Weekly+Plans

Homework due: vocabulary quiz Activities: Finish discussing short stories (micro fiction) Homework: finish What is the What Homework due: finish chapter 5 Activities: Discuss chapter 5. Begin chapter 6 after reading several passages aloud (of chapter 5). Homework: first half of chapter 6
 * 2010-2011 Year: Daily lesson plans**
 * Week of 10/18/10**
 * Day 2**
 * CP English**
 * AP English**

Homework due: vocabulary quiz Activities: present micro fiction stories. Whole class question and answer- oral practice. Homework: none
 * Day 1**
 * CP English**

Homework due: vocabulary quiz moved to Tuesday. finish chapter 5 Activities: discuss the end of 4 and discuss chapter 5 of volcano Homework: read chapter 6 of volcano
 * AP English**

Week of 10/10/10 Day 3

CP English Homework due: none Activities: each chose a story to present to the class. Whole class discussion Homework: finish chapter 24 of //What is the What//

AP English Homework due: first half of chapter 4 of volcano Activities: Open class discussions of the major themes and conflicts. Each student chooses a particularly well written passage and explains the merits. Homework: Homework: Finish chapter 4

Day 2

CP English Homework due: SP journal and finish chapter 23 of What is the What Activities: finish first five micro fiction stories. Begin second Five Homework: Read chapter 24 of What

AP English Homework due: chaters 2 and 3 of Volcano Activities: groups work with themes and motifs for 30 minutes. Form and function. Present to the class. 10 minutes journal response Homework: chapter 4 of Volcano

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 * Day 1**

Homework due: turn in What is the What essay Activities: Begin micro fiction. Start with the first couple of stories. Open class discussion of major literary techniques employed. Form and function. Homework: none
 * CP English**

Homework due: vocabulary quiz and give points for finishing chapter 1 of Vocano Activities: discuss archetypes and other elements of style. 10 minutes reading response. Discuss their most effective sentences and why. Begin chapter 2 Homework: read chapter 2 of Volcano
 * AP English**
 * Week of 10/1/10**


 * Day 1**

Homework due: chapter 22 Activities: work on essay draft. View "//Sliding Liberia//." Homework: chapter 23
 * CP English**

Homework due: chapters 9 and 10 of Grendel Activities: discuss the two chapters. Religion...Ork's theory of faith and reason. Work on grammar and sentence types with their essays.Peer and self revision. Homework: chapters 11 and 12 and work on essay revision.
 * AP English**


 * Day 4**

Homework due: rough draft of paper Activities:revision Homework: two page typed (double space) final
 * CP English**

Homework due:first 25 pages of Under the Volcano Activities: Discuss archetypes, style, allusions, and stylistic chioce of begininning a year after the death of the consul. Homework: finish first chapter of the novel
 * AP English**


 * Day 1**

__**CP English**__
 * Homework Due: summer assignment**
 * Activities: quick review of what we will do this year. Run through the website. Form and function writing sample with micro-fiction. Check out first novel on thursday. What is the What**
 * Homework: none**

__**AP English Lit**__
 * Homework due: partial summer assignment**
 * Activities: run through website. Check out curriculum stuff. Discussion of Metamorphosis.**
 * Homework: finish summer assignments**


 * Day 2**

__CP English__ Homework due: none Activities: introduce What is the What. Utube clips. NY times article. Read preface Homework: finish article

__AP Lit__ Homework due: none Activities: in class times essay #1- "Century Quilt" Homework: none


 * Day 3**

__CP English__ Homework due: NY times article Activities: Check out novel. Read for the rest of the period Homework: Read through chapter 3

__AP Lit__ Homework Due: none Activities: check out Lolita. Review timed essays Homework: Read first 10 chapters of Lolita


 * Day 4**

__CP English__ Homework due: reading log of chapters 1-3 Activities: read and respond to chapter 5 and 6 Homework: chapter 6 and 7

__AP Lit__ Homework due: quiz on first few chapters of Lolita Activities: continue with pilot paers and stylistic techniques Homework: chapters 11-16 of Lolita

Day 1

CP Homework due: none Activities: Library work- SP revision Homework: work on SP

AP Homework due: none Activities: Finish up the Modernism analysis. Begin practice exam Homework: none

Day 2

CP Homework due: none Activities: Library for SP work Homework: work on SP

AP Homework due: none Activities: Finish practice exam and review answers. Begin compiling study guide for the exam. Homework: finish study guide for the exam


 * Week 32 April 19-23**


 * Practice AP Lit and Comp exam Thursday, April 22 from 2:30 to 5:30. This is not mandatory.


 * Day 1**

Homework due: S.P. Journal Activities: continue oral proficiency activity Homework: none
 * CP**

Homework Due: analysis of Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" and Sigfried Sasson's "They" Activities: quick quiz on homework poems. Finish Eliot poem. discuss poems above Homework:
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: none Activities: finish oral activity- 5 minutes. Work on revising all SP written material Homework: bring revised SP stuff to class
 * CP**

Homework due: none Activities: finish WW 1 poets. Assign poems to pairs for them to analyze and present. Homework: read analysis of poem you will present
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework due: bringing all SP written material for editing Activities: Edit and work on SP intro, 3 goal, and essay. Plan approach to oral component. Homework: revise written work
 * CP**

Homework due: poems analyzed and ready to present to the class Activities: Poem presentations Homework: Analyze contemporary poems (list of the given in class)
 * AP**


 * Day 4**

CP Homework due: none Activities: work with SP stuff Homework: work on senior projects

AP Homework due: none Activities: Finish presenting poems. Move to contemporary poems. Each choose one to analyze and present. Homework: none


 * Week 31 April 12-16**


 * Day 1**


 * CP**

Homework due: SP essay rough draft. Activities: edit essays and stories Homework: none


 * AP**

Homework due: reflection on practice book material Activities: Discuss "Dover Beach" Homework: tenets of modernism and read Eliot poem


 * Day 2 and 3**

ERB testing


 * Day 4**


 * CP**

Homework due: typed stories Activities: Oral question and answer about the elements of their stories Homework: work on senior project


 * AP**

Homework due: quiz on Eliot poem Activities: begin discussing Poem Homework: Auden poems


 * Week 30 March 22-26**


 * Day 1**

Homework due: final ind. novel essay- g and m error free Activities: work on stories Homework: make sure all entries in notebook are up to date. They will be due mid week.
 * CP**

Homework due: Byron or Shelly poem analyzed Activities: individuals will teach the poem he/she brought in. Homework: Tenets of Victorian period
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: novel essay- g and m error free. Short story draft 1 Activities: read several micro-fiction pieces as examples of varying stylistic choices. Work on 1st draft of story. Peer editing. Homework: revise draft 1 of story
 * CP**

Homework due: tenets of the Victorian Period. Activities: finish presenting ind. Romantic pieces. Discuss tenets. Begin Browning. Homework: Read and analyze Tennyson's "Ulysses"
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework due: 2nd revision of story due Activities: editing handout. Peer editing. Homework: finish thier story over the break and work on thier SP essay.
 * CP**

Homework due: read and analyze Tennyson poem if you were unable to do so yesterday Activities: Discuss tenets. Discuss Tennyson poem. Analyze and discuss Browning poem. Homework over the break: AP practice book.
 * AP**


 * Have a great 2 weeks!**


 * Week 29 March 16-**19


 * Day 1**

Homework due: SP journal Activities: finish work with "The Half-Skinned Steer." Discuss. Begin "A Good Man..." Homework: none
 * CP**

Homework due: analysis of 3 Keats poems for points Activities: Begin with "La Belle..." Discuss motifs and tenets presented. Move to the two odes. Two class periods will be devoted to these poems. Homework: "Ode to a Skylark." Read and Analyze
 * AP**

Day 2

Homework due: pts for finished story Activities: quiz on story. Writing activity: comment on the following- significance of Red Sammy, Grandmother's beliefs, and Misfit's philosophy. What makes a good short story? begin outlining thier own. This will not only be a writing activity, but the base for another oral presentation. Homework: none
 * CP**

Homework due: none Activities: Read and analyze "Grecian Urn" and Compare with Yeats's "Sailing..." Read and analyze "Skylark." Have pairs present. Homework: Byron and Shelly poems
 * AP**

Week 28 March 8-12

Day 1

Homework due: multiple choice questions for Ren poem. 5 of them Activities: Go over practice test done on friday. Have another answer a peer's mc questions. Homework: practice test section # 3
 * AP**

Homework due: Bring another short story that you like Activities: Discuss and do a writing activity on TTC. Read another's short story and identify author's tone. Homework: finish story
 * CP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: quiz on tenets of Romanticism. Activities: Finish practice exam and discuss answers. Begin with Blake poems. Homework:
 * AP**

Homework due: none Activities: Finish TTC work. Discuss. Begin Proux story. Work with the story they brought. Homework: none
 * CP**

Homework due: finished ind. story analysis Activities: Read "The Half-Skinned Steer" and work with themes (memory, sexual orientation, journies, mortality, and insanity) setting, flashback, imagery, foreshadowing, and characterization. We will be spending three full class periods on this story. A close read is imperative. Homework: sp journal for friday
 * Day 3**


 * Day 4**

Homework due: sp journal Activities: Work with "Half-Skinned Steer" Homework: none
 * CP**

Homework due: read selected works of Romantic poets. Colderidge poem and Wordsworth sonnet. Activities: Continue with the Romantics HW: Timed practice essay
 * AP**

Week 27 March 1-5

Day 1

CP homework due: 3 analytical questions about another's story Activities: read "Gold Coast." Homework: finish 7 questions

AP Homework: none Activities: go over two sets of practice questions and read Herbert's "The Pulley" Homework: none

Day 2

CP Homework due: 7 questions from short story Activities: Discuss the questions from "Gold Coast." Begin the next story: "The Things they Carried." Homework: finish writing activity in notebooks

AP Homework due: none Activities: Finish discussing "The Pulley." Work briefly with the Ren. poem they brought. Use MOMENT while analyzing another. compose a couple of strong multiple choice questions for each poem. Characteristic of the Restoration and the 18th Century. Read and analyze Johnson, Pope, and Blake. Go over tenets of Neoclassical period.

Day 3

CP Homework due: 7 aspects of "goal coast" for pts Activities: Discuss questions. Read "the things they carried" and discuss the following as we read: parallel structure, transition, tangible vs. intangible, for and function, repetition, characterization, cataloguing, etc. Homework: vocabulary

AP Homework due: none Actvities: finish the Johnson. 3 practice sections of Neoclassic poets. Begin Blake. Homework: Find the tenets of Romanticism and be prepared to present them to the class.

Week 26 February 22nd- 26th


 * Day 1**

Homework due: typed draft of ind. novel essay Activities: Begin short story unit. Begin with "Cathedral." Read in class. begin discussion of style and motifs. Homework: SP editing of goils and essay
 * CP**

Homework due: MOMENT with "To His Coy Mistress." Activities: discuss homework in relation to the heuristic. Practice test section. Complete and discuss answers.Hand back marked essays. Homework: revise and type final (3rd draft) Jazz essay. Due in two classes. this will be the final polished essay. The rest will be in class timed practice essays.
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

CP Homework due: none Activities: finish reading "Cathedral." Discuss in relation to the following: 1. what kind of story is it? (realism, naturalism, fantasy, "sick world," economic extremes) 2. Who is the speaker? 3. What are the facts? 4. What represents something more? 5. Author's purpose 6. Author's views of characters 7. Philosophical questions addressed. //**Best American Short Stories of the Century**//- class set Homework: Bring in a copy of their favorite short story by Wednesday

AP Homework: none Activities: was not able to get done with the practice test. Take and discuss the prctice test. Start the second. Go over a couple of the Elements of poetry handouts. Homework: Typed final of Jazz due tomorrow

Day 3

CP Homework: none Activities: Read Gold Coast. Apply 7 elements. Homework: finish classwork if you were unable to do so. Bring favorite short story next class

AP Homework due: Jazz essay due Activities: Poetry practice sections. Go over answers and identify patterns. analyze Herbert's "The Pulley" Generate multiple choice questions in relation to the poem. Homework: find and bring a Ren. poem that you like. Make sure you more or less know what is going on in the poem

Day 4

CP Homework due: check for bringing short story Activities: generate 3 analytical short answer questions relatied to the short story you brought. Read another's story and answer the questions related to it, homework: none

AP Homework due: Ren. poem Activities: In class timed essay (poetry). turn in at the end of the period Homework: none

Week 24 February 15th-19th

__Day 1__

Homework due: novel should be finished Activities: Finish oral presentations Homework: Choose a topic for their essay and compose an outline
 * CP**

Homework due: Jazz draft #1 Activities: finish the sonnet analysis. Compose a sonnet Homework: finish sonnet
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: Prompt for ind novel study essay Activities: Make an outline. Begin drafting essay. Homework: none. The essay will be written in class
 * CP**

Homework due: completed sonnet. Ren. reading Activities: Discuss tenets of the Ren. Donne's "The Sun Rising," "A Valediction," and "The Flea." Discuss Metaphysical conceit Homework: revise essays
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework due: none Activities: Continue working on essays. Homework: Contact S.P. mentor by Friday
 * CP**

Homework due: revised Jazz essay Activities: Continue Metaphysical poetry. Move on to Marvell Homework: read "a passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "The Nymph's Reply"
 * AP**


 * Day 4**

Homework due: rough draft of ind. novel Activities: Revise and peer edit. Alternation of sentence types, strong word choice, and grammar and mechanics error free. Homework: final due for Monday- g and m error free
 * CP**

Homework due: quiz on poetic devices examined so far Activities: quiz. Discuss carpe diem. Apply MOMENT to Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" Homework:
 * AP**


 * Week 23 February 9th-12th**

__**Day 1**__

__**CP**__ __Homework due: Ind novel work__ __Activities: Read novels and jot down the events that you read. Turn in. Most of the week will be devoted to reading.__ __Homework: SP journal due at the end of the week. they must contact their SP mentor before the end of next week Their ind novel is due at the end of the week.__

__**AP**__ __Homework due: chapter 7 and 8 of Jazz for pts__ __Activities: Discuss their reading responses. Catalogue archetypes Morrison employs in the work and analyze its effect on the work as a whole. Read.__ __Homework: finish the novel. We will begin an essay next class. Then to poetry and tenets of periods.__

__**Day 2**__

__**CP**__ __Homework due: none__ __Activities: Examine the following in your novel: 1. Character mnemonics, 2. What is special about who tells the story and why is it told that way. 3. The significance of chapter breaks. 4. Is there Allegory? 5. Specific style? 6. Is there Metafiction? What purpose does it serve? 7. Does the story sound in any way autobiographical? 8. Intertexuality? 9. What kind of philosophy exists in the book? life questions. 10. Is there history in the novel? 11. How closely do you connect with the novel?__ __Homework: sp journal due this Friday. Contacting SP mentor by next Friday.__

__**AP**__ __Homework due: final reading logs for Jazz__ __Activities: discuss final two chapters- focus on the narrator's voice in the final. Ending? wrapped up? Begin Essay on the novel.__ __Homework: compose a draft for Jazz essay__

__**Day 3**__

__**AP**__ __Homework due: none__ __Activities: Short explanations of the basic tenets of the Ren period. Explanation of characteristics of the sonnet. Analyze a sonnet. Compose one__ __Homework: First draft of Jazz essay typed__

__CP__ __Homework due: 5 out of ten novel aspects due as well as their SP journal__ __Activities: oral activity: explain where you are on your senior project thus far. 3 minutes.__ __Homework: finish your independent novel__

Week 22 February 2nd-4th (short week)

Day 1

CP Homework due: ind novel progress Activities: hand back marked SP drafts. 20 minutes of work editing and identifying errors. Salinger story in class. New York Times article about Salinger. Discuss. Homework: SP journal #5 to be turned in next class

AP Homework due: Jazz 2-5 for pts. Must have a response for each to recieve full credit. Activities: Salinger story, discussion, and article. Discuss chapters 2-5 of Jazz. Focus on Garden, youth and old age, pain, memory, violence, racism, orphans, music, 2 Violets, narrative voice, and mothers. Homework: read chapter 6 of Jazz

Day 2

CP Homework due: none Activities: finish discussing "A Perfect Day Fo Bananafish." Work on independent novel Motifs and what they signify. Homework: read independent novel

AP Homework due: none Activities: continue discussion of 2-5. Begin chapter 6 as a whole class Homework: finish chapter 6 (Golden Grey chapter)

Day 3

CP Homework due: page discussion of motifs in their ind. novel. Activities: Discussion of yesterday's work. Spend the rest of the period reading. Homework: Read ind. novel

AP Homework due: chapter 6 of Jazz Activities: quiz on chapter 6. Discuss the chapter. Begin cataloguing archetypes so far employed in the novel. Homework: chapter 7

Week 21 January 18th-22nd

Day 1

CP Homework due: more of ind. novel read Activities: writing- character motivation. What are the inner and external motivations driving one or more of the characters in your novel. Turn in at the end of the period. Homework: read ind. novel

AP Homework due: rough draft of //Death of a Salesman// Essay Activities: Edit and peer edit essays. Myth quiz Homework: type up polished essay.

Day 2

CP Homework: Read ind. novel Activities: Work on S.P. essays. Strong word choice. Originality of voice. Varied sentence types. ETC Homework: continue ind. novel

AP Homework due: Death of a Salesman essay Activities: discuss how each approached the work in their essay. Go and check out Jazz. Introduction to musical terms. Style in relation to music. Note where author's style compliments the music. Homework: chapter one

Day 3

CP Homework due: rough draft of S.P. essay Activities: Work on essay rough drafts Homework: read ind. novel

AP Homework due: chapter one of Jazz Activities: Discuss reading responses. Discuss narrative voice and attitute, mood, musicality, style, and motifs. Begin chapter 2. Respond as you read. Homework: Read chapters 2-5 and respond over www.

Day 4

CP Homework due: typed draft of SP essay Activities: Hand in typed rough draft for pts. Read ind. novel. Homework: read as much as you can of your ind. novel over WWW

AP Homework due: none Activities: Read and discuss chapter 2 Homework: read through chapter 5 of Jazz over WWW

Week 20 January11th-15th

Day 1

CP Homework due: none Activities: hand back papers. Points for bringing their novels. Read ind. novel. Homework:Bring evidence of progress on your SP

AP Homework due: Act 1 of Death of a Salesman (pts) Activities: discuss first act. Questions? Questions for discussion in relation to motifs, characterization, Family dynamics, identity questions, and style. Find evidence for various elements in the work. Aristotle's Tragedy. On Wednesday we will begin an essay. Read aloud time permitting. Homework: finish first half of act 2.

Day 2

CP Homework due: read ind. novel Activities: Oral component. each student will spek for three minutes about the opening of their ind. novel. Why it appealed to them? What drew them in? Any of the 15 aspects we have focused on. Question and Answer. Homework: Continue reading novel

AP Homework due: first half of Act 2 Activities: Discuss the first half of this act. Read aloud and discuss the second part of act 2. Homework: finish what we were unable to get done today

Day 3

CP Homework due: read ind. novel Activities: continue oral presentations Homework: continue reading

AP Homework due: finish play Activities: Dr. Hogan guest lecture on poetry Homework: study for Greek myth quiz. Draft an essay on Death of a Salesman using the list of open ended prompts (1977-2005... choose a question that relates to the play overall.

Week 18 December 14th-18th

Day 1

CP Homework due: none Activities: Exam review Homework: study for exam

AP Homework due: collected works #3/finish Portrait Actiities: Work on collected works #3. Discuss the final sections of Portrait. Quick exam explanation Homewok: none

//The rest of the week there will be exams//

Week 17 December 7th-11th

Day 1

CP Homework due: chapter 10 of Grendel Activities: Discuss chapter 10. 7 dealy sins throughout work thus far- ire, sloth, greed, lust, gluttony, pride, envy (in class work to be complted in notebook). Homework: Chapter 11

AP Homework due: capter 4 of Portrait Activities: discuss chapter 4- religious piety, part 2-evolution of artistic thought/ change in attitude. Homework: finish chapter 4

For myth quiz on Friday: Apollo, Delphi, Echo, Narcissus, Sirens

Day 2

CP Homework due: chapter 11 of Grendel Activities: Finish 7 deadly sins stuff. Discuss. Questions about chapter 11. Begin final chapter as a whloe class iftime permits. Homework: Finish chapter 12 and write a response.

AP Homework due: 3rd part of chapter 4 of Portait Activities: Examine on the following: motifs, poetic diction, syntax and punctuation, role of women, punctuation, his name, reaction t his friends and the religious figures, soul, epiphany, and the contrast with the first paragraph of next chapter. Hmework: first two sections of chapter 5

Day 3

CP Homework due: chapter 12 and response Activities: Battle with Beowulf. Ambiguity of the end. Written response to the work as a whole. Homework: none

AP Homework due: part 1 of ch. 5 Activities: Have individuals lead class discussion of aesthetic theory as well as other aspect of this section- attitude toward university, friends, nationalism, et. tone of the section vs. previous ones. time permitting, begin reading the nxt section. Homework: fiish the next section and study fo friday's vcab quiz.

Day 4

CP Begin exam review. Bring notes on Grendel and anything you did with BNW.

AP Homework due: draft of 4th collcted works piece Activities: mythology quiz. work on collected works piece. Homewok: finish Portrait.

Week 16 November 30-December 4th


 * Day 1**

Homework due: chapters 6 and 7 of Grendel Activities: discuss each of the chapters Homework: none
 * CP**

Homework due: chapters 1 and 2 of Portrait Activities: discuss chapters Homework: none
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

CP Homework due: none Activities: hand back SP journals. Check for Grendel chapter 6 and 7 responses. Rad chapter 8 and respond to specific questions- on board. HW: finish today's work

AP Homework due: none Activities: finish up discussion of chapter two of Portrait. Give them time to work on three in class. Homework: finish chapter three.

Day 3

CP Homework due: wpp typed essay (Dec. 3rd) Activities: discuss ch. 8- Red horse chapter. Characterizations. Political theory. S.P. goal number three- in class work, time permitting. Homework: Type in WPP essay

AP Homework due: Portrait, ch. 3 Activities: discuss the chapter, assigning each kid a topic to explain Homework: read and respond to ch. 9

Day 4

CP Homework due: Grendel ch. 9 Activities: Explain Ork's theory of religion. discuss chapter as a whole class. Begin chapter 10. Homework: finish chapter 10 over the weekend. Respond.

AP Homework due: study for mythology quiz Activities: Mythology quiz. Finish Portrait ch. 3. Begin chapter 4 Homework: Read first two sections of chapter 4

Week 15 November 23rd-25th (only 2 days this week due to Thanksgiving)


 * Day 1**

Homework due**:** SP journal #3 Activities: work in pairs with Ch. 5- Dragon chapter. Discuss if there is time. Homework: finish chapter 5
 * CP**

Homework due: ch. 1 part 1 of Portrait Activities: Quick quiz. Discuss ch.1 part 1- motifs/symbols/patterns. Begin second part of chapter 1. Homework: none
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: Grendel chapter 5 and response Activities: In class timed essay on Truth vs. Majority decision. This will be done in class and then typed into the WPP program on the Tuesday after thanksgiving. Do not lose it. Homework: Read chapters 6 and 7 of Grendel over the break. You do not have to respond to each. You will do this when you come back.
 * CP**

Homework due: none Activities: in class timed practice essay (45 minutes). Continue reading and responding to Portrait- chapter 1 part 2. Homework: Finish chapter 1 and respond. Read and respond to chapter 2. I will check to see that you have done this on the Monday following the break.
 * AP**


 * Week 14 November 17th-20th**

__**Day** 1__

__**CP**__ __Homework due: reading chapter three of grendel__ __Activities: quiz on chapter three. Whole class discussion of the chapter. Begin chapter 4, time permitting__ __Homework: none__

__**AP**__ __Homework due: finishing "Cathedral" pts for completion__ __Activities: Discuss communion and epiphany in "Cathedral". Begin "The Garden Party" aloud stopping to identify patters, motifs, symbols, etc...__ __Homework: finish story__

__**Day 2**__

__**CP**__ __Homework due: none__ __Activities: work on chapter 4. Shaper oral activity.__ __Homework: Type the BNW essay in to wpp.__

__**AP**__ __Homework due: "Garden Party"__ __Activities: discuss "The Garden Party" give them a copy of Portrait.. and have them begin reading it. SSR__ __Homework due: first 26 pages of novel__

__**Day 3**__

__**CP**__ __Homework due: none__ __Activities: discuss chapter 4. Oral activity (shaper) 1. explain a major figure/institution that affects or influences you. Why do you believe in this? Why are you doubtful?__ __Homework: SP journal due (#3) on Monday__

__**AP**__ __Homework due: studying for mythology quiz__ __Activities: 10 question quiz: 5 mythological characters. Background on Portrait, and stream of consciousness SSR of Portrait__ __Homework: read through page 27. ch. 1 part 1.__

Week 13 November 9th- 14th


 * Day 1**

Homework due: none Activities: finish discussing chapter 1. Begin reading chapter 2 and completing their responses.
 * CP**

Homework due: "The Dead" pts Activities: 20 minutes to finish up practice exam. Discuss "The Dead" or begin going over the answers to the practice exam.. Homework:
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: work on BNW essay Activities: finish chapter 2 of Grendel and the response. Discuss the chapter in relation to characterization, good versus evil, and identity Homework: finish the chapter and make sure that they do the BNW essay
 * CP**

Homework: make sure to have read "The Dead" Activities: Go over all of the answers for the multiple choice practice test. Time permitting, begin discussing Joyce work. Homework: look over the myths: Artemis, Charon, Dionysus, Persephone, Pygmalion
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework due: BNW final- grammer and mechanics error free Activities: Existentialist handout for 30 minutes. Turn it in. Discuss chapter 2. Homework:none
 * CP**

Homework due: "Sonny's Blues" Activities: whole class discussion of "The Dead." Motifs, symbols, and patterns. social, political, and religious implications in the work. Begin "Sonny's Blues" if there is time. Homework: none
 * AP**


 * Day 4**

Homework due: finish the existentialism handout. Acitities: Show them how to register for WPP. discuss the handout and their responses. Begin chapter three of Grendel. Homework: Register for WPP
 * CP**

Homework due: none Activities: Walk them through the WPP registration. Finish discussing "The Dead." Discuss "Sonny's Blues" Homework: study for the vocabulary quiz. Register for WPP. Read Carver's "Cathedral."
 * AP**


 * Day 5**

Homework due: signing up for WPP Activities: Chapter thrr of Grendel and the reading response Homework: finish chapter three and the response
 * CP**

Homework due: register for WPP Activities: Read "Cathedral" aloud discuss. Homework: read "A Garden Party"
 * AP**

Week 12 November 2nd-6th


 * Day 1**

Homework Due: Pts for finishing the novel Activities: Discuss the final chapter of BNW. Short written reflection/ reaction on the end. Whole class discussion. Turn in the novel. SP goal #3. Give them each a copy of Grendel and record numbers. By the middle of the month, they need to have contacted their SP mentor Homework: Type up BNW essay
 * CP**

Homework Due: "A&P" and "The Yellow Wallpaper" reading and responses Activities: Discuss both stories in relation to form and function, experience, interpretation, and evaluation, and other questions (in written plans). read "The Cliff" and discuss as a whole class. Identity. Hand Back Papers. "Sonny's Blues" and "Where are you Going, where Have You Been." are the next two. We will do a Timed Multiple choice test this week. Homework: "Where are you going, where have you been" Oates
 * AP**


 * Day 2**


 * CP**

Homework due: typed BNW essay Activities: Read Chapter 1 of Grendel. Have them keep a reading log for each chapter. each will contain //questions, favorite quotation explained, favorite idea, vocabulary, and a list of the main ideas (summary), a couple of themes, a couple of literary devices(quoted).// Homework: contact yuor mentor teacher by next friday. All you need to do is introduce yourself, your project, ask for any ideas they may have, and get a quick note with a signature from them.

AP Homework due: "Where Are You Going, where Have You Been" Activities: pts for homework- possible quiz. Read and Discuss "The Cliff." Multiple choice practice test. Homework: Read Joyce's "The Dead" in the big black book


 * Day 3**

Homework due: work from Grendel chapter 1 Activities: have several volunteers explain their responses. whole class discussion, but directed at a couple of people who wish to defend their point. I will quickly explain a few of the finer points and dificult concepts. Explain Existentialism (handout). Give notes about the Heroic ideal and zodiac signs as well as the planets. Homework: chapter 2 and a response
 * CP**

AP Homework due: none Activities: Multiple choice practice test Homework: read Joyce's "The Dead"


 * Week of August 17th**


 * aug. 18**

Homework Due: s.p. proposals and article summaries Activities: review course outline, materials and website. Discuss the proposals and summaries. Read non-fiction article and discuss author's purpose, tone and form and function. Do the same with the visual piece. Writing assignment- draft a short piece with a focus on tone. Hw: finish tone draft and type for next class.
 * C.P**.

Homework due: Kafka work. Activities: review course outline, materials and website. Each presents one of his/her analysis. Whole class discussion. Analyze and discuss //The Metamorphosis.// Form and Function explanation/review and application to the work. Begin work on //Prologue: The Forest//. Hand out AP contract. Hw: Finish //Prologue: The Forest// and write a one page analysis of the work with a focus on form and function- consider tone in relation to word choice. Bring AP contract signed.
 * A.P.**


 * Aug. 19th**

Homework due: AP contract for points. Analysis of yesterday's reading. Activities: whole class discussion of //Prologue//. Read //The Garden Party// and analyze in relation to motifs and archetypes. I will give you examples of each. Class discussion. Hw:
 * A.P**.

Homework due: finish making corrections to summer assignments (if you got them back today)
 * C.P**.


 * Aug 20th**

Homework due: none Activities: bookstore for Lit book and Grendel. Begin Grendel in class. read and discuss the first chapter. Homework: read pages 2153-2193 in big black text. Billy the Kid work.
 * AP**

Homework due: none Activities: finish the Prologue and discuss using 15 traits of reading (from yesterday). hand back summer assignments and have them rewrite one in class. Turn in toward the end of the hour. Explain the personal essay (as the first major writing assignment as well as oral component). give them the list of possible prompts and the common application. explain that the end result will be acceptance= 100/ rejection=0. Homework: none
 * CP**

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 * Week 2 August 24-28th**


 * Day 1**


 * CP English**

due: none Activities: explain college admissions (mock) essays and requirements. Give handouts of sample creative topics. Begin working on drafting their own. Homework: 500 word rough draft of personal essay Homework
 * AP English**

Homework due: Billy the Kid summer work. Critical analysis reading (40 pages) Activities: quiz on the reading. Discuss the schools of lit criticism and how they apply to both the quiz and to the reading. Homework: read ch. 2 of Grendel

Day 2


 * CP English**

Homework due: 500 word rough draft of personal essay Activities: work on essay as a whole class. -strong word choice __-sentence variation__ -grammar and mechanics (self and peer) -transition -overall content -same tense -etc Homework: final draft due on friday


 * AP English**

Homework Due: chapter 2 of Grendel Activities: hand back and discuss quizzes. discuss chapter 2 of grendel. Go over the twelve values that Gardnel employs (notes). Discuss in relation to the first 2 chapters. Implications on the rest of the work? How could Grendel be a picaresque hero?- essential question for the next few chapters. Nature of good and evil questions... how do they apply thus far?... especially with narrative voice. Read chater three as a class. HW: chapter 3


 * Day 3**

homework due: 2nd draft of college essay Activities: 2 minute oral presentation with whole class evaluation and feedback. Tell class about upcoming film unit and how it will look. homework: none
 * CP**

Homework due: chapter 3 reading response for pts. Activities: discuss chapter three. 12 values according to Gardner (western civ.) and explain them. form and fuction activity. each student will have a different task and then discuss with the class. begin chapter 4 Homework: finish chapter 4 and respond (they will have to respond to each reading throughout the year. I will check for pts at ramdom each week)
 * AP**


 * Week 3- 8/31/09**


 * Day 1**

Homework due: none Activities: return mock college essays. discuss and give due date (friday 4th). Film unit intro: //Millions//. Take notes on the film while viewing. Topics for reflection will be the theme of Greed in relation to rligion, innocence vs. experience, illusion vs. reality, happiness, and right vs. wrong OR director's choice with scenes, cinemotography (camera angles), vivid use of color, music, etc., and how that effects the overall effect of the film. Homework: have your notes with you so that you can add to them for the rest of the film
 * CP**

Homework due: chapter 5 journal. Activities: discuss chapter 5 and the philosophy of the dragon. Nihilism and relation to the novel. Begin a draft of their first essay- morally ambiguous character. Have them read //Killings// from the big black book to support what they argue. HW: Dubois //Killings// and chapter 6 of //Grendel//
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: college essays for revision Activites: finish film and notes. homework: polish up notes
 * CP**

Homework due: journal on //Killings// Activities: discuss Killings. Discuss chapter 6 of //Grendel//. Finish the draft of Grendel as a morally ambiguous character. Homework: Chapter 7 of Grendel
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework Due: notes on film and college essay Activities: draft essay and peer edit Homework: typed film draft
 * CP**


 * AP**

Homework Due: chapter 7 journal Activities: discuss chapter 7 of Grendel. 45 minute timed essay on morally ambiguous characters. After their essay, they must edit and include the following: Parallel construction, a question, at least two simple sentences, a fragment, an infinitive phrase, a gerund phrase, dependent clause, independent clause, and a deliberate fragment. Homework: type up the essay for monday and read chapter 8.


 * Week 4 9/7/09- 9/11/09**


 * Day 1**

homework due: film critique rough draft Activities: self and peer editing. get vocab homework: type up the edited draft. work on college essay second try
 * CP**

homework due: Grendel essay draft Activities: discuss chapter 8. edit essays. get vocab Homework: read chapter 9
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

homework due: typed draft of film critique activities: view film and take notes homework: none
 * CP**

homework due: chapter 9 journal entry activities: discuss chapter 9. have them continue editing their essays. read chapter 10 aloud homework: finish chapter 10
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework due: confirmation that they spoke with their folks about their SP Activities: finish film and notes. air them up and begin the 1 minute oral activity Homework: mock college essay
 * CP**

Homework due: chapter 9 of Grendel Activities: discuss the chapter (10). Turn back essays and have them work on them in class. Begin chapter 10 Homework: finish chapter 10 and type up the final of Grendel draft
 * AP**


 * Day 4**

Homework due: organize questions to ask those during their 2 minute oral component Activities: oral component. Question and answer. homework: none
 * CP**

Homework due: chapter 10. Final Grendel paper due Activities: Discuss chapter 10. Read "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and discuss as we go as a whole class. form and function. Homework: finish the novel (chapters 11 and 12)
 * AP**


 * Week of 9/13/09- 9/16/09**


 * Day 1**

Homework due: SP journal #1. Mock college essays. Activities: Finish the 2 minute oral presentation (filmed). Show them a few clips- from last year as well as the ones they just completed. Critique them using the rubrics. Homework: none
 * CP**

Homework due: finish "a Good Man is Hard to Find." Finish //Grendel//. Journal entry on one or both of them. Activities: Discuss the end of the O'Conner Story. focus on motifs and archetypes and how each/all play a role in the author's purpose and the overall effect of the work. Finish discussing //Grendel//. Discuss their journals. Have them go and check out //Heart of Darkness// for Tuesday. Homework: Read the first section of HOD
 * AP**

Day 2

CP Homework Due: Journal for S.P. for their binders. Activities: Give them the themes and quotation handout. From it they may choose a topic for their one page reflection of the film. Work on it in class. Variation of sentence types and strong word choice. Homework: type a rough draft

AP Homework due: bring The collected Works of Billy the Kid Activities: Give notes on Billy the kid. Narration going its own way. Have each choose their three favorite scenes/pages from the novel. they will discuss the form, function, and purpose for each. they may use their summer assignment notes for this, but must return them. We will begin discussing them as a class. Homework: finish today's assignment if they were not able to do so.

Day 3

CP Homework due: typed rough copy of 2nd film critique Activities: vocabulary quiz. Read the Tenenbaums article and respond to it: identify thesis, summarize the argument (strongest and weakest points), and give your opinion of it. Agree or disagree. homework: none

AP Homework due: none Activities: vocabulary quiz. Read and discuss the Flannery O'conner article from the //Atlantic//. Continue with The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Use their papers from the summer assignments as springboards. Edit them for both style and content. Give them Heart of Darkness. Begin reading if there is time. homework: take home and revise their summer Billy the Kid essays for revision.


 * Week 6 9/21-9/25**


 * Day 1**

Homework due: aldaily article summary due. Film critique Activities: hand back edited essays and film critique article. Begin viewing 3rd and final fil. Give them the technical terms handout to aid them in note taking during the viewing. 3 handouts total. Homework: organize notes.
 * CP**

Homework due: revised Billy the Kid analysis. Check to see if they read the O'conner and Kafka articles for pts. Activities: Discuss the articles. Take up the essays. Begin HOD aloud in class. 15 minute reflection on style and setting as well as narrative point of view. SSR. 85 minute classes. Homework: finish the first part of HOD
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: none Activities: finish film. Go over all of the cinematography terms. Choose a topic about which to reflect. They will plan for 30 minutes (like the ERB) using one of the prompts on the second page of the handout. Next class they will have a timed in-class essay and may use their notes. Graded and scored using the ERB rubric. Homework: they may do any prep work they want, but may not bring anything to class for the timed essay.
 * CP**

Homework due: finish reading part 1 of HOD Activities: whole class questions and discussion about the chapter. Share journals. Hand back essays on Billy the Kid. Everyone choose one archetype or motif and describe it with textual evidence. Share it- all of the possible meanings. SSR for the rest of the period. Homework: finish the second part of HOD
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework due: none Activities: 60 minute writing response to the film. They may use only their pre writing and the ideas they bring. 5 minute break. Graded using the ERB rubric. Give them a copy of BNW and have them read the first chapter. They will keep a brief writing response for each chapter. Hw: finish chapter 1 of BNW
 * CP**

Homework due: check for part 2 of HOD Activities: Vocabulary quiz. Open class discussion of part two. Motifs and archetypes. Questions for discussion (in notebooks). HW: finish the novel.
 * AP**


 * Week 7 9/28-10/1**


 * Day 1**

Homework: study for the vocabulary quiz Activities: vocabulary quiz. Hand back all papers. Remember those 15 points when reading the opening of a novel or a story? Apply them to the first few pages of BNW. Discuss them if there is time. Hw: finish the 15 points
 * CP**

Homework due: part 3 of HOD Activities: in class writing on free response question using HOD. Homework: read "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: chapter 1 of BNW Activities: discuss the elements they found on the first couple of pages. Discuss the first chapter. Give them Article on Utopia/dystopia. Read article. Discuss. Begin reading chapter 2. Homework: finish chapter 2
 * CP**

Homework due: none Activities: Discuss part 3 of HOD. Discuss in class timed essays. Begin reading "The short Happy Life..." Discuss Hemingway's style. Homework: Finish story. Return HOD
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework due: ch. 2 and 3 of BNW Activities: quick quiz (15 minutes). Discuss as a whole class. Read chapter 4 Homework: Finish chapter 4 for homework and do a senior project journal for Friday
 * CP**

Homework due: "Short Happy Life..." Activities: Discuss Hem. story. Read "Barn Burning" as a class. Compare the styles- syntax and diction. At least 5 sentence comparisons from each story. Discuss with the class. Homework: Read first chapter in //The Things They Carried (new unit)//
 * AP**


 * Day 4**

Homework due: journal of chapter one of TTC Activities: Discuss story. Binaries and strands in the first story. Essential questions as related to the opening. Why does O'Brien open the novel with this story? Begin second story as a class. Homework: Read first story
 * AP**


 * Week 8 10/5-10/9**


 * Day 1**

Homework due: chapter 4 BNW Activities: discuss ch. 4. SSR of ch. 5 while I check SP journal #2 Homework: finish questions and chapter 5
 * CP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: questions and chapter 5 Activities: discuss questions. Discuss chapter 5. Begin working on the first goal of their SP. Strong word choice, vary sentence types, and grammar and mechanics focus. Homework: finish first goal
 * CP**

Homework due: Discuss first story of TTC. Binaries and strands. Style. Form and function. read second story aloud. Why would this story be first? What is the overall effect? Discuss each of the essential questions. We will choose one of the passages from the third story for a timed essay next class. Author's tone in relation to literary techniques on page 37. HW: Read the third chapter.
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework due: typed sp goal #1 and chapter 6 of BNW Activities: Quick quiz on chapter 6. Discuss the chapter. Edit their SP preliminary journal #1. explain to the class how they plan on accomplishing thier goal. Another person will explain a peer's work. Project Thesis (goal) Steps to accomplishment of the goal
 * CP**

Try and find an article on governmental control.

Homework Due: "Spin" Activities: Timed in class essay on the passage in "Spin". Whole class evaluation of the work using the generic rubric. Begin reading "On the Rainy River." HW: finish story
 * AP**


 * Day 4**

Homework due: chapter 7 Activities: Discuss chapter 7. SSR of chapter 8. Homework: finish chapter 8 and read chapter 9 over the long break. Oral component on tuesday.
 * CP**

Homework due: finished "On the Rainy River" Activities: one class is behind and needs to do the timed essay (period 2). passage form "How To Tell A True War Story." Period six will peer grade one another's timed essays. Discuss. Discuss "On the Rainy River" Time permitting, they may start their Homework. Homework: Read "How To Tell A True War Story" and a journal.
 * AP**

Week 9 10/13-10/16


 * Day 1**

Homework due: chapters 8 and 9 of BNW Activities: quiz on 8 and 9. Discuss chapters. Write SP intro and edit. 100-200 words HW: type SP goal
 * CP**

Homework due: "Friends," "Enemies," and "How to Tell a True War Story." Activities: Timed in class essay for 2nd period. Peer grade. Discuss stories as a whole class. 6th period: peer grade essays. Discuss stories. Homework: Read "The Man I Killed"
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework due: chapter 10 Activities: Discuss chapter 10. Choose a quotation from the 100 Huxley quotations. Plan for a 3 minute oral presentation. Explain the quotation, its relation to BNW if relevant, and on a broader scale. 15 minutes to draw up an outline and think out a strategy for the presentation. Homework: chapter 11 of BNW
 * CP**

Homework due:"The Dentist" and "Sweetheart..." Activities: Discuss the above 2 stories. Compose a list of strong descriptive and analytical words in notebooks to start using on in class essays. Turn back essays. Take individual sentences and rewrite them using stronger word choice and varied syntax. Share with class. SSR of next couple of stories HW:
 * AP**


 * Day 4**

Homework due: study for vocab quiz Activities: Vocabulary quiz. Continue oral presentation #3. Homework: read chapters 11 and 12
 * CP**

Homework due: study for vocabulary quiz Activities: vocabulary quiz. Strengthen essays with wordlists given on thursday. Homework: type up revised essays
 * AP**


 * Week 10 10/19-10/23**


 * Day 1**

Homework due: read 11 and 12. Check for pts. Activities: Finish filming. Just a few to go. Whole class discussion of chapters 10-12. Written exercise: short foreshadowing explanation. HW: read chapter 13
 * CP**

Homework due: turn in essays Activities: Discuss three stories as a whole class. Choose best sentences for each and be prepared to explain why. Discuss. Begin "Ambush" aloud. Homework: read the next story
 * AP**


 * Day 2**

Homework: Chapter 13 Activities: Discussion of chapter 13. Short foreshadowing activity (was not able to get it done on Mon.: Texual hints as to what will become of each character written on the board. Turn in. SSR of chapter 14. Homework: finish chapter 14
 * CP**

Homework due: TTC essay Activities: Discuss Ambush, Style, and Speaking of Courage, apply the identity questions and figure out the title of the last two. With the last one have them try and figure out what is going on stylistically and why this story is so drastically different from the others so far. Why is O'Brien telling the story from Bowker's point of view? discuss. Then read "Notes" as a whole class. homework: Finish Notes and read In the Field and Good Form.
 * AP**


 * Day 3**

Homework due: chapters 14 and 15 of BNW Activities: Discuss the two chapters- answer any questions as a whole class. Write SP goal 2. Edit. Alternate sentence types (use the handouts for help determining the three basic types). On the back, list the adjectives and adverbs used. Homework: typed goal #2 for next class
 * CP**

Homework due: In the Field and Good Form Activities: Hand back the essays. 45 minutes pair work- work with awk/wordy/? sentences and usage problems on another sheet of paper. Turn it in. Discuss In the Field and Good Form. Apply Identity quesitons. Truth vs. Illusion... and the truth about the novel. Fiction or non-fiction? Where are the clues? Homework: read Field Trip and Ghost Soldiers
 * AP**

Week 11 October 26th-30th

Day 1

CP Homework due: Typed SP goal # 2 Activities: vocabulary quiz. Read chapter 16 as a whole class and discuss. Homework: read chapter 17

AP Homework Due: Field Trip and Ghost Soldiers. Brining collected works piece #1 Activities: vocabulary quiz. Work on the first collected works piece, both the form and the function. Homework: finish the novel.

Day 2

CP Homework due: ch. 16 and 17 of BNW Activities: explain writing task- choose one concept Mustapha Mond explains and elaborate on it, not only in the novel, but in regard to human nature. Begin writing. Strong word choice, and sentence variation. Homework: none

AP Homework due: last two stories of the novel finished (for pts with reading log). Activities: discuss the last 4 chapters of the novel. Timed essay. Identity prompt. Homework: none

Day 3

CP Homework due: rough draft of Mond's social, religious, or philosophical ideas. Activities: start with another sheet of paper and edit sentence by sentence- sentence type variation, grammar and mechanics, strong adjectives and adverbs. Homework: type draft for next class and I will check it using the "x" system.

AP Homework due: none Activities: discuss last chapters of the novel. Go to the bookstore and return books. Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Gillman. Apply Identity questions. Whole class reading and discussion of style and purpose. Homework: Read "A&P" by Updike

Week 12- at the top of this page