Welcome to the 2012-2013 school year!
I am looking forward to meeting my students and their parents. Please e-mail me at kanzalone@saintviator.com with any questions about the summer reading assignments.
American Literature and Composition Honors students are expected to complete the summer reading assignment. The summer reading assignment can be found on the Saint Viator web page. All summer reading assignments are due on the first day of class. All assignments must be completed following the specific directions accompanying the assignment. Students must bring physical copies of all typed work in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced. Do not e-mail Mrs. Anzalone your assignment. Do not bring it on a flash drive. You must have a physical copy of all assignments with you on the first day of class.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Today, Mrs. Anzalone will
- introduce herself, the course syllabus, and review all expectations
- collect all summer reading assignments
- Homework: The summer reading test will be on Monday, August 27. Students should be prepared to answer questions about Fahrenheit 451 and Into the Wild. If students thoroughly read each book, they will perform well.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Today, students will
- dialogue about censorship and continue the summer reading discussion from yesterday.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Extended Homeroom Schedule
Today, Mrs. Anzalone will
- introduce/review literary devices Bradbury uses in Fahrenheit 451.
- Homework: Students must finish identifying the literary devices on the worksheet provided in class. This will be checked in Monday as a homework assignment.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Today, students will
- take the summer reading test.
- Homework: None.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Today, Mrs. Anzalone will:
- teach utopia v. dystopia
- explore the term "censorship"
- Students will complete group work in response to thematic questions regarding censorship in Fahrenheit 451.
- Homework: Tomorrow, we will have an analytical discussion regarding various themes in Fahrenheit 451. To prepare, review the discussion sheet located below in my links. These questions will guide our discussion tomorrow. You do NOT have to have the sheet completely answerd, nor will you turn it in. Your grade will be determined from the group work you complete today and tomorrow in class.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Mrs. Anzalone will:
- facilitate a thematic class discussion.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Activity Schedule
Today, students will
- begin working on the Censorship Project in groups.
- Homework: None is formally assigned from Mrs. Anzalone. However, your group may have given individual members different tasks to complete for your Censorship Project.
Friday, August 31, 2012
- Students will continue working on the Censorship Project in groups.
- Homework: None is formally assigned from Mrs. Anzalone. However, your group may have given individual members different tasks to complete for your Censorship Project.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Labor Day - No School
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
- Students will present the Censorship Projects.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will be moderating the SAW Workshop for freshmen students. She will be in the building today, but she will not be teaching your class today. You will have a substitute.
- Students will receive their Into the Wild annotation grades back. Students will complete a timeline activity identifying various events in Into the Wild.
- Homework: None.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
- Students will finish presenting the censorship projects if we did not finish our presentations on Tuesday.
- Students will complete a timeline activity for Into the Wild.
- Homework: None.
Friday, September 7, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will review various grammar rules and writing techniques which students will practice when editing and revising their summer reading essays.
- Homework: None.
Monday, September 10, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will review the five paragraph formal essay structure.
- Students will finish the transcendentalist themes activity.
- Homework: Students must bring their USB drive to class tomorrow with their digital copy of their summer reading essay. Students will meet in the Wireless Lab 218 tomorrow to begin revising their summer essays.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
- Students will meet in Wireless Lab 218 today to revise their summer essays.
- Homework: The revised summer essay is due on Monday, September 17.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Mass Schedule
- Students will work in class on a compare/contrast activity for Into the Wild.
- Homework: Students need to bring their second rough draft of the summer essay to class tomorrow. This needs to be printed out.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
- Students will meet in the Wireless Lab 218 to work on revising their summer essays. Students will complete a peer review.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow. However, the revised summer essay is due on Monday, September 17. The copy needs to be turned into www.turnitin.com. Students also should bring a final draft printed out. They will need to turn in the original draft Mrs. Anzalone edited, the peer review completed in class on Thursday, and the final draft.
Friday, September 14, 2012
- Students will view three clips from the film Into the Wild and discuss Alex's transcendentalist philosophies.
- Homework: The revised summer essay is due on Monday, September 17. The copy needs to be turned into www.turnitin.com. Students also should bring a final draft printed out. They will need to turn in the original draft Mrs. Anzalone edited, the peer review completed in class on Thursday, and the final draft.
Monday, September 17, 2012
- Students will finish the discussion of the various explorers Jon Krakauer analyzes in the book Into the Wild
- Homework: Students need to bring their literature textbook to class tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the Puritan unit.
- Students will be introduced to ethos, logos, and pathos.
- Homework: Read from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" in the course textbook. Be thorough in your reading, please.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
- Students will view three commercials which categorize ethos, pathos, and logos in some fashion. We will discuss the persuasive devices in each commercial.
- Students will work in groups analyzing advertisements.
- Homework: Bring the textbook tomorrow.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
- We will finish the advertising analysis presentations.
- We will begin a discussion and take notes on Anne Bradstreet, a Puritan female author.
- Homework: Read the two poems "Upon the Burning of Our House" and "To my dear and loving husband" by Anne Bradstreet. Complete the reading guide which accompanies the poems.
Friday, September 21, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce The Scarlet Letter. Yay! Please give this book a chance. It is worth reading, and having a broad knowledge of the book will assist students on the AP Literature exam their senior year.
- Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter chapters 1-3 and complete the reading guide for chapters 1-3. Students must annotate chapter 2. This is individual work and should not be done with friends. Students will take a reading quiz Tuesday reviewing chapters 1-3.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will briefly discuss chapters 1-3. Afterwards, students will take a reading quiz reviewing chapters 1-3.
- Homework: Students should read chapters 4-6 of The Scarlet Letter. They should also complete the reading guide for chapters 4-6 of The Scarlet Letter. On Tuesday, students will have a reading quiz reviewing chapters 4-6.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
- Students will take a reading quiz today reviewing chapters 4-6.
- Homework: Mrs. Anzalone has adjusted the reading assignment. No reading is due tomorrow. However, students must read chapters 7-9 of The Scarlet Letter by Friday and complete the reading guide assigned in class. Again,the reading guide is individual work and should not be completed with friends.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
- Students will review their own selected passages today in groups from chapters 4-6.
- Homework: Mrs. Anzalone has adjusted the reading assignment. No reading is due tomorrow. However, students must read chapters 7-9 of The Scarlet Letter by Friday and complete the reading guide assigned in class. Again,the reading guide is individual work and should not be completed with friends.
Friday, September 28, 2012
- Students will complete a discussion activity reviewing what has been read so far.
- Homework: Students must read The Scarlet Letter chapters 10-12 and complete the reading guide assigned in class. Be prepared at any time to have a reading quiz.
Monday, October 1, 2012
- We will discuss chapters 10-12
- Homework: Read chapters 13-15 of The Scarlet Letter. Answer the study guide questions for chapters 13-15.
- Homework: There is a reading quiz tomorrow reviewing chapters 13-15 of The Scarlet Letter.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
- We will take a reading quiz reviewing chapters 13-15.
- We will review select passages from chapters 13-15 of The Scarlet Letter.
- Homework: Read chapters 16-18 and complete the Bloom's questions for chapters 16-18.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
- We will take a quiz reviewing chapters 16-18.
- Homework: Read chapters 19-21 of The Scarlet Letter. Complete the reading guide for chapters 19-21.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
- We will discuss chapters 19-21 in an inner-outer circle activity.
- Homework: There will be a sentence structure quiz tomorrow.
Friday, October 5, 2012
- We will finish our class discussion.
- We will take the sentence structure quiz.
- Homework: Read chapters 22-24 of The Scarlet Letter. Complete the reading guide for chapters 22-24.
Monday, October 8, 2012
- No School!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
- We will finish our class discussion of The Scarlet Letter.
- Homework: The 20 point multiple choice section of The Scarlet Letter test will be tomorrow. We will discuss and then take the first part of the test.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
- We will take the 20 point Multiple Choice section of The Scarlet Letter test.
- Homework: The essay portion of The Scarlet Letter test is tomorrow.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
- The Scarlet Letter essay test is today.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Friday, October 12, 2012
- We will meet in the Wireless Lab in room 218 and begin working on a unit project for The Scarlet Letter.
- Homework: None.
Monday, October 15, 2012
- We will review for the PLAN test today in class. We will review test taking strategies for the English and reading sections.
- Homework: None.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
- We will meet in Wireless Lab 218 to complete The Scarlet Letter Facebook project.
- Homework: The Scarlet Letter Facebook project presentations are on Thursday in our normal classroom.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
- Testing Day
Thursday, October 18, 2012
- We will present The Scarlet Letter Facebook presentations.
- Homework: None.
Friday, October 19, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the Revolutionary period.
- Homework: Students will read Ben Franklin's autobiography in the course textbook. Students must answer the reading guide accompanying the selection.
Monday, October 22, 2012
- Discuss Franklin's autobiography
- Discuss rhetoric in Franklin's autobiography
- Review Franklin's almanac
- Homework: Students must create an original aphorism. This will be explained in detail in class. This is due on Wednesday, October 24.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
- We will meet in Wireless Lab 218. We will work on composing our own autobiography (between 400 and 500 words) mimicking the tone and style of Ben Franklin.
- Homework: The original aphorism is due tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
- Students will present their original aphorisms.
- Students will begin an introduction to Thomas Paine and read "The Crisis, No. 1" outloud in class.
- Homework: Students must complete the Paine worksheet we worked on in class today. (*Note: The rough draft of the autobiography is not due until Friday.)
Thursday, October 25, 2012
- We will discuss Thomas Paine's "The Crisis, No. 1"
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce Phillis Wheatley and African American slave narratives.
- Homework: The rough draft of the autobiography is due tomorrow. This must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced.
Friday, October 26, 2012
- Students will complete a peer review of the autobiography rough drafts.
- We will be introduced to Olaudah Equiano.
- Homework: The final draft of the autobiography is due on Monday. This should be typed and double-spaced. Feel free to make it any font you desire. (You DO NOT need to complete the Equiano reading as originally scheduled. My apologies if students did not get this message before leaving the classroom Friday.)
Monday, October 29, 2012
- We will finish reading the Equiano selection together.
- We will complete a "Graffiti Wall" activity.
- Homework: None.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
- Students will be introduced to Phillis Wheatley.
- Students will read a poem by Wheatley.
- Homework: The Revolution unit test is tomorrow. Students will need a pen or pencil.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
- Students will take the Revolution Unit test.
- Homework: None. Happy Halloween!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
- We will review various AP terms.
- Homework: None.
Monday, November 5, 2012
- We will continue our discussion of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- We will listen to a Transcendentalist song.
- Students will begin reading "Self-Reliance" in class.
- Homework: Students must finish reading "Self-Reliance" and annotate the text using post-it notes provided in class.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
- We will share our annotations and notes on the SmartBoard for "Self-Reliance."
- We will listen to a transcendentalist song.
- We will begin "Nature" by Emerson.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce "The Leaf" poem assignment.
- Homework: Students are to begin their poem using transcendentalist themes and elements. The poem is due Thursday.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
- We will finish reading "Nature" if necessary.
- Mrs. Anzalone will reintroduce Henry David Thoreau (Students should be familiar with him due to the Into the Wild reading from summer.)
- We will read "Walden" in class.
- We will listen to a transcendentalist song.
- Homework: Finish "The Leaf" poem.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
- Students will share their leaf poems.
- We will complete a group discussion assignment reviewing the themes of Transcendentalism in "Walden."
- We will listen to a transcendentalist song.
- Homework: Finish reading "Walden" in the course textbook. Complete the green worksheet which accompanies the text.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Special Assembly Schedule
- We will complete the group activity for the transcendentalist songs we heard this week.
- Homework: There is a study guide for the Transcendentalist mini-test below in my links. This is not due on Tuesday. However, it will guide you as you prepare to study for the Transcendentalist mini-test on Wednesday. It is up to you if you would prefer to use it as a study tool.
Monday, November 12, 2012
No School - Faculty Institute Day
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
- Students who wish to share their aphorism narratives will be invited to the podium to share them.
- We will review for the transcendentalist test.
- Homework: The transcendentalist test is tomorrow. This is a multiple choice test, and students will definitely have enough time to complete it in class.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
- Students will take the transcendentalist test.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce Romanticism.
- - Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the Romanticism and Emily Dickinson notes.
- Students will read "Because I could not Stop for Death"
- Homework: If we do not do so in class, finish the guided reading worksheet for "Because I could not Stop for Death".
Friday, November 16, 2012
- Students will work in groups today reading and analyzing various Emily Dickinson poems.
- Homework: None.
Monday, November 19, 2012
- Students will learn assonance, consonance, and paradox today.
- Students will read and analyze the Dickinson poem "Much Madness is Divinest Sense"
- Homework: There will be a quiz tomorrow reviewing the Romanticism notes, Emily Dickinson notes, and Emily Dickinson poetry.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
- Students will take the Emily Dickinson quiz today.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
- Homework: None.
Happy Thanksgiving! I am truly blessed to be your teacher and to be a part of this community. My family and I know this is a wonderful place for me to teach at! Thank you!
Monday, November 26, 2012
- Students will meet in Wireless Lab 218 to work on "The Raven" poetry analysis.
- Homework: None.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
- Students will meet in Wireless Lab 218 to work on "The Raven" poetry analysis.
- Homework: The presentations of "The Raven" analysis will begin tomorrow.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
- "The Raven" presentations begin today.
- Homework: Students will need The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on Friday, November 30.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
- "The Raven" presentations conclude today.
- If there is time, Mrs. Anzalone will introduce The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. We will begin reading chapters 1-4 together.
Friday, November 30, 2012
- We will take notes on Realism.
- Homework: Read chapters 1-4 of Huck Finn.
Monday, December 3, 2012
- We will discuss chapters 1-4.
- We will introduce Satire.
- Homework: Read chapters 5-7 and complete the reading guide
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
- We will discuss chapters 5-7.
- Homework: Read chapters 8-11. Complete the reading guide. Tomorrow there will be a 32 question quiz reviewing chapters 1-11.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
- We will take the chapters 1-11 quiz.
- We will begin an activity regarding superstition in AOHF.
- Homework:
Thursday, December 6, 2012
1:35 Dismissal
- We will finish the superstition activity.
Homework: Read chapters 12-15 and complete the reading guide.
Friday, December 7, 2012
- We will discuss chapters 12-15
- We will complete a character analysis of Huck
- Homework: Read and annotate chapter 16—17.
Monday, December 10, 2012
- We will discuss chapters 16-17.
- Homework: Read chapters 18-19 and complete the reading guide. There will be a quiz tomorrow reviewing chapters 12-19.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
- We will compete an irony activity after the Grangerford episode
- Homework: Read and annotate chapters 20-21.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Activity Schedule
- We will finish the irony activity after the Grangerford episodic plot.
- Homework: Read chapters 22-24 and complete the reading guide.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
- We will discuss chapters 22-24.
- Homework: Read and annotate chapters 25-27. Follow the annotating instructions provided to you. We will take a reading quiz reviewing chapters 20-27 tomorrow.
Friday, December 14, 2012
- Reading quiz today reviewing chapters 20-27.
- We will introduce the five paragraph essay.
- Homework: Read and complete the reading guide for chapters 28-29.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Mass Schedule
- We will complete a graffiti wall activity reviewing all episodic plots.
- Homework: Read and complete the reading guide for chapters 30-31. Read and annotate chapters 32-33.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
- We will discuss the graffiti activity from yesterday.
- Homework: The five paragraph essay rough draft is due Thursday. This should be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
- We will review the summary of chapters 34– the end of the book. You will NOT read chapters 34-end.
- Homework: The five paragraph rough draft is due tomorrow.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
We will complete a peer review of the five paragraph essay.
Homework: The final AOHF unit test is tomorrow. The final draft of the AOHF five paragraph essay is due tomorrow.
Friday, December 21, 2012
- We will take the final unit test over AOHF today!
- Homework: None!
Merry Christmas to all of you!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
- We will meet in Wireless Lab 218 to work on the satire project.
- Homework: None.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
- We will meet in Wireless Lab 218 to work on the satire project.
- Homework: The satire project presentations begin tomorrow.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
- We will begin presenting the satire projects.
- Homework: The satire project presentations continue tomorrow.
Friday, January 11, 2013
- We will finish presenting the satire projects.
- Homework: Study for final exams.
Monday, January 14, 2013
- We will review for final exams.
- Homework: Study for final exams.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
- We will review for final exams.
- Homework: Study for final exams.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
- Final Exams
Periods 8, 2, and 6
Thursday, January 17, 2013
- Final Exams
Periods 7, 3, and 5
Friday, January 18, 2013
- Final Exams
Periods 1 and 4
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
- We will finish reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
- Homework: The "Bitter Bierce" assignment is due tomorrow. Five "devlish definitions" need to be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font. Choose one of the definitions to put on 8.5X11 paper and present to the class. Please follow the rubric for specific instructions.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
- We will take the reading quiz reviewing "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
- We will begin working in groups completing the theme analysis of "An Occurrence..."
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Friday, January 25, 2013
- We will present our group analysis of the themes in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
- Homework: None.
Monday, January 28, 2013
- We will finish presenting our "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" theme interpretations.
- We will begin a short introduction of Walt Whitman.
- Homework: None.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
- We will read "Song of Myself" and begin interpreting its poetic devices.
- Homework: If we do not do so in class, finish reading "Song of Myself" by Whitman in the textbook.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
- We will read "When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer" and "I hear, America, singing" in class.
- Mrs. Anzalone will explain the Whitman poetry writing assignment.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow. The Whitman poetry writing assignment is due Friday.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
- We will tie up any loose ends with the Whitman poems and move forward to feminist realism.
- We will be introduced to Kate Chopin. We will read "The Story of an Hour" together in class.
- Homework: The Whitman poetry assignment is due tomorrow.
Friday, February 1, 2013
- Students will share their Whitman poems in small groups.
- We will continue to discuss Kate Chopin.
- Homework: Read and annotate "The Yellow Wallpaper."
Monday, February 4, 2013
- We will discuss "The Yellow Wallpaper"
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
- We will begin viewing portions of the film "Girl, Interrupted" to compare the reliability of the narrator to Jane in "The Yellow Wallpaper." This first dive into psychoanalysis should be entertaining.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow. However, please arrive to class on Thursday with "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Chopin read. Please have the study guide completed. Follow me on Twitter at MrsAnzaloneSVHS
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
- We will finish our viewing portion of Girl, Interrupted. Mrs. Anzalone will introduce a compare/contrast writing prompt asking students to discern details shared between Jane and Susanna.
- Homework: Students should arrive to class tomorrow with "A Pair of Silk Stockings" read. The study guide should also be completed.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
- We will discuss further the writing assignment for Gilman/Girl, Interrupted.
- We will finish any discussion of Kate Chopin.
- We will begin "April Showers" by Edith Wharton.
- Homework: Read "April Showers" by Edith Wharton.
Friday, February 8, 2013
- We will discuss the short story "April Showers."
- Homework: The rough draft of the compare/contrast paragraph is due Monday. The female realism quiz is Tuesday. The final draft of the compare/contrast paragraph is due Wednesday.
Monday, February 11, 2013
- We will review for the female realism quiz.
- We will peer review the compare/contrast paragraphs.
- Homework: The female realism quiz is tomorrow. The quiz is 30 questions.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
- We will take the female realism quiz.
- We will begin our introduction into modernism.
- Homework: The final draft of the compare/contrast analysis paragraph is due tomorrow. This should be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
- We will turn in our final drafts of the compare/contrast paragraph.
- We will continue our introduction into modernism.
- Homework: Read "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
- We will analyze and discuss "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- Homework: TBA
Friday, February 15, 2013
- No School - Institute Day
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
- Review "Winter Dreams" by Fitzgerald.
- Homework: Read chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby and answer the study guide questions for chapter 1.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
- We will discuss chapter 1.
- We will learn our choices for the AFI paper.
- Homework: Read chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby and answer the study guide questions for chapter 2.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
- We will complete a quote analysis of chapters 1 and 2.
- Homework: Read chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby and answer the study guide questions for chapter 3.
Friday, February 22, 2013
- We will discuss chapter 3. We will view portions of the film.
- Homework: Read chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby. Complete the reading guide for chapter 4. Also, students researching a rated R film must turn in the permission slip Monday signed by their parents/guardian.
Monday, February 25, 2013
- Finish watching movie to end of chapter 3
- Conduct Gatsby analysis (your worksheet)
- Chapter 4 questions
- Homework: None.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
*Library presentation
- Homework: Read chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby and answer the study guide questions for chapter 5. There will be a quiz reviewing chapter 5 tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
- Chapter 5 reading quiz.
- We will review quotes in an activity from chapter 5.
- Homework: Read Chapter 6 and answer study guide questions for chapter 6.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
- Explain requirements for Introductory Paragraph for research paper
- Homework: The research materials are due tomorrow.
Friday, March 1, 2013
- Review and assign points to research materials
- Watch movie through chapter 6
- Homework: The Research Paper Introductory Paragraph is due Monday.
Monday, March 4, 2013
- We will peer review the introductory paragraph of the research paper.
- We will learn about MLA format.
- We will wrap-up chapter 6, and we will hopefully finish the film through chapter 4.
- Homework: Read chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby. Be prepared for a chapter 7 reading quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
- We will review chapter 7, examine quotes in chapter 7, and view the film.
- Homework: Read chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby. Be prepared for a chapter 8 reading quiz.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
- We will discuss Nick's comments about the "rotten crowd" to Gatsby.
- Homework: None.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
- We will discuss the outline of the research paper.
- We will wrap-up the movie.
- We will discuss what the Gatsby unit test will be like.
- Homework: Read chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby. Be prepared for a reading quiz tomorrow.
Friday, March 8, 2013
- We will discuss Nick's last comments about Tom and Daisy being "careless people."
- We will finish the film.
- Homework: The outline of the research paper is due on Monday. The Great Gatsby test is March 13.
Monday, March 11, 2013
- We will review the research paper outlines.
- We will discuss/review for The Great Gatsby test.
- Homework: The Great Gatsby test is Wednesday. This is a pre-AP multiple choice exam. There is no formal study guide as the AP courses do not provide study guides for exams. Therefore, we are practicing our ability to take a test without a formal guide as we prepare for it. Hint: I might suggest reviewing any reading guides we completed during the study of the novel. I also might suggest reading chapters that you may have browsed through. The exam requires that you have read the entire book.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
- We will discuss The Great Gatsby and finish any discussion about the novel.
- Homework: The Great Gatsby test is tomorrow. Please bring a pencil.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
- We will take The Great Gatsby unit test today.
- Homework: None. Bring your large textbook to class tomorrow.
Monday, March 18, 2013
- Homework: Students are to complete the rough draft of their AFI research paper. Bring a typed copy of the rough draft in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
- We will peer review the AFI research paper.
- Homework: Please complete the last page of the orange packet from "The Hills Like White Elephants" reading.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
- We will finish "The Hills Like White Elephants" analysis.
- We will read "In Another Country" and complete the reading guide.
- Homework: The final draft of the AFI research paper is due tomorrow. Please submit to www.turnitin.com.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
- We will turn in our final drafts of the AFI research paper.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Friday, March 22, 2013
- We will complete an analysis activity of "In Another Country."
- Homework: None. Please have a safe, happy, and healthy spring break!
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
- We will read "Cat in the Rain"
-Read story aloud + complete discussion questions
- Homework = Hemingway Quest Thursday / Read First Chapter of TTTC
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
- We will have an introduction to Tim O'Brien
-Introduction to The Things They Carried
-Introduce reading assignments + lesson plans for novel
- Homework: The Hemingway Quiz is tomorrow. Students also need to read the first chapter of The Things They Carried for Friday. Read and annotate if you wish, but annotations will not be graded.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
- We will have a quiz on the Hemingway short stories "Hills Like White Elephants," "In Another Country," and "Cat in the Rain."
- Tim O'Brien
-Finish intro to novel
- Homework = Read the first chapter of The Things They Carried. Read and annotate if you wish, but annotations will not be graded.
Friday, April 5, 2013
- Mrs. Anzalone will model the lesson plan for The Things They Carried unit. Students will work in the Wireless Lab next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Monday, April 8, 2013
- Meet in Wireless Lab 218
- Homework: None
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
- Meet in Wireless Lab 218
- Homework: None
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
- We will meet in Wireless Lab 218 to make final preparations on our The Things They Carried unit lesson plans.
- Homework: Read "Love," "Spin," "Enemies," "Friends," and "Stockings" in The Things They Carried. Mark Hoffman, Sophia Koetters, and Lisa Lavelle present tomorrow.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
- Mark, Sophia, and Lisa will present.
- Homework: Read "On the Rainy River" in The Things They Carried. Megan Balas, Pat Gallant, and Yoon Chang present tomorrow.
Friday, April 12, 2013
- Megan B., Pat G., and Yoon present.
- Homework: Read "How to tell a true war story" and "The Dentist" in The Things They Carried. Frank Skorski, Kim Harris, and Susie Moynihan present Monday.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
- Homework: Read “Church,” “The Man I Killed,” “Ambush,” “Style,” and “Good Form” (19 pages)
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
- Rachel, Ricky, and Darcy will present today.
- Homework: Continue to read “Church,” “The Man I Killed,” “Ambush,” “Style,” and “Good Form” (19 pages)
Thursday, April 18, 2013
- Homework: Read “Speaking of Courage” and “Notes” in The Things They Carried(23 pages)
Friday, April 19, 2013
- Homework: Read “In the Field,” “Field Trip,” and “Night Life” (25 pages) This reading is due on Tuesday.
Monday, April 22, 2013
- Homework: Read "In the Field," "Field Trip." and "Night Life" in TTTC.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
- Homework: Read "The Lives of the Dead" (Remember: we accommodated students attending Quest, so this is the new reading not originally scheduled on your printed out sheet.)
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
- Homework: Read "The Ghost Soldier's".
Thursday, April 25, 2013
- The final group presents today.
- Homework: The test is on Monday. This will be an essay test. The test will require you to complete an outline for the essay prior to Monday's test.
Friday, April 26, 2013
- Mrs. Anzalone will explain the test. Students will use class time to work on the outlines for their essay tests.
- Homework: The TTTC essay test is Monday. Please come prepared with a completed outline. The outline must be handwritten. Good luck!
Monday, April 29, 2013
- Students will take the final unit test for The Things They Carried.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the significance of communication.
- We will learn about the first speech topic: the pet peeve speech.
- We learn about logical and rhetorical fallacies. Then, we will complete an activity annotating speeches for logical and rhetorical fallacies.
- Homework: The outline for the pet peeve speech is due tomorrow. Mrs. Anzalone will approve all topics.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- Mrs. Anzalone will approve the pet peeve speech topics.
- We will finish the logical and rhetorical fallacy assignment.
- Homework: Students give their pet peeve speeches tomorrow. All students should finish their pet peeve speech since speeches are only one minute.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
- All students will give their pet peeve speech.
- Homework: None.
Friday, May 3, 2013
- We will review positives and negatives of the speeches that were given yesterday.
- We will complete a listening activity.
- Homework: Take the listening quiz by McGraw Hill for homework (http://www.mhhe.com/business/management/buildyourmanagementskills/updated_flash/topic13b/quiz.html)
Monday, May 6, 2013
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the demonstrative speech outline and rubric.
- We will complete the listening activities and notes from Friday.
- Homework: The demonstrative speech outline is due Wednesday. We will be giving the speeches Thursday and Friday. However, I will be checking in your speech topic tomorrow. Please know what your topic will be tomorrow.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
- Mrs. Anzalone will give her demonstrative speech.
- We will complete an activity selling objects using ethos, pathos, and logos.
- Homework: The demonstrative speech outline is due tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- Mrs. Anzalone will check the demonstrative speech outlines.
- We will perform our skits selling our products.
- Homework: The demonstrative speeches begin tomorrow and continue to Friday. Practice!
Thursday, May 9, 2013
- The demonstrative speeches begin today.
- Homework: If you did not complete your demonstrative speech, you will go tomorrow!
Friday, May 10, 2013
- The demonstrative speeches continue today.
- Homework: None.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
- We will examine various editorials and explore the rhetorical modes in all of them.
- Homework: The rough draft of your editorial is due tomorrow. This must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman and double-spaced.
Friday, May 17, 2013
- We will peer review our editorials.
- We will finish the persuasion notes.
- Homework: The final draft of the editorial is due on Monday. This must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced.
Monday, May 20, 2013
- We will work on the outlines for the persuasive essay during class.
- Homework: The outline for the persuasive essay is due tomorrow.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
- We will review our outlines. Then, we will give impromptu speeches.
- Homework: The persuasive speeches begin tomorrow. You need to practice. You will know what day you present!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- We give our persuasive speeches.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
- We give our persuasive speeches.
Friday, May 24, 2013
- We finish our persuasive speeches and begin to review for finals.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
- We will review for final exams.
Wednesday, May 29 - Friday, May 31, 2013
- Final Exams
It was truly a joy to teach all of you. Enjoy your summer! Please be safe, healthy, and spend time with those you love. God bless you. See you next school year!
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