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

Thursday, 4/21

• Choose your adventure--work on WL1 or AP stuff with Mrs. Sarol

Homework: WL Assignment 1 RD due next class; EE p. 1

Tuesday, 4/19

• Brief chat regarding WL papers (SEE RIGHT COLUMN for new due dates, and remember that you'll likely be working on Assignment 2 concurrently with Assignment 1 by next week)
• AP test prep--time management and making essays
  

Wednesday, 4/13 and Friday, 4/15

• WL Assignment 1 work time

Homework: WL assignment 1 RD due 4/21; EE pg. 1 due 5/2

Monday, 4/11

• Full practice AP multiple choice

Homework: WL assignment 1 RD due 4/21; EE pg. 1

Thursday, 4/7

• 20-30 minutes to work out WL paper deadlines, discuss resources for your to use, AP prep, etc.
• WL work time--topics must be nailed down by the end of this period

Homework: WL papers; EE p. 1

Tuesday, 4/5

• Learn about WL papers

Homework: essay rewrites due next Monday; have a WL topic by end of class Thursday

Wednesday, 3/30

• Grammar fix-ems
• Monologue/soliloquy/aside
• Finish and discuss practice multiple choice
• Begin timed writing

Homework: EE outline due Friday; Finish timed writing for Friday

Monday, 3/28

• Asyndeton/polysyndeton
• Free verse vs. blank verse; couplet vs. heroic couplet
• AP practice multiple choice

Homework: EE outlines due by Friday

Wednesday, 3/16

• EVPL EE work day

Homework: EE outlines

Monday, 3/14

• EE work day

Homework: EE outlines

Thursday, 3/10

• Discuss end of Siddhartha
• Using databases to aid your research

Homework: Take-home Siddhartha timed writing due Monday; Come Monday prepared to do EE research

Tuesday, 3/8

• Siddhartha quiz
• Discuss Siddhartha
• Finish prompt 2 chat
• Practice multiple choice

Homework: Finish Siddhartha for Thursday

Friday, 3/4

• Discuss Siddhartha
• AP packet chat
• Begin looking at databases?

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

Wednesday, 3/2

• Discuss Siddhartha through "Gautama"
• Finish and discuss AP packet exercise

Homework: Read Siddhartha through "Samsara" for Friday; EE questions due by next Tuesday

Monday, 2/28

• Finish Siddhartha background
• Discuss novel
• Begin AP time management practice

Homework: Read Siddhartha through "Awakening"; essay rewrites due next class; EE questions due next week

Thursday, 2/24

• Discuss timed writing briefly
• Intro to Siddhartha
• Practice AP multiple choice

Homework: Siddhartha ch. 1 and study guide due Monday; essay rewrites due next Wednesday

Tuesday, 2/22

• In-class grammar fix-ems
• Timed writing- AP open question
• Begin intro to Siddhartha

Homework: define these terms (please no more than 2 sentences each): Brahmin, Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, Atman, Om, Rig Veda, Upanishads, Samana/Shramana, Nirvana, ablution, ardent, avaricious, supplication, insatiable, ascetic, palliative, austere, venerable, mortification

Tuesday, 2/15

• Metamorphosis test
• "Brainstorm"- poem and commentary wheel experience

Homework: Buy Siddhartha; EEs- nail down topics

Friday, 2/11

• Groups- finish Metamorphosis
• Whole class discussion of novel

Homework: Test over Metamorphosis on Tuesday; You should be working on your EEs, nailing down research questions with mentors by beginning of March

Wednesday, 2/9

• Discuss EE--Read your section of EE guide (attached at bottom of this page)
  
• Discuss Part II of Metamorphosis
• Groups: Metamorphosis part III and time to discuss issues with practice m.c.

Homework: Hill rewrites due Friday

Monday, 2/7

• Practice AP multiple choice- full test

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

Thursday, 2/3

• Groups- Metamorphosis part II

Homework: 5 Novels; come next class prepared to discuss Metamorphosis and begin full practice multiple choice and an analysis activity.

Tuesday, 2/1

• Discuss AP multiple choice
• Discuss Metamorphosis Part I
• Begin Metamorphosis Part II

Homework: Hill comparison poems due Thursday along with The Stranger rewrites; Expert on 5 Novels due next Wednesday

Friday, January 28

• Mrs. Gomoll in to talk about scheduling for next year
• Discuss The Stranger timed writing
• Groups- finish working on AP multiple choice and Part I of Metamorphosis
• Begin full class discussion of your group work

Homework: EE topic proposal/adviser request is due Tuesday; The Stranger rewrites due next Thursday; Hill essays due next Thursday; Expert on 5 novels due Wednesday, 2/9

Wednesday, January 26

• Discuss honing EE topics
• Group time- work on Metamorphosis and AP practice multiple choice

Homework: By Tuesday, all EE topic/adviser proposals are due to me; AP comparison of hill poems due by 2/3; Expert on 5 Novels has been moved to Wednesday, 2/9 (1 week later than originally planned)

Monday, January 24

• Meet Franz Kafka
• Begin Metamorphosis in reading groups
• Practice AP multiple choice

Homework: Hill essays due by 2/3; 5 novels matrix due Thursday, 2/3; 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

• Grammar fix-ems
  
• Finish "My Last Duchess"
• Discuss AP test
• Time for EE questions
  
• Timed writing over The Stranger

Homework: T;he Stranger writing due Monday; bring Metamorphosis next class; Hill comparison essays

Tuesday, January 18

• Introduce EE
• Begin "My Last Duchess"

Homework: bring Metamorphosis Thursday; Hill essays; EE topics

Thursday, January 13

• Finish "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
• Final chat over The Stranger

Homework: "The Birthday Party" rewrites due next class; Hill comparison essays; buy Metamorphosis

Tuesday, January 11

• Finish The Stranger symbols and discuss novel
• Begin "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

Homework: Essay rewrites due next Tuesday, 1/18; hill poem comparisons due by 2/3; begin thinking of EE topics; buy Metamorphosis

Friday, January 7

• Timed writing- "The Birthday Party"
• Begin The Stranger symbol presentations

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


Wednesday, January 5

• Justin's presentation
• Quiz over The Stranger
• Begin discussing The Stranger
• John Keats- "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
  

Homework: symbol (literal and symbolic significance) drawings due Friday; AP timed writing on Friday