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Thursday 9/6 Friday 9/7 Monday 9/10 Wednesday 9/12 Thursday 9/13 Friday 9/1 Monday 9/17 Wednesday 9/19 Thursday 9/20 Friday 9/21 Monday 9/24 Wednesday 9/26 Thursday 9/27 Friday 9/28	Hello, complete contact information, get course description Organize your English binder. You should have sections for handouts, returned work, class notes and grammar. Read handout and poem by Billy Collins and start studying poetry terms 1) Read Lord Randall (It can also be found on the Ballad page Journal Prompt: What’s the effect of repetition in this poem? Choose 2 examples and present your opinion. 2) Diagnostic grammar quiz Rosh Hashanah 1) Read and Annotate: The Three Ravens and The Twa Corbies 2) Journal prompt: One of these ballads is an imitation of the other. In your opinion which came first? 1) Read and Annotate Thomas Rymer 2) Journal Prompt: This poem has many familiar elements in it. Look closely at the characters and situations and—in note form—jot down similarities that the poem has to other stories. 3) Start your own ballad (Assignment Description) Read and annotate: Simon Lee and She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways Journal Prompt: While Ballads have a strong narrative thrust, lyric poems tend to emphasize the emotions of the speaker. And, as contradictory as it may see, Wordsworth sometimes wrote “lyrical ballads.” Therefore, in your journal explain what emotions Wordsworth is exploring and which images give the poem its meaning. 1) Grammar: parts of speech, phrases and clauses 2) Start “polishing” a journal entry to hand in. Your piece—1 to 3 crisply written paragraphs—should support a main idea or thesis. You should use quotations from the poem you’re analyzing. You should revise to make your writing as precise as possible Remember, the journal is your opportunity to draw conclusions about the poems. Therefore, I’m more interested in your opinions about the poems than you ability to summarize what they’re about. Revised journal entry due 1) Vocab Quiz 2) Read The Ballad of Birmingham 1) Read The Ballad of Rudolph Reed Original ballad due 1) Readings of original ballads 2) Read Sadie and Maude, The Crazy Woman and Pete at the Zoo by Gwendolyn Brooks 3) Complete Worksheet	Notes: What is Poetry? My notes on poetry skills Parts of Speech, Phrases and Clauses Review Some Poetry Terms Define Writing about poetry notes Gwendolyn Brooks Notes
October return to top
Monday 1 1) Read A Song For the Front Yard and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 2) Grammar Wednesday 3 1) Read Out, Out and Desert Places 2) Journal Prompt: In note form identify as many poetic elements/figures of speech as you can in these poems. (Hint: there is some onomatopeoia) Thursday 4 1) Read Come In and The Need of Being Versed in Country Things 2) Complete worksheet AND develop a theory on the role of birds in these two poems. Friday 5 Come in with a thesis for a paper on one of the Frost or Brooks poems Monday 8 Columbus Day Wednesday 10 Have an outline and a first draft of your paper Thursday 11 Have final draft of your paper Friday 12 Start Romeo and Juliet Monday 15 Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1 and complete worksheet Wednesday 17 Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2-3 Thursday 18 Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 4-5 Friday 19 1) Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 1-2 2) choose two lines you think are lovely and explain your thinking Monday 22 Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3-4 Wednesday 24 1) Read Act 2, Scenes 5-6 and Act 3, Scene 1. 2) Prepare for vocab quiz Thursday 25 Read Act 3, Scenes 2-3 Friday 26 Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scenes 4-5 Monday 29 1) Read Romeo and Juliet Act 4, Scene 1-2 2) Write Paragraph Wednesday 31 1) Read Romeo and Juliet Act 4, Scene 3 2) Prep for in-class writing: topic TBA		Notes on Writing: logical development in paragraphs and writing tips Petrarch and the conventions of love poetry (sonnets) A Petrarchan sonnet in English and Italian Notes on Act One and the balcony scene in Act Two (other section) What is Antithesis? Balcony Scene Notes (our section)
November return to top
Thursday 1 Read Great Expectations, ch. 1-2, and complete worksheet Friday 2 1) Read Romeo and Juliet Act 4, Scenes 4-5 Monday 5 1) Read Romeo and Juliet Act 4, Scene 6 Wednesday 7 1) Read Romeo and Juliet Act 5, Scene 1-2 Thursday 8 1) Finish play and collect quotations for Romeo and Juliet essay 2) write to short answer questions for quiz Friday 9 Test on Romeo and Juliet Monday 12 Veteran’s Day Wednesday 14 Have draft of essay to peer edit Thursday 15 1) Romeo and Juliet essay due Friday16 1) Read A Raisin in the Sun to page 46. 2) Complete worksheet Monday 19 1) Read A Raisin in the Sun to page 76 (finish act one) Wednesday 21 1) Read Great Expectations, chapters 3-4 November 22-23 Thanksgiving Monday 26 1) Read A Raisin in the Sun to page 96 and study vocabulary Wednesday 28 1) Read A Raisin in the Sun to page 110. 2) Complete worksheet and study grammar Thursday 29 1) Read A Raisin in the Sun to page 130, worksheet Friday 30 1) Finish A Raisin in the Sun		Writing Instuction: Integrating quotations Writing Instructions: Avoiding blank statements and drawing strong conclusions
December return to top
Monday 3 Work on Raisin in the Sun Essay Wednesday 5 1) Essay Due 2) Start Antigone in class Thursday 6 No school Friday 7 1) Read Antigone, scene 1 and ode 1. 2) start studying vocabulary and elements of Greek drama Monday 10 1) Read Antigone, scene 2 and ode 2. 2) Start project Wednesday 12 Read Antigone, scene 4 and ode 4 Thursday 13 Read Antigone, scene 5, Paen and Exodos Friday 14 1) Work on Project Monday 17 1) Work on Project 2) Antigone Quiz 2 (the end of the play and passage analysis) Wednesday 19 1) Work on Project Thursday 20 1) Work on Project 2) Presentations Start Friday 21 2) Presentations Start		Antigone Intro Antigone, scene 2 Adjective Clause Intro Dependent Clauses and Adjective Clauses (in greater detail) Creon's Moral Character/Sophocles' Contrasts Antigone Notes Antigone Project Organizer/Sample Thesis and Outline for Antigone Paper Notes on Moral Development: Kohlberg and Gilligan Antigone and Morality exercise
January return to top
Wednesday 2 1) Welcome back 2) Introduction to Into Thin Air Thursday 3 Read Into Thin Air, chapters 1 and 2 and start study guide Friday 4 Read Into Thin Air, chapters 3 and 4, do study guide Monday 7 Read Into Thin Air, chapter 5, and complete Project Proposal Wednesday 9 Read Into Thin Air, chapters 6 and 7, and independent clause quiz Thursday 10 Read Into Thin Air, chapter 8 Friday 11 Read Into Thin Air, chapters 9 and 10 Monday 14 Read Into Thin Air, chapters 11 and 12 Wednesday 16 In-class essay Thursday 17 Read Into Thin Air, chapters 13 and 14 Friday 18 Professional Day Monday 21 Martin Luther King Day Wednesday 23 Read Into Thin Air, chapter 15 Thursday 24 Read Into Thin Air, chapters 16 and 18 Friday 25 TBA Monday 28 Review for Final Tuesday 29 Finals Begin Wednesday 30 Finals Thursday 31 Finals		Into Thin Air Page My Into Thin Air Notes Personal Everest Project Everest Images Notes on chapter 8, comparing two climbers Vocabulary Quiz Template Vocabulary Words Notes on ch. 15-18 Notes on ch. 17-18
February return to top
Friday 1 Finals End Monday 4 Work on Project Wednesday 6 Read Into Thin Air, chapters 19 and 20 Thursday 7 Read Into Thin Air, chapter 21 and Epilogue Friday 8 Work on Project, and review of Into Thin Air Test Monday 11 Into Thin Air Test Wednesday 13 Outline and Draft of Project Due Thursday 14 Project Due; Presentations Begin Friday 15 Presentations 18-22 Break Monday 25 1) Sentence Editing. 2) Start The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Wednesday 27 1) Read Curious Incident, pages 1-34 (stop at chapter 67). Turn in a list three of Christopher’s behaviors that strike you as interesting. Thursday 28 Read pages 34-61 (stop at chapter 101) Study Adverb Clauses Friday 29 Read Great Expectations, Chapter 5		What is Literary Journalism? Project Guidlines and Expectations The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Page Curious Notes 1 Adjective Clauses Types and Revisions Types of Adjective Clauses
March return to top
Monday 3 Read pages 61-83 (stop at chapter 131) Wednesday 5 Read pages 83-102 (stop at chapter 157). Thursday 6 Read pages 102-124 (stop at chapter 173) In-class writing. Friday 7 Read pages 125-144 (stop at chapter 191) Dependent Clause Exercises. Monday 10 Read pages 144-164 (stop at chapter 199) Wednesday 12 1)Read Great Expectations, chapters 6-7. 2) Grammar Exercise: writing with dependent clauses Thursday 13 Read pages 164-179 (stop at chapter 227) Friday 14 Read pages 179-200 (stop at chapter 233) Monday 17 Read pages 200-221 (finish!) Wednesday 19 Have brainstorming, thesis and outline for your essay Thursday 20 Have a first draft--minus your introduction--of your essay Minus TEN points if you arrive to class empty handed!!! In-class: peer edit papers Friday 21 Good Friday Monday 24 Paper due: turn in brainstorming, outlines and edited drafts. Grammar instruction: clauses Wednesday 26 Creative writing and grammar instruction: types of phrases Thursday 27 Creative writing and grammar instruction: types of phrases Friday 28 Creative writing and grammar instruction: sentenece combining Monday 31 Creative writing due and grammar review:		Curious Notes: Chris's Mom Curious Notes: 122-143 Curious Wrap up Curious Thesis Progression Writing Introductions Curious Introduction Practice
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Wednesday 2 1) Cumulative Grammar Test on parts of speech, punctuation, dependent clauses, phrases and sentence combining Thursday 3 Read Hiroshima, chapter 1 Assignment: Take notes on the main characters and how the author is crafting his narrative Friday 4 Read Hiroshima, chapter 2 Monday 7 Read background readings Wednesday 9 Read Hiroshima, chapter 3 Thursday 10 Read Hiroshima, Chapter 4 Friday 11 Read Hiroshima, Chapter 5 to page 110 Monday 14 Read Hiroshima, Chapter 5 to page 152 (finish) Wednesday 16 Open note test on Hiroshima Thursday 17 1) Work on Paper 2) Grammar retake Friday 18 Paper Due 21-25 Break Monday 28 Welcome Back. Wednesday 30 Write introductions on Hiroshima paper		Hiroshima Notes Hiroshima Notes, ch 3 Hiroshima Notes V Hiroshima Essay Questions
May return to top
Thursday 1 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 8 Friday 2 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 9-10 Monday 5 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 11-12 Wednesday 7 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 13-15 Thursday 8 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 16-17 Friday 9 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 18-19 Monday 12 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 20-22 Wednesday 14 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 23-24 Thursday 15 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 25-26 Friday 16 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 27-29 Monday 19 Start Character ala Dickens assignment Wednesday 21 Work on writing assignment, grammar make up quiz Thursday 22 Character paper due Friday 23 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 30-33 Monday 26 Memorial Day Wednesday 28 Read Great Expectations 34-39 (long assignment!!!) Thursday 29 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 40-42 Friday 30 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 43-46		Great Expectations 9-10 Questions GE 11-12 Questions GE 23-24, integrating textual evidence GE Notes 27-29 GE Notes 30-33 Characterization in Dickens: Techniques and Samples
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Monday 2 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 47-50 Wednesday 4 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 51-53 Thursday 5 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 54-56 Friday 6 Read Great Expectations, Chapters 57-59 Monday 9 Have thesis and outline of paper Wednesday 11 Work on Paper Thusday 12 Draft of paper due Friday 13 Paper Due Monday 16 Finals Start Final Exam Review Sheet Tuesday 17 Wednesday 18 Thursday 19 Friday 20 Last Day of School		Great Expectations Paper Topics

Freshman English, G Block: Assignments, Handouts and Class Notes