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.
August 18: Self-Critique, Letter on Writing, Bring readers and laptops, TW #
1, 2006
August 19: Bring Macbeth, Orwellian Doublespeak, Voice 3-4, TW# 2, 2006
August 20: Voice 5-6, "The Ugly Truth About Beauty," "Lost in the Kitchen,"
TW # 3, 2006, and begin reading Kindred
August 25: Outside Journal Entries 1, "God and China"
August 26: Self-Critique final version, "How to Write an Essay" in reader,
Lady Montagu Timed Writing
August 27: Agreement exercises and rules, "Gathering and Using Examples" in
reader, bring readers, and Vocabulary 1
August 28: "Writing Vividly and Visually," Bring Macbeth and passage to
share for seminar, Macbeth Objective Test
August 31: Essay Test, How to do a rhetorical precis, draft 1-2 pieces for
Macbeth portfolio, and bring laptops
September 1: Bring readers, outside journal entries 2, Macbeth portfolio,
paragraph on your name and how it defines you
September 2: Precis of "The Name is Mine," and list rhetorical features
of "Cut"
September 3: Vocabulary 2, Lapham Timed Writing, questions on "One of the
Girls" and precis on "One of the Girls," in reader
September 4: Read Chapter 2 introducttion in reader, read and outline "On
Compassion," distrbuted in class
September 8: Outside journal entries 3, Jude the Obscure Multiple Choice
passage, draft narrative, read "On Discovery," rhetorical features of "Sr.
Monroe," and precis of "Salvation"
September 9: Read "Nowhere Man," Lord Chesterfield Timed Writing
September 10: Chapter 3 Introduction,take online quiz and email it to
me, "The Way to Rainy Mountain," and vocabulary 3
September 11: Narrative due Tuesday September 15, read "Nameless,
Tennessee," rhetorical features of "A Pen by the Phone," and precis of "The
Way to Rainy Mountain"
September 14: Narrative due, Bede Multiple Choice, precis of "The
Inheritance of Tools," and features of "The Village Watchman"
September 15: Outside journal entries 4, bring Kindred, Alexander Timed
Writing, debate on grade inflation in reader, Vocabulary 4, Work Day for
Kindred
September 17: Read in Kindred
September 18: Draft 1-2 pieces for Kindred portfolio
September 21: Kindred Portfolio due
September 22: Outside journal entries 5, read "A Woman's Beauty," and
Chapter 8 introduction
September 23: 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," and
read "Declaration of Sentiment"
September 24: Vocabulary 5, draft national disgrace paper, read "Reading the
River"
September 25: 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
September 28: National Disgrace papers due, precis of "The Transaction"
or "Academic Selves"
September 29: Outside journal entries 6, rhetorical features of "Neat People
vs. Sloppy People," and read "Seam of the Snail"
September 30: Chapter 7 introduction, read and write on Safire piece
October 1: Vocabulary 6, Precis of "My Wood" and "Black Men in Public Spaces:
October 2: Rhetorical features of "The Origins of Anorexia" and "Dreadlocked"
October 5: Draft description paper for conferences, rhetorical features
on "The Trouble with Fries"
October 6: Outside journal entries 7, description paper due, and Douglass
Timed Writing
October 7: Vocabulary 7, Rhetorical features of "What's In Your
Toothpaste?," and read "How We Listen to Music"
October 8: Precis of "In Defense of Talk Shows" and "The Myth of the Latin
Woman"
October 13: Outside journal entries 8, Portrait of a Lady Timed Writing
October 14: Purchase Beloved, read "Of Studies," and rhetorical features
of "What Are You Afraid Of?"
October 15: Vocabulary 8, rhetorical features of "Caught in the Widow's
Web," and read "The Ways We Lie"
October 16: Draft exposition paper, precis of "Revision and Life," Work Day
on Monday
October 19: Exposition paper due, find an internet fact on Beloved or the
author of Beloved, bring Beloved
October 20: Outside journal entries 9, read in Beloved to around p. 49,
Charles Lamb Timed Writing
October 21: 1st summary of Beloved due, read in Beloved to p. 105,
Controversy Timed Writing, and read "Aren't I a Woman"
October 22: Vocabulary 9, read in Beloved to p. 153, "Prose Analysis
Worksheet"
October 23: Identity Timed Writing, read in Beloved to p. 199, 2nd summary due
October 26: Read in Beloved to p. 235, "Structuring an AP Essay," and a
precis of the complete book
October 27: Outside journal entries 10, rhetorical features of the complete
book, and Beloved Objective Test (take-home)
October 28: Final summary due, Faulkner's Dictum, Beloved Work Day
October 29: Book/movie comparison, bring laptops, draft one portfolio piece
for conferences, and vocabulary 10
October 30: Portfolio due Monday, bring book and passage for seminar
November 2: Essay test due, bring reader and laptop
November 3: Draft last paper for conferences, bring laptop, bring reader,
Virginia Woolf Timed Writing, rhetorical features of "My Daily Dives"
November 4: Bring reader, Milan Kundera Timed Writing, read "No Man is an
Island"
November 5: Vocabulary 11, Last paper due, bring reader, and Timed Writing
in class, precis of "The Culture of Martyrdom"
November 6: Read "The Whistle, Timed Writing # 3, 2005
November 9: Susan Sontag Timed Writing, bring King Lear
November 10: Precis of "Once More to the Lake," bring reader, laptop, and
King Lear
November 12: No assignment (!)
November 13: No assignment (!)
