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Monday, 16 May

--Finish HOD;
--HOD Vocabulary Quiz on Friday.
--HOD Short Answer Reading Quiz on Thursday.

Class Readings and Discussion:
--Hardy:  2321, 2324
--Yeats:  2389, 2391, 2392, 2405
--Joyce:  "Araby"  2503
--Eliot:  2610, 2628

Final Exam Information.
Substitute Hard Times for David Copperfield.
Add:  Hardy, Eliot

Monday, 2 May

--Vocabulary Unit 14 assigned;
--Discuss DG;
--WW essay accepted (last day without penalty);
--Tennyson Essay assigned.

Tuesday, 3 May

--READING TEST:  DG.

Wednesday, 4 May

--"My Last Duchess" (2058);
--Rossetti:  "When I Am Dead . . .," "In an Artist's Studio," and "Uphill" (2139 -    ); "Remember"
--Hopkins:  "God's Grandeur," "Pied Beauty,"  "Spring and Fall:  to a young child"  (1844-    )

Monday
11 April

--Romanticism Test;
--Read Chapters 1-10 DG.

Tuesday
12 April

--Victorians.

Wednesday
13 April

--Victorians;
--Tennyson.

Thursday
14 April

--Victorians;
--Tennyson.

Friday
15 April

FIELD DAY

Monday
18 April

RAFFLE HOLIDAY

Tuesday          
19 April

--WW Essay due (new due date);
--Discuss DG.

Wednesday
20 April

--Quiz: Ch. 1-10 DG;
--Read Ch. 12- End DG.

Thursday
21 April

--Discuss DG.

Friday
22 April

GOOD FRIDAY

Monday
25 April

EASTER MONDAY

Tuesday
26 April

--Essay revision assignment;
--Vocabulary 13 assigned;
--Finish reading DG.

Wednesday
27 April

--Tennyson.

Thursday
28 April

--Vocabulary 13 Quiz;
--Tennyson.

Friday
29 April

Classes do not meet



Week of 4 April

Monday

--Vocabulary 12 assigned;
--HT essay due;
--WW essay assigned, due 4/13;

Tuesday

--KEATS.

Wednesday

--KEATS .

Thursday

--Romanticism Review for Monday's Test.

Friday

--Vocabulary 13 quiz.--CANCEL
Please meet in Library Computer Lab to work on WW Essay.
21 March
Day 6

--Read Hard Times:  “Book II:  Reaping”
            by 28 March;
--Vocabulary 11 assigned; quiz Friday;
--Discuss HT.

22 March
Day 1

--Quiz:  “Sowing” of HT;
--Discuss HT;
--HW:  Read Byron:
----"She Walks in Beauty"
----"They Say That Hope"
----"When We Two Parted"
----"So We'll Go No More . . ." (1676-1680).


BYRON Web Page

23 March
Day 2

--Discuss Byron.

24 March
Day 3

--In-class reading/writing assignment, Part 1

25 March
Day 4

--Vocabulary 11 quiz;
--Discussion of Byron.

28 March
Day 5

--Read Hard Times:  “Book III:  Garnering”
            by 4 April;
--Vocabulary 12 assigned; quiz Friday;
--Discuss HT.

29 March
Day 6 – Afternoon Assembly Order

--Quiz:  “Reaping” of HT;
--HT essay assigned; due 4 April;  some ideas here;
--Discuss HT.

30 March
Day 1

--Bring NA;
--Discuss Shelley.

31 March
Day 2

--In-class essay assignment:  Part II.

1 April
Day 3

--Vocabulary12 Quiz.

7 March

This week, the class will be discussing Hard Times and Dickens.
Students are to read "Book the First:  Sowing" this week.
Resources for this novel may be found here:  English III/Dickens/HARDTIMESResources.htm

ASSIGNMENTS:
7 February through 4 March

7 February

--Vocabulary 11 assigned:
UPDATE:  SHOULD BE UNIT 10.


8 February

—discuss LBH Chapter 24;
--Swift;
--BR Essay Topics.

9 February

--discuss LBH Chapter 25;
—Swift.

10 February

—Vocabulary 10 Quiz  MOVED TO FRIDAY.

11 February

—BR Essay due
UPDATE:  THIS ESSAY MAY BE TURNED IN ON MONDAY without late penalty;
Vocabulary 10 quiz.

14 February



15 February



16 February

TEST:  Restoration/Puritans/Effective Sentences

17 February


18 February



21 February

—TEACHER IN‐SERVICE Day;
—Classes do not meet.

22 February



Monday, January 31

Read Part 7 of BR;
Journals due 7 February;
Essays due 11 February;
Vocabulary Unit 10 assigned.

Tuesday, February 1

Discuss Enlightenment;
Continue reading BR;
LBH Chapter 23 assigned.


Wednesday, February 2

LBH 23 due/review;
LBH 24 assigned;
Pope:  Notes, ROTL.

Thursday, February 3

BR Quiz:  Parts 1-6;
Pope.

Friday, February 4

LBH 24 due;
Vocabulary List 10 Quiz;
Swift.
Test:  Renaissance Poets

Authors:  Be able to identify major works, contributions, and biographical details discussed

in class for the following authors.

--Wyatt     (350-351)                   --Raleigh (448-449)                --Shakespeare                              
--Herrick (669)                              --Petrarch (349-351)              --Marvell (677)
--Spenser (368-377)                   --Herbert (660-661)                --Donne (604, 611, 623, 624, 628)
--Sidney  (451-453)                    --Milton (722-723)                     --Jonson   (641)                                     
--Marlowe (459-460)

  Concepts/Terms/Periods

          --Sonnets:  English/Shakespearean sonnet; Italian/Petrarchan sonnet; Spenserian sonnet;
          --Cavalier poets/Tribe of Ben
          --Metaphysical poets
          --carpe diem
          --conceit, apostrophe, paradox, and other poetry terms/devices/conventions

Monday, 17 January

School Holiday

Tuesday, 18 January
Day 4 – Regular Order

--BR (Read Sections1-3 this week);
--Graham Greene;
--Vocabulary Unit 8 (Quiz Friday).

Wednesday, 19 January
Day 5 – Regular Order

--BR;
--Ren Poets--TBA

Thursday, 20 January
Day 6 – Regular Order

--BR;
--Ren Poets--TBA

Friday, 21 January
Day 1 – Morning Assembly Order

--Vocabulary 8 Quiz.

Monday, 24 January
Day 2 -- Regular Order

--Read BR sections 4-6 this week;
--Vocabulary List 9 assigned.

Tuesday, 25 January
Day 3 – Regular Order

--TEST:  Renaissance Poets.

Wednesday, 26 January
Day 4 – Regular Order

Thursday, 27 January
Day 5 – Regular Order

Friday, 28 January
Day 6 – Near Noon Order

--Vocabulary 9 Quiz.


Monday, 10 January
Day 5, Regular Order

--Discuss Spenser;
--Read LBH Chapter 9;
--Read Sidney bio and sonnets 1, 3, and 39 (590-592).

Tuesday, 11 January
Day 6, Regular Order

--Poem Analysis

Wednesday, 12 January
Day 1, Regular Order

--Read Raleigh (663-65);
--Discuss LBH 9. X

Thursday, 13 January           
Day 2, Regular Order

--Discuss Sidney and Raleigh;
--Read Marlow (682-684).

Friday, 14 January
Day 3, Afternoon Pep Rally Order

--Quiz:  Rhetorical Fallacies;
--Marlow;
--Read Herrick.


  

Picture
Please obtain a copy of Brighton Rock.

Wednesday, 5 January
Day 2, Regular Order

--Review Early Modern Era Timeline (346);
--Read Spencer selections through #28 (365-377).

Helpful link. And another.
 
Thursday, 6 January
Day 3, Regular Order

--Discuss  Spencer.

Friday, 7 January
Day 4, Afternoon Pep Rally Order





Monday, 29 November

--MACBETH.

Tuesday, 30 November

--MACBETH;
--Read Act I of RICHARD II.

Wednesday, 1 December

--RICHARD II;
--Read Act II of RICHARD II.

Thursday, 2 December

--MACBETH Test.

Friday, 3 December

--RICHARD II; Historical Information;
--Richard II Study Questions
--Information about the history plays;
--Read to end of RICHARD II by next Wednesday.

Monday, 6 December

--RICHARD II;
--Richard II Study Questions

Tuesday, 7 December

--RICHARD II;

Wednesday, 8 December

--RICHARD II;
--RICHARD II Essay (optional) due;
--LAST DAY TO COMPLETE MISSED WORK.

Thursday, 9 December

----RICHARD II;

Friday, 10 December

--Conclude RICHARD II;
--Final Review.

Monday, 15 November
Day 4 - Regular Order


--Vocabulary List 2  from Macbeth;
--Macbeth;
--Reading Quiz (?).

Tuesday, 16 November
Day 5 - Regular Order




Wednesday, 17 November
Day 6 - Afternoon Assembly Order




Thursday, 18 November
Day 1 - Regular Order


--Macbeth essay due.

Friday, 19 November
Day 2 - Morning Assembly Order


--Vocabulary Quiz;
--Discuss Macbeth.


Monday, 8 November
Day 5, Regular Order


--Read Macbeth, Acts II, III, and IV this week;
--STUDY QUESTIONS.
--Vocabulary Macbeth List 1 assigned.
--Here's a link to definitions:  http://www.paloverde.org/moorea/APLit_Comp/Notes%20Q2/MacbethVocab.pdf
--You only need to study the ones on this week's list.

Tuesday, 9 November
Day 6, Regular Order


--Computer LAB to work on Sonnet Essay

Wednesday, 10 November
Day 1, Regular Order


--Sonnet Essay due;
--Discuss Act II;
--Read Act III;

Thursday, 11 November
Day 2, Morning Assembly Order


--Discuss Act II and Act III;
--Read Act IV;
--Essay assigned; due 18 November.

Friday, 4 December
Day 3, Regular Order 


--Discuss Macbeth.
--Vocabulary Macbeth List 1 Quiz;

WEEK OF 1 November:

--Read Act I of  Macbeth;
--Middle Ages Test on 2 November;
--Vocabulary Quiz:  Poetry Terms on5 November.

Monday, 25 October
Day 1 - Regular Order


--Journal Entries Due;
--Vocabulary 8 assigned;
--Read and take notes on:
----information about Wyatt (348-349)
----"Whoso List To Hunt" and "Petrarch, Rima 190" (350-351)
----"Sonnets" (496-497) for Tuesday;
--Discuss ballads.

Tuesday, 26 October
Day 2 - Regular Order


--Discuss Sonnets;
--Bring NA to class.

Wednesday, 27 October 
Day 3 - Regular Order


--Continue sonnets discussion;
--Folk Ballad presentations (optional).
Thursday, 28 October
Day 4 - Regular Order


--Sonnet Essay assigned, due 4 November;
--Discuss Shakespeare;
--Introduction to Macbeth.

Friday, 29 October
Day 5 – Morning Assembly Order with Late Start


--Vocabulary 8 Quiz;
--Review for Middle Ages Test: 2 November.

PLEASE OBTAIN A COPY OF:  THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS.

Fourteen journal entries (one per chapter) due 25 October.
Major Grade.
Extra Credit:  Complete four extra entries/3 points each.
.

The Wife of Bath

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Monday, October 18, 2010
Day 2 - Regular Order


--Vocabulary Unit 7 assigned; quiz Friday;
--Discuss "The Pardoner's Tale" (possible reading quiz);
--Read: "The Wife of Bath's Tale"; questions here.
PREVIOUS POST:Read: "The Pardoner's Tale" ; questions here.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Day 3 - Morning Assembly Order


--Discuss "The Pardoner's Tale';


Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Day 4 - Regular Order


--Chaucer essay due;

Thursday, October 21, 2010
Day 5 - Regular Order


--Quiz: "The Wife of Bath's Tale";
--Discuss "The Wife of Bath's Tale";
--Early English and Scottish Ballads assigned.

Friday, October 22, 2010
Day 6 - PM Pep Rally Order


--Vocabulary 7 Quiz;
--Ballads.




Monday, 4 October
Day 5 - Regular Order

--Vocabulary Workshop Unit 6 assigned;
--Malory: please have read 299-318 by today.

Tuesday, 5 October
Day 6 - Regular Order

--Malory; (Reading Quiz?).

Wednesday, 6 October
Day 1 - Regular Order

--Conclude Malory;
--Chaucer Introduction;
--Read excerpts from "The General Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales:
       a. Knight b. Squire c. Yeoman d. Prioress e. Friar f. Franklin
       g. Wife of Bath h. Plowman i. Pardoner j. Prologue;
--Study Guide: here and here; background on Becket;
--Quiz Friday, 15 October, over "Prologue" (no vocabulary next week).


Thursday, 7 October
Day 2 - Regular Order

--Discuss "The General Prologue";
--Read: "The Pardoner's Tale" for Monday, 11 October;       
        questions here.

Friday, 8 October
Day 3 - Regular Order

--Vocabulary Unit 6  Quiz

Monday, 11 October
Day 4 -- Regular Order




Tuesday, 12 October
Day 5 -- Regular Order

--TBA

Wednesday, 13 October
Special Activities Schedule

Classes do not meet.

Thursday, 14 October
Day 6 -- Regular Order

--discuss "The General Prologue";
--discuss "The Pardoner's Tale";
--Chaucer essay assigned (due 20 October).


Friday, 15 October
Day 1 -- Regular Order


--Quiz: MA notes and "The General Prologue."



Monday, 27 September
Day 6, Regular Order


--Vocabulary Workshop Unit 5 assigned;
--SGGK:  Class Discussion:  be prepared to earn
     participation points today! Study Questions.
--Read Malory for Thursday (299-318).

Tuesday, 28 September
Day 1, Regular Order


--SGGK essay assigned; due 7 October.

Wednesday, 29 September
Day 2, Regular Order


 --Conclude SGGK;
 

Thursday, 30 September
Day 3, Regular Order


--Vocabulary due/review;
--Malory.


Friday, 1 October
Day 4, Regular Order


--Vocabulary 5 Quiz;
--Malory.;
--Reading Quiz (?);





Monday, 20 September
Day 1, Regular Order

--Vocabulary Unit 4 assigned; quiz Friday;
--Read NA (10-21); complete an outline/summary of 10-15 and 19-21 (due Tuesday);
--Read and complete four journal entries on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
         lines 1-710  (114-129) and 1750-1892 (150-152) for Thursday;
 --reading guide.

Tuesday, 21 September
Day 2, Regular Order


--Reading notes/outlines due;
--Introduction to the Middle Ages.

Wednesday, 22 September
Day 3, Regular Order


--Personal Narrative Essay due.

Thursday, 23 September
Day 4, Morning Assembly Order with Late Start


--Read Gawain lines 2160-End (158-165).

Friday, 24 September
Day 5, Regular Order


--Vocabulary List 4Quiz;
--Gawain.

Monday, September 13, 2010
Day 2 - Regular Order

--Vocabulary Unit 3 assigned; quiz Thursday;
--discuss “The Dream of the Rood”;
--read biographical information about
        Bede and “Caedmon's Hymn.”

Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Day 3 - Regular Order

--Discuss Bede.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Day 4 - Morning Assembly Order w/Late Start

-
-Personal Narrative essay assigned;
--Vocabulary 3 due/review.

Thursday, September 16, 2010
Day 5 - Regular Order

--Conclude discussion of Anglo Saxons;
--Review for Test;
--Vocabulary 3 Quiz.

Friday, September 17, 2010
Day 6 - Regular Order

--
TEST: Anglo-Saxon Literature

Monday, 5 September  
Labor Day - School Holiday

Tuesday, 6 September 
Day 4 – Afternoon Pep Rally Order

--Discuss Beowulf;
--
Vocabulary Unit 2 assigned;
--Essay Q&A.

Wednesday, 7 September 
Day 5 - Regular Order

--complete peer review (20 minutes of class); bring draft of your
essay and a copy of this form.

Thursday, 8 September 
Day 6 - Regular Order

--Beowulf Essay due; essay must be submitted to TII.com and to teacher today;
--conclude discussion of Beowulf;
--read “The Seafarer” and Riddles; be prepared to answer these questions.

Friday, 9 September
Day 1 - MAO w/Late Start for Sophomores and Juniors

--discuss “The Seafarer”;
--read “The Dream of the Rood” (24-26);
--Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz.


Monday, 30 August 
Day 5 - Regular Order

--discuss LBH chapters 29, 30, and 31;
--read: Beowulf (83-97);
--Beowulf essay assigned;
-----draft due Tuesday, 7 September (peer review exercise in class);
-----due Wednesday, 8 September;
--TII.com.

Tuesday, 31 August 
Day 6 - Regular Order

--discuss Beowulf;
--final review of punctuation.


Wednesday, 1 September
Day 1 - Regular Order


--Punctuation Test.

 Thursday, 2 September
Day 2 - MAO w/Late Start

--discuss Beowulf.


Friday, 4 September
Day 3 - MAO


8:15 AM - Mass of the Holy Spirit 

 Monday, 23 August
Day 6, Regular Order


--Vocabulary Unit 1 assigned; quiz Friday;
--Introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature (continued);
--read Beowulf: Introduction in NA, "Prologue: The Rise of the Danish Nation," “Heorot is Attacked," and "The Hero Comes to Heorot"; complete four reading journal entries; use MLA; due Wednesday (ideas for journals);
--read/review Chapters 27 and 28 in LBH for Tuesday.

Tuesday, 24 August
Day 1, Regular Order

--LBH: End Punctuation and Comma review;
--LBH: chapters 29, 30, and 31 assigned; due Thursday MONDAY;
--discuss Beowulf.

Wednesday, 25 August
Day 2, Regular Order


--discuss Beowulf;
--journal entries due (quiz grade);
--read pages 41-49 (up to line 883)  and summaries for Monday; complete three journal entries (due Monday).

Thursday, 26 August
Day 3, Morning Assembly Order with Late Start


UPDATE:  COMMA REVIEW TODAY.

--Vocabulary 1 due, review;
--LBH due, review for Punctuation Test; TEST will be Wednesday, 1 September.

Friday, 27 August
Day 4, Afternoon Pep Rally Order

--Vocabulary 1 Quiz;
--discuss Beowulf;
--Beowulf
essay assigned, due 8 September.



Monday, 16 August

Day 1 --  Regular Order

Tuesday, 17 August

Day 2 --  Regular Order

--Homework: read/take notes on Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature in NA (1-9);
--review chapters 29-30 in LBH for Tuesday; (Test over LBH Section VI on 27 August).

Wednesday, 18 August

Day 3 --  Regular Order

--Discuss Frankenstein;
--Introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature;
--read Beowulf: Introduction in NA, "Prologue: The Rise of the Danish Nation," “Heorot is Attacked," and "The Hero Comes to Heorot"; complete four reading journal entries; use MLA; due Wednesday.


Thursday, 19 August
Day 4 --  Regular Order

--Summer Reading Test.

Friday, 20 August
Day 5, Regular Order




 
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