| Syllabus
| Second Quarter's Assignments | Revised:
Feb. 5, 2010 |
|
| [First
Quarter's Assignments] [Second Quarter's Assignments] |
Week
of January 18 to 22 (Beginning of Third Quarter) |
| Mon | No
School: MLK, Jr. Day |
| Tues | [Week
of Prayer] Continue Jane Austen unit. Reading quizzes: - Pride
and Prejudice, p. 278
- Emma,
p. 277
- Northanger
Abbey, end
- Minor
works, end
Northanger
Abbey essay options,
Minor works presentation assignment.
Pride and Prejudice and Emma people should plan to be finished with
their reading ASAP. |
| Wed | [Week
of Prayer] Jane Austen unit. Pride
and Prejudice essay options.
Emma
essay options. Northanger Abbey people make essay option choice and
begin research. Minor works: begin work on class presentation. Be prepared to
discuss progress with teacher tomorrow.
Hmwk: Pride and Prejudice
and Emma people keep reading. |
| Thurs | [Week
of Prayer] Jane Austen unit. |
| Fri
B | [Week
of Prayer] No class. Goal: Pride and Prejudice and Emma readers
should be done by Monday. [A new production of Emma starts on PBS's Masterpiece
on Sunday, 9 p.m. Learn
more about it. Watch the actress who plays Emma in an interesting
audio slideshow.] |
| Week
of January 25 to 29 |
| Mon | Jane
Austen unit. All reading should be DONE by class time today. Finish making essay
option choices: Pride and Prejudice,
Emma, Northanger
Abbey. Begin pre-writing stage of the writing process.
Hmwk:
Finish the pre-writing stage for Austen essay. Have a fully formed thesis statement
ready to be checked tomorrow. |
| Tues | Due:
Thesis statement for Austen essay. Continue work on organizing stage of Austen
essay.
Hmwk: Complete organizing stage on Austen essay. |
| Wed | Due:
Evidence of the organizing stage for Austen essay. Begin drafting.
Hmwk:
Have a significant part of the essay body drafted by tomorrow's class. |
| Thurs | [Basketball
"Away" game. Players: Drop by BEFORE you leave to show me that you have
completed the hmwk.] Due: Large part of Austen essay body drafted. Continue drafting.
Hmwk:
Do enough on the rough draft that you will be able to have a complete draft by
the end of class tomorrow. |
| Fri
A | Finish
first draft of Austen essay. Self evaluation. No hmwk (as long as you've completed
your rough draft). [Part II of Emma on PBS's Masterpiece airs on Sunday,
9 pm.] |
| Week
of February 1 to 5 |
| Mon | Jane
Austen unit. Photos of Austen sites in Steventon, Chawton, and Winchester.
Hmwk:
Revise rough draft. Look at the relationship of the paragraphs to the thesis statement.
Make sure each paragraph begins with a topic sentence that ties to the thesis.
Make sure the body of each paragraph supports its topic sentence. PRINT OUT HARD
COPY to bring to class tomorrow. |
| Tues | Due:
Hard copy of current draft of Austen essay. Andrea's presentation on Austen's
minor works and handout.
Hmwk: Continue with Austen essay revisions. |
| Wed | Jane
Austen unit. Essay peer review and teacher conferences.
Hmwk: Continue
with Austen essay revisions. |
| Thurs | Jane
Austen unit. Essay peer review and teacher conferences.
Hmwk: Complete
final draft of Austen essay. Prepare for Austen test (Tuesday). |
| Fri
B | No
class. Due before noon today: Final draft of Austen essay (and all previous
drafts) in a pocket folder. Submit essay to Turnitin.com
before midnight tonight. [Part III of Emma on PBS's Masterpiece airs on
Sunday, 9 pm.] |
| Week
of February 8 to 12 |
| Mon | No
School: Teacher In-Service |
| Tues | Austen
test: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, or Northanger Abbey.
No hmwk. |
| Wed | Begin
Our Town, by Thornton Wilder. |
| Thurs | Our
Town, by Thornton Wilder. |
| Fri
A | Our
Town, by Thornton Wilder. |
| Week
of February 15 to 19 |
| Mon | No
School: Presidents' Day |
| Tues | Our
Town, by Thornton Wilder. |
| Wed | Our
Town, by Thornton Wilder. |
| Thurs | Our
Town, by Thornton Wilder. |
| Fri
B | No
class. |
| Week
of February 22 to 26 |
| Mon | |
| Tues | |
| Wed | |
| Thurs | |
| Fri
A | |
| Week
of March 1 to 5 |
| Mon | |
| Tues | |
| Wed | |
| Thurs | |
| Fri
B | No
class. |
| Week
of March 8 to 12 |
| Mon | |
| Tues | |
| Wed | |
| Thurs | |
| Fri
A | |
| Week
of March 15 to 19 (End of Third Quarter) |
| Mon | |
| Tues | |
| Wed | |
| Thurs | |
| Fri
B | No
class. |