Monday/Tuesday
Reading quiz on Dante--Cantos 24-34 (minus those not included in the packet). Go over.
25-minute writing prompt. Turn in.
Begin studying for the vocabulary test on Wednesday/ Thursday.
REMINDER: BRING YOUR BEDFORD ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS (the blue-green books) ON WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY.
Wednesday/Thursday:
Vocabulary Test.
When finished, turn to page 1017 in your Bedford Anthology of World Literature books. Begin reading about Chinua Achebe. Read through page 1042 (Chapter 5).
Homework: Vocabulary 13.
Friday: Go over vocabulary chapter 13.
Homework over the weekend: Read Things Fall Apart from your textbooks. Read pp. 1023-1029--chapters 1 & 2.
Tuesday/Wednesday:
Reading quiz on Cantos XI-XXIII (11-23). Turn in.
Next, I will give you an SAT Essay hand-out. We will go over it, analyzing student samples and scores.
There will be a new SAT writing prompt--25 minutes this time--because that is all the col. It will be timed. You will turn it in.
Read more cantos.
Homework:
Do the vocabulary review unit. Remember, this means that there will be a test a week from Wednesday/Thursday.
Thursday/Friday:
I will check your vocabulary homework. We will go over it. You may begin reading the rest of Inferno, as assigned. Expect a reading quiz on Monday/Tuesday.
At any rate, this is my goal for this week:
Monday/Tuesday:
I want to give your exams back and to go over them.
We will review "Inferno" so far.
We will read "Inferno"--Canto XV aloud. You will have received another copy of the remainder of "Inferno"--the parts that we are to read. You will complete cantos 16 & 17 for homework (XVI-XVII). On Wednesday, there will be a multiple choice reading quiz on Cantos I-X (including the introduction).
If you have turned everything in as directed, you will get a print-out of your essays, along with very specific comments. I took them off the shared folder and saved them on a file on my laptop. Then I typed in comments in the right-hand margin.
Homework: Read Cantos 16 & 17.
Remember to bring your Literature & Language textbooks on Wednesday/Thursday. Also, remember to bring the answers to the questions 1-10. Some of you will have answered the even questions, others will have answered the odd questions. Your name must be on the paper and the handwriting must be legible.
Wednesday/Thursday
Now there is a more reasonable chance that there will be a reading quiz on Dante--up to the point that I have assigned.
Next, you should have your textbooks with you. Part of your classwork credit is having the proper materials with you. I will also check to see that you have answered questions 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9 or questions 2, 4, 6, 8, & 10.
We will go over "The Lady with the Pet Dog."
Homework: You had a free pass if you never completed chapter 11 of your vocabulary book last week. This week, though, it counts. On Friday, i will be checking for chapters 11 and 12.
Friday:
I will check to see that you have completed chapters 11 & 12. We will go over them. Do not forget your vocabulary books. Tie them to your backpacks if necessary. You must have the books with you in order to receive credit.
Homework: I will probably assign one canto. Let's wait and see for now.
Since I was not getting any better, I went to the doctor on Saturday. He put me on my third round of antibiotics and ordered that I spend the next five days in bed. I cannot come back to school until Thursday--Doctor's orders. Sorry, but there will be a few changes in what I had planned to do this week.
Monday/Tuesday:
You will get some practice on writing an essay based on an SAT prompt. That will take 30 minutes.
These essays will not be graded. I will keep them and return them to you later. You will have two more prompts during this nine weeks. Eventually, you will choose the best of the three to be graded.
In class, you will read cantos IV-VI. For homework, you will need your Literature & Composition books. Read the introduction to chapter 7: Love and Relationships (573). Then read Anton Chekhov's "The Lady with the Little Dog." You will count off. Students with odd numbers will answer questions 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9. Students with even numbers will answer 2, 4, 6, 8, & 10.
Bring your Literature & Composition books to class on Wednesday/ Thursday as well as your vocabulary books (in case there is time to start the vocabulary exercises).
Wednesday/Thursday:
We will probably do more of "Inferno." Your homework will be vocabulary chapter 11.
Friday:
Go over vocabulary.
Slight change of plan. I want to give you two poems--one of which appeared on some versions of the exam. The two poems are Claude McKay's "The Harlem Dancer" and Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask." Both come from the Harlem Renaissance. I will read the poems aloud and we will talk about them.
We will begin with "Dante's Inferno." You do not have to bring your textbooks. You will read the background information in the Norton Anthologies, pp. 1010-1016. I will give you questions to answer.
As it turns out, we may not have time to get to Canto I, so the homework will now be cantos I - III.
Coming up:
We do not have time to read all of Dante, so the ones to look forward to are the following:
Canto VI--the Gluttons.
Canto VIII--Styx, the Wrathful, Phlegyas and The Fallen Angels
Canto X--the Heretics
Canto XI--the Heretics
Canto XIII--The Violent Against Themselves
Canto XIV--The Violent Against God, Nature, and Art
Canto XVI--The Violent Against Nature & Art
Canto XVII--The Violent Against Art. Geryon
Canto XIX--The Simoniacs
Canto XXIII--The Hypocrites
Canto XXVI--The Evil Counselors
Canto XXVII--The Evil Counselors
Canto XXXI--The Giants
Canto XXXIII--Compound Fraud, The Treacherous to Country, The Treacherous to Guests and Hosts
Canto XXXIV--The bottom of hell
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