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Rubrics for the Year
Semester Two
(1) The Week of January 9 - 2 classes
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Thu 1/12
Period 1: Discuss plans for second semester. Review Final Exam - multiple choice and essays.
Discuss Poetry Festival Participation
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Fri 1/13
Period 4:
Review Final Exam - multiple choice and essays.
(2) The Week of January 16 - 3
classes
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Tue 1/17
Period 2: Review AP exam essays.
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Assignment:
Bring
TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments to our next class!
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Wed 1/18
Period 5:
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.
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Assignment:
TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format will be due January 23 (Hard Copy) plus 5 Common Errors (Email)
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Fri 1/20
Period 3: Work
on Peer Editing and Formal Writing. Work on Common Errors
(3) The Week of January 23 - 3 classes
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Tue 1/24 Period 1: Review Peer Reviews and Common errors
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Wed 1/25
Period 4:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Six (Fiction) Perrine & Joyce Carol Oates – Where Are You Going,
Where Have You Been?, Page 311 - Romero Valentina & Arias Maria Jose.
Discussion of Symbol, Allegory and
Fantasy.
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Fri 1/27
Period 2: Discussion of
Wuthering Heights
(4) The Week of January 30 - 3
classes
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Mon 1/30 Period 5:
Finish Chapter Six from Fiction (p. 645).
Discuss Symbol, Allegory and
Fantasy:
Gabriel García Márquez – A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, page 327,
The Nobel Prize Speech and
The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World.
- Assignment:
Please read Chapter Seven (Fiction) Perrine & Frank O’Connor – The
Drunkard, Page 339
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Wed
2/1 Period 3:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Seven (Fiction) Perrine
& Frank O’Connor – The
Drunkard,
Page 339
- Care Camilo & Castro Isabela.
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)
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Fri 2/3 Period 1:
Finish Chapter Seven from Fiction (p. 645).
Discuss Humor and Irony:
Woody Allen – The Kugelmass Episode, page 348. Discuss Hamilton
reading and exercises.
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Assignment: Please read
Chapter Eight (Fiction) Perrine & Edith Wharton – Roman Fever, page 409,
and Flannery O’Connor – A Good Man Is Hard to Find, page 454.
(5) The Week of February 6 - 3 classes
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Mon 2/6 Period 4:
Chapter Summary &
Presentation for
Chapter Eight (Fiction) Perrine & Edith Wharton – Roman Fever, page 409,
and Flannery O’Connor – A Good Man Is Hard to Find, page 454 -
Castro Santiago & Chavarro
Martina. Discussion of
Evaluating Fiction.
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Assignment:
Please read Edgar Allan Poe – The Cask of Amontillado, page 611, and
Elizabeth Tallent - No One’s a Mystery, page 617, for next class.
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Wed 2/8 Period 2:
Finish Chapter Eight from Fiction (p. 645).
Discuss Evaluating Fiction:
Edgar Allan Poe – The Cask of Amontillado, page 611, and Elizabeth Tallent - No One’s a Mystery, page 617.
- Assignment: Please read the introduction (pages vii to xlii) in
Hamlet, Perrine (pp 1027 to 1032 &
1074-1078), the handouts (Tragedy Handouts -
Tragic Structure
and
Tragic Hero)
and the Hamilton (pages 1 to 7) for next class.
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Thu 2/9 Period 5:
Introduction to Tragedy, Shakespeare and Hamlet
During the following four weeks, while
we are reading Hamlet in class, you should be working on the following:
- You should be writing your third
quarter Formal essay.
This will be due by March 25 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 9 and finished by
March 20.
- 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
30, and an AP essay will be due on April 1.
- You will have a formal essay due on
May 6 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 13 - 3
classes
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Mon 2/13 Period 3:
Close Reading of
Hamlet - Experts - Echeverri Esteban & Estevez Maria Andrea
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Wed 2/15 Period 1:
Close Reading of
Hamlet.
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Thu 2/16 Period 4: Close Reading of
Hamlet - Experts - Franky Catalina & Giraldo Maria Camila
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(7) The Week of February 20 - 3 classes
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Tue 2/21 Period 2:
Close Reading of Hamlet
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Wed 2/22 Period 5:
Close Reading of Hamlet - Experts - Gutierrez Laura & Gutierrez
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Fri 2/24 Period 3:
Close Reading of Hamlet
(8) The Week of February 27 - 3 classes
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Tue 2/28 Period 1:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
Review Hamilton reading and exercises.
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Thu 3/1 Period 1:
Close Reading of Hamlet - Experts - De Pineres Paula & Llano
Helena
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Fri 3/2 Period 4:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
- Assignment:
King Lear (to end of Act III) due
March 9
(9) The Week of March 5 - 3
classes
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Tue 3/6 Period 2:
Close Reading of Hamlet
- Experts - Olazabal Alejandro & Pardo Carolina
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Wed 3/7 Period 5:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
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Fri 3/9 Period 3:
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.
(10) The Week of March 12 - 2 classes
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Tue 3/13 Period 1:
Close Reading of Hamlet -
Experts - Piedrahita Gabriela & Restrepo Ana
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Wed 3/14 Period 4:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
Review Hamilton reading and
exercises.
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Fri 3/16 Period 2:
SPORTS DAY
(11) The Week of March 19 - 2
classes
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Tue 3/20 Period 5:
Final discussion of King Lear.
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Thu 3/22 Period 3:
Close Reading of Hamlet
- Experts - Robles Maria Del Mar & Romero Valentina
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Sun 3/25:
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
(12) The Week of March 26 - 3
classes
Semana Santa - April 1 to April 8
(13) The Week of April 9 -
3
classes
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Mon 4/9 Period 2: Hamlet Films
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Tue 4/10 Period 5: Hamlet Films
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Thu 4/12 Period 3: Hamlet Films
(14) The Week of April 16 - 4
classes
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Mon 4/16 Period 1: Multiple Choice Exam
Review
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Tue 4/17 Period 4:
Multiple Choice Exam
Review
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Thu 4/19 Period 2:
Multiple Choice Exam
Review
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Fri 4/20 Period 5:
Essay Exam Review
(15) The Week of April
23 - 1
class
May 6:
Fourth quarter formal
essay due on Shakespeare - Email to me & upload to
Turnitin.
NO LATE DAYS.
APRIL 1 TO
APRIL 8
- SEMANA SANTA
TBA
- SENIOR FINALS
TBA -
INTERNAL ENGLISH EXAM
TBA -
SPECIAL SCHEDULE FOR SENIOR PROJECTS
TBA -
GRADES DUE
Thursday, May 10 -
AP
ENGLISH LITERATURE
AND COMPOSITION EXAM
Thursday, May 10 - POTLUCK DINNER FOR AP CLASS
TBA - HABILITATION EXAMS
June 2 -
GRADUATION
Semester Two - 41 Classes, 15 Weeks, 0 Missed Classes
Semester One
(1) The Week of August 15 - 3
classes
- 8/16 6th:
Please read through the website BEFORE coming to this first class.
Course Description and Expectations +
Standards & Benchmarks;
Rubrics & Formats;
Reader's Journal and Expectations; Chapter Reviews & Reading
Discussion/Questions from Perrine + Hamilton Literary Terms
homework, Discussion
Expectations & Rubric; Website (+ Updates) & Passwords.
Hand out How to Read Literature Like a Professor.. Buy
one notebook with LARGE pockets for lots of handouts.
- Assignment for Next Class: Read
introduction to AP test (photocopies)
- 8/18 1st:
Part One Mock AP Exam
- Assignment for Next Class: None
- 8/19 4th:
Part 2 Mock AP Exam
- Assignment for Next Class: None
(2) The Week of August 22 - 3
classes
- 8/23 2nd:
Discussion of Mock AP
Exam, including scoring guidelines, sample responses, scoring
summary, and AP Reader Comments.
- Assignment for Next Class: Read Sample
Essays, Reader's Comments and Rubrics - Score Sample Essays
- Assignment for Sunday: Two AP Essays from
your Summer Reading are due Sunday; please email these to me.
- 8/24 5th
Discussion of Mock AP Exam,
including scoring guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary.
- Assignment for Next Class: None
- 8/26 3rd:
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
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8/28:
Summer AP
Essays due.
We do not have class this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
(3) The Week of August 29 - 3 classes
- 8/30 1st: 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
- 8/31
4th:
Discussion Over
Lost in the Funhouse
and Expectations for Reader’s Journal
- Assignment for Next Class: None
- 9/2 2nd:
Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Set up AP Potluck Dinner.
- Assignment for Next Class: None
(4) The Week of September 5 - 1
class
- 9/5 5th: Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
- Assignment for Next Class: Bring ONE
copy of each of your summer essays.
- 9/7: Senior
Convivencia
- 9/9: Senior Convivencia
(5) The Week of September 12 - 3
classes
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9/12 4th: Work
on summer AP Peer Reviews.
Review rubrics and expectations for class discussions, presentations,
Essential Literary Terms homework and Class chapter presentations (Maria
Jose Arias next class - you will have to check
ahead to see when you are presenting).
- Assignment for Next Class: Read Pages 8 to
12 in Hamilton +
Chapter One and
The Most Dangerous & Game, page 67, and Hunters in the Snow, page 86, in Perrine
- Assignment for Friday: Two peer reviews
using the Peer Review Format. Please return your summer reading novels.
- 9/14 2nd:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter One Perrine and The Most Dangerous Game and Hunters in the Snow,
Maria Jose Arias. Discussion of commercial and literary fiction + Fiction Literary Forms
- Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter
Two from Perrine and The Destructors, page 111
- 9/15 5th:
Chapter Summary &
Presentation for
Chapter Two Perrine & The Destructors, page 111 -
Camilo Care & Isabela Castro
- Assignment for September 20 and September 22:
Bring Invisible Man books to class.
(to Chapter 14, page 296)
- Assignment for Friday September 23: Mid Point
Discussion of Invisible Man (to Chapter 14, page 296)
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09/15: Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
due.
(6) The Week of September 19 - 3
classes
- 9/20 3rd:
In class reading of
Invisible Man
- 9/22 1st:
In class reading of Invisible Man
- 9/23 4th:
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.
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(7) The Week of September 26 - 2
classes
- 9/27 2nd:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Three Perrine
and Everyday Use, page 166 - Santiago Casro & Martina Chavarro. Discussion of characterization
in Everyday Use
- Assignment for Next Class:
Read Miss Brill, page 175 and How Far She Went, page 179.
- 9/28 5th:
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)
- 9/30 3rd:
Sports Day
- Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Four from
Perrine and The Lesson, page 195
(8) The Week of October
3 - 3
classes
- 10/4 1st:
Chapter
Summary & Presentation for
Chapter
Four Perrine & The Lesson, page 195- Esteban Echeverri & Maria
Andrea Estevaz. Discussion of Theme. Discussion of Hamilton, pages
125 to 144
& Exercise Review.
- Assignment for Next Class:
A Worn Path, Page 212,
and
A & P, page 619
- 10/5 4th:
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
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10/7 2nd:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter
Five Perrine & Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, Page 251.
We will be using
this
worksheet and the criticisms assigned.
- 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)
Semana de Receso
(9) The Week of October 16 - 2
classes
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10/18 5th:
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
Discussion of Hamilton, pages
112 to 122
& Exercise Review.
- 10/20 3rd:
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.
- Assignment for Sunday:
First Quarter Outside Novel
and AP Essay due Sunday
- 10/23:
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 24 - 2
classes
- 10/24 1st:
Chapter Summary &
Presentation for
Chapter One Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Catalina Franky &
Maria Camila Giraldo - Robert Hayden – The Whipping; Emily Dickinson – The
last Night that She lived; William Carlos Williams – The Red
Wheelbarrow; Langston Hughes – Suicide’s Note; Adrienne Rich – Poetry:
101; Archibald MacLeish – Ars Poetica 102. What is poetry?
- Assignment for Next Class: None
- October 25 & 26:
Parent's Day - Please use the agenda
here for Parent's Day
- 10/27 4th:
Continued
discussion of Chapter One Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems
- Assignment for Next Class: Final
Discussion of The Invisible Man.
(11) The Week of October 31 - 3
classes
- 10/31 2nd:
Final Discussion
of The Invisible Man.
- Assignment for Next Class: Read Writing About Literature in Perrine, pages 3-23
& pages 247-274 in Hamilton (skim and review)
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11/1 5th:
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.
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Assignment for Sunday: Peer Review for Quarter One
AP Essay.
- 11/3 3rd:
Discussion of First Quarter Formal Essay. Chapter Summary
& Presentation for Writing About Literature in
Perrine, pages 3-39 - Laura Gutierrez & Paula Gutierrez
(Pages 2 to
23) & Palma Daniel & Romero Juan Manuel (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
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11/6: Peer Review for
Quarter One AP Essay.
We do not have class
this day.
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(12) The Week of November 7 - 3 classes
- 11/8 1st:
Finish Discussion of First Quarter Formal Essay
- Assignment for Next Class: None
- 11/9 4th:
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 – There’s 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.
- 11/11
2nd: Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter
Two Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Helena Llano & Alejandro
Olazabal - John Donne – Break of Day; Emily Dickinson – There’s 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:
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 14 - 2
classes
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11/15 5th: Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Three Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems
- Carolina Pardo & Gabriela Piedrahita - 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
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11/17 3rd:
Continued discussion of Chapter Three Perrine Poetry & Assigned
Poems. Denotation & Connotation
- 11/20: First Quarter
Formal Essay Due. Please submit this to
Turnitin AND by email to me.
Hand out Turnitin logon information.
(14) The Week of November 21 - 2
classes
- 11/21 1st:
Work on Peer Editing and Formal Writing.
We will be using the
Peer Review
Format.
Discuss
rewrite policy and opportunities
- Assignment for Next Class:
Bring
TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments
- Assignment for Monday, November 28:
TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format
- 11/22 4th:
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 for Next Class:
- Monday:
Read Chapter
Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems (Gerard Manley Hopkins – Spring; William Carlos
Williams – The Widow’s 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 28 -
3
classes
- 11/28 2nd:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter
Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems (Gerard Manley Hopkins – Spring; William Carlos
Williams – The Widow’s Lament in Springtime; Adrienne Rich – Living in
Sin; Seamus Heaney – The Forge; Robert Frost – After Apple-Picking; Jean
Toomer – Reapers; John Keats – To Autumn)
-Ana Restrepo & Maria del Mar Robles. Imagery.
TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format Due.
- Assignment for Next Class: None
- 11/29
5th:
Continued
discussion of
Chapter Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems.
- Assignment for Next Class: Mid Point
discussion of Scarlet Letter (to Chapter 12)
- 12/1
3rd: Mid Point
discussion of Scarlet Letter
- 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)
- 12/4:
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 5 - 3
classes
(17) The Week of December 13 - 1 class
-
12/12 5th:
Final Discussion of Scarlet Letter.
Introduce Wuthering Heights for
Christmas reading.
Bring back books from
Semester One.
- 12/28: 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 -
December 16, 7:45 to 11:15
Library
Bring money for pizza!
You are responsible for your
own transportation home.
High School Exams - December 14 to December 16
Semester One - 42 Classes, 17 Weeks, 0 Missed Classes
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Semester Two
Pending for After
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