Tue, Sep 9
Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Binder check
1) Class Info Sheet
2) Vocabulary List
3) Happiness article
4) Binder
5) Divider if it applies
3. p2 Globe: Anglo-Saxon Period
Britain, 5 invasions:
1) Celts, pushed N & W by
2) Romans, built roads, left
3) Anglos,Saxons>England
4) Danes(Vikngs)DaneLaw
5) Normans (French)1 king
Pd 5
1. Hand in storyboards of p201 Faerie Queen
2. Hand in qstn10p211
3. Get&discuss handouts
4. CompNotes #2.Why not write about the reader or us? Wrtg abt author and piece is authoritative.
#4. How to avoid repetition? Use a thesaurus, have someone find your repetition, think of a different word (have a good vocabulary!)
#5. What does redundant mean? Repetitive
HW: Memorize analytical words (10, on handout)
HW: p1272: 7terms, you give defn—TUVW
HW: Hand in Essay Comment sheets
HW: Rd “Sonnet 75” p213 & analyze in note form using TP-CASTT method
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
Mon, Sep 8, 2008
Mon, Sep 8
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Binder check tomorrow
3. Expository writing is nonfiction. Fiction has a section called exposition, but we write nonfiction essays as expository writing.
4. Voc 4,5,6 and defns.
5. Grade checks to students
Pd 5
1. Terms qz S, I give defn.
2. Hand in writing on 3 poems, carpe diem theme
3. Take C. notes on Comp1. #1 Begin with a hook, an interesting idea related to thesis, but more general. It makes a good impression.
4. Grade checks to students
HW: Draw a storyboard of the events in bold print on page 201, second column. Use 1 or 2sheets of unlined paper divided into 4 quarters. Label the characters and action.
HW: Read stanzas 45-50 & answer #10 on p211.
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Binder check tomorrow
3. Expository writing is nonfiction. Fiction has a section called exposition, but we write nonfiction essays as expository writing.
4. Voc 4,5,6 and defns.
5. Grade checks to students
Pd 5
1. Terms qz S, I give defn.
2. Hand in writing on 3 poems, carpe diem theme
3. Take C. notes on Comp1. #1 Begin with a hook, an interesting idea related to thesis, but more general. It makes a good impression.
4. Grade checks to students
HW: Draw a storyboard of the events in bold print on page 201, second column. Use 1 or 2sheets of unlined paper divided into 4 quarters. Label the characters and action.
HW: Read stanzas 45-50 & answer #10 on p211.
Fri, Sep 5, 2008
Fri, Sep 5
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Discuss and hand in notes on Happiness article
3. Any late essays?
Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in paraphrase
3. Get graded essay back and handouts on literary analysis 2 sides
4. Qz on terms Q-R, Spenser, FQ, & “Amoretti”
HW: Read
p232 “Passionate Shepherd,” Marlowe
p385 “To the Virgins,” Herrick
p436 “To His Coy Mistress,” Marvell
Write what makes each one special and unlike the other two.
HW: Terms S(12) I give defn.
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Discuss and hand in notes on Happiness article
3. Any late essays?
Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in paraphrase
3. Get graded essay back and handouts on literary analysis 2 sides
4. Qz on terms Q-R, Spenser, FQ, & “Amoretti”
HW: Read
p232 “Passionate Shepherd,” Marlowe
p385 “To the Virgins,” Herrick
p436 “To His Coy Mistress,” Marvell
Write what makes each one special and unlike the other two.
HW: Terms S(12) I give defn.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Thu, Sep 4, 2008
Thu, Sep 4
Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Take Cornell notes on Happiness article. One point for each bold heading, notes on each (no more than the # of paragraphs), title, heading, and straight line
3. Hand in FINAL DRAFTS stapled to Rough Drafts for college essay.
Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in p196 Critical Response
3. Quizzes on:Renaissance Poetry and Prose,
P terms, Raleigh, his poem “Nature . . .Milk,” & Poetic Meter.
HW: Terms Q-R (7) You give defn.
HW: Rd pp 198-201. Paraphrase verse 1 of Faerie Queen.
Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Take Cornell notes on Happiness article. One point for each bold heading, notes on each (no more than the # of paragraphs), title, heading, and straight line
3. Hand in FINAL DRAFTS stapled to Rough Drafts for college essay.
Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in p196 Critical Response
3. Quizzes on:Renaissance Poetry and Prose,
P terms, Raleigh, his poem “Nature . . .Milk,” & Poetic Meter.
HW: Terms Q-R (7) You give defn.
HW: Rd pp 198-201. Paraphrase verse 1 of Faerie Queen.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Wed, Sep 3, 2008
Wed, Sep 3
Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Take 2 column ( Cornell) notes on Happiness article and hand in. One point for each paragraph topic, bold heading, title, and notes components
3. Hand in FINAL DRAFTS stapled to Rough Drafts for college essay. 300-450 words.
Pd. 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Write or type final draft
Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Take 2 column ( Cornell) notes on Happiness article and hand in. One point for each paragraph topic, bold heading, title, and notes components
3. Hand in FINAL DRAFTS stapled to Rough Drafts for college essay. 300-450 words.
Pd. 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Write or type final draft
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Tues, Sep 2, 2008
Tues, Sep 2
Pds 1, 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Write or type final draft
Pd 5
1. Check Reading Record Card
2. Check, discuss, and hand in notes on Wyatt, poem, and Petrarchan sonnets.
HW: Review Renaissance Poetry and Prose for the rest of the quiz
HW: Read pp193-5 & write Critical Response ¶ on p196.
HW: Terms - P (10) (I give defn)
Pds 1, 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Write or type final draft
Pd 5
1. Check Reading Record Card
2. Check, discuss, and hand in notes on Wyatt, poem, and Petrarchan sonnets.
HW: Review Renaissance Poetry and Prose for the rest of the quiz
HW: Read pp193-5 & write Critical Response ¶ on p196.
HW: Terms - P (10) (I give defn)
Friday, August 29, 2008
Fri, Aug 29, 2008 & Reading Record Card Format
Fri, Aug 29
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Finish writing 300 words of essay.
FINAL DRAFT & ALL ORIGINAL WRITINGS
DUE WED for Pd 1
DUE THU for Pds 2&4
Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz terms N&O et al
3. Quiz on Ren. pp176-186
5 true/false & 5 short answer
6 completed, finish Tuesday
HW: Reading Record Card due Tues for first summer book
HW: Read pp 187, 190, 191 & write short notes on what you think, qstns you have, etc
Reading Record Cards
The purpose of this card is to keep fresh in your mind information about books you read recently so you can discuss them on the Open Question for the AP exam.
Use any size note card, but use the same size for all your books.
FORMAT:
1. Title of book
2. Author, Dates of birth and death, Where lived
3. Publication year of the book originally
4. Setting: Place, Time, Current events of that time and place
5. Plot synopsis in 25 words or so
6. Characters, with brief descriptions. Identify protagonist and antagonist.
7. A major symbol or allusion
symbol (something that stands for or suggests something larger and more complex)
allusion (an indirect reference to something in literature, the other arts, history, myths,
8. Distinguishing characteristics of the work (what is different about this work?)
9. Your personal response to the content and style of the work
10. The theme (central meaning) of the work
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Finish writing 300 words of essay.
FINAL DRAFT & ALL ORIGINAL WRITINGS
DUE WED for Pd 1
DUE THU for Pds 2&4
Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz terms N&O et al
3. Quiz on Ren. pp176-186
5 true/false & 5 short answer
6 completed, finish Tuesday
HW: Reading Record Card due Tues for first summer book
HW: Read pp 187, 190, 191 & write short notes on what you think, qstns you have, etc
Reading Record Cards
The purpose of this card is to keep fresh in your mind information about books you read recently so you can discuss them on the Open Question for the AP exam.
Use any size note card, but use the same size for all your books.
FORMAT:
1. Title of book
2. Author, Dates of birth and death, Where lived
3. Publication year of the book originally
4. Setting: Place, Time, Current events of that time and place
5. Plot synopsis in 25 words or so
6. Characters, with brief descriptions. Identify protagonist and antagonist.
7. A major symbol or allusion
symbol (something that stands for or suggests something larger and more complex)
allusion (an indirect reference to something in literature, the other arts, history, myths,
8. Distinguishing characteristics of the work (what is different about this work?)
9. Your personal response to the content and style of the work
10. The theme (central meaning) of the work
Thu, Aug 28, 2008
Thu, Aug 28
Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Write draft of essay
200 words total due today
Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on terms K-M &A-I
3. Quiz on Renaissance pp166-175
HW: Terms N& sO (7) and read pp 176-186
HW: Rdg Record Card for Cry B.C. due Tues
Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Write draft of essay
200 words total due today
Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on terms K-M &A-I
3. Quiz on Renaissance pp166-175
HW: Terms N& sO (7) and read pp 176-186
HW: Rdg Record Card for Cry B.C. due Tues
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Wed, Aug 27, 2008
Wed, Aug 27
Pd1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Continue writing draft of essay
200 words total due today
Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. First 100 words of essay due
Day 1: 100 words due
Day 2: 200 total words due
Day 3: 300 total wrds due 8/29
Pd1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Continue writing draft of essay
200 words total due today
Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. First 100 words of essay due
Day 1: 100 words due
Day 2: 200 total words due
Day 3: 300 total wrds due 8/29
Tues, Aug 26, 2008
Tues, Aug 26
Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg & log
2. First 100 words of essay due
Day 1: 100 words due
Day 2: 200 total words due
Day 3: 300 total wrds due 8/29
Pd 5
1. Quiz on F,H,I terms &A-E
2. Finish checking summer book1
HW: Terms K,L,M (10) You write the term & A-I
HW: Read about the Renaissance pp166-175 for quiz
Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg & log
2. First 100 words of essay due
Day 1: 100 words due
Day 2: 200 total words due
Day 3: 300 total wrds due 8/29
Pd 5
1. Quiz on F,H,I terms &A-E
2. Finish checking summer book1
HW: Terms K,L,M (10) You write the term & A-I
HW: Read about the Renaissance pp166-175 for quiz
Monday, August 25, 2008
Mon, Aug 25,2008
Mon, Aug 25
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg, log, and Quiz #1
2. Look at grades for Self Quiz
Pd 5
1. AR rdg, log, and Qz #1
2. Qz Terms D&E, plus A,B,C
HW: Study terms F,H,I (13) for quiz Tuesday
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg, log, and Quiz #1
2. Look at grades for Self Quiz
Pd 5
1. AR rdg, log, and Qz #1
2. Qz Terms D&E, plus A,B,C
HW: Study terms F,H,I (13) for quiz Tuesday
Friday, August 22, 2008
Message for AP students
AP students,
Please write in pencil in your literature book your name, my name, and the year. I found a book at school and don't know whose it is, since I no longer have book numbers.
Mrs. Scanlon
Please write in pencil in your literature book your name, my name, and the year. I found a book at school and don't know whose it is, since I no longer have book numbers.
Mrs. Scanlon
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Thu, Aug 21,2008
Thu, Aug 21
Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Plan college essay
A. Make a list of 5 to 10 experiences
B. Write at least 50 words about one of them and hand in.
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in MC listing ones not understood on front
3. Qz on Terms B&C + A review
4. Check summer books
HW: Study terms D&E (13)
for quiz on D&E+A,B,C
Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Plan college essay
A. Make a list of 5 to 10 experiences
B. Write at least 50 words about one of them and hand in.
Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in MC listing ones not understood on front
3. Qz on Terms B&C + A review
4. Check summer books
HW: Study terms D&E (13)
for quiz on D&E+A,B,C
Wed, Aug 20, 2008
Wed, Aug 20
Pd1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Plan college essay
A. Make a list of 5 to 10 experiences
B. Write at least 50 words about one of them and hand in.
Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Cornell Notes on 4 kinds of writing: Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive— Definitions and examples
3. Write 4 paragraphs, one using each type of writing
Hand in with notes.
Pd1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Plan college essay
A. Make a list of 5 to 10 experiences
B. Write at least 50 words about one of them and hand in.
Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Cornell Notes on 4 kinds of writing: Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive— Definitions and examples
3. Write 4 paragraphs, one using each type of writing
Hand in with notes.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Tues, Aug 19,2008
Tues, Aug 19
Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Finish Cornell Notes on 4 kinds of writing: Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive— Definitions and examples
3. Write 4 paragraphs, one using each type of writing
Pd 1, 2 hand in paragraphs,
Pd 2 hand in notes & paragraphs
Pd 5
1. Quiz on A terms in text p1259--
2. Check MC 1-32
HW: For the ones you missed, list any for which you don’t understand the right answer. List on the front of the test.
3. Finish Meecher Teacher and get with partner to give your quiz orally. You and partner will introduce each other to the class and read one quiz qstn to class.
HW: B&C literary terms for quiz Thurs: I give word, you write definition
Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Finish Cornell Notes on 4 kinds of writing: Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive— Definitions and examples
3. Write 4 paragraphs, one using each type of writing
Pd 1, 2 hand in paragraphs,
Pd 2 hand in notes & paragraphs
Pd 5
1. Quiz on A terms in text p1259--
2. Check MC 1-32
HW: For the ones you missed, list any for which you don’t understand the right answer. List on the front of the test.
3. Finish Meecher Teacher and get with partner to give your quiz orally. You and partner will introduce each other to the class and read one quiz qstn to class.
HW: B&C literary terms for quiz Thurs: I give word, you write definition
Monday, August 18, 2008
Mon, Aug 18,2008
Mon, Aug 18
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR reading
2. Cornell Notes on Writing: Four Kinds
(Narr,1,2,4 Desc,1,4)
3. e.g =exemplia gratia Latin for "example given." Underline foreign words
i.e.= id est meaning “that is” or “in other words”
4. Spell out numbers when one or two words. Write the Arabic numeral when three or more words.
5=five
20=twenty
56=fifty-six
100= one hundred
101=101 (one hundred one)
Pd 5
1. Hand in final drafts of essay w/rough draft, final OL, rgh OL. Erase names and use pseudonyms.
2. Begin to check summer book
HW: Study all literary terms beginning with A pp1259-60 for quiz where students write the defn. Definitions in bold in book.
Pds 1,2,4
1. AR reading
2. Cornell Notes on Writing: Four Kinds
(Narr,1,2,4 Desc,1,4)
3. e.g =exemplia gratia Latin for "example given." Underline foreign words
i.e.= id est meaning “that is” or “in other words”
4. Spell out numbers when one or two words. Write the Arabic numeral when three or more words.
5=five
20=twenty
56=fifty-six
100= one hundred
101=101 (one hundred one)
Pd 5
1. Hand in final drafts of essay w/rough draft, final OL, rgh OL. Erase names and use pseudonyms.
2. Begin to check summer book
HW: Study all literary terms beginning with A pp1259-60 for quiz where students write the defn. Definitions in bold in book.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Thurs, Aug 14, 2008
Thurs, Aug 14
Pds 2,4
1. AR reading and logs
2. STAR score sheets given
3. AR ranges recorded in planners on first page at bottom
4. Checking out books explained
Pd 5
1. Show me your 600 words
HW: Final draft
Rough draft
Final Outline
Rough Outline
due Monday
2. AP Mult Choice Exam 1-32
Pds 2,4
1. AR reading and logs
2. STAR score sheets given
3. AR ranges recorded in planners on first page at bottom
4. Checking out books explained
Pd 5
1. Show me your 600 words
HW: Final draft
Rough draft
Final Outline
Rough Outline
due Monday
2. AP Mult Choice Exam 1-32
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wed, Aug 13,2008
Wed, Aug 13
Pd 1
1. AR reading, logs, procedures, get range and record in planner
Pd 4
1. Take STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Get AR book to read in library
Pd 1
1. AR reading, logs, procedures, get range and record in planner
Pd 4
1. Take STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Get AR book to read in library
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Tues, Aug 12
Pds 1,2
1. Take STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Get AR book to read in library
Pd. 5
1. Take STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Get AR book to read in library
3. Show me 300 words
4. Take AR quiz on summer books-deadline today
HW: Show me total of 600 words of essay on Thursday
Pds 1,2
1. Take STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Get AR book to read in library
Pd. 5
1. Take STAR test in Mac Lab
2. Get AR book to read in library
3. Show me 300 words
4. Take AR quiz on summer books-deadline today
HW: Show me total of 600 words of essay on Thursday
Monday, August 11, 2008
Monday, 11 August 2008
Mon, Aug 11
Pds 1,2,3
1. Copy Voc 2&3
2. Finish presentations
3. Review Voc 1-3
4. Cornell Notes (4th only)
When are they good to use?
Pd. 5
1. AR Quiz for summer novels: Deadline tomorrow!
2. Show me your thesis and outline for 10 pts.
3. Discuss thesis & outline
4. Finish Meecher Teacher 1-6
HW: Write at least 300 words of your essay to show me tomorrow. By Thursday, show me a total of 600.
Pds 1,2,3
1. Copy Voc 2&3
2. Finish presentations
3. Review Voc 1-3
4. Cornell Notes (4th only)
When are they good to use?
Pd. 5
1. AR Quiz for summer novels: Deadline tomorrow!
2. Show me your thesis and outline for 10 pts.
3. Discuss thesis & outline
4. Finish Meecher Teacher 1-6
HW: Write at least 300 words of your essay to show me tomorrow. By Thursday, show me a total of 600.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Thu Aug 7 - Fri Aug 8,2008
Thu Aug 7
Pds 1, 2
1. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with word #1. figurative and defn.
2. Check your 5 facts about yourself by passing papers back.
3. Write your quiz by adding two wrong choices
4. Discuss listening rubric: shoulders, eyes, nod, smile
HW Finish at home if not done by end of class
Pd 4
1. Check quizzes
2. Ask and answer questions aloud. Talk about yourself and each other. Find one thing you have in common and write it on your papers. Select a question about your partner to share with the class in your presentation of your partner.
2. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with 1, 2, and 3
Pd 5
1.Terms I and II and summer Quiz.
2. Four Handouts:
• Grading and other policies/ Essay Analysis Form/
• Composition Correction Symbols & a Few No No’s/. Swovelin’s Personal Correction Symbols
• Poetic Form and Structure/ Epic--Lyric--Dramatic Poems
• Homework: Practice Free Response Question 1 Take 40 mins to organize and write. If you want more time, draw a line after 40 mins, then continue writing.
Fri, Aug 8
Pds 1,2
1. 1. Check quizzes
2. Ask and answer questions aloud. Talk about yourself and each other. Find one thing you have in common and write it on your papers. Select a question about your partner to share with the class in your presentation of your partner.
2. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with 1, 2, and 3
Pd 4
1. Presentations of Partners with 1 qstn and 1 common fact
2. Vocabulary review
Pd 5
1. Hand in essay.
2. Go over handouts on Grading, analysis form, & Symbols. Get handout on essay topics for both summer books.
HW: Select book for first composition with the other for an in-class essay. The first "composition" will be due Monday, Aug 18. It will be a minimum of 600 words. After you select a book for this one, and a topic, write your thesis ( main idea and two to four supporting ideas). Show me your proposed thesis and outline with subtopic details ( I. A.B. II. A. B. minimum) on Monday for 10 pts.
Pds 1, 2
1. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with word #1. figurative and defn.
2. Check your 5 facts about yourself by passing papers back.
3. Write your quiz by adding two wrong choices
4. Discuss listening rubric: shoulders, eyes, nod, smile
HW Finish at home if not done by end of class
Pd 4
1. Check quizzes
2. Ask and answer questions aloud. Talk about yourself and each other. Find one thing you have in common and write it on your papers. Select a question about your partner to share with the class in your presentation of your partner.
2. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with 1, 2, and 3
Pd 5
1.Terms I and II and summer Quiz.
2. Four Handouts:
• Grading and other policies/ Essay Analysis Form/
• Composition Correction Symbols & a Few No No’s/. Swovelin’s Personal Correction Symbols
• Poetic Form and Structure/ Epic--Lyric--Dramatic Poems
• Homework: Practice Free Response Question 1 Take 40 mins to organize and write. If you want more time, draw a line after 40 mins, then continue writing.
Fri, Aug 8
Pds 1,2
1. 1. Check quizzes
2. Ask and answer questions aloud. Talk about yourself and each other. Find one thing you have in common and write it on your papers. Select a question about your partner to share with the class in your presentation of your partner.
2. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with 1, 2, and 3
Pd 4
1. Presentations of Partners with 1 qstn and 1 common fact
2. Vocabulary review
Pd 5
1. Hand in essay.
2. Go over handouts on Grading, analysis form, & Symbols. Get handout on essay topics for both summer books.
HW: Select book for first composition with the other for an in-class essay. The first "composition" will be due Monday, Aug 18. It will be a minimum of 600 words. After you select a book for this one, and a topic, write your thesis ( main idea and two to four supporting ideas). Show me your proposed thesis and outline with subtopic details ( I. A.B. II. A. B. minimum) on Monday for 10 pts.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Beginning School July 31-Aug 6, 2008
Thu, Jul 31
Pds 1,2,4
1. Alpha seating
2. Fill out st info forms
3. Handout Class Info and parent signature sheet
4. Go over Class info
Pd 5 AP
1. Alpha seating
2. Hand in 2 summer works
3. Bring Eyes tomorrow
4. No IDs and others take AR quizzes (only 2)
HW: Write an essay explaining what you think the meaning is for one of the summer books and why you think so. These will be read aloud in class anonymously and discussed. 20 points
NOTE: "Major" essays are those that take a week or are AP essays written in class. Other writing will be part of the daily grade.
Fri Aug 1
Pds 1,2,4
1. Attendance and learning names
2. Get photos for IDs if not done
Pd 5
1. Attendance, learn names, students get ID’s if not done
2. Hand in homework essays, get handouts: Class Info; Parent Signature; MOA $23
3. Take one AR quiz
4. Terms PreTest 1 and check
5. Eyes postponed till Mon
HW: Write 10 interesting, creative, or unique facts about yourself. Write a 5-question quiz with 3 answers (multiple choice) for each.
Mon, Aug 4
Pds 1 & 2
1. Names & attendance
2. Class Info
Pd 4
1. Café duty fiasco
2. Take Meecher Teacher quiz & hand in
Pd 5
1. Terms quiz 2
2. AR quizzes
3. Check
4. Get back Terms 1 to copy missed words and study
HW: Write what you think is the theme for second summer book and explain why. If you didn’t read it, write on another book you read.
Tue, Aug 5
pd 1,2
1. Names
2. More signatures?
3. Meecher Teacher quiz
pd4
Same but check Meecher Teacher
HW: Write 5 interesting, unique, or creative facts about yourself.
pd5
1. Terms test III
2. More AR quizzes
3. Get back terms II
4. Hand in essay on second book theme
HW. Study words missed on I and II for quiz. You write defn.
Wed Aug 6
pd1 & 2
Get class set of Gold Globe books from library (pd1 only)
1. Names
2. More signatures?
3. Meecher Teacher check
HW: Write 5 interesting, unique, or creative facts about yourself.
pd 4
1. Names
2. More signatures?
3. Check 5 facts and score
4. Write quiz with 5 facts and 3 multiple choice answers
pd.5
1. Get books for home from library
2. Go over terms on sheet I to #16.
3. How to cover book & name inside
HW: Study for terms quiz tomorrow
Pds 1,2,4
1. Alpha seating
2. Fill out st info forms
3. Handout Class Info and parent signature sheet
4. Go over Class info
Pd 5 AP
1. Alpha seating
2. Hand in 2 summer works
3. Bring Eyes tomorrow
4. No IDs and others take AR quizzes (only 2)
HW: Write an essay explaining what you think the meaning is for one of the summer books and why you think so. These will be read aloud in class anonymously and discussed. 20 points
NOTE: "Major" essays are those that take a week or are AP essays written in class. Other writing will be part of the daily grade.
Fri Aug 1
Pds 1,2,4
1. Attendance and learning names
2. Get photos for IDs if not done
Pd 5
1. Attendance, learn names, students get ID’s if not done
2. Hand in homework essays, get handouts: Class Info; Parent Signature; MOA $23
3. Take one AR quiz
4. Terms PreTest 1 and check
5. Eyes postponed till Mon
HW: Write 10 interesting, creative, or unique facts about yourself. Write a 5-question quiz with 3 answers (multiple choice) for each.
Mon, Aug 4
Pds 1 & 2
1. Names & attendance
2. Class Info
Pd 4
1. Café duty fiasco
2. Take Meecher Teacher quiz & hand in
Pd 5
1. Terms quiz 2
2. AR quizzes
3. Check
4. Get back Terms 1 to copy missed words and study
HW: Write what you think is the theme for second summer book and explain why. If you didn’t read it, write on another book you read.
Tue, Aug 5
pd 1,2
1. Names
2. More signatures?
3. Meecher Teacher quiz
pd4
Same but check Meecher Teacher
HW: Write 5 interesting, unique, or creative facts about yourself.
pd5
1. Terms test III
2. More AR quizzes
3. Get back terms II
4. Hand in essay on second book theme
HW. Study words missed on I and II for quiz. You write defn.
Wed Aug 6
pd1 & 2
Get class set of Gold Globe books from library (pd1 only)
1. Names
2. More signatures?
3. Meecher Teacher check
HW: Write 5 interesting, unique, or creative facts about yourself.
pd 4
1. Names
2. More signatures?
3. Check 5 facts and score
4. Write quiz with 5 facts and 3 multiple choice answers
pd.5
1. Get books for home from library
2. Go over terms on sheet I to #16.
3. How to cover book & name inside
HW: Study for terms quiz tomorrow
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Summer Reading Assignment AP Literature
Summer Reading Assignment AP Literature
2008-09 Radford High School
Sheryl Scanlon 545-5023 shscanlon@aol.com
WHAT: For your summer assignment, you'll be reading two twentieth century novels, Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. You will take an AR quiz on both books when school begins.
WHERE to get books: You may buy your own copy or borrow a copy from my class set in the Radford library. The librarian will have a list of students registered for this class.
HOW: 1. You will write questions, list and study vocabulary of your choice, and describe literary elements for each book, due on the first day of class. Keep the work for each book separate. If work is not typed in size 12 Times New Roman font, it should be hand printed, on one side of the paper, and have page numbers. If your printing is too small or illegibly written, you will lose points and have to type it and all future work done at home. Legibility is important on the AP Exam, and therefore also important in this class.
2. I will give you topics for writing an essay on each book before the tenth day of class.
3. You will use your work to write Reading Record Cards to study for the AP exam in May.
WHY: Passing the AP exam for this course can earn you credit in a college literature class and a college composition class as well. To pass the exam, it helps to have read a wide variety of high quality literature and to remember characters, setting, and events for AP Exam Essay Question # 3.
PART I: Questions and Vocabulary (As You Read)
1. QUESTIONS: Write how and why types of questions for each book, with answers only implied in the text. Remember that a character’s actions are the inventions of the author, so when you ask why a character does something, you are asking why the author has the character act that way. It isn’t a person living his/her life; it’s a writer making a character do something for the writer’s purpose. Write 10 to 20 questions as you read each book. Give the chapter, and relevant page number if possible, for each question.
2. ANSWER: Write a 50-to-100-word answer to your second and tenth questions. Don’t worry about “right” answers. You are exploring your thoughts on the question.
3. VOCABULARY: Find words you would like to learn from each book, 40 total for the two. Write:
(1) the sentence containing the word, or if it’s very long, about 25 words of it,
(2) the page #, and
(3) the definition that fits.
If you can’t find enough words you want to learn from one of the books, find another source for words that interest you and follow the same instructions. However, every word you choose must have a sentence not of your making, containing the word. Wherever you find your words and sentences, I must be able to find the sentence from your documenting the source. For example, if it’s another book you have, give in addition to the above items the title, author, publisher, & copyright date. If it’s an online source, list the URL. If I can’t find it, your won’t get full credit.
PART II: Examining the Literary Elements (After Reading)
Write the question and the answer. Use the term definitions given below.
1. Write what you see as the main theme. In a well-written story all other elements support the theme.
2. Write a statement of the plot (a précis) in one sentence, around 25 words. How is it tied to theme?
3. Describe the setting and its impact on the theme.
4. List five or fewer characters most important to the theme and do the following:
(1) Give an example of characterization for each person and tell whether it’s direct or indirect.
(2) Tell whether the character is flat or round and why you think so.
(3) How does the character fit into the theme?
5. Write about the point of view of the narrator and how it affects the theme.
6. Describe a possible symbol and what it represents. How is it related to the theme?
7. Write about an allusion and how it adds to the theme.
TERM DEFINITIONS:
You will write these definitions for a quiz the first week of class
• THEME: The central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work, often a universal idea. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LITERARY TERM
(It is important not to mistake the theme for the actual subject of the work. In nonfiction, for example, the theme generally refers to the main topic.)
• PLOT: The sequence of events, which includes Exposition, Conflict, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, and Resolution (also known as denouement)
• SETTING: A combination of
(1) Place,
(2) Historical time, and
(3) Social environment
• CHARACTERIZATION: The ways an author describes and develops the characters.
FLAT characters are types, defined by a single quality.
ROUND characters have the three-dimensional complexity of real people.
DIRECT characterization explicitly tells about the characters.
INDIRECT characterization shows characters’ actions, statements, thoughts, and feelings.
• POINT OF VIEW: The vantage point from which a narrative is told.
FIRST person: The author tells the story through a character referred to as “I.”
THIRD person: Third-person narratives come in two types: omniscient (all knowing) and limited.
• SYMBOL: Something that stands for itself and also suggests something larger and more complex.
• ALLUSION: An indirect reference to something in literature, the other arts, history, myths, religion, or popular culture
ANY WORK TAKEN FROM A STUDY GUIDE IS PLAGIARISM AND RECEIVES A FAILING GRADE
2008-09 Radford High School
Sheryl Scanlon 545-5023 shscanlon@aol.com
WHAT: For your summer assignment, you'll be reading two twentieth century novels, Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. You will take an AR quiz on both books when school begins.
WHERE to get books: You may buy your own copy or borrow a copy from my class set in the Radford library. The librarian will have a list of students registered for this class.
HOW: 1. You will write questions, list and study vocabulary of your choice, and describe literary elements for each book, due on the first day of class. Keep the work for each book separate. If work is not typed in size 12 Times New Roman font, it should be hand printed, on one side of the paper, and have page numbers. If your printing is too small or illegibly written, you will lose points and have to type it and all future work done at home. Legibility is important on the AP Exam, and therefore also important in this class.
2. I will give you topics for writing an essay on each book before the tenth day of class.
3. You will use your work to write Reading Record Cards to study for the AP exam in May.
WHY: Passing the AP exam for this course can earn you credit in a college literature class and a college composition class as well. To pass the exam, it helps to have read a wide variety of high quality literature and to remember characters, setting, and events for AP Exam Essay Question # 3.
PART I: Questions and Vocabulary (As You Read)
1. QUESTIONS: Write how and why types of questions for each book, with answers only implied in the text. Remember that a character’s actions are the inventions of the author, so when you ask why a character does something, you are asking why the author has the character act that way. It isn’t a person living his/her life; it’s a writer making a character do something for the writer’s purpose. Write 10 to 20 questions as you read each book. Give the chapter, and relevant page number if possible, for each question.
2. ANSWER: Write a 50-to-100-word answer to your second and tenth questions. Don’t worry about “right” answers. You are exploring your thoughts on the question.
3. VOCABULARY: Find words you would like to learn from each book, 40 total for the two. Write:
(1) the sentence containing the word, or if it’s very long, about 25 words of it,
(2) the page #, and
(3) the definition that fits.
If you can’t find enough words you want to learn from one of the books, find another source for words that interest you and follow the same instructions. However, every word you choose must have a sentence not of your making, containing the word. Wherever you find your words and sentences, I must be able to find the sentence from your documenting the source. For example, if it’s another book you have, give in addition to the above items the title, author, publisher, & copyright date. If it’s an online source, list the URL. If I can’t find it, your won’t get full credit.
PART II: Examining the Literary Elements (After Reading)
Write the question and the answer. Use the term definitions given below.
1. Write what you see as the main theme. In a well-written story all other elements support the theme.
2. Write a statement of the plot (a précis) in one sentence, around 25 words. How is it tied to theme?
3. Describe the setting and its impact on the theme.
4. List five or fewer characters most important to the theme and do the following:
(1) Give an example of characterization for each person and tell whether it’s direct or indirect.
(2) Tell whether the character is flat or round and why you think so.
(3) How does the character fit into the theme?
5. Write about the point of view of the narrator and how it affects the theme.
6. Describe a possible symbol and what it represents. How is it related to the theme?
7. Write about an allusion and how it adds to the theme.
TERM DEFINITIONS:
You will write these definitions for a quiz the first week of class
• THEME: The central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work, often a universal idea. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LITERARY TERM
(It is important not to mistake the theme for the actual subject of the work. In nonfiction, for example, the theme generally refers to the main topic.)
• PLOT: The sequence of events, which includes Exposition, Conflict, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, and Resolution (also known as denouement)
• SETTING: A combination of
(1) Place,
(2) Historical time, and
(3) Social environment
• CHARACTERIZATION: The ways an author describes and develops the characters.
FLAT characters are types, defined by a single quality.
ROUND characters have the three-dimensional complexity of real people.
DIRECT characterization explicitly tells about the characters.
INDIRECT characterization shows characters’ actions, statements, thoughts, and feelings.
• POINT OF VIEW: The vantage point from which a narrative is told.
FIRST person: The author tells the story through a character referred to as “I.”
THIRD person: Third-person narratives come in two types: omniscient (all knowing) and limited.
• SYMBOL: Something that stands for itself and also suggests something larger and more complex.
• ALLUSION: An indirect reference to something in literature, the other arts, history, myths, religion, or popular culture
ANY WORK TAKEN FROM A STUDY GUIDE IS PLAGIARISM AND RECEIVES A FAILING GRADE
Sunday, June 01, 2008
AP Literature Summer Assignment 2008-09
The summer reading assignment for AP Literature will be posted by Thursday, June 5.
Don't forget that students registered for the class can go to the Radford library to check out copies of both books required.
Don't forget that students registered for the class can go to the Radford library to check out copies of both books required.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Goodbye to Blogspot for daily assignments
Since I can no longer post on this site from school, it will not be used for the day's classwork and homework. However, long term assignments will be posted.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. Check answers to 11 qstns on p1229 and discuss
2. Handouts for terms on MC and Essays for AP exam
HW: Outline style essay and write one body ¶
PERIOD 5
1. Check answers to 11 qstns on p1229 and discuss
2. Handouts for terms on MC and Essays for AP exam
HW: Outline style essay and write one body ¶
Monday, April 21, 2008
Monday, 21 April 2008
Monday, 21 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. Discuss previous style essays on the 3 stories
2. Compare 2 styles in stream of consciousness
3. Look at the questions about 3 parts of style and discuss what makes simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
HW: Looking at your passage, answer the 11 questions and find evidence to support your answers
PERIOD 5
1. Discuss previous style essays on the 3 stories
2. Compare 2 styles in stream of consciousness
3. Look at the questions about 3 parts of style and discuss what makes simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
HW: Looking at your passage, answer the 11 questions and find evidence to support your answers
Friday, 18 April 2008
Friday, 18 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Sign the list to give location of your passage
3. Quiz p1229
4. Handout of pp1229-30
HW: Write an outline of your essay plan. Use the lists on p1229 to find evidence. Make notes as suggested on p1229 for words, sentences, and devices
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Sign the list to give location of your passage
3. Quiz p1229
4. Handout of pp1229-30
HW: Write an outline of your essay plan. Use the lists on p1229 to find evidence. Make notes as suggested on p1229 for words, sentences, and devices
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Thursday, 17 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz: Act 5, Epilogue, Comment, Silver review p1210
3. Groups do #8 p1210: Outline Silver's 3 main ideas and support from the play
HW: Read pp1229 for a quiz. Choose a passage for an essay as indicated on p1229. Write the story title, page #, column #, and ¶ # .
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz: Act 5, Epilogue, Comment, Silver review p1210
3. Groups do #8 p1210: Outline Silver's 3 main ideas and support from the play
HW: Read pp1229 for a quiz. Choose a passage for an essay as indicated on p1229. Write the story title, page #, column #, and ¶ # .
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Acts 3 & 4
2. Read with English accents after practice
3. Discuss
HW: Read Act 5, Epilogue, Comment, and Arnold Silver review p1210
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Acts 3 & 4
2. Read with English accents after practice
3. Discuss
HW: Read Act 5, Epilogue, Comment, and Arnold Silver review p1210
Monday, April 14, 2008
Monday, 14 April 2008
Monday, 14 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Pygmalion Act 2
2. Read aloud
HW: Read Acts 3 & 4
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Pygmalion Act 2
2. Read aloud
HW: Read Acts 3 & 4
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Friday, 11 April 2008
Friday, 11 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Shaw, Preface to Pygmalion, Act 1
3. Read aloud Act 2
HW: Read Act 2 for Monday
HW: Read Acts 3 & 4 for Tuesday
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Shaw, Preface to Pygmalion, Act 1
3. Read aloud Act 2
HW: Read Act 2 for Monday
HW: Read Acts 3 & 4 for Tuesday
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Thursday, 10 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Hand in writing on style for Portrait, Rocking-Horse, Vashtar
3. Finish MC Practice Test 1 and discuss
HW: Read Bernard Shaw p1146, Preface to Pygmalion and Act 1 p1148
HW: Write a ¶ or two about what a person's manner of speaking tells us about his or her intellect. Give 2 real life examples to support your generalizations.
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Hand in writing on style for Portrait, Rocking-Horse, Vashtar
3. Finish MC Practice Test 1 and discuss
HW: Read Bernard Shaw p1146, Preface to Pygmalion and Act 1 p1148
HW: Write a ¶ or two about what a person's manner of speaking tells us about his or her intellect. Give 2 real life examples to support your generalizations.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz: Lawrence, Rocking-Horse Winner, Munro, Sredni Vashtar
2. Multiple Choice practice and discussion
HW: In at least 300 words, consider all 3 writing styles in the 3 stories about young boys. Noticing similarities and differences can help you see the qualities of their styles. Consider the effects of the style on the meaning of the story: Portrait of the Artist p966, Rocking-Horse Winner 973, and Sredni Vashtar p951. Use quotes to illustrate your ideas.
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz: Lawrence, Rocking-Horse Winner, Munro, Sredni Vashtar
2. Multiple Choice practice and discussion
HW: In at least 300 words, consider all 3 writing styles in the 3 stories about young boys. Noticing similarities and differences can help you see the qualities of their styles. Consider the effects of the style on the meaning of the story: Portrait of the Artist p966, Rocking-Horse Winner 973, and Sredni Vashtar p951. Use quotes to illustrate your ideas.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Monday, 7 April 2008
Monday, 7 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Araby p959, Irony p964, and Ezra Pound's Review p965
HW: for Tuesday: Read DH Lawrence p971, The Rocking Horse Winner p973, H.H. Munro p950, Sredni Vashtar p951
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Araby p959, Irony p964, and Ezra Pound's Review p965
HW: for Tuesday: Read DH Lawrence p971, The Rocking Horse Winner p973, H.H. Munro p950, Sredni Vashtar p951
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Friday, 4 April 2008
Friday, 4 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Joyce, Portrait of the Artist, Stream of Consciousness
3. Hand in Critical Response
HW: Read "Araby" p959, Irony p964, and Ezra Pound's Review p965
HW: for Tuesday: Read DH Lawrence p971 and The Rocking Horse Winner p973
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Joyce, Portrait of the Artist, Stream of Consciousness
3. Hand in Critical Response
HW: Read "Araby" p959, Irony p964, and Ezra Pound's Review p965
HW: for Tuesday: Read DH Lawrence p971 and The Rocking Horse Winner p973
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Thursday, 3 April 2008
Thursday, 3 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Part 2 The Secret Sharer and The Marginal Hero p949
3. Discussion in groups
HW: Critical Response p948 #3-6, do one for daily grade
HW: Read
James Joyce p957
Portrait of the Artist p966
Stream of Consciousness p969
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Part 2 The Secret Sharer and The Marginal Hero p949
3. Discussion in groups
HW: Critical Response p948 #3-6, do one for daily grade
HW: Read
James Joyce p957
Portrait of the Artist p966
Stream of Consciousness p969
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
PERIOD 5
1. Quizzes Joseph Conradp921 and Part 1 The Secret Sharer pp925-935
2. Group discussion of questions p948
HW: Read Part 2 of The Secret Sharer pp936-945 and The Marginal Hero p947
PERIOD 5
1. Quizzes Joseph Conradp921 and Part 1 The Secret Sharer pp925-935
2. Group discussion of questions p948
HW: Read Part 2 of The Secret Sharer pp936-945 and The Marginal Hero p947
Monday, 31 March 2008
Monday, 31 March 2008
PERIOD 5
1. Get exams back
2. Get Jane Eyre essays back
HW: Read Joseph Conrad p 921
HW: Read The Secret Sharer Part 1 pp925-935
PERIOD 5
1. Get exams back
2. Get Jane Eyre essays back
HW: Read Joseph Conrad p 921
HW: Read The Secret Sharer Part 1 pp925-935
Friday, 14 March 2008
Friday, 14 March 2008
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz the English Language p907
2. Quiz the Twentieth Century p914
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz the English Language p907
2. Quiz the Twentieth Century p914
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Work on Reading Record Card for Jane Eyre
3. Work on 22-38 Vocabulary List
Exam tomorrow will be an AP Multiple Choice Exam with one essay question.
PERIOD 6
1. List vocabulary words you have trouble with. List synonyms from the thesaurus. Use them to play Wheel of Fortune.
Exam tomorrow will be a practice SAT Exam with Reading and Writing Sections
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Work on Reading Record Card for Jane Eyre
3. Work on 22-38 Vocabulary List
Exam tomorrow will be an AP Multiple Choice Exam with one essay question.
PERIOD 6
1. List vocabulary words you have trouble with. List synonyms from the thesaurus. Use them to play Wheel of Fortune.
Exam tomorrow will be a practice SAT Exam with Reading and Writing Sections
Monday, March 10, 2008
Monday, 10 March 2008
Monday, 10 March 2008
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
Exam schedule:3&4,5&6,1&2,TWT
.....Period 1
2. Exam Review, took notes on:
6+1 Writing traits & my defns for
Ideas>meaning, content
Voice> personality of writer
Sent Flue>beauty&naturalness of
the way words are put together
.....Period 2
2. Hand in or show me contest draft
Period 5
1. Hand in critical response p857
2. Quiz on Oscar Wilde & IBE
3. HW or classwork on Import…Ernest
4. Voc ch22-38= 17 words & defn
No quiz tomorrow. You'll do classwork from the book. Study for your 3rd & 4th period exams.
HW: Voc lists due later this week
Bring in books
Period 6
1. Exam review of topics to cover
• SAT sections:
2 Critical Reading & 1 Writing Skills
• Vocabulary 31-74
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
Exam schedule:3&4,5&6,1&2,TWT
.....Period 1
2. Exam Review, took notes on:
6+1 Writing traits & my defns for
Ideas>meaning, content
Voice> personality of writer
Sent Flue>beauty&naturalness of
the way words are put together
.....Period 2
2. Hand in or show me contest draft
Period 5
1. Hand in critical response p857
2. Quiz on Oscar Wilde & IBE
3. HW or classwork on Import…Ernest
4. Voc ch22-38= 17 words & defn
No quiz tomorrow. You'll do classwork from the book. Study for your 3rd & 4th period exams.
HW: Voc lists due later this week
Bring in books
Period 6
1. Exam review of topics to cover
• SAT sections:
2 Critical Reading & 1 Writing Skills
• Vocabulary 31-74
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Friday, 7 March 2008
Friday, 7 March 2008
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Give presentation
4. Write a rough draft of a story (less than 300 words) about the ocean and you for the Kids Day contest. Show me for points.
Period 2: Quiz on the Restoration and 2 details
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Charles Dickens and David Copperfield pp 845-857
3. Discuss poems : Browning
HW: Critical response p 857
HW:Read Oscar Wilde and part of The Importance of Being Ernest pp 868 –875 Tell what or who is being satirized and write a quote from the play to show why you think so.
HW for Tues: Read pp 907-910 The English Language
HW for Tues: Twentieth Century pp 914-920
Bring books: Jane Eyre, Hamlet, Sound and Sense
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 67-76
2. Check Pract Test2 Sec2 SAT
HW: Voc 77-78
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Give presentation
4. Write a rough draft of a story (less than 300 words) about the ocean and you for the Kids Day contest. Show me for points.
Period 2: Quiz on the Restoration and 2 details
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Charles Dickens and David Copperfield pp 845-857
3. Discuss poems : Browning
HW: Critical response p 857
HW:Read Oscar Wilde and part of The Importance of Being Ernest pp 868 –875 Tell what or who is being satirized and write a quote from the play to show why you think so.
HW for Tues: Read pp 907-910 The English Language
HW for Tues: Twentieth Century pp 914-920
Bring books: Jane Eyre, Hamlet, Sound and Sense
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 67-76
2. Check Pract Test2 Sec2 SAT
HW: Voc 77-78
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Period 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Presentations
4. Literary Periods pp134-5
Read and discuss.
Take Cornell notes for quiz.
.....The Restoration Period
1. Puritans took over and were intolerant
2. The monarchy was restored with less power, but Parliament ruled.
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Eliz Bar Browning&Sonnets from Portuguese
3. Show me your revision & r.d. Hand in if it's ready to be graded
4. Discussion of poems in groups
HW: Read Charles Dickens and
David Copperfield pp 845-857
HW: Reading Record Card due for Jane Eyre
HW: Bring books: Jane Eyre, Hamlet, Sound and Sense
Period 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Quiz 63-72
3. Practice Test2 Sec2 SAT
HW: Voc 73-74
Period 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Presentations
4. Literary Periods pp134-5
Read and discuss.
Take Cornell notes for quiz.
.....The Restoration Period
1. Puritans took over and were intolerant
2. The monarchy was restored with less power, but Parliament ruled.
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Eliz Bar Browning&Sonnets from Portuguese
3. Show me your revision & r.d. Hand in if it's ready to be graded
4. Discussion of poems in groups
HW: Read Charles Dickens and
David Copperfield pp 845-857
HW: Reading Record Card due for Jane Eyre
HW: Bring books: Jane Eyre, Hamlet, Sound and Sense
Period 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Quiz 63-72
3. Practice Test2 Sec2 SAT
HW: Voc 73-74
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Period 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Presentation
4. Quiz Literary Periods p134 Gold
5. Kid’s Day story
HW: Rough draft due Friday
<300words
Period 6
1. Effective Wrtg Quiz 1-10
2. NovaNet in Learning Center
Write NovaNet Journal:
Date and what you learned today
Period 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Presentation
4. Quiz Literary Periods p134 Gold
5. Kid’s Day story
HW: Rough draft due Friday
<300words
Period 6
1. Effective Wrtg Quiz 1-10
2. NovaNet in Learning Center
Write NovaNet Journal:
Date and what you learned today
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Tuesday, 4 March, 2008
Tuesday, 4 March, 2008
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Any more Presentations?
Period 1
1. Review voc 1-19;
2. Romantic Period pp 134-135 Cornell notes.
HW: Qz Wed on notes
Period 2
Voc Quiz 10-19
Period 5
1. Quiz on Browning’s poems
2. Show me your rough drafts <300 or >500
3. Discussion
HW: Read Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Sonnets from the Portuguese.
HW: Type and revise your contest essay. Bring both copies to class to show me.
• Ocean (Kids Day) < 300 for $100
• 4 Qstns (Rotary) >500 for $1000, $700, $500, $300 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Any more Presentations?
Period 1
1. Review voc 1-19;
2. Romantic Period pp 134-135 Cornell notes.
HW: Qz Wed on notes
Period 2
Voc Quiz 10-19
Period 5
1. Quiz on Browning’s poems
2. Show me your rough drafts <300 or >500
3. Discussion
HW: Read Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Sonnets from the Portuguese.
HW: Type and revise your contest essay. Bring both copies to class to show me.
• Ocean (Kids Day) < 300 for $100
• 4 Qstns (Rotary) >500 for $1000, $700, $500, $300 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place
Monday, March 03, 2008
Monday, 3 March, 2008
Monday, 3 March, 2008
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Any more Macbeth essays
3. Presentations
Period 5
1. Quiz on Browning
2. Hand in summary and theme for Duchess
3. Discussion
HW: Write rough draft for local Contest. See Friday 2/29 for details
HW: Read Porphyria's Lover p802; Meeting at Night; Parting at Morning p805; Prospice p806
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 63-72
2. Finish Effective Writing from SAT
3. HW: Voc 73-74
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Any more Macbeth essays
3. Presentations
Period 5
1. Quiz on Browning
2. Hand in summary and theme for Duchess
3. Discussion
HW: Write rough draft for local Contest. See Friday 2/29 for details
HW: Read Porphyria's Lover p802; Meeting at Night; Parting at Morning p805; Prospice p806
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 63-72
2. Finish Effective Writing from SAT
3. HW: Voc 73-74
Friday, 29 February, 2008
Friday, 29 February, 2008
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Give presentations
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Turn in
Final draft
Rough draft with corrections
Final outline
Rough outline
3. Write 5 two word poems& hand in
HW: Due Tues: Write a rough draft of contest essay:
Kid's Day Ocean, <300 words for $100;
Rotary 4Way Qstns >500 words for$1000, $700, $500, or $300
Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
HW: due Mon: Read pp798-801Robert Browning and "My Last Duchess" Summarize poem and tell what you think is the theme.
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 61-70
2. Effective Writing from SAT
HW: Voc 71-73
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Give presentations
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Turn in
Final draft
Rough draft with corrections
Final outline
Rough outline
3. Write 5 two word poems& hand in
HW: Due Tues: Write a rough draft of contest essay:
Kid's Day Ocean, <300 words for $100;
Rotary 4Way Qstns >500 words for$1000, $700, $500, or $300
Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
HW: due Mon: Read pp798-801Robert Browning and "My Last Duchess" Summarize poem and tell what you think is the theme.
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 61-70
2. Effective Writing from SAT
HW: Voc 71-73
Thursday, 28 February, 2008
Thursday, 28 February,2008
Period 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Prepare for presentations
4. Quality presentations
1] Loud enough
2] Slow enough
3] Enunciate clearly
4] Stress important words
5] Stay in character
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Check 600 words
3. Check 21-30 MC for Jane Eyre
4. Contests: Kid's Day & 4 Qstnsfrom the Rotary
HW: Final draft
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 59-68
2. Effective Writing from SAT
HW: Voc 69-7
Period 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Prepare for presentations
4. Quality presentations
1] Loud enough
2] Slow enough
3] Enunciate clearly
4] Stress important words
5] Stay in character
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Check 600 words
3. Check 21-30 MC for Jane Eyre
4. Contests: Kid's Day & 4 Qstnsfrom the Rotary
HW: Final draft
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 59-68
2. Effective Writing from SAT
HW: Voc 69-7
Wednesday, 27 February, 2008
Wednesday, 27 February, 2008
Period 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Prepare for presentations
4. Quality presentations
1] Loud enough
2] Slow enough
3] Enunciate clearly
4] Stress important words
5] Stay in character
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 57-66
2. NovaNet in Learning Center
Write NovaNet Journal:
Date and what you learned today
HW: Voc 67-68
Period 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Prepare for presentations
4. Quality presentations
1] Loud enough
2] Slow enough
3] Enunciate clearly
4] Stress important words
5] Stay in character
Period 6
1. Voc Quiz 57-66
2. NovaNet in Learning Center
Write NovaNet Journal:
Date and what you learned today
HW: Voc 67-68
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Presentations: Each student will be asked to present 4 lines from a character in Macbeth. Lines may be read, but memorizing may improve your grade. Here are some possibilities for one student or groups of students. Quotations are taken from the Gold textbook.
p79 MB 1st line and last 3 lines:
"Is this….before me?"
"I go and it is done....or to hell."
p80 Macbeth and Lady Macbeth 4 lines each
MB: "I'll go… (3)
LMB: "Infirm of… (4)
MB:"To know…myself." (1)
p83 3 WITCHES 4 lines each
"Round….caldron bubble." (10)
p84 WITCH 4 lines & MB 1 line
Witch: "Cool it…this way comes."(4)
MB: "How now….you do?"(1)
p 85 DOCTOR &WOMAN 4 lines each
DR: "I have two….she last walked?" (2)
WOM: "Since his majesty….both fast asleep."(4)
DR: "What…her say? (1)
You see her eyes are open." (1)
p85-86 WOMAN, LMB, DOCTOR 4 lines each
WOM: "It is an…of an hour" (2)
LMB: "Yet here's a spot." (1)
DR: "Hark, she speaks." (1)
LMB:"Out damned…blood in him?"(3)
DR: "Do you mark that?"
"You have known...should not." (2)
WOM: "She has spoke...has known." (2)
DR: "This disease is beyond my practice." (1)
p86 DOCTOR 4 lines "Foul whisperings…the physician."
p87 MB 8 lines= 4 & 4
"Tomorrow and…dusty death." (4.5)
"Out, out….signifying nothing."(4.5)
p87 MB 4 lines
"I begin…harness on our back."(4)
p87 MB & Macduff 3 lines each
MD: "Turn, Hellhound, turn!"(1)
MB: "Of all men….thine already." (3)
MD: "I have no…my sword."(2)
p88 MB 8 lines
MB: "I will not yield…Hold, enough!"
Period 5
1. Notes on Ch 20 essays AP style
2. Show me your 400 words
HW: Write last 200 or more words, 600+ total
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more Macbeth essays?
3. Presentations: Each student will be asked to present 4 lines from a character in Macbeth. Lines may be read, but memorizing may improve your grade. Here are some possibilities for one student or groups of students. Quotations are taken from the Gold textbook.
p79 MB 1st line and last 3 lines:
"Is this….before me?"
"I go and it is done....or to hell."
p80 Macbeth and Lady Macbeth 4 lines each
MB: "I'll go… (3)
LMB: "Infirm of… (4)
MB:"To know…myself." (1)
p83 3 WITCHES 4 lines each
"Round….caldron bubble." (10)
p84 WITCH 4 lines & MB 1 line
Witch: "Cool it…this way comes."(4)
MB: "How now….you do?"(1)
p 85 DOCTOR &WOMAN 4 lines each
DR: "I have two….she last walked?" (2)
WOM: "Since his majesty….both fast asleep."(4)
DR: "What…her say? (1)
You see her eyes are open." (1)
p85-86 WOMAN, LMB, DOCTOR 4 lines each
WOM: "It is an…of an hour" (2)
LMB: "Yet here's a spot." (1)
DR: "Hark, she speaks." (1)
LMB:"Out damned…blood in him?"(3)
DR: "Do you mark that?"
"You have known...should not." (2)
WOM: "She has spoke...has known." (2)
DR: "This disease is beyond my practice." (1)
p86 DOCTOR 4 lines "Foul whisperings…the physician."
p87 MB 8 lines= 4 & 4
"Tomorrow and…dusty death." (4.5)
"Out, out….signifying nothing."(4.5)
p87 MB 4 lines
"I begin…harness on our back."(4)
p87 MB & Macduff 3 lines each
MD: "Turn, Hellhound, turn!"(1)
MB: "Of all men….thine already." (3)
MD: "I have no…my sword."(2)
p88 MB 8 lines
MB: "I will not yield…Hold, enough!"
Period 5
1. Notes on Ch 20 essays AP style
2. Show me your 400 words
HW: Write last 200 or more words, 600+ total
Monday, February 25, 2008
Monday, 25 February 2008
Monday, 25 February 2008
Periods 1& 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more papers to turn in?
3. New essential vocabulary
…16] irony (n): a contradiction between expectation and reality; the unexpected
…17] personification (n): giving human qualities to nonliving things.
4. Review and quiz vocab. 8-17
Period 5
1. Get back ch20 AP style essays
2. Students absent Friday take mult choice test on 21-30 JE
3. Show me 200 words of essay
4. Check mult choice 11-20
HW: 200 more words due, 400total
Period 6
1. Quiz Voc 55-64
2. Discuss consistency in writing with parallel structure: Things in a series should have the same construction.
HW: Voc. 65-66
Periods 1& 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more papers to turn in?
3. New essential vocabulary
…16] irony (n): a contradiction between expectation and reality; the unexpected
…17] personification (n): giving human qualities to nonliving things.
4. Review and quiz vocab. 8-17
Period 5
1. Get back ch20 AP style essays
2. Students absent Friday take mult choice test on 21-30 JE
3. Show me 200 words of essay
4. Check mult choice 11-20
HW: 200 more words due, 400total
Period 6
1. Quiz Voc 55-64
2. Discuss consistency in writing with parallel structure: Things in a series should have the same construction.
HW: Voc. 65-66
Monday, 25 February 2008
Monday, 25 February 2008
Periods 1& 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more papers to turn in?
3. New essential vocabulary
…16] irony (n): a contradiction between expectation and reality; the unexpected
…17] personification (n): giving human qualities to nonliving things.
4. Review and quiz vocab. 8-17
Period 5
1. Get back ch20 AP style essays
2. Students absent Friday take mult choice test on 21-30 JE
3. Show me 200 words of essay
4. Check mult choice 11-20
HW: 200 more words due, 400total
Period 6
1. Quiz Voc 55-64
2. Discuss consistency in writing with parallel structure: Things in a series should have the same
construction.
HW: Voc. 65-66
Periods 1& 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more papers to turn in?
3. New essential vocabulary
…16] irony (n): a contradiction between expectation and reality; the unexpected
…17] personification (n): giving human qualities to nonliving things.
4. Review and quiz vocab. 8-17
Period 5
1. Get back ch20 AP style essays
2. Students absent Friday take mult choice test on 21-30 JE
3. Show me 200 words of essay
4. Check mult choice 11-20
HW: 200 more words due, 400total
Period 6
1. Quiz Voc 55-64
2. Discuss consistency in writing with parallel structure: Things in a series should have the same
construction.
HW: Voc. 65-66
Friday, February 22, 2008
Friday, 22 February 2008
Friday, 22 February 2008
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in
• Final Drafts
• Rough draft w/ corrections in a in different color
• Rough outline
• Final outline
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Mult choice JE 21-30
3.Show me thesis & outline
HW: 200 words for Mon.
Period 6
1. SRF
2. Quiz Voc 53-62
HW: Voc 63-64
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in
• Final Drafts
• Rough draft w/ corrections in a in different color
• Rough outline
• Final outline
Period 5
1. SRF
2. Mult choice JE 21-30
3.Show me thesis & outline
HW: 200 words for Mon.
Period 6
1. SRF
2. Quiz Voc 53-62
HW: Voc 63-64
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Period 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 500 words total
(150 more words for 15 pts)
• Final Drafts due Friday, including:
• Rough draft with corrections in a different color
• Rough outline
• Final outline
See new blog "Writing Literary Analysis" for basic tips (below)
Period 5
1. Multiple choice JE ch 18 #11-20
2. Label best & worst of your 3 thesis ideas
3. Share best with class
HW: Thesis and outline for essay JE
Blog: Outline for Jane Eyre
Blog: Byronic Hero Characteristics
Blog: Writing Literary Analysis, Basic Tips
Period 6
1. Quiz Voc 51-60
2. Effective Writing
Part A: Being consistent
1]. Sequence of tenses
2]. Shift of pronoun
HW: Voc 61-62
Period 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 500 words total
(150 more words for 15 pts)
• Final Drafts due Friday, including:
• Rough draft with corrections in a different color
• Rough outline
• Final outline
See new blog "Writing Literary Analysis" for basic tips (below)
Period 5
1. Multiple choice JE ch 18 #11-20
2. Label best & worst of your 3 thesis ideas
3. Share best with class
HW: Thesis and outline for essay JE
Blog: Outline for Jane Eyre
Blog: Byronic Hero Characteristics
Blog: Writing Literary Analysis, Basic Tips
Period 6
1. Quiz Voc 51-60
2. Effective Writing
Part A: Being consistent
1]. Sequence of tenses
2]. Shift of pronoun
HW: Voc 61-62
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Period 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 500 words total
(150 more words for 15 pts)
• Final Drafts due Friday, including:
• Rough draft with corrections in a different color
• Rough outline
• Final outline
See new blog entry "Writing Literary Analysis" for basic tips
Period 6
1. Quiz Voc 43-44, 51-58
2. Lab for NovaNet
HW: Voc. 59-60
Period 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 500 words total
(150 more words for 15 pts)
• Final Drafts due Friday, including:
• Rough draft with corrections in a different color
• Rough outline
• Final outline
See new blog entry "Writing Literary Analysis" for basic tips
Period 6
1. Quiz Voc 43-44, 51-58
2. Lab for NovaNet
HW: Voc. 59-60
Writing Literary Analysis
Basic Tips for Writing a Literary Analysis
from Sierra College 2001
1. Write in the present tense.
EXAMPLE: In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the townspeople visit Emily Grierson's house because it smells bad.
NOT: In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the townspeople visited Emily Grierson's house because it smelled bad.
2. Normally, keep yourself out of your analysis; in other words, use the third person (no I or you). Some instructors may require or allow the first or second person in an informal analysis if the usage is consistent, however, so check with your instructor.
FIRST PERSON: I believe that the narrator in "Sonny's Blues" is a dynamic character because I read many details about the changes in his attitude toward and relationship with Sonny.
THIRD PERSON: The narrator in "Sonny's Blues" is a dynamic character who changes his attitude toward and relationship with Sonny as the story progresses.
SECOND PERSON: At the end of "Everyday Use," Mama realizes that Maggie is like her but has not received the attention you should give your daughter to help her attain self-esteem.
THIRD PERSON: At the end of "Everyday Use," Mama realizes that Maggie is like her but has not received enough attention to build self-esteem.
3. Avoid summarizing the plot (i.e., retelling the story literally). Instead analyze (form a thesis about and explain) the story in literary terms.
PLOT SUMMARY: In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," the mad narrator explains in detail how he kills the old man, who screams as he dies. After being alerted by a neighbor, the police arrive, and the madman gives them a tour through the house, finally halting in the old man's bedroom, where he has buried the man beneath the floor planks under the bed. As he is talking, the narrator hears what he thinks is the old man's heart beating loudly, and he is driven to confess the murder.
ANALYSIS: Though the narrator claims he is not mad, the reader realizes that the narrator in "The Telltale Heart" is unreliable and lies about his sanity. For example, the mad narrator says he can hear "all things in the heaven and in the earth." Sane people cannot. He also lies to the police when he tells them that the shriek they hear occurs in his dream. Though sane people do lie, most do not meticulously plan murders, lie to the police, and then confess without prompting. Finally, the madman is so plagued with guilt that he hears his own conscience in the form of the old man's heart beating loudly. Dead hearts do not beat, nor do sane people confuse their consciences with the sounds of external objects.
4. Include a clear thesis statement which addresses something meaningful about the literature, often about the theme. (See separate thesis handout.)
5. Use literary terms to discuss your points (i.e., character, theme, setting, rhyme, point of view, alliteration, symbols, imagery, figurative language, protagonist, and so forth).
NONLITERARY TERMS: To show that women are important, Adrienne Rich writes about Aunt Jennifer and the tigers that she creates in her needlework.
LITERARY TERMS: The poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" contains vivid images and symbols which reveal a feminist perspective.
6. Do not confuse characters' (in fiction or drama) or speakers' (in poetry) viewpoints with authors' viewpoints.
AUTHOR: As a black woman, Eudora Welty faces racism in "A Worn Path." (Eudora Welty, the author, was not black.)
CHARACTER: As a black woman, Old Phoenix faces racism in "A Worn Path." (Old Phoenix, a character, is black.)
POET: In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," Robert Frost is tempted to drift into his subconscious dream world, yet he knows he has other obligations to fulfill when he states, "But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep." (The pronoun "I" refers to the speaker of the poem, not to Robert Frost, the poet.)
SPEAKER: In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," the speaker is tempted to drift into his subconscious dream world, yet he knows he has other obligations to fulfill when he states, "But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep." (Here the "I" correctly refers to the speaker of the poem.)
7. Support your points with many quotations and paraphrases, but write the majority of your paper in your own words with your own ideas.
8. When writing a research paper that includes literary criticism, make sure that you form your own opinion rather than merely restate those of the critics. You may, however, use the critics' views to support yours.
9. Cite prose, poetry, drama, critics, and any other sources used according to specialized MLA standards. (See the current edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.)
Sierra College
from Sierra College 2001
1. Write in the present tense.
EXAMPLE: In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the townspeople visit Emily Grierson's house because it smells bad.
NOT: In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the townspeople visited Emily Grierson's house because it smelled bad.
2. Normally, keep yourself out of your analysis; in other words, use the third person (no I or you). Some instructors may require or allow the first or second person in an informal analysis if the usage is consistent, however, so check with your instructor.
FIRST PERSON: I believe that the narrator in "Sonny's Blues" is a dynamic character because I read many details about the changes in his attitude toward and relationship with Sonny.
THIRD PERSON: The narrator in "Sonny's Blues" is a dynamic character who changes his attitude toward and relationship with Sonny as the story progresses.
SECOND PERSON: At the end of "Everyday Use," Mama realizes that Maggie is like her but has not received the attention you should give your daughter to help her attain self-esteem.
THIRD PERSON: At the end of "Everyday Use," Mama realizes that Maggie is like her but has not received enough attention to build self-esteem.
3. Avoid summarizing the plot (i.e., retelling the story literally). Instead analyze (form a thesis about and explain) the story in literary terms.
PLOT SUMMARY: In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," the mad narrator explains in detail how he kills the old man, who screams as he dies. After being alerted by a neighbor, the police arrive, and the madman gives them a tour through the house, finally halting in the old man's bedroom, where he has buried the man beneath the floor planks under the bed. As he is talking, the narrator hears what he thinks is the old man's heart beating loudly, and he is driven to confess the murder.
ANALYSIS: Though the narrator claims he is not mad, the reader realizes that the narrator in "The Telltale Heart" is unreliable and lies about his sanity. For example, the mad narrator says he can hear "all things in the heaven and in the earth." Sane people cannot. He also lies to the police when he tells them that the shriek they hear occurs in his dream. Though sane people do lie, most do not meticulously plan murders, lie to the police, and then confess without prompting. Finally, the madman is so plagued with guilt that he hears his own conscience in the form of the old man's heart beating loudly. Dead hearts do not beat, nor do sane people confuse their consciences with the sounds of external objects.
4. Include a clear thesis statement which addresses something meaningful about the literature, often about the theme. (See separate thesis handout.)
5. Use literary terms to discuss your points (i.e., character, theme, setting, rhyme, point of view, alliteration, symbols, imagery, figurative language, protagonist, and so forth).
NONLITERARY TERMS: To show that women are important, Adrienne Rich writes about Aunt Jennifer and the tigers that she creates in her needlework.
LITERARY TERMS: The poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" contains vivid images and symbols which reveal a feminist perspective.
6. Do not confuse characters' (in fiction or drama) or speakers' (in poetry) viewpoints with authors' viewpoints.
AUTHOR: As a black woman, Eudora Welty faces racism in "A Worn Path." (Eudora Welty, the author, was not black.)
CHARACTER: As a black woman, Old Phoenix faces racism in "A Worn Path." (Old Phoenix, a character, is black.)
POET: In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," Robert Frost is tempted to drift into his subconscious dream world, yet he knows he has other obligations to fulfill when he states, "But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep." (The pronoun "I" refers to the speaker of the poem, not to Robert Frost, the poet.)
SPEAKER: In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," the speaker is tempted to drift into his subconscious dream world, yet he knows he has other obligations to fulfill when he states, "But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep." (Here the "I" correctly refers to the speaker of the poem.)
7. Support your points with many quotations and paraphrases, but write the majority of your paper in your own words with your own ideas.
8. When writing a research paper that includes literary criticism, make sure that you form your own opinion rather than merely restate those of the critics. You may, however, use the critics' views to support yours.
9. Cite prose, poetry, drama, critics, and any other sources used according to specialized MLA standards. (See the current edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.)
Sierra College
Byronic Hero
Characteristics of the Byronic Hero
www.umd.umich.edu/casl/hum/ eng/classes/434/charweb/CHARACTE.htm - 6k -
The Byronic hero--so named because it evolved primarily due to Lord Byron’s writing in the nineteenth century—is, according to Peter Thorslev, one of the most prominent literary character types of the Romantic period:
Romantic heroes represent an important tradition in our literature . . . . In England we have a reinterpreted Paradise Lost, a number of Gothic novels and dramas . . . the heroic romances of the younger Scott [Sir Walter Scott, added by Mrs Scanlon], some of the poetry of Shelley, and the works of Byron. In all of these works the Byronic Hero is the one protagonist who in stature and in temperament best represents the [heroic] tradition in England. (Thorslev 189)
A Byronic hero exhibits several characteristic traits, and in many ways he can be considered a rebel. The Byronic hero does not possess "heroic virtue" in the usual sense; instead, he has many dark qualities. With regard to his intellectual capacity, self-respect, and hypersensitivity, the Byronic hero is "larger than life," and "with the loss of his titanic passions, his pride, and his certainty of self-identity, he loses also his status as [a traditional] hero" (Thorslev 187).
He is usually isolated from society as a wanderer or is in exile of some kind. It does not matter whether this social separation is imposed upon him by some external force or is self-imposed. Byron's Manfred, a character who wandered desolate mountaintops, was physically isolated from society, whereas Childe Harold chose to "exile" himself and wander throughout Europe. Although Harold remained physically present in society and among people, he was not by any means "social."
Often the Byronic hero is moody by nature or passionate about a particular issue. He also has emotional and intellectual capacities, which are superior to the average man. These heightened abilities force the Byronic hero to be arrogant, confident, abnormally sensitive, and extremely conscious of himself. Sometimes, this is to the point of nihilism resulting in his rebellion against life itself (Thorslev 197). In one form or another, he rejects the values and moral codes of society and because of this he is often unrepentant by society's standards. Often the Byronic hero is characterized by a guilty memory of some unnamed sexual crime. Due to these characteristics, the Byronic hero is often a figure of repulsion, as well as fascination.
Harold Bloom notes that "[b]etween them, the Brontes can be said to have invented a relatively new genre, a kind of northern romance, deeply influenced both by Byron's poetry and by his myth and personality, but going back also . . . to the Gothic novel and to the Elizabethan drama" (1). When Byron died at the age of thirty-six in 1824, Bronte was but eight years old. Bronte's youthful age, however, did not preclude Byron and his works from having a profound effect on her and her writing; indeed, the "cult" of Lord Byron flourished shortly after his death "dominating [the Brontes'] girlhood and their young womanhood" (Bloom 2). Of the Bronte sisters' background, Tom Winnifrith comments that a "study of the Brontes' juvenilia provides confirmatory evidence of the sisters' preoccupation with the aristocracy, their emancipation from Victorian prudery, and the attraction of the Byronic hero, beautiful but damned" (4).
Bronte was deeply affected by the movement that took place during what is now called the Romantic period. She makes repeated references to Romantic works, and there is some evidence that suggests Jane Eyre was set in the Romantic period. For example, Blanche Ingram asks Rochester to "now sing, and I will play for you." When Rochester replies that he will indeed sing for them, she says, "Here then is a Corsair-song. Know that I dote on Corsairs; and for that reason, sing it 'con spirito'" (181; ch.17). Bronte's allusion to Byron's immensely popular work "The Corsair," which was published in 1814, suggests that Jane Eyre was set sometime after this date (Pirie 508). Since Jane and Blanche are technically rivals for Rochester and Jane politely dislikes Blanche, Bronte's placement of this allusion into Blanche's reply implies that on one level Bronte may not have thought highly of certain works by Byron or "Byronic" characters.
Byron first sketched out his hero in 1812, in the opening stanzas of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; at this stage, he is rather crudely depicted as a young man, prematurely sated by sin, who wanders about in an attempt to escape society and his own memories. Conrad, the hero of The Corsair (1814), has become more isolated, darker, more complex in his history and inner conflict, and therefore more frightening and more compelling to the reader.
www.umd.umich.edu/casl/hum/ eng/classes/434/charweb/CHARACTE.htm - 6k -
www.umd.umich.edu/casl/hum/ eng/classes/434/charweb/CHARACTE.htm - 6k -
The Byronic hero--so named because it evolved primarily due to Lord Byron’s writing in the nineteenth century—is, according to Peter Thorslev, one of the most prominent literary character types of the Romantic period:
Romantic heroes represent an important tradition in our literature . . . . In England we have a reinterpreted Paradise Lost, a number of Gothic novels and dramas . . . the heroic romances of the younger Scott [Sir Walter Scott, added by Mrs Scanlon], some of the poetry of Shelley, and the works of Byron. In all of these works the Byronic Hero is the one protagonist who in stature and in temperament best represents the [heroic] tradition in England. (Thorslev 189)
A Byronic hero exhibits several characteristic traits, and in many ways he can be considered a rebel. The Byronic hero does not possess "heroic virtue" in the usual sense; instead, he has many dark qualities. With regard to his intellectual capacity, self-respect, and hypersensitivity, the Byronic hero is "larger than life," and "with the loss of his titanic passions, his pride, and his certainty of self-identity, he loses also his status as [a traditional] hero" (Thorslev 187).
He is usually isolated from society as a wanderer or is in exile of some kind. It does not matter whether this social separation is imposed upon him by some external force or is self-imposed. Byron's Manfred, a character who wandered desolate mountaintops, was physically isolated from society, whereas Childe Harold chose to "exile" himself and wander throughout Europe. Although Harold remained physically present in society and among people, he was not by any means "social."
Often the Byronic hero is moody by nature or passionate about a particular issue. He also has emotional and intellectual capacities, which are superior to the average man. These heightened abilities force the Byronic hero to be arrogant, confident, abnormally sensitive, and extremely conscious of himself. Sometimes, this is to the point of nihilism resulting in his rebellion against life itself (Thorslev 197). In one form or another, he rejects the values and moral codes of society and because of this he is often unrepentant by society's standards. Often the Byronic hero is characterized by a guilty memory of some unnamed sexual crime. Due to these characteristics, the Byronic hero is often a figure of repulsion, as well as fascination.
Harold Bloom notes that "[b]etween them, the Brontes can be said to have invented a relatively new genre, a kind of northern romance, deeply influenced both by Byron's poetry and by his myth and personality, but going back also . . . to the Gothic novel and to the Elizabethan drama" (1). When Byron died at the age of thirty-six in 1824, Bronte was but eight years old. Bronte's youthful age, however, did not preclude Byron and his works from having a profound effect on her and her writing; indeed, the "cult" of Lord Byron flourished shortly after his death "dominating [the Brontes'] girlhood and their young womanhood" (Bloom 2). Of the Bronte sisters' background, Tom Winnifrith comments that a "study of the Brontes' juvenilia provides confirmatory evidence of the sisters' preoccupation with the aristocracy, their emancipation from Victorian prudery, and the attraction of the Byronic hero, beautiful but damned" (4).
Bronte was deeply affected by the movement that took place during what is now called the Romantic period. She makes repeated references to Romantic works, and there is some evidence that suggests Jane Eyre was set in the Romantic period. For example, Blanche Ingram asks Rochester to "now sing, and I will play for you." When Rochester replies that he will indeed sing for them, she says, "Here then is a Corsair-song. Know that I dote on Corsairs; and for that reason, sing it 'con spirito'" (181; ch.17). Bronte's allusion to Byron's immensely popular work "The Corsair," which was published in 1814, suggests that Jane Eyre was set sometime after this date (Pirie 508). Since Jane and Blanche are technically rivals for Rochester and Jane politely dislikes Blanche, Bronte's placement of this allusion into Blanche's reply implies that on one level Bronte may not have thought highly of certain works by Byron or "Byronic" characters.
Byron first sketched out his hero in 1812, in the opening stanzas of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; at this stage, he is rather crudely depicted as a young man, prematurely sated by sin, who wanders about in an attempt to escape society and his own memories. Conrad, the hero of The Corsair (1814), has become more isolated, darker, more complex in his history and inner conflict, and therefore more frightening and more compelling to the reader.
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Chapter # & Page # in tan edition
GATESHEAD
1. p6 Jane lives with the Reed family, relatives who do not love her.
John Reed attacks Jane for reading a book and she fights back and is punished.
2. p11 Jane’s punishment is to stay alone in her uncle’s red room.
When Jane screams in fear, her aunt forces her to stay longer and she blacks out.
3. p17 Jane recovers from unconsciousness and is tended to by a pharmacist.
Bessie, the children’s nurse, takes care of Jane.
Jane is miserable, but she does not want to go live with her poor relatives and become a beggar.
4. p26 Jane talks back to her aunt, saying she, Jane, is a worthier person than her aunt’s children.
Mr. Brocklehurst interviews Jane for school and her aunt tells him that Jane is a liar.
Jane rejects her aunt, saying she will never call her aunt again because she left her in the red room.
LOWOOD
5. p40 Jane travels alone to Lowood, her new boarding school, a charity for poor orphan girls.
Conditions are bad, such as burned food, but the superintendent is kind to the girls.
6. p52 Jane meets Helen Burns, a devout Christian who befriends her.
7. p59 Mr. Brocklehurst expects the girls’ lives to be austere, allowing not even curly hair.
When Mr. Brocklehurst sees Jane, he embarrasses her by making her wear a sign that says she is a liar.
8. p68 Helen and Miss Temple, the superintendent, make Jane feel better about her embarrassment.
9. p76 In the spring a typhus epidemic hits Lowood and Helen Burns dies.
Jane makes another friend, but spends Helen’s last night with Helen.
10. p84 Things get better for the girls at Lowood after the epidemic.
After 6 more years as a pupil, Jane becomes a teacher there.
When Miss Temple leaves, Jane advertises and finds a job as a governess.
Before Jane leaves Lowood, Bessie comes to see her.
Bessie tells Jane that her uncle John Reed came to Gateshead to see her.
THORNFIELD
11. p94 In her new position as governess at Thornfield, Jane meets Mrs. Fairfax and Adele.
12. p110 Jane adjusts to Thornfield with its strange noises and one night helps a fallen rider on the road.
13. p120 Jane gets to know Adele and Mr. Rochester, plays the piano for him, and shows him her art.
14. p130 Mr. Rochester tells Jane the kind of man he is.
15. p143 Jane hears about Mr. Rochester’s affair with Celine Varens.
Jane hears noises and finds a fire in Mr. Rochester’s room. She wakens him by throwing water on him.
He thanks her, takes her hand, and holds it in his hands, not letting her leave immediately.
Jane sees a fire in his eyes and later in her room feels both troubled and joyous.
16. p155 The next day Jane finds Mr. Rochester gone to party with friends and a girlfriend named Blanche.
Jane disciplines herself by drawing 2 portraits comparing her plainness with Blanche’s beauty.
17. p164 Mr. Rochester brings the party and guests to Thornfield and invites Jane to be introduced.
Blanche comments on her distaste for governesses.
18. p184 The party-goers play charades. One scene is a wedding.
An old gypsy woman arrives and asks to tell the fortunes of the single women.
19. p198 When Jane goes to have her fortune told they talk about Mr. Rochester.
A Mr. Mason turns up at Thornfield, upsetting Mr. Rochester.
20. p208 One night Jane hears a cry, sounds of a struggle, and shouting in the room above hers.
The household and guests are awakened, and Mr. Rochester tells everyone to go back to bed.
Jane goes to her room, gets dressed, and waits.
Mr. Rochester comes to her and takes her to Mr. Mason, who is injured and asks her to help.
Later, Mr. Rochester tells Jane that she will help him be a better person. She says only he can do that.
21. p223 Jane goes back to Gateshead when she hears Mrs. Reed is dying and has asked for her.
Jane finds out about John, Eliza, and Georgiana. Jane forgives Mrs. Reed for her mistreatment.
Mrs. Reed tells Jane that her uncle John wanted to adopt her but that she told him Jane was dead.
22. p244 When Jane returns to Thornfield, she finds Mr. Rochester sitting outside waiting for her.
23. p261 Jane and Mr. Rochester go into the garden, he asks her to marry him, and she says she will.
As they leave the garden, lightning strikes a large tree and splits it in two.
24. p261 Mr. Rochester sends for jewels to give to Jane.
Mr. Rochester tells Jane he tried to make her jealous by pretending to be marrying Blanche Ingram.
Mrs. Fairfax warns Jane to think carefully about marrying Mr. Rochester.
25. p279 Jane is so eager for Mr. Rochester to return from a trip that she walks out alone at night to greet him.
She tells him of disturbing dreams and a vampire-like creature who destroyed her wedding veil.
26. p291 Jane and Mr. Rochester go to the church to marry, but someone objects, saying Mr. Rochester is already married.
Mr. Rochester admits he is and takes everyone to meet Bertha.
Jane shuts herself up in her room to think and pray for help.
27. p302 Jane knows she must leave Thornfield.
When she walks out of her room, she faints but Mr. Rochester has been waiting there and catches her.
He says he never meant to hurt her, and they discuss the situation.
He pleads with her to join him in another country where no one will know he is married to Bertha.
She refuses and says she will leave him.
When she goes to her room to sleep, she cannot and decides to leave Thornfield immediately.
MOOR HOUSE/ MARSH END
28. p327 The coach leaves Jane at Whitcross where she sleeps on the heath.
Jane tries to find food in a village.
Wandering, Jane walks toward a light in a house on the moor and is taken in by St. John Rivers.
29. p344 Jane learns about the Rivers family and is accepted by them.
30. p355 St. John offers Jane a job teaching at a new school for girls.
31. p364 St. John explains his plans and reveals that he loves Rosamond Oliver, a rich man’s daughter.
32. p372 Rosamond knows St. John loves her, but he says he can never marry her.
33. p383 St. John discovers Jane’s real name and tells Jane about her inheritance from her uncle John.
Jane finds out she is related to the Rivers family and Jane shares her inheritance with them.
34. p395 Jane quits teaching and lives with the Rivers family.
Jane letters to Thornfield go unanswered.
St. John teaches Jane Hindustani and asks her to marry him and to go with him to India.
35. p416 Jane considers marrying St. John, and he tries to convince her to do it.
Jane hears a voice of Mr. Rochester calling her and she answers that she will go to him.
FERNDEAN
36. p428 Jane goes to Thornfield and finds it burned to the ground.
In the town nearby she finds discovers what happened at Thornfield and where Mr. Rochester now lives.
37. p437 Jane finds Mr. Rochester at Ferndean, he asks her to marry him, and she says she will.
38. p457 Jane and Edward marry and their firstborn is a son. St. John Rivers goes to India.
Chapter # & Page # in tan edition
GATESHEAD
1. p6 Jane lives with the Reed family, relatives who do not love her.
John Reed attacks Jane for reading a book and she fights back and is punished.
2. p11 Jane’s punishment is to stay alone in her uncle’s red room.
When Jane screams in fear, her aunt forces her to stay longer and she blacks out.
3. p17 Jane recovers from unconsciousness and is tended to by a pharmacist.
Bessie, the children’s nurse, takes care of Jane.
Jane is miserable, but she does not want to go live with her poor relatives and become a beggar.
4. p26 Jane talks back to her aunt, saying she, Jane, is a worthier person than her aunt’s children.
Mr. Brocklehurst interviews Jane for school and her aunt tells him that Jane is a liar.
Jane rejects her aunt, saying she will never call her aunt again because she left her in the red room.
LOWOOD
5. p40 Jane travels alone to Lowood, her new boarding school, a charity for poor orphan girls.
Conditions are bad, such as burned food, but the superintendent is kind to the girls.
6. p52 Jane meets Helen Burns, a devout Christian who befriends her.
7. p59 Mr. Brocklehurst expects the girls’ lives to be austere, allowing not even curly hair.
When Mr. Brocklehurst sees Jane, he embarrasses her by making her wear a sign that says she is a liar.
8. p68 Helen and Miss Temple, the superintendent, make Jane feel better about her embarrassment.
9. p76 In the spring a typhus epidemic hits Lowood and Helen Burns dies.
Jane makes another friend, but spends Helen’s last night with Helen.
10. p84 Things get better for the girls at Lowood after the epidemic.
After 6 more years as a pupil, Jane becomes a teacher there.
When Miss Temple leaves, Jane advertises and finds a job as a governess.
Before Jane leaves Lowood, Bessie comes to see her.
Bessie tells Jane that her uncle John Reed came to Gateshead to see her.
THORNFIELD
11. p94 In her new position as governess at Thornfield, Jane meets Mrs. Fairfax and Adele.
12. p110 Jane adjusts to Thornfield with its strange noises and one night helps a fallen rider on the road.
13. p120 Jane gets to know Adele and Mr. Rochester, plays the piano for him, and shows him her art.
14. p130 Mr. Rochester tells Jane the kind of man he is.
15. p143 Jane hears about Mr. Rochester’s affair with Celine Varens.
Jane hears noises and finds a fire in Mr. Rochester’s room. She wakens him by throwing water on him.
He thanks her, takes her hand, and holds it in his hands, not letting her leave immediately.
Jane sees a fire in his eyes and later in her room feels both troubled and joyous.
16. p155 The next day Jane finds Mr. Rochester gone to party with friends and a girlfriend named Blanche.
Jane disciplines herself by drawing 2 portraits comparing her plainness with Blanche’s beauty.
17. p164 Mr. Rochester brings the party and guests to Thornfield and invites Jane to be introduced.
Blanche comments on her distaste for governesses.
18. p184 The party-goers play charades. One scene is a wedding.
An old gypsy woman arrives and asks to tell the fortunes of the single women.
19. p198 When Jane goes to have her fortune told they talk about Mr. Rochester.
A Mr. Mason turns up at Thornfield, upsetting Mr. Rochester.
20. p208 One night Jane hears a cry, sounds of a struggle, and shouting in the room above hers.
The household and guests are awakened, and Mr. Rochester tells everyone to go back to bed.
Jane goes to her room, gets dressed, and waits.
Mr. Rochester comes to her and takes her to Mr. Mason, who is injured and asks her to help.
Later, Mr. Rochester tells Jane that she will help him be a better person. She says only he can do that.
21. p223 Jane goes back to Gateshead when she hears Mrs. Reed is dying and has asked for her.
Jane finds out about John, Eliza, and Georgiana. Jane forgives Mrs. Reed for her mistreatment.
Mrs. Reed tells Jane that her uncle John wanted to adopt her but that she told him Jane was dead.
22. p244 When Jane returns to Thornfield, she finds Mr. Rochester sitting outside waiting for her.
23. p261 Jane and Mr. Rochester go into the garden, he asks her to marry him, and she says she will.
As they leave the garden, lightning strikes a large tree and splits it in two.
24. p261 Mr. Rochester sends for jewels to give to Jane.
Mr. Rochester tells Jane he tried to make her jealous by pretending to be marrying Blanche Ingram.
Mrs. Fairfax warns Jane to think carefully about marrying Mr. Rochester.
25. p279 Jane is so eager for Mr. Rochester to return from a trip that she walks out alone at night to greet him.
She tells him of disturbing dreams and a vampire-like creature who destroyed her wedding veil.
26. p291 Jane and Mr. Rochester go to the church to marry, but someone objects, saying Mr. Rochester is already married.
Mr. Rochester admits he is and takes everyone to meet Bertha.
Jane shuts herself up in her room to think and pray for help.
27. p302 Jane knows she must leave Thornfield.
When she walks out of her room, she faints but Mr. Rochester has been waiting there and catches her.
He says he never meant to hurt her, and they discuss the situation.
He pleads with her to join him in another country where no one will know he is married to Bertha.
She refuses and says she will leave him.
When she goes to her room to sleep, she cannot and decides to leave Thornfield immediately.
MOOR HOUSE/ MARSH END
28. p327 The coach leaves Jane at Whitcross where she sleeps on the heath.
Jane tries to find food in a village.
Wandering, Jane walks toward a light in a house on the moor and is taken in by St. John Rivers.
29. p344 Jane learns about the Rivers family and is accepted by them.
30. p355 St. John offers Jane a job teaching at a new school for girls.
31. p364 St. John explains his plans and reveals that he loves Rosamond Oliver, a rich man’s daughter.
32. p372 Rosamond knows St. John loves her, but he says he can never marry her.
33. p383 St. John discovers Jane’s real name and tells Jane about her inheritance from her uncle John.
Jane finds out she is related to the Rivers family and Jane shares her inheritance with them.
34. p395 Jane quits teaching and lives with the Rivers family.
Jane letters to Thornfield go unanswered.
St. John teaches Jane Hindustani and asks her to marry him and to go with him to India.
35. p416 Jane considers marrying St. John, and he tries to convince her to do it.
Jane hears a voice of Mr. Rochester calling her and she answers that she will go to him.
FERNDEAN
36. p428 Jane goes to Thornfield and finds it burned to the ground.
In the town nearby she finds discovers what happened at Thornfield and where Mr. Rochester now lives.
37. p437 Jane finds Mr. Rochester at Ferndean, he asks her to marry him, and she says she will.
38. p457 Jane and Edward marry and their firstborn is a son. St. John Rivers goes to India.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 350 words total of your essay on Macbeth
Tomorrow: Write 150 more words, 500 total, by the end of class
Period 5
1. Hand in HW chs 37& 38 Jane Eyre
2. Quiz chs 37 & 38
3. Writing response
4. Essay assignment sheet. Day 1 will be Friday, Feb 22.
HW: Write 3 possible thesis statements including supporting ideas, either from the handout or of your own making.
Periods 1 & 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 350 words total of your essay on Macbeth
Tomorrow: Write 150 more words, 500 total, by the end of class
Period 5
1. Hand in HW chs 37& 38 Jane Eyre
2. Quiz chs 37 & 38
3. Writing response
4. Essay assignment sheet. Day 1 will be Friday, Feb 22.
HW: Write 3 possible thesis statements including supporting ideas, either from the handout or of your own making.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading , log
2. Writing Composition 3-- Show me 150 or more words for 15 or more points.
3. Show me 350words (200 more) on Tuesday for 20 points
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Chs 35-36 and second 5 vocab words from 1-19 list
3. Discuss ch 35
HW: Read chs 37 & 38 and do 2 voc and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Quiz 41-44, 51-56
HW: Voc 57 & 58 for quiz 43-44 and 51-58
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading , log
2. Writing Composition 3-- Show me 150 or more words for 15 or more points.
3. Show me 350words (200 more) on Tuesday for 20 points
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Chs 35-36 and second 5 vocab words from 1-19 list
3. Discuss ch 35
HW: Read chs 37 & 38 and do 2 voc and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Quiz 41-44, 51-56
HW: Voc 57 & 58 for quiz 43-44 and 51-58
Thursday, February 14, 2008
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading , log
2. Writing Composition 3
Choices:
...1) What make Macbeth do what he did? P250 Purple book
...2) Compare and contrast Shakespeare's Macbeth to the real Macbeth (Requires research)
Steps: 1] Write your statement or proposition about what caused Macbeth's actions
….......2] List your evidence as your outline.
….......3] Write supporting paragraph.
3. Show me outline (statement and supporting ideas) for 10 points.
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Chs 31-34
HW: Read chs 35-36 and do 2 voc and 2 questions
HW: Pick 5 more words from your list of 19 for a quiz
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Quiz 39-44 and 51-54
3. Correct sentences from "Effective Sentences" handout
HW: Voc 55 & 56
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading , log
2. Writing Composition 3
Choices:
...1) What make Macbeth do what he did? P250 Purple book
...2) Compare and contrast Shakespeare's Macbeth to the real Macbeth (Requires research)
Steps: 1] Write your statement or proposition about what caused Macbeth's actions
….......2] List your evidence as your outline.
….......3] Write supporting paragraph.
3. Show me outline (statement and supporting ideas) for 10 points.
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Chs 31-34
HW: Read chs 35-36 and do 2 voc and 2 questions
HW: Pick 5 more words from your list of 19 for a quiz
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Quiz 39-44 and 51-54
3. Correct sentences from "Effective Sentences" handout
HW: Voc 55 & 56
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading , log,
2. Writing Composition 3
3. Choices:
...1) What make Macbeth do what he did? P250 Purple book
...2) Compare and contrast Shakespeare's Macbeth to the real Macbeth (Requires research)
Process: 1] Write your statement or proposition about what caused Macbeth's actions
…..2] List your evidence as your outline.
…..3] Write supporting paragraph.
4. Show me outline for 10 points.
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Quiz 37-44, 51-52
3. Figure out scores on PSAT
HW: Voc 52 & 53 for quiz 39-44 and 51-54
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading , log,
2. Writing Composition 3
3. Choices:
...1) What make Macbeth do what he did? P250 Purple book
...2) Compare and contrast Shakespeare's Macbeth to the real Macbeth (Requires research)
Process: 1] Write your statement or proposition about what caused Macbeth's actions
…..2] List your evidence as your outline.
…..3] Write supporting paragraph.
4. Show me outline for 10 points.
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Quiz 37-44, 51-52
3. Figure out scores on PSAT
HW: Voc 52 & 53 for quiz 39-44 and 51-54
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log
2. Writing Composition 3
Choices:
...1) What make Macbeth do what he did? P250 Purple book
...2) Compare and contrast Shakespeare's Macbeth to the real Macbeth (Requires research) p250 Purple book
Process: 1] Write your statement or proposition about what caused Macbeth's actions
…..2] List your evidence, as many as you can. Freewrite explanatory paragraphs about each one.
…..3] Answer the opposing view with evidence
3. Hand in written work to be continued.
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in HW voc & qstns Ch 29-30
2. Quiz chs 29-30
3. Voc Quiz from Voc List 1-19.
4. Write about Ch 30: Compare and contrast
HW: Rd chs 31-34. Do 4 voc and 4 qstns
After Friday, only absentee make-up work will be accepted and only within the # of days absent.
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log
2. Writing Composition 3
Choices:
...1) What make Macbeth do what he did? P250 Purple book
...2) Compare and contrast Shakespeare's Macbeth to the real Macbeth (Requires research) p250 Purple book
Process: 1] Write your statement or proposition about what caused Macbeth's actions
…..2] List your evidence, as many as you can. Freewrite explanatory paragraphs about each one.
…..3] Answer the opposing view with evidence
3. Hand in written work to be continued.
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in HW voc & qstns Ch 29-30
2. Quiz chs 29-30
3. Voc Quiz from Voc List 1-19.
4. Write about Ch 30: Compare and contrast
HW: Rd chs 31-34. Do 4 voc and 4 qstns
After Friday, only absentee make-up work will be accepted and only within the # of days absent.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log,
2. Period 2 Hand in Art Project
.…Period 1 & 2 Take Voc Quiz # 15 & 16
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in HW 2 voc & 2 qstns Ch 27-28
2. Quiz chs 27-28
3. Receive & discuss Voc List 1-19. Adjust word or definition to correlate with each other.
…..Example: trodden: to tread or walk = trodden: treaded upon OR trod: to tread or walk
4. Discussion of chapters 27-28
HW: Rd chs 29 & 30. Do 2 voc and 2 qstns
HW: Choose 5 of your 19 vocabulary for a quiz Tuesday
PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 35-42 & 51, 52
2. Tests returned
HW: Voc 43 & 44
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log,
2. Period 2 Hand in Art Project
.…Period 1 & 2 Take Voc Quiz # 15 & 16
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in HW 2 voc & 2 qstns Ch 27-28
2. Quiz chs 27-28
3. Receive & discuss Voc List 1-19. Adjust word or definition to correlate with each other.
…..Example: trodden: to tread or walk = trodden: treaded upon OR trod: to tread or walk
4. Discussion of chapters 27-28
HW: Rd chs 29 & 30. Do 2 voc and 2 qstns
HW: Choose 5 of your 19 vocabulary for a quiz Tuesday
PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 35-42 & 51, 52
2. Tests returned
HW: Voc 43 & 44
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading , log,
2. Macbeth Art Project. Select a quotation of 10 words or more to illustrate. Requirements:
….1) Write quotation in DARK ink or marker, use "quotation marks," and put the page number in parentheses at the end of the quote (documentation)
….2) Fill the page…..
….3) Use at least 3 colors…..
….4)Use contrast (dark and light)
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz chs 24-26
3. Hand in HW 3 voc & 3 qstns
4. Discussion of chapters 24-26
HW: Rd chs 27 & 28. Do 2 voc and 2 qstns
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Qz 33-40 & 51, 52
3. Practice Test on Critical Reading Section 3
HW: Voc 41 & 42
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading , log,
2. Macbeth Art Project. Select a quotation of 10 words or more to illustrate. Requirements:
….1) Write quotation in DARK ink or marker, use "quotation marks," and put the page number in parentheses at the end of the quote (documentation)
….2) Fill the page…..
….3) Use at least 3 colors…..
….4)Use contrast (dark and light)
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz chs 24-26
3. Hand in HW 3 voc & 3 qstns
4. Discussion of chapters 24-26
HW: Rd chs 27 & 28. Do 2 voc and 2 qstns
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Voc Qz 33-40 & 51, 52
3. Practice Test on Critical Reading Section 3
HW: Voc 41 & 42
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading , log,
2. Hand in art project
3. Check and discuss questions 1-10 & Respond to Literature question.
4. Vocabulary 14. Tragedy: (n) the story of a hero with a flaw, a fault, that causes his downfall
…..15. Imagery: (n) descriptive words about sensory experiences, both literal and figurative
PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 31-40
2. Test on Critical Reading
HW: Vocab. 33-40, 51, 52
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading , log,
2. Hand in art project
3. Check and discuss questions 1-10 & Respond to Literature question.
4. Vocabulary 14. Tragedy: (n) the story of a hero with a flaw, a fault, that causes his downfall
…..15. Imagery: (n) descriptive words about sensory experiences, both literal and figurative
PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 31-40
2. Test on Critical Reading
HW: Vocab. 33-40, 51, 52
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log,
2. Answer questions 1-10 and Respond to Literature question. Include question in answer.
3. Macbeth Art Project. Select a quotation of 10 words or more to illustrate. Requirements:
….1) Write quotation in DARK ink or marker, use "quotation marks," and put the page number in parentheses at the end of the quote, which is called the "documentation."
….2) Fill the page.
….3) Use at least 3 colors.
….4) Use contrast (dark and light).
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz chs 22-23
2. Hand in 22/23 voc&qstns; 19 word voc list; and your papers passed out yesterday
3. Get back Mult Choice on Ch 20 and discuss missed answers
4. Discuss Chs 22-23
HW: Read chs 24, 25, 26 and do 3 voc and 3 qstns
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log,
2. Answer questions 1-10 and Respond to Literature question. Include question in answer.
3. Macbeth Art Project. Select a quotation of 10 words or more to illustrate. Requirements:
….1) Write quotation in DARK ink or marker, use "quotation marks," and put the page number in parentheses at the end of the quote, which is called the "documentation."
….2) Fill the page.
….3) Use at least 3 colors.
….4) Use contrast (dark and light).
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz chs 22-23
2. Hand in 22/23 voc&qstns; 19 word voc list; and your papers passed out yesterday
3. Get back Mult Choice on Ch 20 and discuss missed answers
4. Discuss Chs 22-23
HW: Read chs 24, 25, 26 and do 3 voc and 3 qstns
Monday, February 04, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log
2. Macbeth film : Pd 2 only
3. Answer questions 1-10 and Respond to Literature question. Include question in answer. Finish tomorrow.
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in study qstns ch 21
2. Write on qstn for last chapter read
HW: Read Chs 22-23 Do 2 voc and 2 questions
HW: Copy your 19 vocabulary words and defns from previous papers. Return all tomorrow.
PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 31-38 and 49-50
2. Discuss handouts on the SAT sections and rubric for essay question
HW: Vocab. 31-40
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log
2. Macbeth film : Pd 2 only
3. Answer questions 1-10 and Respond to Literature question. Include question in answer. Finish tomorrow.
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in study qstns ch 21
2. Write on qstn for last chapter read
HW: Read Chs 22-23 Do 2 voc and 2 questions
HW: Copy your 19 vocabulary words and defns from previous papers. Return all tomorrow.
PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 31-38 and 49-50
2. Discuss handouts on the SAT sections and rubric for essay question
HW: Vocab. 31-40
Friday, February 01, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log, and quiz
2. Macbeth film : Pd 1 finished; Pd 2 up to last battle
PERIOD 5
1. AR reading and quiz
2. Quiz Ch 20
3. Hand in study questions ch 20
4. AP style essay on JE ch20
HW: Read Ch 21; Do study questions on the handout sheet.
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. SAT Prac Test 2 Essay 25 mins
HW: Vocab. 31-38 & 49-50 for qz Mon
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading , log, and quiz
2. Macbeth film : Pd 1 finished; Pd 2 up to last battle
PERIOD 5
1. AR reading and quiz
2. Quiz Ch 20
3. Hand in study questions ch 20
4. AP style essay on JE ch20
HW: Read Ch 21; Do study questions on the handout sheet.
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. SAT Prac Test 2 Essay 25 mins
HW: Vocab. 31-38 & 49-50 for qz Mon
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read pp 83 to the end on p88
2. Macbeth film up to Macbeth drinking the witches' potion to see the apparitions
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Chs 17-19
2. Hand in 3 voc and 3 qstns
3. Discuss a student's question about the incident referring to a "hag"
4. Do a 10 qstn multiple choice and check.
5. Begin Ch 20 aloud.
HW: Read Ch 20; Do study questions on the handout sheet.
PERIOD 6
1. Vocab. Qz #s 47-50 and 31-36
2. SAT Sect 5 Wrtg Skills: 39questions and check.
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read pp 83 to the end on p88
2. Macbeth film up to Macbeth drinking the witches' potion to see the apparitions
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Chs 17-19
2. Hand in 3 voc and 3 qstns
3. Discuss a student's question about the incident referring to a "hag"
4. Do a 10 qstn multiple choice and check.
5. Begin Ch 20 aloud.
HW: Read Ch 20; Do study questions on the handout sheet.
PERIOD 6
1. Vocab. Qz #s 47-50 and 31-36
2. SAT Sect 5 Wrtg Skills: 39questions and check.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read p87 to the end
3. Macbeth film: Macduff & Malcolm take their army to Dunsinane
PERIOD 6
1. Vocab. Qz #s 45-50 and 31-34
2. Finish Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1
HW: Voc 35-36
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read p87 to the end
3. Macbeth film: Macduff & Malcolm take their army to Dunsinane
PERIOD 6
1. Vocab. Qz #s 45-50 and 31-34
2. Finish Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1
HW: Voc 35-36
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Macbeth film
3. Per 1 to p87; per 2 to p83
PERIOD 5……. AR Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
1. Quiz Chs 15-16
2. Hand in 2 voc and 2 qstns
3. 10 min written response to ch 15 & 16 questions
4. Begin Ch 17 aloud
HW: Read Chs 17, 18, 19; Do 3 voc and 3 questions
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Macbeth film
3. Per 1 to p87; per 2 to p83
PERIOD 5……. AR Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
1. Quiz Chs 15-16
2. Hand in 2 voc and 2 qstns
3. 10 min written response to ch 15 & 16 questions
4. Begin Ch 17 aloud
HW: Read Chs 17, 18, 19; Do 3 voc and 3 questions
Monday, January 28, 2008 Macbeth and Jane Eyre
Monday, January 28, 2008
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Macbeth film
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Chs 13-14
2. Hand in 2 voc and 2 qstns
3. Begin Ch 15 aloud
HW: Read Chs 15-16; Do 2 voc and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. Vocab. Qz #s 45-50 and 31-32
2. Discuss missed qstns and vocabulary from Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1; today #7
HW: Voc 45-50 and 31-34 for quiz
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Macbeth film
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Chs 13-14
2. Hand in 2 voc and 2 qstns
3. Begin Ch 15 aloud
HW: Read Chs 15-16; Do 2 voc and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. Vocab. Qz #s 45-50 and 31-32
2. Discuss missed qstns and vocabulary from Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1; today #7
HW: Voc 45-50 and 31-34 for quiz
Friday, January 25, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read pp79-81 & watch film up to seeing the dagger.
*PERIOD 5.....*Reading Record Cards are at 10-24-07
1. SRF
2. Quiz Chs 11-12
3. Hand in 2 voc and 2 qstns
HW: Read Chs 13-14; Do 2 voc and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Practice Vocab. and take Qz #s 45-50
3. Discuss missed qstns from Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1; today #5 & 6
HW: Voc 49-50 and 31 & 32 for Monday quiz
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read pp79-81 & watch film up to seeing the dagger.
*PERIOD 5.....*Reading Record Cards are at 10-24-07
1. SRF
2. Quiz Chs 11-12
3. Hand in 2 voc and 2 qstns
HW: Read Chs 13-14; Do 2 voc and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Practice Vocab. and take Qz #s 45-50
3. Discuss missed qstns from Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1; today #5 & 6
HW: Voc 49-50 and 31 & 32 for Monday quiz
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
"Friday" Schedule
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and new log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Write about the way each character--Macbeth and Lady Macbeth--reacts to the opportunity for Macbeth to be king. Hand in paper.
3. Movie to the drunken porter opening the door to the castle to two of Duncan's men.
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and new log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Movie to end of Act I
3. Write about the way each character--Macbeth and Lady Macbeth--reacts to the opportunity for Macbeth to be king. Hand in paper.
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Chs 6-10
3. Hand in 5 voc and 5 qstns
HW: Read Chs 11-12; Do 2 voc and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. Practice Vocab. and take Qz #s 45-48
2. Discuss missed qstns from Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1; today #5
HW: Voc 49-50 for Friday quiz
"Friday" Schedule
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and new log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Write about the way each character--Macbeth and Lady Macbeth--reacts to the opportunity for Macbeth to be king. Hand in paper.
3. Movie to the drunken porter opening the door to the castle to two of Duncan's men.
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and new log………. Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Movie to end of Act I
3. Write about the way each character--Macbeth and Lady Macbeth--reacts to the opportunity for Macbeth to be king. Hand in paper.
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz Chs 6-10
3. Hand in 5 voc and 5 qstns
HW: Read Chs 11-12; Do 2 voc and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. Practice Vocab. and take Qz #s 45-48
2. Discuss missed qstns from Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1; today #5
HW: Voc 49-50 for Friday quiz
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and new log....... Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read Macbeth pp 79-81 and watch movie to end of Act I
PERIOD 6
1. SRF for tomorrow
2. Finish qstns 1-25 on Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1 and check
3. Discuss first incorrect answer #4
4. Practice Vocab. Qz #s 45 & 46 and bonus
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and new log....... Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read Macbeth pp 79-81 and watch movie to end of Act I
PERIOD 6
1. SRF for tomorrow
2. Finish qstns 1-25 on Crit Rdg SAT Sect 1 and check
3. Discuss first incorrect answer #4
4. Practice Vocab. Qz #s 45 & 46 and bonus
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read Macbeth pp 78-79 period 1; pp73-79 & movie period 2
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Chs 2-5
2. Discuss qstns after handing in Voc & Qstns chs 4&5
3.Write 15 minutes
HW: Read chapters 6-10 for Thur
HW: Do 5 vocabulary words and 5 questions
Chpts to read Jane Eyre Schedule
1,2,3 Jan/17
4,5 Jan/18
6,7,8 Jan/22 Tue
9,10
11,12 Jan/24 Thur
13-14 Jan/25 Fri
15-16 Jan/28 Mon
17 Jan/29 Tue
18-19
20 Jan/31 Thur
21 Feb/1 Fri
22-23 Feb/4 Mon
24 Feb/5 Tue
25-26
27 Feb/7 Thur
28 Feb/8 Fri
29-30 Feb/11 Mon
31-32 (19pp) Feb/12 Tue
33-34 (34pp)
35-36 Feb/14 Thur
37-38 Feb/15 Fri
PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read Macbeth pp 78-79 period 1; pp73-79 & movie period 2
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Chs 2-5
2. Discuss qstns after handing in Voc & Qstns chs 4&5
3.Write 15 minutes
HW: Read chapters 6-10 for Thur
HW: Do 5 vocabulary words and 5 questions
Chpts to read Jane Eyre Schedule
1,2,3 Jan/17
4,5 Jan/18
6,7,8 Jan/22 Tue
9,10
11,12 Jan/24 Thur
13-14 Jan/25 Fri
15-16 Jan/28 Mon
17 Jan/29 Tue
18-19
20 Jan/31 Thur
21 Feb/1 Fri
22-23 Feb/4 Mon
24 Feb/5 Tue
25-26
27 Feb/7 Thur
28 Feb/8 Fri
29-30 Feb/11 Mon
31-32 (19pp) Feb/12 Tue
33-34 (34pp)
35-36 Feb/14 Thur
37-38 Feb/15 Fri
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read Macbeth pp 73-78 period 1; pp73-74 period 2
PERIOD 5
1. SRFF
2. Quiz Ch 1
3. Discuss vocabulary and questions
HW: Read chapters 4&5
HW: Do 2 vocabulary words and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. SRFF
2. Get vocabulary list
3. Take PSAT Critical Reading 4DPT2
HW: Study words 45 & 46 for quiz Tues
PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Read Macbeth pp 73-78 period 1; pp73-74 period 2
PERIOD 5
1. SRFF
2. Quiz Ch 1
3. Discuss vocabulary and questions
HW: Read chapters 4&5
HW: Do 2 vocabulary words and 2 questions
PERIOD 6
1. SRFF
2. Get vocabulary list
3. Take PSAT Critical Reading 4DPT2
HW: Study words 45 & 46 for quiz Tues
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Begin Shakespeare's Macbeth: Pg72 in Gold book: "Writing Connection"
Write the 2 sentences about the character described. Switch papers with a partner. Under his/her 2 sentences, write a minimum of 35 words in a paragraph expanding or elaborating on the idea in one of the sentences. Put your name on the paper and hand it in.
PERIOD 5
1. SRFF
2. Two groups discuss poems 171 and 172 from Sound and Sense
3. Get Jane Eyre books
HW: Read chapters 1, 2, 3 (appox 20 pp a day will be assigned every school day)
HW: Find 3 vocabulary words anywhere in the three chapters and do the following:
(1) Write the page number and the sentence from the book in which the word appears.
(2) Write the definition that fits the context of the sentence in which it was found.
(3) Write your own sentence using the word, clearly implying the meaning. Example: When the child read the MORAL of the story, he learned that patience has its rewards.
HW: For each chapter, write a question that isn't clearly answered in the text. "Why" questions are usually good.
PERIOD 6
1. SRFF
2. Class test on English skills
3. Go over answers and hand papers in.
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Begin Shakespeare's Macbeth: Pg72 in Gold book: "Writing Connection"
Write the 2 sentences about the character described. Switch papers with a partner. Under his/her 2 sentences, write a minimum of 35 words in a paragraph expanding or elaborating on the idea in one of the sentences. Put your name on the paper and hand it in.
PERIOD 5
1. SRFF
2. Two groups discuss poems 171 and 172 from Sound and Sense
3. Get Jane Eyre books
HW: Read chapters 1, 2, 3 (appox 20 pp a day will be assigned every school day)
HW: Find 3 vocabulary words anywhere in the three chapters and do the following:
(1) Write the page number and the sentence from the book in which the word appears.
(2) Write the definition that fits the context of the sentence in which it was found.
(3) Write your own sentence using the word, clearly implying the meaning. Example: When the child read the MORAL of the story, he learned that patience has its rewards.
HW: For each chapter, write a question that isn't clearly answered in the text. "Why" questions are usually good.
PERIOD 6
1. SRFF
2. Class test on English skills
3. Go over answers and hand papers in.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Begin Shakespeare's Macbeth: Pg72 in Gold book: "Writing Connection"
Write the 2 sentences about the character described. Switch papers with a partner. Under his/her 2 sentences, write a minimum of 35 words in a paragraph expanding or elaborating on the idea in one of the sentences. Put your name on the paper and hand it in.
PERIOD 6
1. Share your quiz with your partner. Introduce your partner to the class and ask the class a question from their quiz.
2. Handouts on Test-taking Myths and Test-taking Approaches. Discuss. Also handout on Critical Reading and Effective Writing.
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Begin Shakespeare's Macbeth: Pg72 in Gold book: "Writing Connection"
Write the 2 sentences about the character described. Switch papers with a partner. Under his/her 2 sentences, write a minimum of 35 words in a paragraph expanding or elaborating on the idea in one of the sentences. Put your name on the paper and hand it in.
PERIOD 6
1. Share your quiz with your partner. Introduce your partner to the class and ask the class a question from their quiz.
2. Handouts on Test-taking Myths and Test-taking Approaches. Discuss. Also handout on Critical Reading and Effective Writing.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Find example of writing that demonstrates one of the 6 + 1 Writing Traits,based on your work in the literary analysis of the Prioress.
Copy and document on Comment sheet.
PERIOD 5 AR Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
1. Write an analytical essay on "Naming of Parts" p1122 in your text. Use TP-CASTT or SSIF, Speaker, Sound, Imagery, Figurative language. Finish in class.
2. Look at grades
HW: Read Ch 15 in Sound and Sense. Write a substantial essay analyzing poem 171 or 172.
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and new log Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
2. Find example of writing that demonstrates one of the 6 + 1 Writing Traits,based on your work in the literary analysis of the Prioress.
Copy and document on Comment sheet.
PERIOD 5 AR Quiz deadline Friday, Feb 1
1. Write an analytical essay on "Naming of Parts" p1122 in your text. Use TP-CASTT or SSIF, Speaker, Sound, Imagery, Figurative language. Finish in class.
2. Look at grades
HW: Read Ch 15 in Sound and Sense. Write a substantial essay analyzing poem 171 or 172.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Catching up and reading
2. Look over exams
3. Look at essays on the Prioress
PERIOD 5
1. Catching up
2. Look over exams
3. Look at essays on the group novel
PERIOD 6
1. Handouts for new students to take home for parents to sign
2. Meecher Teacher Quiz
Homework: Write 5 unusual things about you or what you've done.
Write a quiz about yourself using the 5 things.
Make up 2 wrong answers for a multiple choice quiz to give orally to a partner.
Example: Which of these do I have:
five red bandanas
a cocker spaniel and poodle mix
a 52 inch plasma screen TV ?
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Catching up and reading
2. Look over exams
3. Look at essays on the Prioress
PERIOD 5
1. Catching up
2. Look over exams
3. Look at essays on the group novel
PERIOD 6
1. Handouts for new students to take home for parents to sign
2. Meecher Teacher Quiz
Homework: Write 5 unusual things about you or what you've done.
Write a quiz about yourself using the 5 things.
Make up 2 wrong answers for a multiple choice quiz to give orally to a partner.
Example: Which of these do I have:
five red bandanas
a cocker spaniel and poodle mix
a 52 inch plasma screen TV ?
Monday, December 10, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR quizzes, reading, and log
2. Exam review sheet
PERIOD 5
1. Voc Qz postponed
2. AR quizzes
3. Groups for step 5
4. Show me your 500 words
5. Exam review sheet
HW: -- Final drafts due tomorrow
--Rough draft with corrections in a different color 10 pts
--Final outline 5 pts
--Rough outline 5 pts
HW: Step 6 Theme Project
PERIOD 6
1. Exam review ACT Section 2 Part 1
2. Do 3 review problems and hand in
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR quizzes, reading, and log
2. Exam review sheet
PERIOD 5
1. Voc Qz postponed
2. AR quizzes
3. Groups for step 5
4. Show me your 500 words
5. Exam review sheet
HW: -- Final drafts due tomorrow
--Rough draft with corrections in a different color 10 pts
--Final outline 5 pts
--Rough outline 5 pts
HW: Step 6 Theme Project
PERIOD 6
1. Exam review ACT Section 2 Part 1
2. Do 3 review problems and hand in
Friday, December 07, 2007
Thurs & Fri December 6 & 7, 2007
-----------------------------Thursday, December 6, 2007
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Continue Renaissance pp60-61
2. Read pp62-63 Sonnets and "…Age of 23"
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Voc 35-44
3. Discuss group theme project step 3
4. Show your thesis and outline for 10 pts
5. Finish discussing "Break, Break, Break"
HW: 250 words due tomorrow
HW: Step 4
PERIOD 6
1. MacLab
-----------------------------------Friday, December 7, 2007
PERIODs 1 &
1. AR reading and log
2. Vocabulary #12 connotation: (n) feelings that a word expresses beyond its dictionary definition
also for connotation: (n) a personal meaning;
#13 sonnet: (n) a 14 line poem
3. Read and discuss "On His Blindness" p64
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Groups for step 4 Theme Project
3. Show me 250 words
4. One more note on essays, to make 19. They will be on the exam.
5. Get Hamlet essays
HW: 500 total words
HW: Step 5
HW: Voc 37-46
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Discuss science problem on the ACT
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Continue Renaissance pp60-61
2. Read pp62-63 Sonnets and "…Age of 23"
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Voc 35-44
3. Discuss group theme project step 3
4. Show your thesis and outline for 10 pts
5. Finish discussing "Break, Break, Break"
HW: 250 words due tomorrow
HW: Step 4
PERIOD 6
1. MacLab
-----------------------------------Friday, December 7, 2007
PERIODs 1 &
1. AR reading and log
2. Vocabulary #12 connotation: (n) feelings that a word expresses beyond its dictionary definition
also for connotation: (n) a personal meaning;
#13 sonnet: (n) a 14 line poem
3. Read and discuss "On His Blindness" p64
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Groups for step 4 Theme Project
3. Show me 250 words
4. One more note on essays, to make 19. They will be on the exam.
5. Get Hamlet essays
HW: 500 total words
HW: Step 5
HW: Voc 37-46
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Discuss science problem on the ACT
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Continue Renaissance pp60-61
2. Read pp62-63 Sonnets and "On Arriving at the Age of Twenty-Three"
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Voc 35-44
3. Discuss group theme project step 3
4. Show your thesis and outline for 10 pts
5. Finish discussing "Break, Break, Break"
HW: 250 words due tomorrow
HW: Step 4
--Partial Review for Exam:
•Authors and one important fact about each
•Works: identify from excerpts
•Literary Terms
•Vocabulary
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. MacLab
PERIOD 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Continue Renaissance pp60-61
2. Read pp62-63 Sonnets and "On Arriving at the Age of Twenty-Three"
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Voc 35-44
3. Discuss group theme project step 3
4. Show your thesis and outline for 10 pts
5. Finish discussing "Break, Break, Break"
HW: 250 words due tomorrow
HW: Step 4
--Partial Review for Exam:
•Authors and one important fact about each
•Works: identify from excerpts
•Literary Terms
•Vocabulary
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. MacLab
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and log
2. Read pp62-63 Sonnets and "…Age of 23"
PERIOD 6
1. Mac Lab not usable
2. Cartesian Plane: plot a point through a line with slope of 1
Coordinates
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading and log
2. Read pp62-63 Sonnets and "…Age of 23"
PERIOD 6
1. Mac Lab not usable
2. Cartesian Plane: plot a point through a line with slope of 1
Coordinates
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Vocabulary quiz 2-11 "literal - inference"
3. Read about Renaissance Period pp60-61 in gold book
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Voc 33-42
2. Hand in list of themes and lines for other 5 Tennyson poems
3. Discuss "Break, Break, Break"
HW: "Theme Connection Project" handout: do step 3. All steps due Monday, Dec 17, by group
HW: Voc 35-44
HW: You should have done TP-CASTT Poetry handout assignment for Sound & Sense chpt 3, omitting the notes, which you did earlier this qtr. We will talk about and check this assignment as soon as we find time.
HW: Select a topic for a literary analysis essay of at least 500 words about your play. Read the handout "How to Write a Thesis Statement in 3 Easy Steps" & the back about quoting. Due Tues 12/11 will be the following:
• Final Draft following MLA format: 4 part heading at left, original title, double spaced, 1" margins, last name & page # top right
• Rough Draft with hand written corrections in a different color
• Final Outline with thesis statement at top, at least Roman numerals I, II, A, B, & at least one 1 & 2
• Rough Outline with first thesis at top and at least I and II and at least A and B for each
Daily points will be given for having the following:
--Thurs 12/ 6: Thesis and Rough Outline (see description above for Rough Outline) 10 pts
--Friday 12/ 7: 250 words of essay with quotations 25 pts
--Monday 12/ 10: 500 total words of essay w/quotations 25 pts
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Vocabulary quiz 2-11 "literal - inference"
3. Read about Renaissance Period pp60-61 in gold book
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Voc 33-42
2. Hand in list of themes and lines for other 5 Tennyson poems
3. Discuss "Break, Break, Break"
HW: "Theme Connection Project" handout: do step 3. All steps due Monday, Dec 17, by group
HW: Voc 35-44
HW: You should have done TP-CASTT Poetry handout assignment for Sound & Sense chpt 3, omitting the notes, which you did earlier this qtr. We will talk about and check this assignment as soon as we find time.
HW: Select a topic for a literary analysis essay of at least 500 words about your play. Read the handout "How to Write a Thesis Statement in 3 Easy Steps" & the back about quoting. Due Tues 12/11 will be the following:
• Final Draft following MLA format: 4 part heading at left, original title, double spaced, 1" margins, last name & page # top right
• Rough Draft with hand written corrections in a different color
• Final Outline with thesis statement at top, at least Roman numerals I, II, A, B, & at least one 1 & 2
• Rough Outline with first thesis at top and at least I and II and at least A and B for each
Daily points will be given for having the following:
--Thurs 12/ 6: Thesis and Rough Outline (see description above for Rough Outline) 10 pts
--Friday 12/ 7: 250 words of essay with quotations 25 pts
--Monday 12/ 10: 500 total words of essay w/quotations 25 pts
Monday, December 03, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Vocabulary words 10 & 11 for quiz Tues
3. Discuss Renaissance Period
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Voc 31-40, "Lady of Shalott" and "Ulysses"
2. Hand in list of 5 prompts for your play from the Past AP Open Topics
3. Meet in book groups. Pool your themes to get 3-5 to use for step 2. Each person do one.
HW: "Theme Connection Project" handout: do step 2
HW: Voc 33-42
HW: Read the other 5 Tennyson poems p780-797, write a theme and copy an interesting line
HW: Read p4 of TP-CASTT Poetry handout
HW: In TP-CASTT Poetry handout, read p2 To do and Not to do. Choose 2 poems from chpt 3 to analyze for connotations in the way described in To do and Not to do. You should have notes already for chpt 3, so you can skip 1) and do only 2) and 3) this time.
PERIOD 6
1. Review terms: triangle types, ratio, and congruent
2. Discuss right triangle characteristics, proportion, and the trigonometric function "sine"
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Vocabulary words 10 & 11 for quiz Tues
3. Discuss Renaissance Period
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Voc 31-40, "Lady of Shalott" and "Ulysses"
2. Hand in list of 5 prompts for your play from the Past AP Open Topics
3. Meet in book groups. Pool your themes to get 3-5 to use for step 2. Each person do one.
HW: "Theme Connection Project" handout: do step 2
HW: Voc 33-42
HW: Read the other 5 Tennyson poems p780-797, write a theme and copy an interesting line
HW: Read p4 of TP-CASTT Poetry handout
HW: In TP-CASTT Poetry handout, read p2 To do and Not to do. Choose 2 poems from chpt 3 to analyze for connotations in the way described in To do and Not to do. You should have notes already for chpt 3, so you can skip 1) and do only 2) and 3) this time.
PERIOD 6
1. Review terms: triangle types, ratio, and congruent
2. Discuss right triangle characteristics, proportion, and the trigonometric function "sine"
Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Vocabulary quiz 1-9 of "25 Essential Vocabulary"
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Voc 29-38 after review
3. Number "Past AP Open Topics" handout from 1-50 (There are 9 on page 12)
HW: Voc 31-40
HW: Find 3 more topics from pp 14, 15, 16-17 on AP Past Open Topics handout
HW: "Theme Connection Project" handout: do step 1, brainstorm a list of 3-5 themes from your group book.
HW: Read "The Lady of Shallot" p784, and "Ulysses" p791 for quizzes
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Trigonometry topics: kinds of triangles, defn of congruence
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Vocabulary quiz 1-9 of "25 Essential Vocabulary"
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Voc 29-38 after review
3. Number "Past AP Open Topics" handout from 1-50 (There are 9 on page 12)
HW: Voc 31-40
HW: Find 3 more topics from pp 14, 15, 16-17 on AP Past Open Topics handout
HW: "Theme Connection Project" handout: do step 1, brainstorm a list of 3-5 themes from your group book.
HW: Read "The Lady of Shallot" p784, and "Ulysses" p791 for quizzes
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Trigonometry topics: kinds of triangles, defn of congruence
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Write 100 word response to a tale from the film on the Canterbury Tales
3. Vocabulary 8 & 9 for quiz Friday 1-8
PERIOD 5
1. Voc Quiz 27-36
2. Hand in Tennyson work
3. Group discussion of book with log
HW: Voc 29-38
HW: Look throught the Past AP Open Topics list. Read all the topics on the first 2 pages and pick out one from each page that you might do about your book . In other words, pick 2 topics, one from each of the first 2 pages. Don't write an essay yet. Eventually we will pick one topic from each of the 6 sheets and then pick a final topic to write on. It will be a take home essay, not an AP Exam style essay.
PERIOD 6
1. Review #24 Sect 2 Part 2 on probability
2. Students try to work the problem as given
3. Students try to find the answer for a different ratio: 4/10
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Write 100 word response to a tale from the film on the Canterbury Tales
3. Vocabulary 8 & 9 for quiz Friday 1-8
PERIOD 5
1. Voc Quiz 27-36
2. Hand in Tennyson work
3. Group discussion of book with log
HW: Voc 29-38
HW: Look throught the Past AP Open Topics list. Read all the topics on the first 2 pages and pick out one from each page that you might do about your book . In other words, pick 2 topics, one from each of the first 2 pages. Don't write an essay yet. Eventually we will pick one topic from each of the 6 sheets and then pick a final topic to write on. It will be a take home essay, not an AP Exam style essay.
PERIOD 6
1. Review #24 Sect 2 Part 2 on probability
2. Students try to work the problem as given
3. Students try to find the answer for a different ratio: 4/10
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
Per 1: Write about one of the tales. 100 words
Per 2: Watch the Franklin's Tale
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Voc 25-34, terms S-U, and the Victorian Period
2. Hand in your work on Tennyson and any other work that's due
HW: Voc 27-36
HW: Find a Tennyson poem you like that is not in our textbook. Using poetry (literary) terms, explain why you like it in 200 words or so.
PERIOD 6
Mac Lab: Work on selected module and lesson.
Record on paper when you finish.
Copy the last problem before you have to quit.
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
Per 1: Write about one of the tales. 100 words
Per 2: Watch the Franklin's Tale
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Voc 25-34, terms S-U, and the Victorian Period
2. Hand in your work on Tennyson and any other work that's due
HW: Voc 27-36
HW: Find a Tennyson poem you like that is not in our textbook. Using poetry (literary) terms, explain why you like it in 200 words or so.
PERIOD 6
Mac Lab: Work on selected module and lesson.
Record on paper when you finish.
Copy the last problem before you have to quit.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Any more essays to hand in?
3. Discuss the tales watched and the pilgrims telling the tales.
PERIOD 5
1. Checking notes on the Victorian Period. 36¶s
2. Work on notes for the 3 R periods.
3. Hand in mult choice as soon as finished.
HW: Voc 25-34 and terms S-U
HW: Read Tennyson p777 and write the 5 "best" facts about him.
Read "Tears Idle Tears" p779 and answer Interpreting questions.
PERIOD 6
1. Make a Computer Lab Sheet with the following parts:
(1) Date in lab: 11/28/07
(2) Lesson information: page #, module #, lesson letter that you selected: p4, m5, a
(3) Work done (select one): Ended Early/ Not Finished/ Finished
(4) Last problem before leaving lesson: Copy the Problem & Problem #
2. Go over problem 21 on ACT test: buying lemons
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Any more essays to hand in?
3. Discuss the tales watched and the pilgrims telling the tales.
PERIOD 5
1. Checking notes on the Victorian Period. 36¶s
2. Work on notes for the 3 R periods.
3. Hand in mult choice as soon as finished.
HW: Voc 25-34 and terms S-U
HW: Read Tennyson p777 and write the 5 "best" facts about him.
Read "Tears Idle Tears" p779 and answer Interpreting questions.
PERIOD 6
1. Make a Computer Lab Sheet with the following parts:
(1) Date in lab: 11/28/07
(2) Lesson information: page #, module #, lesson letter that you selected: p4, m5, a
(3) Work done (select one): Ended Early/ Not Finished/ Finished
(4) Last problem before leaving lesson: Copy the Problem & Problem #
2. Go over problem 21 on ACT test: buying lemons
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
AR QUIZ DUE DATES
Quarter 2
END................Monday, December 10
Quarter 3
MIDQUARTER..Friday, February 1
END................Friday, March 7
Quarter 4
MIDQUARTER..Friday, April 18
END................Monday, May 19
END................Monday, December 10
Quarter 3
MIDQUARTER..Friday, February 1
END................Friday, March 7
Quarter 4
MIDQUARTER..Friday, April 18
END................Monday, May 19
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Any more essays to hand in?
3. Film of Canterbury Tales part 2 (period 2 didn't finish)
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz vocabulary 23-32 and terms P-R
3. Check multiple choice exam and hand in.
HW: Read your AR book and your play.
Last play discussion will be Thurs 11/29.
HW: Read the Victorian Period pp 760-772.
Take 2 column notes with all headings and one detail per paragraph.
Write a very brief summary at the end.
PERIOD 6
1. Hand in homework: 10 multiplication of binomials
2. Get packet of NovaNet lessons and select one to do. Hand in packet.
3. Discuss the way the multiplication of binomials is like the multiplication of 2 digit numbers.
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Any more essays to hand in?
3. Film of Canterbury Tales part 2 (period 2 didn't finish)
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz vocabulary 23-32 and terms P-R
3. Check multiple choice exam and hand in.
HW: Read your AR book and your play.
Last play discussion will be Thurs 11/29.
HW: Read the Victorian Period pp 760-772.
Take 2 column notes with all headings and one detail per paragraph.
Write a very brief summary at the end.
PERIOD 6
1. Hand in homework: 10 multiplication of binomials
2. Get packet of NovaNet lessons and select one to do. Hand in packet.
3. Discuss the way the multiplication of binomials is like the multiplication of 2 digit numbers.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Any more essays to hand in?
3. Film of Canterbury Tales part 1
PERIOD 5
1. Quizzes on Keats, poems, vocabulary, and terms
2. Review of the 3 R Literary periods by taking notes in class on the following. We'll finish tomorrow.
1) Name the period
2) List 2 defining characteristics of the period. The name of the period will give clues to some of them.
3) List at least 3 major writers of each period. When there are fewer than 3 major, list your most memorable other ones.
4) List at least 2 important/memorable/significant details about the life and work of each writer that helps you remember him & his work
HW: Multiple choice exam ( 75 minutes time limit, but note which one you're on when you reach the limit, and then finish all of the questions); Vocabulary 23-32 and terms P, Q, R
PERIOD 6
1. Finish quiz from Mon
2. Check answers
HW: 10 multiplication of binomials . A binomial has 2 terms, a first and a last, e.g. a+b
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Any more essays to hand in?
3. Film of Canterbury Tales part 1
PERIOD 5
1. Quizzes on Keats, poems, vocabulary, and terms
2. Review of the 3 R Literary periods by taking notes in class on the following. We'll finish tomorrow.
1) Name the period
2) List 2 defining characteristics of the period. The name of the period will give clues to some of them.
3) List at least 3 major writers of each period. When there are fewer than 3 major, list your most memorable other ones.
4) List at least 2 important/memorable/significant details about the life and work of each writer that helps you remember him & his work
HW: Multiple choice exam ( 75 minutes time limit, but note which one you're on when you reach the limit, and then finish all of the questions); Vocabulary 23-32 and terms P, Q, R
PERIOD 6
1. Finish quiz from Mon
2. Check answers
HW: 10 multiplication of binomials . A binomial has 2 terms, a first and a last, e.g. a+b
Monday, November 19, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR and log
2. Sign for and hand in Essay and drafts:
1) Final draft
2) Rough draft with some corrections
3) Rough outline
4) Final outline (May be the same as rough outline)
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Shelley," Ozymandias" Voc 19-28 and Terms J-L
HW: Read Keats p708, "Bright Star" p 710, "When I Have Fears" p711, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" p 712, and "To Autumn" p722
HW: Voc 21-30 and terms M-O
PERIOD 6
1. Papers returned for finding the GCF of 220 and 160
2. Review factorization into primes and the distance formula d=rt
3. Take quiz on GCF and the distance formula
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR and log
2. Sign for and hand in Essay and drafts:
1) Final draft
2) Rough draft with some corrections
3) Rough outline
4) Final outline (May be the same as rough outline)
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Shelley," Ozymandias" Voc 19-28 and Terms J-L
HW: Read Keats p708, "Bright Star" p 710, "When I Have Fears" p711, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" p 712, and "To Autumn" p722
HW: Voc 21-30 and terms M-O
PERIOD 6
1. Papers returned for finding the GCF of 220 and 160
2. Review factorization into primes and the distance formula d=rt
3. Take quiz on GCF and the distance formula
Sunday, November 18, 2007
COMPOSITION FORM:
COMPOSITION FORM:
• Type in 12 point Times New Roman font or hand print carefully.
• Double space everything. For hand printing, skip a space between all lines. Don't write on the back.
• Heading on the left, 4 lines: name, teacher, class, date.
• Center title. Use your own original title. Examples: 1. The Nun of Chaucer 2. An Unusual Nun etc.
• Use 1 inch margins on all four sides.
• Number pages at the top right with last name and page number. Example: Smith 2
• Type in 12 point Times New Roman font or hand print carefully.
• Double space everything. For hand printing, skip a space between all lines. Don't write on the back.
• Heading on the left, 4 lines: name, teacher, class, date.
• Center title. Use your own original title. Examples: 1. The Nun of Chaucer 2. An Unusual Nun etc.
• Use 1 inch margins on all four sides.
• Number pages at the top right with last name and page number. Example: Smith 2
Friday, November 16, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR and log
2. Show me at least 300 words of your Canterbury Tales essay.
Due Monday:
1) Final Draft (100 points that count 34% of your final Quarter 2 grade)
2) Rough Draft with corrections made in a different color (5 points for draft & 5 points for corrections in a different color)
3) First Outline (5 points)
4) Final Outline (5 points) If it's the same as the first one, you will have 2 outlines that are the same.
COMPOSITION FORM:
• Type in 12 point Times New Roman font or hand print carefully.
• Double space everything. For hand printing, skip a space between all lines. Don't write on the back.
• Heading on the left, 4 lines: name, teacher, class, date.
• Center title. Use your own original title. Examples: 1. The Nun of Chaucer 2. An Unusual Nun
• Use 1 inch margins on all four sides.
• Number pages at the top right with last name and page number. Example: Smith 2
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Voc 17-26, and terms G-I
HW: Read Shelley p694 and Ozymandias p706 for quiz
HW: Voc 19-28 and terms J-L
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Check homework. Do similar factorization to find greatest common factor and hand in.
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR and log
2. Show me at least 300 words of your Canterbury Tales essay.
Due Monday:
1) Final Draft (100 points that count 34% of your final Quarter 2 grade)
2) Rough Draft with corrections made in a different color (5 points for draft & 5 points for corrections in a different color)
3) First Outline (5 points)
4) Final Outline (5 points) If it's the same as the first one, you will have 2 outlines that are the same.
COMPOSITION FORM:
• Type in 12 point Times New Roman font or hand print carefully.
• Double space everything. For hand printing, skip a space between all lines. Don't write on the back.
• Heading on the left, 4 lines: name, teacher, class, date.
• Center title. Use your own original title. Examples: 1. The Nun of Chaucer 2. An Unusual Nun
• Use 1 inch margins on all four sides.
• Number pages at the top right with last name and page number. Example: Smith 2
PERIOD 5
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Voc 17-26, and terms G-I
HW: Read Shelley p694 and Ozymandias p706 for quiz
HW: Voc 19-28 and terms J-L
PERIOD 6
1. SRF
2. Check homework. Do similar factorization to find greatest common factor and hand in.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Literary Analysis of “The General Prologue” from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Due Date Monday, November 19, 2007
Requirements:
• 300-600 words
• Main Idea is preferably an Arguable Statement rather than a fact:
Example: Chaucer’s description of the Prioress criticizes her.
• Complete Thesis Statement consisting of a Main Idea and 2, 3, or 4 Supporting Ideas
Example: Chaucer’s description of the Prioress criticizes her in the way she looks and the way she acts.
• Introduction, Body, and Conclusion Paragraphs
• An Outline of the Main Idea, Supporting Ideas and Supporting Facts Example:
Complete Thesis: Chaucer’s description of the Prioress criticizes her in the way she looks and the way she acts.
I. The way she looks
A. What she wears
1. _______________
2. _______________
B. Her face and body
1. Face details
2. Body details
II. The way she acts
A. Swears
B. Speaks French
C.
D.
• Body paragraphs start with the topic sentence that you relate to the main idea.
Example: One thing Chaucer criticizes about the Prioress is her appearance.
main idea topic
• Every idea must have at least two pieces of evidence to support it.
• Quotations and Documenting of Direct Quotes
Example: Her “smile was simple,” Chaucer says (2). The line # is in parentheses.
• The Introduction ¶ begins with a hook, a sentence that grabs the reader’s attention. Use something related to your main idea. It is common in literary analysis to begin with a very short summary of the piece of literature along with the title and author. For example: Thirty Pilgrims travel together to Canterbury, telling stories on the way in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
• The Introduction ¶ ends with the complete thesis.
• The Conclusion ¶ begins with the complete thesis stated in different words.
• The Conclusion ¶ ends with a personal comment related to the thesis. For example, you might say something about people’s appearance, or about criticism, or about The Canterbury Tales or Chaucer. But you dont’ say “I think” Chaucer was a brilliant writer. You simply say, Chaucer was a brilliant writer, because it is understood that it’s your thoughts, since it’s your essay.
• Body ¶s begin with transistion words like One example of Chaucer’s description . . .
• Conclusion ¶ should not begin with “In conlusion.” You might say “Clearly the Prioress is not an ideal nun, according to Chaucer, in either the way she presents herself or in her behavior.
Due Date Monday, November 19, 2007
Requirements:
• 300-600 words
• Main Idea is preferably an Arguable Statement rather than a fact:
Example: Chaucer’s description of the Prioress criticizes her.
• Complete Thesis Statement consisting of a Main Idea and 2, 3, or 4 Supporting Ideas
Example: Chaucer’s description of the Prioress criticizes her in the way she looks and the way she acts.
• Introduction, Body, and Conclusion Paragraphs
• An Outline of the Main Idea, Supporting Ideas and Supporting Facts Example:
Complete Thesis: Chaucer’s description of the Prioress criticizes her in the way she looks and the way she acts.
I. The way she looks
A. What she wears
1. _______________
2. _______________
B. Her face and body
1. Face details
2. Body details
II. The way she acts
A. Swears
B. Speaks French
C.
D.
• Body paragraphs start with the topic sentence that you relate to the main idea.
Example: One thing Chaucer criticizes about the Prioress is her appearance.
main idea topic
• Every idea must have at least two pieces of evidence to support it.
• Quotations and Documenting of Direct Quotes
Example: Her “smile was simple,” Chaucer says (2). The line # is in parentheses.
• The Introduction ¶ begins with a hook, a sentence that grabs the reader’s attention. Use something related to your main idea. It is common in literary analysis to begin with a very short summary of the piece of literature along with the title and author. For example: Thirty Pilgrims travel together to Canterbury, telling stories on the way in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
• The Introduction ¶ ends with the complete thesis.
• The Conclusion ¶ begins with the complete thesis stated in different words.
• The Conclusion ¶ ends with a personal comment related to the thesis. For example, you might say something about people’s appearance, or about criticism, or about The Canterbury Tales or Chaucer. But you dont’ say “I think” Chaucer was a brilliant writer. You simply say, Chaucer was a brilliant writer, because it is understood that it’s your thoughts, since it’s your essay.
• Body ¶s begin with transistion words like One example of Chaucer’s description . . .
• Conclusion ¶ should not begin with “In conlusion.” You might say “Clearly the Prioress is not an ideal nun, according to Chaucer, in either the way she presents herself or in her behavior.
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