| Syllabus
| Fourth Quarter's Assignments | Revised:
June 2, 2009 |
|
[First
Quarter's Assignments]
[Second Quarter's Assignments] [Third
Quarter's Assignments] |
| Week
of March 30 to April 3 (Beginning of Fourth Quarter) |
| Mon | Journal
#11 (Spring break: the good, the bad, the ugly). Hand back papers. Discuss quarter's
schedule for seniors and curricular issues. Begin Saki (H. H. Munro) short story
unit. Read: Saki's "Mrs.
Packletide's Tiger."
Hmwk: Finish reading "Mrs. Packletide's
Tiger." |
| Tues | Saki
(H. H. Munro) short stories. Discuss "Mrs.
Packletide's Tiger." Introduce Questions
to Consider. Discuss questions in terms of the story we have just read. Begin
reading "The Recessional."
(Return M of V tests.)
Hmwk: Finish reading "The Recessional
." |
| Wed | Saki
(H. H. Munro) short stories. Journal #12 (Untimed: What are the connections between
"Mrs. Packletide's
Tiger" and "The
Recessional"? What kind of people does Saki admire? How do you know this?
Clovis?). Discuss stories. Begin reading "The
Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh."
Hmwk: Finish reading
"The
Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh." |
| Thurs | Saki
(H. H. Munro) short stories. Journal #13 (Untimed: Can "The Disappearance
of Crispina Umberleigh" be viewed as a moral story? Explain. How does it
help us with our qstns about what Saki admires/dislikes?). Finish reading "Tobermory"
(pp. 7-15). No hmwk. |
| Week
of April 6 to 10 |
| Mon | [Mr.
Rasmussen begins his master's degree project about peer reviewing.]
Saki (H. H. Munro) short
stories. Discuss ethical/moral tangle in "Tobermory."
Read "The
Schartz-Metterklume Method."
Hmwk: Read "The
Secret Sin of Septimus Brope." |
| Tues | Saki
(H. H. Munro) short stories. Reading quiz: "The
Secret Sin of Septimus Brope." Read: "Shock
Tactics." Test review. Work on Questions
to Consider. Journal #14 (Traits Saki ridicules . . . What does Munro NOT
like in people?).
Hmwk: Prepare for Saki short stories test (matching
and ID/significance). |
| Wed | [No
Class: Parent-Teacher Conferences]
Hmwk: Prepare for Saki short stories
test (matching and ID/significance). |
| Thurs | Test:
Saki short stories. No hmwk. |
| Week
of April 13 to 17 |
| Mon | Begin
reading "Babette's Feast," by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen).
Hmwk:
Research the life and work of Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). Document your research
in at least a page of notes (your own words, your own handwriting), and include
complete source/s. Due tomorrow. |
| Tues | Due:
Research notes on Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). Continue reading "Babette's
Feast."
Hmwk: Do research to understand Babette's background.
Look at Achille Papin's letter on pp. 29-30. Why is the year 1871 significant
in Paris? What was going on? What was Babette escaping? Communards? Petroleuse?
General Galliffet? What part in the civil disturbance does it seem that Babette
may have played? Write at least a page of notes--in your own words, in your own
handwriting. Include source/s. Due tomorrow at the beginning of class. |
| Wed |
Due: notes about Babette's background. Continue reading "Babette's Feast."
Hmwk: Finish reading "Babette's Feast" (pp. 53-59). Look
over the Study
and discussion questions. |
| Thurs | [Band
Trip] (Reading quiz.) Begin viewing Babette's Feast (film). Study
and discussion questions. No hwmk. (Band trip weekend) |
| Week
of April 20 to 24 |
| Mon |
Continue viewing Babette's Feast (film). [Writing
options]
Hmwk: Rasmussen
Assignment A. Pick a questions and do the thinking and organizing steps of
the writing process. On Wednesday, bring to class a completed cluster
sheet, detailed outline, etc. (your choice of organizing method). |
| Tues | Continue
viewing Babette's Feast (film). [Writing
options]
Hmwk: Continue organizing your "Babette's Feast"
paper IN DETAIL!!! (Detailed sentence outline, anyone?) Hard copy evidence of
detailed organization due tomorrow at the beginning of class. |
| Wed | Due:
Hard copy evidence of thinking and organization. Finish viewing Babette's Feast
(film). [Writing
options]
Hmwk: Word process rough draft. |
| Thurs | Due:
Rough draft. Rasmussen peer reviewing activity on Assignment
A. [Writing
options]
Hmwk: Revise rough draft based on in-class peer revision.
Second rough draft due on Monday. [Mr.
Rasmussen's Peer Revision Guidesheet] |
| Week
of April 27 to May 1 |
| Mon | Due:
Revised rough draft. (Check
off Thursday's draft and revision.) Rasmussen
peer reviewing Assignment A. [Writing
options]
Hmwk: Revise rough draft based on second peer review. Final
draft due at the beginning of class on Thursday. [Mr.
Rasmussen's Peer Revision Guidesheet] |
| Tues | Continue
viewing Chocolat.
Hmwk: Continue working on "Babette's
Feast" writing assignment. |
| Wed | Continue
viewing Chocolat.
Hmwk: Finish final draft of "Babette's
Feast" writing assignment. |
| Thurs | Due:
Final draft of "Babette's Feast" writing assignment. Continue viewing
Chocolat. No hmwk. |
| Week
of May 4 to 8 |
| Mon | Finish
viewing Chocolat. Intro writing assignment. Distribute writing
options (to be drafted in class tomorrow).
Hmwk: Pre-writing stages
for "Babette's Feast" and Chocolat
writing assignment. |
| Tues | In-class
writing: "Babette's Feast" and Chocolat
writing assignment.
Hmwk:
Rasmussen peer reviewing Assignment B. [Span
III people can submit a final draft before they go today OR work on the peer review
activity and revision after May 18.] |
| Wed | [Spanish
III Trip] Revise papers based on last night's online peer review.
Hmwk:
Rasmussen peer reviewing Assignment B. Revise draft based on second
peer review. Final due Thursday by the END of class. |
| Thurs | [Spanish
III Trip] Due--by END of class: Final drafts of Assignment B. Peer reviewing
and final revisions. No hmwk. Have a great trip! Turn your essay in to Turnitin.com
before you go! |
| Week
of May 11 to 15 |
| Mon | [Senior
Class Trip] No class. |
| Tues | [Senior
Class Trip] No class. |
| Wed | [Senior
Class Trip] No class. |
| Thurs | [Senior
Class Trip] No class. |
| Week
of May 18 to 22 |
| Mon | Read
"The Lumber Room,"
Saki. Prewriting. Begin Rasmussen Assignment C. (Identify an important theme of
this story, and discuss how Saki develops this theme.)
Hmwk: Final draft
of Assignment B ("Babette's Feast" and Chocolate essay) due @
Turnitin.com before midnight tonight. Optional:
The Assignment A and B essays may be revised to improve the grade. Conference
with Mrs. Dibben (required if you are going to revise for a new grade) before
you start your revision. Revisions due at the semester exam session. |
| Tues | Drafting
period for Assignment C ("The Lumber Room" theme essay).
Hmwk:
Finish drafting the rough draft for Assignment C. Come to class tomorrow with
a double-spaced hard copy. (If you have already had your revision conference with
Mrs. Dibben, you can work on your revision, too.) |
| Wed | Due:
Double-spaced hard copy of Assignment C rough draft. Rasmussen
peer reviewing Assignment C.
Hmwk:
Revise essay based on today's peer review. Bring a REVISED hard copy of your rough
draft to class tomorrow. |
| Thurs | Rasmussen
peer reviewing Assignment C. Revise essay based on today's peer review.
No hmwk (as long as you have COMPLETED your revision from today's peer review).
(NY Choir Trip weekend) |
| Week
of May 25 to 29 |
| Mon | No
school: Memorial Day |
| Tues | No
school: NY Choir Trip |
| Wed | Bring
a new (revised since last peer review) hard copy to class. Writing work period.
Complete revision of Assignment C essay. Proofread carefully.
Hmwk:
Prepare final draft of Assignment C essay. Be ready to turn it in by the end
of class tomorrow. |
| Thurs | Due
by end of class: Final draft of Assignment C. Once you've turned in the
final draft of Assignment C, you can work on revisions of your other essays. No
hmwk. |
| Week
of June 1 to 5 (End of Fourth Quarter and Second Semester)
|
| Mon | Essay
revision period. Submit "Babette's Feast" essay to Turnitin.com
by Friday.
Hmwk: Continue working on revisions. (Due at scheduled final
exam). |
| Tues | Test
review: "Babette's Feast," Chocolat, "The Lumber Room."
Essay revisions.
Hmwk: Prepare for test. Submit "Babette's Feast"
essay to Turnitin.com by Friday. |
| Thurs | [Semester
Exams, 12:45 pm] Essay optional revisions due at the scheduled semester exam session.
Submit "Babette's Feast" essay to Turnitin.com
by Friday. Have a great summer! |
| Fri | Deadline
for submission of "Babette's Feast" essay to Turnitin.com. |