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!)
Check out The Reduced Shakespeare Company online (optional): Reduced Shakespeare
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!