Heart of Darkness...discuss...collect...;then, proceed w/Sht. 3, #'s 1-5...
H.W:  Finish reading Ch. 3 of Heart of Darkness and complete remaining questions to end of questions WkSht...


Wed.

1.  Correct orally in class Sheet 3 for Heart of Darkness...full period...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Review full novel for in class discussion w'/grades and a brief book test...


Thurs.

1. Discussion w/grades assigned and brief book test for Heart of Darkness...
2. Correct book test...discuss...collect...
3. Vocab:  Have all three of your Vocab. WkShts in class:  We will be pursuing ten of these new words/lit. references for the remainder of class...
H.W:  Read Hawthorne's, "Young Goodman Brown"...also, provide a definition and a single sentence for each of the ten new vocab wds we have covered in class today...

Fri:

1.  Quiz on "Young Goodman Brown"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Correct/discuss Vocab. hw from last nite...submit hw sentences at end of period...
3.  Intro to Bronte's, Wuthering Heights...review of 19th C. Romanticism/review of Gothic elements in Literature/on board profile of names/relationships of characters in the novel...
H.W:  Read ch's 1-3 of Wuthering Heights ...N.B.  Be sure you have your copies of Wuthering Heights in class on Fri...


02-28-11-03-04-11:

Mon:

1.  Finish correcting WkSht 3 of Heart of Darkness...collect...conclude our discussion of Conrad, of Naturalism, of Heart of Darkness...
2.  Re: Ellison's, Invisible Man, bring all your completed test questions, the two essay questions, and the book to class on Tues...we will review this book, correct our tests, etc...for the next two days...
H.W:  Bring Ellison materials and the novel to class on Tues...also, be sure you have a copy of Wuthering Heights ready for class on Wed/Thurs...

Tues:

1.  Correct all our Ellison tests...submit Ellison Invisible Man essays...discuss for Naturalism/Realism/Existentialism...
2.  You will receive Wuthering Heights packets...some intro. comments from me on this novel...
H.W:  Read first four ch's of Wuthering Heights and answer corresponding questions on the 100 question wksht...

Wed:

1.  Finish any remaining Invisible Man work from Tues...I will collect/grade all your tests/essays...returning them to you before break...
2.  Discuss ch's 1-4 of Wuthering Heights and correct the corresponding questions on our wkshts...
H.W:  Wuthering Heights:  read ch's 5-7 and answer the corresponding questions on your wkshts...

Thurs:

1.  Discuss ch's 5-8 of Wuthering Heights and answer the corresponding questions on our wkshts...review lit. def's for Romanticism and for Gothic Literature...
2.  Test on Wuthering Heights ch's 1-5...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  For Monday, read in Wuthering Heights, ch's: 8-10 and answer corresponding questions on your wkshts...

Fri:

1.  We will do a previous AP Test  for the full period...
H.W:  See Thurs...

Mar. 7-11-11:

Mon:

1.  Return corrected Invisible Man essays/corrected Objective Tests...discuss...
2.  Return first 20 Questions on Wuthering Heights from our 100 Question WkShts...discuss...
3.  Read selected excerpts from Wuthering Heights/analyze/critical evaluation...
4.  Correct questions 21-50 from our WkShts...
H.W:  Read Ch's 8 & 9 of Wuthering Heights...answer corresponding questions in our WkShts...

Tues:

1.  Test on ch's 1-9 of Wuthering Heights...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion w/textual references to significant quotes from ch's 7 & 8...
H.W:  Read ch. 9 again and ch. 10 in the novel...

Wed:

1.  Test on Ch. 9...correct...discuss...collect
2.  Correct our WkShts for corresponding questios to ch's 9 & 10...discuss...
H.W:  Read ch. 11 in the novel...

Thurs:

1.  Test on Ch. 11...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion of ch's 10 & 11...
H.W:  Read ch's:  12 & 13...

Fri:

1.  Test on Ch's 8-13 of the novel...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Discussion of book up to ch. 14...grade assigned...
H.W:  There will be an AP Essay Prompt assigned due on Tues...
N.B.  We need to do a sample AP obj. Test soon...probably next week for three days of class...Tues:  the test, Wed:  finish the test...Thurs:  correct the test... Fri:  back to Bronte...

03-14-17-11:

Mon:

1.  Finish up to #100 on our Wuthering Heights WkShts...discuss...collect...
2.  Test on Ch.'s:  10-12...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  Read ch's:  13-14 of Wuthering Heights...also...remember an AP Essay Prompt assigned last week is due on Tuesday...

Tues:

1.  Collect AP Essay Prompts...
2.  Test on ch's 13-14 of Wuthering Heights...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  We will be explicating poetry in class...I have not determined which poems yet, but Donne, Keats are likely...you will be asked to explicate a poem in a full Explication de Texte Essay due on Thurs...
H.W:  Review all our Lit. Terms from our WkSht Packets...we will be reviewing them on Thursday w/a grade assigned for in-class responses...plus:  5 students will create a chapter synopsis fo Ch's 15-19...one student assigned one chapter...to read to the class on Wed and/or Thurs...

Wed:

*We will do a sample AP Lit and Comp Test for the full period...
H.W:  Do your Explication de Texte Essays for Thurs...also, five more students will do a synopsis of a chapter each from ch's. 20-24 of Wuthering Heights...

Thurs:

1.  Collect Explication Essays...
2.  Correct our AP Lit and Comp Tests done in class yesterday...full period
N.B:  There will be essays and Readings due over the break:  We will indicate specific assignments on Thurs...

03-28-11:

Mon:

1.  Student synopses of ch's: 16-32 of Wuthering Heights
2.  Discussion of final three chapters of Wuthering Heights...con't. into Tues...
3.  Return corrected AP Lit and Comp Prompt Essays...discuss...
H.W:  Review novel...read to completion...test on Wed...

Tuesday:

1.  Continue Wuthering Heights chapter synopses and pursue a final discussion w/grade assigned on the novel...
H.W:  Same as Monday...

Wednesday:

1.  Wuthering Heights Test...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Begin an AP Lit and Comp test...we will do this today and Thurs...into Fri. if mandated...
H.W:  Read Act One of "Waiting for Godot."...test/discussion/in-class reading on Friday...

Thursday:

AP Lit and Comp test for full period...
H.W:  See Wednesdat...

Friday:

1.  Finish any AP Lit and Comp. testing/correcting/examining/discussing...
2.  Test and/or discussion on Act One of "Waiting for Godot."
H.W:  Read Act Two of "Godot" for Mon...test/discussion on Mon...

04-11-14-11:

Mon:

1.  Test on "Our Town"...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Review of Donne's, "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning"...in-class explication...
3.  Keats..."Ode on a Grecian Urn"..."Ode to a Nightengale"...in-class explication...
H.W:  Complete handwritten notes on explicative elements in both Keats poems

Tues:

1.  Test, 2nd half of "Suppose people live forever..." AP Test...23 min's...
2.  Correct test...;then, if time, proceed to correct Keats explicative hw notes
H.W:  Finish Keats notes...read 1st 2 ch's of Frankenstein...

Wed:

1.  Test, 1st half of 2008 AP TEST...23 MIN'S...
2.  Correct test...
3.  A few quick references to Frankenstein...
H.W:  read ch's 3 & 4 of Frankenstein

Thurs:

1.  Test, 2nd half of 2008 AP TEST...23 min's...
2.  Correct test...
3.  Quick synopses by several assigned students of ch's 1-4 of Frankenstein...questions...discussion...
H.W:  read ch's 5 & 6 of Frankenstein

Fri:

1.  Either an in-class discussion and some student synopses of Frankenstein...or...an in-class AP Prompt essay...we will determine which is morre propitious for us as thw days of the week progress...
H.W:  Frankenstein, several ch's to be assigned for reading/synopses...

04-18-11:

Mon:

1.  Return of AP Prompt essays/return of Wuthering Heights essays...reviewof Friday's Frankenstein tests...
2.  Test on ch. 10 of Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...
3.  Do 3rd of the 4 sections in our 2008 sample AP Test...correct...discuss...
H.W:  Read final ch. of Frankenstein for a discussion w/grade and a brief test on Tues...Also, an AP Prompt essay will be distributed...the essay will be due on Wed...

Tues:

1.  Test on final ch. of Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...
2.  Do 4th of the 4 sections of our 2008 sample AP test...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W:  AP Prompt essay due tomorrow...title page...approx. 300-400 wds...handwritten on loose leaf...do not type it...

Wed:

1.  Collect AP Prompt Essays
2.  Few final comments on Frankenstein...
3.  We will orally read Keats from our texts:  "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "Ode to a Nightingale" ... we will orally explicate...compare/contrast...we may also look at another AP sample test and you may finish it at home...
H.W:  Finish the AP sample test we started in class on Wed. for next Tues...

04-26-29-11:

Tues- Fri:

1.  Return AP Prompt Essays...comment...
2.  AP Sample Tests will be pursued all this week...we will do several sections; then, we will correct them together as prep. for the May AP Test...
H.W:  AP Essay Prompt on "Poor Dorothea" or Miss Dickinson/Mr. Frost...due Wed...or Thurs...

Wed-Fri:

Same as Tues...testing/correcting of sample AP tests all week....We may also assign a 45 min. written essay prompt in class from our packet of six which I handed to you all on last Fri...we will see...we will be reviewing literary terms/gemres/styles all week, too...
H.W:  a written prompt will be due on next Tues...any choice of yours from the packet of six...

May 2-6, 11:

Mon:

1.  Begin correcting AP 1999 test we did over the wk/end...this will take the full period...
H.W: Do sections 3-5 of 2008 AP Test...

Tues:

1.  Correct sections 3-5 in 2008 AP test...correct...discuss...
2.  Begin  2010 AP Test...correct...discuss...
H.W:  Finish 2010 AP Test...

Wed:

1.  Finish correcting 2010 AP Test...
2.  Do 2010 alternative AP Test...correct...
H.W:  Finish 2010 alternative AP Test...hand in before going home on Thursday...

Thurs:

1.  AP Test...afternoon classes will have a general literary discussion of our works read over the year...

Fri:

1.  There will be an in-class prompt and an in-class obj. quest's AP test that you will do for the full period:  This will be graded by me and counted as a final exam...bye
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