Week 3:6 (Jan. 6-10)
Seniors: Reading Schedule for 3:5-4:5, Poems for the 3rd Six Weeks, MLA Template, Notes on Heart of Darkness and Modernism, Heart of Darkness Packet, Tips for the AP Lit Multiple Choice, Poems for the Second Semester, Fall Exam Study Guide
Freshmen: Colormarking #7 and 8, SG E-Text, Fall Exam Study Guide; Journal Assignments: GE Ch. 20-29, GE Ch. 30-59, AF Ch. 1-5, AF Ch. 6-10, Turnitin Journal Segment; Misc: Proofreading Expectations, Journal Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms
Week 3:5 (Dec. 16-20)
Seniors: Reading Schedule for 3:5-4:5, Poems for the 3rd Six Weeks, MLA Template, Notes on Heart of Darkness and Modernism, Heart of Darkness Packet, Tips for the AP Lit Multiple Choice; Videos: Victorian Era, Realism, Modernism
Freshmen: Literary Analysis Task #2, SAT Vocab #2, SG Articles & Questions, Colormarking #7 and 8, Fall Exam Study Guide, SG E-Text; GE Essay: E-Text, Essay Outline & Rubric, Citing & Weaving Examples, MLA Template; Journal Assignments: GE Ch. 20-29, GE Ch. 30-59, AF Ch. 1-5, AF Ch. 6-10, Turnitin Journal Segment; Misc: Proofreading Expectations, Journal Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms, Turnitin Registration Instructions, Help with Writing About Literature
Week 3:4 (Dec. 9-13)
Seniors: What AP Readers Long to See, Watchmen Journal, Watchmen Essay Prompts, Watchmen Essay Rubric, Watchmen Notes, Reading Schedule for 3:1-4, Reading Schedule for 3:5-4:5, Poems for the 3rd Six Weeks, MLA Template, Monday’s In-Class Practice Poetry Analysis, Notes on Heart of Darkness and Modernism; Videos: Victorian Era, Realism, Modernism
Freshmen: AF Vocab List, Quiz Preview for Ch. 7-10, SAT Vocab #2, SG Article & Questions, Literary Analysis Task #2; GE Essay: E-Text of the Novel, Essay Outline & Rubric, Citing & Weaving Examples, MLA Template; Journal Assignments: GE Ch. 20-29, GE Ch. 30-59, AF Ch. 1-5, AF Ch. 6-10; Misc: Proofreading Expectations, Journal Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms, Theme Log, Turnitin Registration Instructions, Writing About Literature, @georgeorwell
Week 3:3 (Dec. 2-6)
SENIORs Watchmen Journal, Watchmen Sketches, Watchmen Prompts, Watchmen Essay Rubric, Watchmen Notes, Reading Schedule for 3:1-4
FRESHMEN Animal Farm: Animal Farm Vocab List, AF Notes, Theme Log; Great Expectations: E-Text, Essay Outline & Rubric, Citing & Weaving Examples; Journal: GE Ch. 20-29, GE Ch. 30-59, AF Ch. 1-5, AF Ch. 6-10, Proofreading Expectations, Journal Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms; Turnitin Registration Instructions
Writing a Thesis Statement: Thesis/Essay Prompt (general directions handout), Thesis Tips (theme-specific summaries), Thesis Questions (theme-specific thought-provoking questions), Thesis Notes (given in class), Thesis Help (getting your ideas together), Thesis Development (forming your ideas into a sentence), Subordinate Conjunctions (forming complex sentences with useful words), Thesis Generator (if you can’t quite get your ideas into a sentence), Thesis Builder (another thesis generator if you’re having trouble fitting it all in one sentence)
Week 3:2 (Nov. 18-22)
Seniors: Reading Schedule for 3:1-4, Poems for the 3rd Six Weeks, MLA Template, Watchmen Journal, Watchmen Sketches, Watchmen Prompts, Watchmen Notes, Rubric for Monday’s Prose Essay, Tips for Tuesday’s Multiple Choice, Wheel of Feels
Freshmen: GE Audiotext, GE E-Text, Animal Farm Vocab List, Vocab Presentation Instructions, AF Notes, Theme Log, Essay Outline and Rubric, Citing and Weaving Examples, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 20-29, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 30-59, AF Journal Questions for Ch. 1-5, AF Journal Questions for Ch. 6-10
Writing a Thesis Statement: Thesis/Essay Prompt (general directions handout), Thesis Tips (theme-specific summaries), Thesis Questions (theme-specific thought-provoking questions), Thesis Notes (from in class), Thesis Help (getting your ideas together), Thesis Development (forming your ideas into a sentence), Subordinate Conjunctions (forming complex sentences with useful words), Thesis Generator (if you can’t quite get your ideas into a sentence), Thesis Builder (another thesis generator if you’re having trouble fitting it all in one sentence)
Week 3:1 (Nov. 11-15)
Seniors: Reading Schedule for 3:1-4, Poems for the 3rd Six Weeks, MLA Template, Watchmen Journal, Watchmen Sketches, Watchmen Prompts, Watchmen Notes, Tuesday’s Practice Prose Prompt, Tips for Wednesday’s Skill Assessment, Thursday’s Practice Prose Prompt
Freshmen: Citing and Weaving Examples, GE Theme Log, GE Audiotext, Thesis Notes, GE Paper Outline and Rubric, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 20-29, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 30-59, GE E-Text, Animal Farm Vocab List, Vocab Presentation Instructions, Thesis Prompt, Thesis Tips
Week 2:6 (Nov. 4-8)
Seniors: Reading Schedule for 2:1-6, Poems for the 2nd Six Weeks, MLA Template, Notes on Postmodernism and Watchmen, Watchmen Journal, Watchmen Sketches, Watchmen Prompts, Reading Schedule for 3:1-4, Poems for the 3rd Six Weeks, Watchmen E-text (Huge One-Time PDF Download), The Doomsday Clock, Literary 3×3 Guidelines, Literary 3×3 Examples
[youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H57OfsihAw”]Freshmen: GE Journal Questions for Ch. 20-29, Citing and Weaving Examples, GE Theme Log, GE E-Text (Whole Novel), SAT Vocab #1, GE Audiotext, GE Graphic Novelization for Ch. 30-36, Thesis Notes, GE Paper Outline and Rubric, GE Ch. 37-38 Quiz Preview
[youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4lBHHJcAfk”]Week 2:5 (Oct. 28-Nov. 1)
Seniors, to clarify, the journal is due by 11:59 PM Wednesday; the essay is due by 11:59 PM Saturday: Reading Schedule 2:1-6, 2nd Six Weeks’ Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Hamlet Notes, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, Hamlet Response Journal, Hamlet Essay Prompts, Hamlet Essay Rubric
[youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D97aCet8gE”]Hamlet Audioplay: Act I (≈:50), Act II (≈:37), Act III (≈:58), Acts IV-V (≈1:23)
Freshmen: 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 Journal Questions for Ch. 20-29, Woven and Cited Quote Examples, GE Theme Log, GE E-Text (Whole Novel), GE Audiotext, GE Graphic Novelization for Ch. 26-31, SAT (“PB”) Vocab #1
Week 2:4 (Oct. 21-24)
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