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.