Syllabus

Week 37

Monday 5/26 -Holiday-

Tuesday 5/27 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 5/28 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Capstone Presentations: Elizabeth, Julianna, Johanna

Announcements & Reminders:

• Optional Redo Final Vocab Quiz (on all words) on Friday

• Capstone Presentations continue through the week.  Here's the complete schedule.

Thursday 5/29 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Optional Redo Final Vocab Quiz (on all words) Tomorrow.

• Capstone Presentations: Maddie, Anastasia, Makenna, Emily

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Presentations continue through the week.  Here's the complete schedule.

Friday 5/30 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Optional Vocab Quiz Redo

• Capstone Presentations: Aidan, Elyse, Cami

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Presentations continue next week.  Here's the complete schedule.

Week 36

Monday 5/19 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Speaking / Presenting Continued: Using Media: Steve Jobs's iPhone Unveil 

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Presentations begin Thurs.  Here's the complete schedule.

• Final Vocab Test (on all words) on Wed.

Tuesday 5/20 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 5/21 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Vocab test (French Terms, etc.)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Presentations begin Tomorrow.  Here's the complete schedule.

Thursday 5/22 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Capstone Presentations (Danica, Adam, Nicolai, Paris)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Presentations continue next week.  Here's the complete schedule.

• Optional Vocab Quiz Redo on 5/30

Week 35

Monday 5/12 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Nonfiction Continued:  Letters of Note

  • Completion / Review: Anderson's 'To My Old Master'

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Paper Due Friday (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Presentations Begin on 5/22.  *Complete presentation schedule available here.

• Final Vocab Test (on all words) on 5/20

Tuesday 5/13 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Public Speaking Continued: Body Language, Mark Bowden on 'The Importance of Being Inauthentic'  

  • ...Follow-Up Q & A

• Nonfiction Continued:  Letters of Note

  • Review: Anderson's 'To My Old Master'

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Paper Due Friday (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Presentations Begin on 5/22.  *Complete presentation schedule available here.

• Final Vocab Test (on all words) on 5/20

Wednesday 5/14 (A Day) -Off-

Thursday 5/15 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Body Language Exercise

• "Office Time" 

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Paper Due Friday (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Presentations Begin on 5/22.  *Complete presentation schedule available here.

• Final Vocab Test (on all words) on 5/20

Friday 5/16 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Body Language Exercise

• "Office Time" 

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Paper Due Friday (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Presentations Begin on 5/22.  *Complete presentation schedule available here.

• Final Vocab Test (on all words) on 5/20

Week 34

Monday 5/5 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Senior Skip Day ..."Office Day" for anyone in attendance.

Tuesday 5/6 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• TBD Depending on attendance (Many out for AP Testing)  

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Paper Due 5/16 (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Presentations Begin on 5/21.  *Complete presentation schedule available here.

Wednesday 5/7 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Public Speaking Exercise: Avoiding Fillers

• Nonfiction Continued:  Letters of Note

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Paper Due 5/16 (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Presentations Begin on 5/21.  *Complete presentation schedule available here.

Monday 5/8 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 5/9 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Public Speaking Exercise: Avoiding Fillers Continued

• Nonfiction Continued:  Letters of Note (Jourdan Anderson's 'To My Old Master')

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Next Class: 20 Minutes set aside for Letters of Note (Jourdan Anderson's 'To My Old Master') --Reaction Essay--

• Capstone Paper Due 5/16 (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Presentations Begin on 5/21.  *Complete presentation schedule available here.

Week 33

Monday 4/28 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 4/29 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Writers on Writing Continued:

  • Bradstreet's "The Author to Her Book" *Discussion Questions due in Turnitin by the beginning of class Tomorrow.

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

• (If Time Permits) Capstone Presentation Lottery

Announcements & Reminders:

• Discussion Questions for Bradstreet's "The Author to Her Book" due in Turnitin Tomorrow.

• Capstone Progress Report Due Thurs  (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

Wednesday 4/30 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• "Office Day"

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Progress Report Due Tomorrow (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Paper Due 5/15 (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Presentations Begin on 5/21.  *Complete presentation schedule available here.

Thursday 5/1 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Mini Lecture: Name Dropping & Citing Sources

• Review Bradstreet's "Author To Her Book"

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Progress Report Due Today (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Paper Due 5/16 (You'll make this available through your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Capstone Presentations Begin on 5/21.  *Complete presentation schedule available here.

Friday 5/1 (A Day) -Off-

Week 32

Monday 4/14 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 4/15 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Writers on Writing Continued:

  • Intro / Reading: King's 'Revising The Work'

    • Discussion Questions Due Thursday *Skip the Writing Topic For Now

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Discussion Questions for King's 'Revising The Work' Due in Turnitin by the beginning of class on Thursday *Skip the Writing Topic For Now

• Capstone Progress Report Due May 1 (You'll update this within your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

Wednesday 4/16 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• "Office Time" for Capstone Project

Announcements & Reminders:

• Discussion Questions for King's 'Revising The Work' Due in Turnitin by the beginning of class Today.

• Capstone Progress Report Due May 1 (You'll update this within your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

Thursday 4/17 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Writers on Writing Continued:

  • Writing Topic # 1 for King's 'Revising the Work' *Due in Turnitin by the end of class. 

Announcements & Reminders:

• Discussion Questions for King's 'Revising The Work' Due in Turnitin by the end of class Today.

• Capstone Progress Report Due May 1 (You'll update this within your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

Week 31

Monday 4/7 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Capstone Project Updates

  • Proposal Due Date

  • Workflow Document 

• Writers on Writing Continued

  • • Poe's 'Philosophy of Composition' Reading / Discussion Questions

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Discussion Questions for Poe's 'Philosophy of Composition' Due in Turnitin on Thursday

• Capstone Project Proposal Due on Friday

Tuesday 4/8 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 4/9 (B Day)  

Agenda:

• 'Office Day' 

Announcements & Reminders:

• Discussion Questions for Poe's 'Philosophy of Composition' Due in Turnitin Tomorrow

• Capstone Project Proposal Due Friday (You'll update this within your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

Thursday 4/10 (C Day)

Agenda:

• • Writers on Writing Continued:

    • Review / Discussion: Poe's 'Philosophy'

    • Intro / Reading: Lamott's 'Shitty First Drafts' *Discussion Questions due tomorrow.  *Skip the 'Writing Topic' for now.

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Discussion Questions for Poe's 'Philosophy of Composition' Due in Turnitin Today

• Discussion Questions for Lamott's 'Shitty First Drafts' Due in Turnitin tomorrow. *Skip the 'Writing Topic' for now.

• Capstone Project Proposal Due Tomorrow (You'll update this within your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

Friday 4/4 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Mini Lecture: Capstone Project, Next Steps ...Academic Research, Annotated Bib, etc.

• Writers on Writing Continued:

  • Review / Discussion: Lamott's 'Shitty First Drafts'

  • Writing Topic (In class)

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Capstone Project Proposal Due Today (You'll update this within your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

• Discussion Questions for Lamott's 'Shitty First Drafts' Due in Turnitin today.

• Capstone Progress Report Due May 1 (You'll update this within your 'Capstone Workflow' Document)

Week 30

Monday 3/31 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Academic Responsibility Self-Eval

• Catch-Up Time:

  • Last-minute make-ups.

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Essay Test on Choice Novel OR 'The Stranger" on Thursday

Tuesday 4/1 (D Day)

Agenda:

• About The Capstone Project

  • ...ideas for updates (to deal with AI)

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Essay Test on Choice Novel OR 'The Stranger" on Thursday

Wednesday 4/2 (A Day) -Off-

Thursday 4/3 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Essay Test on Choice Novel OR 'The Stranger" 

Friday 4/4 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Intro to Nonfiction

  • Writers on Writing

    • Ryan Holiday, 'Reading Like a Pro'

    • Poe's 'Philosophy of Composition'

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

Week 29

Monday 3/24 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Quiz on Part 1, Chapters 4-6 of 'The Stranger'

• 'The Stranger' Continued

  • Highlights / Discussion / Notes: Murder on the Beach, etc.

  • Reading Continued: Part 2

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Part 2, Chapters 1-3 of 'The Stranger' on Wednesday

Tuesday 3/25 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• 'The Stranger' Continued:

  • Back to the Beach: "Killing An Arab"

  • Reading Continued: Part 2, Chapters 1-3

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on 'The Stranger,' Part 2, Chapters 1-3 Tomorrow

Wednesday 3/26 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Quiz on Part 2, Chapters 1-3 of 'The Stranger'

• Mini Lecture: Camus & 'The Myth of Sisyphus'

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Read & Learn these Philosophy Terms for 'The Stranger'

• Final Quiz on 'The Stranger' / Sisyphus / Philosophy Terms on Friday

Thursday 3/27 (A Day) -Off-

Friday 3/28 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Final Quiz on 'The Stranger' / Sisyphus / Philosophy Terms

• Discussion: How to be a good existentialist.

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Essay Test on The Stranger / Choice Novel on Tuesday  

Week 28

Monday 3/17 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 3/18 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc)

• 'The Stranger' Continued

  • Reading: Part 1, Chapts 1-3 Continued

• Highlights / Discussion / Notes (The Opening and Narration)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Part 1, Chapters 1-3 of 'The Stranger' on Thursday

Wednesday 3/19 (C Day)

Agenda:

• "The Stranger" Continued: Part 1, Chapts. 2 & 3

• Highlights/Discussion/Notes

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Part 1, Chapters 1-3 of 'The Stranger' Tomorrow

Thursday 3/20 (D Day)

• Quiz on 'The Stranger' Part 1, Chapters 1-3

• Highlights/Discussion/Notes:

• Reading Continued: Part 1, Chapts. 4-6

• Vocab: French Terms Commonly Used In English

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on 'The Stranger,' Part 1, Chapters 4-6 on Monday

Friday 3/21 (A Day) -Off-

Week 27

Monday 3/10 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Novel Quiz # 2 Review

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

Announcements & Reminders:

• Chapter Notes (Single Installment) on Choice Novel due Today  *Submit in Turintin by the beginning of class.

• Novel Quiz # 3 on Wednesday

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) on Friday (originally sched. for Thurs)

Tuesday 3/11 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 3/12 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Novel Quiz # 3 (On the end)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) on Friday

Thursday 3/13 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Novel Quiz 3 Wrap-Up

• Vocab: Common Latin

  • Master List (*Volunteer(s) Needed)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) on Tues

Friday 3/14 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Vocab (Common Latin)

• Intro to Albert Camus's "The Stranger"

  • Reading: Together / alone

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Part 1, Chapters 1-3 of 'The Stranger' TBD

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) on Tues

Week 26

Monday 3/3 (C Day)

Agenda:

• *Adjustments to Presentation & Quiz Sched.

• Supplemental Reading Notes (Paris, Elizabeth H.)

  • Here's the complete schedule.

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

Announcements & Reminders:

• Novel Quiz 2 on Thursday *Guidelines available here.

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) Next Thursday

Tuesday 3/4 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Supplemental Reading Notes (Cami, Sophie)

  • Here's the complete schedule.

• About Chapter Notes (Writing INSIDE and outside of the book!)

  • Here's the Crash-Course video on taking notes from the beginning of the year.

  • Jeffry Kaplan's Method 

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

Announcements & Reminders:

• Novel Quiz 2 on Thursday *Guidelines available here.

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) Next Thursday

Wednesday 3/5 (A Day) -Off-

Thursday 3/6 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Novel Quiz #2

  • Here's the complete schedule.

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) on Thursday

Friday 3/7 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Supplemental Reading Notes 

  • Here's the complete schedule.

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

Announcements & Reminders:

• Chapter Notes (Single Installment) on Choice Novel due Monday  *Submit in Turintin by the beginning of class.

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) on Thursday

Week 25

Monday 2/24 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Supplemental Reading Notes (Steven, Nicolai)

  • Here's the complete schedule.

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

Announcements & Reminders:

• Novel Quiz 1 on Wednesday *Guidelines available here.

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) Next Friday (Tentative)

Tuesday 2/25 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Supplemental Reading Notes (Jules, Matt)

  • Here's the complete schedule.

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) Next Friday (Tentative)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Novel Quiz 1 on Wednesday *Guidelines available here.

Wednesday 2/26 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Novel Quiz #1

• Supplemental Reading Notes (Mr. Carty, Aidan, Max)

  • Here's the complete schedule.

Announcements & Reminders:

• Novel Quiz 2 on 3/4 *Guidelines available here.

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) Next Friday (Tentative)

Thursday 2/27 (A Day) -Off-

Friday 2/28 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Supplemental Reading Notes (Max, Mr. Carty, Maddie, Elise, Anastasia)

  • Here's the complete schedule.

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

Announcements & Reminders:

• Novel Quiz 1 on Wednesday *Guidelines available here.

• Vocab Test (Common Latin, etc. ) Next Friday (Tentative)

Week 24

Monday 2/17 -Holiday-

Tuesday 2/18 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Novel Check

• Supplemental Reading Presentation Lottery

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

Announcements & Reminders:

• Novel Quiz 1 TBD

Wednesday 2/19 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Supplemental Reading Presentation Lottery continued.

• Supplemental Reading Notes: Mr. Carty

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

Announcements & Reminders:

• Novel Quiz 1 TBD

Thursday 2/20 (D Day)

• Supplemental Reading Notes

  • Here's the schedule.

• "Library Time"

• Vocab: Common Latin

Announcements & Reminders:

• Novel Quiz 1 TBD

Friday 2/21 (A Day) -Off-

Week 23

Monday 2/10 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 2/11 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Vocab: Confusables

• Intro to the personal narrative

  • Reading: 'Mr. Covey'

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Test on Thursday *Confusables plus a few lit terms

• Hard Copy of your novel due Friday *Guidelines available here.

Wednesday 2/12 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Quiz on 'Mr. Covey'

• Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Test tomorrow *Confusables plus a few lit terms

• Hard Copy of your novel due Friday *Guidelines available here.

Thursday 2/13 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Vocab Test

Announcements & Reminders:

• Hard Copy of your novel due Monday *Guidelines available here.

Friday 2/14 (A Day) -Off-

Week 22

Monday 2/3 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Hamlet Act 5 Continued

  • Hamlet Documentary 

  • Test Review: Major Themes & Devices

• (If time Permits) Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Hamlet Essay Test on Wednesday

Tuesday 2/4 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 2/5 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Hamlet Essay Test

Thursday 2/6 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Intro to The Novel Unit

• Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Hard Copy of your novel due next Friday *Guidelines available here.

Friday 2/7 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Reading / Reaction Essay for Neil Postman's 'Graduation Speech'

• Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Hard Copy of your novel due next Friday *Guidelines available here.

Week 21

Monday 1/27 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Hamlet Act 5 Continued

  • A Gentlemanly Duel

  • Delelted Scenes

• (If time Permits) Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Acts 4 & 5 of Hamlet on Thursday

Tuesday 1/28 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Important Moments Revisited:

  • Where Is Polonius

  • The Gravedigger

• Hamlet Documentary

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Acts 4 & 5 of Hamlet on Thursday

Wednesday 1/29 (A Day) -Off-

Thursday 1/30 (B Day)

• Quiz on Acts 4 & 5 of Hamlet

Friday 1/31 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Hamlet Documentary

Announcements & Reminders:

• Essay Test on 'Hamlet' on Wednesday

• Vocab Test: Confusables, etc on the week of Feb 10.

Week 20

Monday 1/21 -Holiday-

Tuesday 1/22 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Act III Continued

  • Now I can Drink Hot Blood

  • Act III Review ...Schedule Quiz

  • Act IV Intro / Screening

• Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Act 3 TBD Tomorrow

Wednesday 1/23 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Quiz on Act 3 

• Act 4 Intro / Screening

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Test (Lit Terms and Confusables) Week of Feb 4

Thursday 1/24 (A Day) -Off-

Friday 1/25 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Screening: Acts 5 & 5

  • *Next time: ' A Gentlemanly Duel'

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Test (Lit Terms and Confusables) Week of Feb 4

Week 19

Monday 1/13 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Act II Continued

  • Polonius's Theory

  • Words, Words, Words

  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Arrive 

  • “The Play’s The Thing…”

• Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Act 2 Tomorrow

Tuesday 1/14 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Quiz on Act 2 of Hamlet

Wednesday 1/15 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Act III Intro, Screening

  • 'To Be or Not to Be..."

• Vocab: Confusables

Thursday 1/16 (A Day) -Off-

Friday 1/17 (B Day)

Agenda:

Act 3 Continued:

• The Breakup

• The Play Withing The Play

• ...'Now I can Drink Hot Blood"'

Week 18

Monday 1/6 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 1/7 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Hamlet Act 1 Continued:

  • Laertes Leaves for France

  • The Ghost Speaks

  • Act 1 wrap-up: Review / Discussion / Notes

• (If time Permits) Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Act 1 on Thursday

Wednesday 1/8 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Hamlet continued:

  • Act II Intro, Screening

    • Hamlet Scares Ophelia 

    • Polonius’s Theory

    • “Words, Words, Words” 

• Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Act 1 Tomorrow

Thursday 1/9 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Quiz on Act I of Hamlet

• Act II Continued

  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Arrive 

  • “The Play’s The Thing…”

• Vocab: Confusables

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Act 2 TBD

Friday 1/10 (A Day) -Off-

Week 17

Thursday 1/2 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Hate Shakespeare?

• Intro to Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'

• ...Scene 1 

• Vocab: Confusables

Friday 1/3 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Hamlet: Act 1 Continued

  • Screening

    • Exposition

    • Hamlet Packs for school

    • The first soliloquy

• Vocab: Confusables

Week 16

Monday 12/16 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: The Hyphen (Practice Quiz #2)

• Poetry Lesson 6 (Images & Symbols)

  • Reading (Foster)

  • Case Studies

Announcements & Reminders:

• Hyphen Quiz Tomorrow *This one counts.

Tuesday 12/17 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Hyphen Quiz *This One Counts

• Images & Symbols Wrap-Up (Review: Grandma's Hands)

• Poetry Lesson 7 (Form & Structure)

  • Reading (Foster)

  • Case Studies

Announcements & Reminders:

Wednesday 12/18 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Poetry Lesson 7 (Form & Structure)

  • Case Studies Continued: The Shakespearian Sonnet

  • *If Time Permits (Reviewing Last Quiz)

Announcements & Reminders: 

• Final Poetry Quiz on Friday

Thursday 12/18 (A Day) -Off-

Friday 12/19 (B Day) 

• Final Poetry Quiz 

Week 15

Monday 12/9 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 12/10 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Poetry Quiz on Words, Syntax, & Rhyme

Wednesday 12/11 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Poetry Quiz on Words, Syntax, & Rhyme Continued

• Grammar: The Hyphen (Rules & Practice Quiz #1)

Thursday 12/12 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Poetry Lesson 4 (Point of View) 

  • Reading (Foster)

  • Case Studies

Friday 12/12 (A Day) -Off-

Week 14

Monday 12/2 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar: Personal Pronouns Practice Quiz #2 

• Poetry Lesson 3: (Words & Syntax)

  • Reading (Foster)

  • Case Studies:

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on S-V Agreement & Dangling Modifiers on Wednesday

Tuesday 12/3 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 12/4 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Quiz on S-V Agreement & Dangling Modifiers

• Complete THIS PRACTICE QUIZ  on Words & Syntax.

• Poetry Lesson 4: (Rhyme)

  • Reading (Foster)

  • Case Studies

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Personal Pronouns on Thursday

• Poetry Quiz on Words, Syntax, & Rhyme on Tuesday

Thursday 12/5 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar Quiz on Personal Pronouns

• Poetry Lesson 4: (Rhyme) Continued

  • Case Studies

Announcements & Reminders:

• Poetry Quiz on Words, Syntax, & Rhyme on Tuesday

Friday 12/6 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Rhyme Continued

Announcements & Reminders:

• Poetry Quiz on Words, Syntax, & Rhyme on Tuesday

Week 13

Monday 11/25 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 11/26 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar: Personal Pronouns (The Cookie-Monster Problem) Details & Practice Quiz #1

• Poetry Lesson 2 (Meter) Continued

  • Case Studies

*If Time Permits: Intro to Lesson # 3 (Words & Syntax)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Poetry Quiz on Sound & Meter Tomorrow

• Grammar Quiz on S-V Agreement & Dangling Modifiers Next Wednesday

Wednesday 11/27 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Poetry Quiz # 1 (Sound & Meter)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Grammar Quiz on S-V Agreement & Dangling Modifiers Next Wednesday

Week 12

Monday 11/18 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Intro to Poetry

  • Lesson # 1 (Sound)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Odyssey Essay Test #2 on Wednesday

Tuesday 11/19 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 11/20 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Odyssey Essay Test #2

Thursday 11/21 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Intro to Poetry

  • Lesson # 1 (Sound)

Friday 11/22 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Intro to Poetry

  • Lesson # 1 (Sound) Continued

    • Review

    • Case Studies

  • Lesson # 2 (Meter)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Sound & Meter on Wednesday

Week 11

Monday 11/11 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement Practice Quiz #2  

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Books 22 & 23 (Library Time)

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Complete Book 23 for Tomorrow

• Quiz on Books 20-24 on Thursday (Short Version)

• Odyssey Essay Test # 2 on Friday

Tuesday 11/12 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Dangling Modifier Practice Quiz #1 

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Books 22 & 23 Review

  • Book 24 Intro / Reading

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Books 20-24 on Thursday (Short Version)

• Odyssey Essay Test # 2 on Friday

Wednesday 11/13 (A Day) -Off-

Thursday 11/14 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Quiz on Books 20-24 of 'The Odyssey'

• Odyssey Wrap-Up: Major themes & devices

• Grammar: Dangling Modifier Practice Quiz #2 

Announcements & Reminders:

• Odyssey Essay Test # 2 on Wednesday

Friday 11/15 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Odyssey Essay Test # 2 -Postponed to Wednesday

• Intro to Poetry

Week 10

Monday 11/4 (D Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Subject / Verb Agreement & Practice Quiz #1

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 21 Review

  • Book 22 Intro / Reading

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Books 14-19 on Wed

Tuesday 11/5 (A Day) -Off- 

Wednesday 11/6 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• Quiz on Books 14-19

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Books 22 & 23

• Academic Responsibility Self Eval

• Grammar: Subject / Verb Agreement & Practice Quiz #2

Week 9

Monday 10/28 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Comma / Semicolon  Rule & Practice Quiz # 1 *Schedule Final Quiz

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: 

  • Books 17 & 18

Announcements & Reminders:

• Complete Book 18 for Tomorrow

• Comma / Semicolon Quiz on Thursday (This One Counts)

Tuesday 10/29 (D Day) 

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: 

  • Book 18 Review

  • 'Library Time':

    • Essay Give-Back & Review

    • Book 19 Intro / Reading

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Complete Book 19 for Thursday.

• Comma / Semicolon Quiz on Thursday (This One Counts)

Wednesday 10/30 (A Day) -Off- 

Thursday 10/31 (B Day) *Shortened Class (40 mins)

Agenda:

• Essay Review Day ...Comma / Semicolon Quiz moved to tomorrow.

Friday 11/1 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Comma / Semicolon Quiz (This One Counts)

• "The Odyssey" Continued:

  • Book 19 Review

  • Book 20 Summary

  • Book 21 Intro / Reading

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Books 14-19 on Monday

Week 8

Monday 10/21 (B Day) 

• Comma Rules / Practice Quiz # 3

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: 

  • Book 16 Review

  • Intro/Reading: Book 17

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Complete Book 17 to pg. 364 for tomorrow. Prepare Questions & Comments for discussion.

• Vocab Quiz (Lit Terms A through J) Wed. 

Tuesday 10/22 (C Day) 

• Composition Lesson # 7 (Efficient Writing)

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: 

  • Book 17 Review So Far

  • Reading Continued: Books 17 & 18

• Vocab: Lit Terms (Final review before tomorrow's quiz)

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Quiz (Lit Terms A through J) Tomorrow.

Wednesday 10/23 (D Day) 

• Vocab Quiz (Lit Terms A-J) **Postponed**

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Quiz (Lit Terms A through J) Friday.

Thursday 10/24 (A Day) -Off-

Friday 10/25 (B Day) 

• Vocab Quiz (Lit Terms A through J)

Week 7

Monday 10/14 -Holiday- 

Tuesday 10/15 (B Day) 

• Comma Rules / Practice Quiz # 1

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: Book 14 Intro / Reading

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Complete Book 14 for tomorrow (prepare questions & comments for discussion)

Wednesday 10/16 (C Day) 

• Vocab: Lit Terms

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: 

  • Book 14 Review

  • Book 15 Summary 

Announcements & Reminders:

• Vocab Quiz (Lit Terms A through J) next Wed. 

Thursday 10/17 (D Day) 

• Comma Practice Quiz # 2

• 'The Odyssey' Continued:

  • Book 15 summary review

  • Book 16 Intro / Reading

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Complete Book 16 for Monday.  Prepare Questions & Comments for discussion.

• Vocab Quiz (Lit Terms A through J) next Wed. 

Friday 10/18 (A Day) -Off-

Week 6

Monday 10/7 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 10/8 (B Day) 

• Composition Lesson # 2: Order of Ideas

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: Book 12 Wrap-Up

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Books 8-13 Tomorrow

• Odyssey Essay Test (Books 1-13) on Thurs.  *Essays will be graded holistically, using this rubric (on composition) and this one (on content) as rough guidelines.

Wednesday 10/9 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Quiz on Books 8-13 of 'The Odyssey'

Announcements & Reminders:

• Odyssey Essay Test (Books 1-13) Tomorrow.  *Essays will be graded holistically, using this rubric (on composition) and this one (on content) as rough guidelines.

Thursday 10/10 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Essay Test on Books 1-13 of 'The Odyssey'

Announcements & Reminders:

Week 5

Monday 9/30 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Reaction Essay for Book 11 of 'The Odyssey' *Due In Turnitin by the end of class.

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Tuesday 10/1 (A Day) -Off-

Wednesday 10/2 (B Day)

Agenda:

• The Odyssey Continued: 

  • Book 11 Wrap-Up (Agamemnon, Achilles, & Ajax)

  • Book 12: Intro / Reading

• Composition: Using The Present Tense

Announcements & Reminders:

Thursday 10/3 (C Day)

• Mini Lecture: Why Writing Is So Hard

  • Composition Exercise: Writing The First Sentence

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: Book 12 Intro / Reading

Friday 10/4 (D Day)

• Composition: Using The Present Tense

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: Book 12 Wrap-Up

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Prepare Questions / Comments for Book 12 for Tues.

• Quiz on Books 8-13 on Wed

• Odyssey Essay Test (Books 1-13) on Thurs

Week 4

Monday 9/23 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Vocab: Lit Terms

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: Intro/Reading: Book 9

• Film Clip From 'Troy'

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Books 1-7 Tomorrow  *Here's a sample question & answer set.

• Complete Book 9 for Thurs (Prepare Comments & Questions for Discussion)

Tuesday 9/24 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Quiz on Books 1-7

• Grammar: Possessives Practice Quiz # 2

Announcements & Reminders:

• Possessives Quiz on Friday (This One Counts)

Wednesday 9/25 (A Day) -Off-

Thursday 9/26 (B Day) 

Agenda:

• "The Odyssey" Continued: 

  • Book 9 Review/Highlights/Discussion

  • Book 10 Summary

• Grammar: Possessives Practice Quiz # 2

Announcements & Reminders:

• Possessives Quiz Tomorrow (This One Counts)

Friday 9/27 (C Day) 

Agenda:

• Grammar: Possessives Quiz (This One Counts)

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: Book 11:  Intro / reading ... Know the  background info on a these characters before reading:

  • *Agamemnon (whose death is relevant to this scene -details here)

  • *Achilles (whom Odysseus recruited to fight in the Trojan War -details here)

  • *…and Ajax (who had a legendary dispute with Odysseus over Achilles’ armor -details here).  

  • **When reading  Book 11, you can skip lines 257-377.

Announcements & Reminders:

• Written Response to Book 11 on Monday (timed, in class).

Week 3

Monday 9/16 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar: Syntax; Practice Quiz #3

• "The Odyssey" Continued: 

  • 'Library Time' (Book 6) Reading/Notes

Announcements & Reminders:

• Sign Up For Turnitin...

  • Go to turnitin.com

  • Use Class ID: 45514174   ...and Enrollment Key: cartystudent

• Note-Taking exercise on Book 6 Due Tuesday (In Turnitin) by the beginning of class. 

• Syntax Quiz on Friday (This One Counts) 

Tuesday 9/17 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Vocab: Lit Terms

• 'The Odyssey': 

  • Book 6 Review / Notes

  • Intro / Reading Book 7

Announcements & Reminders:

• • Note-Taking exercise on Book 6 Due Today (In Turnitin) by the beginning of class. 

Wednesday 9/18 (D Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar: Possessives Rules & Practice Quiz # 1

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: Reading Book 7 (from the text) , Book 8 (summary only).  *Schedule Odyssey Quiz.

• Film Clip from 'Troy'

Announcements & Reminders:

• Prepare Comments & Questions for Discussion on Books 7 & 8 for Friday

• Quiz on Books 1-7 TBD

Thursday 9/18 (A Day) -Off-

Friday 9/19 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Syntax Quiz (This One Counts)

• 'The Odyssey' Continued: Discussion / Notes on Books 7 & 8

• Summer-Reading Test Giveback

Announcements & Reminders:

• Quiz on Books 1-7 on Tuesday  *Here's a sample question & answer set.

Week 2

Monday 9/9 (A Day) -Off-

Tuesday 9/10 (B Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar: Syntax; Practice Quiz #1

• "The Odyssey" 

  • Book Sign-out

  • Intro Lecture

  • Independent Reading: 

    • Context

    • Summaries for books one through four.

Announcements & Reminders:

• Sign Up For Turnitin...

  • Go to turnitin.com

  • Use Class ID: 45514174   ...and Enrollment Key: cartystudent

Wednesday 9/11 (C Day)

Agenda:

• Grammar: Syntax; Practice Quiz #2

• 'The Odyssey': Book 5 Intro/Reading

Announcements & Reminders:

• • Complete Book 5; Prepare comments & questions for discussion for tomorrow.

Thursday 9/12 (D Day)

Agenda:

• About 'Academic Responsibility'

• "The Odyssey" Continued: 

  • Book 5 Review

  • Reading / Notes on Book 6

• Vocab: Lit Terms

Announcements & Reminders:

• Sign Up For Turnitin...

  • Go to turnitin.com

  • Use Class ID: 45514174   ...and Enrollment Key: cartystudent

• Note-Taking exercise on Book 6 Due Tuesday (In Turnitin) by the beginning of class. 

Friday 9/13 (A Day) -Off-

Week 1

Tuesday 9/3

Agenda:

• Course Intro

Announcements & Reminders:

• Summer-Reading Test on Thurs

Wednesday 9/4

Agenda:

• First-Day Survey

• Summer-Reading Cram

Announcements & Reminders:

• Summer-Reading Test Tomorrow

Thursday 9/5

Agenda:

• Summer-Reading Test

Announcements & Reminders:

• Summer-Reading Test on Thurs

Friday 9/6

Agenda:

• Summer Reading Test Review

Announcements & Reminders: