NOTE BENE! ALL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE EXPLAINED VERBALLY IN CLASS. THEY WILL
ALSO BE POSTED ON THE BOARD IN CLASS. The most accurate representation of
homework assignments will ALWAYS be what is given in class. Remember, in the
third trimester, we meet every other day, and the course does receive a
letter grade, so try hard not to get behind in your homework! Most of the
timed writings and multiple choice selections we will work with are not
available digitally, but I am working on it! Also, the first half of the
trimester will consist of heavy practice in preparation for the AP exam. The
second half will focus on a group project and reading.
In an emergency, what is listed here may provide some assistance.
November 17: Self-Critique, Letter on Writing, Bring readers and laptops, TW
# 1, 2006
November 18: Bring Macbeth, Orwellian Doublespeak, Voice 3-4, TW# 2, 2006,
aand notebook for journal
November 19: Voice 5-6, "The Ugly Truth About Beauty," "Lost in the
Kitchen," TW # 3, 2006, and begin reading Kindred
November 20: "God and China"
November 23: Self-Critique final version, "How to Write an Essay" in reader,
Lady Montagu Timed Writing, and bring readers
November 24: Outside journal entries 1, Agreement exercises and
rules, "Gathering and Using Examples" in reader, bring readers
November 25: "Writing Vividly and Visually," Bring Macbeth and passage to
share for seminar
November 30: Essay Test, How to do a rhetorical precis, draft 1-2 pieces for
Macbeth portfolio, and bring laptops for a work day
December 1: Bring readers, outside journal entries 2, Macbeth portfolio,
paragraph on your name and how it defines you
December 2: Precis of "The Name is Mine," and list rhetorical features
of "Cut"
December 3: Vocabulary 1, Lapham Timed Writing, questions on "One of the
Girls" and precis on "One of the Girls," in reader
December 4: Read Chapter 2 introducttion in reader, read and outline "On
Compassion," distributed in class
December 7: Jude the Obscure Multiple Choice passage, draft narrative,
read "On Discovery," rhetorical features of "Sr. Monroe," and precis
of "Salvation"
December 8: Read "Nowhere Man," outside journal entries 3, Lord Chesterfield
Timed Writing
December 9: Chapter 3 Introduction,take online quiz and email it to
me, "The Way to Rainy Mountain"
December 10: Narrative due Monday, December 14, read "Nameless,
Tennessee," rhetorical features of "A Pen by the Phone," and precis of "The
Way to Rainy Mountain," and study for vocabulary 2
December 11: Narrative due, Bede Multiple Choice, precis of "The
Inheritance of Tools," and features of "The Village Watchman"
December 14: Bring Kindred, Alexander Timed Writing, debate on grade
inflation in reader, Work Day for Kindred
December 15: Read in Kindred, outside journal entries 4
December 16: Vocabulary 3, Draft 1-2 pieces for Kindred portfolio, Conferences
December 17: Kindred Portfolio due on January 4
January 4: Read "A Woman's Beauty," and Chapter 8 introduction, bring readers
January 5: Precis of "The People in Me," "How Can Someone Who Lives in
Insane Luxury Be a Star in Today's World,"and "I Want a Wife," outside
journal entries 5 and read "Declaration of Sentiment"
January 6: Draft national disgrace paper, read "Reading the River"
January 7: Read "The Female Body," write something to prove you read it
(!), read "Questions for Analysis of Prose Passages," and choose 1 you think
most helpful, study for vocabulary 4, and Group Mural Due
January 8: National Disgrace papers due, precis of "The Transaction"
or "Academic Selves"
January 11: Rhetorical features of "Neat People vs. Sloppy People," and
read "Seam of the Snail"
January 12: Chapter 7 introduction, read and write on Safire piece, outside
journal entries 6
January 13: Vocabulary 6, Precis of "My Wood" and "Black Men in Public
Spaces:
January 14: Rhetorical features of "The Origins of Anorexia"
and "Dreadlocked," and study for vocabulary 5
January 15: Draft description paper for conferences, rhetorical features
on "The Trouble with Fries"
January 19: Outside journal entries 7, description paper due, and Douglass
Timed Writing
January 20: Vocabulary 7, Rhetorical features of "What's In Your
Toothpaste?," and read "How We Listen to Music"
January 21: Precis of "In Defense of Talk Shows" and "The Myth of the Latin
Woman," study for vocabulary 6, read "Shanghai Toothpaste," and "Island Rose"
January 22: Portrait of a Lady Timed Writing
January 25: Purchase Beloved, read "Of Studies," and rhetorical features
of "What Are You Afraid Of?"
January 26: Retorical features of "Caught in the Widow's Web," read "The
Ways We Lie," and outside journal entries 8
January 27: Draft exposition paper, precis of "Revision and Life," Work Day
on Monday, and study for vocabulary 7 tomorrow
January 28: Exposition paper due, find an internet fact on Beloved or the
author of Beloved, bring Beloved
February 1: Read in Beloved to around p. 49, Charles Lamb Timed Writing
February 2: 1st summary of Beloved due, read in Beloved to p. 105,
Controversy Timed Writing, outside journal entries 9,and read "Aren't I a
Woman"
February 3: Vocabulary 8, read in Beloved to p. 153, "Prose Analysis
Worksheet"
February 4: Identity Timed Writing, read in Beloved to p. 199, 2nd summary due
February 8: Read in Beloved to p. 235, "Structuring an AP Essay," and a
precis of the complete book
February 9: Outside journal entries 10, rhetorical features of the complete
book, Faulkner's Dictum, Third summary, and Beloved Objective Test (take-home)
February 11: Beloved Work Day, Book/movie comparison, study for vocabulary 9
February 12: Portfolio and Mural Due on Tuesday, bring book and passage for
seminar
February 16: Essay test due, bring reader and laptop
February 17: Draft last paper for conferences, bring laptop, bring reader,
Virginia Woolf Timed Writing, rhetorical features of "My Daily Dives"
February 18: Vocabulary 10, bring reader, Milan Kundera Timed Writing,
read "No Man is an Island"
February 19: Last paper due, bring reader, and Timed Writing distributed
in class, precis of "The Culture of Martyrdom"
February 22: Read "The Whistle, Timed Writing # 3, 2005
February 23: Susan Sontag Timed Writing, bring King Lear, Precis of "Once
More to the Lake," bring reader, laptop, and King Lear
February 24: Bring reader and laptop for final exam, bring King Lear
February 25: Vocabulary 11, 3 timed writings in class tomorrow
February 26: Last Day of Trimester
