Assignments, Handouts and Class Notes: Short Story/Film and Literature
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| February return to top | ||
Tuesday 5 Wednesday 6 Thursday 7 Friday 8 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 13 Thursday 14 Friday 15
18-22 Break
Tuesday 26 Wednesday 27 Thursday 28 Friday 29
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Hello and Welcome: Course Description and Expectations Read The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe and do worksheet Read Good Country People by Flannery OÕConnor and do worksheet Read An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce Read The Sniper by Liam OÕFlaherty Read To Build a Fire by Jack London (online version) Watch video and work on POV exercise Writing Assignment Due: Directions: Write a 500- to 600- word interior monologue from the point of view of a character in one of the stories we have read so far. Your writing assignment shouldÉ.
Should include a title, your name, the name of the course and the date
Read Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston and answer questions in complete sentences Read The Werewolf by Angela Carter, discuss writing assignment Read Read The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Literary Terms: Fiction Ã+ Notes on Plot and Plot Graphs Poe Worksheet Ã+ O'Connor Worksheet
For more on folktales, visit the authors' notes page!!! |
| March return to top | ||
Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Tuesday 11 Wednesday 12 Thursday 13 Friday 14 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 Thursday 20 Friday 21 Tuesday 25 Friday 28 |
1) Read Fleur by Louise Erdrich 2) discuss thesis statements Come in with thesis, outline and some body paragraphs. Have draft of essay/story Writing assignment due Read The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore Do story illustration assignment Read Metonymy, or The Husband's Revenge Read Conversation with My Father Start Paper: write a thesis and outline. For Paper Topic Click Here Have Draft of Paper and study for MCAS MCAS LINK Finish Paper and study for MCAS Good Friday MCAS week, only two classes Flash Fiction and Learn about Project |
Sample Thesis and Outline for Short Story Essay My Notes on Bellinda and the Monster Story Notes: The Man Who Rowed...
Summer of the Beautiful White Horse Notes
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| April return to top | ||
Tuesday 1 Wednesday 2 Thursday 3 Friday 4 Tuesday 8 Wednesday 9 Thursday 10 Friday 11
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Read The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse by William Saroyan Work on Thesis Statements and discuss Saroyan story Work on project and read Fool's Paradise by Issac Beshevis Singer Have outline for project for peer work Have materials for project, revise any paper, read Zlateh the Goat Work on Project Projects Due LAST DAY!!! Share Projects
FILM AND LITERATURE Welcome, go over course and expectations, presentation Watch On the Waterfront Quiz on presentation and some vocabulary and more movie Discuss movie Break (Choose a book for your final project) Finish On the Waterfront and start work on image assignment Finish image assignment, discuss the language of film and view clips Read about Greek gods and Prometheus Read excepts from Frankenstein |
Vocabulary Handout 1 Vocabulary Handout 2 Vocabulary Handout 3 Beginnings of Animation and Film Notes Notes and Link on Early Film Pioneers and Blockbuster Movies |
May return to top |
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Tuesday 6 Wednesday 7 Thursday 8 Friday 9 Tuesday 13 Wednesday 14 Thursday 15 Friday 16 Tuesday 20 Wednesday 21 Thursday 22 Friday 23 Monday 26 Tuesday 27 Wednesday 28 Thursday 29 Friday 30
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Complete Frankenstein Worksheet Watch Frankenstein Watch Frankenstein Write Paragraph, Discuss Frankenstein and Introduce Paper Work on paper and watch Young Frankenstein Work on paper and watch Young Frankenstein Work on paper and watch Young Frankenstein Paper Due, discuss movie Read about Pygmalion, King Caphetua and Introduction to play Read Act I of Pygmalion and complete worksheet MCAS-no class Read Act II of Pygmalion and complete worksheet Memorial Day Read Act III of Pygmalion and complete worksheet Read Act IV of Pygmalion Read Act V of Pygmalion and complete worksheet one-night essay on Pygmalion start My Fair Lady |
Frankenstein Thesis Progression
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| June return to top | ||
Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 Friday 6 Tuesday 10 Wednesday 11 Thusday 12 Friday 13 Monday 16 Tuesday 17 Wednesday 18
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Continue My Fair Lady; Revise Frankenstein paper MCAS Read The Odyssey, Book IX, finish watching movie Read The Odyssey, Book X Read The Odyssey, Book XII Have thesis for final project Watch O, Brother Where Art Thou; worksheet Watch O, Brother Where Art Thou; worksheet Watch O, Brother Where Art Thou Finals Start Project Due Last Day of School |
Odyssey Chapter Summaries |