Thu, Apr 29, 2010

Pd 2
1. Get back reading record cards; discuss themes for all 3 works read this year, and Catch 22 and Beloved as summer novels.
2. Get packet about Qstn 3, the Open Topic. Read for the AP exam.
3. Get last year’s AP Exam Qstn 3 to write, due Monday. Use Macbeth or one of the other books that has a reading record card. Time yourself to see what you can do in 40 minutes.
4. Get back "Flame-Heart" essays. Talk about “working the prompt” and notating the passage.
HW: Write the Qstn 3 Essay on a symbol. Time yourself.
"A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning.

Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot."


Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. STAR for absent students
3. Show me 200 more words for 400 total.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg
2. Show me 200 words of your essay
HW: Write 200 more words for Monday

Wed, Apr 28, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg and STAR for absentees
2. Show me 200 more words

Pd 4
1. AR rdg and STAR for absentees
2. Show me 200 words

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and STAR for absentees
2. Clarification of assignment topics and procedures
3. Show me thesis and outline
HW: Write 200 words for tomorrow

Tue, Apr 27, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Write 200 words and show me for 20 points

Pd 2
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essay J.E. & Pygmalion
3. Discuss complexity and conflict in AP exam essays
4. Essay Flame Heart
HW: Write Reading Record Card* for Pygmalion
*FOR READING RECORD CARD FORMAT, SEE Oct 24, 2007, IN ARCHIVES

Mon, Apr 26, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg
2. Get progress report
3. Check thesis & outline
4. How to write Intro & Body ¶
5. 250 words to write per day for the next 2 class days. Essay due Monday.

Pd 2
1. Get Qstn 1 Wolsey & Henry VIII
Plan and write introduction containing thesis in 15 minutes.
2. Get STAR scores
HW: Due tomorrow: Jane Eyre & Pygmalion Final draft, rough draft, rough outline, & final outline.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg.
2. STAR scores and progress reports
3. Discuss essay topics
1] Journal of Plague Year: Critical Response # 3, p 504
2] “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” p642-3 and “The Solitary Reaper” p645: Critical Response: Comparing Poems, p646
3] Analyze using TP-CASTT one of the three Lucy poems, pp 638, 39, 40. Thesis is the author’s central meaning based on his title, what happens, connotations of his imagery and figurative language, author’s attitude, any shifts, and anything else the author may do to convey his meaning.
HW: Pick a work to write about, write your main idea and 3 ideas that support it. Make an outline of body ¶s with 3 details of evidence for each subtopic idea. I, A,B,C; II, A,B,C; III, A,B,C

Thu, Apr 22, 2010

Pd2
1. Hand in Qstn 1 essay Sir Walter Elliot
2. Get with editing partner to comment on essay
3. Writing conference: Sade
4. STAR test
HW: Final drafts due Tuesday

Pd4
1. STAR test
2. Show me thesis and outline of persuasive essay
3. Write body ¶s
HW: Check work done

Pd6
1. AR rdg
2. Discuss questions 1-6 p 615 on "To a Mouse"
HW: Read 4 poems by William Wordsworth, pp638, 639, 640 & 642-3
Three "Lucy poems" and "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Wed, Apr 21, 2010

Pd 1
1. STAR test
2. Show me thesis (4pts) & outline (8pts)
3. Write body ¶s
HW: Thesis & outline due Monday

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Start persuasive essay writing: Choose topic, make For and Against chart, write thesis, write outline

Pd 6
1. Socratic Seminar on "Modest Proposal"
2. STAR test
HW: Read “To a Mouse” p 613 and answer questions 1-6 on p 615

Tue, Apr 20, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Start persuasive essay writing: Choose topic, make For and Against chart, write thesis, write outline

Pd 2
1. AR rdg
2. Show me your 600 words or 400+thesis & outline
3. Writing conferences: Afton, Monica, Ashley Randle
HW: Bring edited draft to share Thursday
HW: Finish Qstn 1

Mon, Apr 19,2010

Pds 1& 4
1. AR rdg
2. Review voc 11 & 13
3. Persuasive essay

Pd 2
1. Show me your 200 words
2. Page 3 Advice for AP essays
HW: JE/Pyg essay Write last 200 words or thesis and outline. You should have at least 600 words and thesis plus outline to show me tomorrow.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg.
2. Review voc 11, 13 & quiz
HW: Quiz 9-23 tomorrow

Fri, Apr 16, 2010

Pds 1,4
1. AR rdg
2. Vocabulary 11 & 13
3. Voc. Quiz 9-23

Pd 2
1. Hand in MC corrections
2. Show me thesis or 200 words of Pygmalion/J.E. essay.
3. Pg 2 of advice for AP essay
4. Discuss Qstn 1 essay: Searching, planning, outlining, order of ¶s
HW: 200 words for either the Qstn 1 essay or JE/Pyg

Pd 6
1. AR rdg
2. Finish questions in groups
3. Vocabulary 11 & 13
HW: Have questions 1-11 p 524 for "A Modest Proposal"answered by Monday

Thu, Apr 15, 2010

Pd 2
1. Check 200 word freewrite
2. Get back your MC 28-56 and answers to do corrections
3. Hand in quotation evidence for Qst 1: 3 terms. Read some aloud.
4. Get handout of advice for writing essays for AP exam. Read aloud and discuss page 1. Bring to class every day until finished rdg.
5. Together write introduction to Qstn 1, then first body ¶.
HW: MC corrections
HW: For J.E./ Pymalion essay, either write your thesis or freewrite 200 more words.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Art: Quotation from Macbeth, documented with page number
Include: Speaker, Occasion, Attitude
Use color, contrast b&w, fill page

Pd 6
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Modest Proposal
3. Groups to answer questions

Wed, Apr 14, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Art: Quotation from Macbeth, documented with page number
Include: Speaker, Occasion, Attitude
Use color, contrast b&w, fill page

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Review Macbeth questions pp90-1
3. Test

Pd6
1. AR rdg
2. Read “A Modest Proposal” aloud p518

Tue, Apr 13, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Finish questions p91
3. Test on Macbeth
4. Art: Quotation, documented with page number
Pick a quotation from a character in Macbeth pp 73-88.
Illustrate the quotation using...
-color,
-contrast from black to white,
-objects suitable for the quotation,
-filling the page, but...
Also state the following on your paper:
• Speaker, person who says the lines.
• Occasion, what is happening,
• Attitude, feelings of the speaker

Pd 2
1. AR rdg
2. Check similarities & differences for Jane Eyre and Pygmalion
3. Hand in 6 Traits quiz & your answers to the 2 questions about your writing
4. Continue essay Qst 1: Discuss syntax, handout: loose & periodic sentences, parallel structure
HW: For essay Qst 1, with
Main idea: How the speaker's attitude is revealed by
1] details,
2] diction,
3] syntax:
For each of the three terms above, find one quotation from the passage as an example that reveals the speaker's attitude toward Sir Walter Elliot. Possible attitudes discussed are formal, critical, objective. You may think of a different one.
HW: For any literary aspect that interests you in Jane Eyre or Pygmalion, i.e. characterization, setting, theme, symbol, style, etc.(see past handouts), freewrite 200 words exploring and comparing that aspect in both works.

Mon, Apr 12, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Discuss questions p 91

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Discuss questions p 90 -1

Pd 2
1. Quiz Epilogue to Pygmalion
2. Quiz Six Traits Plus 1 of writing
3. Hand in HW on MC Test 2: 28-56 to explain the ones you missed
4. Hand in HW questions 1-7 p1209 The Play as a Whole
HW: On your Six Traits Quiz, answer these questions:
1] What do you want to know about your writing?
2] What do you want to improve?
HW: Begin major essay : Comparison of Jane Eyre and Pygmalion.
List similarities and differences

Pd 6
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on p555 Introduction to Dictionary of the English Language and check
3. Give examples of funny definitions.
4. Hand in 3 words and definitions.

Fri, Apr 9, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Finish film
3. Questions, all

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Finish film
3. Questions 1-3

Pd 2
1. Quiz Act 5
2. Hand in MC 29-56
Get back 1-28 & answers
Hand in questions 9, 10, 11 p1209
3. Practice Essay Qstn #1 discussed in class: Sir Walter Kellynch
HW: MC 1-28 Write about questions missed, show you understood answer.
HW: Read Epilogue p1201-1208, Answer 1-7, p 1209 on “The Play as a Whole”

Pd 6
1. AR rdg in library
HW: Read “Dictionary of the English Language” pp 555-8.
• Quiz Monday on p 555.
• From dictionary, find & write:
-1 word & definition the same as today
-1 word & definition differ- en t from today
-1 word & definition you think is funny
2. Restoration & 18th Century:
From ornate language of the past to plainer language of science and logic;
Focus on nonfiction: Journal & Dictionary
3. Romantic Period:
30 years long;
Turn to intuition and idealism rather than logic & reality.
4. Read “To a Mouse”p613.
HW: Read again for quiz.

Thu, Apr 8, 2010

Pd 2
1. Quiz Acts 3 & 4
2. Hand in MC Practice Test 2: #1-28
3. Read Act 5 aloud
HW: Finish reading Act 5 and answer questions 9,10,11 on p 1209
HW: MC Practice Test 2: #29-55

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Review
3. Watch film

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz “Journal of the Plague Year”
3. Discuss questions at end.
HW: Write: How are the themes of Milton’s two sonnets similar? How are they different? What can you infer about what Milton is saying in the two poems?
.

Wed, Apr 7, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg
2. Review
3. Watch film

Pd 6
1. AR rdg
2. Check HW
3. Discuss 5 styles
HW: Read "A Journal of the Plague Year" p497-503

Tue, Apr 6, 2010

Tue, Apr 6

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Review
3. Watch film

Pd 2
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Act 2
3. Discussion
HW: Read Acts 3 & 4
HW: Do Mult Choice 1-28 Practice Test 2

Mon, Apr 5, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & Quizzes
2. Read Macbeth

Pd 2
1. Quiz on Pygmalion readings
2. AR quizzes
3. Discuss Pygmalion questions
HW: Read Act 2

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & quizzes
2. Quiz Robinson Crusoe
3. Review sonnets for test. Pass back work on sonnets.
HW: Read pp438-443.
1]Write the most important idea from each of the first three sections, The First…, The Battle…, and What is Style?
2]For the five styles in the last section on Style, write your own 2 examples showing the difference in each of the five. For example, if the style consists of beginning sentences 1) with the subject or 2) not with the subject, you could use these examples:
With subject: John saw a deer.
Not With subject: In the forest John has seen many deer.

Thu, Apr 1, 2010

Pd 2
1. Hand in essay on one poem from the Victorian period.
2. Write in-class AP exam essay Open Question on Macbeth
3. Read Act 1 of Pygmalion aloud.
HW: Read for quiz:
p 1148 Introduction ¶ to Preface
p 1151, column 2, ¶s 2 & 3, beginning “I wish…” and ending “…ridiculous.”
pp 1152-1158 Act 1
AR QUIZ DEADLINE MONDAY, APRIL 5

Pd 4
1. AR rdg AR QUIZ DEADLINE MONDAY, APRIL 5
2. Write response to film so far
3. Read to page 83.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg AR QUIZ DEADLINE MONDAY, APRIL 5
2. Hand in paraphrase of sestet (solution) for “Blindness.”
3. Work on chart comparing the two sonnets with respect to their problems and solutions, giving textual evidence for each part.
HW: Read From Robinson Crusoe
p 483-495 for quiz Mon.

Wed, Mar 31, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Write response to film so far
3. Read to page 81.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Watch film to dagger scene
3. Quiz 1 Macbeth

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in paraphrase for octave of “On His Blindness.” Listen to all read aloud.
3. Define words and discuss sestet of “Blindness.”
HW: Paraphrase the sestet of Blindness.

Tue, Mar 30, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Watch film to dagger scene
3. Quiz 1 Macbeth

Pd 2
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz Charles Dickens p 845 and David Copperfield p 846
3. Discuss Title, Paraphrasing, Connotations for TP-CASTT
HW: Practice for AP exam by writing a 5¶-style essay analyzing one of the 3 poems used with TP-CASTT. Your thesis or main idea should be what you think the poem is saying. Your subtopics will be the literary techniques the author uses that support your idea about his theme. Use literary terms and quotations, as always.
Possible poetry terms:
• Denotation and connotation
• Figurative language:
-Simile
-Metaphor,
-Personification,
-Apostrophe,
-Symbol
-Paradox
-Overstatement
-Understatement
-Irony
-Allusion
• Meaning and idea
• Tone
• Musical devices
-alliteration
-assonance
-consonance
-rhyme
-rhythm
-onomatopoeia

Mon, Mar 29, 2010

Pds 1&4
1. AR rdg
2. Review Macbeth so far
3. Watch beginning of film

Pd 2
1. Hand in TPCASTTof Duchess, Spring & Fall, & Darkling Thrush
2. Discuss tpcastt analyses for the 3 poems
HW: Read pp 845-857: Charles Dickens & From David Copperfield for quiz

Pd 6
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in paraphrase if separate from poem
3. Define words and discuss “On His Blindness”
HW: On a separate sheet paraphrase the first 8 lines of "On His Blindness."

Thu, Mar 25, 2010

Thu, Mar 25, 2010

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Read Macbeth through the dagger speech

Pd 2
1. Qz on Victorian Era #1,2,4,6 & p771 #s 1-3
2. Discuss for pts TPCASTT ideas for Tennyson's “Break, Break, Break”
3. Read around class “Spring and Fall” p828 and “The Darkling Thrush” p834
4. Read aloud “My Last Duchess” p800 and discuss what you understood.
HW: TPCASTT all 3 poems:
“My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning p800,
“Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manly Hopkins p828 ,
“The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy p834

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on sonnets
3. Take notes on Milton’s “On Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three”
HW: Paraphrase Milton’s “On Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three” (Say in your own words what you think Milton is saying)

Wed, Mar 24, 2010

Wed, Mar 24, 2010

1. AR rdg
2. Read Macbeth through the dagger speech on p 79.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Get back Qtr 3 Exam & essays
3. Grade reports
4. Begin Macbeth p73-74.

Pd 6
1. Hand in Macbeth essay homework
2. Cornell notes on sonnets
3. Milton sonnets
4. Grade reports

Tue, Mar 23, 2010

Tue, Mar 23, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Essays returned
3. Grade reports
4. Begin Macbeth p73-74 to Witches

Pd 2
1. AR rdg
2. Hand in essays, revision of up to 1 paragraph, and explanation.
3. Quiz on "Frankenstein”
4. The Victorian Pd handout. Discuss for quiz Thur
6. Tennyson’s “Break, Break, Break” p781, Read and discuss using TPCASTT
HW: Do TP-CASTT for “Break, Break, Break” p781 (See below for explanation. Also search TPCASTT online.)
www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/things/PDF/TP-CASTT.pdf

TP-CASTT

Title: What predictions can you make from the title? What are your initial thoughts about the poem? What might be the theme of the poem?

Paraphrase: Summarize the poem in your own words.

Connotation: What is the connotative meaning of the poem? Find examples of imagery, metaphors, similes, etc. and elaborate on their connotative meanings.

Attitude: What attitude does the poet have toward the subject of the poem? Find and list examples that illustrate the tone and mood of the poem.

Shift: Is there a shift in the tone/attitude of the poem? Where is the shift? What does the tone shift to?

Title: Revisit the title and explain any new insights it provides to the meaning of the poem.

Theme: What is the overall theme of the poem?

Mon, Mar 22, 2010

Mon, Mar 22, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Get back Qtr 3 Exam and go over answers

Pd 2
1. Hand in and discuss answers to "Frankenstein"
2. Get Jane Eyre essays back
HW: Rewrite no more than one paragraph of your Jane Eyre essay, based on your own evaluation or mine (from comments at the end or corrections in the text.) Don’t correct only trivial errors such as spelling and punctuation.
Tomorrow hand in
1] your essay,
2] your corrected section, and
3] a sheet that tells me...
--A. What is different about your new section,
--B. Why you did it that way, and
--C. What you think of the result.

Pd 4
1. Café duty

Pd 6
Krystle, Kanani, and Kayla, you can come in and get your essays tomorrow if you want a chance to do the HW before grades go in.
1. Get Qtr 3 Exam and Macbeth essays back
HW: Rewrite no more than one paragraph of your Macbeth essay, based on your own evaluation or mine (from comments at the end or corrections in the text.) Don’t correct only trivial errors such as spelling and punctuation.
Wednesday hand in
1] your essay,
2] your corrected section, and
3] a sheet that tells me...
--A. What is different about your new section,
--B. Why you did it that way, and
--C. What you think of the result

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Write ¶ from partner’s sentence,
taken from Writing Connection p 72.

Pd 2
1. Presentations finished
2. Read from Frankenstein p743, Answer qstns 1, 5-8

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Uncommon Sense

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Pd 1
Reading Analysis Post Test
Uncommon Sense

Pd 2
Presentations

Pd 6
1. Hand in Macbeth essay
2. Qtr 3 Exam Macbeth Acts 1-5

Tue, Mar 9, 2010

Tue, Mar 9, 2010

Pd 4
1. Take Qtr 3 Exam
2. Silent reading or Uncommon Sense game

Pd 6
1. Get Mult Choice 1-10 Macbeth back with answers
2.Take Act 5 Test, check, record score, keep to study for exam
3. Get Acts 3 & 4 back to study. Get Act 2 also. Act 1 returned earlier.
HW: Macbeth essay due Wed

Mon, Mar 8, 2010

Mon, Mar 8, 2010

Pd 1
Qtr 3 Exam

Pd 2
Qtr 3 Exam
Go over answers
HW: Presentations Wed

Pd 4
Review for Qtr 3 Exam

Thu Mar 4, 2010

Thu Mar 4, 2010

Pd 2
1. Hand in Reading Record Cards for Jane Eyre
2. Get review sheet for Qtr 3 exam Monday (attached to bottom of blog)
3. Presentation topics are intended for you and your listeners to consider new ideas about the novel.
Presentations require students to do the following:
1] Immediately before presenting, students hand in their 1-2 minute speech (Sentences, paragraphs, etc) written legibly, preferably printed, on paper.
2] Leader or alternate will begin presentation by reading the group's discussion topic.
3] Each group member will explain his/her part of the question to the class.
4] After presenting, students hand in their index card with notes (no sentences).
Groups will present when called whether all are present or not. Absent members will present later.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Check answers to Reading Analysis of Jane Eyre passage

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Take test on Acts 3 and 4
3. Get back Act 2 and go over answers
4. Show me your outline and complete rough draft of >600 words.
Tues: Take Act 5 test, check, and go over Acts 3, 4, 5 answers as time permits
Wed: Paper due and Qtr 3 Exam

Period 2 Exam review:
Literary Work, Element, Period, or Technique
1] Know Authors
2] Pay attention to the introduction in bold print before each work

• Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock
p532 last ¶ description of mock epic.
Definition of mock epic on p 1266

•Satire definition p1270

• Romantic Pd pp600-604: Political and Economic Changes:
p600 ¶ "Another. . . .England."
p604 last 4 ¶s The Term Romantic: Know its 3 useful meanings.

• Know the typical elements of a medieval Romance:
-an all-good hero,
-an evil enemy,
-a quest,
-a test of the hero,
-supernatural elements,
-good vs. evil
p146 Critical Response. Do the works of the writers of the Romantic period fit any of these elements?

• Article:"Blake's Poems"
William Blake's The Tyger pp620-621 Know first 2 lines from memory
William Blake's 2 Chimney Sweeper poems pp 623 & 625;
Critical Resp: Know the difference in the two poems based on Innocence and Experience.
Be able to relate them to Wordsworth's ideas in Tintern Abbey.

• William Wordsworth's Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey pp 633-637.
Know
-the role of nature in the poem,
-the changes in the poet since first visit, &
-the main idea of the poem.
• William Wordsworth's 3 Lucy poems, pp638-640,
Critical Response: Know one image from each poem and two themes of the group.

• p 646: Know the meaning of a "meditative poem"

• George Gordon (his real name), Lord Byron's Don Juan
p684 Know the kind of poem, the tone, what is being satirized, and what traits, if any, fit the Romantic period.

• John Keats's Bright Star: p 710 Know what the speaker tells the star;
p 711 When I Have Fears: Be able to summarize Keats's feelings when he wrote this sonnet

• Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

Wed, Mar 3, 2010

Wed, Mar 3, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR reading and log
2. Review for exam & return work
Renaissance
Sonnets
Milton's 2 sonnets
Six Traits
Vocabulary 1-10, 12, 14, 15

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check analysis practice

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Act 1 Test returned, take Act 2 Test
3. Show me thesis, outline, 300 words
4. Handout: Literary analysis of Macbeth assignment sheet
HW: Write 300 more words for Thur

Tue, Mar 2, 2010

Tue, Mar 2, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR reading and log
2. Finish checking analysis practice
3. Review Renaissance for exam

Pd 2
1. AR reading and log
2. Hand in essays
3. Group project J.E. Research & Discussion topics. Divide up your topic and discuss. Each person is responsible for writing what s/he plans to say and turning it in to me before presenting. The presentation should be elucidating for the speaker and the audience. Use a quote, for authority and effort. Also, use a note card for presenting, which you will give to me afterward.
HW: Write a Reading Record Card for Jane Eyre.

Mon, Mar 1, 2010

Mon, Mar 1, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & QUIZ
2. Check analysis practice

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & QUIZ
2. Analysis practice

Pd 2
AR QUIZ DEADLINE TODAY
1. If you have your essay ready for editing, give it to people to read. Write the legend in top right corner: names of editors, in different colors, & use color for editing marks + ? more. Hand it in tomorrow with final draft and outlines.
HW: Final draft, rough draft, final outline, rough outline due Tues

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and QUIZ
2. Handouts for quoting and writing a thesis statement
HW: Write 300 words for Wed to show me with your thesis statement and outline

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

ALL CLASSES: AR DEADLINE MONDAY

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg, log, and quizzes

Pd 2
1. Show me 600 words of your rough draft and your outline. 15 pts each. No more than one third (200 words)of your essay can be quotations.
HW: AR deadline Mon
HW: Mon Share essay for editing
HW: Tue Final draft, rough drafts, final outline, rough outline due (Use standard topic outline form & begin with your complete thesis). I, A, 1, a

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Begin planning Q3 essay: 500 word minimum with no more than one third quotations.
HW: Read essay ideas pp333-4 in textbook, Critical Responses #4-10. Choose one or write your own topic that is your arguable opinion about some aspect of the play. For example, what is Shakespeare’s central message (theme) and how does he achieve it? (literary elements) Write an outline of the body paragraphs. Show me rough thesis and outline Monday.

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read Conflict p 72- and do Writing Connection

Pd 2
1. Show me your standard format topic outline and 300 words of your essay 15 pts
2. Get study questions back
HW: Finish 600 words of rough draft
Mon: Edit drafts
Tue: Final draft, other drafts, final outline, rough outline due

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Mastery Test Act 1 Macbeth & check

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Any more essays?
3. Reading analysis practice

Pd 4
1. AR reading and log
2. Hand in essays & initial.
3. Read p 72 Reading Focus, Conflict through tragic flaw.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Check & discuss HW sheet
Macbeth mastery tests tomorrow

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Tue, Feb 23, 2010
Pd 1
1. AR reading and log
2. Hand in essays & initial.
3. Read p 72 Reading Focus & Conflict.
Do Writing Connection and hand in.
Read Macbeth p 73, ¶s 1-2.

Pd 2 1. AR rdg & log
2. Thesis statement of theme:
Did you make it
• arguable and
• universal?
Did you remember the three easy steps to a thesis?
3. Handout 6 pp for help w/ essay
4. Take notes on last essay
5. MC 21-30 J.E. to you, check answers, & give back
6. Show me your 300 words or 14 parts to outline* (see sample outline below)
HW: Write 300 more words or the detailed outline, and show me everything you have so far.
*Thesis: Shakespeare's depiction of the significant women characters in Macbeth suggests that women are evil.
I. Weird sisters
_A. Words
__1. “toil and trouble”
__2. “He shall live a man forbid”
_B. Other characteristics
__1. Presented “killing swine”
__2. Presented as “having beards”
II. Lady Macbeth (done as above)

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Tomorrow after taking essays, we begin reading Macbeth. No use of computers during class after today.
3. Any essays ready? Need any help?
HW: Essay due next class.

Pd 2
1. Show me your 2 theme proposals with support. Choose one to use for your essay.
2. Essay Rubric handout
3. Essay will be 600 words min.
HW: Write a thesis statement that is arguable and universal. Either write 300 words or write a complete outline with evidence included for tomorrow. I will have more options and help for you tomorrow.


Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in project
3. Get Macbeth outline handout
HW: Conflict & Characterization handout

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Comparison
3. Writing your outline
HW: Essay due Tues, Feb 23

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Work on essay or read AR book.
HW: Essay due Wed, Feb 24

Pd 2
1. Quiz chs 37-38
2. Multiple choice 21-30 J.E.
3. Get answers to check 37-38
4. Get information sheet for essay
5. Discuss essay
HW: Decide on a theme and explore ways to support it. Have proposals (supporting subtopics) for 2 different themes for Monday. Possible THEMES:
-inequality
-freedom and liberation
-hypocrisy
-duty
-appearance versus reality
-love and passion
- or your own idea
SUPPORT:
-characterization, the effect of characters on Jane;
-settings and lessons learned there;
-symbolism such as the Red Room, nature, or fire and ice;
-contrast between places or between people (foils?)

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Show me what you have so far on your project
3. Film to end
HW: Finish quotation project
HW: Test on Macbeth Monday

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Pd 4
1. AR reading and log
2. Show me your rough draft
3. Give me your documented sentence to check & return.
4. Work on essay
HW: Essay due Wed, Feb 24

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Qz chps 33-36 & voc
3. Get answers to check 33-36
4. Get study qstns 37-38
5. Discuss chs 25-35 and terms: anaphora, polysyndeton, pathetic fallacy, bildungsroman
HW: Read chs 37-38 and answer study questions

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Get quotes back Acts 1-5
3. Film: Act 4
HW: Quotation/Art Display. Use one sheet of paper or two, but art must fill the page.
Have half by tomorrow.
• Write a Quotation from Macbeth in quotation marks & document.
List in dark, legible print:
Speaker: ___
Occasion: ___
Attitude: ___
Paraphrase: ___
• Art: 3+ colors, contrast black & white, fill the page, no stick figures, use details, appropriate content (no clowns, cartoons)

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR reading and log
2. Show me your complete rough draft
3. Work on essay, edit rough draft & proofread
HW: Essay due Tues, Feb 23

Pd 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Show me the rest of your essay
3. Get back papers blending quote into your sentence. Document your quote with a parenthetical.
HW: Essay due Wed, Feb 24

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Read Act 5 aloud

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Pd1
1. AR reading & log
2. Show me the rest of your essay for points.
3. Practice blending a quotation from the sonnets into your sentence and documenting it with the line number.

Pd 2
1. Qz J.E. chps 29-32
2. Hand in notes on thinking for qstns missed on MC 1-20.
3. Check Study Qstns chps 29-32
4. Checking will be given points. Give each answer a sign as follows: √ X NS (not sure)
5. Get study qstns chs 33-36
6. Discuss chs 21 – 24
7. Two new terms--
• bildungsroman: a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist.
• pathetic fallacy: A term coined by John Ruskin to deplore the tendency of certain writers and artists to ascribe human emotions and sympathies to nature, a technique used extensively in the late 18th and early 19th centuries by Wordsworth, Shelley, and other Romantic writers.
HW: Read chps 33-36 & answer study questions.

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

Pd 2
1. Quiz chps 27-28
2. Practice Free Response Question 4
3. Pick up the following:
1] answers to study questions chs 27-28 to check
2] study questions chs 29-32
3] Mult choice 1-20 Answers to check your 2 quizzes returned.
HW: On binder paper write a short note about your thinking on each question you missed of 1-20 Jane Eyre Mult Choice. Include part of question.
HW: Read chs 29-32 & answer study questions

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 200 total words due today.
3. Write a sentence blending the quote “only stand and wait” into it. Copy my blending of “late spring” for minimum points. Hand in.
HW: Write the rest of your rough draft due Wednesday, Feb 17. 300 words minimum 700 maximum Final Draft due Wednesday, Feb 24.
• Literary analysis is a formal paper.
• Do not use any slang words or informal speech such as contractions (don’t = do not)
• Write only about the poems, the author, and the ideas. Do not write about yourself, the reader, or what you are writing, except in personal comment at the end.
• Name the author and the sonnets.


Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read Act 4 aloud.
3. Movie

Wed, Feb 10, 2010

Wed, Feb 10, 2010

1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me 200 total words due today.
HW: Show me the rest of your rough draft on Tuesday, Feb 16. 300 words minimum 700 maximum Final Draft due Tuesday, Feb 22.
• This is a formal paper.
• Do not use slang or conversational words such as guy for man or a lot for many or much. Don't use informal speech such as contractions (don’t = do not; they're = they are)
• Write only about the poems, the author, and the ideas. Do not write about yourself, the reader, or what you are writing.
• Name the author and the sonnet titles.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me your 100 words and your chart with evidence.
3. Show me 100 more, 200 total, tomorrow.
Essay should be at least 300 words and no more than 700.
Answer these questions:
• What is the meaning of Milton’s two sonnets? To find it, do the following:
• Discuss the problem and solution. Use evidence and show how it supports your ideas.
• Analyze by comparing them. How are they alike and how are they different?
Final Draft due Wed, Feb 23.
4. Get progress reports.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read aloud.
3. Watch play.
4. Get progress reports

Tue, Feb 9, 2010

Tue, Feb 9, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me your 100 words. I will check your chart with evidence tomorrow.
3. Show me 100 more words, 200 total, tomorrow.
Essay should be at least 300 words and no more than 700.
Answer the questions:
• What is the meaning of Milton’s two sonnets?
• Discuss the problem and solution. Use evidence to support your ideas about the meaning and explain your evidence.
• Analyze by comparing sonnets. How are they alike and how are they different?
4. Get progress reports

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Qz J.E. chps 25-26
3. Mult Choice 11-20
4. Check study qstns 25-26
5. Get study qstns 27-28
HW: Read chs 27-28 & answer study qstns
6. Get progress reports.

Mon, Feb 8, 2010

Mon, Feb 8, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Get handout for essay writing
HW: Write 100 words of your rough draft for next class.
Essay should be at least 300 words and no more than 700.
Answer the questions: What is the meaning of Milton’s two sonnets? Analyze by comparing them. How are they alike and how are they different? Discuss the problem and solution and use evidence to support your ideas about the meaning. Evidence should be explained.

Pd2
1. Qz J.E. chps 22-24
2. Check Study Qstns chps 22-24
Hand in TP-CASTT if you haven't already.
3. Discuss ch 18-20 for points
4. New terms:
Anaphora: repeated words or phrases at the beginning of sentences or lines
Polysyndeton: single word repetition
HW: Read chps 25-26 & answer study questions.


Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in quotes Acts 4 & 5
3. Quiz p 329 “Soliloquies and Asides”

Thu, Feb 4, 2010

1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me your paraphrases.
3. Compare Milton’s 2 sonnets using a T chart. Analyze (look at a part to learn about the whole)
4. Examine the octave (problem section) of "Age 23". Write in your own way what you see as his problem. Then supply evidence from the poem to show why you see it that way. Do this for both poems.
5. For evidence, use direct quotes-- "my late spring" (4) -- or use indirect quotes-- He referred to his current age as being in the latter part of spring (4). Instead of documenting in parentheses, you can document within your text by saying "In line 4 Milton writes about his "late spring."
HW: Give the evidence for both poems

Pd 2
1. Quiz chps 20-21
2. Practice Free Response Qstn 1 J.E.
3. Check study qstns 20-21
4. Get study qstns 22-24
HW: Read chs 22-24 & answer study qstns
HW: Any more TP-CASTT?

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read aloud from Act 3 up to scene 6 p 299
HW: Read “Soliloquies and Asides” p 329 for a quiz Monday
Hand in quotes Act 4&5

Wed, Feb 3, 2010

Wed, Feb 3, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on Age 23
3. Comparing Milton’s 2 sonnets with a T chart. Analyze (voc: look at a part to decide about the whole) parts of the 2 poems to understand Milton’s ideas.
4. Examine the octaves (problem section ) of both.
Hand in paraphrases for grade and get back for homework:
HW: Give the evidence for them

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check paraphrase of “On His Having Arrived at the Age of 23”.
HW: Paraphrase “On His Blindness”

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Mult Choice AP Macbeth 1-10
3. Movie to end of Act 2
HW: I forgot to collect quotes for Acts 4 &5. Have them ready tomorrow.

Tue, Feb 2, 2010

Tue, Feb 2, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check paraphrase of “On His Having Arrived at the Age of 23”.
HW: Paraphrase “On His Blindness”

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Multiple Choice 1-10
3. Qz J.E. chps 18-19
4. Check study qstns 18-19
5. Discussion chs 14 & 15
HW: Read chps 20-21 and answer study questions
HW: Hand in TP-CASTT Thursday

Mon, Feb 1, 2010

Mon, Feb 1, 2010

Pd 1&4
1. AR reading & quizzes
2. Write paraphrase on handout of “ On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three”
3. Finish for homework

Pd 2
1. AR quizzes
2. Qz J.E. chps 15-17
3. Check Study Qstns chps 15-17
4. Hand in TP-CASTT
5. Discuss ch 13 for points
HW: Read chps 18&19 & answer study questions.
HW: Finish TP-CASTT (see 1/28 for poem suggestions)

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and quizzes
2. Read aloud in circle Act 3
HW: Pick quote you like from Act 5, write, document, and give Speaker, Occasion, Attitude of speaker, and Paraphrase.

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & new log
2. Discuss poem “ On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three” & answer questions 1,2, 4, 5, 6 on handout. Homework for Pd4.
HW: Finish AR book for quiz Mon, Feb 1, deadline

Pd 2
1. Quiz chs 13 & 14
2. Check study qstns chs 13&14
3. TP-CASTT poetry analysis. Pick a poem you don’t understand well to analyze on a blank form. Suggested poems: p 638 Lucy poems, pp 710-11 Bright Star or When I Have Fears, p 1092 The Second Coming, p 1122 The Naming of Parts
HW: Read chps 15-17 and answer study questions
HW: Finish AR book for quiz Mon, Feb 1, deadline

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in work on quotes for Acts1-3
3. Read aloud
HW: Act 4 quote w/5 parts as done previously
HW: Finish AR book for quiz Mon, Feb 1, deadline

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. Library 15 minutes AR rdg
2. Reread "On His Having Arrived at the Age of 23" p 63
3. Paraphrase and discuss comparison analysis essay

Pd 2
1. Library 15 minutes AR rdg
2. Quiz chps 11&12.
3. Check Study Qstns chps 11&12
4. Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Read chps 13&14 and answer Study questions

Pd 6
1. Library 15 minutes AR rdg
2. Get handout: Macbeth Outline of acts & scenes
3. Read aloud
HW: Pick a quote you like from Act 3, write it, document it, and give Speaker, Occasion, Attitude of speaker, and Paraphrase
EXAMPLE
“And pity . . . shall blow the horrid deed in every eye.” (1.7.21-24)
Speaker: Macbeth speaking his thoughts aloud
Occasion: He’s deciding whether to kill the king.
Attitude: ? He doesn’t want to kill him.
Paraphrase: Everyone will feel bad for the murder.

Tue, Jan 26, 2010

Tue, Jan 26, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Finish discussing questions
3. Quiz “On His Blindness”
4. Read “On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three.” p 63

Pd 2
1. Qz J.E. chps 6-10
2. Check Study Qstns chps 6-10
3. Discuss J.E.
4. Discuss Lucy poems, get TP-CCASTT handout to keep in binder
HW: Read chps 11&12 & answer study questions.
AR rdg tomorrow is postponed to Thursday during trip to library


Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Discuss essay in groups
3. Read quotes aloud
4. Read Act 2 aloud
HW: Pick good quote from Act 2, write, document, and give Speaker, Occasion (the situation), Attitude of speaker, and Paraphrase the quote (write in your own words). Go back and do this for the quote from Act 1.

Fri, Jan 22, 2010

Fri, Jan 22, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR reading & new log
2. Discuss qstns p 66 # 3, 7-10 "On His Blindness"

Pd 2
1. Discuss Jane Eyre study qstns in groups
2. Check answers
3. Hand in 9 essay scores
HW: Read chps 6-10 and answer study questions

Pd 4
1. AR reading and log
2. Finish paraphrase
3. Discuss qstns p 66 # 3, 7-10 "On His Blindness"

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Show me your chart/ outline
3. Read aloud Act 2 Scene 1
• HW: Write essay explaining how the contrast between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the first 30 lines of Act 1 Scene 5 foreshadows later interaction between the two.
In the first paragraph use quotes from scene 5 to illustrate the contrasting traits of character revealed for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. In the next ¶, explain how this contrast reappears later.
• HW: Find a quote you like from Act 1, write it, and document it with act, scene, and line #s. E.g., (1.5.1-30)

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

Pd 2
1. AR reading & log (not Jane Eyre)
2. Hand in Jane Eyre study questions.
3. Hand in essay scores if you got SS in place of WWW. All others get SS and revise scores without WWW.
4. Quiz Jane Eyre chps 1,2,3
5. Discuss Jane Eyre and Strange Fits of Passion
HW: Read chps 4&5 and answer Study questions
HW: See # 3 above

Pd 4
1. AR reading and log
2. Quiz on Sonnets
3. Paraphrase and discuss “On His Blindness.”

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Quiz Act 5 Macbeth
3. Movie to end of Act 1
HW: Carefully read p 265 lines 1-30 to write an essay that 1] compares the characters of Macbeth &Lady M using short quotes as evidence, and 2] Explaining how the contrast between Macbeth &Lady M foreshadows later action. Due tomorrow: a chart or outline of each character, your description (e.g., selfish), & quotes you base it on, & Name a later action (page & lines) that is foreshadowed by the contrast on p 265.

Tue, Jan 19, 2010

Tue, Jan 19, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR reading & log
2. Notes on sonnets; Quiz tomorrow
3. Read “On His Blindness” aloud and discuss

Pd 2 See MESSAGE below HW
1. Get copy of Jane Eyre, reading schedule, and study questions for chps 1,2,3
2. Hand in qstns & Crit Resp. for Lucy, Bright Star, When I Have Fears.
3. Discuss Eros poems with handout of AP Exam essay prompt.
--HW: Read ~ 20 pp of Jane Eyre every day, according to chapters in the reading schedule. Answer study questions.
--HW: Score 9 essays (handout) on the Eros poems using the scoring guide. On paper, list each essay by letter(s), the score you give it, and the part of the scoring guide description that fits the essay;
e.g. RR, 7, reasonable comp/cont of concepts of Eros

•••••MESSAGE•••••
To have all scores, 1-9, replace essay WWW with the following essay SS: ( student errors are not corrected ) See me if you want a hard copy or print your own. This essay will be erased after class Thursday.

Robert Bridges intimately addresses Eros, the Greek god of love, in his poem “EPΩΣ” as he desperately pleads to discover the thoughts and intentions of the mysterious idol. Also describing the powerful god, Anne Stevenson offers a more modern view of love in “Eros,” a poem in which the god is not a mystery, but rather a worn, battered entity who must endure pain in order to maintain his valiant pursuit of love.

Bridges’ poem is very traditional, mirroring an analytical and ancient view of Eros. To begin with, the title of the poem is in Greek, suggesting that the contents of the poem will reflect Eros’ traditional role as well as an older perspective of the god. Furthermore, Eros is depicted as an elevated, admirable entity in parts of the poem. Bridges immediately presents the generally accepted view of Eros as the “idol of the human race.” However, Bridges creates this typical sense of praise so that he may emphasize his following questioning of Eros’ intentions.

It soon becomes clear that Bridges will not simply accept Eros as the perfect god of love. In fact, he is rather confrontational as he demands in the first line of the poem to know why Eros “hast nothing in [his] face.” The use of this abrupt, direct apostrophe proves that Bridges does not completely accept the traditional admiration of Eros. The face symbolizes Eros’ thought and innermost intentions as he deals with matters of love. Bridges continues to subtly allude to the fact that Eros may be, in part, malevolent. He contrasts the view of Eros as “the tyrant of the human heart” with the concept of the God as “the flower of lovely youth.” Clearly, “tyrant” has very negative connotations with regards to Eros’ actions, while “flower” has very positive connotations in reference to Eros’ appearance. The poet emphasizes Eros’ attractive, youthful appearance through vivid imagery and elevated diction. For example, the god has “exuberant flesh so fair,” dons “proud dress,” and is, in fact, so perfect in outward appearance that Bridges alludes the the Greek sculptor Pheidias, claiming that only a man-made object could compare.

Bridges creates a perfect image of Eros in order to contend that Eros’ thoughts, which should be of utmost importance, may not match this admirable image. Bridges’ tone becomes increasingly sarcastic and confrontational in the final two stanzas as he accuses Eros of failing to maintain good intentions at all times. He sardonically comments, “surely thy body is thy mind,” clearly not certain that Eros’ beautiful appearance reflects a beautiful heart. Bridges uses diction that connotes an ill-intentioned secrecy on Eros’ part, commenting on a “secret” smile that “shadows neither love nor guile.” By the last stanza, Bridges makes it clear that he knows that Eros is rash and thoughtless in his actions; he is much more blunt and accusatory, begging to know, “what is thy thought” and then answering his own question by stating that it is “nought.” He removes any doubt of his skepticism and accusation by ironically referring to a “victim” of Eros’ “grace.” Clearly, those who step in his path will be harmed rather than saved.

Although Stevenson also creates a poem in which the speaker communicates directly with Eros, it is very different in its modern praise. Stevenson’s poem is clearly contemporary, most obvious in its title (“Eros” rather than “EPΩΣ” and its colloquial diction. Stevenson praises, rather than condemning, Eros’ work. She also provides Eros’ point of view, as Bridges does not.

Stevenson presents the speaker more as a “damsel in distress” than the accusatory, skeptical, and very analytical speaker in “EPΩΣ” The first two lines are a plead for help from the benevolent Eros: “I call for love, but help me, who arrives?” Although she uses simple imagery to reflect on Eros” frightening appearance, she, unlike Bridges, has no problem with the way he looks. Although he is a “thug” with “boxer lips and patchy wings askew,” Stevenson’s playful, flirtatious, and admiring tone proves that she likes him just the way he is.

Eros then presents his own view; in this case, he is a hard-working defender of love rather than a corrupt, sneaky manipulator. Eros repeatedly says “you” and “your” to reveal that he and other gods only work at the demands of the people. He claims that he is “the archetype” that the speaker “create[s],” that his poor appearance is the result of “blows” the speaker’s “lust” has caused. The poem ends with a general moral, stating that it is better to be “bruised but hot” rather than let love “rot.”

While Bridges’ Eros is outwardly beautiful and inwardly ugly, Stevenson’s Eros is outwardly ugly and inwardly beautiful.

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Pd 4
1. AR reading & new log
2. Quiz on the Renaissance

Pd 2
1. Quiz on Don Juan
2. Hand in essays comparing epics
3. Read some aloud and discuss
4. Begin Jane Eyre next week
HW: Read the 3 Lucy poems, pp638-640, “Bright Star” p710, “When I Have Fears” p 711, answer all questions, and write Critical Response of at least 100 words for each of the three: Lucy, Star, Fears. Refer to p 604 for Romantic traits.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg, new log
2. Quiz Acts 1, 2, 3
3. Movie Scene 1: battle
HW: Read Act 4

Wed, Jan 13, 2010

Wed, Jan 13, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR reading& log
2. Quiz on the Renaissance
3. Notes on sonnets

Pd 4
1. AR reading, no log
2. The Renaissance (1300’s to early 1600’s)was the:
• ReBirth of interest & achievement in Science, Literature, & Art as people looked back to ancient classical works from civilizations of Rome and Greece
• Birth of 1] the Modern World,
2] Modern English, and 3] Humanism, the philosophy which taught that intelligence and imagination were gifts from God and humans had the obligation to use these gifts.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg, no log
2. Quiz Act 2 Macbeth
HW: Read Act 3

Tue, Jan 12, 2010

Tue, Jan 12, 2010

Pd 1
1. AR reading, no log
2. The Renaissance (1300’s to early 1600’s) was the:
• ReBirth of interest & achievement in Science, Literature, & Art as people looked back to ancient classical works from civilizations of Rome and Greece
• Birth of
1] the Modern World,
2] Modern English, and
3] Humanism, the philosophy which taught that" intelligence and imagination were gifts from God and humans had the obligation to use these gifts."
3. The SONNET is a major form of British poetry. An Italian named Petrarch invented the sonnet, a short poem with fourteen lines. Sonnets have a fixed rhythm and rhyme scheme that is followed precisely. The Petrarchan sonnet uses one octave (8 lines) and one sestet (6 lines). An English sonnet uses three quatrains (4 lines) and one couplet (two lines). The last part of a sonnet offers a solution, a reaction, or a conclusion to the first part. Sonnets present personal feelings and thoughts about life. Common subjects are love, grief, and relationships.

Pd 2
1. AR reading, no log
2. Hand in Tintern Abbey essay & definition of meditative poem.
3. Discuss
4. Read from Don Juan p684 aloud
HW: Finish Don Juan and write a 200 word Critical Response essay p690 with 2 quotes, comparing it to Rape of the Lock p533 using 2 of these elements : Verse forms, tones, use of irony, targets of satire
QUIZ on Don Juan Thursday
HW: Redo Tintern Abbey to 5 parts.

Mon, Jan 11, 2010

Mon, Jan 11, 2010

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading, no log
2. Quiz on Changes article
3. Discuss Renaissance as rebirth; also as birth of Modern English/World ( and Humanism philosophy in Pd 1 only )

Pd 2
1. Hand in Critical Response p 625 Chimney Sweeper poems
2. Class discussion of Blake’s poems for points.
HW: Read “Lines Composed … Tintern Abbey” pp 631-637. Do Critical Response p 637. In your brief essay, write one paragraph for each of the 5 verses. In each, tell what the speaker’s main thought is in that verse and comment on it, telling why it matters to him. There is no requirement for number of words.

Pd 6
1. AR reading, no log
2. Read aloud Act 1, scene 3
3. Discuss
HW: Read Act 2

Fri, Jan 8, 2010

Fri, Jan 8, 2010

Pds 1, 4
1. AR rdg and no log
2. Study Notes on “Changes” article for quiz Monday:
Two Parts of the Mind:
Emotion=====and=====Reason: They can be compared to
Elephant=====and=====Rider: They have
==\/====Good Traits====\/
Inspires=============Decides
Motivates============Plans
====\/===Bad Traits===\/
Wants it now=======Can't decide
-For a change in your life, you need both emotion and reason.
Q: Do you have Overwhelming Goals?
A: Do a little at a time. See your progress and gain hope.
3. Renaissance Period:
•ReBirth of
-interest & achievement in
-Literature, Science, & Art
•Birth of the Modern World
-------and Modern English


Pd 2
1. Hand in Critical Response "The Tyger"
2. Quiz Romantic Period: “Political and Economic Changes” and “The Term Romantic” pp 600-604 & “Blake’s Poems” p620
3. Speaker Oscar Chang
4. Class discussion of “The Tyger”
HW: Read the 2 Chimney Sweeper poems pp 623 & 625; Write Critical Response Analysis of at least 300 words.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and no log
2. Quiz on Act 1 Macbeth
3. Reading aloud to Act 1, scene 3, line 89

Thu, Jan 7, 2010

Thu, Jan 7, 2010

Pd 1, 4
1. AR reading& log
2. Changes Quiz/Discuss
3. Grades

Pd 2
1. Hand in work on Rape
2. Hand in Macbeth essay
3. In class AP essay
4. Grades
HW: Read about the Romantic Period pp600-604; Read Blake’s Poems and “The Tyger” pp420-421; Write Critical Response 1 or 2

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and no log
2. Quiz on Globe & Shakespeare
3. Grades
HW: Read Macbeth Act 1 for quiz

Wed, Jan 6, 2010

Wed, Jan 6, 2010

Pd 1, 4, 6
1. AR reading& log
2. Sem Exams returned
Pd 4 Read aloud to “crystal-clear directions”
Pd 6: Quiz & check

Pd 2
1. AR rdg, no log
2. Quiz on Changes article, hand in change you want to make
3. Hand in train of thought analysis of poem
4. Sem Exams returned
5. Macbeth essay returned
HW: Read from Pope’s Rape of the Lock pp 532-5, Intro & Canto 1;
p541 answer # 1; write Creative Response

Tue, Jan 5, 2010

Tue, Jan 5

Pds 1, 4, 6
1. AR reading & No log
2. Get essays back
3. Fill out Essay Comment Response
4. Get article “Make Changes That Last”
Pd 1: Read and start taking notes on the sheet or paper. Hand in.
Pd 4: Read (not all finished)
Pd 6: Read for quiz Wed

Pd 2
1. HW handout: Pick one of the two poems. Analyze it informally using comments about your train of thought
2. Get college essays back
3. Fill out Essay Comment Response
4. Get article “Make Changes That Last” & read for quiz. Write (on the handout) some change you would like to try this with.

MON, DEC 14, 2009

MON, DEC 14, 2009

Pd 1
1. Semester 1 Exam
2. Writing about six Canterbury Tales due Thursday.

Pd 2
1. Hand in HW on Pope's Essay on Man
2. Semester 1 Exam

Pd 4
1. Review tales for writing about six Canterbury Tales due Thursday and for exam.

SUN, DEC 13,2009

AP EXAM: FINAL COUNT OF QUESTIONS

Essay Writing 10
MLA Form 5
Conventions of Literary Analysis 5
Quotation Use in Literary Analysis 6
Elements of Style (from handout) 7
Literary Periods- Renaissance and Restoration 4
Author Matched to Work 7
Quotation Matched to Work 6
Author Matched to Life Fact 3
Six Traits of Writing 6
Literary Terms from Textbook 35

THU, DEC 10, 2009

THU, DEC 10, 2009

Pd 2
1. Discuss satire. What words first alerted you to the satire in Modest Proposal?
Hand in work on couplets.
2. Quiz on Pope and works.
3. Review for exam.
HW: Why do you think Pope says the first two lines from Essay on Man, p 530?

Pd 4
1. AR reading& log
2. Write about tales
3. Review for exam

Pd 6
1. AR reading& log
2. Quiz on Renaissance drama and poetry
3. Review for exam

WED, DEC 9,2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading & log
2. Review Essay writing & Lit Pds
3. Write more about tales

Pd 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Write about tales
3. Review vocabulary for exam. Questions will be examples.

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Discuss notes & hand in
3. Quiz Renaissance Poetry
HW: Read Renaissance Drama pp 179-183. Concentrate on comprehension and/or take notes

TUE, DEC 8,2009

TUE, DEC 8,2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading& log
2. Write about tales from handout.
3. Exam review sheet

Pd 2
1. AR reading& log
2. Quiz on Growth of Modern English pp438
3. Discuss work p 444
4. Get review sheet for exam
5. Look at Macbeth response #5
1] Did they answer the question?
HW: Read Satire pp514-17. Read “A Modest Proposal” p 518-523 until you come to the words that make you realize that the author MUST be kidding. Make note.
HW: Read about Alexander Pope p525-6, & Heroic Couplets p527. Choose 2 that you are familiar with or that you like. Copy them and explain what they say in your own words. Read An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man for a quiz. See if you can answer the questions.
HW: Learn the elements of style of the Restoration p443 for quiz

MON, DEC 7, 2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading and QUIZ today
2. Write about tales from handout questions

Pd 4
1. AR reading and QUIZ today
2. Finish Franklin’s tale video, add him to list, & describe the tale. Hand in list.

Pd 2
1. Pass out books.
2. Hand in poem you found.
3. Hand in Response#5
4. Quiz Daniel Defoe and Robinson Crusoe
HW: Read pp 438-443 “The Growth of Modern English” for a quiz. You may need to take notes.
HW: On p444, do #1 and #3. For #1 you will need a print dictionary. For #3, make a T chart w/3 columns. The first column will be for the kind of differences to look for, the second for the 1st work, and the third for the 2nd work.

Pd 6
1. AR reading & quiz
2. Hand in facts about reading.
3. Hand in creative sentence: Time passed.
4. Quiz on the Renaissance pp166-175
HW: Read pp 176-179 Renaissance Poetry for quiz. Take notes on terms in bold print.

THU, DEC 3, 2009

THU, DEC 3, 2009

Pd 2
1. Hand in Paradise Lost passage and the ages that appeal and don’t appeal.
2. Discuss Restoration: 3 ages: Dryden, Pope & Swift, & Johnson. Discuss each section of the reading.
3. Quiz: Restoration, 18th Century
4. Train of thought for “The Red Wheelbarrow.” Find a poem that you can think about this way.
HW: Find a short, confusing poem & bring to class
HW: Write a 40 minute essay for Free Response #5 for the Open Question on the AP exam. Take up to 10 minutes out of the 40 to plan first. (1]Answer question, 2]Pick strategies, 3]Find evidence for strategies.) Draw a line at end after 40 minutes, then keep writing if you wish on the other side of the line. Will be looked at by other students in class.
HW: Read pp 480-495 about Daniel Defoe and the selection from Robinson Crusoe for a quiz.


Pd 4
1. AR reading& log
2. Watch, write, & talk about Canterbury Tales. Write who told the tale & what happened in it.
4] Merchant
5] Pardoner
6] Franklin (not finished)

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Finish speeches
3. Creative writing sentences: "It fell to the floor." Write no more than 30 words. Vote 2 at a time.
HW: Read about the Renaissance pp 166-175. For each bold heading division write one interesting fact.
HW: Creative rewriting of this sentence: Time passed.

WED, DEC 2, 2009

WED, DEC 2, 2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading& log
2. Watch, write, & talk about Canterbury Tales. Write who told the tale & what happened in it.
5] Pardoner tells of 3 rioters who want to find & kill death. They find death when they kill each other from greed over money.
6] Franklin tells of a squire who loves a married lady and wins her, but he releases her because of guilt.
7: Who in the Franklin’s tale-- Squire, lady, knight, scholar-- is the most honorable? Explain.

Pd 4
1. AR reading& log
2. Watch, write, & talk about Canterbury Tales. Write who told the tale & what happened in it.
2] Discuss Knight’s tale of two knights who fight for the love of Emily.
3] Wife/Woman of Bath told of a knight who raped a virgin and was punished by being forced to marry an old woman who had magic powers.

Pd 6
1. AR reading& log
2. Speeches

TUE, DEC 1, 2009

TUE, DEC 1, 2009

Pd 1
1. AR reading& log
2. Watch, write, & talk about Canterbury Tales. Write who told the tale & what happened in it.
3] Wife/Woman of Bath told of a knight who raped a virgin and was punished by being forced to marry an old woman who had magic powers.
4] Merchant told of January, an old man who married a young virgin who cheated on him.

Pd 2
1. Pass out books
2. AR reading& log
3. Hand in Syntax answers
4. Discuss Paradise Lost reading
5. Quiz Temptation of Eve
HW: Write a phrase, line, or lines that you like from Paradise Lost, Temptation of Eve.
HW: Read pp 448-457 “The Restoration & the Eighteenth Century” for a quiz. Tell which of the 4 Ages appeals to you most, then tell why it appeals and why the others don’t.

MON, NOV 30, 2009

MON, NOV 30, 2009

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Make up work reminders: essays, Medieval Pd Quiz, Vocab Quiz, Silent Rdg at TASK tomorrow.
3. Watch animated Canterbury Tales
Make list of tales viewed:
1. Priest told tale of rooster who dreamed he was attacked by a fox.
2. Knight told tale of (pd 1 only)

Pd 2
1. "Rules of Usage" pretest & discuss: Part 1: apostrophe, comma, semi-colon, colon
HW: Read pp 420-433 for quiz--from Milton’s Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve
Answer #2 Syntax: a, b, & c only, in the second column of p 434

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Speeches require a card with
1] notes from outline of article and
2] article documentation or article itself
3. Speeches presented

WED, NOV 25. 2009

WED, NOV 25. 2009

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Quiz Medieval Pd.
3. Watch a Centerbury Tale (pd 1)

Pd 2
1. Hand in answer explanations sheet
2. Finish presentations
3. Sentence diagrams examples and quiz
HW: none

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Speeches: writing outline to get notes for index card
3. Rubric

TUE, NOV 24, 2009

TUE, NOV 24, 2009

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
Mastery Learning of the Medieval Period
Art: 3 columns, Draw & color
Corrective: Feudalism, Church, Town and related fact for each. Write and illustrate
Enrichment: Write 3 new facts about the Medieval Pd from silver book pp68-75 and illustrate.

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on Bible, Milton, “On His Blindness”
3. Hand in homework qstns p417
4. Get multiple choice answers
HW: List the numbers you missed and tell why.
5. Continue presentations Macbeth

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Pg 147 “Romance” Read and outline for speech. Know main idea.
3. Get speech rubric.
HW: Prepare your speech presentation from outline and practice to present tomorrow.

MON, NOV 23, 2009

MON, NOV 23

Pd s 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Vocabulary Quiz 1-4, 7-10, 15

Pd 2
1. Quiz on parts of speech & Writing Tip.
2. Write answers to multiple choice test on answer sheet and hand in.
3. Hand in sentence diagrams & discuss
HW: Read for quiz
• pp 394-5 about the King James Bible
• pp 414-16 about John Milton
• p 417 “On His Blindness”
HW: Answer questions 4, 5, and 6 on p 417 in complete sentences

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in speech topic and source
3. Speech:
1] Will have all the parts of an essay: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
2] Will be short, around 2 minutes
3] Will require note card(s) with outline of speech

THU, NOV 19, 2009

THU, NOV 19

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Write and discuss Essential Vocabulary 7-10 for a quiz Monday.
3. Period 1: Mastery Learning- Medieval Period. 80% is mastery.
••Corrective: Art: 3 columns, Draw & color Feudalism, Church, Town and one related fact for each.
Facts:
• The feudal state was based on possession of land. The king was the head of the hierarchy with knights, nobles, and lords as his vassals. Serfs were at the bottom of the system, growing crops and doing the bidding of their lords.
• The Roman Catholic Church unified most of the people of Europe in a common religious faith. It settled disputes among nobles. It was a center for learning. Monks copied, translated, and preserved manuscripts from ancient civilizations. It sponsored the Crusades to take the Holy Lands from the Moslems in the Middle East.
• Towns grew up on major trade routes which developed from the journeys of armies traveling to the Middle East. Serfs left the feudal state to work in the towns for themselves rather than their lords.
••Enrichment: Find 3 new facts about the Medieval Period from the reading on pp 68-75 in Elements of Literature. Is there a connection to the feudal state, the church, or the towns?

Pd 2
1. Hand in “Rules for Style” sheet.
2. Presentations for Macbeth
3. Grades for midquarter
HW: Pg 1273 in text, know the definitions of the 8 parts of speech , a phrase, a clause, and a sentence for a quiz. Look through the highlighted TIPS FOR WRITERS to find a tip you didn’t already know. Be ready to write it on the quiz.
HW: Read Diagramming Sentences handouts. Diagram 1-10 simple sentences. Then try 1-7 of the harder ones.
HW: Multiple Choice Practice Test I

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Voc Quiz 1-5, 7-10, 15
3. Speech on article: Find an interesting nonfiction article to present to the class in a short speech. Magazines and newspapers are good sources. The topic should be appropriate for the classroom. Topic is due Monday.

WED, NOV 18 , 2009

WED, NOV 18

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in essays
• Final draft,
• Rough draft w/corrections in different color, 10 pts
• Outline 5 pts
3. Mastery Learning Medieval Period, Pd 1 only
Art: 3 columns, Draw & Color Corrective: Feudalism, Church, Town and related fact.

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in Donne:Creative or Critical Responses
Hand in Rdg Record Cards
3. Presentations on Macbeth
HW: Read handout on Style.
1] Write on the back of the “Rules for Style” sheet the 4 most important points for you from pp 66-69.
2] Write what you think is the most important sentence/idea/phrase from each section on the “Rules for Style” sheet.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in essays
• Final draft,
• Rough draft w/corrections in different color, 10 pts
• Outline 5 pts
3. Vocabulary 7-10 learn definition
and review 1-4 & 15 for quiz

MON, NOV 16, 2009

MON, NOV 16

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Pd 1: Show me last 100 words or 1¶ for 10 points
Pd 4 : Café duty
DUE WED, NOV 18
• Final draft,
• Rough draft w/corrections in different color,
• Outline

Pd 2
1. Quiz Donne, "Metaphysical Poetry," 3 poems, and prose
2. Movie to end

HW: Do A or B below.
A. Write the 3 Creative Responses for “The Bait,” “Song,” and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” from pp 364,365, & 367
B. For Meditation 17, answer questions 5, 6, and 7, all parts, and do the Critical Response p 369.

HW: Write on an index card on any size (but use the same size for all the cards you make) the information listed on the handout you picked up in class (and that is also given below Period 6) for Macbeth and for your summer novel. (I noticed an allusion to Roman generals dying on their swords at the end of the movie. That refers to Brutus and Cassius, who killed themselves after being defeated in battle by Octavius and Mark Anthony as depicted in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Show me 5 ¶s or 500 words. If you missed class Friday, show me 4 ¶s or 400 words and I’ll check the last 100 words of the rough draft when you turn in your final draft on Wednesday.
3. Peer editing. Have a student or someone else you trust edit your paper before you do your final draft. They need to sign in a different color & write these comments: + (good), ? (unclear), & more (needs more details), They also tell what your main idea is. You and your editor will get points.

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 in May.

Use any size note card, but use the same size for all your books. If you don't have a card, do it on paper and then glue it to a card. Index cards are 3" x 5", 4 x 6, or 5 x 7. I have all sizes.

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

THU, NOV 12, 2009

THU, NOV 12

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. How to write Introduction ¶
3. Show me thesis and outline for 10 pts and 3 ¶s for 10 pts each
HW: Last 2 ¶s due tomorrow, Friday

Pd 2
1. Hand in Macbeth essay: Final draft, Rough draft w/editing corrections, outline, and 3 steps to write thesis
2. Watch Macbeth movie
3. Presentations handed in
HW: If you did not include your 3 steps to write your thesis with your final draft today, bring it in next class. Can’t find it? Rewrite it and hand it in.
HW: Read about John Donne p362-3 and Metaphysical Poetry p363; Read 3 poems, "The Bait" p364,"Song" p365, and “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” p 366-7. Write a favorite line and a line you don’t understand for each poem. Know the answers to the Identifying Details questions for a quiz. Read “Meditation 17” p 368. Know answers to Identifying Facts questions p 369 for a quiz.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. How to write a thesis
Pardoner evidence pp 104,122,129
Priest evidence pp 121, 117, lines 89-99 (no description in Prologue)
Literary Analysis Topics: Guidelines are given on the page for the Critical Response. Choose only one.
The Canterbury Tales: p 131 Critical Responses
2] Comparing Storytellers;
3] Evaluating the Tales as Short Stories;
4] Analyzing Character
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" p146 Critical Response:
3] Analyzing a Romance
3. Show me outline & thesis for 10pts and 200 words for 20 pts
HW: 200 more words (400 total so far) by Friday with 4 quotations circled in your ¶s.
HW: Mon show me all 5 ¶s

TUE, NOV 10, 2009

TUE, NOV 10

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me thesis and outline for 10 pts and100 words for 10 pts
HW: 200 more words (300 total) due Friday

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Editing rough drafts
Peer editing required for credit with your rough draft:
1] Sign name or pen name
2] Mark with + ? more
in a different color
3] Tell what they think main idea is
HW: Final draft, rough draft with corrections, editing in different color, and outline DUE THU
HW: Presentations after movie THU

MON, NOV 9, 2009

MON, NOV 9

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & quizzes
2. Show me thesis & outline expos essay for 10 points
3. Write 100 words due tomorrow

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & quizzes
2. Show me thesis, outline, & one ¶
HW: Write 2 more ¶s for Thur

THESIS: Main idea + subtopic ideas
I learned _________ by/at/from/in (etc) _______, _______, &_______.

I learned about teaching ideas at the Moanalua Conference in an English session, a math session, and the general session.

OUTLINE OF BODY ¶ #1
I. English session
A. Teaching without teaching
B. Can I do it? My answer

Pd 2
1. AR quizzes
2. Quiz on terms
Peer editing
Mark: + ? more
Use a different color
& sign w/pen name
HW: Final draft, rough draft w/ editing, and outline due Thur. Editing tomorrow.
HW: Have presentation passage ready for end of movie.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and quizzes
2. Writing literary analysis: Body paragraphs
3. Show me outline & thesis
HW: Write 200 words by Thur

Literary Analysis

LITERARY ANALYSIS OF FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON BY DANIEL KEYES
Written as an example for sophomore English class

Use MLA format, not the format used here. Double space everything and indent paragraphs instead of using block form.



THESIS: Charlie’s entire life was lonely, not only when he was a child, but also when he worked at the bakery, and even after he became a genius.

OUTLINE:


Introduction Paragraph

1. Attention getting sentence
2. Complete THESIS


Body Paragraphs

I. As a child.

A. Other children
B. His family

II. Workers at the bakery

III. Relationships as a genius

A. Alice
B. Faye
C. Doctor's comments


Conclusion Paragraph:

1. THESIS restated in different words
2. Personal comment



Wilson 1


Pat Wilson
Mrs. Scanlon
English II Period 1
15 December 2003

Loneliness and Love

The average person would love to be a genius. Anyone might change his mind, however, after reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The main character in this novel is a mentally retarded thirty-two-year-old man named Charlie Gordon. After having brain surgery as part of a scientific experiment, his thinking reaches genius level. His life, however, becomes worse instead of better because he cannot get along with other people. Charlie finds that the loneliness he suffered as a child and then as an adult continues and gets even worse after he becomes a genius.

The novel begins with Charlie recalling his childhood as an unhappy one, the beginning of his loneliness. He says no one would be his friend, that his schoolmates made fun of him and sometimes even beat him up. Although he had a family-- a mother, father, and sister, he still felt lonely and sad. His sister lied to her friends: “[Charlie] is not my real brother! He is just a boy we took in because we felt sorry for him” (83). His mother saw Charlie’s mental retardation as a sign that she herself was imperfect, and therefore could not accept Charlie or his handicap. At first she tried to improve his intelligence, but when her second child was born normal, Charlie’s mother gave up on him. She began to mistreat him by beating him for not controlling his bodily functions and then by favoring his sister. Finally she forced her husband to take Charlie to a mental institution.

The second phase of Charlie’s loneliness begins when Charlie grows to be a man, and gets a job cleaning at a bakery. Charlie treats his fellow workers like friends, even though they play tricks on him and laugh at him. He does not know that laughing at someone is different from laughing with them. Later he says he misses “all my friends and the fun we have” (15). But they are the kind of “friends” who get Charlie drunk, tell him to go around the corner to see if it is raining, and then leave. They are not his friends.

After Charlie has surgery on his brain, he expects his life to improve, but loneliness follows him even then. He thinks the other workers will be proud of him for being smart. But they do not know about the surgery, and instead of admiring him, they become hostile and ignore him because he makes them feel stupid. He says, “all of the pleasure is gone because the others resent me.” He is fired from his cleaning job, and even Alice Kinnian, his reading teacher and friend, becomes less friendly when his level of intelligence far exceeds hers. He meets Fay, a free-living artist, and has a relationship with her. Charlie says she is “what I need most of all right now. I’ve been starved for simple human contact” (148). She becomes the only person to keep him from being completely alone. Charlie realizes he was better off when he was retarded because at least then he was not smart enough to know that he had no friends. Charlie’s surgeon says Charlie has lost his faith in his fellow man. It is clear he has.

Charlie’s loneliness is extreme. From his experiences in childhood, to his job at the bakery, to his reincarnation as a genius, he suffers mightily from it. He finally declares that “intelligence and education that hasn’t been tempered by human affection isn’t worth a damn” (173). Soon he finds out that the surgery is wearing off and he will die. But before he deteriorates completely, Alice finds him and refuses to let him be alone. His loneliness is finally over, and Charlie recognizes that in the short time he has left, he and Alice will share more love than “most people find in a lifetime” (205).

641 words in 12 point Times New Roman

THU, NOV 5, 2009

THU, NOV 5

Pd 2
1. Show me your 3 ¶s
2. Film
HW: Complete rough draft due Mon for peer editing
HW: Presentations begin when movie is done. Be ready. Give me a copy of your passage and have one for yourself.
HW: Literary Terms sheet for quiz Mon.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Finish reviewing essay parts & take quiz
3. Check HW list of 5, hand in
4. Writing essay: outline & thesis

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Test on Medieval Pd, Chaucer, & the Canterbury Tales
3. Go over essay assignment.
HW: Write outline and thesis

WED, Nov 4, 2009

WED, Nov 4

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Review handout- Introduction to the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
3. Quiz on the information reviewed
4. Discuss ¶s & their parts for a 5¶ essay
5. Discuss writing an expository essay about something you learned in the last year. Choose a topic from your brainstorming list or something else you think of. It could be anything in your life--school, job, family, hobbies, friends, experiences, yourself, etc.
HW: Write outline & thesis

Pd 4:
1. AR rdg & log
2. Review handout Introduction to Prologue to Canterbury Tales
3. Quiz on Canterbury Tales
4. Expository essay: Discuss the ¶s and their parts in a 5 ¶ essay.
HW: Write 5 things learned or experienced in the last year. It could be anything in your life--school, job, family, hobbies, friends, experiences, yourself, etc.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
Review for test on Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales.
* Feudalism & Knighthood pp69-70
* Chivalry & Courtly Love p71
* New City Classes p71
* The Crusades p72
* Chaucer :
p84, ¶3 and
p85, column 1, the last 3 ¶s beginning with “Most important…”
* Canterbury Tales p86
* Prologue, lines 1-102 and 122-166, the Knight, the Squire, and the Prioress (nun)
* Be familiar with details about
the Merchant- lines 280-294,
the Franklin- lines 341-370,
the Wife of Bath- lines 455-487,
the Pardoner- lines 689-734 p104, and
the Nun’s Priest- page 121.
* Know the story each one told.
3. Test tomorrow

TUE, Nov 3, 2009

TUE, Nov 3

Pd 1:
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check qstns Canterbury Tales
3. Quiz tomorrow on CT
4. Expository essay: Explain something learned in past year.

TUE Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Show me your outline or freewrite
3. Macbeth outline handout
4. Watch film
HW: 3 ¶s due Thur. on Macbeth essay.
Read handouts for literary analysis.

MON, NOV 2, 2009

MON, NOV 2

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check HW
HW: Pd 1 Read about knight, squire, nun & answer remaining questions.

Pd 2
1. Check steps for 3 ideas for literary analysis essay on Macbeth.
2. Discuss Free Response #4: language & imagery, and hand in.
3. Presentations postponed
4. Film: Macbeth
HW: Write outline of supporting ideas and details for your Macbeth essay. OR freewrite 500 words exploring ideas for your topic & your outline for THU.
Due THU 3 ¶s of your rough draft
Due MON Complete rough draft
Due TUE Final draft, rough draft w/ corrections, outline, and thesis development

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check & hand in HW: chart & 8 questions answered on story.
REVIEW for test on Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales as follows:
* Feudalism & Knighthood pp69-70
* Chivalry & Courtly Love p71
* New City Classes p71
* The Crusades p72
* Chaucer p84, ¶3 & p85, column 1, the last 3 ¶s “Most important…”
* Canterbury Tales p86
* Prologue, lines 1-102 and 122-166, the knight, the squire, and the prioress (nun)
* One distinctive detail about each of these pilgrims:
the Merchant lines280-294,
the Franklin lines341-370,
the Wife of Bath lines455-487,
the Pardoner lines 689-734 p104, and
the Nun’s Priest page 121.
* Know what story each one told.

THU, OCT 29, 2009

THU, OCT 29

Pd 2 THU
1. Discuss Knocking article, favorite quotes, & free response qstns1&3
2. Discuss reading a play aloud
HW: 1] Select a passage of between 50 & 100 words from Macbeth to present to the class. 2] Begin by writing the speaker: ___, the occasion: ___, and the speaker’s tone: ___. 3] Type or handwrite the passage perfectly & legibly. To present: Read/Speak loudly, slowly, clearly, and with inflection. Stay in character. Inappropriate laughter will lower the score of the provoker and/or the laugher. You may work in a group, but only those who have 50 –100 words will be graded. Due Tuesday
HW: Use “How To Write a Thesis in 3 Easy Steps” for the upcoming literary analysis of Macbeth. Write three ideas from Macbeth that interest you. Do steps 1 & 2 for all. Do step 3 for the idea you want to try for your essay. Bring in to check on Monday.
HW: Free Response Essay #4 from handout is due Monday.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales: Read Introduction to the Prologue from purple Reading Literature, discussing vocabulary.
3. Watch Nun’s Priest’s Tale.
HW: Furlough Friday: Read about 3 pilgrims and answer all the questions w/ complete sentences.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Past work on Medieval Pd returned for test review. Test on Wednesday.
HW: Use a T chart w/ Pilgrim Traits on the left and How Tale Fits Him on the right for the pilgrims whose tale we have read or seen. We did the Pardoner yesterday, and we finished the Knight in class today. Do the other four--Wife of Bath, Merchant, Franklin, Nun’s Priest--for Monday.
HW: Read EITHER The Nun’s Priest’s Tale on p 110, & answer qstns 1-8 OR read Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, p 133, & answer 8 qstns from Interpreting Meaning. Our essay will be a Critical Response (found at the end of the reading) for either the Canterbury Tales or Sir Gawain.

WED, OCT 28, 2009

WED, OCT 28

PD 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales:
Read Introduction to the Prologue from purple Rdg Literature
HW: Furlough Friday
Answer qstns 1 & 2 about introduction. For the 3 pilgrims, find a descriptive phrase about each.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. How to study-What is important?
3. Hand in notes on Medieval Per.
4. Quiz

Pd 6 WED
1. AR rdg and log
2. Finish discussing Pilgrims and their tales.
Pardoner
Knight
Wife of Bath
Franklin
Nun’s Priest
Merchant
3. Take notes

TUE, OCT 27, 2009

TUE, OCT 27

Pd 1
Mrs. Kau, college counselor
1. AR rdg & log
2. How to study-What is important?
3. Hand in notes on Medieval Per.
4. Quiz

Pd 2 TUE
Mrs. Kau, college counselor
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in blended sentences.
3. Quiz on handouts & discuss.
4. Discuss AR logs, books, days.
HW: Read pp 335-7 "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth"
What is the author's thesis? What points does he make to support it? What does the bolded introduction do to help you understand? What is the tone? What do you think of De Quincey’s writing?
HW: Choose one short quotation that you like from each act of Macbeth, document with act.scene.line and page # as well as giving the speaker, the situation, and the tone.

MON, OCT 26, 2009

MON, OCT 26

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Finish notes on Medieval Pd
3. Quiz on feudal system
4. Quiz tomorrow on Medieval Period

Pd 4
Mrs. Kau, college counselor presentation
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in homework Prologue or Chaucer
3. Take notes on Medieval Pd
HW: Finish notes for Medieval Pd for quiz

Pd 2
1. Hand in
* HW 1: Qtr 1 exam answer sheet,
MC explanation for answers, &
Essay score based on rubric with comments on why you think you would get that score. Quote what you did well.
*HW 2: Rubric you wrote for Macbeth Free Response #1 or 3
*HW 3: AP exam-style essay Macbeth Free Response # 3
2. Handouts: 4 pages on 2 sheets
• How To Quote from Shakespeare,
• Notes on Macbeth,
• How to Make a Thesis in 3 Easy Steps,
• How to Quote w/ Sophistication
HW: Read for quiz or writing response
HW: Choose a short quote and a long (= or > 4 lines) quotation from Macbeth. For each quotation write a sentence and blend the quotation into it. Example: First Macduff calls Macbeth a “Hellhound,” and then he sends Macbeth to Hell.
3. Check more MC qstns 1-25 for Macbeth

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in HW:
• character + tale,
• Imagery 1-4 pg 131, and
• handout-Characterization
3. Discuss char + tale, writing an essay of literary analysis, Romance and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
-Pardoner-vulgar, low class, dishonest
-Wife of Bath: Likes marriage, men
-Knight
-Franklin
-Nun’s Priest
-Merchant

THU, OCT 22, 2009

THU, OCT 22: Includes Furlough Friday assignments

Pd 2
1. AR rdg in the library
2. Hand in HW. Keep essay prompt.
3. Drill instruction
4. Quiz on last 7 terms p1272
5. Look at multiple choice answers and discuss MC instruction on Macbeth MC #s 1-20
HW: For the Qtr 1 exam, figure out why you missed the ones you missed, and tell why on a separate sheet. For the essay, tell what score you think you got and why. For the qualities you find in your essay that affected your score, give a textual reference (quote yourself)
HW: For the Macbeth essay, write a rubric description for an 8-9 score in the style of the BBP rubric
HW: Macbeth FreeResponse Qstn 3

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Take notes on Medieval Period
HW: Choose one, due Monday:
• In your own words (paraphrase), tell what is happening in the first 10 lines of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
• Find some interesting facts about Geoffrey Chaucer online, copy the page, and present your facts to the class orally.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in writing on Nun’s Priest’s Tale and Homework p 121
3. Finish Knight’s Tale. Which knight deserved Emily and why?
4. Watch Wife of Bath’s Tale. How was the consequence of the crime appropriate? What other events fit the character of the crime?
HW: Characterization handout for Canterbury Tales Prologue
HW: Find the description of the teller of each tale. What is Chaucer’s overall impression of him/her? How does the story he/she tells fit with that impression? Give at least three examples supporting your answer to each question.
HW: Pg 131: Imagery-Answer 1-4

WED, OCT 21, 2009

WED, OCT 21

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log; Pd 4 Library
2. Take notes on Medieval Pd
Pd 1 up to Towns ¶ #1 Development: 2 details
Pd 4 up to Feudal System
3. Will take Quiz when finished
4. Pd 4 Drill instruction

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log in Library
2. Watch Nun’s Priest’s Tale, write what happened, and write 100 words on what you think the moral(s) is(are).
HW: Read p 121 and answer qstn # 7, both parts.
3. Drill instruction

TUE, OCT 20, 2009

TUE, OCT 20

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Read and take notes on the Medieval Period

Pd 2
1. Quiz on terms Q-S
2. Return MOA forms
3. Finish notes Blackberry rubric 9-8
4. Get in groups to discuss scores for Blackberry essays
HW: Last 7 terms p 1272.
HW: Multiple choice for Macbeth
HW: AP exam style essay for Macbeth

MON, OCT 19, 2009

MON, OCT 19

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check qstns "Seafarer"
3. “Seafarer” quiz Period 1 only

Pd 2
1. MAO sheets to sign and return
2. Hand in evaluation sheets for Blackberry essays
3. Get back essay O evaluation w/rubric
4. Rubric analysis: what makes a top essay? Overall view, Task, Options, Top qualities. Find each part in rubric.
HW: Study terms Q-S for quiz. Omit rhyme, setting, simile, sonnet, Spenserian stanza, and suspense.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Watch and write about the Franklin’s Tale. Besides general notes on teller and plot, write 100 words giving your opinion about who of the four characters (knight, lady, squire, scholar) you think is the most noble and why.
3 tales so far: Merchant, Pardoner, Franklin

FRI, OCT 16, 2009

FRI, OCT 16

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Check Seafarer qstns & hand in
3. Get essays back
4. Make notes “Essay Comments” listing College/Application Essay, Strongest trait, Weakest trait, and Other for things you need to correct on the next essay. Hand in essay and notes.

Pd 2
1. Discuss rubric for AP exam essays, your list of qualities for a top essay, and what words in the “O” essay illustrated each quality. Hand in.
HW: Evaluate Blackberry essays based on the rubric from yesterday’s handout. Comment to explain why you rated it as you did.

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Check the 50 words for the Merchant’s tale. You may write about the next tale on the same paper.
3. Watch tales, write
• who told the tale and
• what happened. Eventually we will make connections between the tale and the pilgrim telling the tale.
4. Write 100 words comparing the Merchant’s tale to the Pardoner’s tale, what is similar and what is different.

THU, OCT 15, 2009

THU, OCT 15

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2.
pd 1 Check "Seafarer" questions
pd 4 Finish questions. Pick up handout to take home.

Pd 2
1. Hand in college essays , all drafts
2. Quiz Act 5 Macbeth
3. Hand in synopses
4. Discuss grades
HW:
1) From "Blackberry Picking" handout, make a list of qualities that describe a top-rated essay on the AP exam.
2) Find an example from essay O in handout that illustrates each quality

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Check and discuss answers to "Edward, Edward"
3. Watch Canterbury Tale (unfinished)
HW: Write 50 words on what you think about the tale

WED, OCT 14, 2009

WED, OCT 14

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Get grades for Qtr 1

Pd 2
1. Reminder of HW due tomorrow:
• Final draft & rough drafts for college essay (pg 3 of handout for polishing)
• Read Macbeth Act V & write scene synopses for quiz.
2. Get grades for Qtr 1

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Get grades for Qtr 1