Odes are due. (homework)
Due Date: September 4, 2009 |
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The Fish (homework)
Due Date: August 31, 2009 |
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Why does everything go rainbow, rainbow, rainbow? Why does the poet let the fish go?
Please bring in an item on which to write. |
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Long Day (homework)
Due Date: June 15, 2009 |
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| Presentations |
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Long Day
June 12, 2009 |
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| Begin presentations. |
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Review
June 12, 2009 |
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| Review for finals |
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Review for Finals
June 11, 2009 |
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Long Day (homework)
Due Date: June 11, 2009 |
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| Work on Acting out a scene. |
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Long Day
June 10, 2009 |
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| Work on acting a scene. |
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Long Day's Journey
June 5, 2009 |
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| Papers due. |
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Long Day's Journey
May 28, 2009 |
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| Make sure you have turned in two papers on Mary's past, one for pages 97 to 107, the second for pages 107 to 117. |
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Long Day's Journey
May 20, 2009 |
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| Exam on Acts One and Two. |
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Gatsby (homework)
Due Date: May 20, 2009 |
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| Continue reading Chapter Six. |
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Long Day's Journey (homework)
Due Date: May 19, 2009 |
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| Contest and Review for Exam. |
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Long Day's Journey (homework)
Due Date: May 8, 2009 |
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| Continue working on essay. |
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Speaking of Courage (homework)
Due Date: May 6, 2009 |
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| Write a summary. |
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Long Day's Journey
April 28, 2009 |
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| Choose one of our four characters and begin to construct a monologue outlining the problems as they see it in the family. |
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Long Day's Journey (homework)
Due Date: April 22, 2009 |
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| Describe the relationship between James and Mary. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: April 3, 2009 |
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| Test, Chapters 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: April 2, 2009 |
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Papers due for Period Five Class.
Solve the problems of the Joads.
Hunger
Hygiene
Poverty
Organization |
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The Grapes of Wrath
April 1, 2009 |
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| Period 4 papers due |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: March 26, 2009 |
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| Read about Bobbie the Weather Girl. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: March 26, 2009 |
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| Continue drafting papers. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: March 20, 2009 |
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| Bring in materials to build house. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: March 19, 2009 |
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| Finish limericks. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: March 17, 2009 |
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| Continue to work on "hospitality" papers. |
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The Grapes of Wrath
March 13, 2009 |
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| Quiz pp 283-291. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: March 11, 2009 |
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| Based on the news of California, what would do if you were in the Joad's position? Would you turn back? Would you stay on the river like Noah? |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: March 3, 2009 |
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| Read Chapter 15. Why doesn't Ma want Rose of Sharon to live in the city or Tom to stay behind? |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: March 2, 2009 |
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| Read Chapter 14 and take notes. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 25, 2009 |
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| Read through page 177 and continue the map. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 23, 2009 |
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Make sure that you finish Chapter Ten.
Read Chapter Twelve and write a one page summary. |
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The Grapes of Wrath
February 12, 2009 |
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| Exam. Study. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 12, 2009 |
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| Exam. Study Chapters Two, Four, Six, Eight. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 11, 2009 |
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Finish illustration.
Finish reading Chapter Six. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 11, 2009 |
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| Read to page 140 and complete your discussion of Ma. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 9, 2009 |
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Finish Chapter Eight.
Answer questions. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 6, 2009 |
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| Read the first ten pages of of Chapter Eight and take notes. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 5, 2009 |
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| Finish questions for Chapter Six. |
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Myron Rolle papers (homework)
Due Date: February 5, 2009 |
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| Finish papers and hand in tomorrow if you have not already done so. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 3, 2009 |
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| What is the connection between the novel and The Battle Hymn of the Republic? |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: February 2, 2009 |
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Two columns characterizing Joad and the truck driver. Paragraph comparing and contrasting them.
Read Chapter Four and take notes. |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: January 30, 2009 |
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Ten observations on the Dust Storm of Chapter One.
Description of storm in which you have been.
Read Chapter Two and Take Notes! |
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The Grapes of Wrath (homework)
Due Date: January 28, 2009 |
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Chapter One
Notes! |
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Midterm
January 22, 2009 |
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The midterm has two parts.
You will write an essay on a story that you read in class.
Be sure that you know the literary terms that we did in November. |
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The Scarlet Letter
January 15, 2009 |
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| Final on book. |
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The Scarlet Letter (homework)
Due Date: January 14, 2009 |
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| Prepare chapters for presentation. |
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The Scarlet Letter (homework)
Due Date: January 13, 2009 |
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| Prepare chapters for presentation. |
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The Scarlet Letter (homework)
Due Date: January 8, 2009 |
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| Read Chapter 17 |
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The Scarlet Letter
January 7, 2009 |
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| Read through Chapter 16. |
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The Scarlet Letter
January 5, 2009 |
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| Mid-term on book |
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The Scarlet Letter (homework)
Due Date: December 16, 2008 |
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| Prepare modern adaptations of passages. |
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The Scarlet Letter
December 10, 2008 |
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| Midterms |
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The Scarlet Letter (homework)
Due Date: December 9, 2008 |
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Bring a draft of essay to class.
Should Pearl be removed from Hester's care? |
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The Scarlet Letter
December 9, 2008 |
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| Read Chapter 12 |
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The Scarlet Letter
December 8, 2008 |
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| Vocab Quiz |
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The Scarlet Letter (homework)
Due Date: December 8, 2008 |
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| Read Chapter 11 |
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The Scarlet Letter (homework)
Due Date: December 4, 2008 |
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Annotation
Chapters Six to Eight
Hand in |
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The Scarlet Letter
November 25, 2008 |
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| Test on Chapters One to Five |
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The Scarlet Letter
November 24, 2008 |
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| Read Chapter Six |
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The Scarlet Letter
November 21, 2008 |
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| Hand in questions for Chapter Five. |
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Literary Terms
November 20, 2008 |
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| Fill out definitions to hand in. |
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The Scarlet Letter
November 18, 2008 |
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| Create a list that details the ways in which Hester is humiliated. (Ten items) |
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The Scarlet Letter (homework)
Due Date: November 18, 2008 |
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| Read Chapter Four |
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The Scarlet Letter
November 14, 2008 |
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| Read Chapter Three |
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The Scarlet Letter
November 12, 2008 |
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| We will begin our new work, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. |
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For Writing
November 12, 2008 |
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| Why do the Puritan founders first build a prison and cemetery? |
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The Bad Seed
November 10, 2008 |
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Now that you have seen this much-revered camp film, address the work's central issue. Was Rhoda Penmark a bad seed or did she have bad parents?
One-to-two page typed argumentative paper. |
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Is Rhoda Evil?
November 7, 2008 |
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| We will work on the paper today in class. |
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The Bad Seed
November 6, 2008 |
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| We will begin working on our paper today. |
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The Bad Seed
November 3, 2008 |
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We will watch The Bad Seed, a 1955 movel based on the William March. I don't want to spoil the film for you so I won't tell you about it, but it addresses the issue of nature versus nurture and the problem of human evil.
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The Crucible
October 31, 2008 |
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| We will finish The Crucible this week by discussing and writing on the concept of honor. |
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Test
October 24, 2008 |
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| Test on The Crucible, Act III |
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