Tue, Nov 30, 2010

Tue, Nov 30, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Final draft due with rough draft & all other work.
• Read aloud “Lord Randal” p151
• Answer questions 1-7 and Rdg Lit #2 Dialect & #3 Refrain

AP Literature
• AR rdg
• Get back Terms I. Quiz Thur at recess or after class.
• Get essay comments
• Discuss documenting
• Hand in work on Wordsworth & discuss
• Discuss Burns & Blake
• Read 3 Lucy poems, 638-640,“I Wandered” p642, & “Solitary Reaper” p645 for quiz.
• Read about Coleridge p647 and write your impression of him in a ¶.

Mon, Nov 29, 2010

Mon, Nov 29, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Show me any work for points.
• Final draft & all work done due tomorrow, Tues.

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Show me any work and your intro, body, & conclusion ¶s.
• Final draft is due Thursday, Dec 2

AP Literature
• Hand in terms pretest #1for recording missed terms.
• Hand in Critical Response p 622. Some CR’s will go on Essay grade (36%)
• Hand in chart on authors
• Get back student essays 1&2 Open Qstn 3 & get Response to essays
• HW: Read Wm Wordsworth P 631-2. List your 4 most important facts about his life.
• Read “Lines...Tintern Abbey” pp633-37. Answer 1-9 on p 637 and 1&2 in “Verse Paragraphs” under “Analyzing Language and Style,” to be discussed.

Drama
Movie Raisin in the Sun

Wed, Nov 24, 2010

Wed, Nov 24, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Show me any work and your intro, body, & conclusion ¶s.
• Final draft is due Tuesday, Nov30

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Show me your next 100 words. (300 total so far)
• Write intro., body ¶’s, and conclusion. Final draft is due Thu, Dec 2

AP Literature
• Hand in work on Burns.
• Tally scores on sample essays1&2 for Open Qstn 3
• Get in groups for review of scores
• Read about William Blake pp617-19, “Blake’s Poems” p620, “The Tyger” p620, and “The Lamb” p622 and do the Critical Response p622.
• HW: Make a chart for
-3 Literary Periods
-Authors read in each period
-One title read for each author
-A telling quotation from that work, documented parenthetically
PP 190,195, 201,213, 232, 254, 340-6, 364-368, 385, 417, 423, 436,/ 482, 518, 527-530, 555-559, 576 / 613, 620-22

Drama
Video of play to Beneatha leaving with George

Tue, Nov 23, 2010

Tue, Nov 23, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Show me your next 100 words. (300 total so far)
• Write intro., body ¶’s, and conclusion.

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Show me your next 100 words.
• Write another 100 for tomorrow.

AP Literature
Drill to Makalapa
• Hand in Romantic Pd notes & discuss.
• Hand in Open Question essays.
• HW: Get essay #3 to evaluate.
• HW: Read Robert Burns p 611 and “To a Mouse” p 613-15. Answer questions 1-6 p 615
• HW: Justify scores for the 2 sample essays on the Open Question if you haven’t yet.

Drama
Readers Theater # 4 for pp 119 to 130.

Mon, Nov 22, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Show me your next 100 words.
• Write another 100 for tomorrow.

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Show me your first 100 words. Write 100 more for tomorrow.

AP Literature
• Hand in your second evaluated essay and your typed third essay.
• Quiz on Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson and the Dictionary p594.
• Discuss Renaissance authors Milton & Donne and Restoration author Pope (Augustan poetry).
• Read scoring guidelines for the Open Question essay and 2 sample student essays for you to evaluate. Justify your score.
• Read the Romantic Period, pp 600-610 and take notes on the intro ¶ and the six parts.

Drama
• Readers Theater #3 for pp107-119.

Fri, Nov 19, 2010

Fri, Nov 19, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Show me your work on essay
• Next 100 words due Mon

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Show me your work on essay
• 100 words due Mon

AP Literature
• Hand in qstns on Johnson.
• Hand in third typed essay.
• Quiz on satire, Pope, and Eng Dictionary
• HW: Give the essay you evaluated to another student to evaluate
• HW: Read from The Life of Samuel Johnson pp 576-581 and dictionaries p594 for a quiz.

Drama
• Watch DVD A Raisin in the Sun

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

Thu, Nov 18, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Show me your topic (5pts), outline of body¶s (10pts), and thesis (10 pts).
• Write 100 words of essay.

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Show me your topic (5pts), outline of body¶s (10pts), and thesis (10 pts)
• Write 100 words of essay (10pts)

AP Literature
• AR rdg
• Hand in Comparison of Pope’s work to that of Milton & Donne
• Get in groups of 4 or 5 with your essay 1 & 2 for Johnson and Dickinson. Discuss your score. Adjust if you think you should. As a class, compare answers. Get actual scores.
• HW: Read pp555-560. Quiz on p555. Answer any 2 qstns from 1-6 and all of 7-11 on p558, and on p560 #s 1-4.
• HW: Type your third exam essay

Drama
• SSRFF
• Improv with Mrs. Zimmerman

Wed, Nov 17, 2010

Wed, Nov 17, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Show me your topic (5pts), outline of body¶s (10pts), and thesis (10 pts).
• Write 100 words of essay.

English 12 Period 4
Café duty.

AP Literature
• Hand in work on "Satire" and Pope's poetry.
• Get literary terms pre-quiz back to learn terms missed for quiz
• Hand in typed essays with pen name on back.
• HW: Get guidelines on AP practice essays. Read and score from 1-9 the 2 essays. Tell why you gave the score.
• Read Pope pp525-6 for quiz. Compare to Milton’s and Donne's poetry on one trait each.

Drama
Readers’ Theater: Act2, Scene 2 pp 96-106 with group 2

Mon, Nov 15, 2010

Mon, Nov 15, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Write outline & thesis

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Write outline & thesis

AP Literature
• Show me essays, I initial & return to you to be typed with a pseudonym (pen name) written on the back. Students in class will evaluate essays.
• Discuss The Restoration &18th Century.
• HW: Write the third exam essay in the packet
• HW: Read "Satire," p 516-17 & find an example of satire in "A Modest Proposal" p 518-523. Write your quote and explain how it is satire. •Read Heroic Couplets" p527 and answer questions 1 & 2 p528. •Read Criticism p829 & answer qstns 1&2 and write Creative Resp. •Read Man p830 & answer qstns 1-5.
• HW: Type 2 essays from exam essay packet Practice 1 without your name on them. Write pen name on back.

Drama
• Get books
• On paper write what part you would like to read in a class reading.
• Readers Theater for pp89-96, end of 2.2

Fri, Nov 12, 2010

Fri, Nov 12, 2010

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Handout Easy Steps to Literary Analysis
• Show me your topic and how you plan to approach it
• Grade reports mid quarter

AP Literature
• Hand in notes on Defoe
• Quiz on Defoe and from Robinson Crusoe
• Pre-quiz on usage & literary terms
• Check usage quiz
• HW: Pick 2 of the 3 practice exam essays to write about. Give yourself 80 mins to read and write both. If one takes less than 40 mins, give yourself more than 40 mins for the second one. Hand write them and print, unless your cursive has been complimented. Other students will assess these in class.
• HW: Due Wed: The third exam essay in the packet
• HW: Due Wed: Read "Satire," p 516-17, and "A Modest Proposal" p 518-523 for quizzes, and Heroic Couplets" p527. Answer questions 1 & 2 p528.

Drama
• SSRFF
• Discuss Raisin in the Sun
• Read in groups
• Mid quarter grade reports

Wed, Nov 10, 2010

Wed, Nov 10, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Handout: Easy Steps to Literary Analysis
• Show me your literary term and chart

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Make a chart using your selected topic
• See modeling of topic in chart

Drama
• Read A Raisin in the Sun in groups.

Tue, Nov 9, 2010

Tue, Nov 9, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Make a chart using your selected topic
• See modeling of topic and chart with comparison

AP Literature
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Recitation
• Hand in notes on Milton.
• Hand in notes on Restoration & the 18th Century
• Quiz on Milton
• Check
• HW: Read Daniel Defoe p480 for quiz or notes, and Robinson Crusoe p483-495 for quiz only.

Mon, Nov 8, 2010

Mon, Nov 8, 2010

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Get Lit essay handouts & discuss, looking at my sample essay

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Literary Analysis: Get Lit essay handouts & discuss, looking at my sample essay

AP Literature
• Hand in notes on PL p420-3
• Hand in questions p434 1-14.
• Class discussion
• HW: Read Milton pp414-416 for quiz or take 2 notes per ¶. Name 4 ways his life was different from John Donne's and 4 ways similar. Tell one way their works were alike and different.
• Read The Restoration &18th Century. Take notes on pp448-450.

Drama
SSRFF
Discuss Raisin for points.

Fri, Nov 5, 2010

Fri, Nov 5, 2010

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 20 mins
• Quiz on structure
• Get literary-essay-writing handouts and discuss ideas for essay, rubric, and parts of my sample essay of lit analysis
• Discuss possible topics

AP Literature
•Hand in essays on Milton. Class discussion of poems for points.
• Any more recitations?
• HW: Read Milton's Paradise Lost pp 420-22 and take notes.
• HW: Read The Temptation of Eve pp423-433 and answer questions 1-14 for in class discussion for points.

Drama
• SSRFF
• Discuss Raisin for points.
• Quiz
• Charades

Wed, Nov 3, 2010

Wed, Nov 3, 2010

English 12 Period 4
• AR rdg 20 mins
• Vocab 17-24 Review & quiz
• Writing structure 5 ¶ essay: 3 kinds of ¶s w/ 2 parts each
Intro¶: 1. Hook > 2. Complete Thesis (Main Idea +Supporting Subtopic Ideas)
Body ¶s: 1. Topic Sentence referring to the Main Idea > 2 Supporting facts
Concluding¶: 1. Thesis restated in different words > 2. So What? or Personal Comment

AP Literature
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Recitations
• Check, discuss, & hand in 3 facts from Donne’s life that correspond to the works we read.
• Check & hand in summary of Metaphysical Poetry
• Check, discuss, & hand in paraphrase of “On His Blindness” and definitions of the 6 words from the poem.
• Get handouts of Milton's 2 sonnets, TPCASTT poetry analysis, and Sample Train of Thought for discovering your thinking on poems
• HW: Write an essay on Milton’s two sonnets, comparing them in various literary aspects. Explain the theme/meaning and tell which poem you think is better and why. "On His Blindness" and "Having Arrived Age 23." Write 300 to 500 words, as in an AP Exam essay.

Drama/Acting
• Do you want to do monologue performance for classes? no
• Reading a play/ Presenting scene from a play read in English, for which we have books.
Should it be Reader’s Theater or Acting w/memorized dialogue?
• We will alternate reading a play in groups with shorter activities.