Teusday/Wednesday 4/27 & 28 - Discuss Death of a Salesman
Thursday 4/29 - "Open" Prompt-essay on Death of a Salesman
Friday 4/30 - Xingu
Monday 5/3 - MC Practice Day
Tuesday 5/4 - Final Pratice Essay (Prompt #2)
Wednesday 5/5 - Poetry Review Day
Thursday 5/6 - AP EXAM!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Hamlet Unit Itinerary
We will spend the next two weeks on Hamlet (except for Xingu Fridays!). You will need to bring your copy of the play to class everyday. Wednesday 4/7 will be a reading day. You should be through Act II by Wednesday and finished with the play by Monday 4/12.
Assignments over the play are as follows:
For Wednesday 4/7 –
Read Act I, Scenes I and II of Hamlet and post responses to the following questions. These will be recorded as homework grades...15 pts. each if you do them reasonable well, 0 if you have not posted by the beginning of class Wednesday.
1. What portents appear in Act I Scene I? What does Horatio think these signs mean? What portents appeared in Moby-Dick? Do you think Shakespeare influneced Melville in this regard? Why or why not?
2. In his soliloquy, Hamlet uses the image of an unweeded garden. What is Hamlet comparing to a garden? What are the weeds? Who is responsible for tending the garden? If Hamlet were the chief gardener, how do you think he would go about restoring the garden?
Tuesday 4/13 –
Hamlet Essay (9 pts)
Thursday 4/14 –
Hamlet Test (20 pts. MC, 50 pts. quote identification, 30 pts. short answer) This will take more than 40 minutes, so eat lunch during 4th period or bring lunch to class to eat during the test. We will have a review day on Wednesday 4/13.
Assignments over the play are as follows:
For Wednesday 4/7 –
Read Act I, Scenes I and II of Hamlet and post responses to the following questions. These will be recorded as homework grades...15 pts. each if you do them reasonable well, 0 if you have not posted by the beginning of class Wednesday.
1. What portents appear in Act I Scene I? What does Horatio think these signs mean? What portents appeared in Moby-Dick? Do you think Shakespeare influneced Melville in this regard? Why or why not?
2. In his soliloquy, Hamlet uses the image of an unweeded garden. What is Hamlet comparing to a garden? What are the weeds? Who is responsible for tending the garden? If Hamlet were the chief gardener, how do you think he would go about restoring the garden?
Tuesday 4/13 –
Hamlet Essay (9 pts)
Thursday 4/14 –
Hamlet Test (20 pts. MC, 50 pts. quote identification, 30 pts. short answer) This will take more than 40 minutes, so eat lunch during 4th period or bring lunch to class to eat during the test. We will have a review day on Wednesday 4/13.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Week 30 Itinerary
Week 30
Homework:
Final paper due Friday 3/26
Perrine's The Elements of Drama, Ch 1. pp 1027-1030; Ch. 3 pp. 1209-1216; Oedipus Rex
Monday 2/22 – Xingu in TLC Conference Room. Boys, sort out camera/software in my room in my room.
Tuesday 2/23 - Moby-Dick Prompt and MC Wrap-Up…bring copy of M-D and your test to class!
Wednesday 2/24 – Paper workshop day. To best take advantage of this period, have a reasonably complete draft of your paper printed out!
Thursday 2/25 – 15-question CPS Quiz on The Elements of Drama, Ch 1. pp 1027-1030; Ch. 3 pp. 1209-1216; Oedipus Rex through Scene 1 (pp. 1216-1231)
Friday 2/26 – Oedipus analysis/discussion day.
Homework:
Final paper due Friday 3/26
Perrine's The Elements of Drama, Ch 1. pp 1027-1030; Ch. 3 pp. 1209-1216; Oedipus Rex
Monday 2/22 – Xingu in TLC Conference Room. Boys, sort out camera/software in my room in my room.
Tuesday 2/23 - Moby-Dick Prompt and MC Wrap-Up…bring copy of M-D and your test to class!
Wednesday 2/24 – Paper workshop day. To best take advantage of this period, have a reasonably complete draft of your paper printed out!
Thursday 2/25 – 15-question CPS Quiz on The Elements of Drama, Ch 1. pp 1027-1030; Ch. 3 pp. 1209-1216; Oedipus Rex through Scene 1 (pp. 1216-1231)
Friday 2/26 – Oedipus analysis/discussion day.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Week 29 Iitnerary
Monday 3/15 - The Green Mile Special Features
HW: Discussion Questions; memorize lines
Tuesday 3/16 - Paideia discussion in TLC Conferrence Room
HW: Final Paper...final drafts due Wednesday 3/24
Wednesday 3/17 & Thursday 3/18 - Paper work days in 508 Computer Lab
HW: Memorize lines trhough p. 18 for Friday!
Friday 3/19 - Xingu in TLC Conference Room
HW: Discussion Questions; memorize lines
Tuesday 3/16 - Paideia discussion in TLC Conferrence Room
HW: Final Paper...final drafts due Wednesday 3/24
Wednesday 3/17 & Thursday 3/18 - Paper work days in 508 Computer Lab
HW: Memorize lines trhough p. 18 for Friday!
Friday 3/19 - Xingu in TLC Conference Room
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
"Death to Moby-Dick!" Itinerary for Weeks 26 & 27
Monday 2/22 – Reading day.
HW: Vocab #3 due Tuesday
Tuesday 2/23 – CPS Quiz pp 307-375
Vocab #3 due
HW: Read!
Wednesday 2/24 – 20-minute prompt-write.
HW: Read!
Thursday 2/25 - 20-minute prompt-write.
HW: If you haven’t, finish the novel for Monday!
Friday 2/26 – Xingu
Monday 3/1 – Final 20-minute prompt-write and assessment.
Final M-D Assignnment: Create 15 original MC questions over the final 19 chapters (pp 376-427). Five of these must be vocabulary-based and may NOT use words from vocab assignments 1-3! Due Friday 3/5.
T-Th 3/2-3/4 – Watch TNT version of Moby-Dick
HW: Work on MC questions!
Friday – Moby-Dick MC Test.
HW: Vocab #3 due Tuesday
Tuesday 2/23 – CPS Quiz pp 307-375
Vocab #3 due
HW: Read!
Wednesday 2/24 – 20-minute prompt-write.
HW: Read!
Thursday 2/25 - 20-minute prompt-write.
HW: If you haven’t, finish the novel for Monday!
Friday 2/26 – Xingu
Monday 3/1 – Final 20-minute prompt-write and assessment.
Final M-D Assignnment: Create 15 original MC questions over the final 19 chapters (pp 376-427). Five of these must be vocabulary-based and may NOT use words from vocab assignments 1-3! Due Friday 3/5.
T-Th 3/2-3/4 – Watch TNT version of Moby-Dick
HW: Work on MC questions!
Friday – Moby-Dick MC Test.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Week 25
Tuesday 2/17 - CPS Quiz, “The Monkey-rope” through “Schools and Schoolmasters”
Wednesday 2/18 –20-minute timed writing; work on vocab #3.
Thursday 2/19 – Reading day.
HW: finish vocab #3 for Tuesday; CPS Quiz on chapters btn. pp 307 and 375 on Tuesday 2/24
Friday 2/20 - Xingu
Wednesday 2/18 –20-minute timed writing; work on vocab #3.
Thursday 2/19 – Reading day.
HW: finish vocab #3 for Tuesday; CPS Quiz on chapters btn. pp 307 and 375 on Tuesday 2/24
Friday 2/20 - Xingu
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Weeks 23 & 24
Week 23
For Tuesday 2/9: Read through The Town-Ho’s Story (p. 214) and finish vocab #2.
Monday 2/1 - Melville papers due; 20-minute passage response in composition book
Tuesday 2/2 - CPS quiz M-D chs. 1-35 (pp 1-136); discsuss vocab #1
Wednesday 2/3 - Xingu (Literary Meet)
Thursday 2/4 – 20-minute timed writing in compositioon book
Friday 2/5 - discuss vocab #1, MC Practice
Week 24
Monday 2/8 - 20-minute timed writing; work on vocab.
Tuesday 2/9 - Vocab #2 due; M-D reading day/vocab #3
Wednesday 2/10 - CPS quiz (The Mast-Head-The Jeroboam, pp 131-250)
Thursday 2/11 - Xingu (through page 14...try to memorize lines)
By the time we get back from break, you need to have read through "Schools and Schoolmasters," pp. 307. We will have a CPS quiz on the chapters btn. pp 254 and 307 first thing Tuesday 2/16!
For Tuesday 2/9: Read through The Town-Ho’s Story (p. 214) and finish vocab #2.
Monday 2/1 - Melville papers due; 20-minute passage response in composition book
Tuesday 2/2 - CPS quiz M-D chs. 1-35 (pp 1-136); discsuss vocab #1
Wednesday 2/3 - Xingu (Literary Meet)
Thursday 2/4 – 20-minute timed writing in compositioon book
Friday 2/5 - discuss vocab #1, MC Practice
Week 24
Monday 2/8 - 20-minute timed writing; work on vocab.
Tuesday 2/9 - Vocab #2 due; M-D reading day/vocab #3
Wednesday 2/10 - CPS quiz (The Mast-Head-The Jeroboam, pp 131-250)
Thursday 2/11 - Xingu (through page 14...try to memorize lines)
By the time we get back from break, you need to have read through "Schools and Schoolmasters," pp. 307. We will have a CPS quiz on the chapters btn. pp 254 and 307 first thing Tuesday 2/16!
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