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