Quarter 3
Wednesday, January 18:
Please read and annotate Act 4 of Shakespeare's Macbeth on pp. 378-396 in your textbook. Also, please complete the Macbeth Act 4 scene summaries worksheet. Submit your summaries sheet to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Thursday, January 19:
Please complete the Critical Reading questions on Macbeth Act IV on p. 396, the Literary Analysis and Reading Strategy exercises on p. 397, upload the assignments to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class. Also, be prepared to submit your Macbeth Act 3 handout in today's class period.
Tuesday, January 24:Please read and annotate Act 5 of Shakespeare's
Macbeth on pp. 400-415 in your textbook. Also, please complete the
Macbeth Act 5 scene summaries worksheet. Submit your summaries sheet to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Also, your
Senior Film Project Parent/Student letter must be submitted with all proper signatures by the beginning of today's class period. The submission of this letter will serve as a homework grade AND as a contract for your Senior Film Project.
Wednesday, January 25:Please complete the Critical Reading questions on
Macbeth Act V on p. 415, the Literary Analysis and Reading Strategy exercises on 416, upload the assignments to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class. Also, be prepared to submit your
Macbeth Act IV handout in today's class period.
Thursday, January 26:
Please respond to the class blog regarding Shakespeare's
Macbeth by the beginning of today's class period.
Friday, January 27:
Please be prepared to submit your
Macbeth Act V handout in today's class period. Also, your persuasive speech handout is due by the beginning of today's class.
Macbeth Persuasive Speech Project
Due: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
1. Print all linked handouts:
2. Review the project description and bring any questions you may have to class for Wednesday, January 25.
3. Complete all sections of the persuasive speech handout for a series of homework grades to be announced.
4. Submit the text of your final draft of your persuasive speech to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of class on Tuesday, January 31.
5. Bring a copy of the grading rubric with you to class on Tuesday, 1/31.
6. Be prepared to give your speech on the due date. No excuses!
Monday, January 30:
Career Fair Reflection sheets are due today. Please bring them for submission in today's class.
Tuesday, January 31:
Today we will begin presenting Macbeth persuasive speeches. In addition to bringing a print copy/index cards for the class presentation of your speech, please upload the text of your persuasive speech using proper MLA formatting including in-text citations and works cited.
Thursday, February 2:
Today we will continue with Macbeth persuasive speech presentations in class.
Friday, February 3:
Today we will continue Macbeth persuasive speech presentations in class.
Also, please read and outline the background information on Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Literature on pp. 464-478, upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Tuesday, February 7:
Today we will take the Macbeth unit test in class. We will also take the in-class writing section of the Macbeth unit test in today's class period. Please come prepared with a #2 pencil or $.25 to purchase one.
Wednesday, February 8:
Please read the selections in the text from the writings of John Donne on pp. 480-490, complete the Critical Reading exercise on p. 490 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Thursday, February 9:
Please complete the Critical Reading exercise on p. 485, the Literary Analysis and Reading Strategy on p. 491 for the selections from John Donne and upload the assignments to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Friday, February 10:
Please read the selections in the text from the literature of Ben Jonson, complete the Critical Reading exercises on pp. 497, 498, 500 and upload the assignments to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period. Also, be prepared to submit your Donne handout in today's class.
Tuesday, February 14:
Please complete the literary analysis and reading strategy exercises for the selected poetry of Ben Jonson on p. 501 and upload the exercises to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Wednesday, February 15:
Today we will meet in the library to listen to Mr. Baldacci discuss the writing process. Please come prepared with questions to ask him. Please read the selections in the text from the Cavalier Poets: Marvell, Herrick and Suckling on pp. 504-512, complete the critical reading exercises on pp. 508, 510 and 513 and upload the exercises to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Thursday, February 16:
Please be prepared to submit your Jonson handout for homework credit in today's class period.
Friday, February 17:
Please complete the literary analysis and reading strategy exercises for the Cavalier poets on p. 514 in your textbook and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Also, see the SFP project description handout for pertinent deadline information for today's class period.
Tuesday, February 21:
Please read the background information on John Milton on pp. 516-521 and Sonnets VII and XIX on pp. 522-523, complete the critical reading exercises on pp. 522-523 and upload the exercises to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Also, please be prepared to submit your Cavalier poets handout for homework credit for today's class period.
Wednesday, February 22:
Please read the selection in the text from Milton's Paradise Lost on pp. 524-534, complete the critical reading exercise on p. 534 and upload the exercise to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Thursday, February 23:
Please complete the Literary Analysis and Reading Strategy exercises for Milton's Paradise Lost on p. 536 in your textbook and upload the exercise to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Monday, February 27:
Please read the selection in the text from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress on pp. 552-555, complete the Critical Reading exercise and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of the class period.
Tuesday, February 28:
Please complete the John Milton packet and bring it to today's class to submit for credit.
Thursday, March 1:
Please complete the literary analysis and reading strategy exercises on Pilgrim's Progress on p. 557 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Friday, March 2:
Please read the selection in the text from Amelia Lanier on pp. 558-561, complete the critical reading exercise on p. 561 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period. Also, please see the Senior Film Project handout for submission due dates for today's class.
Monday, March 5:
Please read the selection in the text on Richard Lovelace on pp. 562-565, complete the Critical Reading exercise on p. 565 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period. Also, please complete you Pilgrim's Progress handout and bring it to today's class to submit for homework credit.
Tuesday, March 6:
Please complete the Literary Analysis and Reading Strategy exercises for Lanier and Lovelace on p. 566 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Thursday, March 8:
Please read the selections in the text from Jonathon Swift's Gulliver's Travels on pp. 605-616, complete the Critical Reading on p. 616 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Monday, March 12:
Please read the selection in the text from Jonathon Swift's A Modest Proposal on pp. 617-625, complete the Critical Reading on p. 625 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Tuesday, March 13:
Please complete the literary analysis and reading strategy exercises on the selections from the writings of Jonathon Swift on pp. 626 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Wednesday, March 14:
Please read the selection from Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man, complete the Critical Reading exercise on p. 631, read the selection from The Rape of the Lock on pp. 632-643, complete the Critical Reading exercise on p. 643 and upload both exercises to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Thursday, March 15:
Please complete the literary analysis and reading strategy exercises on p. 644 for the selected works of Alexander Pope and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Friday, March 16:
Please read the selection in the text from the poetry of Thomas Grey on pp. 664-670, complete the Critical Reading exercise on p. 671 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Monday, March 19:
Please read the background and the selection in the text from Anne Finch on pp. 672-675, complete the Critical Reading exercise on p. 675 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Wednesday, March 21:
Please complete the literary analysis and reading strategy exercises for Thomas Grey and Anne Finch on p. 676 and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.
Thursday, March 22:
Senior Film Projects are due to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period. Late projects will automatically be deducted a full grade for each day late the project is submitted.