| Syllabus
| Second Quarter's Assignments | Revised:
Jan. 13, 2009 |
|
| [First
Quarter's Assignments] |
Week
of October 27 to 31 (Beginning of Second Quarter) |
| Mon | [CR]
Continue with Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. Choose pilgrims to research.
[Group research project results]
Hmwk:
Become an expert on your pilgrim/s and his/her section/s in the prologue. Be prepared
to lead class through your pilgrim's section. Be ready to explain any difficult
passages, define words, and field classmates' questions. The
Canterbury Tales Online Sources: |
| Tues | [CR]
Begin student-led reading of the prologue to The Canterbury Tales. Students
read aloud sections they have prepared and field classmates' questions about specifics.
Hmwk:
Complete preparation for leading your section of the prologue. |
| Wed | [Honor
choir to Redbud Hospital] [CR] The Canterbury Tales. Continue student-led
reading of the prologue to The Canterbury Tales. Intro individual tale
presentations assignment.
Hmwk: Begin working on your individual tale
presentation. |
| Thurs | [PUC
Volleyball Tournament] [CR] The Canterbury Tales. Intro Canterbury
Tale Presentation. |
| Fri | [PUC
Volleyball Tournament] [Short class for special assembly speaker] [CR] The
Canterbury Tales. Canterbury
Tale Presentation assignment. [Here
are short summaries of the various tales. NB: not all tales are eligible for
this assignment. See list available in class.] |
| Week
of November 3 to 7 |
| Mon | [College
Days] [CR] The Canterbury Tales. Finish up prologue presentations. Finish
picking Canterbury Tale
Presentation assignment.
Hmwk: Research your chosen tale. |
| Tues | [CR]
The Canterbury Tales. Work period for research on Canterbury
Tale Presentation assignment. Pass back papers and grades. Finish up prologue
pilgrims.
Hmwk: Continue with Canterbury
Tale Presentation assignment. |
| Wed | [No
Class: Noon Dismissal for Parent-Teacher Conferences]
Hmwk: Continue
working on Canterbury
Tale Presentation assignment. |
| Thurs | [CR]
The Canterbury Tales. Work period for Canterbury
Tale Presentation assignment. Distribute Canterbury
Tale Presentation Rubric.
Hmwk: Continue with Canterbury
Tale Presentation assignment. |
| Fri | [CR]
The Canterbury Tales. Work period for Canterbury
Tale Presentation assignment.
[Canterbury
Tale Presentation Rubric] |
| Week
of November 10 to 14 |
| Mon | [CR]
The Canterbury Tales. Work period Canterbury
Tale Presentation assignment.
Hmwk: Complete project to present
in class tomorrow. [Canterbury
Tale Presentation Rubric] |
| Tues |
[CR] Canterbury Tale
Presentations: The Franklin's Tale (Elena H.), The Clerk's Tale (Stephen B.),
The Prioress's Tale (Alex B.), The Parson's Tale (Brita W.).
Hmwk:
Complete project to present in class tomorrow. [Canterbury
Tale Presentation Rubric] |
| Wed | [CR]
Canterbury Tale Presentations
The Knight's Tale (Michelle W.), The Wife of Bath's Tale (Jenni M.), The Physician's
Tale (K.C. B.), The Tale of Melibee (Graham F.).
Hmwk: Complete project
to present in class tomorrow. [Canterbury
Tale Presentation Rubric] |
| Thurs | [CR]
Canterbury Tale Presentations
The Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Tyler T.), The Man of Law's Tale (Tim H.), The Nun's
Priest's Tale (Annika J.). |
| Fri | Make-up
Canterbury Tale Presentation
The Tale of Sir Thopas (Giselle S.). Analyze an essay: "It's
not only the Queen. We're all screaming for an answer," Simon Jenkins.
[Essay analysis questions] Distribute
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain. (Have book read
by beginning of class, Dec. 1--right after Thanksgiving Vacation).
Hmwk:
Complete essay analysis. [Essay
analysis questions] |
| Week
of November 17 to 21 |
| Mon | Make-up
Canterbury Tale Presentation
The Pardoner's Tale (Angie R.). Discuss essay analysis:
"It's
not only the Queen. We're all screaming for an answer," Simon Jenkins.
[Essay analysis questions] Written
and graphic analyses on board.
Hmwk: Begin revising Puritan Dilemma
in-class essays. Continue reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,
Mark Twain. Revised
essays due @ Turnitin.com by midnight Tuesday |
| Tues | Continue
review of writing process. Share student models of good essays. Continue revision
of Puritan Dilemma in-class essays and/or continue reading A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain.
Hmwk: Revised
essays due @ Turnitin.com by midnight tonight.
Submit in two separate assignment "drop boxes": Winthrop Essay #1 and
Winthrop Essay #2. |
| Wed | Continue
reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain.
Hmwk:
Finish reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain,
by Monday, Dec. 1. Upload revised essays (in standard academic format)
to Turnitin.com by midnight tonight. Standard
academic essay format: - Double
spaced
- Times New Roman,
12 pt. font
- 1 inch margins
on all edges
- Single spaced
and justified right:
- Name
- Class
- Essay
#
- Date (optional
because we're into revisions now. You could use today's date.)
- Paragraph
indents should be equivalent to 5 spaces.
- Do
NOT double-double space between paragraphs. (Essay padding tricks do NOT make
your essay look longer. They just make it look like you were trying to pad . .
. !)
- Save and submit
as Word .doc--NOT .docx.
|
| Thurs | Continue
reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain.
Hmwk:
Finish reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain,
by Monday, Dec. 1. |
| Fri | Answer
this question on a piece of notebook paper: What did you revise on your Puritan
Dilemma essays? Then attach the paper to the front of the essays and turn
the packet in. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain.
Good-By Party for Mr. Rasmussen.
Hmwk: Finish reading A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain, by Monday, Dec. 1. |
| Week
of November 24 to 28: Thanksgiving Vacation |
| Week
of December 1 to 5 |
| Mon | Due:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court reading completed. Reading
quiz. Discuss quiz questions.
Hmwk: Read Intro and Afterword. |
| Tues | A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain. Discuss the novel as
science fiction and as social satire. Intro Connecticut Yankee writing
options.
Hmwk: Consider the writing
project options. Be ready to make a choice and begin your essay in class tomorrow.
(The Egypt trip people leave next Thursday!) |
| Wed | A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain. Make writing project
selection. Begin working on writing
projects. Connecticut Yankee writing
options.
Hmwk: Continue working on Connecticut
Yankee writing project. |
| Thurs | A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain. Continue working on
writing projects. Connecticut
Yankee writing options.
Hmwk:
Complete rough draft for check off in class tomorrow. |
| Fri | Due:
complete rough draft. Connecticut
Yankee writing options.
Hmwk:
Revised second draft due on Monday. |
| Week
of December 8 to 12 |
| Mon | Due:
second draft. A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain. Connecticut Yankee writing
options. Student/teacher conferences on essays.
Hmwk: Revised third
draft due on Tuesday |
| Tues | Due:
third draft. A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain. Connecticut Yankee writing
options. Student/teacher conferences on essays.
Hmwk: Prepare for
objective test. Final draft due Thursday (or before you leave for Egypt!) |
| Wed | Continue
working on Connecticut Yankee writing
options. Student/teacher conferences on essays.
Hmwk: Complete final
draft of Connecticut Yankee writing
option. Due tomorrow. (Egypt trip people should submit their writing projects
to Turnitin.com before they go.) |
| Thurs | [Egypt
Trip] Due: final draft of Connecticut Yankee writing
options. Share writing projects with classmates. Distribute "The
Chimes," Dickens.
Hmwk: Submit Connecticut Yankee writing
option to Turnitin.com before midnight
tonight. |
| Fri | [Egypt
Trip] Begin Dickens Christmas
stories- "A Christmas
Carol"
- "Cricket
on the Hearth"
- "The
Chimes"
- Text
from Wikisource
- iTunes
has an audiobook of a radio performed version of "The Chimes." However,
it is $1.95, and I don't know if it is an unabridged version. There is also a
free abridged version of the story. It is VERY abridged so is not useful for us.
Hmwk:
Read enough of your chosen Christmas story that you'll be able to finish reading
it by the end of class on Tuesday. |
| Week
of December 15 to 17 |
| Mon | [Egypt
Trip] Continue Dickens Christmas stories. See links above.
Hmwk:
Read enough of your chosen
Christmas story that you will be able to finish during class tomorrow. |
| Tues | [Egypt
Trip] Finish Dickens Christmas stories in class today. See links above. No hmwk. |
| Wed | [Egypt
Trip] [No Class: Noon Dismissal] Have a great Christmas Break! |
| Christmas
Break (Dec. 18 to Jan. 4) |
| Week
of January 5 to 9 |
| Mon | Start
Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Read Mary
Lamb's re-telling from Tales from Shakespeare.
Hmwk: Learn
more about the Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare. Here's a link to a facsimile
reproduction of the Preface. When were the Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare
written? Why were they written? When did Shakespeare write The Taming of the
Shrew? What are the time relationships between Shakespeare's writing of the
play, the Lambs' re-telling the stories, and today? Does Mary Lamb's re-telling
of The Taming of the Shrew seem like a children's story to you? Explain. |
| Tues |
Begin viewing The Taming of the Shrew.
Hmwk: Read Wikipedia
article on The Taming of the Shrew. |
| Wed | Continue
viewing The Taming of the Shrew.
Hmwk: Read Shakespeare
Theatre Company's "About the Play" and the
(Cambridge) Marlowe's "production background information." |
| Thurs | Finish
viewing The Taming of the
Shrew.
Hmwk: Read Shakespeare
Theatre Company's "Program Article: The Business of Marriage" and
American Repertory Theatre's
"A Shrew for All Seasons." |
| Fri | The
Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare. Discussion
and essay questions. [Link
to Project Gutenberg's version of The Taming of the Shrew. and a
link to another Project Gutenberg version.]
Hmwk: Make essay question
selection by beginning of class, Monday. |
| Week
of January 12 to 16 (End of Second Quarter) |
| Mon | The
Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare. Discussion
and essay questions.
Hmwk: Continue preparation for in-class essay. |
| Tues | The
Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare. Discussion
and essay questions.
Hmwk: Continue preparation for in-class essay.
Notebooks due at time of test. |
| Fri | Due:
English notebooks. Semester Exam: The Taming of the Shrew in-class
essay. (3X5 card OK. Can include: thesis statement, topic sentences, lists of
examples, quotes from play or critics, concluding idea. Card canNOT have whole
essay written out on it. Card will be turned in with essay.) |