English III(Acc)
Sept. 14 - Get Class Contract Signed
Summer Reading Test, Mon. Sept. 28 (Tentatively)
2 magazines, Thurs. Sept. 24
Sept. 16 - Read the First part of Beowulf pg 41-46
Sept. 22 - Rd. pgs. 48-56 (Stop @ The Last Battle)
Take a closer look at lines 452-457
(And if your enemy...precious gifts you gave me)
Explain the connection to the poem read in class
The Wanderer
Write a riddle (15 line with about 5+ words per line)
Sept. 28 - Finish reading Beowulf and do the questions at the end
of the selection pg. 62
Sept. 30 - Read "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
Voc. Quiz on Beowulf
Oct. 06 - The Canterbury Tales: Prologue, pg 98-
Oct. 16 - Voc Quiz on Canterbury Tales
Test on Beowulf and Sir Gawain on Thurs.
Oct. 22- Read pgs 306-339, Act I Macbeth
Complete questions 1-6 on pg. 323
Oct. 30 - Finish reading Act II, questions 339 1-6
Nov. 02 - Mini Test on Canterbury Tales
Nov. 05 - Intro Paragraph
To Sleep...
In his essay on Macbeth in Shakespeare, Mark Van
Doren says, "For sleep in Shakespeare is ever the
privilege of the good and the reward of the innocent."
Discuss in a well organized essay whether Shakespeare's
use of sleep in Macbeth supports this contention. Is
there any other significance to the way Shakespeare
uses sleep in the play?
Cultural Lit.
Sept. 14 - Get Class Contract Signed
Sept. 16 - Read Up to pg. 30
Do Voc up to pg. 30
Sept. 22 - Quiz on pgs. 1-30
Sept. 30 - Read Eros and Psyche
Read Echo and narcissus
Find 3 examples of Greek influence on today's world
Oct. 02 - Finish Group work
Oct. 06 - Rd. Perseus
Quiz on Heracles and Perseus
Oct. 09 - Test Tues.
Oct. 22 - Quiz on Greek Drama
Oct. 26 - Finish Philosophy Sum.
Nov. 02 - Greek Test 2 : Philosophy, Art, and last of the myths
Leda and the Swan, The Apple of Discord, Heracles, and
Perseus
Effective Writing
Sept. 14 - Get Class Contract Signed
Bring in an example of your favorite writer
Sept. 16 - Read Introduction to Tell it Slant (handout).
Sept. 18 - Write a proposal for an essay (3 sentences ) extracted
from the poem Barbie Doll
Sept. 22 - Voc Quiz on Monday, Sept. 28
Sept. 24 - Write a sent. using the voc. words
Sept. 28 - Write your essay based on the topic inspired by Barbie
Doll
Sept. 30 - Type up the peer ed. essay
Grammar quiz, on types of sent. and main and sub
clauses
Oct. 06 - Descriptive Essay
Oct. 13 - Voc. inspired story
Oct. 20 - Eye Witness Account
Oct. 22 - 2 Persuasive Essays
Voc quiz next class
Oct. 30 - Movie Review and Point of View story due, Nov. 5
Autobio due Nov. 5
Persuasive Essay due Nov. 2
Intro. to Art
Group 1
Sept. 15 - Get Class Contract Signed
Quiz on Art Terms next class
Sept. 21 - Greek Arch. quiz
Sept. 23 - Those with a grade lower than 9/14 get quiz signed
Sept. 29 - finish Vase Project
Finish the review questions
Oct. 01 - Test Monday
Oct. 30 - Test Monday
Group 2
Sept. 15 - Get Class Contract Signed
Quiz on Art Terms next class
Sept. 21 - Greek Arch. quiz
Sept. 23 - Those with a grade lower than 9/14 get quiz signed
Sept. 29 - finish Vase Project
Finish the review
Letter to Ms. Edwards
Oct. 30 - Test Monday
Oct. 01 - Test Monday
