Week 2:4 (Oct. 21-24)

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Seniors:  Reading Schedule 2:1-6, Mythology Quiz Preview, 2nd Six Weeks’ Poetry Packet, MLA Template (New and Improved), Tone Words, Notes on Middle English through Early Modern English (The Elizabethan Era) and Hamlet, Hamlet Response Journal, Documentary with David Tennant, Hamlet Essay Prompts, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, Hamlet Act I Vocab

Hamlet Audioplay: Act I (≈:50), Act II (≈:37), Act III (≈:58), Acts IV-V (≈1:23)

Freshmen: Literary Analysis Task, Figurative Language Review, GE Vocab List, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 1-10, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 11-20 (1st period, 2nd period, 4th period, 5th period, and 6th period), Weaving and Citing Guide, GE Theme Log, GE Audiotext, Colormarking #6, GE E-Text (Whole Novel), GE Graphic Novelization of Ch. 23-25

Week 2:3 (Oct. 14-18)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule 2:1-6, Frankenstein Journal, Frankenstein Audiotext, Tone Words, Mythology Quiz Preview

Freshmen: PSAT Tips, Literary Analysis Task (an in-class piece asking students to analyze how Shakespeare transformed Ovid’s story of “Phoebus and Daphne” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

Week 2:2 (Oct. 7-11)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule 2:1-6, Tone Words, 2nd Six Weeks’ Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Frankenstein Response Journal, Frankenstein Audiotext, Hamlet Prop Assignment, Hamlet Response Journal

Freshmen: Proofreading Expectations, GE Vocab List, Theme Log, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 1-10, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 11-20 (1st period, 2nd period, 4th period, 5th period, and 6th period), GE Audiotext, GE Graphic Novelization Ch. 14-18, Literary Analysis Task (of Ovid’s “Phoebus and Daphne” and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), PSAT Tips

Week 2:1 (Sept. 30-Oct. 4)

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Seniors: 2nd Six Weeks’ Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Frankenstein Response Journal, Reading Schedule 2:1-6, Frankenstein Audiotext, “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” E-text, Tone Words, Open Response Prompts

Freshmen: Proofreading Expectations, GE Vocab List, Theme Log, Colormarking #5, Theme Analysis #1 (Instructions, Prompt, and Rubric), GE Ch. 1-10 Journal Questions, GE Audiotext, GE Graphic Novelization for Ch. 11-13

Week 1:6 (Sept. 23-27)

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Seniors: 2nd Six Weeks’ Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Jane Eyre Vocab Assignment, Frankenstein Vocab Assignment, Frankenstein Response Journal, Paradise Lost E-Text, Reading Schedule 2:1-6, Rubric for Thursday’s In-Class Poetry Essay, Frankenstein Audiotext

Freshmen: GE Notes, GE Vocab List, GE Theme Log, Colormarking #4, Turnitin Registration Instructions and Theme Analysis #1, Proofreading Expectations, GE Graphic Novelization Ch. 3-7, GE Graphic Novelization Ch. 8-10, GE Audiotext

Week 1:5 (Sept. 16-20)

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Seniors, this is a pretty busy-looking week, but if you follow the reading schedule and complete the journal responses as you read through the novel, you’ll be fine.  Remember to always follow MLA format in your poetry responses.  The physical composition book (the vocab assignments) will not be due until the end of next week, but you should try to wrap up the JE assignment assignment and move on to the Frankenstein vocab if you haven’t already.  Take note: we’ll be doing something really useful (i.e. beneficial for Friday’s assessment) in class on Tuesday.  Here’s a nifty online-only handout that gives you 10 tips for the AP Lit multiple choice portion.  And here’s a link for Paradise Lost.

Freshmen: Great Expectations Notes, Great Expectations Vocab List, Great Expectations Theme Log, Great Expectations Audiotext, Theme Writing #2, Colormarking #4, Great Expectations Graphic Novelization Ch. 1-2; Journal: Journal Expectations, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms, Theme Writing #1, “The Scarlet Ibis” Questions, “The Cask of Amontillado” Questions

Week 1:4 (Sept. 9-12)

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Seniors: Poetry Response Packet, MLA Template, Reading Schedule for 1:2-1:6, Jane Eyre Vocab Assignment, Frankenstein Vocab Assignment, Frankenstein Response Journal, Prose Essay (Middlemarch) Rubric

Freshmen: Colormarking #3, Short Stories Vocabulary & Definitions, Great Expectations Notes, Great Expectations Vocab List, Great Expectations Theme Log, “Thank You, Ma’am” E-text; Journal: Journal Expectations, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms, Theme Writing #1, “The Scarlet Ibis” Questions, “The Cask of Amontillado” Questions, Theme Writing #2

Week 1:3 (Sept. 3-6)

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Seniors: Poetry Response Packet, MLA Template, Reading Schedule for 1:2-1:6, Jane Eyre Vocab Assignment, Frankenstein Vocab Assignment, Frankenstein Response Journal

Freshmen: Course Syllabus, Colormarking #2, Explanation of Lexile Scores, Colormarking #3, Short Story Vocabulary, GE Notes; Journal: Journal Expectations, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms, Theme Writing #1, “The Scarlet Ibis” Questions, “The Cask of Amontillado” Questions, Theme Writing #2

Week 1:2 (Aug. 26-30)

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Seniors: Course Syllabus, Discussion Instructions (question-writing for Monday’s class discussion), Poems for Poetry Responses (instructions included), MLA Template (for Poetry Responses), Plagiarism Notes, Jane Eyre Journal (Turnitin.com instructions included), Siddhartha “Open Essay” Rubric, Jane Eyre E-text, Reading Schedule for 1:2-1:6, Jane Eyre Vocab Assignment

Freshmen: Course Syllabus, Four Questions, Vocab Presentation Instructions and Word List (specific word assignment obtained in class), Journal Expectations, Literature Terms (specific directions given in class), Usage Notes (Parts I & II), Colormarking #2, Proofreading Expectations (1st Six Weeks), Theme Writing #1, “The Scarlet Ibis” Questions

Week 1:1 (Aug. 19-23)

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Welcome to a new school year! I’ve posted the week’s agenda for all to see. This is a weekly occurrence, usually done on Friday for the week which follows. I strongly encourage students and parents to check the weekly agenda in the case of a student being absent, being confused, or simply being smart by planning ahead. Below, you’ll find downloadable versions of this week’s in-class handouts along with a few other helpful bits.

Seniors: Bell Schedule, Summer Packet, Course Syllabus, Discussion Instructions, Poetry Responses, Plagiarism Notes, Jane Eyre Journal, Mythology E-text, Siddhartha E-text, Jane Eyre E-text, MLA Template (for Poetry Responses), Siddhartha Essay Rubric

Freshmen: Campus Map, Bell Schedule, Freshmen Activities, Course Syllabus, Four Questions, Vocab Presentation Instructions and Word List (specific word assignment obtained in class), Colormarking #1, Journal Expectations, Literature Terms (specific directions given in class), It’s a Secret to Everybody