Tuesday, October 18, 2011
HW for Wednesday 10/18
Read pp 234-235 and Sonnet 1, 35, and 39 by Edmund Spenser and answer #1-4 on p. 238.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
HW for Friday 10/14
Read the selection from Morte d'Arthur (176-184) and answer #4 & 5 on p. 184 and #1-4 on p. 185.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Assignment for Tuesday 10/11
Read pp. 160-161 and the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (162-175) and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook. For homework, answer # 1, 2, 4 & 5 on p. 175.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Assignment for Wednesday/Thursday 10/5 & 10/6
Go to the link below and read the article carefully. You may want to have a word file open as you read to keep running notes on the author's argument. When you are finished, post a one-paragraph summary of the argument to the blog (no more than 200 words) and write a second paragraph explaining why you agree or disagree with the contentions made in the article.
If you do not finish during class, do so for homework.
http://american.com/archive/2007/july-august-magazine-contents/abolish-the-sat
If you do not finish during class, do so for homework.
http://american.com/archive/2007/july-august-magazine-contents/abolish-the-sat
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Week 6 Itinerary
Tuesday 9/27 – Read Chaucer bio, etc., and begin Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
HW: finish Prologue and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook
Wednesday 9/28 - Discuss Prologue and vocab, answer #1, 2, 6, & 8 on p. 115
HW: read The Nun’s Priest’s Tale and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook
Thursday 9/29 - Discuss The Nun’s Priest’s Tale and vocab, answer #2-6 on p. 137
HW: read The Pardoner's Tale and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook
Friday 9/25 – Research paper Work Day in 508 Comp. Lab
HW: work on papers…you may peer-edit for half the period on Monday
HW: finish Prologue and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook
Wednesday 9/28 - Discuss Prologue and vocab, answer #1, 2, 6, & 8 on p. 115
HW: read The Nun’s Priest’s Tale and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook
Thursday 9/29 - Discuss The Nun’s Priest’s Tale and vocab, answer #2-6 on p. 137
HW: read The Pardoner's Tale and define unfamiliar words in context in vocab notebook
Friday 9/25 – Research paper Work Day in 508 Comp. Lab
HW: work on papers…you may peer-edit for half the period on Monday
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Week 5 Itinerary
Tuesday 9/20 - Heroes & Archetypes
HW: finish selections from Beowulf (pp 54-60) and answer #1-3, 6 on p. 60.
Wednesday 9/21 - CPS Quiz on Beowulf (20 pts.)
Watch/discuss scenes from 2007 film version
HW: read the selection from Bede (pp 72-78) and define the following words
in your vocab notebook: pasturage, veins, harmony, medium, grant,
immunity
Thursday 9/22 - Discuss reading/vocab
AP Essay Samples
Friday 9/23 - AP-prompt Essay #1 (9 pts.)
HW: excerpts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (pp 79-82).
HW: finish selections from Beowulf (pp 54-60) and answer #1-3, 6 on p. 60.
Wednesday 9/21 - CPS Quiz on Beowulf (20 pts.)
Watch/discuss scenes from 2007 film version
HW: read the selection from Bede (pp 72-78) and define the following words
in your vocab notebook: pasturage, veins, harmony, medium, grant,
immunity
Thursday 9/22 - Discuss reading/vocab
AP Essay Samples
Friday 9/23 - AP-prompt Essay #1 (9 pts.)
HW: excerpts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (pp 79-82).
Monday, September 19, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Anglo-Saxon Poetry Itinerary
Monday 9/12 –
Discuss FB Essays
"Prepare to Read" pp 14-15 and "The Seafarer" pp 17-20.
HW: Answer questions 2, 5, and 6 on p. 20
Tuesday 9/13 -
Read "The Wanderer" pp 21-24 and answer questions 2 & 3 on p. 24.
Discuss poems/answers.
HW: "The Wife's Lament" pp 25-26 and answer question 1 & 2 on p. 26.
Wednesday 9/14 -
Discuss "The Wife's Lament"
HW: Answer questions 1-5, 8, and 9 on p. 27...I will collect these on Thursday (25 pts.)
Thursday 9/15 –
AP MC Practice
HW: Review characteristics of A-S poetry
Friday 9/20 -
Quiz: Anglo-Saxon Poem Analysis (50 pts.)
HW: Beowulf, pp 36-46
Discuss FB Essays
"Prepare to Read" pp 14-15 and "The Seafarer" pp 17-20.
HW: Answer questions 2, 5, and 6 on p. 20
Tuesday 9/13 -
Read "The Wanderer" pp 21-24 and answer questions 2 & 3 on p. 24.
Discuss poems/answers.
HW: "The Wife's Lament" pp 25-26 and answer question 1 & 2 on p. 26.
Wednesday 9/14 -
Discuss "The Wife's Lament"
HW: Answer questions 1-5, 8, and 9 on p. 27...I will collect these on Thursday (25 pts.)
Thursday 9/15 –
AP MC Practice
HW: Review characteristics of A-S poetry
Friday 9/20 -
Quiz: Anglo-Saxon Poem Analysis (50 pts.)
HW: Beowulf, pp 36-46
Thursday, September 8, 2011
HW for Friday 9/9
Read "From Legend to History" pp 4-12. (Includes "The Changing English Language") In your vocabulary notebook, define in context any words with which you are not familiar.
(I believe I have a CPS quiz on this essay from last year, so be sure you read it!)
(I believe I have a CPS quiz on this essay from last year, so be sure you read it!)
Friday, August 26, 2011
HW for Monday 8/29
Complete the MWDS for Pride & Prejudice and work on the MWDS for The Moonostone (due Thursday 9/1).
http://sb169.k12.sd.us/MajorWorksDataSheet%5B1%5D.doc
http://sb169.k12.sd.us/MajorWorksDataSheet%5B1%5D.doc
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
MWDS for Summer Reading
Hit the link below to access a word version of the Major Works Date Sheet. You will need to comlete one for each of the novels before the beginning of school.
http://sb169.k12.sd.us/MajorWorksDataSheet%5B1%5D.doc
http://sb169.k12.sd.us/MajorWorksDataSheet%5B1%5D.doc
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
HW for Wednesday 5/25
Read The Rocking Horse Winner (1174-1189)...we just MAY have a CPS quiz tomorrow!
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Tess Itinerary
You will have reading questions and vocab for each of the phases of the novel. Class discussion and reading days are below...as far as homework is concerned, you need to have the phases read and questions and vocab done for each of the respective discussion days. (It goes without saying that you will need to bring the book to class everyday!) I will take-up your answers/notes for ALL of the phases at the end of the final discussion period.
Monday 4/11 – Reading Day
Tuesday 4/12 – Reading Day
Wednesday 4/13 - Discuss Phase I
Thursday 4/14 – Vocab Day
Friday 4/15 - Discuss Phase II
Monday 4/18 – Vocab day
Tuesday 4/19 - Discuss Phase III
Wednesday 4/20 - Reading day
Thursday 4/21 - Discuss Phase IV
Tuesday 4/26 – Reading Day
Wednesday 4/27 - Discuss Phase V
Thursday 4/28 - Reading Day
Friday 4/29 - Discuss Phase VI
Monday 5/2 – Discuss Phase VII
Tuesday 5/3 - Final Discussion Day; Reading Questions Due
Wednesday 5/4 - Review Day
Thursday 5/5 - Tesst (Get it??!!) Part I, Part II due Monday 5/9
Friday 5/6 – APUSH Exam/ APLC Exam Review
Monday 5/9 – AP Bio Exam/APLC Exam Review
Tuesday 5/10 - APLC Exam Review
Wednesday 5/11 – APLC Exam
Thursday/Friday 5/12-13 – Watch Tess
Monday 5/16 – Begin Modernism Unit
Monday 4/11 – Reading Day
Tuesday 4/12 – Reading Day
Wednesday 4/13 - Discuss Phase I
Thursday 4/14 – Vocab Day
Friday 4/15 - Discuss Phase II
Monday 4/18 – Vocab day
Tuesday 4/19 - Discuss Phase III
Wednesday 4/20 - Reading day
Thursday 4/21 - Discuss Phase IV
Tuesday 4/26 – Reading Day
Wednesday 4/27 - Discuss Phase V
Thursday 4/28 - Reading Day
Friday 4/29 - Discuss Phase VI
Monday 5/2 – Discuss Phase VII
Tuesday 5/3 - Final Discussion Day; Reading Questions Due
Wednesday 5/4 - Review Day
Thursday 5/5 - Tesst (Get it??!!) Part I, Part II due Monday 5/9
Friday 5/6 – APUSH Exam/ APLC Exam Review
Monday 5/9 – AP Bio Exam/APLC Exam Review
Tuesday 5/10 - APLC Exam Review
Wednesday 5/11 – APLC Exam
Thursday/Friday 5/12-13 – Watch Tess
Monday 5/16 – Begin Modernism Unit
Friday, March 4, 2011
Romantic Period Unit Itinerary Adjustments
F 3/4 - Research paper due (50 pts.)
Jane Austen & Mary Wollstonecraft, pp 780-786
HW: Read Mary Shelley’s Intro., Letters I-V, chapters 1-8 (pp 14-61). Come to class prepared with a narrative summary of the reading (does NOT have to be in complete sentences) and a list of any unfamiliar words defined in context.
M 3/7 - English III CP Films
T 3/8 - Poem readings.
Discuss reading
HW: Read chapters 9-12 (pp 61-81) Come to class prepared with a
narrative summary of the reading (does NOT have to be in complete
sentences) and a list of any unfamiliar words defined in context.
W 3/9 - Discuss reading
HW: Read Ch. 13-15 and answer questions.
Th 3/10 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: Read Ch. 16-21 and answer questions.
F 3/11 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: finish novel (Ch. 22-24) and answer questions
M 3/14 - Frankenstein reading questions due (50 pts.)
Work on Frankenstein DQs
HW: finish DQs for Paideia discussion
T 3/15 - Paideia discussion TLC Conference Room
No HW
W 3/16 - 40-minute prompt essay over Frankenstein (9 pts.)
HW: Romanticism Unit Review Guide
Th 3/17 - Review day
HW: Study
F 3/18 - Romanticism Test (100 pts.)
No HW
Jane Austen & Mary Wollstonecraft, pp 780-786
HW: Read Mary Shelley’s Intro., Letters I-V, chapters 1-8 (pp 14-61). Come to class prepared with a narrative summary of the reading (does NOT have to be in complete sentences) and a list of any unfamiliar words defined in context.
M 3/7 - English III CP Films
T 3/8 - Poem readings.
Discuss reading
HW: Read chapters 9-12 (pp 61-81) Come to class prepared with a
narrative summary of the reading (does NOT have to be in complete
sentences) and a list of any unfamiliar words defined in context.
W 3/9 - Discuss reading
HW: Read Ch. 13-15 and answer questions.
Th 3/10 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: Read Ch. 16-21 and answer questions.
F 3/11 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: finish novel (Ch. 22-24) and answer questions
M 3/14 - Frankenstein reading questions due (50 pts.)
Work on Frankenstein DQs
HW: finish DQs for Paideia discussion
T 3/15 - Paideia discussion TLC Conference Room
No HW
W 3/16 - 40-minute prompt essay over Frankenstein (9 pts.)
HW: Romanticism Unit Review Guide
Th 3/17 - Review day
HW: Study
F 3/18 - Romanticism Test (100 pts.)
No HW
Friday, February 18, 2011
Romantic Period Unit Itinerary
W 2/16 – A Poison Tree discussion
HW: The Book of Thel
Th 2/17 - Discuss Thel
HW: Wordsworth Tintern Abbey
F 2/18- Discuss Tintern Abbey
Read excerpt from The Prelude
HW: TPCASTT for The World is Too Much with Us
T 2/22 - Rime of the Ancient Mariner Reading Day
HW: complete Rime reading and discussion questions
W 2/23 - Paideia Discussion in TLC Conference Room
Reading and discussion questions due
No HW
Th 2/24 - In-class essay (30 pts.)
HW: Byron She Walks in Beauty
F 2/25 - Excerpts from Childe Harold and Don Juan
HW: Shelley; TPCASTT for Ozymandias
M 2/28 - Ode to the West Wind; To a Skylark
HW: Keats; On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer
T 3/1 - Ode to a Nightingale; Ode on a Grecian Urn
HW: Begin Romantic Poet Research Paper
W 3/2 - Paper work day.
HW: finish paper
Th 3/3 - Research paper due (50 pts.)
HW: Jane Austen & Mary Wollstonecraft, pp 780-786
F 3/4 - Discuss HW
HW: Read Mary Shelley’s Intro. and Letters I-V.
M 3/7 - Discuss reading
HW: Read chapters 1-8 (pp 14-61). Come to class prepared
with a narrative summary of the reading (does NOT have to
be in complete sentences) and a list of any unfamiliar words
defined in context.
T 3/8 - HW: Read chapters 9-12 (pp 61-81) Come to class prepared
Discuss reading with a narrative summary of the reading
(does NOT have to be in complete sentences) and a list of any
unfamiliar words defined in context.
W 3/9 - Discuss reading
HW: Read Ch. 13-15 and answer questions.
Th 3/10 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: Read Ch. 16-21 and answer questions.
F 3/11 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: finish novel (Ch. 22-24) and answer questions
M 3/14 - Frankenstein reading questions due (50 pts.)
Work on Frankenstein DQs
HW: finish DQs for Paideia discussion
T 3/15 - Paideia discussion TLC Conference Room
No HW
W 3/16 - 40-minute prompt essay over Frankenstein (9 pts.)
HW: Romanticism Unit Review Guide
Th 3/17 - Review day
HW: Study
F 3/18 - Romanticism Test (100 pts.)
No HW
HW: The Book of Thel
Th 2/17 - Discuss Thel
HW: Wordsworth Tintern Abbey
F 2/18- Discuss Tintern Abbey
Read excerpt from The Prelude
HW: TPCASTT for The World is Too Much with Us
T 2/22 - Rime of the Ancient Mariner Reading Day
HW: complete Rime reading and discussion questions
W 2/23 - Paideia Discussion in TLC Conference Room
Reading and discussion questions due
No HW
Th 2/24 - In-class essay (30 pts.)
HW: Byron She Walks in Beauty
F 2/25 - Excerpts from Childe Harold and Don Juan
HW: Shelley; TPCASTT for Ozymandias
M 2/28 - Ode to the West Wind; To a Skylark
HW: Keats; On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer
T 3/1 - Ode to a Nightingale; Ode on a Grecian Urn
HW: Begin Romantic Poet Research Paper
W 3/2 - Paper work day.
HW: finish paper
Th 3/3 - Research paper due (50 pts.)
HW: Jane Austen & Mary Wollstonecraft, pp 780-786
F 3/4 - Discuss HW
HW: Read Mary Shelley’s Intro. and Letters I-V.
M 3/7 - Discuss reading
HW: Read chapters 1-8 (pp 14-61). Come to class prepared
with a narrative summary of the reading (does NOT have to
be in complete sentences) and a list of any unfamiliar words
defined in context.
T 3/8 - HW: Read chapters 9-12 (pp 61-81) Come to class prepared
Discuss reading with a narrative summary of the reading
(does NOT have to be in complete sentences) and a list of any
unfamiliar words defined in context.
W 3/9 - Discuss reading
HW: Read Ch. 13-15 and answer questions.
Th 3/10 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: Read Ch. 16-21 and answer questions.
F 3/11 - Frankenstein reading day
HW: finish novel (Ch. 22-24) and answer questions
M 3/14 - Frankenstein reading questions due (50 pts.)
Work on Frankenstein DQs
HW: finish DQs for Paideia discussion
T 3/15 - Paideia discussion TLC Conference Room
No HW
W 3/16 - 40-minute prompt essay over Frankenstein (9 pts.)
HW: Romanticism Unit Review Guide
Th 3/17 - Review day
HW: Study
F 3/18 - Romanticism Test (100 pts.)
No HW
Friday, January 21, 2011
HW for Monday 1/24
Read the excerpt from A Journal of the Plague year (pp 503-508) and highlight and define in context any unfamiliar words.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
HW for Friday 1/21
Read the bio/background material on pp 494-495, then the excerpt from Pepys' Diary on pp 496-502 and answer #2 & 4 on p. 502.
Monday, January 17, 2011
No Homework Tuesday 1/18
No homework...or rather, focus on your history! We'll pick back up with Milton Wednesday.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Week 14
Tuesday 1/11 - Read "A Turbulent Time: The 17th and 18th Centuries." (408-417) Highlight or underline any words you do not know and attempt to define them in context in the margins of you book.
Wednesday 1/12 -
HW: Read John Donne (420-430) except Holy Sonnet 10. Answer #3 & 5 on p. 423, #1 & 3 on p. 425, and #2 & 4 on p. 430.
Thursday 1/13 - No HW
Friday 1/14 - AP-Prompt Essay (9 pts.)
HW: Read Milton (460-463), then read Sonnet VII and Sonnet XIX and complete a TPCASTT analysis sheet for each.
Wednesday 1/12 -
HW: Read John Donne (420-430) except Holy Sonnet 10. Answer #3 & 5 on p. 423, #1 & 3 on p. 425, and #2 & 4 on p. 430.
Thursday 1/13 - No HW
Friday 1/14 - AP-Prompt Essay (9 pts.)
HW: Read Milton (460-463), then read Sonnet VII and Sonnet XIX and complete a TPCASTT analysis sheet for each.
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