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

January 21st, 2010

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

 

 

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WEEK OF 1/25/10 AP LIT

January 21st, 2010

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WEEK OF 1/19/10 AP LIT

January 14th, 2010

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

 

 

 

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

January 5th, 2010

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.
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WEEK OF 1/5/10 AP LIT

January 5th, 2010

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

 

 

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