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Final Exam  Information



.......RESOURCES for HV.......



--Memorization due 20 May; 

JC Study Questions
JC Vocabulary List 1 
JC Vocabulary List 2 

PRINT THIS PAGE. Bring it to class and complete the information from lecture.

Updated!

Upcoming dates:

3 May:  JC V1 Quiz
6 May:  Discuss Act III
6 May:  JC Essay Assigned    --JC Essay assigned;
7 May:  Discuss Act IV
8 May:  Memorization assigned
9 May:  JC V2 Quiz
9 May:  Punctuation Review
10 May:  Punctuation Test
13 May:  Begin HV
15 May:  JC Essay due
17 May:  Vocabulary G Quiz  word list
20 May:  Memorization due
23 May:  Optional HV Essay due



Week of 22 April

Monday:
--Poetry Test


Tuesday:
--Grammar Chapters 22 and 23 due;
--Grammar Chapters 24 and 25 assigned.


Wednesday: 
--Grammar Chapters 24 and 25 assigned;
--JC (in literature book)

Thursday:
--Vocabulary SVL C Quiz: List here.(sentences and matching).
--JULIUS CAESAR. 


Friday:
--Classes do not meet
Week of 15 April

Monday:
--Poetry.


Tuesday:
--Grammar Chapter 21 due;
--Grammar Chapter 22 assigned;
--Poetry.


Wednesday: 
--Grammar Chapter 22 due;
--Grammar Chapter 23 assigned; due Monday;
--Poetry;--Vocabulary due/review; List here.

Thursday:
-- Poetry Test.

Friday:
--JULIUS CAESAR. 
--Vocabulary SVL C Quiz (sentences and matching).

LIST OF POEMS  to be read and discussed (may be updated)


Upcoming Due Dates:

--18 April:  Poetry Test
Week of 8 April

Monday:
--Modifiers and Usage Chapter Reviews due 


Tuesday:
--Modifiers and Usage Test


Wednesday: 
--Poetry Essay PR in class;
--Poetry


Thursday:
-- Poetry Essay Due

--Vocabulary due/review; List here.


Friday:
--Poetry;
--Vocabulary SVL A Quiz (sentences and matching).

LIST OF POEMS  to be read and discussed (may be updated)


Upcoming Due Dates:

--16 April:  Poetry Test

Week of 25 March

Monday - Thursday:  Poetry
Monday:  Grammar (last Wednesday's) due.
Wednesday: Poetry WS/Explication due.
Thursday:Vocabulary Quiz; List here.


Other updates may be posted next week.


And here they are:


LIST OF POEMS  to be read and discussed (may be updated)


Upcoming Due Dates:

--8 April:  Modifiers and Usage Chapter Reviews due
--9 April:  Modifiers and Usage Test
--11 April:  Poetry Essay Due
--16 April:  Poetry Test

Welcome back!

Monday, 18 March

--Poetry (948-950, 953, 961-965);
--Modifiers:  Complete 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and B for Wednesday (570-584);
--Vocabulary 15 assigned.

Tuesday, 19 March 
--Poetry;--Poetry essay assigned; 
----choose one of these poems;
----due date:  TBA. 

Wednesday, 20 March--Grammar due; --HW:  10, 11, 12, C, B, D (585-590); due Thursday; 
--Poetry.

Thursday, 21 March

--Grammar due;
--Poetry. 


Friday, 22 March

--Vocabulary 15 quiz.
UPCOMING DATES:


GE ESSAY DUE DATE:  26 February
Grammar Test, Chapters 17 and 18:  28 February
Poetry Memorization Due: 6 March

Monday, 25 February

--Grammar reviews assigned; due Wednesday; test Thursday ;
--Grammar homework:  all exercises (556-566);
--Bring grammar book all week;
--Poetry Terms assigned;  Look here.

Tuesday, 26 February

--Essay due (new due date to allow for polishing drafts--other homework/plans remain the same)
--Grammar due.

Wednesday, 27 February

--Grammar reviews due;--Poetry Terms Review

Thursday, 28 February

--Grammar Test.


Friday, 1 March

--Poetry Terms  Quiz


Monday, 18 February

Student Holiday

Tuesday, 19 February

--Revisions due:  Guidelines
--V 14 assigned;
--GE.

Wednesday, 20 February 

--Discuss GE.

Thursday, 21 February 

--GE QUOTES and Reading Double Quiz
--Vocabulary review.


Friday, 22 February 

--V 14 Quiz;
--Poetry Memorization  assigned. 


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UPCOMING DATES:


GE ESSAY DUE DATE:  25 February
Grammar Test, Chapters 17 and 18:  28 February
Poetry Memorization Due: 6 March




Revisions due Tuesday:  Guidelines

Vocabulary Quiz Thursday:  List 4 GE Vocabulary
     Synonyms, Antonyms, Definitions


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PLEASE OBTAIN A COPY OF Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
Recommended version.

Great Expectations Resources Page

Vocabulary List with Definitions

WEEK OF 4  FEBRUARY 

GE VOCABULARY LIST 3 ASSIGNED
Read Chapters 30-44

Monday, 4 February

Discuss GE;
Grammar Due;  Grammar exercises 9, 10, 11, and G assigned.

Tuesday, 5 February


--GE 16-29 Quiz;
--GE.

Wednesday, 6 February 

Grammar  9, 10, 11, G due;
Grammar 1-5, A-E due Friday (549-569-4).
Discuss GE.
Reading Journals assigned; 5 for chapters 30-44 due Monday.
(additional information under RESOURCES tab at left).

Thursday, 7 February 


Vocabulary review; this week's quiz: definitions!
GE Essay assigned;
Discuss GE.


Friday, 3 February 

GE Vocabulary List 3 Quiz;
Grammar due.


Monday, 28 January

--Dickens/GE Quiz;
--Read Chapters 16-30 of GE by next Monday;
--Vocabulary List GE 2 assigned; quiz Thursday;
--Grammar due/review;
--Grammar exercises E, 7,  and 8 assigned.

Tuesday, 29 January

--ESSAY DUE;
--discuss GE.

Wednesday, 30 January

--GE;
--Grammar 7, 8 due; 9, 10, 11, G assigned;--Vocabulary Sentences due

Thursday, 31 January

--Vocabulary Quiz:  GE List 2.


Friday, 1 February






Monday, 21 January

Holiday--Classes do not meet

Tuesday, 22 January
Day 5 – Regular Order

--Dickens;
--Read GE 1-15 this week;
--GE Vocabulary List 1 assigned: write an original sentence for each word;
     All words may be found on the master list on the GE Resources page;
--Grammar assigned:  2, 3, A, B
     (517-525) due Thursday.

Wednesday, 23 January
Day 6 – Regular Order

--Antigone thesis, topic sentences, and evidence due (quiz grade);
--Essay due date:  29 January.
--Bring GE to class.

Thursday, 24 January
Day 1 – Regular Order

--Vocabulary due;
--Grammar due;
--Grammar assigned:  E, F, 4, 5,
     and 6 (527-534) due Monday.

Friday, 25 January
Day 2 – Afternoon Pep Rally Order

--GE Vocabulary List one Quiz;
--Dickens. 

14 January


--Quiz:  Antigone; know the following terms:

chorus                                    ode                        strophe
antistrophe                            parados               epode
paean                                      exodus                 tragic hero
tragedy                                  dilemma             hubris
catharsis                                hamartia           anagnorisis

--Reading this week:  conclude Antigone.
--Vocabulary 13 assigned.


15 January


--Grammar due (exercises to the end of chapter).
--UPDATE:  Antigone Essay assigned.

16 January


--Grammar chapter reviews due;
--Vocabulary due.


17 January


--Grammar Test:  Agreement


18 January


--Vocabulary 13 Quiz.
















Wednesday, 9 January
Day 3, Regular Order

--Vocabulary 12:  Quiz Friday;
--Read Acts I and II of Antigone by Friday;
--Grammar; read/take notes/complete exercises 6, B, 7, 8, 9, C, and D by Thursday (498-506);

Thursday, 10 January
Day 4, Regular Order


--Antigone;
--Review Vocabulary;
--Grammar due, review.


Friday, 11 January
Day 5, Pep Rally Order


--Discuss Antigone;
--Vocabulary 12 Quiz.
--Read Act III of Antigone by Tuesday.



UPDATE for Week of 3 December:


12/5:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and A of Ch. 16 in Grammar Book due
12/6:  Vocabulary 10 Quiz (sentences)
12/5 -- 12/7:  Group Presentions on Odyssey








Due Dates/Coming Events in English I

Week of 26 November:

Read Books 13-16 of The Odyssey

11/26:  Exam schedule due (Q)
11/28:  Paragraph due (M)
11/30:  Clause Test (M)

Week of 3 December:

Read Books 17-20

12/6:  Vocabulary 10 Quiz

Week of 10 December:

Read Books 21-24

12/11:  Odyssey Test Books 1-20
12/13:  Vocabulary 11 Quiz


Odyssey Resources Page 

Monday, 12 November 
Day 2, Regular Order 


--Read Books IX-XII this week;
--Vocabulary 9 assigned;
--Grammar:  complete 1, 2, and 3 (470-476).

Tuesday, 13 November 
Day 3, MAO Order 


--Grammar Due;
--Grammar: 4, 5, A (476-480);
--discuss Odyssey.

Wednesday, 14 November
Day 4, Afternoon Assembly Order 


--Essay assigned; due in class 11/28--quiz grade; no late pass;
--Odyssey.

Thursday, 15 November 
Day 5, Regular Order


--Grammar due;
--Odyssey.

Friday, 16 November 
Day 6, MAO Order  


--Vocabulary 9 Quiz;
--Odyssey.


5 November

--Read Books 5-8 of The Odyssey by next Monday
--Complete Vocabulary 8 for Friday's quiz
--Chapter 14 Reviews due Monday, 5 November
--Chapter 14 Test on Wednesday, 7 November
--Possible quiz/open-note quiz on Odyssey on Tuesday


*OVID READING LIST 


Monday, 29 October 
Day 4 - Regular Order 


--Read Books I-IV of The Odyssey ; focus primarily on Books I and II; 
--Vocabulary Unit 7 assigned;
--Discuss Ovid. 

Tuesday, 30 October
Day 5 - Regular Order 


--Grammar due/review.
--Ovid.

Wednesday, 31 October  
Day 6 - Regular Order 


--Test:  Ovid/Epic Terms/Greek Gods. 

Thursday, 1 November 
Day 1 - Morning Assembly Order 


--Bring grammar book;
--Vocabulary Unit 7 due. 

Friday, 2 November 
Day 2 – Regular Order  


--Vocabulary 7 Quiz;
--Chapter 14 Review exercises due on Monday;
--Be prepared for Chapter 14 Test:  7 November.


Monday, 22 October
Day 5 -- Regular Order

--Reading assignment: Read Selections from Books IV and V of Metamorphoses for Tuesday;
--Grammar: read/take notes/complete exercises  on 453-456 for Thursday;
--Complete exercises in Sentence Composition for Thursday (12-23).

Tuesday, 23 October
Day 6 -- Regular Order


--Ovid Essay due--be sure to use MLA format for a translated work on your "works cited" page;
--HOW TO QUOTE THE POEM via Purdue OWL.
--discuss Ovid.


Wednesday, 24 October
Day 1 -- Regular Order

--Greek Gods Chart due;
--Ovid: Read selections from Books VI and VII for Thursday. 

Thursday, 25 October
Day 2 -- Regular Order


--Grammar due/review; 
--read/take notes/complete exercises 9, 10, 11, F, and G for Tuesday (457-460);

Friday, 26 October
Day 3 -- Regular Order 

--Quiz: Greek Gods;
--Ovid: Read selections from Books VIII and X for Monday. 
Monday, 15 October
Day 1 -- Regular Order

    Topic Sentence for Ovid Paragraph Due Today!
    Paragraph due 23 October.

--Reading assignment: Read Book III of Metamorphoses this week;

--Grammar: read/take notes/complete exercises 1, 2, 3, B, and C (442-448); due Tuesday. 


Tuesday, 16 October
Day 2 -- Regular Order


--Grammar due/review; 
--Grammar: read/take notes/complete exercises 4, 5, 6, and D for Thursday (449-453).

Wednesday, 17 October
Special Activities Schedule

Classes do not meet. 

Thursday, 18 October
Day 3 -- Regular Order


--homework: worksheet; due Friday.
--discuss Ovid.

Friday, 19 October
Day 4 -- Regular Order 

--Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 6
--Grammar WS due; BRING GRAMMAR BOOK;




NEXT WEEK:
--Continued readings in Ovid TBA;
--Vocabulary: Greek Gods Chart assigned; complete chart; quiz 
      Friday; find the information you need here, here, here, or here; 
      alternatively, you may consult books in the library, at 
      your home, or in the mythology resources located on the 
      top shelf of the bookcase in the English Department offices;
WEEK OF 8 OCTOBER
ALL DAYS ARE REGULAR ORDER

--Read Book II of Metamorphoses by Wednesday;
--Quiz over Books I and II on Thursday;
--Vocabulary Unit 5 Quiz on Friday.

Coming Up and TBA:
--Character Analysis Paragraph 2
--Grammar:  The Phrase


Monday, 1 October
Day 3 - Regular Order 


--Vocabulary: epic terms and conventions assigned; 
-----Quiz Friday;
--Grammar due/review; 
--This week's reading: Ovid: Book I. Study Questions. . 

Tuesday, 2 October 
Day 4 - Regular Order


--Discuss Ovid. 

Wednesday, 3 October 
Day 5 - Morning Assembly Order 


--Final Grammar Review--Epic Terms and Conventions review.

Thursday, 4 October 
Day 6 - Regular Order


--TEST: Parts of a Sentence;

Friday, 5 October
Day 1 - Afternoon Pep Rally Order

--Ovid paragraph assigned;
--Epic Terms Quiz;
--Ovid. 

Coming Up:  Book II of Metamorphoses;  Study Questions. 

Monday, 24 September 
Day 4, Regular Order 


--Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4 assigned;
--discuss “How Much Land Does a Man Need” (138);
   ---- turn in questions at the end of the story; 
   ----turn in a 3-5 sentence summary of each section; 
--Conclude discussion of elements of fiction;

24 September
--UPDATE:  

     complete Section 4 (34) exercises on prepositional
     phrases in Sentence Composing for High School, due
     Wednesday.

Tuesday, 25 September 
Day 5, Regular Order 


--Literature Test:  Major Grade

Wednesday, 26 September 
Day 6, Regular Order 


--Grammar due/review; 
--Grammar homework: read/take notes/complete 
       exercises 18, 19, C , D and 20 for Thursday (431-436);  


Thursday, 27 September 
Day 1, Regular Order 

--Short Story Quiz (List of stories.) 
--Grammar due/review; 
--Vocabulary due/review;
--Grammar homework: 
     Complete Chapter Reviews for Friday (437-437). 

Friday, 28 September 
Day 2, Regular Order 


--Vocabulary 4 Quiz;
--Ovid: Book I. Study Questions. More here;
--Ovid: Book I WS.  

Monday, 17 September 
Day 5, Regular Order 

--"Amontillado" Vocabulary assigned; 
----Due Wednesday; Quiz Friday: sentences; 
--Read “Like the Sun” for Thursday (280) ;
--continue short stories/setting/pov discussion;
--Grammar homework: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and A 
          (413-419);  due Wednesday; 

Tuesday, 18 September 
Day 6, Regular Order 

--Discuss "There Will Come Soft Rains";  
--read “How Much Land Does a Man Need” (138) for Monday;
   ---- answer questions at the end of the story; 
   ----write a 3-5 sentence summary of each section;  

Wednesday, 19 September 
Day 1, 
Morning Assembly Order with Late Start  

--"Amontillado" vocabulary due/review;
--Grammar due/review;
--Grammar Homework: read/take notes/complete exercises 
           7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and B for Tuesday (419-427). 

Thursday, 20 September 
Day 2, 
Regular Order 

--Essay due--due date extended from 9/19;

Friday, 21 September 
Day 3, Regular Order 


--"Amontillado" Vocabulary Quiz;  --Discuss theme; 


Monday, 10 September
Day 6 -- Regular Order

--Vocabulary Unit 3 assigned; quiz Friday;
--read Chapter 11 of EL and complete exercises 4, 5, and A for Tuesday 
     (346-362); pay particular attention to concepts of unity, coherence, 
     and ordering of ideas;
--Read "The Cask of Amontillado" (here). 

Tuesday, 11 September
Day 1 -- Regular Order



--Unity, coherence, ordering; bring grammar book.

Wednesday, 12 September
Day 2 -- Regular Order


--Essay  assigned; due 19 September;
--Bring literature book.

Thursday, 13 September
Day 3 -- Regular Order


--Vocabulary due/review; 
--Bring literature book. 

Friday, 14 September
Day 4 -- Morning Assembly Order


--Vocabulary Quiz 3;
--Discuss “Cask”; 
--Discuss theme; 
--Read “There Will Come Soft Rains” for Tuesday (614). 



Monday, 3 September  
Labor Day - School Holiday 
 

Tuesday, 4 September 
Day 2 – Afternoon Pep Rally Order 


--SQ3R for "A Problem" due;
--Grammar;  Chapter reviews assigned:  due Wednesday;
--Vocabulary Unit 2 assigned.

Wednesday, 5 September 
Day 3 - Regular Order 
 

--Grammar review;
--Vocabulary 2 check.

Thursday, 6 September
Day 4 - Afternoon Pep Rally Order
 

--Parts of Speech Test.

Friday,  7 September 
Day 5 - MAO
 

--Discuss "A Problem";
--Read "Luck" for Monday (603); answer reading questions in book.
--Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz;


Monday, 27 August 
Day 3, Regular Order 


--Vocabulary  Unit 1 assigned; due/review Wednesday;  quiz Thursday; 
--Grammar homework: read/take notes/complete exercises 17 – 21 and B (393-399); due Wednesday; 
--SQ3R + quote due on “The Monkey's Paw” (in literature book).

Tuesday, 28 August 
Day 4, Regular Order 


--Plot notes; “The Monkey's Paw”; 
--Possible quiz (?) on “The Monkey's Paw”;  
--Read “The Interlopers”; create a plot graph; due Friday. 

Wednesday, 29 August 
Day 5, Regular Order 


--Grammar due, review;
--Vocabulary due, review;
--Plot notes.

Thursday, 30 August 
Day 6, Morning Assembly Order with Late Start 

--Vocabulary 1 Quiz; 
--Grammar due/review; homework: read/take notes/complete exercises 23 –26 (400-406); due Friday; 
--Read and complete an SQ3R of “A Problem” (604); due Tuesday.  

Friday, 31 August 
Day 1, 
Morning Assembly Order

--Plot graph due;
--Grammar due/review.




Monday, 20 August
Day 4 --  Regular Order


--Discuss The Ox-Bow Incident;
--Discuss plagiarism.
--Analysis paragraph assigned; draft due Wednesday.

Tuesday, 21 August
Day 5 --  Regular Order


--Grammar due/review (382- 392 exercises 7, A,  9 - 15 are due today); 
--SQ3R introduced;
--Grammar homework: read/take notes/complete exercises 17 – 21 and B (393-399); due Thursday; 

--Homework:  read and complete an SQ3R on "The Monkey's Paw" ; due Monday.

Wednesday, 22 August 
Day 6, Regular Order 


--Paragraph draft due in class; revising and editing;
UPDATE:  PLEASE BRING GRAMMAR BOOK.

 Thursday, 23 August 
Day 1, Morning Assembly Order with Late Start


--Grammar due/review; 
--Plot notes; 
--Paragraph revision.

Friday, 24 August 
Day 2, Regular Order 


--Plot notes; 
--Paragraph due in class and at TII.com;
--Reminder:  SQ3R due Monday.





Wednesday, 15 August
Day 1 --  Morning Assembly Order

--Course expectations;
--Plagiarism form;
--Summer Reading Test announced.

Thursday,  16 August
Day 2 --  Regular Order



--Summer Reading Test;  
--Grammar homework assigned:  
-----read/take notes/complete exercises  1-6 in grammar book (374-381);


Friday , 17 August
Day 3 --  Regular Order


--Discuss summer reading; UPDATE:  Be sure to bring your book. 
--Grammar due/review;
--Grammar homework:  
-----read/take notes/complete exercises 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 in grammar book (382-393).



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