Syllabus | Third Quarter's Assignments Revised: Mar. 17, 2009
[First Quarter's Assignments] [Second Quarter's Assignments]
Week of January 19 to 23 (Beginning of Second Semester and Third Quarter)
Mon	No School: MLK, Jr. Day
Tues	Begin Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Hmwk: Read pp. 1-31.
Wed	[PUC Basketball Tournament] Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Hmwk: Read pp. 31-56.
Thur	[PUC Basketball Tournament] Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Hmwk: Read pp. 57-98.
Fri	[PUC Basketball Tournament] Wuthering Heights, Brontë. No hmwk.
Week of January 26 to 30
Mon	Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Research on Emily Brontë (and Brontë family of writers). At least one page of notes--in your own words, in your own handwriting--and include complete source/s (due by Friday). Hmwk: Read pp. 98-122.
Tues	Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Reading quiz (through p. 122) In class: work on re-writes (if necessary) and Brontë research. Submit re-writes to Turnitin.com from whence I will retrieve the revised files for our new classroom collections. Hmwk: Read pp. 122-154
Wed	Wuthering Heights, Brontë. In class: work on re-writes (if necessary) and Brontë research. Submit re-writes to Turnitin.com from whence I will retrieve the revised files for our new classroom collections. Hmwk: Read pp. 154-187.
Thur	Wuthering Heights, Brontë. In class: work on re-writes (if necessary) and Brontë research. Submit re-writes to Turnitin.com from whence I will retrieve the revised files for our new classroom collections. Hmwk: Read pp. 187-224.
Fri	Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Reading quiz (through p. 224). Finish up and submit Brontë research and essay re-writes. (Turnitin.com deadlines are set for midnight tonight.) Hmwk for weekend: Read pp. 224-254.
Week of February 2 to 6
Mon	Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Distribute Discussion and Essay Questions. Hmwk: Read p. 254 to end of novel.
Tues	Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Reading quiz (through end of novel). [Discussion and Essay Questions] Hmwk: Select (modify, as necessary) the essay question you would like to address.
Wed	Due: Essay choice. Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Begin viewing moving. Hmwk: Work on generating ideas for your essay on a cluster sheet. [Discussion and Essay Questions]
Thur	Due: Completed cluster sheet including preview thesis statement. Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Continue viewing movie. Hmwk: Work on organizing your ideas for your essay. Word process a sentence outline for Wuthering Heights essay. [Sentence outline template as Word doc] [Discussion and Essay Questions]
Fri	Due: Complete sentence outline. Wuthering Heights, Brontë. [Discussion and Essay Questions] Hmwk: Create first ROUGH draft of essay.
Week of February 9 to 13
Mon	No School: Staff Development Day
Tues	Due (for all students): Rough draft of Wuthering Heights essay. Finish viewing movied. Begin working on group project on the board of the novel's three plot lines. Individual conferences on essays--as necessary. Hmwk: Work further on Wuthering Heights essay.
Wed	Wuthering Heights, Brontë. Continue with group project on the board of the novel's three plot lines. Hmwk: Continue working on Wuthering Heights essay. Due next Tuesday at the beginning of class.
Thur	FINISH group project on the board of the novel's three plot lines. Hmwk: Finish REALLY complete rough draft of Wuthering Heights essay. Due Friday at the beginning of class.
Fri	Due: REALLY complete rough draft of Wuthering Heights essay. Conferencing period. Hmwk: Complete Wuthering Heights essay. Bring final draft to class on Tuesday--in folder with all previous drafts, etc.
Week of February 16 to 20
Mon	No School: Presidents' Day
Tues	Due: Final draft of Wuthering Heights essay (in folder, with all previous drafts). Share essays in class. Hmwk: Read essay to discuss: "Teacher wants to expel Huck Finn." Research F. Scott Fitzgerald. Write at least one page of notes, in your own handwriting, in your own words, with source/s.
Wed	Continue sharing Wuthering Heights essays. Begin The Great Gatsby. Share F. Scott Fitzgerald research with classmates. Distribute books. Distribute copies of Dr. Fulton's responses to "Teacher wants to expel Huck Finn." Hmwk: Finish reading Dr. Fulton's responses to "Teacher wants to expel Huck Finn." Read Chapter 1, The Great Gatsby.
Thur	The Great Gatsby. Discuss "Teacher wants to expel Huck Finn." Hmwk: Continue reading The Great Gatsby, Chpts. 2 & 3.
Fri	The Great Gatsby. Submit Wuthering Heights essay to Turnitin.com by Monday, midnight. Continue reading The Great Gatsby, Chpts. 4 & 5. Hmwk: Finish reading Chpts. 4 & 5 of The Great Gatsby. Submit Wuthering Heights essay to Turnitin.com (fi you haven't already done so) by Monday, midnight.
Week of February 23 to 27
Mon	The Great Gatsby. Reading quiz (through Chpt. 5). Hmwk: Read Chpt. 6 through p. 135 in The Great Gatsby. Midnight tonight is the deadline for submission of Wuthering Heights essay to Turnitin.com.
Tues	The Great Gatsby. Students who have finished reading already: generate response ideas. How would you like to explore the themes and concepts of The Great Gatsby? Generate a list of ideas on paper. Hmwk: Finish reading The Great Gatsby.
Wed	The Great Gatsby. Reading quiz (whole novel).
Thur	[Choral Festival] The Great Gatsby. Discuss class response project and begin research. Hmwk: Continue thinking about class response project contributions.
Fri	[Choral Festival] The Great Gatsby. Continue thinking and research about class response project. No hmwk.
Week of March 2 to 6
Mon	[Mrs. Dibben has jury duty.] The Great Gatsby. Begin viewing movie. Hmwk: Continue working on class response project. Decide on your topic. Investigate resources. Where will you find what you need? Decide on story angles, scope, etc. Be ready to write this down tomorrow at the beginning of class.
Tues	Due: topic choice and details. The Great Gatsby. Continue viewing movie. Hmwk: Continue working on class response project. Investigate sources. How will your project need to be modified based on what you can find? Begin drafting (exploring how you'll put together what you've been able to discover). Keep a running "works cited" page as you write.
Wed	Due: early, early draft of ideas for magazine contribution. The Great Gatsby. Distribute study guide questions. Continue viewing movie. Hmwk: Continue working on class response project. Produce a rough-rough draft to share in class tomorrow.
Thur	Due: rough-rough draft of magazine contributions. The Great Gatsby. Hmwk: Continue working on class response project. Complete word-processed rough draft.
Fri	Due: Hard copy AND digital copy of fully developed word-processed rough draft of magazine contributions (to be passed to layout people--digital format--so that they can begin design work). The Great Gatsby. No hmwk.
Week of March 9 to 13
Mon	The Great Gatsby. July 1922 magazine.g Hmwk: Do FINAL draft of your Gatsby Gazette contribution. Have ready to pass to Angie by class time tomorrow.
Tues	Due: FINAL draft of Gatsby Gazette Contribution. The Great Gatsby.
Wed	Test: The Great Gatsby (matching and ID & significance)
Thur	[Band Festival @ SAA] The Great Gatsby. Work period on final draft of July 1922 magazine. Hwmk: Angie: continue with magazine layout. All: Locate a copy of Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Fri	Discuss The Great Gatsby as an American novel. How is this novel American (as opposed to European)? Who are the quintessential Americans in the novel? How does American geography feature? No hmwk (except Angie who is putting together the magazine).
Week of March 16 to 20 (End of Third Quarter)
Mon - Fri	Monday: Review mock-up of Gatsby Gazette. Wed: Angie finishes Gatsby Gazette and begins copying. Thurs/Fri: Distribute printed copies of Gatsby Gazette to students. All week: Re-reading of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as prelude to The Screwtape Letters (after spring break). Questions to consider: What are the main parts of the allegory? (Journal #3, untimed) How does The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe explain the plan of salvation? What aspects of the Christian life are portrayed? (#2 & 3 together as Journal #4, untimed) How does Lewis portray evil? How does it impact people's lives? (Journal #5, untimed) How does the author explore the idea of temptation? (Journal #6, untimed) How/why are people susceptible to temptation? (Journal #7, untimed) No hmwk over spring break. Have a great time!
March 23 to 27: Spring Break