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Schedule Changes: Mon 10/19 = Even, Mon 11/2 = Odd, Mon 11/23
= Even, Wed 11/25 = half day, periods 1-4
| October 2009 | ||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
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5 DUE: The Bluest Eye & MWDS
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7 *TBE notes | 9 SOCRATIC SEMINAR: The Bluest Eye |
| 12 No School, Teacher Work Day |
14 No Class (PSATs)
Seniors arrive at 10 a.m. |
16 *TBE Style Analysis
*receive Their Eyes Were Watching God |
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19 Even Day
*Senior Guidance visits *review Vocab 2 words * IN CLASS ESSAY: Poetry timed writing |
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26 QUIZ: Vocab 2
*receive Their Eyes Were Watching God formal essay assignment |
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| November 2009 | ||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
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2 Odd Day, no class
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4 Due: Their Eyes Were Watching God. Read ch. 12-16. Complete imagery and tone definitions posted in docs. | 6 QUIZ: poetic and literary terms. |
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11 Last Day of MP1
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13 Fall Previews |
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16 What is a Thesis? MWDS due. Hand out essay assignments for TEWWG. (in docs) |
18 Humor, comedy, satire Dr. Strangelove, Part 1 Read A Modest Proposal by Jonathon Swift. (in docs) |
20 Dr. Strangelove, Part 2
Assign PPT. research groups. |
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23 QUIZ: Vocab 3 First TEWWG essay due. Discuss: A Modest Proposal |
25 Half Day, Periods 1-4
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27 Thanksgiving Break |
| December 2009 | ||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
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30 Nov. QUIZ: Vocab 3 MWDS discussion.
PPT group work
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2. Aristotilian literary genres. (Devine Comedy; Odyssey; Romeo and Juliet; O Brother, Where Art Thou). Define genre and works cited. Situational Comedy. Fawlty Towers: Communication problems. Q: What are the specific communication problems. A Modest Proposal summaries due |
4 TEWWG #2 DUE. Modest Proposal discussion. Humor. Garrison Keillor
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7 QUIZ: Vocab 4
Discuss college applications |
9 PPT GROUP REHEARSALS Hand out scoring rubrics. |
11 PPT PRESENTATIONS |
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14 DUE: College Application Essay (from Common
Application or Application of your choice)
*Conference with teacher on Applications |
16 *Conference with teacher on Application Essays | 18 *Conference with teacher on Application Essays |
| January 2010 | ||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 4 | 6 | 8 |
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13 | 15 |
| 18 No School, MLK Jr. Day | 20 DUE: formal essay | 22 |
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25-29 Exam Week: Monday: Review; Tuesday: 1st and 2nd; Wednesday: 3rd and 4th; Thursday: 6th and 7th; Friday: 5th |
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Previously This Semester
| September 2009 | ||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 7 No School, Labor Day |
9 *Course Introduction
*Find open-ended questions for Major Works Data Sheets (MWDS) |
11 DUE: MWDS, dialectical journal, Bloom WS
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14 *DUE: letter of introduction
*receive optional novel essay assignment (due Sept 29/30) *review sample essay *discuss Invisible Man *Existentialism handout |
16 *Thesis instruction and practice in groups
*Invisible Man: Applied Practice Passages 1-6 |
18 DUE: Finish IM passage (first 3 columns)
*receive The Bluest Eye (due Oct. 5) *IN CLASS ESSAY/ Timed Writing: Invisible Man |
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21 QUIZ: Vocab 1
*Read "Aunt Jane," Sound and Sense p. 121 *IM Groups share answers |
23 *Finish IM group answers
*Review PTCASTing and Sound and Sense, "Bad Poetry and Good" *Compare "To His Coy Mistress" and "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" *SchoolSpace Discussion |
25 DUE: SchoolSpace Discussion by the end of class
*PTCAST "Snapping Beans" |
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28 No School, Teacher Work Day
(Pace yourself; you should be more than half-way done with The Bluest Eye by today.) |
30 PAPER DUE: optional novel essay due (must be printed before
class and turned in at start of class)
*Read "Kiss and Tell" AP Prompt *Review AP Essay Scoring |
2 Oct DUE: Sample AP exam essay ranking (Take Quia
Survey)
*Fill in literary movements and historical periods chart |