This is another strange week that we will have to "play by ear" to a certain extent. We have assemblies on Thursday and Friday that will impact periods 1-4 and 6. Even so, complete your vocabulary review units. This means that vocabulary will be due on Friday for periods 5, 6, & 7. It will be due on Thursday for periods 2 & 4. Other assignments will still be due--in addition to vocabulary. Also, remember that the end of the vocabulary unit also means that there will be a test. The test will be a week from Wednesday/Thursday.
Monday/Tuesday
Yes, Virginia, there will be a reading quiz today--on books 9-11. Make sure that you have your "Odyssey"s with you. Sixth period, also make sure that you have copies of "October Island" so we can finish the discussion. I have not recorded the grades for sixth period yet, so there is still time to contribute. But you must have the story, and you must have read the entire story.
Together, we will do Book 12 of "The Odyssey." Books 13 & 14 are due on Wednesday and on Thursday (Friday for sixth period).
Wednesday/Thursday
I will be checking your vocabulary review unit for periods 2 & 4 on Thursday. We will go over it.
Review books 13 & 14. In class, we will read book 15.
Homework: Vocabulary is due on Friday for all designated classes.
Friday:
Check vocabulary and go over.
Weekend Homework for All Classes: No matter where we finished in class, you can expect a reading quiz on Monday/Tuesday. This quiz will cover Books 12-17, with emphasis on those books we actually went over in class. Paying attention has its rewards. Also, check the "Losennotes" for questions.
Reading quiz on books 9 - 11. We
Monday/Tuesday:
Make sure that you have your Bedford Anthologies with you.
Together, we will read Rudyard Kiplings "The White Man's Burden" (p. 104). Discuss and tie to Things Fall Apart.
I will give you a few minutes to prepare some questions and to mark some pages. Discussion of Things Fall Apart. You will get copies of a short story called "October Island." Take note of some of the similarities with Things Fall Apart. Continue the discussion as it relates to William March's short story.
Homework: Read "October Island." We will start it in class and finish it for homework.
Wednesday/Thursday:
Have your Bedfords and your Odyss
Read book 9 from "The Odyssey."
Homework: Do chapter 12 from your vocabulary books. It's the last chapter! This also means that you will do the review unit next week and that a vocabulary test will follow the week after that.
Friday:
Go over the vocabulary. Homework: Read books 10-12 of "The Odyssey."
Bring your Bedford anthologies.
Monday/Tuesday:
Review The Odyssey and Things Fall Apart.
My next goal is to get to Book V of "The Odyssey."
For homework, you are to continue reading "Things Fall Apart." You should finish the novel by next Monday/Tuesday.
Wednesday/Thursday:
Quiz on "Things Fall Apart" and "The Odyssey"--Books 1 - 3. Go over it.
You will receive a handout on The SAT Essay. We will go over this. I will give you one more chance to write a timed-25-minute essay. Then you can decide which essay you want turned in for a grade. This time, it is your choice as to whether to write another one or not. You will turn one in for a test grade. If you choose not to write this essay, you must quietly read. No iPods.
We will do two more chapters of "The Odyssey." When we are finished, you will read more of "Things Fall Apart."
Friday: We are off! Finish the novel. Enjoy the weekend.
Hi Students! We have SOLs this week and it's my first time administering them, so I'm kind of winging it in terms of planning. Most students finish before the period is out--but you have the whole period if you need it. Also, things are even more confusing for fifth period because they will be taking the writing SOL during our normally-scheduled class time--but only fifth period.
The big change is I am not going to give any quizzes this week. That would just be too cruel when you have to sit for hours taking tests. Keep on reading, though.
Monday/Tuesday:
SOLs. When finished, continue reading in class. By early next week, finish Part I of the novel. The end page is 1079. There will most likely be a reading quiz on Monday/Tuesday.
Wednesday/Thursday:
We will begin the Odyssey, except for fifth period. For fifth period, I will give you copies to take home to read.
Homework: Vocabulary Chapter 14.
Friday: Go ove
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
Part I: Vocabulary from chapters 1-9 (including classical roots). 20 items. Matching. 1 point each.
Part II: Literary Terms--from your Literature & Composition textbooks. Review chapters 1-5. Multiple choice. 10 items worth 2 points each.
Part III: Short answer. 6 sections. Select 5 of the 6. Each section will have a quotation and questions about that passage. These are the six categories (though not necessarily in this order):
Agamemnon
Know the name of the author. Know the main players. Know important themes.
Medea
Know the name of the author and that the play was ground-breaking, that is, iconoclastic. Know the themes and the important characters and the plot.
The Short Story: It might come from one of three sources: "The Dead" or "Araby"--both by James Joyce; "Young Goodman Brown"--by Nataniel Hawthorne. Know basic plots, main characters, and names of stories and authors.
The Poem: Selections will come from one of the four following:
"The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot (and yes, spelling counts in all; in this case, note the one "l").
"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats (note the placement of vowels; this also must be spelled correctly)
"Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes, a member of the Harlem Renaissance
"The New Colossus," a sonnet about our wonderful country by Emma Lazarus
The No Drama. Know the name of the play we read, who wrote it, and who the major players are and what they do. Know about the theme--a Zen Buddhist one.
"Everyman." Medieval play. Allegorical. Know the basic plot and the main characters and which character helps Everyman to win at the end.
Part IV: The Essay. You will be given a short poem. You will write an essay analyzing that poem--30
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