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Week 4:3 (Apr. 4-8)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Notes on Existentialism and Absurdism, Waiting for Godot Prompts,, Literary 3×3 Examples, Major Works Data Sheet Template, E-text of The Sandbox, Waiting for Godot E-text

Freshmen: RJ Vocab List, RJ Audioplay, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, Vocab Presentation Instructions, Khan Academy and PSAT Registration / Journals: Act I (#22-28), Act II, Act III, Act IV / Performances: Scene Performance Project Info, Scene List/Signup / Essay: Essay Prompt, Thesis Notes, Thesis Guidelines, Thesis Generator, Writing About Literature, RJ E-text, Theme Log, Sample Essay

Week 3:10 (Mar. 7-11)

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Seniors, for this week’s assigned fairy tale, select one of these fairy tales: “Snowdrop” (Snow White), “Rapunzel”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, “Ashenputtel” (Cinderella), “Hansel and Grethel”, “Briar Rose” (Sleeping Beauty), and then select one of the schools of criticism (e.g. Freudian, Marxist) included in this Literary Criticism PDF. Study the notes and carefully read the story through that lens, using the leading questions as the basis for your analysis. Here are the old reading schedule and Atonement prompts if you need them.

Freshmen: RJ Vocab List, Vocab Presentation Instructions, Proofreading Expectations, Weaving and Citing Examples, Literature Terms, RJ E-Text with Line Numbers, RJ Audioplay, RJ Theme Log, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, Two Days / Journals: Act I Journal #22-28, Act II Journal #1-20

Week 3:9 (Feb. 29-Mar. 4)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Literary Criticism Handouts, Lit Notes (All), Atonement Prompts

Freshmen: Vocab Presentation Instructions, Proofreading Expectations, Weaving and Citing Examples, Literature Terms, RJ Vocab List, RJE-Text, RJ Audioplay, RJ Theme Log, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, RJ Act I Journal Questions #5-28, Act II Journal #1-20, Turnitin.com Registration Instructions, Language Tricks, FSA Practice Test

Week 4:3 (Apr. 6-10)

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Seniors: Final Reading Schedule, Final Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Notes on Existentialism and Absurdism, Waiting for Godot Prompts, Eliminating Wordiness from Your Writing, Literary 3×3 Examples, Major Works Data Sheet Template, E-text of The Sandbox, Waiting for Godot E-text / Fairy Tale Lit-Crit: Literary Criticism Sheets, MLA Template, “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “The Three Bears”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Emperor’s New Suit”,“Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp”

Freshmen: RJ Vocab List, RJ Audioplay, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, Vocab Presentation Instructions / Journals: Act II (in comp book), Act III (in comp book), Act IV (to Turnitin) / Performances: Scene Performance Project Info, Scene List/Signup / Essay: Essay Prompt, Thesis Notes, Thesis Guidelines, Thesis Generator, Writing About Literature, RJ E-text, Theme Log, Sample Essay, Help with Quote-Weaving, Help with Essay Writing

Week 3:10 (Mar. 9-13)

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Seniors, for Monday’s “Fairy Tale Literary Criticism”, select one of these fairy tales: “Snowdrop” (Snow White), “Rapunzel”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, “Ashenputtel” (Cinderella), “Hansel and Grethel”, “Briar Rose” (Sleeping Beauty), and then select one of the schools of criticism (e.g. Freudian, Marxist) included in this Literary Criticism PDF. Study the notes and carefully read the story through that lens, using the leading questions as the basis for your analysis. Write a brief (5-ish paragraphs) essay (in MLA format) in which you analyze the meaning of the narrative; print it for class on Monday. Here are the old reading schedule and Atonement prompts if you need them. Lastly, here are the new new reading schedule and the poems for the final quarter.

Freshmen: RJ Vocab List, RJ E-Text with Line Numbers, RJ Audioplay, RJ Theme Log, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, Two Days, Usage Notes, Vocab Presentation Instructions / Journals: Turnitin Registration Instructions, Act I Journal #5-28, Act II Journal #1-20

Week 3:9 (Mar. 3-9)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Third Quarter Poems, Atonement Prompts, Literary Criticism Handouts

Fairy Tales: “Snowdrop” (Snow White), “Rapunzel”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, “Ashenputtel” (Cinderella), “Hansel and Grethel”, “Briar Rose” (Sleeping Beauty)

Freshmen: FSA Training Test Practice Link, RJ Vocab List, RJ E-Text with Line Numbers, RJ Audioplay, RJ Theme Log, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, Two Days

Journals: Turnitin Registration Instructions, Act I Journal #5-28, Act II Journal #1-20

Week 5:4 (Mar. 31-Apr. 4)

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Mr. Benton

Seniors: Reading Schedule, E-text of The Sandbox, Existentialism Notes, Waiting for Godot Prompts, Eliminating Wordiness from Your Writing, Practice Prompt for Thursday, Literary 3×3 Examples, Major Works Data Sheet / Fairy Tale Lit-Crit: Literary Criticism Sheets, MLA Template, “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “The Three Bears”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Emperor’s New Suit”, “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp”

Freshmen: RJ Act II Journal, RJ Act III Journal, RJ Act IV Journal, RJ Vocab List, RJ E-Text with Line Numbers, RJ Audio-play, RJ Theme Log, Scene Performance Project Info, Help with Quote-Weaving, FCAT Goal Sheet, In-Class Shakespeare Handouts (his World, his Language, his Stage), In-Class Shakespeare Notes (his World, his Language [in outline form], his Stage), List of Scenes for Group Performance

Week 5:2 (Mar. 10-14)

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Mr. Benton

Seniors, for Monday’s “Fairy Tale Literary Criticism”, select one of these fairy tales: “Snowdrop” (Snow White), “Rapunzel”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, “Ashenputtel” (Cinderella), “Hansel and Grethel”, “Briar Rose” (Sleeping Beauty), and then select one of the schools of criticism (e.g. Jungian, Freudian, Marxist) included in this Literary Criticism PDF. Study the notes and carefully read the story through that lens, using the leading questions as the basis for your analysis. Write a brief (5-ish paragraphs) essay (in MLA format) in which you analyze the meaning of the narrative; print it for class on Monday. Here are the reading schedule, Atonement prompts, a Senior Activity Calendar if you need them.

Freshmen, complete one journal question daily: RJ Act I Journal Questions #5-28 and RJ Act II Journal Questions (typed responses submitted to Turnitin.com), Turnitin Registration Instructions, RJ Vocab List, RJ E-Text with Line Numbers, RJ Audio-play, RJ Theme Log, Two Days, Tuesday’s Film Adaptation Comparison Analysis

Week 1:5 (Sept. 16-20)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Mr. Benton

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 5:4 (Apr. 1-5)

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Mr. Benton

Freshmen: RJ Performance Project, Audioplay, E-text (Entire Play), Vocab List, Theme Log; Journal Assignments: Act I, Act II, Act III (All three entries are due on the Monday we return from break with 35% off for each late day regardless of absence.)

Seniors: Final Reading Schedule, Waiting for Godot Prompts, Existentialism Notes, Mock Exam Survey, Major Works Data Sheet, Open Response Books and Prompts (1970-2012); Fairy Tales: “The Little Mermaid”, “Snowdrop”, “Rapunzel”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, “Ashenputtel”, “Hansel and Grethel”, “Briar Rose”, “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” (For Monday, either complete another poetry response or a literary criticism from one of the fairy tales listed above.)

Everyone: Important Dates for the Rest of the School Year