HONORS 9TH LIT WEEK OF 9/7/10

THIS WEEK WE WILL COMPLETE OUR STUDY OF ELLEN FOSTER AND CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDY OF NONFICTION. 

ON FRIDAY WE BEGIN A BI-WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF ARTICLES FROM THE NEWS.  ATTACHED IS THE FORM FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

NONFICTION ARTICLE ANALYSIS SHEET

9/8

• COMPLETE PLANNING FOR ELLEN FOSTER ESSAY TO BE WRITTEN IN COMPUTER LAB ON FRIDAY.
• CONTINUE WITH DISCUSSION OF NONFICTION.

9/10

• BRING NEWS ARTICLE AND ANALYSIS TO CLASS.  YOU MUST ATTACH A COPY OF THE ARTICLE.  THIS WEEK YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ARTICLE ON ANY SUBJECT OF INTEREST TO YOU.
• COMPUTER LAB FOR WRITING ESSAY!  PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING THE NOTECARD WITH THE QUOTES YOU WILL USE IN THE PAPER.

MYTHOLOGY WEEK OF 9/7/10

ON MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK, BRING A COPY OF MEDEA BY EURIPIDES TO CLASS WITH YOU.

9/7

• REVIEW FOR OPEN-NOTES TEST ON THURSDAY
• BEGIN WORK WITH THE HERO ARCHETYPE:  HAMILTON’S CH. 7
• FIND AN ARTICLE FORM NEWS SOURCE ABOUT A CONTEMPORARY HERO.  ON THURSDAY, BRING A COPY OF THE ARTICLE ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF WRITING IN WHICH YOU DEFINE THE HERO IN YOUR OWN THINKING AND WHY THE PERSON FEATURED IN THE ARTICLE SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED IN THIS WAY.

9/9

• OPEN-NOTE TEST ON CHAPTERS 1 – 6
• DISCUSS THE STORY OF JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE.  IS JASON TRULY A HERO?
• DISCUSSION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE HERO AND YOUR ARTICLES.

AP LIT WEEK OF 9/7/10

MACBETH REVIEW NOTES      MACBETH AP LIT REVIEW ALL ACTS

VOCAB #5

1. AMELIORATE (V)
2. IMPEDIMENT (N)
3. INVALIDATE (V)
4. PARSIMONIOUS (ADJ)
5. TRACTABLE (ADJ)

BRING A COPY OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE TO THE LAST CLASS OF THE WEEK.

A DAY

9/7

• BRIEF MACBETH ESSAY ASSESSMENT IN CLASS TODAY
• COMPLETE SHORT STORY DISCUSSION WITH JAMES JOYCE’S “ARABY”

9/9

• INTRODUCTION TO DR. JEKYLL
• ANALYSIS:  COMPARE / CONTRAST “MY PAPA’S WALTZ”  (P. 999) TO “THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS” (P. 771)
• VOCAB 5 QUIZ
• DISCUSS SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE

B DAY

9/8

• BRIEF MACBETH ESSAY ASSESSMENT IN CLASS
• COMPLETE SHORT STORY DISCUSSION WITH JAMES JOYCE’S “ARABY”

9/10

• INTRO TO DR. JEKYLL
• ANALYSIS:  COMPARE / CONTRAST “MY PAPA’S WALTZ” (P. 999)  TO “THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS” (P. 771)
• VOCAB 5 QUIZ
• DISCUSS SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE.

H 9TH LIT/COMP WEEK OF 8/30/10

THIS WEEK YOU WILL TURN IN THE FINAL COPY OF YOUR MEMOIR.  YOU WILL NEED YOUR TEXTBOOK THIS WEEK AS WE BEGIN OUR NONFICTION UNIT.

BRING YOUR COPY OF ELLEN FOSTER TO CLASS EACH DAY.

VOCAB UNIT I

1. ABRIDGE (V)
2. ABSTEMIOUS (ADJ)
3. ABHOR (V)
4. AESTHETIC (ADJ)
5. AMBIGUOUS (ADJ)
6. AMORPHOUS (ADJ)
7. APATHY (N)
8. CONFLAGRATION (N)
9. CONVENTIONAL (ADJ)
10. DETRIMENTAL (ADJ)

8/30

• CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF ELLEN FOSTER.
• BEGIN OUR STUDY OF NONFICTION WITH PAGE 426 IN THE TEXT.
• ASSIGNMENT IN TEXTBOOK:  READ “BEFORE HIP-HOP” WHICH BEGINS ON P.431 IN THE TEXT.  ANSWER THE QUESTIONS FROM THE STUDY GUIDE, WRITING IN COMPLETE SENTENCES

9/1

• GO OVER VOCAB UNIT 1.  BRING VOCAB CARDS TO CLASS.
• FINAL COPY OF MEMOIR IS DUE.
• REVIEW QUOTING RULES.
• COMPLETE PRELIMINARY WORK FOR FRIDAY’S ESSAY ON THE NOVEL.

9/3

• VOCAB UNIT 1 QUIZ
• COMPUTER LAB AFTER QUIZ TO WRITE ELLEN FOSTER ESSAY.  YOU WILL HAVE COMPLETED THE OUTLINE OF A ROUGH DRAFT AND CHOSEN QUOTES BEFORE YOU GO INTO THE LAB.
• BEGIN DISCUSSING NONFICTION FROM THE BOOK.  SEE ASSIGNMENT MADE ON MONDAY TO PREPARE YOU FOR THIS ACTIVITY.

MYTHOLOGY WEEK OF 8/30/10

THIS WEEK WE WILL DO SOME READING IN AND DISCUSSION OF STORIES IN EDITH HAMILTON.

8/30    TALES OF LOVE FOUND IN CHAPTERS 5 AND 6.

9/1

• TODAY WE WILL DISCUSS THE HERO ARCHETYPE.
• CHAPTER 7:  JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE
• BRING IN A STORY FROM A NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE WHICH FOCUSES ON A HERO.  WE WILL SHARE AND DISCUSS THESE IN CLASS.

AP LIT WEEK OF 8/30/10

THIS WEEK YOU SHOULD COMPLETE THE READING OF MACBETH FOR FOR  WHICH WE WILL COMPLETE AN AP-STYLE WRITING ASSIGNMENT.

VOCAB #4

1. OSTRACIZE (V)
2. DEPRECATE (V)
3. PATRONIZE (V)
4. RUSTICATE (V)
5. VEGETATE

AFTER LABOR DAY, WE BEGIN TO READ DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

TEXTBOOKS NEEDED THIS WEEK!!!!

A DAY

8/31

• COMPLETE “THE DESTRUCTORS” IF NECESSARY.
• MACBETH  ACTS IV, V FOR CLASS REVIEW FOR ASSESSMENT ON SEPT. 7
• ASSIGN “A & P” FROM TEXT ON PAGE 753.
• IN-CLASS:  SAMPLE AP MULTIPLE CHOICE

9/2

• VOCAB 4 QUIZ
• DISCUSS “A & P”
• READ “ARABY” BY JAMES JOYCE AND COMPARE / CONTRAST TWO STORIES
• WEEKLY ANALYSIS ON “CURIOUS INCIDENT”

B DAY

8/30

• READ AND DISCUSS ”THE DESTRUCTORS.”
• ASSIGN “A & P” FROM TEXT BEGINNING ON P. 753

9/1

• MACBETH IV, V WITH ASSESSMENT DONE IN CLASS ON 9/8
• SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE

9/3

• VOCAB 4 QUIZ
• DISCUSS “A & P.”
• READ “ARABY” AND COMPARE / CONTRAST STORIES.
• WEEKLY ANALYSIS: “CURIOUS INCIDENT”

9TH LIT WEEK OF 8/23/10

THIS WEEK YOU NEED A COPY OF THE NOVEL ELLEN FOSTER IN CLASS EACH DAY.

8/24

• EDIT FIRST DRAFT OF THE MEMOIR WRITING ASSIGNMENT.  FINAL DRAFT IS DUE ON MONDAY, AUGUST 30.
• STUDY REVISION SKILLS.

8/26

• CONTINUE WITH EDITING PROCESS.
• CHOOSE ELLEN FOSTER QUOTES FOR IN-CLASS ESSAY ON MONDAY, AUGUST 30.
• BEGIN DISCUSSION OF AND ACTIVITIES WITH ELLEN FOSTER.

MYTHOLOGY WEEK OF 8/23/10

BE SURE TO BRING EDITH HAMILTON TO CLASS EACH DAY.

8/23 

• COMPLETE ORIGIN MYTHS STUDY.
• REVIEW THE GREEK VIEW OF THE UNDERWORLD.
• BEGIN GROUP PROJECT, TIME PERMITTING.

8/25

• BEGIN GROUP WORK PROJECT ON THE EARLIEST HEROES.
• MYTHOLOGY EARLY HEROES GROUP PROJECT
• PRESENTATIONS ON FRIDAY

8/27

• GROUP PRESENTATIONS

WEEK OF 8/23/10 AP LIT/COMP

VOCAB 3

1. EXPIATE (V)
2. IMPORTUNE (V)
3. IMPUTE (V)
4. SCINTILLATE (V)
5. MULCT (V)

READ MACBETH!!!!!!

TEXTBOOKS NEEDED IN CLASS NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A DAY

8/23

• READING AND DISCUSSION OF “THROUGH THE TUNNEL” BY DORIS LESSING; COMPARE MOTHERS FOUND IN THIS STORY AND “ROCKING-HORSE”
• MACBETH ACT III

8/25

• READING AND DISCUSSION OF “ARABY” BY JAMES JOYCE
• READ “THE DESTRUCTORS”

8/27

• VOCAB 3 QUIZ
• DISCUSS “THE DESTRUCTORS.”
• BRAINSTORM FOR SHORT STORY ESSAY TOPICS.

B DAY

8/24

• READING AND DISCUSSION OF “THROUGH THE TUNNEL” BY DORIS LESSING
• DISCUSSION OF MACBETH III

8/26

• VOCAB 3 QUIZ
• READING AND DISCUSSION OF “ARABY”
• READ “THE DESTRUCTORS.”

AP LIT / COMP WEEK OF 8/16/10

VOCABULARY #2

1. VICARIOUS (ADJ)
2. RATIONALIZE (V)
3. OBSEQUIOUS (ADJ)
4. SUBLIMATE (V)
5. WANTON (ADJ)

CONTINUE READING MACBETH ON YOUR OWN.

A DAY

8/17

• READING AND DISCUSSION OF “THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER” BY D. H. LAWRENCE
• NOVEL ANALYSIS DUE

8/19

• VOCAB 2 QUIZ
• COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY DUE
• TO2C IN-CLASS WRITING
• HAVE YOU READ MACBETH ACTS I AND II?!?!

B DAY

8/16

• TO2C DISCUSSION
• NOVEL ANALYSIS DUE
• READING AND DISCUSSION OF “THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER ” BY D. H. LAWRENCE  (1B ONLY WITH 3B DOING THIS ON WEDNESDAY)
• ARE YOU READING MACBETH?!?!

8/18

• TO2C IN-CLASS WRITING
• 3B ONLY:  “THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER”

8/20

• VOCAB 2 QUIZ
• COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY DUE
• MACBETH  ACTS I, II