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COURSE INFORMATION

 

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UNITS OF STUDY- FALL SEMESTER

 

 

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1/26

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Course Description

  • AP Language Information

  • Discuss AP Free Response Question 1

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Course Description

 

 1/27

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Seating chart

  • HWK:  C&P Parts I-II due Fri., 2/8

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Seating Chart

  • Introduction to Shakespeare

 

 1/28

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Practice Free Response Question

  • Review of sample essays

  • Homework:

    • C & P Quiz Part I on Friday

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Introduction to Shakespeare's Sonnets

  • Sonnet #30

 

 1/29

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Introduction to Crime and Punishment

  • Homework:

    • Quiz on C & P Part I tomorrow

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Shakespeare in Love

 

 1/30

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Crime and Punishment Quiz Part I

  • Introduction to Crime and Punishment

  • Homework:

    • Crime and Punishment Quiz part II next Friday

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Shakespeare in Love

 
2/2

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Nihilism/ Nietschze

  • Ubermensch theory

  • Liminal Space

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Sonnets- Discussion

  • Group Sonnet assignment presentations

 

 2/3

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Nihilism, etc. discussion continued

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Discuss Sonnets

  • Sonnet Poster Assignment

 

 2/4

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Intro to Dostoevsky

  • Homework: 

    • Reading Quiz- Crime and Punishment Part II on Friday

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Sonnet Poster Assignment (Continued)

 2/5

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Crime and Punishment discussion

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act I

 

 2/6

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Reading Quiz-  Crime and Punishment Part II

  • Poster Assignment-  Quotes from the novel

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act I (continued)

 

 
2/9

PRESIDENT'S DAY- NO SCHOOL

 

 

 2/10

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • C&P discussion

  • Poster Presentations

  • Homework:

    • Crime and Punishment Quiz Part III on Friday

    • Revised Fall semester essay due Tuesday

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act I

 

 2/11

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Novel Discussion

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act I

 2/12

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Novel Discussion

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • View Zefferelli Hamlet, Act I, scenes 1-3

 

 2/13

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Quiz-  Crime and Punishment Part III

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Critical Response- Hamlet's first soliloquy
2/16

PRESIDENT'S DAY- NO SCHOOL

 

 2/17

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP Free Response Question 2 -  2000  Exam

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • District Writing Exam

 

 2/18

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • District Writing Exam

  • Homework:

    • Prepare your perspective on the following topic in a 2-page piece of formal writing.  Use textual evidence where appropriate.  Papers may be presented in class.  Due Monday:  How might it be said that Raskolnikov possesses a "dual nature"?  What is Dostoevsky's purpose in presenting this element of character?

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • District Writing Exam-  Day 2

 

 2/19

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Turnitin.com class registration

  • Review Free Response Essays

  • Novel Discussion

  • Homework:

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation):To what extent does Raskolnikov believe that his decision to commit the crime, and the resulting consequences of the crime, are the result of predetermination or fate?  what is the irony, here?

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act I Scene 3-Scene 5

  • Discuss Critical Response

 

 2/20

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Reading Time

  • Homework:

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation):To what extent do the female characters in the novel face unimaginable hardship yet also possess the willingness to sacrifice themselves for others and forgive the sins of others

    • Crime and Punishment Quiz- Part IV on Monday

    • Critical Response Assignment 1 due Monday

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  •  Critical Response-  Hamlet criticism

 
2/23

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Crime and Punishment Quiz- part IV.

  • Critical Response assignmen 1 due

  • Novel Discussion

  • Homework:

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation): To what extent is Raskolnikov's relationship with female characters in the novel an aid to his potential  rehabilitation?  What symbolism/ allusion is apparent in these relationships?

    • Part V Quiz on Friday

    • Critical Response Assignment 2 (see website link) due Monday

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Read Hamlet Act II, Scenes 1 and 2

 

 

 2/24

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Practice AP Multiple Choice Exam
  • Homework:

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation): How is the theme of rebirth or regeneration presented in the novel?

    • Abstract Assignment (due next Friday):  Students are to choose an article of critical analysis of Crime and Punishment and prepare an abstract on that article.  Due Monday

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Read Hamlet Act II, Scene 2 (continued)

 

 

 2/25

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  •  Crime and Punishment novel discussion

  • Homework:

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation): What is the apparent connection between imprisonment and a kind of spiritual freedom?

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Read Hamlet Act III Scenes 1-2

 

 2/26

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Crime and Punishment novel discussion

  • Correct practice Free Response (Synthesis) essay

  • HOMEWORK: 

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation):  In what way(s) does Doestoevsky use Svidrigailov's Nihilistic lifestyle and Lebeziatnikov's Nihilistic views to express his criticism of Nihilism?

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Read Hamlet Act III Scenes 2-4

 

 2/27

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Crime and Punishment Quiz- Part V. 

  • Crime and Punishment video clip

  • HOMEWORK: 

    • Quiz Part VI and Epilogue next Friday

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation): In what way(s) are Raskolnikov and Dounia alike?  Why is it that only one of them can kill?

    • Critical Response Assignment 2 due Monday.  Abstract assignment due next Friday

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet video clip-  Ethan Hawke version

    • Discussion

  • Hamlet Act IV Scenes 1-4

 
3/2

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Crime and Punishment novel discussion-  Poster Assignment:  Choose one of the following topics on which to create a poster with a partner:

    • Female Characters

    • Rebirth/ Regeneration

    • Imprisonment and Spiritual Freedom

    • Address of Nihilism

    • Raskolnikov vs. Dounia

  • Homework:

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation):Review Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development (website).  Discuss implications for the characters of Sonya, Raskolnikov, Svidrigailov, and Luzhin.

    • Critical Response Assignment 2 (due Friday)

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act IV Scene 5

 

 3/3

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Practice AP Multiple Choice:  Grading last week's sample exam

  • Crime and Punishment novel discussion-  Poster Presentations

  • Homework:

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation):  Review the article on the website Crime and Punishment link with the heading Dostoevsky's Spirituality.  Be prepared to discuss the extent to which the novel might or might not be considered a religious work.

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act IV, Scenes 5-7

 

 3/4

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Crime and Punishment novel discussion

  • Homework:

    • Prepare your perspective on the following to be shared in class discussion (class participation):  Do you think that Porfiry is aware of Raskolnikov;s guilt from the start of the novel?  If so, in what ways is Porfiry playing a game of psychological "cat and mouse" in order to trap Raskolnikov?  Why do you think that Raskolnikov cannot seem to resist discussing the crime with Porfiry, the very person he should avoid?  Is there any criticism that Dostoevsky or his readers might level at the character of Porfiry?

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act V, Scene 1

 

 3/5

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Practice AP Free Response- Synthesis Question:  Peer score last week's assignment

  • Novel discussion

  • Crime and Punishment essay  due Friday, 3/13.  Like Water for Chocolate due Tues.  Quiz

  • Homework:

    • Critical Response Assignment 2 (see website link).  Due Tomorrow.

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act V, Scene 2

 

 3/6

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Critical Response 2 Defense-  Two students chosen randomly

  • Crime and Punishment Quiz- Part VI and Epilogue. 

  • Homework:

    • Crime and Punishment essay  due Friday., 3/13.  Like Water for Chocolate due Tues.  Quiz

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Act V Scene 2 (continued)

 
3/9

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  •  Introduction to Like Water for Chocolate.  Quiz tomorrow

  •  Introduction to group presentation assignment

  • Homework:

    • Work on Presentations

    • As I Lay Dying due 3/30.  Quiz.

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet wrap-up

 

 3/10

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Like Water for Chocolate due.  Quiz

  • Intro to Like Water for Chocolate (cont'd)

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet film

 

 

 

 

 3/11

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Magical Realism Dicussion

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet film

 

 

 

 3/12

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Group time

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet film

 

 

 

 3/13

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Group Presentations-  Jan. and Feb.

  • Crime and Punishment Essay due

  • IB Assignment 2 (Pastiche) Draft 2 due next Friday

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet film

 

 

 
3/16

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Group Presentations-  March and April.

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Essay- Day 1

 

 

 3/17

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Group Presentations-  May and June

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Essay Day 2

 

 

 3/18

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Group Presentations-  July and Aug.

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  •  Hamlet Essay Day 3

 

 

 3/19

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Group Presentations- Sept. and Oct.

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Hamlet Essay peer revisions

 

 

 3/20

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Pastiche revisions due

  • Group Presentations- November and December

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  •   Introduction to philosophy

 

 
3/23

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Film:  Chocolat

  • Homework:

    • Essay on website ("A Purpose for Degradation"). Abstract due Monday, 4/13. 

    • Essay (website):  "Influence of Addie Bundren"- due for discussion on Monday, 4/13

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 

 3/24

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Film:  Chocolat

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 3/25

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Film: Chocolat

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 

 3/26

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Like Water for Chocolate essay

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 

 3/27

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Like Water for Chocolate essay

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 
3/30

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • As I Lay Dying due (Quiz)

  • Introduction to As I Lay Dying

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 3/31

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • As I Lay Dying - IB Orals

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 4/1

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • As I Lay Dying - IB Orals

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 4/2

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • As I Lay Dying - IB Orals

  • Novel Discussion

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 4/3

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Novel Discussion-  Introduction to novel

  • Homework: 

    • Essay on website ("A Purpose for Degradation").  Abstract due Monday, 4/13

    • Essay (website):  "Influence of Addie Bundren"- due for discussion on Monday, 4/13

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 
4/6

SPRING BREAK

 

 4/7

SPRING BREAK

 

 4/8

SPRING BREAK

 

 4/9

SPRING BREAK

 

 4/10

SPRING BREAK

 
4/13

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Addie Bundren essay due for discussion

  • A Purpose for Degradation abstract due

  • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) Introduction. Due 5/22

  • The Reivers

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/9

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 

 4/14

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Novel Discussion

  • The Reivers

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 

 4/15

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Novel Discussion

  • The Reivers

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 4/16

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Novel Discussion

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 

 4/17

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Novel Discussion

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT LIT

  • Philosophy Unit

 
4/20

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • As I Lay Dying essay

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 4/21

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • As I Lay Dying essay

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 4/22

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • As I Lay Dying essay

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 4/23

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP Free Response Question Practice

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 4/24

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP Free Response essay peer scoring

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

    . 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 
4/27

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Pastiche peer revision.  Final Revisions due 5/8

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 

 4/28

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • As I Lay Dying essay peer revision

  • Homework

    • Final Pastiche Revisions due 5/8

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 

 4/29

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP Review

  • Homework

    • Final Pastiche Revisions due 5/8

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 

 4/30

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP Review

  • Homework

    • Final Pastiche Revisions due 5/8

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 

 5/1

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP Review

  • Homework

    • Final Pastiche Revisions due 5/8

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 
5/4

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS:

    • United States Government and Politics (am)

    • Comparative Government and Politics (pm)

    • French Language (pm)

  • AP Exam review

  • Homework

    • Final Pastiche Revisions due 5/8

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 

 5/5

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS

    • Computer Science A (am)

    • Computer Science AB (am)

    • Spanish Language (am)

    • Statistics (pm)

  • AP Review

  • Homework

    • Final Pastiche Revisions due 5/8

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 

 5/6

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS

    • Calculus AB (am)

    • Calculus BC (am)

  • AP Review

  • Homework

    • Final Pastiche Revisions due 5/8

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 

 5/7

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS

    • English Literature (am)

    • French Literature (pm)

    • Japanese Language and Culture (pm)

  • AP Review

  • Homework

    • Final Pastiche Revisions due 5/8

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 

 5/8

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS

    • United States History (am)

    • European History (pm)

    • Studio Art [portfolios due] (pm)

  • AP Review

  • Pastiche final draft due

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman

 

 
5/11

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS

    • Biology (am)

    • Music Theory (am)

    • Physics B (pm)

    • Physics C: Mechanics (pm)

    • Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (2pm)

  • Compare and Contrast Essay Outline Conferences/ Class time

  • Senior year course placement discussions

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman film

 

 

 5/12

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS

    • Chemistry (am)

    • Environmental Science (am)

    • Psychology (pm)

  • Compare and Contrast Essay Outline Conferences

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman film

 

 

 5/13

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS

    • English Language (am)

    • Italian Language and Culture (am)

    • Art History (pm)

  • Compare and Contrast Essay Outline Conferences

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman essay

 

 

 5/14

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS

    • Macroeconomics (am)

    • World History (am)

    • Microeconomics (pm)

  • Compare and Contrast Essay Outline Conferences

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman essay

 

 

 5/15

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • AP EXAMS

    • Human Geography (am)

    • Spanish Literature (am)

    • Latin Literature (pm)

    • Latin:  Vergil (pm)

  • Compare and Contrast Essay Outline Conferences

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Death of a Salesman essay

 

 
5/18

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB EXAMS

  • Compare and Contrast Essay  Conferences

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  •  Independent Reading Project group time

 

 

 5/19

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB EXAMS

  • Compare and Contrast Essay  Conferences

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Independent Reading Project group time

 

 

 5/20

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB EXAMS

  • Compare and Contrast Essay  Conferences

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  •  Independent Reading Project group time

 

 

 5/21

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB EXAMS

  • Compare and Contrast Essay  Conferences

  • Homework

    • Compare / Contrast paper (IB Assignment 1) due 5/22

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  •  Independent Reading Project group time

 

 

 5/22

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB EXAMS

  • Compare and Contrast Essay (IB Assignment 1) Due

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • Independent Reading Project group time

  • Research Paper due

 

 
5/25

MEMORIAL DAY-  NO SCHOOL

 

 

 5/26

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  •  Poetry Unit

  • Introduction of final project

     

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  •  IRP Presentations

 

 

 5/27

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Poetry Unit

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • IRP Presentations

 

 

 5/28

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  •  Poetry Unit

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • IRP Presentations

 

 

 5/29

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Poetry Unit

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • IRP Presentations

 

 
6/1

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Poetry Unit Presentations

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • IRP Presentations

 

 6/2

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Poetry UnitPresentations

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • IRP Presentations

 

 

 

 6/3

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Poetry Unit Presentations

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • IRP Presentations

 

 

 6/4

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Poetry Unit Presentations

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • IRP Presentations

 

 

 6/5

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Poetry Unit Presentations

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • IRP Presentations

 

 
6/8

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Poetry Unit Presentations

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  •  Final Grades

 

 

 6/9

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Final Exams:  Periods 0, 1, 2.

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  •  

 

 

 6/10

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Final Exams:  Periods 3 and 4

 

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  •  

 

 

 6/11

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Final Exams:  Periods 5 and 6

     

ENGLISH IV- BRIT  LIT

  • GRADUATION-  2:00

 

 

 6/12
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   8/28

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Review Course Syllabus/ requirements

  • Homework:  Read "High School Confidential"  (see website).  Complete Discussion and Rhetoric questions.  Due tomorrow.

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Course Description

  • Homework: 

    • Read Oedipus by Tuesday, Sept. 2.

 

 8/29

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Review Discussion Questions.

  • Homework: Complete essay assignment (typed) on "Confidential."  Due Tues.  Prompt:  Using Denby's descriptions of stock characters, analyze characters in popular television shows or movies.  Consider whether they are faithful to the types he identifies.

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Introduce Independent Reading Project (see link above).  Novel selections Tues., 9/2

  • Homework:

    • Read Oedipus by Tuesday, 9/2

 
9/1

LABOR DAY.  NO STUDENTS

 

 9/2

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Essay on "Confidential" due.

    • Peer review exercise

  • Read Twain essay Corn-Pone Opinions (see link above).  Answer discussion questions.

  • IB Oral Works selected in class.

  • Homework: 

    • Discussion questions on Twain essay due tomorrow

    • Read Oedipus by 9/12

    • Read The Great Gatsby by 9/22

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Oedipus due.

    • Reading quiz

    • Discussion of Aristotle's definition of tragedy as exemplified in Oedipus

  • Independent Reading Project novel requests due

  • Introduction to Personal Statement Assignment (due 9/12)  See link above for prompts.  NOTE:  Personal Statements should not be longer than 500 words.

  • Homework:

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

    • Personal Statement due 9/12

 

 9/3

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Discussion questions for Corn-Pone Opinions due

  • Practice AP essay on Twain article (in-class)

  • Homework:

    • Print and bring in the essay Godzilla vs. the Giant Scissors:  Cutting the Anti-War Heart out of a Classic (see link above) for study tomorrow

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Oedipus discussion questions (in-class).  Finish as homework (due tomorrow)

  • Homework:

    • Personal Statements due 9/12

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

 9/4

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Godzilla vs. the Scissors-  Read and answer discussion questions in class.  Questions due at the end of the period.

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Oedipus log assignment in class-  Students answer the following question in writing-  one page minimum.  It need not be typed or MLA-formatted.  Due at the end of the period:  Prompt-You have studied the nature of Oedipus’ character and the role it plays in his downfall.  Now is your opportunity to challenge Sophocles.  Considering what you now know about the play and the genre of tragedy in general, write a one-page defense of Oedipus’ actions.  Consider that you will present this defense to the gods in the hopes that it will serve as a mitigating factor in his punishment.  Specifically, what is understandable in Oedipus’ actions?  What should the gods consider when reviewing his poor judgment?

  • Homework: 

    • In writing (typed), explain how each of the following themes is present in Oeidpus.  Be sure to make reference to specific occurrences in the play to support your answer (direct quotes, please).  Due tomorrow:

Theme 1.  Predestination (Fate vs. Free Will): You might consider the following facets of the idea of predestination

a. Ancient people may have been impressed (or wanted to be impressed) by the fulfillment of prophecies.

b. Believing in predestination frees people from worry and responsibility

c.  Predestination presents an explanation for seemingly random suffering in human existence.

Theme 2.  The capricious, vindictive nature of the deity.  Consider:

a. Oracles

b.  Sin and Punishment (what is sinful to the Greeks?  How are sins punished, judging from what we've seen in Oedipus?)

c.  Life Lessons (what are humans meant to learn from stories like that of Oedipus?)

The likeability factor:  What is the significance of the fact that we are meant to identify with Oedipus?  How might we therefore view the gods considering what they require of Oedipus?

A thought:  Sophocles says,  "Maybe the gods do exist... and are consciously and elaborately MALICIOUS.  This is the only reason that such terrible things could happen."

Theme 3:  The Tragic Hero  (NOTE:  WE HAVE DEALT WITH THIS ONE IN AN EARLIER ASSIGNMENT.  YOU NEED NOT ADDRESS THIS THEME FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT AS WELL)

 

 

 9/5

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Discuss questions on Corn-Pone Opinions and Godzilla vs. the Scissors

  • Peer review essay on Corn-Pone Opinions

  • Homework: 

    • Essay on Godzilla essay.  Due Monday.  Prompt:  Staples indicates in his essay that political considerations can--and often do--present themselves in art, for good or ill.  To what extent do you find this to be true today?  Do political considerations threaten the integrity of art?  Why or why not?

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Oedipus log assignment discussion

  • Discuss homework (themes in Oedipus)

  • Homework:

    • Personal Statements due 9/12

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

 

 

9/8

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Essay on  Godzilla piece due.

  • "Innocent Eye" essay question 4.  Begin in class, due finished in class Fri., 9/12

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Oedipus log assignment discussion (cont'd)

  • Discuss homework (themes in Oedipus) [cont'd]

  • Homework:

    • Personal Statements due 9/12

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

  • Announcement:

    • Tomorrow, bring in Oedipus text and any and all notes on the work tomorrow for the first day of an in-class essay on Oeidpus

 

 

 9/9

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • In-class essay on Innocent Eye Test

  • Homework: 

    • Oedipus due read no later than 9/15.

    • Gatsby due read by 9/22

    • Vocab Quiz 1 on Friday (Groups 1 and 2).  See web link above

  • Announcement:  Abstract assignment for Oedipus due on 9/19

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • In-class essay on Oedipus-  Day one

  • Homework:

    • Personal Statements due 9/12

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

 

9/10

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • In-class essay on Innocent Eye Test.

  • Homework: 

    • Oedipus due read no later than 9/15.

    • Gatsby due read by 9/22

    • Vocab Quiz 1 (Groups 1 and 2) on Friday.  See web link.

  • Announcement:  Abstract assignment for Oedipus due on 9/19

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • In-class essay on Oedipus-  Day two

  • Homework:

    • Personal Statements due 9/12

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

 

 

 9/11

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Peer review of Innocent Eye Test student essays.  Typed final drafts due Monday.

  • Greek philosophy/ drama

  • Discuss reduction assignment on Oedipus.  Due on 9/15.

  • Homework: 

    • Oedipus due read no later than 9/15.

    • Gatsby due read by 9/22

    • Typed final revisions on Innocent Eye Test essays due Monday

    • Oedipus reductions due Monday

  • Announcement:  Abstract assignment for Oedipus due on 9/19

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • In-class essay on Oedipus-  Day three

  • Homework:

    • Personal Statements due 9/12

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

 

 

 9/12

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Greek philosophy/ drama (continued)

  • Discuss reduction assignment on Oedipus.  Due on 9/15.

  • Homework: 

    • Oedipus due read no later than 9/15.

    • Gatsby due read by 9/22

    • Typed final revisions on Innocent Eye Test essays due Monday

    • Oedipus reductions due Monday

  • Announcement:  Abstract assignment for Oedipus due on 9/19

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • In-class essay on Oedipus-  peer revision.  Final drafts due Monday (typed.  MLA-formatted).

  • Personal Statement due.  Discuss strategies/ samples.  Papers will be returned Monday.  Revisions due Tuesday.

  • Homework:

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

 
9/15

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Oedipus quiz

  • Oedipus Reduction due

  • Revisions of Innocent Eye Test essays due

  • Guest presentation:  Librarian Mrs. Slim on literary criticism

  • Homework: 

    • Abstract assignment for Oedipus due on 9/19 (discuss tomorrow)

  • Presentation:  Mrs. Slim-  Researching Critical Theory

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Essay on Oedipus-  peer revision.  Final drafts due

  • Personal Statement Returned.  Revise tonight.  Final draft due tomorrow

  • Homework:

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

    • Revise Personal Statement.  Due tomorrow.

 

9/16

 

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Discuss abstract assignment (due Monday)

  • In class annotation of Aristotle's Poetics focusing on:

    •The plot

    –incentive moment

    –climax

    –resolution,

    –complication.

    –dénouement

    –“complete” action

    –“unity of action.”

    –action of “of a certain

    magnitude”

    –simple vs. complex

    –“change of fortune

    (catastrophe).

    –“reversal of intention”

     (peripeteia)

    –“recognition”

     (anagnorisis)

    •Character

    –support plot

    –The protagonist who is

    renowned and

     prosperous

    –hamartia

    –Characters in tragedy

     should have the

     following qualities:

    •“good or fine.”

    •“fitness of

     character”

    •“true to life”

     (realistic)

    •“consistency”

    (true to life)

    •“necessary or

     probable.”

    •“true to life and

     yet more

     beautiful”

     (idealized,

     ennobled).

    •The elements of:

    –Thought

    –Diction

    –Song, or melody

    –Spectacle

    •The end of the tragedy

    – katharsis (purgation,

     cleansing)

     

  • Homework: 

    • Abstract assignment for Oedipus due on 9/22

    • Gatsby quiz on 9/22- Chs. 1-3

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Picture of Dorian Gray discussion (continued):

    • Aesthetics

    • Decadence

    • Epicrianism

    • Tripartite Nature of Man

  • Assignment 1 (in class): 

             For each of the three primary characters (Basil, Henry, and Dorian), brainstorm what you know about their character. Specifically:

–what is the character's general attitude?
–What are his strengths?
–What are his weaknesses?
–Does the character make good choices? Bad choices? Any choices at all?
–What fundamental truth does this character's growth (or stagnation) convey?
–What seems to be Wilde's attitude towards this character?

 

  • Homework:

    • Picture of Dorian Gray due 9/17

    • Revise Personal Statement.  Due tomorrow.

 

 9/17

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Annotation of Aristotle's Poetics (continued)

  • Homework: 

    • Abstract assignment for Oedipus due on 9/22

    • Gatsby Reading Quiz on Chapters 1-3 moved to 9/24.

    • Gatsby IB Orals topics due 9/29

    • Vocab Quiz 2 (groups 3 and 4:  see web link above) Friday

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Dorian Gray log assignments:

Choose two of the following topics on which to write 1- 1/2 pages in response to each.  Be sure to indicate which prompts you are addressing.  Papers will be graded for mechanics (punctuation, spelling, sentence structure) as well as for analysis, so take some care with the finished product.  Direct quotes would be nice, but, in acknowledgment of the time constraints, you may paraphrase or describe the action rather than quote it in support of your responses.

1.  Dorian Gray destroys three people before they die:  Sibyl, Alan and Basil.  Write a paper in which you show how the relationship Dorian has with each one is responsible for their destruction.

2.  Write a paper in which you compare and contrast the values of Basil Hallward to those of Lord Henry Wotton.

3.  Write a paper in which you address Wilde's apparent attitude toward the victorian woman in the novel.  be sure to use specific examples from the work in support of your response.

  • Homework:

    • Dorian Gray reading quiz tomorrow.

 

 9/18

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Complete annotation of Aristotle's Poetics

  • Tomorrow:  bring markers for a creative assignment

  • Homework: 

    • Abstract assignment for Oedipus due on 9/22

    • Gatsby reading quiz chs. 1-3 moved to 9/24

    • Gatsby IB Orals topics due 9/29

    • Vocab Quiz 2 (groups 3 and 4:  see web link above) tomorrow

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Dorian Gray reading quiz

  • Dorian Gray themes (continued):  Doppelganger, Narcissus, Victorian era

  • Review of yesterdays log assignment responses

  • Markers needed for tomorrow's activity

  • Novels needed in class for tomorrow and next week

 

 9/19

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Vocab Quiz 2-  Groups 3 and 4

  • Aristotle Teaching unit- Posters

  • Homework: 

    • Abstract assignment for Oedipus due on 9/22

    • Gatsby reading quiz chs. 1-3 moved to 9/24

    • Gatsby IB Orals topics due 9/29

    • Vocab Quiz 2 (groups 3 and 4:  see web link above) tomorrow

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Doppelganger poster assignment: 

As we discussed the other day, the doppelganger is a copy of a person that is invested with traits that are hidden in the original.  Sometimes, as in German and eastern European folklore, the doppelganger is magically charged with doing that which the original never would.  Usually the doppelganger’s nature and/or task is a dark one, but in the tradition of the European Jews, for example, the doppelganger’s task is heroic, though perhaps in a dark way (think Batman).  In Wilde’s novel, we have an example of a doppelganger which serves as the one clear view of the hidden nature of Dorian Gray.  It presents to the world the evil nature of an outwardly beautiful man. In this way, the doppelganger is illustrative of the sometime conflict between appearances and reality.

 Assignment

 Your task is to: 

  1. Form a partnership with someone in class.
  2. Considering our discussion of the doppelganger and the description above, create a doppelganger for one of you.  Your doppelganger may be an expression of your darker impulses, or your doppelganger may be an expression of a stronger, braver you.  In either case, what you will create is a vision of the hidden you.  In completing this task, think carefully about any differences between the public and inner (or “real”) you.  You might also consider that your doppelganger serves as an opportunity to acknowledge and (perhaps) address some aspects of yourself.
  3. Draw your doppelganger on a piece of poster paper.  Cut loose, here.  Depict your doppelganger in all it’s (perhaps) raw glory!
  4. Your poster must include written description of your intent with this project.  When thinking about what traits to address, you might consider the following:
    1. what is the general attitude of the doppelganger’s original?
    2. What are his/ her strengths?
    3. What are his/ her weaknesses?
    4. Does the original make good choices? Bad choices?
    5. What fundamental truth does the depiction of your doppelganger reveal?
    6. How does the doppelganger’s original interact with the world?  How will the doppelganger?
  • Homework:
    • Answer the following discussion questions from Ch. 1.  Due Monday:
  1. What prediction does Basil make about the three men (himself, Dorian and Henry)?
  2. Discuss Henry’s epigrams:
    1.  “Conscience and cowardice are really the same things[…] Conscience is the trade-name of the firm.  That is all.”
    2. “The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world.”
    3. “[…] the one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.”
    4. “I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.  A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”

 

 

 

 
9/22

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Abstract assignment due

  • Poster project on Aristotle's Poetics (continued)

  • Homework:

    • Gatsby quiz- Chs. 1-3 on 9/24

    • Gatsby IB Orals topics due 9/29

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Discussion questions due

  • Poster assignment (continued)

  • Critical response assignment (see assignment 4 on the Picture of Dorian Gray Portfolio link above)

  • Response to art assignment (see assignment 5 on The Picture of Dorian Gray Portfolio link above)

  • Homework:

    • Critical Response assignment (due Wed.)

    • Response to art assignment (due Mon., 9/29)

 

 9/23

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Aristotle poster presentations

  • Homework:

    • Gatsby quiz- Chs. 1-3 on 9/24

    • Gatsby IB Orals topics due 9/29

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Doppelganger poster presentations

  • Discussion of Ch 1 of Dorian Gray

  • Homework:

    • Critical Response assignment (see assignment 4 on The Picture of Dorian Gray Portfolio link above) due tomorrow

    • Response to Art (see assignment 5 on The Picture of Dorian Gray Portfolio link above).  Due Monday, 9/29.

 

 9/24

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Reading quiz on The Great Gatsby, Chs. 1-3

  • Oedipus and Aristotle-  Conclusion (conclusion of poster assignment presentations)

  • Tomorrow:

    • Quiz grading

    • Plato's parable of the cave

    • CSF applications

  • Homework:

    • Gatsby quiz- Chs. 4-6 on 9/24

    • Gatsby IB Orals topics due 9/29

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Discussion on Chs. 1-2 of The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Critical response assignment due

  • Homework:

    • Response to Art (see assignment 5 on The Picture of Dorian Gray Portfolio link above).  Due Monday, 9/29

 

 9/25

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Discussion Questions on Aristotle due (period 5)

  • Gatsby quiz- Chs. 4-6

  • Plato's parable of the cave

  • Quiz grading

  • Homework:

    • Critical response- The Great Gatsby:  Quote analysis from chapter 1:

    In no more than 600 words (roughly one typed, MLA-formatted page) of writing for each, respond to each of the following quotes.  Focus on what they reveal of character and how they support a statement of theme for the novel (significance is more important than length.  Concentrate on the important aspects of each quote):

    1.  "I am still afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth." (Ch. 1, p. 6)

    2.  "The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon.  They were both in white and their dresses where rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house.  I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall.  Then there was a boom as Tom Buchanan shut the rear windows and the caught wind died out about the room and the curtains and the rugs and the two young women ballooned slowly to the floor." (Ch. 1, p. 12)

    • Gatsby quiz on Chs. 7-9 on 10/3

    • Gatsby IB Orals topics due Monday

    • Gatsby IB Orals begin 10/13

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Review discussion questions for Ch. 1 of The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • IRB Reading Assignments

  • Notes- Ch. 1 of The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Homework:

    • Response to Art (see assignment 5 on The Picture of Dorian Gray Portfolio link above).  Due Monday, 9/29

    • Discussion questions for Chapter 2.  Please type and MLA-format. 

    Questions- Ch. 2:

    1.  What awkward situation arises when Basil wants to work on the portrait?  What is the significance of Dorian's action?

    2.  What ideas does Henry express about life?

    3.  How does Henry affect Dorian?  What is Basil's reaction/ response?

    4.  What role does Henry play in the relationship among the three men: Basil, Dorian, Henry?  Explain the "triangle" developing among the three:  how does each affect the others?  What characteristic(s) does Wilde intend the reader to bring into focus for each?  Revisit this triangle at the close of Chapter 3 and reassess the relationships.  Has Wilde's focus shifted?  Why?  Why not?

    5.  How does Dorian react to his portrait?  How could the painting be initiated as a symbol here?  A symbol for...?

    6.  What does Dorian say about himself and the portrait?  How does Wilde establish/ ignite the action of the plot in Dorian's reaction to his portrait?  How does Basil (his actions and attitude) at the end of the chapter contribute to this?

    7.  When Basil tries to destroy the canvas, what is Dorian's response and what is revealed about his character here?  What is Wilde's comment on art?

 

 9/26

STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY.

NO STUDENTS.
9/29

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Ms. Cheney:  IB Program requirements

  • Grade posting

  • Gatsby IB Oral Presentations topic selection

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Response to Art assignment due

  • Discussion questions for Ch. 2 of Dorian Gray due

  • Quote analysis:  In pairs, discuss the significance of quotes from handout list and annotate novels.

 

 9/30

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Discussion:  Gatsby, Ch. 1

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Dorian Gray quotes- Discussion

 

 10/1

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Evolution of American literature

    • Modernism

    • Essay:  Modernism in The Great Gatsby

  • Homework:

    • Answer the following discussion questions from Ch. 1 of The Great Gatsby.  Please type and MLA format:

    1. Consider the references to people in literature or history in the chapter. What purpose(s) do they serve?

    2. Write a character sketch of Daisy (or Tom or Jordan), focusing on the recurring “tag” used to describe them. Daisy leans forward and talks in a low voice; Tom is restless and hulking; Jordan balances something on her chin almost in an athletic stance. What is Fitzgerald’s purpose in thus describing them?

    3. Explain how the first chapter of this novel is critically important in the development of plot, characters, and themes.

     

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Dorian Gray quotes- Discussion (continued)

  • Homework:

    • Answer the following questions in outline/bulleted form. You may paraphrase from the novel; direct quotes would be helpful but are not required. This assignment need not be typed:

    1.  Name at least three (more if you're up to it) examples of the influence of aestheticism in Dorian Gray.

    2.  Name at least three manifestations of the philosophy of Epicurus in Dorian Gray.

    3.  Give examples of each of the three natures that comprise the tripartite nature of man in Dorian Gray.

 

 10/2

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Discussion:  The Great Gatsby

  • Homework:

    • Quiz tomorrow on Vocab groups 5 and 6 (see link above) and Gatsby Chs. 7-9

    • IB Orals begin 10/14

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Dorian Gray quotes- Discussion (continued)

 

 

 10/3

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Ms. Cheney:  IB program paperwork

  • Character Perspectives assignment:  Choose a partner.  Select one of the primary characters of the novel (Tom, Daisy, Nick, Gatsby, Myrtle).  Illustrate on a poster a symbolic representation of how the character views the world from their perspective.  You may illustrate how they see another character, the place in which they live, etc.  Finally, choose a quote from Chs. 2 or 3 that illustrates the character's perspective.  Note:  You need not find a quote that relates to that which you have decided to illustrate.

Today, meet with your partner and decide what character/ perspective/ quote you plan to use.  Posters will be made in class on Monday.

  • Homework:

    • Critical Response: In about 1-1/2 pages per question, answer both of the following:

1.  Discuss Fitzgerald’s use of Greek god imagery at various points throughout the portion of the novel you have read thus far.  Specifically, how does Fitzgerald further one or more of the novel’s themes using this imagery?

 2.  Gatsby spent his adolescence learning about a tawdry way of life on Dan Cody’s yacht (Ch. 6).  How might it be said that the adolescent Gatsby is in some ways more worldly than the adult Gatsby?  Be sure to cite examples to support your answer.

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Dorian Gray quotes- Discussion (continued)

  • Announcement:

    • In-class essay on Wed., Thurs., Fri.  Gather notes!

 
10/6

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Critical Response homework due

  • Assignment:  Character perspectives homework- Continued

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- due 10/30

    • Gatsby Orals begin 10/13

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Film: Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband

 

 

 10/7

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Finish posters and present them

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 10/30

    • TSAR Orals begin 11/3

    • Gatsby Orals begin 10/13

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Film: Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband

 

 10/8

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Discuss The Great Gatsby

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 10/30

    • TSAR Orals begin 11/3

    • Gatsby Orals begin 10/13

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Dorian Gray Essay- Day 1

 

 10/9

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Discuss The Great Gatsby

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 10/30

    • TSAR Orals begin 11/3

    • Gatsby Orals begin 10/13

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Dorian Gray Essay- Day 2

 

 10/10

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Discuss The Great Gatsby

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 10/30

    • TSAR Orals begin 11/3

    • Gatsby Orals begin 10/13

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Dorian Gray Essay- Day 3

 
10/13

STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY- NO STUDENTS

 10/14

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB Orals begin on The Great Gatsby

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR Orals begin 11/6 (schedule change)

    • Gatsby Orals begin 10/13

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Introduction to Dante's Inferno

 

 10/15

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB Orals begin on The Great Gatsby

  • Register for Turnitin.com

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

ENGLISH IV- WORLD LIT

  • Introduction to Dante's Inferno

 

 10/16

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby Critical response:  1 page on the following:

Identify a passage that you believe reflects the modernist movement.  Be sure to copy the quote into your paper and include a full analysis of the quote, as well as a specific statement of what facet(s) of modernism is/are reflected in the passage.  Be prepared o discuss.

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Inferno  critical response:  Students write in response to the following question:

Dante uses several symbols for sin and righteousness in Canto1.  What are the representations?  Which do you think is the most effective and why?

 

 10/17

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby exegesis peer revisions.  Students are required to get at least two peer readings of exegeses before turning them in this period.

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Dorian Gray essay peer revisions.  Students are to acquire at least two peer readings of the rough draft of their Dorian Gray essays by the end of the weekend.

 
10/20

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby IB Orals 

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6(schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Inferno  Discussion

 

 10/21

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby IB Orals  (pers. 5 and 6)

  • Novel discussion (cont'd)- per. 1

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Inferno  Discussion

 

 10/22

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby IB Orals  (per. 6)

  • Novel discussion (pers. 1 and 5)

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Inferno  Discussion

  • Introduction of Canto project

 

 10/23

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby Novel discussion

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6.  Topics due Monday

WORLD LITERATURE

  • In-class work time:  The Canto project for Dante's Inferno

  • Homework: 

    • Discussion questions.  Due tomorrow:

1. Dante compares himself to others who visited the world of Hades. Who were these persons and why did they make the journey? How would their journeys have affected Dante’s confidence in his completing the upcoming journey? (Canto II)

2 What is the crime of the uncommitted? What is their punishment? Is this penalty related to the crime? Explain your answer. (Canto III)

 

 

 10/24

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby Novel Discussion

  • Homework:

    • Begin reading The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • In-class work time for Canto presentations (presentations begin Monday)

 
10/27

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby Novel Discussion (periods 5 and 6)

  • Practice AP Multiple Choice test (period 1)

  • The Sun Also Rises IB Oral topic selection

  • Homework:

    • The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Canto assignment presentations

 

 10/28

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby Novel Discussion (period 6)

  • Practice AP Multiple Choice test (periods 1 and 5)

  • Homework:

    • The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/5 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Canto assignment presentations

 

 10/29

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Movie:  The Great Gatsby

  • Homework:

    • The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Canto assignment presentations

 

 10/30

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Movie:  The Great Gatsby

  • Homework:

    • The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Canto assignment presentations

 

 10/31

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Movie:  The Great Gatsby

  • Homework:

    • The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Inferno movie:  What Dreams May Come

 
11/3

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby essay- day 1

  • Homework:

    • The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

    • A Clean, Well-Lighted Place and A Primer on Existentialism (see web link for The Sun Also Rises Portfolio above) due 11/18.

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Inferno movie:  What Dreams May Come

 

 11/4

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby essay- day 2

  • Homework:

    • The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

    • A Clean, Well-Lighted Place and A Primer on Existentialism (see web link for The Sun Also Rises Portfolio above) due 11/18.

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Introduction to Victorianism and Bronte's Jane Eyre

 

 11/5

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Gatsby essay- day 3

  • Homework:

    • The Sun Also Rises- Due 11/6 (schedule change)

    • TSAR orals begin 11/6

    • A Clean, Well-Lighted Place and A Primer on Existentialism (see web link for The Sun Also Rises Portfolio above) due 11/18.

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Introduction to Victorianism and Bronte's Jane Eyre

 

 11/6

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Reading Quiz-  The Sun Also Rises

  • IB Orals:  The Sun Also Rises

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Introduction to Victorianism and Bronte's Jane Eyre

 

 11/7

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB Orals: The Sun Also Rises

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Introduction to Victorianism and Bronte's Jane Eyre

 
11/10

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB Orals:  The Sun Also Rises

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Reading Quiz- Chs. 1-11

 

 11/11

VETERANS' DAY.  NO SCHOOL!

 11/12

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • IB Orals:  The Sun Also Rises

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 

 11/13

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Practice AP Free Response Questions

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre

 

 11/14

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • Practice AP Free Response Questions

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre

 
11/17

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • JUNIORS IN CAREER CENTER

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Reading Quiz- Chs. 2-23

 

 11/18

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Discussion

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 

 11/19

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Discussion

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 

 11/20

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Discussion

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 

 11/21

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Discussion

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 
11/24

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Discussion

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 

 11/25

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Discussion

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 

 11/26

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Discussion

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 

 11/27

 

THANKSGIVING

 11/28

 

NO SCHOOL
12/1

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Film

    • Hemingway Exegesis due (see assignment description in Gatsby portfolio for reminder)

  • Homework:

    • Pastiche (see link above for description) on Hemingway due Friday

    • The Stranger due read by Monday, Dec. 8

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 

 12/2

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Film

  • Homework:

    • Pastiche (see link above for description) on Hemingway due Friday

    • The Stranger due read by Mon.

    • The Myth of Sisyphus (see link above) due read and annotated by Tues

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Discussion

 

 

 12/3

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Film

  • Homework:

    • Pastiche (see link above for description) on Hemingway due Friday

    • The Stranger due read by Mon.

    • The Myth of Sisyphus (see link above) due read and annotated by Tues

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Final Discussion

 

 12/4

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises Essay- day one

  • Homework:

    • Pastiche (see link above for description) on Hemingway due Friday

    • The Stranger due read by Mon.

    • The Myth of Sisyphus (see link above) due read and annotated by Tues

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Independent Reading project group time

 

 12/5

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises essay- day two

  • Homework:

    • The Stranger due read by Mon.

    • The Myth of Sisyphus (see link above) due read and annotated by Tues

    • Critical Response Due Tues:  How is The Stranger an absurdist work?  Refer to the description of absurdity and absurdism in The Stranger link above in preparation of your response.  Due Tuesday.

    • Study Questions for Parts I and II of The Stranger due next Thursday

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre Theme/ essay topic Discussion

 
12/8

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Sun Also Rises essay- day three

  • The Stranger quiz

  • Homework:

    • The Myth of Sisyphus (see link above) due read and annotated by Tues

    • Study Questions for Parts I and II due Thursday

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre essay- day one

 

 12/9

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Stranger discussion

    • The Myth of Sisyphus and absurdism

  • Homework:

    • Study Questions for Parts I and II due Thursday

     

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre essay- day two

 

 12/10

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Stranger discussion

  • Homework:

    • Study Questions for Parts I and II due Thursday

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Jane Eyre essay- day three

 

 12/11

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Stranger discussion

  • Study Questions for Parts I and II due

WORLD LITERATURE

  • Peer review of Jane Eyre Essay

 

 12/12

ENGLISH III- HONORS

  • The Stranger discussion

WORLD LITERATURE

  •  Jane Eyre Film- Day one

 
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