Spring '14--Weeks 1-9

Note: Assignments may change so please check the website frequently!

Week 1

Monday, 2/3 -- Review of midyear exam; intro to Shakespeare and Twelfth Night

Tuesday, 2/4—Twelfth Night, Act I, scene 1

Wednesday, 2/5 – Twelfth Night: Act I, scenes 2 &3

Thursday, 2/6 – Twelfth Night: Act I, scenes 4 & 5--ONLY READ UP UNTIL PAGE 35 ("Enter Maria")!

Friday, 2/7 – Vocab Quiz on Chapter 1 of VEII (the green one); read about

participles in HGW, pp. 130 -132 and Workbook, p. 51 and do exercises on p. 52.

Week 2

Monday, 2/10—Twelfth Night: Finish Act I and read Act II, scenes 1 & 2.

Revision due:

    • Re-read your in-class poetry analysis

    • Re-read my comments (both the ones in the margin and the end comments)

    • Revise one paragraph of your poetry in-class essay

    • Post the old and new versions of the paragraph on your homework website (label them clearly)

      • Note: please put the date FIRST in the title bar of your post (and do so for all future posts).

        • E.g. "2/10--Revision of Poetry Analysis"

        • If you do not do so, you won't get credit for the assignment.

Tuesday, 2/11 – Twelfth Night: Act II, scene 3

Wednesday, 2/12– In-class writing on Twelfth Night. Also, read Act II, scene 4 (though the passage could be from an earlier reading...)

Thursday, 2/13 –Twelfth Night: Act II, scene 5 (discuss scenes 4 & 5 in class)

Friday, 2/14 – Vocab quiz on VEII, Chapter 2; read about gerunds in Workbook,

pp. 53 & 54 and do exercises on p. 53

Week 3

Monday, 2/17 – School Holiday

Tuesday, 2/18 – Twelfth Night, Act III, scenes 1 & 2

Wednesday, 2/19— Twelfth Night: Act III, scenes 3& 4 (read to pg. 119, line 150)

Thursday, 2/20— Twelfth Night: Finish Act III

Friday, 2/21— Vocab quiz on VEII, Chapter 3; read about infinitives in Wordbook,

p. 58 and start exercises on p. 59.

Week 4

Monday, 2/24— Twelfth Night: Act IV

Tuesday, 2/25-- Twelfth Night, Act V, pp. 161-175, line 218.

Wednesday, 2/26—Finish Twelfth Night. Harkness discussion in class.

Thursday, 2/27— IN-CLASS ESSAY

Friday, 2/28— Vocab Quiz on VEII, Chapter 4; do phrase review exercises on p. 61 of

Workbook

Week 5

Note: See PDF below for instructions for this week's grammar test and extra practice with verbals

Monday, 3/3—Plan “Reduced” Twelfth Night (see instructions attached below--"2/28--Reduced_Twelfth_Night"--for your group and specific assignment!)

Tuesday, 3/4—Performances

Wednesday, 3/5— Grammar Review

  • Please download the PDF "Verbals_test_instructions_and_practice" attached below.

  • Read the instructions/format for the test.

  • Do the practice sheet.

Thursday, 3/6—Grammar Review

  • Download and do the questions on the PDF "Z_More_verbals_practice" attached below.

Friday, 3/7— Vocab quiz on VEII, Chapter 5 plus Grammar Test on Phrases

Week 6

Monday, 3/10—Begin The Great Gatsby--specific page numbers t.b.a.

Tuesday, 3/11—Finish reading and taking notes on Gatsby, Chapter 1.

Wednesday, 3/12— Read and take notes on Gatsby, Chapter 2.

Thursday, 3/13—Read and take notes on Gatsby, Chapter 3.

Friday, 3/14— Writing assignment:

Step 1: Find, re-read, and mark-up passages describing:

Daisy and Tom Buchanan's house

AND

Gatsby's house

Step 2: Write a thesis statement in which you articulate a significant difference between the two residences.

Step 3: Pick at least TWO quotations from the novel, write them out, and analyze them in support of your thesis.

Word count: 300 words (not including quotations)

Please post on your homework site

  • Title your homework "3/14--Analysis of Houses in Gatsby"

Week 7

Monday, 3/17— Read and take notes on Gatsby, Chapter 4.

Tuesday, 3/18— Read and take notes on Gatsby, Chapter 5.

Wednesday, 3/19— Writing Assignment: Do ONE of the following assignments:

1. Passage analysis: Analyze ONE key passage (no longer than a paragraph) from Chapter 5. Pick at least THREE key words from the passage and suggest what these words say about Gatsby and/or an important theme of the novel.

    • Please write out your passage and THEN write out your analysis

    • Passage does not count towards your word count

    • Suggested passages

      • bottom of 91 to top of 92

      • 93 (top)

      • 95 (bottom)

2. Creative assignment: write a journal entry from either Gatsby's or Daisy's perspective about the moment they spent together in the "white roadster by the curb" (74) back in October of 1917. What made the moment so magical for the character you chose? What does your character see in the other one? Why are they so much in love?

Word count for either choice: 300 words.

Please label your assignment as follows: "3/19--Gatsby Chapter 5 Assignment"

Thursday, 3/20— Read and take notes on Gatsby, Chapter 6.

Friday, 3/21—No Classes! Grade Report Writing

Week 8: Note: essay topics now posted. Please download the file "Great Gatsby topics" below.

Monday, 3/24— No homework weekend.

Tuesday, 3/25— Read and take notes on Gatsby, Chapter 7--first half.

Wednesday, 3/26—Read and take notes on Gatsby, Chapter 7--second half.

Thursday, 3/27—Read and take notes on Gatsby, Chapter 8.

  • Also, please read the essay topics and start thinking about which one you'd like to write on.

Friday, 3/28—Read and take notes on Gatsby, Chapter 9.

Week 9

Monday, 3/31—Freewrite on TWO or MORE of the Gatsby essay topics.

    • Word count: 400 words total.

    • You can write a little on all five topics or pick two to focus on.

    • Please post your freewrite on your private homework site.

  • Title your freewrite "3/31--Gatsby Freewrite"

Tuesday, 4/1—Please post this on your homework site and title it: "4/1--Passage Analysis"

    • Find THREE rich, meaty quotations that you feel relate to a topic you're interested in.

    • Analyze each quotation, selecting out specific words to investigate and explore in detail.

      • Suggested page numbers to look at (but there are many others!):

        • 2, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 21, 25, 35, 39, 40, 48, 58, 59, 69, 86, 92, 93, 95,96, 98, 99, 104, 107, 108, 110, 111, 120, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 161, 162, 176, 177, 179, 180.

    • Come up with a working thesis for your essay based on these quotation analyses.

    • Word count: 400 words

Wednesday, 4/2— Please post this on your homework site and title it: "4/2--Intro Para and Outline"

    • Post the introductory paragraph of your essay.

      • Make sure the last sentence of the intro is your working thesis

    • Make an outline of the body paragraphs and conclusion

      • Outline should include:

        • Topic sentences

        • Quotations

      • If making an outline doesn't work for you, then feel free to do an additional freewrite (300 words) or something comparable to the work involved in an outline

Thursday, 4/3—Write complete draft of the essay (intro, body paras, and conclusion) and bring it to class on a word or pages document.

Friday, 4/4— At-home essay on Gatsby due.

  • Tonight:

    • Please do the "highlighting" exercise on the next-to-final draft of your essay

      • Highlight the thesis in one color

      • Highlight the topic sentences in another color

      • Highlight the textual evidence in a third color

      • Highlight the analysis of your textual evidence in a fourth color

    • Make changes to the essay if you notice problems with any of the above

  • Review the checklist, fix errors, and check off the boxes

    • Note: I will take off points for any uncorrected typos or mechanical errors

  • Bring in both the "highlighted" draft and the final draft (no highlighting) to class tomorrow

  • You will post your final draft on turnitin.com during class time

Intraterm (4/7 - 4/11) and Spring Break (4/14 – 4/18)--Hurray! You made it!