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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 | Tuesday | Thursday |
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5 DUE: The Bluest Eye & MWDS
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6 *TBE discussion and activities | 8 SOCRATIC SEMINAR: The Bluest Eye |
| 12 No School, Teacher Work Day |
13
*TBE Style Analysis |
15 *read "Greenleaf" by Flannery O'Connor
*write 1 page analyzing style of story (can be dropboxed) *receive Their Eyes Were Watching God |
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19 No Class: Even Day
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20 *Senior Guidance Visits
*review Vocab 2 words * IN CLASS ESSAY:poetry timed writing |
22 Baby Girl's due date!
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26 QUIZ: Vocab 2
*receive Their Eyes Were Watching God formal essay assignment |
27 Read and take notes on Musical Devices (p661) and Rhythm and
Meter (p674) of Perrine (5th, purple edition). Choose one poem from list and
do focused read. Write brief summary of poem.
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| November 2009 | ||
| Monday | Tuesday | Thursday |
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2 Odd Day
Due: Their Eyes Were Watching God and MWDS (Doc. 1C) |
3 No School, Election Day | 5 |
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11 Last Day of MP1
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13 Fall Previews |
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16 Complete MWDS What is a Thesis Statement? Their Eyes Were Watching God essay assignments. (in docs) |
17 Humor, Comedy, Satire Dr. Strangelove. Part 1. Take notes on satirical elements of black comedy.
Read A Modest Proposal, by Jonathon Swift (in docs)
Vocab 3 |
19 Dr. Strangelove. Part 2.
Assign group ppt research projects |
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23 Dr. Strangelove Quiz
Small Group. Summarize
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24 TEWWG #1 Due
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26 Thanksgiving |
| December 2009 | ||
| Monday | Tuesday | Thursday |
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30 QUIZ: Vocab 3 MWDS discussion PPT group work
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1 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?
Modest Proposal summaries due.
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3 TEWWG #2 Due 12/4 (Final. No forther negotiations)
A Modest Proposal discussion.
Humor. Garrison Keillor
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7 QUIZ: Vocab 4
Discuss college applications |
8 PPT Rehearsals | 10 Research ppts due |
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14 DUE: College Application Essay (from Common
Application or Application of your choice)
*Conference with teacher on Applications |
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*Conference with teacher on Applications |
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*Conference with teacher on Applications |
| January 2010 | ||
| Monday | Tuesday | Thursday |
| 4 | 5 | 7 |
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12 | 14 |
| 18 No School, MLK Jr. Day | 19 DUE: formal essay | 21 |
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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 | Tuesday | Thursday |
| 7 No School, Labor Day |
8 *Course Introduction
*Find open-ended questions for Major Works Data Sheets (MWDS) |
10 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 |
15 *Thesis instruction and practice in groups
*Invisible Man: Applied Practice Passages 1-6 |
17 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 |
22 *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 |
24 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.) |
29 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 |
1 Oct DUE: Sample AP exam essay ranking (Fill out Quia
Survey)
*Fill in literary movements and historical periods chart *introduce new words journal |