Juniors,
        As you know, we're spending the rest of the semester working on our World Lit papers and preparing to work on EEs over the summer.  While I'm not updating the website daily with the same information, do keep in mind your responsibilities!  The final draft of WL 2 is due NO LATER than Monday, May 23.  Following a summer of diligent work on your EEs, the full rough draft of this will be due September 1--no exceptions.  Happy writing!

Mrs. Sarol

Wednesday, 4/27

• Review poetry terms and their significance to AP test

Homework: WL 1 rewrites; EE p. 1 due Monday; start working on/thinking about WL 2

Tuesday, 4/26

• Peer review day for WL 1
  

Monday, 4/25

• Work on assignment 1/begin assignment 2 or work on EE first page

Homework: World Lit assignment 1 RD needs to be with you in class tomorrow for peer reviewing.

Thursday, 4/21

• Choose your adventure--work on WL 1 or work with Mrs. Sarol on AP stuff

Homework: WL 1 and EE p. 1

Wednesday, 4/20

• Address questions/issues with WL1; Note new RD date
• Work/conference time

Homework: WL 1 RD now due Monday, 4/25; EE p. 1 due 5/2

Thursday, Friday, Monday-4/14-4/18

• Work time for WL assignment 1

Homework: Assignment 1 rough draft due Thursday, 4/21

Wednesday, 4/13

• AP bubbling

Monday, 4/11

• Finish practice multiple choice and discuss

Homework: WL Assignment 1 and EE 1st page

Friday, 4/8

• AP multiple choice practice

Homework: WL Assignment 1; EE p. 1

Thursday, 4/7

• WL work time

Homework: WL assignment 1; EE first page

Wednesday, 4/6

• WL brainstorm time--nail down topic

Homework: WL papers; EE page 1 due May 2

Monday, 4/4

• Intro to WL papers--map out end of the year

Homework: Belinda rewrites due Wednesday; WL assignment 1 topics figured out by Thursday

Friday, 4/1

• Outlines due
• Practice AP multiple choice--together as a class

Homework: Belinda rewrites due Wednesday

Thursday, 3/31

• Timed writing- Clarence Hervey's complex character

Homework: EE outlines due tomorrow

Wednesday, 3/30

• Grammar fix-ems
• Monologue, soliloquy, aside
  
• Finish practice multiple choice and discuss

Homework: EE outlines due Friday; timed writing tomorrow

Monday, 3/28

• Asyndeton/polysyndeton
• Free vers vs. blank verse, couplet vs. heroic couplet
• Jump in with AP prep--practice multiple choice

Homework: EE outlines due by Friday

Thursday, 3/17

• Final EE work day

Homework: EE outlines due 4/1

Wednesday, 3/16

• EE work day

Homework: Siddhartha rewrites due tomorrow

Monday, 3/14

• EE work day

Homework: Siddhartha rewrites due Thursday

Friday, 3/11

• EE research time

Homework: EE outline due 4/1

Thursday, 3/10

• AP practice multiple choice

Homework: take-home timed writing due tomorrow.  Come tomorrow prepared to research for EE

Wednesday, 3/9

• Discuss Siddhartha
• Plan for the rest of the semester

Homework: Take-home timed writing due Friday

Monday, 3/7

• Finish prompt 2 chat
• Discuss Siddhartha

Homework: Finish Siddhartha; EE questions due tomorrow

Friday, 3/4

• Discuss Siddhartha
• Begin discussing AP packet

Homework: Read Siddhartha through "The Ferryman"--pay attention to the significance of the river; EE questions

Wednesday, 3/2

• Work time for AP packets/Siddhartha

Homework: For Friday, have read through "Samsara"' EE questions; Essay rewrites due Friday

Monday, 2/28

• Discuss Siddhartha
• Eightfold Path
• Begin AP essay time management practice

Homework: By FRIDAY, you need to have finished marking up the AP prompts AND have read Siddhartha through "Samsara"; essay rewrites due by Friday; EE questions

Friday, 2/25

• Discuss Siddhartha Ch. 1
• Review Buddhism's Eightfold Path

Homework: Read Siddhartha through "Gautama"; TYPED EE question due BY Tuesday, 3/8

Thursday, 2/24

• Timed writing
• Continue with Siddhartha intro

Homework: Ch. 1 study guide due tomorrow

Wednesday, 2/23

• Intro to Siddhartha- 4 Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path

Homework: Read Ch. 1 and do the study guide for Friday; expect a timed writing tomorrow

Monday, 2/21

• Finish discussing "Brainstorm"
• Begin intro to Siddhartha

Homework: Read Buddhism packet and prepare to discuss on Wednesday; Also, look up and briefly define each of these terms:

Brahmin, Brahma, ablution, ardent, avaricious, supplication, insatiable, ascetic, palliative, austere, venerable, mortification, Siva/Shiva, Vishnu, Atman, Om, Rig Veda, Upanishads, Samana/Shramana, Nirvana

Friday, 2/18

• Small groups- commentary wheel analysis of "Brainstorm"
• Discuss as whole class

Homework: Bring Siddhartha on Monday; expect a timed writing on Wednesday

Thursday, 2/17

• Most of class period lost to AP meeting
• Read "Brainstorm" together as a class...prepare to work with it tomorrow.

Homework: Bring "Brainstorm" and commentary wheel tomorrow.

Wednesday, 2/16

• Metamorphosis test

Homework: Buy Siddhartha; nail down EE topics

Monday, 2/14

• Finish discussing Metamorphosis

Homework: Metamorphosis test Wednesday; Buy Siddhartha; work on EEs

Friday, 2/11

• Groups- finish Metamorphosis
• Whole class discussion of novel

Homework: none (yowza!); You should be working on your EE, nail down topics with mentors by beginning of March.  Metamorphosis test next Wednesday

Thursday, 2/10

• Discuss EE and expectations (copy of the EE guide is available as a download at the bottom of this page)
• Work time for Metamorphosis

Homework: Hill essay rewrite

Wednesday, 2/9

• Finish m.c. and get answers
• Groups- Begin Metamorphosis part III

Homework: Hill rewrites due Friday; EE guide is attached at the bottom of this page.  Please read your section and be familiar with the requirements for your EE subject area.

Monday, 2/7

• Practice AP multiple choice

Homework: 5 Novels assignment due Wednesday; Hill comparison rewrites due Friday

Friday, 2/4

• Whole class discussion of Metamorphosis part II

Homework: Expert on 5 Novels

Thursday, 2/3

• Groups- Metamorphosis part II

HW- Expert on 5 Novels; come to class next period prepared to discuss Metamorphosis and begin full practice multiple choice and an analysis activity

Wednesday, 2/2

• Groups: begin Part II of Metamorphosis--be ready to talk as a whole class by Friday

Homework: Hill essays, 5 Novels

Monday, 1/31

• Discuss Metamorphosis and AP multiple choice

Homework: Hill comparison essay; 5 Novels

Friday, 1/28

• Group time- finish AP multiple choice and discussion of part I of Metamorphosis
• Begin full class discussion of  Metamorphosis

Homework: The Stranger rewrites due Monday along with EE proposals (get those to me no later than Tuesday); Hill essays due Thursday; Expert on 5 Novels due Wednesday, 2/9

Thursday, 1/27

• Groups- work on Metamorphosis and finish up your practice AP section.  Talk with each other about EE stuff.

Homework: EE topic ideas due to me by Monday/Tuesday.  The Stranger rewrites due Monday; Hill poem comparison due by Thursday, 2/3; Expert on 5 Novels due 2/9

Wednesday, 1/26

• Discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of your latest timed writings
• Discuss honing EE topics
• Group time

Homework: By Monday/Tuesday, submit EE topic ideas and adviser requests to me; Rewrites over The Stranger due Monday; Hill poem comparison due by 2/3; Expert on 5 Novels due date moved to 2/9

Monday, 1/24

• Meet Franz Kafka
• Begin Metamorphosis in reading groups

Homework: Hill essays due by 2/3; 5 Novels matrix due Wednesday, 2/2; By Friday of this week, all reading groups need to be through part I (p. 20).  Be ready for AP multiple choice discussion by Friday as well.

Thursday, January 20

• Final "My Last Duchess" chat
• Discuss AP Lit test
  
• Timed writing over The Stranger

Homework: Bring Metamorphosis tomorrow; Hill essays; Finish Metamorphosis essay for tomorrow; EE topics

Wednesday, January 19

• Finish "My Last Duchess"
• Grammar fix-ems

Homework: Hill essays due by 2/3; EE topics

Friday, January 14

• Introduce Extended Essay
• Question-answer/brainstorming time

Homework: Hill essays; begin honing EE areas and topic ideas

Thursday, January 13

• Final discussion over The Stranger
• Begin "My Last Duchess"

Homework: "Birthday Party" rewrites due tomorrow; Hill comparison essays; get Metamorphosis

Wednesday, January 12

• Finish "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
• Final serious discussion on The Stranger

Homework: "The Birthday Party" essay rewrites due Friday;  Hill poem comparisons; Buy Metamorphosis; EE topics

Monday, January 10

• The Stranger- Camus, Existentialism, and Absurdism
• "The Machine"
• Keats- "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

Homework: Hill poem comparisons, begin brainstorming EE topics, purchase Metamorphosis; "The Birthday Party" analysis rewrites due Friday

Friday, January 7

• The Stranger symbols

Homework: 1/2 page typed minimum (if single spaced)--Why does Meursault refer to justice as a "machine" on p. 108-109?  What does this reveal about him?  Also, remember your hill poem comparisons are due by 2/3

Thursday, January 6

• Timed writing- "The Birthday Party"

Homework: Symbol from The Stranger due tomorrow; AP comparison of "Up-Hill" and "The Long Hill" due by Wednesday, February 3

Wednesday, January 5

• Quiz over The Stranger
• Begin discussing The Stranger

Homework: Symbol from The Stranger (literal and its symbolic significance) due Friday; AP timed writing tomorrow