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Office Hours: Monday-A Lunch; Wednesday--B Lunch. I am also available most days after school except Friday.
EXTRA CREDIT NOVELS FOR 12 HONORS:
SECOND NINE WEEKS: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
THIRD NINE WEEKS: Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
FOURTH NINE WEEKS: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Daily Agenda and Homework for AP English 12 -- BLKS 1,5,and 7
Monday, April 4, 2015
1) Poetry Pairs Timed Writing (I know . . .)
Homework: Prepare for your first RCQ on Heart of Darkness, pages 1-10.
Tuesday, April 5
1) Heart of Darkness RCQ and intro notes.
2) Review multiple choice test
Homework: Read through page 27 and answer the study guide questions for Thursday.
Thursday, April 7
1) Poetry Pairs Presentation -- "The Whipping" and "My Papa's Waltz"
2) Deconstruct timed writings.
Homework: Prepare 1 novel card.
Monday, April 11
1) Go to auditorium to grid for AP exams
Homework: Suicide poems presentation tomorrow. Bring printed copies to class. Be prepared to complete a timed writing. Heart of Darkness quiz on chapter 2 coming up on Thursday. If you missed last week's quiz, and you have not made it up by tomorrow morning, you will have to take a short answer/essay quiz instead as I will return those during class tomorrow. I will be available all day today and tomorrow morning at 8:30 for anyone to complete the missed quiz.
Tuesday, April 12
1) Timed Writing
2) Suicide presentations
Homework: Heart of Darkness Quiz on chapter 2 on Thursday. Complete one novel card--25% of a test grade on the fourth nine weeks. Bring printed copies of vanity poems to class.
Thursday, April 14
1) Turn in one novel card
2) Heart of Darkness Quiz chapter 2
3) Vanity poem presentation
Homework: Heart of Darkness chapter 3 quiz on Tuesday, April 19. Define tone words; prepare for a quiz on Monday.
Heart of Darkness Reading Schedule
April 5th -- pages 1 - 10 to "I left in a French steamer . . ."
April 7th -- pages 10-27 (end of chapter 1)
April 14th -- pages 27-50 (end of chapter 2)
April 21st -- pages 50-72 (end of novel)
Test on novel -- April 26th
Monday, April 18
1) Tone words vocabulary quiz
2) Play previews
Homework: Chapter 3 quiz on Thursday; abortion poems tomorrow
Tuesday, April 19
1) Poetry Presentations
Thursday, April 21
1) Heart of Darkness quiz on chapter 3
2) Discussion of novel
3) Finish poetry presentations
Monday, April 25
1) Turn in Heart of Darkness essay n MLA format
2) Return and review HofD quizzes
3) Distribute take-home portion of HofD test--due tomorrow!
Homework: Complete part one of test; study novel in preparation for objective portion of test on Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 26
1) Complete part 2 of HofD test
2) Deconstruct returned essays
3) Take home multiple choice practice
4) Paired poetry practice (last time!)
Homework: Multiple Choice practice; novel card for Heart of Darkness
Thursday, April 28
1) Review "Advice to a Prophet"
2) Review mock multiple choice exam--score
3) Question 2 Practice: Kingsolver's Poisonwood Bible.
Homework: Review two novels. Add more quotes to your novel cards. Revisit tone vocabulary.
Monday, May 2
1) Question 3 practice
Tuesday, May 3
1) Return and tweak novel cards.
2) Return and correct Heart of Darkness test.
Good luck! AP Exam tomorrow morning. Be here at 7:30!
Thursday, May 5
1) Kite Runner -- film:)
Monday, May 9
1) Deconstruction
2) Student feedback
3) SOL Testing Calendar
4) Read Chinua Achebe's essay on Heart of Darkness.
5) Distribute Things Fall Apart
Homework:
Dates for remaining assignments are on the side board in the classroom.
Graded work moving forward includes:
Catholic Schoolgirl Classwork
Sestina Quiz
Poetry/Prose MC Group Test
Exam Schedule:
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English 12 Honors -- Blocks 2 and 6
EXTRA CREDIT NOVELS FOR 12 HONORS:
THIRD NINE WEEKS: Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
FOURTH NINE WEEKS: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Wednesday, March 2
1) Macbeth Unit Test
2) Distribute Lord of the Flies; Check email for study guide
Homework: Read Lord of the Flies through pg. 19 "Within the diamond haze something dark was fumbling along." Answer the study guide questions. You will have a vocabulary test on units 7-9 on Monday, March 7. Study!
Lord of the Flies Reading Schedule:
March 9 -- Chapters 1-4 complete
March 11 -- Chapters 5-6 complete
March 16 -- Chapters 7-9 complete
March 18 -- Chapters 10-12 complete
March 23 -- Unit test
Friday, March 4
1) Lord of the Flies introduction
2) Reading in class through chapter 2--answered study guide questions
3) Discuss research project -- get necessary supplies: lined notecards, a double-pocketed folder, a large manila envelope (large enough to hold the folder). Choose your two careers! More on this next week!
Homework: Get supplies, choose careers. Read through chapter 4 and answer study questions by Wednesday, march 9
Monday, March 7
1) Vocabulary Test Units 7-9
2) Silent reading -- though chapter 4 by next class.
Wednesday, March 9
1) Quiz on Lord of the Flies chapters 1-4
Friday, March 11
1) Quiz Chapters 5 & 6
Monday, March 14
1) Vocab 10 CW
Wednesday, March 16
1) LOTF Chapters 7-9 HW Check
2) Read chapter 10 in class
Homework: Quiz through chapter 10 next class
Friday, March 18
1) Quiz through chapter 10
2) Read and discuss 11 & 12
Homework: Review study guide and novel. Notes on Monday; test next Wednesday.
Monday, March 21
1) Vocabulary Quiz Unit 10
2) Notes on Lord of the Flies
Homework: Study for unit test on Lord of the Flies
Wednesday, March 23
1) Lord of the Flies Test
Monday, April 4
1) Vocab 11 Classwork
Wednesday, April 6
1) Check email! Get study guide for Samuel Pepy's Diary and Daniel Defoe's The Journal of the Plague Year. Read and complete study guide.
Friday, April 8
1) Check email! Zipped folder of handouts and deadlines for research project. In-class review of expectations.
2) Create first source card using Occupational Outlook Handbook and take first notecards (hopefully 10)
Homework: None. Enjoy prom.
3/23 Topic and materials due
4/13 2 source cards; 10 note cards cue
4/15 Outline due with thesis statement
4/20 20 additional notecards due
4/22 Works Cited page due
4/29 Rough draft due--complete with works cited page and parenthetical citations
5/06 Final paper due
Process grade counts as one test grade on fourth nine weeks; final paper counts as one test grade on fourth nine weeks.
Monday, May 9
1) Vocabulary Unit 12 CW
2) SOL Testing Calendar
Wednesday, May 11
1) Roots . . .review
2) PBR
3) Grammar Review- Commas and Subject-Verb Agreement rules with indefinite relative pronouns
Homework: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes and Grammar Test on Friday!
Friday, May 13
1) Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes and Grammar Test
Homework: Vocab 12 Quiz on Monday
Monday, May 16
1) Vocabulary Quiz Unit 12
HomeworK: Vocab Test 10-12 on 5/23
Monday, May 23
1) Vocab Test 10-12
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