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Aug. 29 Per.3,5 1. Signed Syllabus Slip due next Wednesday
2. Spiral Notebook due in class next Wednesday
Aug.31st Per.3,5 1. Signed Syllabus Slip due next Wednesday
2. Spiral Notebook due in class next Wednesday
Sept.7 Per.3,5 Begin preparing for next Thursday's Vocabulary Root Quiz:
"domin" - "fact"
Sept.11 Per.3,5 1. Study for Thursday's Vocab. Root Quiz: domin - fact
2. Finish the "sentence fragment" assignment
Sept.13 Per.3,5 For your Descriptive Essay, identify your chosen
person, and explain why you chose him/her
Sept.17 Per. 3,5 1. Vocab. Assignment due next class (handout)
2. First Draft (complete - all five paragraphs) due
on Friday, Sept., 21st
Sept.21 Per.3,5 1. Finish "quilt" piece
2. Next Vocab. Quiz on Thurs. - Sept.27th
"domin" - "gastro"
Sept.25 Per.3,5 1.Finish reading "The Cold Equations" (pg.164 of
textbook)
2. Next Vocab. Quiz on Thurs. - Sept.27th
"domin" - "gastro"
Sept.27 Per.3,5 - Have final draft of "Describe a Person" essay ready to
type up in the library on Monday
Oct.1 - Final draft of "Describe a Person" essay must be turned
in by Wednesday at beginning of class
- Due Wed.: two paragraphs of describing a rescue
scene (third-person-omniscient pov and first-
person pov)
Oct.3 1. Finish reading Things Fall Apart: Chs.1-2
2. Answer questions 1-20 (from the handout)
Oct.5 1. Read Things Fall ApartA: Chs.3-6
2. Answer questions 1-11 (from handout)
3. Finish Vocab. Assign.
Oct.9 1. Read Things Fall Apart: Chs.7-10
2. Copy down one passage from each of tonight's
chapters (a total of four)
3. Write a few sentences for each quoted passage,
explaining its significance
Oct.11 1. Read Things Fall Apart: Chs.11-13
2. Quiz on all of Part I on Monday (pg.1-125)
3. Final copy of fable due Wed., Oct.17th
Oct.15 1. Animal Story due next class: typed and illustrated
2. Vocab. Quiz on FRIDAY: domin - here,hes
Oct.17 1. Vocab. Quiz on FRIDAY: domin - here,hes
2. Read Chs.14-17 of Things Fall Apart
3. Finish questions on handout for Chs.14-15;16-17
Oct.19 1. Read Chs.18-19 of Things Fall Apart
2. Quiz on Tuesday: Part II of Things Fall Apart
(Chs.14-19)
Oct.23 1. Read Chs.20-22 of Things Fall Apart
2. Write down on passage/line AND its significance
from each of the three chapters.
3. Write the compare/contrast paragraphs on the
handout with passages from Conrad and Achebe
Oct.25 1. Students who earned a score of "6" or lower on the last
vocab. quiz must retake the quiz on Monday in
class.
Study your vocab. words/roots: domin - here,hes
Oct.29 1. Read Chs. 23 - 24 in Things Fall Apart
2. Write down one passage/line AND its
significance from each of the two chapters.
3. Finish Vocab. Assign.
Nov.6 1. EXAM on all of Things Fall Apart on Thurs. Nov.8th
2. Begin working on "Letters to Africa" project
(due Dec. 4th)
Nov.8 1. Finish body paragraph for Things Fall Apart (per handout)
2. Continue working on "Letters to Africa" project
FINALLY BACK ON-LINE!
Nov.30 1. Finish Chapter 5 questions for All Quiet...
2. LETTERS FROM AFRICA PROJECT due on Tuesday, Dec.4
Dec.6 1. Finish Reading Ch.6 of All Quiet...
2. Answer questions for Ch.6 on the handout
Dec.10 1. Finish Reading Ch. 7 of All Quiet...
2. Answer questions for Ch.7 on the handout
3. Quiz on Chs. 6 & 7 of All Quiet next class
Dec.12 1. Read Chapter 8 of All Quiet...
Dec. 14 Work on Criterion persuasive essay on Celebrity Role Models:
Window closes on Friday, Dec. 21st
Jan.8 1. Read Ch.9 of All Quiet... (quiz next class)
2. Finish hanout on three World War I poems
Jan.10 1. Read Ch. 10 (Per.5 - answer questions on handout)
2. Analyze the poem "Disabled", identifying literary devices
you find (using handout of literary terms as your guide)
Jan.14 1. Read Chapter 11 and answer questions on handout
2. Begin studying for next week's Final Exam:
1. Test on All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Will need to analyze a given poem
3. Vocab. Test: domin - nomin
Jan.18 STUDY for next week's Final Exam:
1. Test on All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Will need to analyze a given poem
3. Vocab. Test: domin - nomin
4. Turn in Character 3X5 cards
Feb.4 Read The Last Days of Summer: pgs. 1-57
Due: Friday at the beginning of class
Feb.8 Read Last Days of Summer: pgs.58-93
Finish Vocab. Assign. "nounce" - "path"
Feb.12th Read Last Days of Summer: pgs.58-139
Feb.20 Read Last Days of Summer up to page 208.
Finish answering questions for pgs. 140-208
Period 5: quiz on Friday -
Underlining and using Quotation Marks for Titles
Feb.22 Read Last Days of Summer: pgs.208-224
Copy down three passages/ lines AND explain significance
Feb.26 Vocab. Quiz next class: nounce - pedo
Feb.28 Read Last Days of Summer: pgs.226-262
Three quoted passages AND significance
Mar.3 Read pgs. 263-290 of Last Days of Summer
Mar.5 1. Read pgs. 291-323
2. Answer questions on handout for pgs.263-323
Mar.7 1. Finish reading Last Days of Summer
2. Vocab. Quiz on Thursday, Mar.13: nounce - poli
Mar.11 1. Finish outling for Last Days of Summer essay
2. Vocab. Quiz on Thursday, Mar.13: nounce - poli
Mar.13 First Draft of essay (Last Days of Summer) due on Mon. 3/17
Mar.17 1. In your textbook: read pgs.634-635 (do #1-6,8);
read pgs.637-638 (do #1-2)
2. Essay (with first draft, peer edit sheet, final draft)
due Friday, March 21 (NO exceptions)
Spring Break: NO Homework
April 1 1. 1984 - Read pgs.1-20
2. Answer questions 1-5 on `utopia' handout
April 3 1. 1984 - Read pgs. 21-37
2. Answer questions 6-10
April 7 1. 1984 - Read pgs. 37-69
2. Answer second set of 10 questions on handout
April 9 1. 1984 - Read pgs. 69-81
2. Copy down two passages AND explain significance
April 11 1. Finish reading Book One of 1984
2. Answer remaining 10 questions on handout
April 22 1. Please read pgs. 160-179 of 1984.
April 24 1. Read pgs. 180-195 of 1984
2. Copy down two passages AND explain significance
April 28 1. Read to end of pg.250 of 1984
2. REGISTRATION materials - bring to class on
Wed., April 30th
April 30 1. Read to end of pg.274 in 1984
2. Vocab. Quiz next Tuesday (May 6th):
nounce - spec
May 2 1. Vocab. Quiz next Tuesday (May 6th): nounce - spec
2. FINISH reading 1984 (up to pg.297)
3. EXAM for 1984: Thurs. May 8th
May 6th *** EXAM on all of 1984: Thursday - May 8th
Study Hard! Review novel and handouts.
* (Students taking A.P.Euro.History exam on Friday may
take the 1984 test on Monday)
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