Monday, March 12
1) Vocab 9 Quiz
2) Poetry HW Check Chapters 5&6, poems too!
Homework: Get Macbeth Writing Prompts from virtual share. (Eng 12 > Macbeth)
Prepare an outline for each of the four prompts by Thursday/Friday. You should write a thesis, topic sentences, and bullets of what you plan to use for evidence. I will assign different classes and/or students different prompts. I difinitely encourage you to take these notes and prepare as best you can, but you will not be allowed to use notes for the timed writing. We are preparing for the AP FRQ experience.
Tuesday/Wednesday, March 13/14
1) Return papers.
2) Deconstruct Poetry Timed Writing "Owl" papers
3) Poetry Timed Writing in class.
Homework: Prepare for Macbeth Timed Writing next class.
Thursday/Friday, March 15/16
1) Macbeth discussion--preparation to answer prompts in virtual share
1) Homework: Vocabulary Test Units 7-9 Next Tuesday/Wednesday. No school on Monday!
Tuesday/Wednesday, March 20/21
1) Vocabulary Test Units 7-9
2) Macbeth Timed Writing
Homework: Read the Keats/Longfellow deconstruction available in virtual share for next class. Read Perrine chapter 7 and take notes. Read the following poems and answer the corresponding questions: "Ozymandias," The Unknown Citizen," My Last Duchess."
Thursday/Friday, March 22/23
1) Deconstruct Keats/Longfellow poetry timed writing
2) Discuss poems to date.
3) Distribute Things Fall Apart.
Homework: Read chapter 8 in Perrine and take notes. Read the following poems and answer the corresponding questions: "Out,Out--," "Leda dn the Swan," "Leda's Sister and the Geese." No vocabulary next Monday:)
Monday, March 26
1) Poetry RCA Chapters 7 & 8
2) Poetry "2 a Day"
Homework: None -- Ha! Rest up for Heart of Darkness! DON'T FORGET: FINAL PREP SESSION FOR ENGLISH IS THIS SATURDAY. BE THERE!
Tuesday/Wednesday, March 27/28
1) Poetry Multiple Choice practice
2) Distribute Heart of Darkness.
3) Google search 'Joseph Conrad" -- class notes.
4) Get Heart of Darkness folder from virtual share.
5) Poetry 2 a day -- (one to go)
Homework: Read pp. 1-10 of Heart of Darkness by next class Thursday/Friday. You will have an open notes quiz. You must interact with the text. Take notes; use stickys. If possible, purchase your own copy so you can mark it up.
HEART OF DARKNESS READING SCHEDULE:
March 29/30 PP. 1-10 Quiz, open notes
April 2/3 pp. 1-27 Study Guide HW Ck
April 4/5 Chap. 1 Quiz, no notes
April 16 Chap. 2 Study Guide HW Ck
April 17 Chap. 2 Quiz
April 19/20 Chap. 3 Study Guide HW Ck
April 26/27 All Unit Test
Thursday/Friday, March 29/30
1) Heart of Darkness pp. 1-10 Quiz
2) Poetry Review
Homework: Read through pg. 27 Heart of Darkness, complete study guide.
Monday/Tuesday, April 2/3
1) HofD SG HW Check--Chapter 1, pp. 1-27
2) Poetry Review
Wednesday/Thursday, April 4/5
1) HofD Quiz Chapter 1--No notes.
2) Poetry Timed Writing
Homework: Reread HofD chapter 1, and then begin reading chapter 2, pp. 27-50. Answer study guide questions. Keep a journal responding to "As you read . . ." document. SG HW Check Monday, April 16th. Chapter 2 Quiz, April 17/18.
HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK! HAVE FUN! BE SAFE!
Monday, April 16
1) Play previews
2) Heart of Darkness Chapter 2 Study Guide HW Check
Homework: Quiz on chapter 2 next class
Tuesday/Wednesday, April 17/18
1) Return papers.
2) H of D Quiz Chapter 2
3) Prose MC practice
Homework: H of D Chapter 3 HW Check next class
Thursday/Friday, April 19/20
1) H of D Chapter 3 HW Check
2) Introduction of Novel Card Project --5 cards due on Monday, April 30th--TEST GRADE!
3) Poetry essay deconstruction and revision
Homework: Polish your Heart of Darkness "As you read . . ." journals
April 26/27--Heart of Darkness Unit Test; April 30, 5 Novel Cards due for test grade.
Monday, April 23
1) AP Answer Doc Completion
Tuesday, April 24 -- Third Block
1) Turn in poetry essay revisions
2) Return and review Heart of Darkness homework/quizzes.
3) Heart of Darkness discussion
Homework: Work on novel cards. Reread/review Heart of Darkness--Test postponed till May 1.
Wednesday, April 25 -- Second Block
1) Review Dickinson/Frost poetry timed writing--Revise and turn in on Friday.
2) Discuss novel card project. 5 Novel Cards due by Monday, April 30th. Test grade.
3) Return and review Heart of Darkness homework/quizzes.
Homework: Complete poetry revision and turn in on Friday. Reread/review Heart of Darkness--Test postponed till May 2.
Thursday, April 26
1) HofD Socratic Discussion
Homework: Complete take-home Heart of Darkness essay. You may reference the text and your notes. Word process. Provide good evidence! Complete HofD reading comprehension portion of test.
Friday, April 27
1) HofD Socratic--Bring completed HofD Discussion study guide to class. This will be collected for a homework grade. You will earn a classwork grade for your participation int he Socratic discussion.
2) Return and revise introductions of Macbeth essays.
Homework: For Monday, April 30th, 5 novel cards are due--Test Grade. For Tuesday/Wednesday, May 1 & 2, bring completed portion of HofD test to class (reading comprehension) and your "As you read" journals. For next Thursday/Friday, the word processed HofD essay is due.
Monday, April 30
1) Collect 5 novel cards--test grade.
2) Introduce Question 2 -- James Joyce's "The Dead"
Homework: Reading comp. HofD test due next class.
Tuesday, May 1 (3rd Block)
1) HofD test. Turn in "As you read" journals
2) Continue discussion of question 2
Homework: HofD essay due next class.
Wwednesday, May 2 (2nd and 5th)
1) HofD test. Turn in "As you read" journals
2) Continue discussion of question 2
Homework: HofD essay due next class.
Thursday/Friday, May 3/4
1) Turn in MLA format word processed Heart of Darkness essay.
2) Continue work on question 2.
Homework: Review tone vocabulary. Complete Question 2 essay.
Monday, May 7
1) Turn in McTeague essay.
2) Review sample responses and discuss.
Homework: Review tone words, literary terminology, and novel cards.
Tuesday/Wednesday, May 8/9
1) Prose multiple choice practice
2) Poetry practice
Homework: Review tone words, literary terminology, and novel cards.
Thursday, May 10
AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION EXAM--BE IN MY ROOM BY 7:30!
Friday, May 11
1) Post mortem.
Homework: None
Monday, May 14
1) Work on REP Video Project
3-5 minutes. Should address *author's bio, *common settings and/or themes,*major works and how often they appear, *relevance to Question 3 prompts, *rate author's difficulty level, include clips from movies, speeches, interviews with those in the community who are fans. You may use Moviemaker or iMovie, but will need to convert iMovie to Moviemaker. Product will be posted on a web site.
Homework: Finished products due on Thursday, May 24.
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ENGLISH 12 -- SEVENTH BLOCK ONLY
Tuesday, January 31
1) Define literary terms for Renaissance unit (in virtual share)
2) Get "dfc.rensg . . ." from virtual share (in the Renaissance folder). Read all poems through "The Faerie Queene" and answer all corresponding quesitons. Expect a homework check next class.
Homework: Be prepared for the homework check. Vocabulary Unit 7 is due by next Monday, February 6.
Thursday, February 2
1) Review assigned poems; review study guide quesitons/answers.
Homework: Vocab 7 CW Check on Monday.
Monday, February 6
1) Vocab 7 CW Check
Tuesday, February 7
1) Read Sonnet 116, Sonnet 130, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," and "The Nymph's Reply" and answer corresponding study guide questions. Annotate poems on board.
2) Notes on authors so far: Sir Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlow, and Sir Walter Raleigh
Homework: For Thursday, liteterary terms homework check--BRING IN PRINTED COPY OF TERMS! For next Monday, Vocab 7 Quiz. For next Tuesday, Poetry quiz which covers authors, terms, and poems so far.
Thursday, February 9
1) Renaissance Literary Terms Classwork Grade (Open notes)
Monday, February 13
1) Vocabulary Unit 7 Quiz
Tuesday, February 14
1) Renaissance Poetry Quiz
2) Read Herrick's "To the Virgins . . ." and Marlowe's "To His Coy Mistress" Answer study guide questions.
Thursday, February 16
1) Gulliver's Travels video--substitute
Homework: Vocab 8 CW on Tuesday, February 21.
Tuesday, February 21
1) Review answers for "To the Virgins . . ." and "To His Coy Mistress"
1) Notes on John Donne
2) Read "Song" and "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning." Answer corresponding study guide questions.
Homework: Vocab 8 CW next class.
Thursday, February 23
1) Vocab 8 CW
2) John Donne's Meditation 17
3) "Death Be Not Proud"
Homework: Ben Jonson and Richard Lovelace poems remaining on study guide. Expect a homework check!
Monday, February 27
1) Vocab 8 Quiz
2) "Death Be Not Proud"
Homework: Poems HW Check Tomorrow!
Tuesday, February 28
1) Renaissance Poetry SG HW Check
2) Review for Test on Thursday.
Homework: Study!
March 1, 2012
1) Renaissance Poetry Test
Monday, March 5 -- No School-- Snow Day.
Tuesday, March 6
1) Vocab 9 CW
2) Restoration Background Study Guide
Homework: Be prepared for a homework check on the Restoration background.
Thursday, March 8
1) Restoration BG HW Check
2) Review and discussion
3) Gulliver's Travels, Part I
Homework: Restoration BG Quiz next Tuesday. Vocab 9 Quiz next Monday.
Monday, March 12
1) Vocabulary Unit 9 Quiz
Homework: Study for Restoration Background Quiz
Tuesday, March 13
1) Restoration BG Quiz
2) Complete Gulliver's Travels Parts I & II (study guides are available in virtual share--18th century)
Homework: Prepare 45 flashcards for units 7-9. Due at the beginning of class Thursday. Vocabaulary Test Units 7-9 next Tuesday.
Thursday, March 15
1) Turn in flash cards
2) Gulliver's Travels film
Homework: Study for vocabulary test next Tuesday! No school on Monday!
Tuesday, March 20
1) Vocabulary Test Units 7-9
2) A Modest Proposal
Homework: None
Thursday, March 22
1) Finish A Modest Proposal
Homework: Prepare for vocabulary classwork grade on lesson 10
Monday, March 26
1) Vocabulary CW Lesson 10
2) Read Alexander Pope's "Rape of the Lock"
Homework: Finish "Rape . . ." pg. 532 in PH.
Tuesday, March 27
1) Review "Rape of the Lock"
2) Begin Voltaire's Candide.
Homework: TBA
Thursday, March 29
1) The Diary of Samuel Pepys--(Study guide on VS)
2) A Journal of the Plague Year--(Study guide on VS)
Homework: Expect a hw check on Tuesday--Candide, Diary, & Journal. Unit Test next Thursday.
Tuesday, April 3rd
1) HW Check Candide, Diary & Journal
2) Define restoration literary terms.
2) Test review--Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, Rape of the Lock, Candide, Diary, and Journal. Authors: Swift, Pope, and Voltaire. Literary Terms.
Homework: Study!!!
Thursday, April 5
1) Restoration Unit Test.
Homework: Be free! Be safe!
Monday, April 16
1) Play previews
Tuesday, April 17
1) Romantic Background SG
2) Introduce Careers Research Project
Homework: Finish background study guide--homework check Thursday; quiz next Tuesday. Vocab 10 Quiz on Monday.
Thursday, April 19
1) Romantic BG HW Check
2) Discussion and review of Romantic period
3) Identify careers you plan to research--begin online research in class.
Homework: Vocab 10 Quiz on Monday; Romantic BG Quiz Tuesday
Monday, April 23
1) Vocabulary 10 Quiz
HW: Study for Romantic BG Quiz
Tuesday, April 24
1) Romantic BG Quiz
2) Prepare source cards for Occupational Outlook Handbook
Homework: Begin preparing for next Monday's HW Check on vocabulary unit 11.
Thursday, April 26
1) Continue working on source cards.
2) Begin work on outline.
Homework: Vocabulary unit 11 CW next Tuesday (instead of Monday because we will go to the library Monday)
Monday, April 30
1) To the library for print source
Homework: Prepare for vocab 11 CW tomorrow
Tuesday, May 1
1) Vocab 11 CW
Thursday, May 3
1) Submit works cited page and outlines
Monday, May 7
1) Work on note cards
Tuesday, May 8
1) Submit 20 note cards--continue working on next 20 -- due next class.
Thursday, May 10
1) Submit next 20 note cards.
2) Vocab 11 Quiz
Homework: Begin composing your rough draft--due 5/17!
Monday, May 14
1) Vocab 12 HW Check
2) Quick lesson parethetical citations
3) Time to work on paper.
Tuesday, May 15
1) Work on rough draft
Thursday, May 17
1) Rough Draft Due--Complete Self Evaluation
Friday, May 18th
1) Self Evaluation of Research paper--Revision
2) Vocabulary Test Units 10,11,12
Homework: Tweak that paper!
Thursday, May 24
1) Whew! Final research paper due!
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