WEEK OF 2/1/10 9TH LIT COMP

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUE OUR STUDY OF THE ODYSSEY.  OUR UNIT TEST WILL BE ON FEB. 9TH.

2/1

• VOCAB 8 RE-TAKE
• GO OVER VOCAB. 9, WORDS 6-10.
• ODYSSEY:  SIRENS; SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS

2/3

• ODYSSEY IN-CLASS READING:  PP. 1022 – 1033 (RETURN TO ITHACA)

2/5

• DISCUSSION OF ODYSSEUS’ RETURN TO ITHACA
• VOCAB 9 QUIZ — VOCABULARY SENTENCES DUE

WEEK OF 2/1/10 AP LIT/COMP

THIS WEEK WE COMPLETE THE READING OF HEART OF DARKNESS.  THE UNIT TEST WILL BE ON THE FIRST DAY WE MEET NEXT WEEK SO HAVE YOUR TIMELINE FINISHED BY THEN.

NO VOCABULARY QUIZ THIS WEEK!!

A DAY

2/2

• READ HOD FINAL SECTION IN CLASS.
• CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE TIMELINE.

2/4

• COMPLETE HOD AND REVIEW.
• ANALYSIS:  “THE HOLLOW MEN” AND ONE ANNOTATED CRITICAL ARTICLE

B DAY

2/1

• HOD SECTION 3 DISCUSSION AND QUIZ
• BEGIN READING SECTION 4 IN CLASS.

2/3

• CONTINUE TO READ HOD FINAL SECTION.
• COMPLETE TIMELINE.

2/5

• COMPLETE HOD AND REVIEW.
• ANALYSIS: “THE HOLLOW MEN” AND ONE ANNOTATED CRITICAL ARTICLE

WEEK OF 1/25/10 9TH LIT / COMP

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUE OUR STUDY OF THE ODYSSEY.  PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE OUTSIDE READING ASSIGNMENTS.

VOCAB UNIT 9

1. OBSCURE  (ADJ)
2. OBJECTIVE  (ADJ)
3. OPAQUE
4. PARADOX
5. PASTICHE
6. PATENT  (ADJ)
7. PHENOMENA
8. PHILANTHROPIST
9. PIOUS
10. PLATEAU

1/26

• YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS CLASS IS TO HAVE READ PAGES 986 – 994 IN YOUR TEXTBOOK.  READ CLOSELY ENOUGH TO BE PREPARED FOR A QUIZ.
• IN CLASS, WE WILL DISCUSS WHAT YOU HAVE READ AND COMPLETE THE ADVENTURE OF THE CYCLOPS.

1/28

• IN-CLASS WRITING:  YOU NEED AN INK PEN AND NOTEBOOK PAPER FOR THIS ASSESSMENT.
• CONTINUE WITH OUR READING OF THE ODYSSEY.
• VOCAB 9, #1-5   —   CARDS WITH SENTENCES ON CARDS
• HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY — READ PAGES 1007 – 1012

WEEK OF 1/25/10 AP LIT

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUE WITH HEART OF DARKNESS.  YOU SHOULD BE READING SECTION 3 OUTSIDE OF CLASS.

VOCAB UNIT 19

1. AMBIVERT (N)
2. EGOCENTRIC (ADJ)
3. INHIBITED (ADJ)
4. EXHIBITIONIST (N)
5. EFFERVESCENT (ADJ)

A DAY

1/25

• DISCUSS HOD SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE
• CHECK POETRY MULTIPLE CHOICE.
• HOD TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT

1/27

• TEXTBOOK NEEDED FOR POETRY STUDY
• READ AND ANALYZE “BARTER”
• HOD SECTION 3

1/29

• HOD SECTION 3 REVIEW AND QUIZ
• VOCAB 19 QUIZ
• ANALYSIS:  “JANET WAKING; ANALYSIS TO BE IN FORM OF TP–CASTT CHART

B DAY

1/26

• HOD TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT
• DISCUSS HOD MULTIPLE CHOICE.

1/28

• TEXTBOOK NEEDED FOR POETRY STUDY
• READ AND ANALYZE “BARTER.”
• HOD SECTION 3
• VOCAB 19 QUIZ
• ANALYSIS:  “JANET WAKING”; ANALYSIS TO BE IN FORM OF TP–CASTT CHART

2/1

• HOD SECTION 3 REVIEW AND QUIZ

WEEK OF 1/19/10 AP LIT

CONTINUE TO READ HEART OF DARKNESS.  NOTE THE DATES FOR QUIZZES.

VOCAB UNIT 18

1. MALLEABLE (ADJ)
2. SINUOUS (ADJ)
3. DIFFIDENT  (ADJ)
4. AGORAPHOBIA (N)
5. EUPHONIOUS (ADJ)

A DAY

1/19

• HOD MULTIPLE CHOICE
• POETRY MULTIPLE CHOICE
• COMPLETE READING OF HOD SECTION 2.

1/21

• ANALYSIS:  “DISILLUSIONMENT OF 10:00″
• VOCAB 18 QUIZ
• DISCUSSION OF HOD AND QUIZ ON SECTION 2

B DAY

1/20

• HOD MULTIPLE CHOICE
• DISCUSS HOD AND HAVE QUIZ ON SECTION 2.

1/22

• ANALYSIS:  “DISILLUSIONMENT OF 10:00″
• VOCAB 18 QUIZ
• DISCUSSION OF HOD AND QUIZ ON SECTION 2

WEEK OF 1/5/10 9TH LIT / COMP

THIS WEEK WE BEGIN OUR REVIEW FOR THE END-OF-COURSE TEST WHICH YOU WILL TAKE AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER.  WE ALSO BEGIN OUR UNIT ON THE ODYSSEY AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY.

VOCAB 8

1. INJURIOUS
2. JARGON
3. LAMENTATION
4. LOFTY
5. MAGNATE
6. METHODICAL
7. METICULOUS
8. MONOTONOUS
9. MOSAIC
10. NEGATE

THE FIRST 5 WORDS FROM THIS LIST ARE DUE ON THURSDAY, JAN. 14.  ON THAT DAY,  YOU WILL BEING YOUR VOCABULARY CARDS FOR THESE WORDS WITH DEFINITIONS, SYNONYMS, AND ANTONYMS TO CLASS.

1/6

• EOCT REVIEW EXERCISE
• BEGIN MYTHOLOGY STUDY.

1/8

• WORK ON 12 OLYMPIANS CHART FOR QUIZ ON TUESDAY, JAN. 12.

WEEK OF 1/5/10 AP LIT

THIS WEEK WE BEGIN OUR STUDY OF JOSEPH CONRAD’S HEART OF DARKNESS.  YOU WILL HAVE OUTSIDE READING ASSIGNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE READING AND DISCUSSION WE DO IN CLASS.  BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR OWN COPY OF THE NOVEL SO YOU CAN UNDERLINE PASSAGES AND MAKE NOTES IN IT.

VOCAB UNIT 16

1. ANTEDILUVIAN
2. INVETERATE
3. ABSTEMIOUS
4. EXPURGATE
5. PROPINQUITY

A DAY

1/5

• BEGIN HEART OF DARKNESS.  WE WILL DISCUSS THE BACKGROUND FOR THE NOVEL AND ITS STRUCTURE.  FOR MONDAY, 1/11, BE SURE YOU HAVE READ UP TO THIS SENTENCE:  ” ‘ Next day I left that station at last, with a caravan of sixty men, for a two-hundred-mile tramp.’ “  WE WILL HAVE A QUIZ ON MONDAY ON THIS FIRST SECTION OF THE NOVEL.
• BRING TEXTBOOKS FOR USE IN CLASS ON THURSDAY.

1/7

• TEXTBOOK ESSENTIAL FOR POETRY REVIEW
• DISCUSS TERMS OF MULTIPLE CHOICE POETRY QUESTIONS.
• VOCAB 16 QUIZ

B DAY

1/6

• BEGIN HEART OF DARKNESS.  WE WILL DISCUSS THE BACKGROUND FOR THE NOVEL AND ITS STRUCTURE.  FOR TUESDAY, 1/12, BE SURE YOU HAVE READ UP TO THIS SENTENCE:  ” ‘ Next day I left that station at last, with a caravan of sixty men, for a two-hundred-mile tramp.’ “  WE WILL HAVE A QUIZ ON TUESDAY ON THIS FIRST SECTION OF THE NOVEL.
• BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS FOR POETRY REVIEW.

1/8

• VOCAB 16 QUIZ
• TEXTBOOKS ESSENTIAL FOR POETRY REVIEW ACTIVITIES
• DISCUSSION OF SOME TERMS NEEDED FOR POETRY MULTIPLE CHOICE

INFERNO REVIEW OF CIRCLES 7, 8, 9

THE INFERNO CIRCLES 7 AND 8 REVIEW

WEEKS OF 12/7/09 & 12/14/09 9TH LIT

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDY OF SHORT STORIES AND PREPARE FOR A TEST ON 12/16.

NO VOCABULARY QUIZ EITHER WEEK!!

12/8

• LAST DAY TO TURN IN THE MEMOIR
• COMPLETE “THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE” (P. 96 IN THE TEXT) AND TAKE OPEN-BOOK QUIZ.
• BEGIN READING “THE BIRDS” (P. 50 IN THE TEXT).

12/10

• COMPLETE READING AND DISCUSSION OF “THE BIRDS.”
• BEGIN VIEWING THE MOVIE VERSION OF THE STORY.

12/14

• COMPLETE VIDEO AND MOVIE REVIEW FORM.
• REVIEW SHORT STORY TERMS FOR TEST ON WEDNESDAY.

12/16

• SHORT STORY UNIT TEST ON TERMS AND SELECTIONS FROM TEXT
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!

WEEKS OF 12/07/09, 12/14/09 AP LIT

DURING THE WEEK OF 12/O7, WE COMPLETE THE INFERNO AND REVIEW MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST-TAKING SKILLS.  THE SECOND WEEK WE TEST ON THE INFERNO AND CONTINUE WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE.

REVIEW OF INFERNO CIRCLES 7 – 9        THE INFERNO CIRCLES 7 AND 8 REVIEW

VOCAB 15

1. NADIR (N)
2. NEPOTISM (N)
3. PROGENY (N)
4. NOISOME (ADJ)
5. CALLOW (ADJ)

A DAY

12/7

• CONTINUE WITH THE INFERNO .

12/9

• COMPLETE THE INFERNO AND REVIEW FOR THE TEST ON 12/15.

12/11

• VOCAB 15 QUIZ
• DISCUSS AP MULTIPLE CHOICE AND THE VOCABULARY OF THE QUESTIONS.

12/15

• TEST ON THE INFERNO
• CONTINUE WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE.

12/17

• FINAL MULTIPLE CHOICE
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

B DAY

12/8

• COMPLETE AND REVIEW THE INFERNO FOR FINAL TEST ON 12/14.

12/10

• DISCUSS MULTIPLE CHOICE AND THE VOCABULARY OF THE QUESTIONS.
• VOCAB 15 QUIZ

12/14

• INFERNO TEST
• DISCUSSION OF MULTIPLE CHOICE

12/18

• FINAL MULTIPLE
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!