Tues., Sept. 16:
In-Class:
Work Day: Review for Test on Thurs. and work on essay due next Mon., Sept. 22.
Assign:
Study for Test on Thursday, Sept. 18: see study guide for content.
Thurs., Sept. 18:
In-Class:
Test over Unit 1: see study guide for content.
Work time for essay.
Assign:
Essay due Monday, Sept. 22.
Tues., Sept. 16:
In-Class:
Grammar Quiz
Exercise: Revising for faulty subordination.
Analysis of "Kura."
Assign:
Read "Exile" by Julia Alvarez.
Read "Parsley" by Rita Dove.
Study for vocab. quiz over words from "Tapka," "Kura," and "In the Shadow of War." This quiz will also include identifying sentence types.
Thurs., Sept. 18:
In-Class:
Vocab. and identifying sentence types quiz.
Comma Review.
Analysis of "Exile" and "Parsley."
Notes on Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Assign:
Read "Tuesday Siesta."
Test over Unit 1: Culture in Literature on Wed., Sept. 24.
Tues., Sept. 16:
In-Class:
Vocabulary quiz.
Notes on Samuel Johnson.
Analysis of the assigned reading: Johnson's preface to his dictionary.
Work time for project.
Assign:
Read the selection from Boswell's biography of Johnson (starting on p. 6 of Johnson PDF on Google Classroom).
Prepare vocabulary: "ignominious" - "abeyance."
Thurs., Sept. 18:
In-Class:
Analysis of Boswell's biography.
Review assigned vocabulary.
Work on slides for group project.
Assign:
Study for vocabulary quiz #2 on "ignominious" - "abeyance."
Begin presentations next class.
Rewrite and Extension of Strength in What Remains Essay from Test: Taking into consideration all of the comments from your test essay and using the written essay as your starting point, write a new essay of 2 to 3 pages. Focus on organization of paragraphing, development of specific support, and inclusion of quotations. Your essay should have a separate introductory and concluding paragraph. Observe MLA formatting. Due on Fri., Sept. 26 to TurnItIn.com by 8:00 am.
Wed., Sept. 17:
In-Class:
Vocabulary quiz.
Notes on Samuel Johnson.
Analysis of the assigned reading: Johnson's preface to his dictionary.
Work time for project.
Assign:
Read the selection from Boswell's biography of Johnson (starting on p. 6 of Johnson PDF on Google Classroom).
Prepare vocabulary: "ignominious" - "abeyance."
Fri., Sept. 19:
In-Class:
Analysis of Boswell's biography.
Review assigned vocabulary.
Work on slides for group project.
Assign:
Study for vocabulary quiz #2 on "ignominious" - "abeyance."
Begin presentations next class.
Rewrite and Extension of Strength in What Remains Essay from Test: Taking into consideration all of the comments from your test essay and using the written essay as your starting point, write a new essay of 2 to 3 pages. Focus on organization of paragraphing, development of specific support, and inclusion of quotations. Your essay should have a separate introductory and concluding paragraph. Observe MLA formatting. Due on Fri., Sept. 26 to TurnItIn.com by 8:00 am.
Wed., Sept. 17:
In-Class:
Work Day: Review for Test on Fri. and work on essay due next Tues., Sept. 23.
Assign:
Study for Test on Friday, Sept. 19: see study guide for content.
Fri., Sept. 19:
In-Class:
Test over Unit 1: see study guide for content.
Work time for essay.
Assign:
Essay due Tuesday, Sept. 23.
Wed., Sept. 17:
In-Class:
Work Day: Review for Test on Fri. and work on essay due next Tues., Sept. 23.
Assign:
Study for Test on Friday, Sept. 19: see study guide for content.
Fri., Sept. 19:
In-Class:
Test over Unit 1: see study guide for content.
Work time for essay.
Assign:
Essay due Tuesday, Sept. 23.