January 13 5th Period:
Discuss plans for second semester. Review Final Exam - multiple choice and essays.
Discuss Poetry Festival Participation & Preparation
Assignment:
None
January 15 3rd Period:
Review AP exam essays.
Assignment:
Bring
TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments to our next class!
(2) The Week of January 18 - 3
classes
January 19 1st Period:
Finish reviewing AP exam essays.Start work on Peer Editing
and Formal Writing. We will be using the
Peer Review
Format.
Bring TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT
comments to this class.
Assignment: TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format will be due January 23 plus 5 Common Errors.
January 20 4th Period:Work
on Peer Editing and Formal Writing. Work on Common Errors
January 22 2nd Period:Work
on Peer Editing and Formal Writing. Work on Common Errors
Assignment:
Please read
Chapter Six (Fiction) Perrine & Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going,
Where Have You Been?, Page 311
for next class.
(3) The Week of January 25 - 3 classes
January 25 5th Period:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Six (Fiction) Perrine & Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going,
Where Have You Been?, Page 311 - Isabella Tobon & Juan Carlos Vargas. Discussion of Symbol, Allegory and
Fantasy.
Assignment: Please read
Chapter Seven (Fiction) Perrine & Frank OConnor The Drunkard, Page
339.
January 29 1st Period:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Seven (Fiction) Perrine
& Frank OConnor The
Drunkard,
Page 339
- Santiago vasquez & Santiago
Villegas. Discussion of
Humor and Irony.
Assignment: Please read
Woody Allen The
Kugelmass Episode, page 348, for next class.
Read Hamilton, pages 21-24 and pages 44 to 47, and do the exercises
on page 24 (4 of the 10) and page 47 (6 of the first 15)
(4) The Week of February 1 - 3
classes
February 1 4th Period:
Finish Chapter Seven from Fiction (p. 645).
Discuss Humor and Irony:
Woody Allen The Kugelmass Episode, page 348. Discuss Hamilton
reading and exercises.
Assignment: Finish
and prepare Beloved for next class
Assignment for February 7:
AP essay over Beloved.
February 3 2nd Period:
Final Discussion over Beloved.
Assignment: Please finish your theme presentations over Beloved
February 4 5th Period:Final
discussion and theme presentations over Beloved
Assignment:
Please read Please read Chapter Eight
(Fiction) Perrine &
Edgar Allan Poe The Cask of Amontillado, page 611, and Flannery
OConnor A Good Man Is Hard to Find, page 454, for next class.
(5) The Week of February 8 - 3 classes
February 8 3rd Period:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Eight (Fiction) Perrine
& Edgar Allan Poe The Cask of Amontillado, page 611, and
Flannery OConnor A Good Man Is Hard to Find, page 454
- Juliana Zambrano & Laura Alhach. Discussion of
Evaluating Fiction.
Assignment: Please read the introduction (pages vii to xlii) in
Hamlet, Perrine (pp 1027 to 1032 & 1074-1078) and the Hamilton (pages 1 to 7) for next class.
February 10 1st Period:
Introduction to Shakespeare, Tragedy, Hamlet and King Lear.Discuss
Hamlet preparations for groups (Pre-Reading, Vocabulary,
Critique, Misc Information
You should be writing your third
quarter essay.
This will be due by March 21 emailed to me AND uploaded to
Turnitin.
You need to be reading King Lear by William
Shakespeare and one other Shakespeare play of your own choosing (see #3
below). Information about
Shakespeare and his work can be found on the resources
page - both handouts and web links - and I will be giving you some handouts
in class. King Lear should be read to
the end of Act III by March 5 and finished by
March 9.
You are asked to
read a THIRD Shakespeare play (try to choose a comedy or history) with a
reading partner. You must clear this play through me BEFORE you start
reading. This play should be read by March
19, and an AP essay will be due on March 28.
You will have a formal essay due on
May 2 over
one of the Shakespeare plays we will read during the third quarter. You must use a Shakespeare play for this assignment.
AT LEAST two of your peers MUST have reviewed the essay before
you finish the final draft, and their comments along with your UPDATED
Common Errors
must accompany your paper when you hand it in.
(6) The Week of February 15 - 3
classes
February 16 2nd Period:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
February 17 5th Period:
Close Reading of Hamlet
February 19 3rd Period:
Close Reading of Hamlet
Assignment: Read
Hamilton 198 to 207, and do the exercises on page 207 (Part I - 2 of
5; Part II - 2 of 5; Part III - 2 of 5; Part IV - All)
February 23 1st Period:Close Reading of Hamlet.
Review Hamilton reading and exercises.
February 25 1st Period:Close Reading of Hamlet
February 26 4th Period:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
Assignment:
King Lear (to end of Act III) due next
March 5.
(8) The Week of March 1 - 3 classes
March 2 2nd Period:Close Reading of Hamlet
March 3 5th Period:Close Reading of Hamlet
March 5
3rd Period:King Lear (to end of Act III) due -
We'll have an in-class
discussion on the first half of this play.
We will be using the worksheets on
Animal Imagery,
Character Study
and Reading
Questions from the play.
Assignment: King Lear should be finished next class.
(9) The Week of March 8 - 2
classes
March 9 1st Period:Final discussion of King Lear.
Assignment: Read
Hamilton pages 210 to 223, and do the exercises on page 215 (5 of
10) and 223 (Part I - 5 of 10; Part II - All).
March
12 4th Period:Close Reading of Hamlet.Review Hamilton reading and
exercises.
(10) The Week of March 15 - 3 classes
March 16 2nd Period:Close reading of Hamlet
Assignment for March 21:
Third quarter formal
essay due - Email to me & upload to
Turnitin.
AT LEAST two
of your peers MUST have reviewed the essay before you finish the
final draft, and their comments along with your UPDATED Common
Errors must accompany your paper when you hand it in. NO LATE DAYS
March 17 5th Period:Close reading of Hamlet
March 19 3rd Period:Close
reading of Hamlet Third Shakespeare play due.
March
21 - NO CLASS: This Quarter Formal Essay (NO
LATE DAYS)
(11) The Week of March 23 - 2
classes
March 24 1st Period:
Hamlet Films. Introduction of Fourth
Quarter Novel - The Great Gatsby (background
information here). Mid point discussion of book on
April 12 (through Chapter 5); final discussion on April 22.
Assignment for March 28:
AP essay over third
Shakespeare play
March 25 4th Period:Hamlet Films
March
28 - NO CLASS: AP essay over third Shakespeare
play
April 5 2nd Period:
Chapter Summary & Presentation for
Chapter Six (Poetry) Perrine & Robert Frost The Road Not Taken, pαge
734; Walt Whitman A Noiseless Patient Spider, page 736; William Blake
The Sick Rose, page 737; Seamus Heaney Digging, page 739; Robert
Frost Fire and Ice, page 746; Richard Wilbur The Writer, page 750..
Discussion of Symbol & Allegory.
Assignment: Please read
Chapter Seven (Poetry) Perrine & Emily Dickinson Much Madness is
divinest Sense, page 757; Countee Cullen Incident, page 759; Marge
Piercy Barbie Doll, page 761; William Blake The Chimney Sweeper,
page 763; Elisavietta Ritchie Sorting Laundry, page 767; Billy
Collins The History Teacher, page 769; W. H. Auden The Unknown
Citizen, page 771; Robert Browning My Last Duchess, page 775.
Assignment: Read Hamilton pages 54 to 60, and do the exercises
on page 60 (5 of 10).
April 6 5th Period:
Chapter Summary & Presentation for
Chapter Seven (Poetry) Perrine
& Emily Dickinson Much Madness is divinest Sense, page 757; Countee
Cullen Incident, page 759; Marge Piercy Barbie Doll, page 761;
William Blake The Chimney Sweeper, page 763; Elisavietta Ritchie
Sorting Laundry, page 767; Billy Collins The History Teacher, page
769; W. H. Auden The Unknown Citizen, page 771; Robert Browning My
Last Duchess, page 775 - Nathalia Martinez & Gustavo Orozco.
April 8 3rd Period:
Continued Discussion of Chapter Seven Perrine
Assignment: The Great Gatsby, through
Chapter 5, due next class.
(13) The Week of April 12 - 4 classes
April 12 5th Period:Mid-Point discussion of
The Great Gatsby, through Chapter 5
April
13 4th Period:
Mock AP Exam Essays Then Multiple Choice
Assignment:
None
April
15 2nd Period:
Mock AP Exam
Assignment:
None
April
16 5th Period:
Mock AP Exam
Assignment:
None
(14) The Week of April 19 - 3 classes
April 20 1st Period:
Discussion & Review of Mock AP
April 22 3rd Period: Final Discussion
of Great Gatsby
May 2 - NO CLASS:Fourth
Quarter Formal Essay - No
Late Days
TBA
- SENIOR FINALS
TBA -
INTERNAL ENGLISH EXAM
TBA
-
SPECIAL SCHEDULE
May 6 - POTLUCK DINNER FOR AP CLASS
May 18 to MAY 28 - SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
TBA
-
SENIOR WALK & LUNCH
June 5 -
GRADUATION
Semester Two - 40 Classes, 14 Weeks, 0 Missed Classes
The
dates below are from 2008-2009 and will be changed one the new school year
starts...
(1) The Week of August 18 - 2
classes
8/18 P5:Please read through the website BEFORE coming to this first class.
Course Description and Expectations +
Standards & Benchmarks;
Rubrics & Formats; Chapter Reviews & Reading
Discussion/Questions from Perrine + Hamilton Literary Terms
homework, Discussion
Expectations & Rubric; Website (+ Updates) & Passwords
Assignment for Next Class: Read
introduction to AP test (photocopies)
8/20 P3:
Part One Mock AP Exam
Assignment for Next Class: None
(2) The Week of August 24 - 4
classes
8/24 P1:
Part 2 Mock AP Exam
Assignment for Next Class: None
8/25 P4: Discussion of Mock AP
Exam, including scoring guidelines, sample responses, scoring
summary, and AP Reader Comments.
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chief
Reader Comments & Rubrics for Essays + Grade Essay Samples
8/27 P2
Discussion of Mock AP Exam,
including scoring guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary.
Assignment for Next Class: Grade Essay
Samples
8/28 P5:Discussion of Mock AP Exam, including scoring guidelines,
sample responses and scoring summary.
Assignment for Next Class: Research to
share background information on Ralph Ellison and Invisible Man
(3) The Week of August 31 - 2 classes
9/1 P3:Introduction of First Quarter Novel:
The Invisible Man Ellison, Ralph. See
Invisible Man Background and Themes.
Review Summer Reading & Discuss
first quarter outside novel.
Review rubrics for AP Essays
Assignment for Next Class: Read Lost in the Funhouse
- Photocopies
Assignment for Sunday: Two AP Essays from your Summer Reading are due
Sunday; please email
these
to me.
9/3 P1:
Paideia Seminar Over
Lost in the Funhouse
Assignment for Next Class: None
9/4 P4
:
Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Set up AP Potluck Dinner.
Assignment for Next Class: None
September 6
- Summer AP
Essays due. We do not have class this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
(4) The Week of September 7 - 4
classes
9/8 P2: Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Assignment for Sunday: Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
(Choose essay
#1 from the person listed above you and essay #2 from the person listed
below you in the
archives) & Email to me and your reviewee
when done. Please make comments using Word (see
here for a tutorial) and grade the essay using the
generic rubric in
the archives with a short overall comment at the end. Please return your summer reading novels.
9/9
P5: Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Review rubrics and expectations for class discussions, presentations,
Essential Literary Terms homework .
Assignment for Next Class: Read Pages 8 to
12 in Hamilton +
Chapter One &
The Most Dangerous Game, page 67, in Perrine
9/11 P3Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter One Perrine & The Most Dangerous Game, page 67.Juliana Echeverri
& Maria Camila Perez.
Discussion of commercial and literary fiction + Fiction Literary Forms
Assignment for Next Class: Read Hunters in the Snow, page 86
09/13/08: Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
due. We do not have class this day.
(5) The Week of September 14 - 1
class
9/15 P1:Discussion of Hunters in the Snow, page 86.
Assignment for Next Class: None
9/16 P4: NO CLASS - CONVIVENCIA
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Two from
Perrine and The Destructors, page 111.
(6) The Week of September 22 - 3
classes
9/21 P2:Chapter Summary &
Presentation for
Chapter Two Perrine & The Destructors, page 111 -Pablo Tarquino &
Gustavo Orozco.
Assignment for Next Class:
Read
How I Met My Husband, page 125
9/22 P5:Continued discussion
of plot and structure and How I Met My Husband, page 125.
Assignment for Next Class: The Invisible ManMid-Point (to Chapter 14, page 296)
9/24
P3:Mid-Point Discussion of
The Invisible Man(to
Chapter 14, page 296).
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter
Three from Perrine and Everyday Use, page 166.
9/28 P1:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter Three Perrine
and Everyday Use, page 166 - Alejandro Duque & Marina Dorronsoro. Discussion of characterization
in Everyday Use
Assignment for Next Class: Read Miss Brill, page 175 and How Far She Went, page 179.
9/29 P4:
Discussion
of characterization with Miss Brill, page 175, and How Far She Went,
page 179.
Assignment for Next Class:
Read pages 125 to 144 in Hamilton & Do the exercises on pages 132
(Two examples only for II and III - you don't need to do I) and 144
(Choose Three)
10/1 P2:Discussion of Hamilton, pages
125 to 144
& Exercise Review.
10/2 P5:
SPORTS DAY
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Four from
Perrine and The Lesson, page 195
(8) The Week of October 12 - 2
classes
10/14 P3:Chapter
Summary & Presentation for Chapter
Four Perrine & The Lesson, page 195- Juan Carlos Vargas & Isabella
Tobon. Discussion of Theme.
Assignment for Next Class:
A Worn Path, Page 212,
and A & P, page 619
10/16 P1:Final discussion of Theme & A Worn Path, Page 212 and A & P, page 619
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Five Perrine
and Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, Page 251
(9) The Week of October 19 - 3
classes
10/19 P4:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Five Perrine & Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, Page 251 - Laura Alhach
& Santaigo Vasquez.
We will be using
this
worksheet and the criticisms assigned.Discussion of Hamilton, pages
112 to 122
& Exercise Review.
Assignment for Next Class: Read Katherine Anne Porter The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, page 260
and Ernest Hemingway Hills Like White Elephants, page 268. Read pages 112 to 122 in Hamilton
& Do the exercises on page 122 (Choose Three of the Ten
Exercises).
Assignment for Tuesday: First Quarter Outside Novel
and AP Essay due Sunday
10/21 P2:
Discussion of Point of View and Katherine Anne Porter The Jilting of
Granny Weatherall, page 260 and Ernest Hemingway Hills Like White
Elephants, page 268.
10/22 P5:Finish discussion from yesterday
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter One in Perrine Poetry
and Prepare Robert Hayden The Whipping; Emily Dickinson The Last
Night that She lived; William Carlos Williams The Red Wheelbarrow;
Langston Hughes Suicide Note; Adrienne Rich Poetry: 101;
Archibald MacLeish Ars Poetica 102.
10/27/08:First Quarter Outside Novel and AP Essay due.
We do not have class
this day. You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
(10) The Week of October 26 - 2
classes
10/26 P3:Chapter Summary &
Presentation for
Chapter One Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Juliana Zambrano &
Valentina Jordan- Robert Hayden The Whipping; Emily Dickinson The
last Night that She lived; William Carlos Williams The Red
Wheelbarrow; Langston Hughes Suicides Note; Adrienne Rich Poetry:
101; Archibald MacLeish Ars Poetica 102. What is poetry?
Assignment for Next Class: None
October 27 & 28:Parent's Day - Please use the agenda
here for Parent's Day.
10/30 P1:Continued
discussion of Chapter One Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems
Assignment for Next Class: Final
Discussion of The Invisible Man.
(11) The Week of November 3 - 2
classes
11/3 P4:Final Discussion
of The Invisible Man.
Please complete the discussion sheet
HERE before class..
Assignment for Next Class: Read Writing About Literature in Perrine, pages 3-23
& pages 247-274 in Hamilton (skim and review)
11/5 P2:Discussion of
First Quarter Formal Essay and readings from Perrine & Hamilton.
Review use of
Peer Reviews and Self Check Formats for Formal Essays plus
Formal Essay rubric.
Assignment for Next Class: Please read
Writing About Literature in
Perrine, pages 23-34,
and the sample essays, pages 40 to 58, for next class.
Assignment for Sunday: Peer Review for Quarter One
AP Essay.
11/6 P5:
Discussion of First Quarter Formal Essay.
Chapter Summary
& Presentation for Writing About Literature in
Perrine, pages 3-39 - Manuela Cabal & Nathalia Martinez
(Pages 2 to
23) & Santiago Villegas (Pages 23 to 39). Discussion of the Essay
Format, sample essays from Perrine (pages 40 to 48),
Review use of Peer Reviews and Self Check Formats for Formal Essays plus
Formal Essay rubric. Discuss proper documentation and plagiarism.
Assignment for Next Class: Read
background material on Nathaniel Hawthorne and
Scarlet Letter
11/10 P3:Introduction of Second Quarter Novel,
Scarlet Letter
& Second Quarter Outside Reading.
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Two in Perrine Poetry and Prepare
John Donne Break of Day; Emily Dickinson Theres been a Death, in
the Opposite House; Mari Evans When in Rome; Sylvia Plath Mirror;
William Blake The Clod and the Pebble; Yusef Komunyakaa - Facing It.
11/12 P1:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Two Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Jacobo Barros & Gustavo Gomez - John
Donne Break of Day; Emily Dickinson Theres been a Death, in the
Opposite House; Mari Evans When in Rome; Sylvia Plath Mirror;
William Blake The Clod and the Pebble; Yusef Komunyakaa - Facing It..
Reading the Poem
Assignment for Next Class: None
11/13 P4:
Continued discussion of
Chapter
Two Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems.
Assignment for Next Class:
Read Chapter Three in Perrine Poetry and Prepare
Henry Reed Naming of Parts; Langston Hughes
Cross; Robert Frost Desert Places; John Donne A Hymn to God the
Father; Elizabeth Bishop - One Art.
(13) The Week of November 17 - 2
classes
11/18 P2:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Three Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Laura Potes & Camila
Romero - Henry Reed
Naming of Parts; Langston Hughes Cross; Robert Frost Desert Places;
John Donne A Hymn to God the Father; Elizabeth Bishop - One Art.
Denotation & Connotation
Assignment for Next Class:
None
Assignment for Sunday: First Quarter Formal Essay Due. Please submit this to
Turnitin AND
by email to m
11/19 P5:Continued discussion of Chapter Three Perrine Poetry & Assigned
Poems.
Denotation & Connotation
Assignment for Next Class: Bring
TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments!
11/22/08:
First Quarter Formal Essay + Self
Check List Due. Please submit this to
Turnitin AND by email to me. We do not have class
this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
(14) The Week of November 23 - 2
classes
11/23 P3:
Work on Peer Editing and Formal Writing.
We will be using the
Peer Review
Format.Discuss
rewrite policy and opportunities.
Bring TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments to this class.
Monday: Read Chapter
Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems (Gerard Manley Hopkins Spring; William Carlos
Williams The Widows Lament in Springtime; Adrienne Rich Living in
Sin; Seamus Heaney The Forge; Robert Frost After Apple-Picking; Jean
Toomer Reapers; John Keats To Autumn)
(15) The Week of November 30 -
3
classes
11/30 P4:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems (Gerard Manley Hopkins Spring; William Carlos
Williams The Widows Lament in Springtime; Adrienne Rich Living in
Sin; Seamus Heaney The Forge; Robert Frost After Apple-Picking; Jean
Toomer Reapers; John Keats To Autumn)-Juliana
Echeverri & Maria Camila Perez. Imagery.
Assignment for Next Class:
Scarlet Letter Mid-Point Discussion (to chapter 12)
12/2 P2:
Mid-point discussion of
Scarlet Letter(to chapter
12).
Continued
discussion of
Chapter Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems
Assignment for Next Class: Read
pages 83 to 92 in Hamilton & Do the exercises on page 92 (Do Two
of the Five Exercises in Part I; Do Part A in Part II; Do Two of
the Five Exercises in Part III; Skip Part IV).
12/3 P5:
Continued
discussion of
Chapter Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems + Hamilton exercises.
Assignment for Next Class: Read
Chapter Five in Perrine Poetry and Prepare Sylvia Plath Metaphors;
Adrienne Rich - Ghost of a Chance; John Donne A Valediction:
Forbidding Mourning; Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress; Langston
Hughes Dream Deferred; Billy Collins Introduction to Poetry
12/06/09:OPTIONAL: Rewrite of First Quarter
Formal Essay due. You only need to rewrite the Introduction, One
Argument and the Conclusion - grades for rewrite will be averaged with
original essay grades. You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
Please send via email.
(16) The Week of December 7 - 3
classes
12/7 P3:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Five Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems: Sylvia Plath
Metaphors; John Donne A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning; Andrew
Marvell To His Coy Mistress; Langston Hughes Dream Deferred; Billy
Collins Introduction to Poetry) - Pablo
Tarquino & Gustavo Orozco. Figurative Languiage: Simile,
Metaphor, Personification, Apostrophe, Metonomy
Assignment for Next Class: Read pages 32 to 42 in Hamilton
& Do the exercises on page 36 (Do Four of the Ten Exercises in
Part I; and Part 2 of Part II - the Dickinson poem) and 42 (Do Four
of the Ten Exercises)
Assignment for Sunday: Second Quarter Outside
Novel and AP Essay.
12/10 P1:
Continued discussion of Chapter Five Perrine
Poetry & Assigned Poems + Hamilton exercises.
Assignment
for Next Class: Bring
back books from Semester One
12/11/08 P2:
Final Discussion of Scarlet Letter. Introduce Beloved
for
Christmas reading. Bring back books from
Semester One.
12/13/08:Second Quarter Outside Novel
and AP Essay due.
We do not have class this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
(17) The Week of December 114 - 2 classes
12/15 P2: Christmas StuffReview for Final Exam. Class Review of First Semester &
Suggestions for Second Semester. Bring back books from
Semester One.
01/05/10: Second
Quarter Formal Essay due. Please submit to
Turnitin AND by email to me. You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
AP Final Exam -
Dec. 18 7:45 to 11:30 Library Bring money for pizza!
You are responsible for your
own transportation home.
High School Exams - December 16 to December 18
Semester One - 41 Classes, 17 Weeks, 2 Missed Classes
these
to me.