American Literature 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. No exceptions!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Today, Mrs. Anzalone will
- introduce the course syllabus and review all expectations
- collect all summer reading assignments
- Homework: The summer reading test will be on Monday. Students should be prepared to answer questions about Fahrenheit 451 and Into the Wild. If students thoroughly read each book, they will perform well.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Today, students will
- take the summer reading test.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Today, Mrs. Anzalone will
- review the grades students earned on the summer reading test.
- 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 tomorrow as a homework assignment.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
ID/Yearbook photos - Special Schedule Today
Today, students will
- explore the term "censorship"
- 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.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Today, Mrs. Anzalone will
- teach utopia v. dystopia
- facilitate a thematic class discussion.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Friday, August 26, 2011
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.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Today, students will
- finish working on the Censorship project in groups.
- Homework: The censorship projects will be presented in class tomorrow. Good luck!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Activity Schedule
Today, students will
- present their group censorship projects.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow. Bring Fahrenheit 451 to class tomorrow. Mrs. Anzalone will collect it and grade the annotations.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Today, students will
- finish presenting the censorship projects
- receive their summer reading five paragraph essay back
- review common errors in grammar and punctuation on the essays
- Being a discussion of Into the Wild
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Mass Schedule
Today, students will
- complete a group activity identifying the timeline of events in Into the Wild
- Homework: Complete the quote analysis packet.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Today, students will
- finish the film clips and the sequence activity
- receive a short essay prompt assignment responding to Into the Wild
- Homework: The short essay prompt rough draft is due on Wednesday, September 7. The rough draft must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- We will finish the film clips of Into the Wild
- We will complete the compare/contrast of various explorers.
- Homework: The rough draft of the Into the Wild prompt is due tomorrow. This should be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
- Students will peer review their Into the Wild writing prompts.
- Today we will learn about transcendentalism and identify Chris' fascination with Thoreau
- Homework: None.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
- We will review the active/passive voice worksheet
- We will finish our discussion of Transcendentalism
- Homework: The final draft of the Into the Wild prompt is due tomorrow. This must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced. Students must also submit their prompt to www.turnitin.com PRIOR to arriving to their class period.
Friday, September 9, 2011
- Students will turn in their Into the Wild prompt response today.
- Homework: Please complete the green worksheet analyzing the transcendentalist themes in Into the Wild. This is due Monday!
Monday, September 12, 2011
- We will finish our discussion of the summer reading books.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce puritanism to the class.
- Homework: Read from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" in the course textbook. Complete the analysis worksheet provided in class. Also, bring an advertisement to class on Wednesday. The advertisement should come from a magazine, newspaper, or journal. It should not be a TV commercial.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
- Today we will view various commercials and critique the rhetoric each commercial uses to persuade an audience
- Homework: Complete the rhetoric questions in response to "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God".
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Activity Schedule
- Students will analyze the advertisement they brought to class. They will critique the use of audience, occasion, and means of persuasion.
- Homework: The typed advertisement analysis is due on Friday, September 16 at the beginning of class.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Mass Schedule
- Students will be introduced to Anne Bradstreet
- We will study various poetic devices
- Homework: The typed advertisement analysis is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
Friday, September 16, 2011
- Mrs. Anzalone will pass back the Into the Wild prompts.
- Mrs. Anzalone will collect the advertisement analysis.
- Students will finish their study of Anne Bradstreet.
- Homework: We finished all of our work in class on Friday; therefore, you DO NOT have homework due on Monday. ENJOY THE WEEKEND!
Monday, September 19, 2011
- Students will be introduced to "The Minister's Black Veil"
- Homework: 2nd period: Complete the reading guide assigned in class. 8th Period: Complete the green analysis worksheet assigned in class. Don't worry: each period will eventually work on both activities.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
- Students will review Nathaniel Hawthorne and "The Minister's Black Veil"
- We will discuss allegory, tone, metaphor, and phillipic strategies in "The Minister's Black Veil"
- Homework: Complete the allegory side of the green worksheet provided in class for "The Minister's Black Veil". Bring The Scarlet Letter to class tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
- Mrs. Anzalone will briefly discuss The Scarlet Letter
- Homework: None is due tomorrow.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
- Mrs. Anzalone will not be in class today because she will be moderating the SAW workshop with the freshman class. Although she will be in the building, she will not be teaching class today. Therefore, students will have a substitute.
- Students should bring The Scarlet Letter to class.
- Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter chapters 1-3 and complete the reading guide for chapters 1-3. This is individual work and should not be done with friends. Students will take a reading quiz tomorrow reviewing chapters 1-3.
Friday, September 23, 2011
- 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.
Monday, September 26, 2011
- Faculty Retreat Today - Students are not in session!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Special Schedule - AM Assembly
- Students will take a reading quiz today reviewing chapters 4-6.
- Homework: Students must read chapters 7-9 of The Scarlet Letter and complete the reading guide assigned in class. Again,the reading guide is individual work and should not be completed with friends.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
- Students will review their own selected passages today in groups from chapters 4-6.
- Mrs. Anzalone will review chapters 7-9.
- 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.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
- The questions students generated for homework last night will make up the bulk of our class work today.
- Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter chapters 13-15 and complete the reading guide assigned in class. Be prepared at any time to have a reading quiz.
Friday, September 30, 2011
- Homework: Read The Scarlet Letter chapters 16-18 and complete the Bloom's Questions worksheet. Be prepared for a reading quiz to take place at any time!
Monday, October 3, 2011
- We will take a quiz reviewing chapters 16-18
- We will sing the Scarlet Letter song. It's fun!
- We will discuss chapters 16-18.
- Homework: Read chapters 19-21 and complete the reading guide.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
- We will discuss chapters 19-21
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the Facebook project
- Homework: Finish The Scarlet Letter today!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
- Meet in the Wireless Lab to work on The Facebook Project.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow. The Scarlet Letter unit test is next Tuesday, October 11th.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
- Meet in the Wireless Lab to work on The Facebook Project.
- Homework: None is due tomorrow. The Scarlet Letter unit test is next Tuesday, October 11th.
Friday, October 7, 2011
- We will review chapters 22-24 of The Scarlet Letter
- Homework: The unit test reviewing The Scarlet Letter is Tuesday. Study!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
- Students will take The Scarlet Letter test today. Parents and students: This is an essay test. It will take Mrs. Anzalone an extended amount of time to grade them. Please give her at least one entire week to grade these essay tests.
- Homework: The Scarlet Letter Facebook presentations begin on Friday.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
- All school testing day.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Games Day Schedule
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the Revolutionary Period to 8th period since they will have a sub as Mrs. Anzalone prepares for Games Day. 2nd period will begin their Facebook presentations.
- Homework: The Scarlet Letter Facebook presentations begin/continue tomorrow.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Coronation Schedule
- The Scarlet Letter Facebook presentations will begin/continue today.
- Homework: None.
Monday, October 17, 2011
- Today we will finish the Facebook presentations if we need to.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce Ben Franklin.
- Homework: Students must read the selection of Ben Franklin's autobiography in the course textbook on page 98. Students should complete the study guide which accompanies the selection. This is due tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
- Students should continue to be working on their Ben Franklin Self-Improvement Project
- Today, students will learn about the Revolutionary period and read Ben Franklin's aphorisms.
- Homework: Students are to write their own original aphorism. This should be handdrawn or printed with a color printer. The aphorism is a short, wise statement which articulates some truth about life. Students will present their aphorisms tomorrow in class.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
- Students will present their aphorism today.
- Students will complete an in class activity regarding Ben Franklin's epitaph.
- Homework: Students are to write their own epitaph on some famous person, living or deceased. This will be explained thoroughly in class. Additionally, students should remember to continue filling in their chart for the self-improvement project. The epitaph is due tomorrow. The self-improvement project is due on Friday.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
-Students will present their epitaphs to the class.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce Thomas Paine to the class.
- Homework: The Ben Franklin self-improvement project chart and written response are due tomorrow.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Mass Schedule
- Students will complete the Thomas Paine activity.
- Homework: None
Monday, October 24, 2011
- Students will finish discussing "The Crisis, No. 1" by Thomas Paine.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce Olaudah Equiano
- Homework: Finish reading the autobiography selection of Olaudah Equiano in the course textbook.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
- Students will complete the graffiti wall activity for Olaudah Equiano.
- Homework: The Revolution test is on Friday. The test will cover Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine, Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, and Latin Terms.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
- Students will read Phillis Wheatley's poetry and discuss her history.
- Homework: The Revolution test is on Friday. The test will cover Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine, Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, and Latin Terms.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
- We will review for the Revolution test.
- Homework: The Revolution test is tomorrow. The test will cover Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine, Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, and Latin Terms.
Friday, October 28, 2011
- We will take the Revolution test today.
- Homework: None.
Monday, October 31, 2011
- Mrs. Anzalone will review the Revolution test with her students.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the next set of terms for the Latin prefixes.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the Transcendentalist unit and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- We will begin reading "Self-Reliance"
- Homework: None. A Latin prefix quiz will be given on Thursday.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
- We will finish reading "Self-Reliance" and annotating using post-it notes.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the aphorism narrative
- Mrs. Anzalone will review punctuation in dialogue.
- Homework: The aphorism narrative is due Thursday, November 3. The aphorism narrative must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, and submitted to www.turnitin.com prior to the beginning of class on Thursday. Students must also turn in a hard copy of the assignment.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
- Mrs. Anzalone will reintroduce Thoreau.
- Students will read "Walden" by Thoreau.
- Homework: The Latin prefix quiz is tomorrow. The aphorism narrative is due tomorrow. The aphorism narrative must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, and submitted to www.turnitin.com prior to the beginning of class on Thursday. Students must also turn in a hard copy of the assignment.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
- Students will take the Latin prefix quiz today.
- Students will discuss Walden by Thoreau.
- Homework: Finish reading the excerpt of "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau on page 204 of the textbook. Complete the reading guide which accompanies the selection.
Monday, November 7, 2011
- Today, we will review the selection of "Walden" and the transcendentalist movement.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the leaf project.
- Homework: Students will take a quiz tomorrow reviewing Emerson and Thoerau. The quiz will be twenty multiple choice questions. The leaf project is due tomorrow. The project should be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
- Students will share their leaf project.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the next set of Latin terms.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven".
- Homework: None. However, I wanted to clarify a jeopardy question from today's random knowledge section: A dolphin does not technically jump. It only uses its fin and tail to propel itself out of the water. The only land mammal that cannot jump is the elephant. Some scientists also claim the sloth cannot jump. Happy learning!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
- We will meet in the Wireless Lab to work on the Edgar Allan Poe project.
- Homework: Students will present their Poe projects tomorrow during class.
Friday, November 11, 2011
- Students will present their Poe projects today in class.
- Homework: Students will take the weekly Latin prefix quiz on Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
- We will begin class with our Latin prefix quiz.
- Students will continue and finish their Edgar Allan Poe presentations.
- Homework: None.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Mass Schedule
- 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".
Thursday, November 17, 2011
- Students will work in groups today reading and analyzing various Emily Dickinson poems.
- Homework: None.
Friday, November 18, 2011
- 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 on Monday reviewing the Romanticism notes, Emily Dickinson notes, and Emily Dickinson poetry.
Monday, November 21, 2011
- Students will take the Emily Dickinson quiz today.
- Mrs. Anzalone will review the Latin prefixes we have learned so far.
- Homework: Students will take a cumulative Latin prefix quiz of the six prefixes we have learned so far.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
- We will take the Latin prefix quiz.
- We will take a practice AP test with multiple choice questions and a prompt.
- Homework: NONE! Enjoy your Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to each of you. Please be safe, have fun, and enjoy spending time with your family members.
Monday, November 28, 2011
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the class.
- Homework: Read chapters 1-4 of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the reading guide questions for chapters 1-4.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
- We will discuss chapters 1-4 of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (AOHF).
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce satire.
- Homework: Read chapters 5-7 and complete the reading guide for chapters 5-7 of AOHF.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
- We will discuss chapters 5-7.
- We will finish the satire activity.
- Homework: Read chapters 8-11. Complete the reading guide for chapters 8-11. Tomorrow there will be a 25 question reading quiz reviewing chapters 1-11. You will need a pencil.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
1:35 Dismissal Today
- We will take the reading quiz reviewing chapters 1-11 of AOHF.
- We will begin an activity regarding superstition in AOHF.
- Homework: The weekly 10 question Latin Prefix quiz will be tomorrow reviewing the prefixes extra and inter.
Friday, December 2, 2011
- We will take the Latin prefix quiz.
- We will finish the superstition activity today.
- Homework: Read chapters 12-15 of AOHF. Annotate chapters 12 and 13 using post-it notes. Complete the reading guide for chapters 14-15.
Monday, December 5, 2011
- We will discuss chapters 12-15.
- We will complete a character analysis of Huck.
- Homework: Read chapters 16-17. DO NOT ANNOTATE! QUERBES SCHOLARS 8th PERIOD: DO NOT ANNOTATE. Only read chapters 16-17. Please read - do not Sparknote!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Extended Homeroom Schedule
- We will discuss chapters 16-17.
- Homework: Read chapters 18-19 of AOHF. Complete the reading guide for chapters 18-19. There will be a quiz tomorrow reviewing chapters 12-19. Some of the quiz will be short answer and some will be multiple choice.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
- We will complete an activity about irony after the Grangerford episode.
- Homework: Read and annotate chapters 20-21.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Activity Schedule
- We will finish the irony activity after the Grangerford episode.
- Homework: Read chapters 22-24 and complete the reading guide.
Friday, December 9, 2011
- We will discuss chapters 22-24.
- Homework: Read and annotate chapters 25-27. On Monday, we will take a reading quiz reviewing chapters 20-27. The quiz will also include the prefixes from this week.
Monday, December 12, 2011
- We will take the chapter 20-27 and prefix quiz today.
- We will finish the episodic plot diagrams.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the Huck Finn essay.
- Homework: Read and complete the reading guide for chapters 28 and 29.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
- We will complete a graffiti wall activity.
- Homework: Students should read and complete the reading guide for ch. 30-31. Read and annotate chapters 32-33.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
- Mrs. Anzalone will review critical writing skills for the essay.
- Homework: Read the summary of chapters 34-end of the novel.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
- We will discuss the end of the novel.
- Homework: The rough draft of the essay is due tomorrow. This should be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced.
Friday, December 16, 2011
- We will peer review the rough draft of the Huck Finn essay.
- Homework: None is due on Monday. The Huck Finn unit test is on Tuesday. The Huck Finn essay is due on Tuesday.
Monday, December 19, 2011
- We will review for the Huck Finn unit test
- Homework: The Huck Finn unit test is tomorrow! The final draft of the Huck Finn analytical essay is due tomorrow. This must be submitted to www.turnitin.com prior to arriving to class.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
- We will take the Huck Finn final unit test today.
- Homework: None. Enjoy your holiday. I am happy to be your teacher and love our Saint Viator community. Merry Christmas!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Classes Resume
- Introduce Realism and Bierce PowerPoint
- Return Adventures of Huckleberry Finn test and essay
- Homework: Read “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” in the course textbook.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will assign and explain the “Bitter Bierce” assignment
- Complete the Bierce investigation in cooperative groups
- Homework: None is due tomorrow. However, the "Bitter Bierce" assignment is due on Friday.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
- We will complete group discussion work from the Bierce questions that we started yesterday.
- Homework: The Bitter Bierce Project is due tomorrow.
Friday, January 6, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce Walt Whitman
- We will read “from Song of Myself” in the course textbook and complete PowerPoint notes
- Homework: Finish reading “from Song of Myself” (page 409)and be prepared to discuss the poem in class on Monday. REMINDER: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE FIRST SEMESTER FINAL EXAM REVIEW SESSIONS, THEY WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNING IN ROOM 221 FROM 7:20 AM TO 7:50 AM. PLEASE REMIND MR. RISKIND'S STUDENTS TO ATTEND!
Monday, January 9, 2012
- We will read “When I heard the Learn’d astronomer”, “I hear America Singing” and “A March in the Ranks…”
- Homework: If we do not do so in class, please finish the Walt Whitman packet which accompanies the poems we read in class today. THE LAST FINAL EXAM REVIEW SESSION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW IN ROOM 221 WITH MRS. ANZALONE FROM 7:20 AM - 7:50 AM. PLEASE REMIND MR. RISKIND'S STUDENTS TO ATTEND!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
- We will review Walt Whitman.
- We will review for the final exam.
- Homework: Please study for your final exams. Good luck!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
- Final Exams
Thursday, January 12, 2012
- Final Exams
Friday, January 13, 2012
- Final Exams
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
- Introduce "Women in the 21st Century" and Kate Chopin
- Homework: Read "The Story of an Hour" and complete the reading guide which accompanies the text in the course packet Mrs. Anzalone provided.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
- We will discuss "The Story of an Hour"
- We will read "A Pair of Silk Stockings" in class together and answer the reading guide questions which accompany the story.
- We will finish discussing empowering females in our current culture.
- Homework: If we do not finish reading "A Pair of Silk Stockings" students must do so and complete the reading guide.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
1:35 Dismissal
- We will review "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
- We will introduce Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Homework: Read and annotate "The Yellow Wallpaper" and follow the annotation instructions provided to you in the course packet.
Friday, January 20, 2012
- We will discuss "The Yellow Wallpaper"
- We will review a clip of "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" to understand insane asylums.
- Homework: Read "April Showers" in the course textbook by Edith Wharton.
Monday, January 23, 2012
- We will review "April Showers"
- Homework: Read "Mrs. Manstey's View" in the course packet provided to you. Complete the reading guide in the course packet.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
- We will review "Mrs. Manstey's View"
- We will review for the feminist realism quiz tomorrow.
- Homework: The feminist realism quiz is tomorrow. Study!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
- Students will take the feminist realism quiz.
- Homework: None.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will pass back the feminist realism quiz grades.
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce Modernism.
- Homework: None.
Friday, January 27, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce the AFI research paper.
- We will begin reading "Winter Dreams"
- Homework: None.
Monday, January 30, 2012
- We will begin Winter Dreams.
- Mrs. Anzalone will teach MLA format and documentation.
- Homework: Finish reading "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also, your top three movie choices are due tomorrow. You can choose any movie from the 2007 or 2010 updated AFI list. Students are not guaranteed to get their first movie choice, but they will definitely get 1 or the top 3 they choose.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
- We will complete a quote analysis activity with "Winter Dreams."
- Homework: Complete pages 18 and 19 of the "Winter Dreams" packet. Bring The Great Gatsby to class tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
- Mrs. Anzalone will introduce The Great Gatsby.
- Homework: Read chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby. There will be a reading quiz tomorrow reviewing chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby. The quiz will be 5 short answer questions.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
- Students will take a quiz reviewing chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby.
- Students will need to read and complete the study guide for chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby in class.
- Homework: Students should not have homework this evening if they complete the chapter 2 reading and study guide in class today. However, if this is not completed in class today, then you need to do so for homework. There will be a reading quiz tomorrow reviewing chapter 2.
Friday, February 3, 2012
- We will discuss chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby.
- We will take the chapter 2 reading quiz.
- Homework: Complete the quote analysis assigned in class. There is no additional reading homework this weekend.
Monday, February 6, 2012
- We will complete an activity examining the themes in The Great Gatsby.
- Homework: Read chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby and complete the chapter 3 study guide. There will be a quiz tomorrow reviewing chapter 3. The quiz will be 10 short answer/fill in the blank questions. The permission slip form is due tomorrow for students researching an R rated film.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
- We will take a quiz reviewing chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby.
- Mrs. Anzalone will review the Works Cited information for the AFI research paper. Remember: The thesis and introductory paragraph of the research paper is due on Friday.
- Homework: Read chapter 4. There is no reading guide, but you will have a reading quiz tomorrow reviewing chapter 4.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
- We will review the thesis and introductory paragraph of the research paper.
- We will watch the film The Great Gatsby (20 minutes)
- Homework: None is due tomorrow. However, the introductory paragraph and thesis of the AFI research paper is due on Friday.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
28 minute classes
- We will view The Great Gatsby
- Homework: The introductory paragraph and thesis of the AFI research paper is due tomorrow.
Friday, February 10, 2012
- We will peer review the introductory paragraph and thesis of the AFI research paper.
- Homework: Read chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby. Complete the chapter 5 study guide. There will NOT be a reading quiz on Monday reviewing chapter 5.
Monday, February 13, 2012
- We will discuss chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby.
- Mrs. Anzalone will review the outline format for the AFI research paper.
- Homework: Read chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby. Answer the study guide questions for chapter 6. Be prepared for a reading quiz tomorrow reviewing chapter 6.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
- We will begin with a reading quiz reviewing chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby.
- We will discuss chapter 6.
- We will discuss the satire of The "Great" Gatsby
- Homework: Read chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby. The study guide for chapter 7 is due tomorrow. There will be a reading quiz reviewing chapter 7 tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
- We will discuss chapter 7 and take a reading quiz reviewing chapter 7.
- Mrs. Anzalone will reiterate directions for the outline of the AFI research paper.
- Homework: The outline and works cited page of the AFI research paper is due tomorrow. Please type and double-space all documents in 12 point Times New Roman font. This will be explained in-depth during class.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
- We will peer review the outlines and works cited pages of the AFI papers.
- We will watch the film The Great Gatsby
- Homework: Read chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby. Answer the study guide questions for chapter 8. Be prepared for a reading quiz on Tuesday reviewing chapter 8.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- We will discuss chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby and take the chapter 8 reading quiz.
- We will discuss how to blend quotes into our writing.
- Homework: Read chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby. Complete the chapter 9 study guide.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
- We will discuss chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby.
- We will take the chapter 9 reading quiz.
- We will watch the film The Great Gatsby.
- Homework: The typed rough draft of the AFI research paper is due tomorrow. This should be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font and double-spaced. It must include a Works Cited page.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
- We will peer review the AFI research paper rough drafts.
- Homework: The final unit test covering The Great Gatsby is tomorrow. The test will be an essay test similar to the AP writing exams. The test is worth 50 points.
Friday, February 24, 2012
- Students will take The Great Gatsby essay test. Good luck!
- Homework: None.
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