Reading Record Cards
The purpose of this card is to keep information about books you read recently fresh in your mind so you can discuss them on the Open Question Essay for the AP Exam.
Use any size note card, but use the same size for all your books.
Include the type of information briefly. Example: Protagonist:
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. A quotation that is meaningful to you or that is typical for the author. Document so it can be found if needed.
11. What do you think is the theme of this work? Look for a universal idea.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Finish discussing Medieval Period from purple textbook pp140-1.
3. Discuss Medieval Literature: Ballads p142
4. Read 2 ballads p148-152 Edward, Edward & Lord Randall
HW: Study for quiz on Medieval period: 3 parts + one detail each
PERIOD 5
EXAM payment deadline Wed. Oct 31
1. Quiz Robinson Crusoe
2. Diagrams p1276 check from demonstration and correct your own
3. Check p434 Syntax a, b, c
4. Seminar discussion of Robinson Crusoe: Why is it so popular? How does Crusoe deal with the emotional problem of solitude?
HW:Read for quizzes "Journal of the Plague Year" p497-503
Gullivers Travels excerpt p507-513
"A Modest Proposal" p518-523
"Satire" p516-517
HW: Find a book to read for AR quiz Tues, Dec 11 & give me the title
PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Finish discussing Medieval Period from purple textbook pp140-1.
3. Discuss Medieval Literature: Ballads p142
4. Read 2 ballads p148-152 Edward, Edward & Lord Randall
HW: Study for quiz on Medieval period: 3 parts + one detail each
PERIOD 5
EXAM payment deadline Wed. Oct 31
1. Quiz Robinson Crusoe
2. Diagrams p1276 check from demonstration and correct your own
3. Check p434 Syntax a, b, c
4. Seminar discussion of Robinson Crusoe: Why is it so popular? How does Crusoe deal with the emotional problem of solitude?
HW:Read for quizzes "Journal of the Plague Year" p497-503
Gullivers Travels excerpt p507-513
"A Modest Proposal" p518-523
"Satire" p516-517
HW: Find a book to read for AR quiz Tues, Dec 11 & give me the title
Monday, October 22, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Read about and discuss the Medieval Period from purple textbook.
PERIOD 5
EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. Hand in Reading Record Card for Hamlet & notes on the
Restoration and the 18th Century
2. Quiz on Defoe and the "Restoration and the 18th Century"
3. Check 10 sentence diagrams & 3 syntax answers p434 for completion
Handout: discuss adding dependent clauses to sentence diagrams
HW: p1276 Column 1 "Exercise: Mark Twain…"Diagram 1st 2 sentences
HW: Read Robinson Crusoe excerpt pp483 - 495 for quiz
HW: Read AR book by Dec 11 for 5% of your grade.
PERIOD 6
1. Discuss solutions to math problems from Section 5
HW: Do one more problem from section 5
PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Read about and discuss the Medieval Period from purple textbook.
PERIOD 5
EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. Hand in Reading Record Card for Hamlet & notes on the
Restoration and the 18th Century
2. Quiz on Defoe and the "Restoration and the 18th Century"
3. Check 10 sentence diagrams & 3 syntax answers p434 for completion
Handout: discuss adding dependent clauses to sentence diagrams
HW: p1276 Column 1 "Exercise: Mark Twain…"Diagram 1st 2 sentences
HW: Read Robinson Crusoe excerpt pp483 - 495 for quiz
HW: Read AR book by Dec 11 for 5% of your grade.
PERIOD 6
1. Discuss solutions to math problems from Section 5
HW: Do one more problem from section 5
Friday, October 19, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Quiz on Voc 2-11 and Essay notes
PERIOD 5
EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. Hand in Critical Response p437
2. AP essay: Make plan before writing and put with essay
3. Diagramming 1) Action verb and its object
2) Linking verb followed by a noun or adjective referring to the subject
HW : Diagramming 10 simple sentences.
HW : p434 Analyzing Language: # 2 Syntax a, b, & c
HW : Write Reading Record Card for Hamlet. If you read and
understood the novel for AP in summer 06, write a card for that too.
HW: Read "The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century" pp448-457
Take 2-column notes: all headings,red & blk & at least 1 specific per ¶
Read about Daniel Defoe pp480-1 for quiz
PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Quiz on Voc 2-11 and Essay notes
PERIOD 5
EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. Hand in Critical Response p437
2. AP essay: Make plan before writing and put with essay
3. Diagramming 1) Action verb and its object
2) Linking verb followed by a noun or adjective referring to the subject
HW : Diagramming 10 simple sentences.
HW : p434 Analyzing Language: # 2 Syntax a, b, & c
HW : Write Reading Record Card for Hamlet. If you read and
understood the novel for AP in summer 06, write a card for that too.
HW: Read "The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century" pp448-457
Take 2-column notes: all headings,red & blk & at least 1 specific per ¶
Read about Daniel Defoe pp480-1 for quiz
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
PERIOD 2: 1. AR reading
2. 2-Column notes on college essay errors
3. Vocabulary 5 & 8-11
HW: Quiz on vocab 2-11 and essay notes tomorrow, Friday
PERIOD 5: EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. Hand in chpt 3 S&S work and p434 qstns 6-14 on Tempt of Eve
2. Quiz on Milton's life, 2 poems, and Tempt of Eve
3. Finish checking grammar quiz. Keep to study for next quiz.
HW: Do Critical Response p437. Read the 3 poems mentioned and write an essay. For planning, make the list described in the instructions. Look at the "Sound and Sense: using common sense advice" handout for help. This will be worth 40 points on your daily grade. Tomorrow you will be writing a similar in-class essay from an AP exam and that one will be one of your major essay grades.
HW due Mon: Diagramming 10 simple sentences.
HW due Mon: p434 Analyzing Language: # 2 Syntax a, b, & c
HW due Mon: Write Reading Record Card for Hamlet. If you read and
understood the novel for AP in summer of 06, write a card for that too.
PERIOD 6
1. Check Test 1 Section 5
2. Work some of the problems from section 5 test in class demonstration.
HW: Do one more problem from section 5
PERIOD 2: 1. AR reading
2. 2-Column notes on college essay errors
3. Vocabulary 5 & 8-11
HW: Quiz on vocab 2-11 and essay notes tomorrow, Friday
PERIOD 5: EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. Hand in chpt 3 S&S work and p434 qstns 6-14 on Tempt of Eve
2. Quiz on Milton's life, 2 poems, and Tempt of Eve
3. Finish checking grammar quiz. Keep to study for next quiz.
HW: Do Critical Response p437. Read the 3 poems mentioned and write an essay. For planning, make the list described in the instructions. Look at the "Sound and Sense: using common sense advice" handout for help. This will be worth 40 points on your daily grade. Tomorrow you will be writing a similar in-class essay from an AP exam and that one will be one of your major essay grades.
HW due Mon: Diagramming 10 simple sentences.
HW due Mon: p434 Analyzing Language: # 2 Syntax a, b, & c
HW due Mon: Write Reading Record Card for Hamlet. If you read and
understood the novel for AP in summer of 06, write a card for that too.
PERIOD 6
1. Check Test 1 Section 5
2. Work some of the problems from section 5 test in class demonstration.
HW: Do one more problem from section 5
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading
2. 2-Column notes on college essay errors:
3. Vocabulary 8-11
HW: Quiz on Voc 2-11 and Essay Notes Fiday
PERIOD 6
1. Mac Lab for NovaNet practice.
2. Hand in section 5 test packet if finished
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading
2. 2-Column notes on college essay errors:
3. Vocabulary 8-11
HW: Quiz on Voc 2-11 and Essay Notes Fiday
PERIOD 6
1. Mac Lab for NovaNet practice.
2. Hand in section 5 test packet if finished
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
PERIODs 1&2:
Fill out Comment Sheets on College Essays
PERIOD 5
1. Grammar test
2. Mythology test
HW: Due Thur: Read pp420-433 Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve.
Answer qstns p434 #s 6-14
PERIOD 6
Math problems Test1.Section3. Problems 7, 10, 12,
HW: Test 1 Section 5 Problems 1-18
PERIODs 1&2:
Fill out Comment Sheets on College Essays
PERIOD 5
1. Grammar test
2. Mythology test
HW: Due Thur: Read pp420-433 Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve.
Answer qstns p434 #s 6-14
PERIOD 6
Math problems Test1.Section3. Problems 7, 10, 12,
HW: Test 1 Section 5 Problems 1-18
Monday, October 15, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
AR rdg
Read Beowulf: Grendel's Mother and The Final Battle
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in homework on S&S chpt 2 and Milton.
2. Presentations and Post Quiz
HW #1: Read chpt 3 S&S pp 33-38. Answer qstns on poems 19-21 and 9 qstns on poems of your choice from 22-28.
HW #2 Due Thur: Read pp420-433 Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve. Answer qstns p434 #s 6-14.
PERIOD 6
SAT math problems
PERIODs 1 & 2
AR rdg
Read Beowulf: Grendel's Mother and The Final Battle
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in homework on S&S chpt 2 and Milton.
2. Presentations and Post Quiz
HW #1: Read chpt 3 S&S pp 33-38. Answer qstns on poems 19-21 and 9 qstns on poems of your choice from 22-28.
HW #2 Due Thur: Read pp420-433 Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve. Answer qstns p434 #s 6-14.
PERIOD 6
SAT math problems
Friday, October 12, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
AR rdg
Per 1: Art on Beowulf pp121-5 in purple book:
Quote from story and give line numbers. Write in dark ink.
Fill the page
Use at least 3 colors
Don't use stick figures
Per 2: Watch Beowulf video
PERIOD 5
Check S and S work on poems
Quiz on Donne, poetry article, and 4 works
HW #1: Take 2-column/ Cornell NOTES on all chapters covered in S and S.
LEFT side: Chapter number and title;
RIGHT side: Subtitles, if given
Brief notes that you need to remember
Title and author of poems you answered questions on
ACROSS BOTH SIDES: Summarize chapter
HW#2: Read chapter 2 pp17-24
Answer questions on poems 9&10
For poems 11-18, choose enough poems to answer 9 questions
Answer Exercise p32
HW#3: Read Milton pp414-418. Answer all questions and critical responses for both poems.
PERIOD 6
Go over answers to the quarter exam
PERIODs 1 & 2
AR rdg
Per 1: Art on Beowulf pp121-5 in purple book:
Quote from story and give line numbers. Write in dark ink.
Fill the page
Use at least 3 colors
Don't use stick figures
Per 2: Watch Beowulf video
PERIOD 5
Check S and S work on poems
Quiz on Donne, poetry article, and 4 works
HW #1: Take 2-column/ Cornell NOTES on all chapters covered in S and S.
LEFT side: Chapter number and title;
RIGHT side: Subtitles, if given
Brief notes that you need to remember
Title and author of poems you answered questions on
ACROSS BOTH SIDES: Summarize chapter
HW#2: Read chapter 2 pp17-24
Answer questions on poems 9&10
For poems 11-18, choose enough poems to answer 9 questions
Answer Exercise p32
HW#3: Read Milton pp414-418. Answer all questions and critical responses for both poems.
PERIOD 6
Go over answers to the quarter exam
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Check answers to quarter exam
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in writing for Donne
2. Presentations on mythology
3. Get SOUND AND SENSE books
HW: Chapter 1 read pp3-10 in S & S
Write 3 important points made
Answer questions for poems 1-3
Choose a poem 4-8 to read and answer questions
PERIOD 6
Room 131 for NovaNet
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Check answers to quarter exam
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in writing for Donne
2. Presentations on mythology
3. Get SOUND AND SENSE books
HW: Chapter 1 read pp3-10 in S & S
Write 3 important points made
Answer questions for poems 1-3
Choose a poem 4-8 to read and answer questions
PERIOD 6
Room 131 for NovaNet
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. Silent reading
2, Go over grades to check for errors
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in Hamlet essays
2, Go over grades to check for errors
HW: Write >50 words of paraphrase or response for each of the 4 works by Donne
PERIOD 6
1. Go over grades to check for errors
PERIODS 1 & 2
1. Silent reading
2, Go over grades to check for errors
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in Hamlet essays
2, Go over grades to check for errors
HW: Write >50 words of paraphrase or response for each of the 4 works by Donne
PERIOD 6
1. Go over grades to check for errors
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
PERIOD 1:
Watch Beowulf video
PERIOD 2:
Beowulf quotation and art, purple book pp121-5
PERIOD 5
Presentations
HW: Hamlet essay
PERIOD 6
Sentence diagrams
PERIOD 1:
Watch Beowulf video
PERIOD 2:
Beowulf quotation and art, purple book pp121-5
PERIOD 5
Presentations
HW: Hamlet essay
PERIOD 6
Sentence diagrams
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in work on Donne; quiz Friday on life and metaphysical poetry
2. Presentations
3. EXAM
HW due Oct 10: Essay on Hamlet 1000 words with quotations
PERIOD 6
1. Diagrams
2. Review sheet
3. EXAM
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Read Beowulf: The Battle with Grendel from purple book
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in work on Donne; quiz Friday on life and metaphysical poetry
2. Presentations
3. EXAM
HW due Oct 10: Essay on Hamlet 1000 words with quotations
PERIOD 6
1. Diagrams
2. Review sheet
3. EXAM
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Read Beowulf: The Battle with Grendel from purple book
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz
2. Hamlet video
3. Presentations by Malorie and Vince
HW: Read about John Donne pp362-9.
Answer all interpreting questions & do one creative response & one critical response.
PERIOD 6
1. Diagrams
2. Review sheet
PERIOD 5
1. Quiz
2. Hamlet video
3. Presentations by Malorie and Vince
HW: Read about John Donne pp362-9.
Answer all interpreting questions & do one creative response & one critical response.
PERIOD 6
1. Diagrams
2. Review sheet
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Quarter 1 Exam
2. AR reading and study
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Quarter 1 Exam
2. AR reading and study
Monday, September 24, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Take AR quiz
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in work on sonnets pp345-6
2. Show me your true false qstns for mythology
3. Watch Hamlet video
HW: Presentations due when video is over.
HW due Thursday: John Donne pp362-369
Answer Interpreting questions and do one Creative Response and one Critical Response of your choice.
PERIOD 6
1. Find prepositional phrases in Beowulf handout
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Take AR quiz
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in work on sonnets pp345-6
2. Show me your true false qstns for mythology
3. Watch Hamlet video
HW: Presentations due when video is over.
HW due Thursday: John Donne pp362-369
Answer Interpreting questions and do one Creative Response and one Critical Response of your choice.
PERIOD 6
1. Find prepositional phrases in Beowulf handout
Friday, September 21, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Discuss Exam Review sheet
PERIOD 5
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Hand in Hamlet research reports
3. Get handouts 1) answers to sect 1 mult choice 2) Mult choice terms used on AP exam
4. Hamlet video: the play and Hamlet confronts his mother
HOMEWORK: 2 True/False qstns for your mythological figure.
HOMEWORK: Read sonnets 116 and 130 on pp 345-6 Answer questions and do Creative Response
Coming: John Donne pp362-369
Answer Interpreting questions and do one Creative Response and one Critical Response of your choice.
PERIOD 6
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Discuss Exam Review sheet
3. Check diagrams and learn how to diagram prepositional phrases.
PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Discuss Exam Review sheet
PERIOD 5
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Hand in Hamlet research reports
3. Get handouts 1) answers to sect 1 mult choice 2) Mult choice terms used on AP exam
4. Hamlet video: the play and Hamlet confronts his mother
HOMEWORK: 2 True/False qstns for your mythological figure.
HOMEWORK: Read sonnets 116 and 130 on pp 345-6 Answer questions and do Creative Response
Coming: John Donne pp362-369
Answer Interpreting questions and do one Creative Response and one Critical Response of your choice.
PERIOD 6
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Discuss Exam Review sheet
3. Check diagrams and learn how to diagram prepositional phrases.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
PERIOD 2:
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. New vocabulary
3. Discuss your AR book
PERIOD 5
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Hand in sets 1 & 2 mult choice "What went wrong?"
3. Check Pract test 1 section 1 mult choice and hand in.
4. Sign up for Hamlet article. REPORT IS DUE TOMORROW, FRIDAY.
5. Sign up for Allusion Presentation #11-34
6. Watch Hamlet video
ALLUSION PRESENTATION
1) Pick a figure to present to the class from 11-34 on list.
2) Tell the story in your own words, not from the handout.
3) You may find more info if there's not much on the sheet, but don't replace sheet info with new info.
4) Speak up to 2 minutes only.
5) Hand in 2 true/false questions for your figure on MONDAY.
6) Use note cards with no sentences.
7) Have a visual aid that has elements big enough to be seen from the back.
HOMEWORK: Hamlet research report
HOMEWORK due Monday: 2 True/False qstns for your mythological figure.
PERIOD 6
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Voc Qz 21-30
3. Discuss predicates (complements): direct object, predicate noun, predicate adjective
4. List prepositions and look for prepositional phrases in Beowulf handout.
HOMEWORK: Find prepositional phrases in handout on Beowulf.
PERIOD 2:
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. New vocabulary
3. Discuss your AR book
PERIOD 5
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Hand in sets 1 & 2 mult choice "What went wrong?"
3. Check Pract test 1 section 1 mult choice and hand in.
4. Sign up for Hamlet article. REPORT IS DUE TOMORROW, FRIDAY.
5. Sign up for Allusion Presentation #11-34
6. Watch Hamlet video
ALLUSION PRESENTATION
1) Pick a figure to present to the class from 11-34 on list.
2) Tell the story in your own words, not from the handout.
3) You may find more info if there's not much on the sheet, but don't replace sheet info with new info.
4) Speak up to 2 minutes only.
5) Hand in 2 true/false questions for your figure on MONDAY.
6) Use note cards with no sentences.
7) Have a visual aid that has elements big enough to be seen from the back.
HOMEWORK: Hamlet research report
HOMEWORK due Monday: 2 True/False qstns for your mythological figure.
PERIOD 6
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Voc Qz 21-30
3. Discuss predicates (complements): direct object, predicate noun, predicate adjective
4. List prepositions and look for prepositional phrases in Beowulf handout.
HOMEWORK: Find prepositional phrases in handout on Beowulf.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. New vocabulary
3. Discuss your AR book
PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 19-28 and p.o.s.
2. Check 3 sentence diagrams
3. More parts of a sentence: direct objects, predicate nouns and predicate adjectives
HOMEWORK: Try to diagram the rest of the sentences using the info given on the left
PERIOD 1
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. New vocabulary
3. Discuss your AR book
PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 19-28 and p.o.s.
2. Check 3 sentence diagrams
3. More parts of a sentence: direct objects, predicate nouns and predicate adjectives
HOMEWORK: Try to diagram the rest of the sentences using the info given on the left
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Socratic seminar on Beowulf and hand in answers to qstns 1-10
Period 2 excused from qstn 5
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in thesis and outline for 2 & 5 today or Thursday
2. Quiz on Elements of Style, 1-10 Allusions, and Voc 13-22
3. Hamlet video
HOMEWORK: Bring in the title, author, and publication date for a critical article on Hamlet for APPROVAL
HW: For qstns missed on set 1 Leisure & 2 Captain MacWhirr, briefly tell why you missed each one.
HW: Multiple choice Practice Test 1, Section 1, On Superstition
HW: Hamlet research assignment due Friday
PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Socratic seminar on Beowulf and hand in answers to qstns 1-10
Period 2 excused from qstn 5
PERIOD 5
1. Hand in thesis and outline for 2 & 5 today or Thursday
2. Quiz on Elements of Style, 1-10 Allusions, and Voc 13-22
3. Hamlet video
HOMEWORK: Bring in the title, author, and publication date for a critical article on Hamlet for APPROVAL
HW: For qstns missed on set 1 Leisure & 2 Captain MacWhirr, briefly tell why you missed each one.
HW: Multiple choice Practice Test 1, Section 1, On Superstition
HW: Hamlet research assignment due Friday
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