Current Class Assignments:
** Please have the 2nd marking period outside reading novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" read by Jan. 12 (reading quiz) **
** For every reading assignment for The Scarlet Letter, have your literary logs for those chapters with you in class **
B - For Mon. 1/5: Have ch. 5-6 of SL read and logs (3A, 3B)
C - For Tues. 1/6: Have ch. 7-8 of SL read and logs (3A, 3B); have ch. 5-6 read and logs (5A)
D - For Wed. 1/7: Have ch. 9-10 of SL read and logs (3B); have ch. 7-8 read and logs (5A)
A - For Thurs. 1/8: Have ch. 9-10 of SL read and logs (3A, 5A)
B - For Fri. 1/9: Have ch. 11-12 of SL read and logs (3A, 3B)
C - For Mon. 1/10: Cuckoo's Nest multiple choice quiz - bring book to class
Old Class Assignments:
For all honors classes: Cover your books, course contracts signed, study for summer reading tests, post test message to conference
For Mon. 9/8: Read intro p. 2-10 and take notes (per. 3B, 5A)
3A & 5A: Summer reading test Part 1 (45 multiple choice/true false questions on Farewell to Arms, 5 short answers) on Tues. 9/9
Summer Reading test Part II (in-class essay on optional choice novel - you may use your book) on Thurs. 9/11
For Tues. 9/9: Farewell to Arms test (all classes); Read intro p. 2-10 and take notes (per. 3A)
For Fri. 9/12: Vocab quiz on literary terms (per. 3B, 5A)
For Mon. 9/15: Vocab quiz on literary terms & Bradford questions (per. 3A); Bradford questions (5A)
For Tues. 9/16: Bradford questions (3B)
For Wed. 9/17: Edward's drawing (include quote - 3A); Read two Bradstreet poems; take notes: theme, technique, tone, style (3B, 5A)
For Thurs. 9/18: Edward's drawing (include quote) (3B, 5A)
For Fri. 9/19: "Legacy of Puritanism" questions (3A, 5A)
day B - For Mon. 9/22: Read "Mouse," complete comparison chart; vocab 1 quiz (3A); "Legacy" questions and read "Mouse" (3B)
day C - For Tues. 9/23: Vocab 1 quiz (5A); pronoun reference grammar exercises (3A); "Mouse" comparison chart & "Legacy" questions (3B)
day D - For Wed. 9/24: Vocab 1 quiz & pronoun reference grammar exercises (3B); pronoun reference grammar exercises (5A)
day A - For Thurs. 9/25: "Mouse" three paragraph responses due (hard copy and turnitin.com - 3A & 5A)
day B - For Fri. 9/26: "Mouse" three paragraph responses due (hard copy and turnitin.com - 3B)
For Mon. 9/29: Vocab 2 quiz (3A, 5A, 3B)
WORK ON OUTSIDE READING!
For Fri. 10/3: Have act 1 of The Crucible read and take notes (3A, 5A)
For Mon. 10/6: Test on Colonial literature and pronoun reference (3A, 3B)
For Tues. 10/7: Test on Colonial literature and pronoun reference (5A), Mouse rewrites & "Ceremony" post (3A, 3B)
For Wed. 10/8: Mouse rewrite, "Ceremony" post (5A)
* Ceremony post on the conference: thoughtful, well-written response to at least the first 50 pages of the novel so far; comment should include an observation regarding one or more of the following content areas: characterization, key thematic lines, literary techniques, connections to other works we have read in class so far, questions you have about the novel so far.
day B - For Mon. 10/13: Act 2 (notes), Vocab 3 quiz (3A, 3B)
day C - For Tues. 10/14: Act 2 (notes), Vocab 3 quiz (5A)
day D - For Wed. 10/15: Ex. 13 p. 214 in grammar text, passive voice handout (3A, 3B)
day A - For Thurs. 101/6: Ex. 13 p. 214 in grammar textr, passive voice handout (5A)
day B - For Fri. 10/17: Continue reading "Ceremony" - due date Oct. 30
day C - For Mon. 10/20: Act 3 literary log (3A, 3B); Vocab 4 quiz (5A)
day D - For Tues. 10/21: Act 3 literary log (5A), vocab 4 quiz (3B)
day A - For Wed. 10/22: vocab 4 quiz (3A)
day D - For Thurs. 10/23 - Act 4 literary log (3A, 3B)
day C - For Fri. 10/24 - Act 4 literary log (5A), grammar quiz on pronoun reference & passive voice (all classes)
For Mon. 10/27 (day D): Tragedy & Common Man questions (3B, 5A)
For Tues. 10/28 (day A): Tragedy & Common Man questions (3A), Vocab 5 quiz (3A, 5A), Working thesis statement (5A)
For Wed. 10/29 (day B): Vocab quiz 5 (3B), Working thesis statement and intro paragraph (3A, 3B)
For Thurs. 10/30 (day C): working thesis, intro and body paragraph (all classes)
For Fri. 10/31 (day D): continue to work on your essay
** All Crucible Essays due Mon. 11/3/08 to turnitin.com by midnight and hard copy on Tuesday **
** Outside reading quiz on "Ceremony" is on 11/5/08 and in-class essay will follow the next week. Bring the novel to class on 11/5/08 and after the long weekend.
For Mon. 11/10 (D) - blog response to "Ceremony" and Vocab 6 quiz (3B, 5A)
For Tues. 11/11 (A) - blog response to "Ceremony" and Vocab 6 quiz (3A), in-class "Ceremony" essay (5A)
For Wed. 11/12 (B) - in-class "Ceremony" essay (3A, 3B)
For Thurs. 11/13 (C) - Have read Franklin's "Autobiography" textbook p. 59-66 (all classes)
For Fri. 11/14 (D) - Have complete study guide q's for Franklin excerpt in texbook (5A, 3B)
day A - For Mon. 11/17 - complete study guide q's for Franklin in texbook (3A); complete study guide questions for de Crevecoeur excerpt in
textbook and Vocab 7 quiz (5A)
day B - For Tues. 11/8 - complete study guide questions for de Crevecouer excerpt in textbook and Vocab 7 quiz
day C - For Wed. 11/19 - bring in your own "motto for life" bumper sticker/aphorism & have read excerpt in textbook for Paine (see study guide)
day D - For Thurs. 11/20 - Bring in your notes for "Age of Reason" response
day A - For Fri. 11/21 - Bring in your notes for "Age of Reason" response; read p. 96-104 in textbook on Romanticism (5A)
For Mon. 11/24: Read Intro to Romanticism (p. 96-104)
For Tues. 11/25: Read "Thanatopsis", commentary that follows, notes on form and take notes
For Mon. 12/1 (day A) - Have read "The Devil and Tom Walker" (3A, 5A)
For Tues. 12/2 (day B) - vocab 8 quiz (3A); have read "The Devil and Tom Walker" (3B)
For Wed. 12/3 (day C) - vocab 8 quiz (3B, 5A); have read Part I of "The Fall of the House of Usher" and Poe's biography for a Socratic Seminar (3A)
For Thurs. 12/4 (day D) - have read Part I of "The Fall of the House of Usher" and Poe's biography for a Socratic Seminar (3B, 5A)
For Fri. 12/5 - have read Part II of "The Fall of the House of Usher" for a Socratic Seminar (3A, 5A)
For Mon. 12/8 (day B) - read "The Maker's Eye" and vocab 9 quiz (3A) have read Part II of "The Fall of the House of Usher" for a Socratic Semimar (3B)
For Tues. 12/9 (day C) - read "The Maker's Eye and vocab 9 quiz (3B, 5A); read Young Goodman Brown (3A)
For Wed. 12/10 (day D) - read Young Goodman Brown (3B, 5A)
For Thurs. 12/11 (day A) - have questions assigned in class answered for Young Goodman Brown (3A, 5A)
For Fri. 12/12 (day B) - have questions assigned in class answered for Young Goodman Brown (3B), have read ch. 1-2 of The Scarlet Letter (3A)
** Upcoming test on Romanticism - Monday 12/15 (day C) - per. 3A
Test on Romanticism - Tuesday 12/16 (day D) - per. 5A and 3B
Vocab 10 quiz and have read Scarlet Letter ch. 1-2 - Wednesday 12/17 (day A) - per. 3A, 5A and for Thursday, 12/18 (day B) for 3B
Have read ch. 3-4 of The Scarlet Letter - Thursday - (day B) - 3A & for Friday (day C) - 3B, 5A
Have read ch. 5-6 of The Scarlet letter - Friday (day C) - 3A and for Monday (day D) - 3B & 5A
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