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Semester One

(1) The Week of August 18 - 2 classes

  • 08/19/08 P5:  Please read through the website BEFORE coming to this first class.  Course Description and Expectations + Standards & Benchmarks; Rubrics & Formats; Reading Groups & Work Groups for Year; Chapter Reviews & Reading Discussion/Questions from Perrine and Hamilton; Discussion Expectations & Rubric; Website (+ Updates) & Passwords
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read introduction to AP test (photocopies)
  • 08/21/08 P3:  Part One Mock AP Exam
    • Assignment for Next Class: None

(2) The Week of August 25 - 4 classes

  • 08/25/08 P1 Part 2 Mock AP Exam
    • Assignment for Next Class: None
  • 08/26/08 P4Discussion 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 B, BB, RR, WW
  • 08/28/08 P2:  Discussion of Mock AP Exam, including scoring guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Grade Essay Samples G, AAA, JJJ, FFF
  • 08/29/08 P5:  Discussion of Mock AP Exam, including scoring guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read Lost in the Funhouse - Photocopies

(3) The Week of September 1 - 2 classes

  • 09/02/08 P3:  Paideia Seminar Over Lost in the Funhouse
    • Assignment for Next Class: Research to share background information on Ralph Ellison and Invisible Man
    • Assignment for Sunday: Two AP Essays from your Summer Reading are due Sunday; please email these to me.
  • 09/04/08 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 & reading groups and responsibilities.  Review rubrics for AP Essays & Peer Review expectations.
    • Assignment for Next Class: None
  • 09/07/08:  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 8 - 4 classes

  • 09/08/08 P1:  Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.  Set up AP Potluck Dinner.
    • Assignment for Next Class: None
    • 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 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.
  • 09/09/08 P4 Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
    • Assignment for Next Class: None
  • 09/11/08 P2Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.  Review rubrics and expectations for class discussions, presentations, Essential Literary Terms homework and assign discussion monitors.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read Pages 8 to 12 in Hamilton + Chapter One & The Most Dangerous Game, page 67, in Perrine
  • 09/12/08 P5:  Chapter Summary & Presentation for Chapter One Perrine & The Most Dangerous Game, page 67 - Juanita Barberi & Juan Sebastian Caicedo.  Discussion of commercial and literary fiction + Fiction Literary Forms
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read Hunters in the Snow, page 86
  • 09/14/08:  Peer Reviews for Summer Essays due.  We do not have class this day.

(5) The Week of September 15 - 1 class

  • 09/16/08 P3:  Discussion of Hunters in the Snow, page 86.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Two from Perrine and The Destructors, page 111.

(6) The Week of September 22 - 3 classes

  • 09/22/08 P4:  Chapter Summary & Presentation for Chapter Two Perrine & The Destructors, page 111 -Valentina Calderon & Camilo Carvajal.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read pages 150 to 154 & 167 to 178 in Hamilton & Do the exercises on page 152 & 178
  • 09/24/08 P2:   Discussion of Hamilton, pages 150 to 154 & 167 to 178 & Exercise Review, pages 152 and 178.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read How I Met My Husband, page 125, and the critical analysis.
  • 09/25/08 P5:  Continued discussion of plot and structure and How I Met My Husband, page 125.
    • Assignment for Next Class: The Invisible Man Mid-Point (to Chapter 14, page 296)

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(7) The Week of September 29 - 3 classes

  • 09/29/08 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.
  • 10/01/08 P1:Chapter Summary & Presentation for Chapter Three Perrine and Everyday Use, page 166 - Maria Antonia Carvajal & Daniel Correa.  Discussion of characterization in Everyday Use and Critical Commentary.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read Miss Brill, page 175 and How Far She Went, page 179.
  • 10/03/08 P1: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)

(8) The Week of October 6 - 3 classes

  • 10/06/08 P4 - COLGATE:Discussion of Hamilton, pages 125 to 144 & Exercise Review.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Four from Perrine and The Lesson, page 195.
  • 10/08/08 P2:  Chapter Summary & Presentation for Chapter Four Perrine & The Lesson, page 195- Maria Claudia Crespo & Lucas Escobar.  Discussion of Theme.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read pages 154 to 162 in Hamilton & Do the exercises on page 162 (Choose Two of the Eight Exercises in Part I; Skip Part II; Do all of Part III)
  • 10/09/08 P5:  Discussion of Hamilton, pages 125 to 144 & Exercise Review.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read A Worn Path, page 212, and A & P, page 619

(9) The Week of October 13 - 3 classes

  • 10/14/08 P3:  Discussion of Theme & A Worn Path, Page 212, and A & P, page 619.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read Once Upon a Time, page 220, for next class.
  • 10/16/08 P1:  Final discussion of Theme and Once Upon a Time, page 220.
  • 10/17/08 P4:  Chapter Summary & Presentation for Chapter Five Perrine & Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, Page 251 - Julian Garces & Jennifer Garcia.  We will be using this worksheet and the criticisms assigned.
    • Assignment for Next Class: Read pages 112 to 122 in Hamilton & Do the exercises on page 122 (Choose Three of the Ten Exercises).

(10) The Week of October 20 - 3 classes

  • 10/21/08 P2 - QUAKER:  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.
    • Assignment for Sunday:  First Quarter Outside Novel and AP Essay due Sunday
  • 10/22/08 P5:  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.
  • 10/24/08 P3:  CLASS CANCELLED
    • 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’s Note; Adrienne Rich – Poetry: 101; Archibald MacLeish – Ars Poetica 102.
  • 10/26/08:  First Quarter Outside Novel and AP Essay due.  We do not have class this day.  You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.

(11) The Week of October 27 - 2 classes

  • October 28 & 29:  Parent's Day - Please use the agenda here for Parent's Day.
  • 10/30/08 P1:  Chapter Summary & Presentation for Chapter One Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Kirsten Joerns & Maria Victoria Lopez - 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.
    • Assignment for Next Class:  None
  • 10/31/08 P4:  Continued discussion of Chapter One Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems
    • Assignment for Next Class:  Final Discussion of The Invisible Man.

(12) The Week of November 3 - 2 classes

  • 11/05/08 P2:  Final Discussion of The Invisible Man Please complete the discussion sheet HERE before class if possible...
    • Assignment for Next Class:  Read Writing About Literature in Perrine, pages 3-23 & pages 247-274 in Hamilton (skim and review)
  • 11/06/08 P5:  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 (See instructions in the email).

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(13) The Week of November 10 - 3 classes

  • 11/10/08 P3 Discussion of First Quarter Formal Essay.  Chapter Summary & Presentation for Writing About Literature in Perrine, pages 3-39 - Nicolas Lukauskis & Lia Nessim (Pages 2 to 23) & Daniela Ventura (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 Joseph Heller & Catch 22
  • 11/12/08 P1 COLGATE:  Introduction of Second Quarter Novel, Catch 22, & 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. 
  • 11/13/08: BLACKBOARD ONLINE DISCUSSION:  You should have your assigned story read and pondered.  You need to post AT LEAST one new topic/thread for discussion (one or two paragraphs of interpretation) along with one or two questions you have to help fine tune that interpretation (lingering doubts, aspects which don’t seem to fit, etc).  As part of this post, you should also introduce yourself to the group in a paragraph before you write your interpretation.  Directions are here for Blackboard. 
  • 11/13/08 P4 Chapter Summary & Presentation for Chapter Two Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Laura Obando & Ana Isabel Ortiz - 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.
    • Assignment for Next Class:  None
  • 11/16/08: BLACKBOARD ONLINE DISCUSSION:  You need to read ALL the original topics and responses for your story and respond to at least three. Directions are here for Blackboard.

(14) The Week of November 17 - 3 classes

  • 11/18/08 P2:  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.On the Road to 149 for next class.
    • Assignment for Sunday:  First Quarter Formal Essay Due. Please submit this to Turnitin AND by email to me.
  • 11/19/08: BLACKBOARD ONLINE DISCUSSION:  You should read ALL the responses to your original message and offer some kind of conclusion for that thread.  Directions are here for Blackboard.

  • 11/19/08 P5:  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.

    • Assignment for Next Class:  None

  • 11/21/08 P3:  Continued discussion of Chapter Three Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems.
    • Assignment for Next Class:  Bring TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments!
  • 11/23/08:  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.

(15) The Week of November 24 - 2 classes

  • 11/25/08 P1:  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.
    • Assignment for Next Class:  Read Chapter Four in Perrine Poetry and Prepare 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
    • Assignment for Sunday:  TWO Peer Reviews using the Peer Review Format
  • 11/26/08 P1:  Work on Peer Editing and Formal Writing.  We will be using the Peer Review Format.  Bring your peer review essays and formats to this class.
    • Assignment for Next Class:  TWO Peer Reviews using the Peer Review Format / 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)

(16) The Week of December 1 - 3 classes

  • 12/02/08 P4:  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) - Juan Camilo Saavedra & Ana Milena Shiwa.
    • Assignment for Next Class:  Catch 22 Mid-Point Discussion (to chapter 22, page 230)
  • 12/03/08 P2:  Mid-point discussion of Catch 22 (to chapter 22, page 230).  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).
    • Assignment for Sunday:  Second Quarter Outside Novel and AP Essay
  • 12/05/08 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
  • 12/07/08: 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.

(17) The Week of December 8 - 2 classes

  • 12/10/08 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) - Camilo Spataro & Daniela Ventura

    • 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).

  • 12/11/08 P1 Continued discussion of Chapter Five Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems + Hamilton exercises.

    • Assignment for Next Class:  Bring back books from Semester One

  • 12/12/08: Second Quarter Outside Novel and AP Essay due.  We do not have class this day.  You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.

(18) The Week of December 15 - 2 classes

  • 12/15/08 P2:  Introduce The Awakening for Christmas reading.  Bring back books from Semester One.

    • Assignment for December 15: Second Quarter Formal Essay Due by 7:00AM 12/12. 

  • 12/16/08 P5: Christmas Stuff  Review for Final Exam.  Class Review of First Semester & Suggestions for Second Semester Bring back books from Semester One.
  • 12/16/08:  Second Quarter Formal Essay  + Self Check List due.  Please submit to Turnitin AND by email to me.  You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
     

AP Final Exam - December 18, 10:15 to 2:00
 
Library
 
Bring money for pizza!

You are responsible for your own transportation home.

 

High School Exams: December 17 to December 19

Semester One -  47 Classes, 18 Weeks, 0 Missed Classes

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Semester Two

(1) The Week of January 12 - 2 classes

  • January 14 5th Period:  Discuss plans for second semester.  Review Final Exam - multiple choice and essays.  Discuss Poetry Festival Participation & Preparation (Slam?)
    • Assignment: None
  • January 16 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 19 - 2 classes

  • January 20 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 21 4th 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.
    • Assignment:  TWO Peer Reviews using the Peer Review Format due Friday
  • January 23 2nd Period:   NO CLASS - AWARDS ASSEMBLY

(3) The Week of January 26 - 3 classes

  • January 26 5th Period:  Chapter Summary & Presentation for Chapter Six (Fiction) Perrine & Joyce Carol Oates – Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, Page 311 - Juanita Barberi & Ana Isabel Ortiz. Discussion of Symbol, Allegory and Fantasy.
  • January 28 3rd Period:  Finish Chapter Six from Fiction (p. 645).  Discuss Symbol, Allegory and Fantasy: Gabriel Garcνa Mαrquez – 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.
  • January 30 1st Period:  Chapter Summary & Presentation for Chapter Seven (Fiction) Perrine & Frank O’Connor – The Drunkard, Page 339 - Daniel Correa & Daniela Ventura.  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 2 - 3 classes

  • February 2 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 The Awakening for next class
    • Assignment for February 8: AP essay over The Awakening.
  • February 4 2nd Period:  Final Discussion over The Awakening.
    • 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.
  • February 6 2nd Period:  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 - Ana Milena Shiwa & Camila Romero.  Discussion of Evaluating Fiction
    • 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.
       
During the following four weeks, while we are reading Hamlet in class, you should be working on the following:
 
  1. You should be writing your third quarter essay.  This will be due by March 20 emailed to me AND uploaded to Turnitin.
  2. 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 3 and finished by March 10.
  3. 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 20,  and an AP essay will be due on March 23.
  4. You will have a formal essay due on April 26 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.

(5) The Week of February 9 - 3 classes

  • February 9 5th Period:  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.
  • February 11 3rd Period:  NO CLASS - UNIVERSITY FAIR
  • February 13 1st Period:  Introduction to Shakespeare, Tragedy, Hamlet and King Lear.  Discuss Hamlet preparations for groups (Pre-Reading, Vocabulary, Critique, Misc Information)

(6) The Week of February 16 - 3 classes

  • February 16 4th Period COLGATE:  Close Reading of Hamlet.
  • February 18 2nd Period:  Close Reading of Hamlet.  Presentation Group: Camilo Carvajal & Camilo Spataro
  • February 19 5th Period Close Reading of Hamlet.  Presentation Group: Jennifer Garcia & Juan Camilo Saavedra
    • 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)

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(7) The Week of February 23 - 3 classes

  • February 24 3rd Period:  Close Reading of Hamlet.  Review Hamilton reading and exercises.
  • February 26 1st Period:  Close Reading of Hamlet.
  • February 27 4th Period:  NO CLASS - COPA DE LA AMISTAD
    • Assignment: King Lear (to end of Act III) due next class.

(8) The Week of March 2 - 2 classes

  • March 3 2nd Period:  Close Reading of Hamlet.  Presentation Group: Nicolas Lukauskis & Valentina Calderon 
  • March 5 2nd 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.
  • March 6 5th Period:  NO CLASS - SPORTS DAY
    • Assignment: King Lear should be finished next class.

(9) The Week of March 9 - 3 classes

  • March 10 3rd 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 1st Period:  Close Reading of Hamlet.  Review Hamilton reading and exercises.
  • March 13 4th Period:  Close Reading of Hamlet. 

(10) The Week of March 16 - 3 classes

  • March 17 2nd Period (Reference Room):  Hamlet Films
    • Assignment for March 20: 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
    • Assignment for March 23:  AP essay over third Shakespeare play
  • March 19 2nd Period:  Close reading of Hamlet 
  • March 20 5th Period:  Third Shakespeare play due.  Close reading of Hamlet
  • March 20 - NO CLASS: This Quarter Formal Essay (NO LATE DAYS)
  • March 23 - NO CLASS: AP essay over third Shakespeare play

(11) The Week of March 24 - 2 classes

  • March 25 3rd Period:  Close reading of Hamlet
  • March 27 1st Period:  Hamlet Films
  • March 27 1st 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 - Kirsten Joerns & Laura Obando.  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).
  • March 25 3rd Period: 
    • Assignment: Read 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

(12) The Week of March 30 - 1 class

  • March 30 4th Period:  Finish Hamlet.  Introduction of Fourth Quarter Novel - The Great Gatsby (background information here)Mid point discussion of book on April 16 (through Chapter 5); final discussion on April 23).

    • Assignment for next class: Read 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 - Kirsten Joerns & Laura Obando. Discussion of Symbol & Allegory.

  • March 31 to April 1: Parent Conferences

  • April 3 2nd Period:  NO CLASS - Science Fair

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APRIL 4 TO APRIL 12 - SEMANA SANTA

(13) The Week of April 13 - 2 classes

  • April 14 5th 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 - Kirsten Joerns & Laura Obando.  Discussion of Symbol &  Allegory.

    • Assignment: The Great Gatsby, through Chapter 5, due next class.

    • Set up additional prep time for students taking the AP Exam

  • April 16 3rd Period:  Mid-Point discussion of The Great Gatsby, through Chapter 5.

    • 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.

(14) The Week of April 20 - 3 classes

  • April 20 1st Period:  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.
  • April 21 4th Period:  Class Review and Discussion
  • May 3 - NO CLASS: Fourth Quarter Formal Essay - No Late Days

 

April 27 to April 30 - SENIOR FINALS

April 23, 7:45 to 9:45: INTERNAL ENGLISH EXAM

May 4 to May 18 - SPECIAL SCHEDULE

May 7 - AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION EXAM

MAY 7 - POTLUCK DINNER FOR AP CLASS

May 19 to May 22 - SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

TBA  - SENIOR WALK & LUNCH

June 7 - GRADUATION

Semester Two - 35 Classes, 15 Weeks,  1 Missed Classes

Semester One Comments and Suggestions

  • What went well...

    • Improving AP and Formal Essays

    • Working with short stories

    • Writing a thesis

    • The class and opinions are debateable

    • The resources availbale

    • The Blackboard collaboration

  • Suggestions for Improvement

    • More time for discussions

    • Break up novels into more chunks

    • Make the presentations more interesting

    • Use less paper

Semester Two Comments and Suggestions

 

  • What went well

    • Understanding of poems and short stories

    • Presentaitons

    • Peer edits and corrrecion sheeet

    • Website complete and updated***

    • I like writing essays

    • Teacher

    • Discussions****

    • AP essay analysis

    • AP essay and formal essay improvement

    • Turnitin

    • Shakespeare unit

    • Humor

    • Mostly writing units

    • Essay writing

    • Exam practice

    • Poetry discussions

    • Short story discussions

    • Books

    • Presentations of terms and chapters

    • Late days

  • What didn't go wso well

    • Hamelt methodds

    • dynamic class

    • attention getters

    • Only analyze one story

    • Be able to work more in class

    • More writing

    • More exam prep

    • Moe time to revise essays

    • More time to discuss the books

    • Learn more terms and concenpts at the beginning of the year

    • Poetry...**

    • Discussions

    • Reading

    • Poetry comprehension

    • Hamilton Assignments

    • Class more varied, more activities, etc.

    • Homework was pasted in internet so I missed some things

  • Suggestions for Improvement

    • Hamlet - make groups read each act to analyze it

    • Establish at least a weeks to discuss a novel

    • Connect work with preent day

    • More class activities instead of disucssions

    • Emphasize more on exam AP prep

    • Spend individual time revising essays

    • Read at least one modern book

    • The class needs more committment.

    • People's presentations more in depth and longer

    • Book discussion more open not just in half and at the end.

    • Explain Hamilton assignments better

    • Optional works for people who want to improve

    • More creative assignments - we only learned to analyze.

 


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