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2008-2009
Do Now: Seat yourselves in ABC order. Filling out student paper work. Distributing and discussing class syllabus and policies. In-class writing assignment: college application essay. HW: Parent information sheet filled out; parents read and sign class syllabus; parents e-mail me or write a note for bonus points; quiz on Life of Pi next class meeting. Reading check quiz on Life of Pi. Discuss the format of the ACT. Handout with strategies, techniques and sample questions from the Usage and Mechanics and Rhetorical Skills sections. Timed practice test: ACT Diagnostic test section 1. HW: Bring Life of Pi for next class meeting. August 13/14: Group activity with Life of Pi. Handout with strategies and techniques from the ACT Reading section. Timed practice test: ACT Diagnostic test section 3. August 15/18: Grammar Unit 1: Glossary of Usage, work the Diagnostic Test, 597-598; check. Vocabulary Unit 1, Part 1: Introducing strategies for Reading New Words in Context. Reading in Context Lesson 1. Vocabulary, Part 2. Introducing strategies for solving analogies. Analogies Lesson 1. Textbooks issued; leave it at home for now. August 19/20: A,An-At, work Exercise 1, 601-602; check. Checking answers for Vocabulary Lesson 1. Introduction to British Literature: Video from textbook and starting notes on Anglo-Saxons. HW: Vocabulary lesson 1 quiz and Literary terms quiz 1 next class. August 21/22: Vocabulary and literary terms quizzes. Bad, Badly-Good, Well, work Exercise 2, 605-606; check. Finishing notes on Anglo-Saxons. HW: Anglo-Saxon background quiz; bring textbook to class every day until further notice! August 25/26: Anglo-Saxon background quiz. Review of Glossary of Usage, Exercise 3, 606-607. Distribute Vocabulary Lesson 2. Comparing Old, Middle and Modern English. Reading The Battle of Maldon and discussing its Anglo-Saxon characteristics. Introduction to Beowulf: Distribute handout on epic heroes, alliteration and kennings; also handout on Beowulf’s Family Tree and background of the poem. HW: Vocabulary Lesson 2.
August 27/28: Had of-Myself, Ourselves, work Exercise 4, 611; check. Turn in Vocabulary Lesson 2. Discussing Celtic Fest. Reading Beowulf Parts 1-7, starting study guide. HW: Literary terms quiz 2 next time.
August 29/September 2: Literary terms quiz 2. Vocabulary lesson 2 returned. Nauseated, Nauseous-No, Nothing, None, work Exercise 5, 615-616; check. Reading Beowulf Parts 8-11. Class Work: Making Meanings, 38: 1-8. HW: Vocabulary Lesson 2 quiz.
September 3/4: Final review of Glossary of Usage, Chapter Post-Test, 618-619; check. Vocabulary Lesson 2 quiz. Reading Beowulf Parts 12-17. HW: Finish Beowulf study guide; Glossary of Usage test.
September 5/8: Glossary of Usage Test. Final discussion of Beowulf: students will work briefly in groups to assess the hero and the monsters in the poem; also to defend several critical stances of the poem. HW: Test on Anglo-Saxon literature next time; leave your textbooks at home until further notice.
September 9/10: Test on Anglo-Saxon literature. Solving Anglo-Saxon riddles. Distributing Vocabulary Lesson 3. HW: Vocabulary Lesson 3; Literary terms 1-30 quiz; Bring The Hobbit; Celtic Fest projects due.
September 11/12: Turning in Vocabulary Lesson 3. Turning in Celtic Fest projects. Literary terms quiz. Checking The Hobbit. Using laptops for Beowulf/Dark Ages webquest in class. HW: Bring The Hobbit every day; read Chapters 1-5.
September 15/16: Unit 2: Sentence Completeness. Fragments, work Exercise 1, 341-342; check. The Hobbit, chapters 1-5 quiz. Discussing chapters 1-5. Background notes. HW: Read chapters 6-8 of the novel; quiz next time.
September 17/18: Run-On Sentences, work Exercise 2, 343-344; check. The Hobbit, chapters 6-8 quiz. Discussing chapters 6-8. HW: Read chapters 9-14 of the novel; quiz next time; Literary terms 1-40 quiz next time.
September 19/22: Literary terms quiz, 1-40. The Hobbit, chapters 9-14: Students work with a partner to analyze Bilbo’s character, the Lonely Mountain, and Smaug in chapters 9-14. HW: Read chapters 15-19 of the novel; final reading quizzes next time.
September 23/24: Sentence Completeness Review WS. The Hobbit, chapters 9-14 & 15-19 quizzes. Discussing chapters 15-19. HW: Vocabulary lesson 3 quiz next time.
September 25/26: Vocabulary lesson 3 quiz. The Hobbit, final discussion. Reviewing for 9 weeks test.
September 29/30: A Day classes-ACT Practice Test 1, timed. B Day classes-Watching The Fellowship of the Ring.
October 1/2: Watching The Fellowship of the Ring.
October 3/7: A Day classes- Watching The Fellowship of the Ring. B Day classes-Unit 3: Coordination and Subordination. Coordinate Ideas, work Exercise 1, 347; check. Background notes on Medieval Literature. OR Nine Weeks Test.
October 8/9: Unit 3: Coordination and Subordination. Coordinate Ideas, work Exercise 1, 347; check. Background notes on Medieval Literature. OR Nine Weeks Test.
October 10/13: A Day classes-Unit 3: Coordination and Subordination. Coordinate Ideas, work Exercise 1, 347; check. Background notes on Medieval Literature. OR Nine Weeks Test. B Day classes-ACT Practice Test 1, timed. HW for all: literary terms 1-50 quiz next time.
October 14/15: Literary terms 1-50 quiz. Subordinate Ideas and Adverb Clauses, work Exercise 2, 349-350; check. Finishing Medieval Literature notes. Receiving and discussing handouts on Research Papers. HW: Research paper parent letter signed; Bring literature textbooks every day.
October 16/17: Subordinate Ideas using Adverb & Adjective Clauses, work Exercise 4, 350-351 & Exercise 5, 351-352; check. Turning in Parent letter. In Literature books, reading and discussing Medieval Ballads: “Lord Randall,” “Edward, Edward,” and “Get Up and Bar the Door.” Starting on Vocabulary lesson 4. HW: Finish vocabulary lesson 4; Research supply check next time.
October 20/21: Turning in Vocabulary lesson 4. Checking research supplies. Choosing research paper topics. Using laptops to register for accounts at www.turnitin.com, and to research students’ possible Middle Ages career. HW: Bring literature books every day until further notice!
October 22/23: ACT Practice Test results. The Canterbury Tales: Notes on Geoffrey Chaucer; reading the Prologue. HW: Literary terms 1-60 quiz.
October 24/27: Literary terms 1-60 quiz. The Canterbury Tales: Reading “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.” Answering: Reading Check, A-D, Sharing Interpretations, 4, and Couplets: Sound and Sense, 3. HW: Rough outline for paper (5-6 big topics).
October 28/29: Turning in Rough outlines. Finishing our discussion of the pilgrims in the Prologue. Analyzing Characterization in the Prologue WS. HW: Leave textbooks at home; Bring research paper supplies and handouts to the library!
October 30/31: Library: Turning in WS. Finding sources. Making copies/printouts.
November 3/4: Library: Finding sources. Making copies/printouts. HW: Research paper deadline 3: 8 Source cards (with copy/printout of source attached), 1 Note card from each source.
November 5/6: Library: Turning in Research deadline 3. Finishing up all library business. HW: Bring textbooks to class every day!
November 7/10: Correcting Faulty Coordination with Modifying Phrases and Appositives, work Exercise 7, 353-354. Vocabulary Lesson 4 given back. Review of Medieval England so far…Background notes, Ballads, Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales. HW: Test on Medieval England so far; Research deadline 4: Typed final outline.
November 11/12: Review of Coordination and Subordination, work 1-10 of Exercise 8, 354-355. Checking Research deadline 4. Test on Medieval England. HW: Research deadline 5: 80 Note cards written in ink with outline headings; quiz on Subordination and Coordination.
November 13/14: Quiz on Coordination and Subordination. Checking Research deadline 5. Medieval Literature: Biography video and questions on King Arthur and his legends. HW: Vocabulary lesson 4 quiz; bring textbook.
November 17/18: Vocabulary lesson 4 quiz. Unit 4: Clear Reference; Review Ambiguous Reference, 356-357, work Ex. 1. Discussing rough drafts. Medieval Literature, Part Two. Finishing King Arthur biography. Discussing Medieval Romances and the background to our story. Listening to “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” HW: Research deadline 6: Typed rough draft.
November 19/20: Turning in Research deadline 6, rough draft. Clear Reference; Review General Reference, 358-359, work Ex. 2. A Modern Romance: Watching Star Wars, taking notes on the elements of Romance it exhibits.
November 21/December 1: Clear Reference; Review Weak Reference, 359-360, work Ex. 3. Finish watching Star Wars and taking notes.
December 2/3: Clear Reference; Review Indefinite Use of Pronouns, 360-361, work Ex. 4. Rough drafts returned and discussed. The END of Star Wars.
December 4/5: Pronoun reference review. Reading "The Death of Arthur." HW: Test on Medieval literature, part 2.
December 8/9: Test on Medieval literature, part 2. HW: Bonus deadline for final draft.
December 10/11: Bonus deadline for final draft. Introductory notes on the English Renaissance. HW: Final deadline for final draft.
December 12/15: Final deadline for final draft. Finishing introductory notes.
January 5/6: CW: Unit 5: Using Modifiers Correctly: Adjective or Adverb? WS, 201. The English Renaissance: Notes on Poetic Meter, Rhyme and Sonnet forms. HW: Reading Wyatt’s “Whoso List to Hunt”, 214-216; Spencer’s “Sonnet 30” and “Sonnet 75”, 217-220. Answering: WS on the sonnets.
January 7/8: Turning in HW. CW: Phrases Used as Modifiers, WS 202. Finishing notes. Discussing Wyatt and Spenser’s sonnets; use of metaphor and paradox. Shakespeare: Reading and discussing Sonnets 29 & 73. Analyze Shakespeare’s views on love, WS. HW: Vocabulary lesson 5.
January 9/12: Turning in HW. CW: Clauses Used as Modifiers, WS 203. Finishing Shakespeare’s Sonnets, 116 & 130. Carpe Diem: Reading and discussing Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” & Raleigh’s “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” and Herrick’s “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time” & Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress.” Analyze the use of Logic and Time, WS. Creative writing assignment, quiz grade: create a modern version of Sonnet 29 (The Complaint) or 130 (A Parody of Love Songs), due 15/16. HW: Make a Venn Diagram and Write a compare/contrast of two Carpe Diem poems.
January 13/14 Eight Troublesome Modifiers, WS 207. Carpe Diem continued: Herrick’s “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time” & Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress.” Analyze the use of Logic and Time, WS. Metaphysical Poetry: Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning.” Analyze Metaphysical Conceit, WS. HW: Vocabulary lesson 5 quiz; sonnets due.
January 15/16: Turning in Sonnets. Regular and Irregular Comparison, WS 210. Unit Review, including an exercise in Poetic Scansion using Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116. HW: Test on Renaissance Background and Poetry.
January 20/21: Uses of Comparative and Superlative, WS 212. Test on Renaissance Background and Poetry.
January 22/23: Turn in Vocabulary lesson 6. Uses of Comparative and Superlative, WS 212. MacBeth: Background notes, introductory handouts on character and setting.
January 26/27: Clear Comparisons and Absolute Adjectives, WS 215. MacBeth: Finishing up introductory notes. Watching background video on Shakespearean tragedies. Discussing group projects. Groups meeting to assign work. Getting started!
January 28/29: Review of Using Modifiers Correctly, WS 217-219. MacBeth: Groups meeting to work on projects, using laptops. HW: Grammar quiz.
January 30/February 2: Quiz on Modifiers, WS 220. MacBeth: Last group meeting to work on projects. Checking for group progress grade. HW: Vocabulary lesson 6 quiz; Projects due.
February 3/4: Vocabulary lesson 6 quiz. Unit 6: Placement of Modifiers. Misplaced modifiers, WS A, 226. Presentation of MacBeth projects.
February 5/6: Squinting Modifiers, WS B, 228. Transporting Macbeth’s story to another time and place: watching Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood. HW: Vocabulary lesson 7; Bring Frankenstein to class.
February 9/10: Turning in Vocabulary lesson 7. Dangling Modifiers, WS A, 230. Frankenstein check. Finishing Throne of Blood. Comparing the play and film; writing a response. HW: Quiz on Renaissance and Japanese Theater Background.
February 11/12: Quiz on Renaissance and Japanese Theater Background. Review of Placement of Modifiers, WS A, 232. Romanticism background notes. HW: Placement of Modifiers quiz; last day to pay for Othello trip is Friday February 13!!!
February 13/17: Review of Placement of Modifiers, WS A, 232. Frankenstein: Discussing Preface and Letters 1-4 from HW. Reading chapters 1-5. HW: Placement of Modifiers quiz; Reading, study guide, and journaling.
February 18/19: Placement of Modifiers quiz. Frankenstein: Focus groups meet to discuss the book so far. Discussing chapters 1-5. Reading chapters 6-10. HW: Vocabulary lesson 7 quiz; Reading, study guide, and journaling.
February 20/23: Vocabulary lesson 7 quiz. Frankenstein: Reading quiz of the novel so far. Discussing chapters 6-10. Reading chapters 11-17. HW: Reading, study guide, and journaling.
February 24/25: Frankenstein: Focus groups meet. Discussing chapters 11-17. Reading chapters 18-24. HW: Reading, study guide, and journaling.
February 26/27: Frankenstein: Quiz on Chapters 11-24. Focus groups meet, report to the class, and turn in journals. Discussing chapters 18-24. March 2/3: Turning in Vocabulary 8. Review of Parallel Structure WS. Frankenstein: Concluding activity. Review for test. HW: Test on Frankenstein.
March 4/5: Frankenstein test. HW: Quiz on Parallel structure next time.
March 6/9: Parallel Structure quiz. Review for 9 weeks test. Starting Young Frankenstein (if time allows).
March 10/11: 9 weeks test OR Watching Young Frankenstein. Discussing 4th 9 weeks novel project.
March 12/13: 9 weeks test OR Watching Young Frankenstein. Discussing 4th 9 weeks novel project.
March 23/24: Unit 8: Unnecessary Shifts in Sentences. Awkward changes in subject and verb, work Exercise 1, 376-377. Background notes on Romanticism. HW: Bring textbooks.
March 25/26: A Day, 25th: Review Unnecessary shifts in sentences, work Exercise 2, 377. Finishing Romanticism notes, if needed. Handouts with Neoclassicism/Romanticism exercises. B Day, 26th: Reading Robert Burns’ biography, 640-641. Reading Burns’ poetry: “A Red, Red Rose” and “Afton Water” (WS), answer all questions; “To a Mouse” (642-643), questions 1-4 (644). HW: Bring textbooks.
March 27/30: A Day, 27th: Same schedule as that listed for B Day from March 26. B Day, 30th: Same schedule as that listed for A Day March 25. HW: Bring textbooks.
March 31/April 1: Reading William Blake’s biography (645) and Exploring Contraries (646). Reading “The Tyger” (647), “The Lamb” (650) and “A Poison Tree” (654). Answering: 2-6 (648), 2-5 & 7 (651), 2-3 & 5-7 (654). HW: Romanticism background quiz; Vocabulary lesson 8 quiz; Novel check.
April 2/3: Romanticism Background quiz. Vocabulary lesson 8 quiz. Novel check. Groups meet to assign jobs for meeting #1. Reading William Wordsworth’s biography (656). Reading excerpts from Tintern Abbey (WS), Ode: Intimations of Immortality (667-668), and Composed upon Westminster Bridge (669). Answering: WS questions, 2-6 (668). 2-5 (670).
April 6/7: Reading Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s biography (678). Reading “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (684-702). HW: Job #1 for group meetings.
April 8/9: Reviewing Romantic poetry for test. Group meeting #1. HW: Romanticism test #1; Journal set #1.
April 13/14: Turning in Journal set # 1.
April 15/16: Romanticism test. Group meeting #2.
April 17/20: Reading Percy Shelley’s biography (729). Reading “Make the Connection”, “Background” and “Ozymandias (730-731) and “Make the Connection”, “Background” and “Ode to the West Wind” (734-737). Graphic Organizer WS on poems and Apostrophe.
April 21/22: Turning in Journal set #2. Reading George Gordon, Lord Byron’s biography (710). Reading “She Walks in Beauty” (711) and “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” (721-723). Discussing examples of Byronic heroes. Graphic Organizer WS on poems. Group meeting #3.
April 23/24: Reading John Keats’ biography (745). Reading “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” (750-753) and “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (760-763). Graphic organizers on poems and Observing beauty. Reviewing all poetry WS on Shelley, Byron, and Keats.
April 27/28: Turning in Journal set #3. Romantic poetry concluding activity. Finishing Pride and Prejudice. HW: Romanticism test #2.
April 29/30: Romanticism test #2. Group meeting #4.
May 1/4: Groups working on presentations. HW: Bring textbooks.
May 5/6: Turning in Journal set #4/Letters and SASE. Group presentations. Textbook check.
May 7/8: Class Day practice/Class Day.
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