Week Twenty
Monday, 12/15/25
Quiz and scholarly readings: The Great Gatsby, Ch. 5-9.
Begin watching The Great Gatsby.
Begin working on exam review questions.
Tuesday, 12/16//25
Finish watching The Great Gatsby.
Continue working on exam review questions.
Wednesday, 12/17/25
Oral review for the final exam.
Friday, 12/19/25
Final exam.
Week Nineteen
Tuesday, 12/9/25 & Wednesday, 12/10/25
Reminder: Essay Five is due by the end of the day Tuesday.
SOL Academy in the library.
Thursday, 12/11/25
SOL test day (AM)
Collect copies of Huck Finn.
Quiz: The Great Gatsby, Ch. 1-4.
Read Ch. 5-9 by Monday.
Friday, 12/12/25
Continue reading The Great Gatsby; Ch. 5-9 due Monday.
Week Eighteen
Monday, 12/1/25
Read London, Mirrors & Windows pp. 268-282; answer questions 1-5 (A & B) on p, 283.
Work on Essay Five drafting.
Tuesday, 12/2/25
Review and collect London questions.
Independent reading: Truth, Stanton, and Anthony, Mirrors & Windows pp. 303-316.
Homework: review for Unit Test IV (Expanding Frontiers).
Wednesday, 12/3/25
Unit Test IV (Expanding Frontiers).
Slideshow and worksheet: Introduction to Unit V (The Early Twentieth Century).
Distribute copies of The Great Gatsby.
Read the Fitzgerald biography on Mirrors & Windows p. 341.
Assign The Great Gatsby, Ch. 1-4, due Monday.
Work on Essay Five drafting and/or reading The Great Gatsby.
Thursday, 12/4/25
Terms worksheet: eulogy, mood, parallelism, antithesis, author’s style, subjective v. objective statements.
Work on Essay Five drafting and/or reading The Great Gatsby.
Reminder: if we are out for snow, we will stick to the reading quiz schedule on our return:
The Great Gatsby Ch. 1-4 due Monday, 12/8.
The Great Gatsby Ch. Ch. 5-9 due Monday, 12/15.
Week Seventeen
Monday, 11/24/25
DC course evaluations.
Reminder: Essay Four and Cultural Event Four due by the end of the day on Tuesday.
Finish reading Huck Finn and/or Essay Five drafting.
Tuesday, 11/25/25
Essay Four & Cultural Event Four due today.
Quiz and selected readings, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ch. 21-43.
Work on Essay Five drafting (final paper due on Monday, 12/8).
Week Sixteen
Monday, 11/17/25
Reminder:
Progress grades reflect the current nine weeks. To see your current semester average, check the Canvas grade total.
Vocabulary Quiz Eleven.
Terms worksheet: Speaker, dialogue. plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution).
Continue reading Huck Finn and/or drafting Essay Four or Cultural Event Four.
Tuesday, 11/18/25
Assign Essay Five (Huck Finn Analysis Paper), due Monday, 12/8.
Quiz and selected readings, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ch. 1-20.
Read Ch. 21-43 by next Tuesday.
Wednesday, 11/19/25
Continue reading Huck Finn and/or drafting Essay Four or Cultural Event Four.
Club Day Meetings, Block Three.
Thursday, 11/20/25
Essay Four and Cultural Event Four due dates moved to Tuesday.
Review resources available in Canvas for Essay Four and Essay Five.
Continue reading Huck Finn and/or drafting Essay Four or Cultural Event Four.
Friday, 11/21/25
Read Harte, Mirrors & Windows E-Selections, pp. E134-E137.
Continue reading Huck Finn and/or drafting Essay Four & Cultural Event Four.
Week Fifteen
Monday, 11/10/25
Vocabulary List Eleven.
Quiz and selected readings, Tom Sawyer Ch. 28-35.
Collect copies of Tom Sawyer / distribute Huck Finn, as necessary.
Assign Essay Four (Compare & Contrast), due Friday, 11/21.
Tuesday, 11/11/25
Video: The Huck Finn Controversy.
Assignment: read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ch. 1-20, by next Tuesday.
Wednesday, 11/12/25
Terms Worksheet: Conflict and resolution, stream of consciousness, flashback, hero’s quest, understatement, idioms, pastorals, blank verse.
Continue reading Huck Finn.
Club Day Meetings, Block Three.
Thursday, 11/13/25
Vocabulary Exercise Eleven.
Video: Family Ties, "Read it & Weep," Parts I & II.
Continue reading Huck Finn.
Friday, 11/14/25
Continue reading Huck Finn.
Reminder: Ch. 1-20 are due on Tuesday.
Week Fourteen
Wednesday, 11/5/25
Essay Three and visual aid due.
Quiz and selected readings, Tom Sawyer, Ch. 16-27.
Read Tom Sawyer Ch. 28-35 by next Monday.
Club day meetings, Block Three.
Thursday, 11/6/25
Begin formal oral presentations of Essay Three.
Friday, 11/7/25
Visit from Mr. Harris, Communities in Schools.
Finish formal oral presentations of Essay Three.
Reminder: finish Tom Sawyer by Monday.
Week Thirteen
Monday, 10/27/25
YPF field trip.
Cultural Event Three due date moved to tomorrow.
Tuesday, 10/28/25
Share YPF feedback forms.
Cultural Event Three due.
Vocabulary List Ten.
Assign Cultural Event Four, due Monday, 11/24.
Quiz, Tom Sawyer Ch. 10-15.
Review key highlights, Tom Sawyer, Ch. 12-15.
Assignment: read Tom Sawyer Ch. 16-27 by next Wednesday.
Wednesday, 10/29/25
Terms worksheet: Style, word choice, tone, dramatic monologue, flat and round characters.
Work on Essay Three drafting and/or reading Tom Sawyer.
Thursday, 10/30/25
Vocabulary Exercise Ten.
Work on Essay Three drafting and/or reading Tom Sawyer.
Friday, 10/31/25
Vocabulary Quiz Ten.
Work on Essay Three drafting and/or reading Tom Sawyer.
Reminders:
Tom Sawyer Ch. 16-27 due Wednesday at class time.
Essay Three paper & visual aid due Wednesday by the end of the day.
Week Twelve
Monday, 10/20/25
Distribute YPF field trip forms (due Friday).
Vocabulary List Nine.
Quiz, Tom Sawyer Ch. 1-3.
Read Tom Sawyer, Ch. 4-5.
Continue drafting CE Three and/or Essay Three.
Tuesday, 10/21/25
Review Vocabulary List Nine.
Worksheet: Common Logical Fallacies.
Review key highlights, Tom Sawyer, Ch. 2-5.
Read Tom Sawyer, Ch. 6-7.
Continue drafting CE Three and/or Essay Three.
Wednesday, 10/22/25
Vocabulary Exercise Nine.
Read Tom Sawyer, Ch. 8-9.
Continue drafting CE Three and/or Essay Three.
Club Day meetings, Block Three.
Thursday, 10/23/25
Reminder: YPF field trip forms due.
Quiz, Tom Sawyer Ch. 4-9.
Review key highlights, Tom Sawyer, Ch. 6-9.
Read Tom Sawyer Ch. 10-11 as a class; read 12-15 by Tuesday.
Vocabulary Quiz Nine for students going on the Spanish trip tomorrow.
Continue drafting CE Three and/or Essay Three.
Friday, 10/24/25
YPF field trip forms due.
Vocabulary Quiz Nine.
Work on Tom Sawyer reading (through Ch. 15 by Tuesday).
Work on CE Three (Due Monday) and Essay Three (due one week from Wednesday).
Week Eleven
Monday, 10/13/25
Reminder: VHCC withdrawal date is 10/29.
Vocabulary List Eight.
Distribute copies of Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn.
Reminder: Essay Two due today.
Review for Unit Test Three.
Slides & Worksheet: Introduction to Unit Four.
Tuesday, 10/14/25
Unit Test Three.
Assign Essay Three: Persuasive Argument & Oral Presentation.
Paper & Visual Aid due Wednesday, 11/5.
Oral Presentations begin Thursday, 11/6.
Begin reading Twain, Mirrors & Windows pp. 247-256.
Wednesday, 10/15/25
Vocabulary Exercise Eight.
Review test answers.
Finish reading Twain, Mirrors & Windows pp. 259-264.
Work on drafting CE Three and/or Essay Three.
Club Day meetings, Block Three.
Thursday, 10/16/25
Vocabulary Quiz Eight.
Assignments:
Read Tom Sawyer, Ch. 1-3 by Monday.
Continue drafting CE Three (due one week from Monday) and Essay Three (due two weeks from Wednesday).
Week Ten
Monday, 10/6/25
YPF final drafts due by the end of the day.
Work on Essay Two and/or CE Three drafting.
Tuesday, 10/7/25
Midterm exam review.
Club Day meetings, Block Three.
Wednesday, 10/8/25
Midterm exam.
Work on Essay Two and/or CE Three drafting.
Thursday, 10/9/25
Terms Worksheet: Alliteration, consonance, assonance, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification, oxymoron, epic poetry, epic theme, free verse.
SOL practice items.
Friday, 10/10/25
Continue SOL practice items.
Work on Essay Two and/or CE Three drafting.
Reminder: Essay Two is due Monday.
Week Nine
Monday, 9/29/25
Vocabulary List Seven.
Discuss the Voice of Democracy contest.
Finish reading YPF drafts, if necessary. Final drafts due one week from today.
Read Bierce, Mirrors & Windows E-Selections pp. E94-E102.
Work on YPF revision and/or CE Two drafting.
Cultural Event Two due by the end of the day.
Tuesday, 9/30/25
Read Lincoln, Mirrors & Windows pp. 192-197.
Read Lee, Mirrors & Windows E-Selections, pp. E105-E106.
Assign Essay Two, due Monday, 10/13.
Assign Cultural Event Three, due on Monday, 10/27.
Begin essay planning and drafting.
Wednesday, 10/1/25
Reminder: speech is meeting during fourth block.
Vocabulary Exercise Seven.
Read Jacobs, Mirrors & Windows E-Selections, pp. E110-E113.
Work on YPF revision and/or drafting Essay Two and CE Three.
Club Day Meetings, Block Three.
Thursday, 10/2/25
Terms Worksheet: figurative language, metaphor, synecdoche, imagery, analogy, types of poetry (narrative, dramatic, and lyric), rhyming lines (couplets, tercets, cinquains, quatrains, and sestets).
Read Whitman, Mirrors & Windows pp. 203-213.
Work on YPF revision and/or drafting Essay Two and CE Three.
Friday, 10/3/25
Vocabulary Quiz Seven.
Read Dickinson, Mirrors & Windows pp. 218-224.
Work on YPF revision and/or drafting Essay Two and CE Three.
Reminder: YPF final draft due Monday.
Week Eight
Monday, 9/22/25
Reminder: YPF drafts due to Canvas by the end of the day.
Vocabulary List Six.
Slideshow & Worksheet: Introduction to Unit Three: Slavery and the Civil War.
Unit Test Two: The New England Renaissance.
Read the introduction to Unit Three, Mirrors & Windows pp. 177-182.
Tuesday, 9/23/25
Begin reading YPF drafts x 2.
Wednesday, 9/24/25
Reminder: scholastic bowl is meeting during fourth block.
Vocabulary Exercise Six.
Continue reading YPF drafts x 1.
Club Day Meetings, Block Three.
Thursday, 9/25/25
Continue reading YPF drafts x 2.
Begin reading Douglass, Mirrors & Windows pp. 183-189.
Friday, 9/26/25
Finish reading Douglass, Mirrors & Windows pp. 183-189.
Vocabulary Quiz Six.
Continue reading YPF drafts x 2.
Reminders:
Cultural Event Two due Monday, 9/29.
YPF final drafts due Monday, 10/6.
Week Seven
Monday, 9/15/25
Reminder: YPF drafts due next Monday; Cultural Event Two due in two weeks.
Vocabulary List Five.
Terms Worksheet: meter, foot, parable, ambiguity, symbol, Gothic literature, and theme.
Read Poe, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 139-163.
Work on YPF and/or CE Two drafting.
Tuesday, 9/16/25
Finish reading "The Fall of the House of Usher," if necessary.
Read Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart" in Canvas.
Work on YPF and/or CE Two drafting.
Wednesday, 9/17/25
Vocabulary Exercise Five.
Open-note quiz: Edgar Allan Poe.
Work on YPF and/or CE Two drafting.
Club Day Meetings, Block Three.
Thursday, 9/18/25
Read Hawthorne, "The Minister’s Black Veil,” Mirrors & Windows E-Selections, pp. E76-E85.
Work on YPF and/or CE Two drafting.
Friday, 9/19/25
Vocabulary Quiz Five.
Review for Unit Test Two: The New England Renaissance.
Homework: Turn in YPF draft into Canvas by the end of the day on Monday.
Week Six
Monday, 9/8/25
Vocabulary List Four.
Open-note quiz on The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 20-24.
Review highlights from Ch. 20-24.
Read Hawthorne scholarship.
Reminder: YPF drafts due in two weeks; Cultural Event Two due in three weeks.
Tuesday, 9/9/25
Read sample YPF plays.
Work on YPF and/or CE Two drafting.
Wednesday, 9/10/25
Underclass photo day.
Vocabulary Exercise Four.
Read Thoreau, Mirrors & Windows pp. 112-115.
William & Mary visit.
Thursday, 9/11/25
Read Thoreau, Mirrors & Windows pp. 116-122.
Read Irving, Mirrors & Windows pp. 127-137.
Friday, 9/12/25
Vocabulary Quiz Four.
Review English 111: Common Errors.
Worksheet: connotation vs. denotation.
Work on YPF and/or CE Two drafting.
Week Five
Tuesday, 9/2/25
Open-note quiz on The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 10-14.
Review highlights from Ch. 10-14.
Assignment: read The Scarlet Letter Ch. 15-19 by Thursday.
Wednesday, 9/3/25
Make-up quizzes, as necessary.
Continue reading The Scarlet Letter independently.
Reminder: open-note quiz tomorrow on Ch. 15-19.
If finished with your reading, continue YPF drafting.
Thursday, 9/4/25
Open-note quiz on The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 15-19.
Review highlights from Ch. 15-19.
Assignment: read The Scarlet Letter Ch. 20-24 by Monday.
Read Emerson, Mirrors & Windows pp. 103-110.
Begin reviewing the SOL Pre-Assessment.
Friday, 9/5/25
Continue reviewing the SOL Pre-Assessment.
Continue reading The Scarlet Letter independently.
Reminder: open-note quiz Monday on Ch. 20-24.
If finished with your reading, continue YPF drafting.
Week Four
Monday, 8/25/25
Check Canvas registration.
Reminder: Cultural Event due in Canvas tomorrow.
Review handout: "Expectations for College Writing."
Vocabulary List Three.
Open-note quiz, The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 1-5.
Review highlights from The Scarlet Letter Ch. 5.
Read The Scarlet Letter Ch. 6 to p. 64.
Homework: continue drafting CE One, Essay One, and/or the YPF Play.
Tuesday 8/26/25
Cultural Event One due.
Finish The Scarlet Letter Ch. 6 (from p. 64) and Ch. 7.
Assignment: read The Scarlet Letter Ch. 8-9 by Thursday.
Wednesday, 8/27/25
Vocabulary Exercise Three.
SOL Pre Assessment in Mastery Connect.
Thursday 8/28/25
Assign Cultural Event Two, due Monday, 9/29, and review the Arts Array calendar.
Open-note quiz, The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 6-9.
Review highlights from Ch. 8 & 9.
Assignment: read The Scarlet Letter Ch. 10-14 by Tuesday (Open-note quiz on Ch. 10-14 scheduled for Tuesday).
Essay One due by Monday.
Finish the SOL Pre-Assessment Test, if necessary.
Friday, 8/29/25
Vocabulary Quiz Three.
Read Longfellow, Mirrors & Windows pp. 96-99.
Reminders:
Essay One due by Monday.
The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 10-14 due Tuesday.
Week Three
Monday, 8/18/25
Vocabulary List Two.
Read Silko, Mirrors & Windows pp. 15-16.
Read Bill of Rights, Mirrors & Windows pp. 67-68.
Review for Unit Test One.
Work on drafting CE One and/or Essay One.
Tuesday 8/19/25
Distribute amended syllabus.
Assign the playwrighting project for Barter Theatre's Young Playwrights' Festival.
Drafts due for workshop on Monday, 9/22.
Final plays due Monday, 10/6.
YPF RESOURCES:
Unit One Test.
Wednesday, 8/20/25
Vocabulary Exercise Two.
Slideshow & Worksheet: Introduction to Unit Two.
Read the Introduction to Unit Two, Mirrors & Windows pp. 82-88.
Work on drafting CE One, Essay One, and/or the YPF Play.
Thursday 8/21/25
Read Hawthorne biography and The Scarlet Letter Ch. 1-3.
Work on drafting CE One, Essay One, and/or the YPF Play.
Friday, 8/22/25
Vocabulary Quiz Two.
Review key moments from The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 3.
Read The Scarlet Letter Ch. 4-5.
Work on drafting CE One, Essay One, and/or the YPF Play.
Reminders:
An open-note quiz on The Scarlet Letter Ch. 1-5 is scheduled for Monday.
Cultural Event One due Tuesday.
Essay One due next Friday.
Week Two
Monday, 8/11/25
Vocabulary List One.
Terms Worksheet: Oral tradition, myth, chronological order, and archetype.
Read "Creation Myths," Mirrors & Windows pp. 7-11.
Assignment: write your own creation myth (200-300 words--> approximately 1 page, handwritten), explaining how something came to be; due tomorrow.
Open-note quiz tomorrow on the Introduction to Unit One.
Tuesday 8/12/25
Open-note quiz: Introduction to Unit One.
Share/turn in creation myths.
Assign Cultural Event One, due Tuesday, 8/26.
Assign Essay One, due Friday, 8/29.
Work on Essay One and/or C.E. One drafting.
Wednesday, 8/13/25
Vocabulary Exercise One.
Reading assignments:
Vaca, Mirrors & Windows pp. 18-22.
Smith, pp. 24-29.
Bradford, pp. 30-32.
Continue Essay One and/or C.E. One drafting.
Thursday 8/14/25
Reading assignments:
Edwards, Mirrors & Windows pp. 34-38.
Franklin, Mirrors & Windows pp. 42-49.
Continue Essay One and/or C.E. One drafting.
Friday, 8/15/25
Vocabulary Quiz One.
Terms worksheet: Puritan style, syntax, inversion, oratory, rhetorical devices (restatement, repetition, parallelism, rhetorical questions, allusions), persuasion, audiences.
Readings assignments:
Henry, Mirrors & Windows pp. 50-53.
Paine, pp. 56-59.
Jefferson, pp. 62-67.
Continue Essay One and/or C.E. One drafting.
Week One
Thursday, 8/7/25
Complete college applications, as necessary.
Distribution and review of the English 111 course syllabus.
Register students in EMC Textbook Portal (Mirrors & Windows) & Canvas.
Friday, 8/8/25
Review the VHCC Plagiarism Guide.
Create an MLA template file for English 111/112 papers.
Slideshow and Worksheet: Introduction to Unit One.
Read “Introduction to Unit 1, Shaping the New World, Origins of the American Tradition to 1800,” Mirrors & Windows pp. 1-6.