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[First
Quarter Assignments] [Second
Quarter Assignments] |
| Week
of January 10 to 14 |
| Mon |
Journal
16 (New beginnings: new year, new semester, new goals, new . . .?).
Return final exam essays. "The
Basic, No-Frills Essay: How to Get an "A" on an Academic
Essay." Hmwk: Identify three features from "The
Basic, No-Frills Essay" that would make your essay stronger.
Do these things to your essay. (Use a new sheet of paper, not your
essay! Keep your essay to re-submit with your changes.) Due Wed. |
| Wed |
Discuss
essay revisions (especially more specific examples). Notes on the
board about the difference between "telling" and "showing"
in essays. Collect essay revisions (and original essay). Go to computer
lab to begin research into E. M. Forster. Hmwk: Learn about E. M.
Forster and his cultural milieu. Discover something that your classmates
may not know. |
| Fri |
Report on
homework. Share what you've learned. Begin reading A Room with
a View. |
| Week
of January 17 to 21 |
| Mon |
No School:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| Wed |
Read
A Room with a View through p. 77. Hmwk: continue reading
A Room with a View. |
| Fri |
Continue
reading A Room with a View through p. 106. Hmwk: continue
reading A Room with a View. |
| Week
of January 24 to 28 |
| Mon |
Continue
reading A Room with a View through p. 164. Hmwk: continue
reading. |
| Wed |
Distribute
discussion questions.
View "Florence" and "In Search of Tuscany" (videos
available at the St. Helena Public Library). Hmwk: Prepare for class
discussion. Bring questions and comments to class to enhance our
class discussion. |
| Fri |
Journal.
Discussion of novel. Hmwk: What is socialism? Is Mr. Emerson a socialist?
What is transcendentalism? Could Mr. Emerson be a transcendentalist?
Come to class on Monday with your answers. |
| Week
of January 31 to February 4 |
| Mon |
Check
off evidence of work on Mr. Emerson, socialism, and transcendentalism.
Discussion about Mr. Emerson, socialism, and transcendentalism.
Begin watching A Room with a View. Hmwk: Think about and
write notes for three of the discussion questions. |
| Wed |
Check
off evidence of work on the discussion questions. Finish watching
A Room with a View. Hmwk: Think about and write notes for
three additional discussion questions. |
| Fri |
Check
off evidence of work on the discussion questions. Discuss details
of class project and individual writing projects. Hwmk: Complete
thinking/planning stage for individual writing projects. |
| Week
of February 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
No
School: Staff Development Day. |
| Tues |
(Monday
Classes) Check off thinking/planning/organization stage for individual
writing projects. Work period for writing projects. Hmwk: complete
1/2 of rough draft. |
| Wed |
(Basketball
tournament) Check off 1/3 of rough draft. Work period for projects.
Hmwk: complete rough draft. |
| Fri |
(Basketball
tournament) Check off complete rough drafts. Work period for projects.
Hmwk: move to word-processed, semi-final draft. |
| Week
of February 14 to 18 |
| Mon |
Peer
reviewing of individual writing projects. Hmwk: polish projects,
and complete individual parts of class project. |
| Wed |
Class project
day: English tea. Presentation of individual writing projects. Hwmk:
prepare for test. |
| Fri |
Test: A
Room with a View, Forster. Deadline for projects (essays and
artwork). |
| Week
of February 21 to 25 |
| Mon |
No
School: President's Day |
| Tues |
(Monday
Classes) Intro to The Europeans, by Henry James. Begin reading
The Europeans. (Chpt. 1 starts on p. 33.) Hmwk: read to p.
58 (chpts. 1 & 2). |
| Wed |
(Honor Choir
Festival) In class & hmwk: read to p. 84 (chpts. 3 & 4). |
| Fri |
(Honor
Choir Festival) In class & hmwk: read to p. 125 (chpts. 5 to
7). |
| Week
of February 28 to March 4 |
| Mon |
(Math
& Science) In class & hwmk: read to end of novel before
class on Friday (chpts. 8 to 12). |
| Wed |
No
Classes: Prep Ski/Snow Day |
| Fri |
Complete
reading of The Europeans before class. Discussion
questions. Resource:
"The Idea of America as a Moral and Philosophical Ideal."
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| Week
of March 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
Discussion
questions: write out answers to three questions. Turn in at least
two before end of class. Hmwk: complete three discussion questions--if
you didn't finish in class. Due Wed or before you leave for choir
trip. |
| Wed |
(Choir in England) Collect third discussion questions from those
who did not finish on Mon. View DVD: The Europeans. |
| Fri |
(Choir in
England) Finish viewing The Europeans. |
| Spring
Break. Classes resume on March 28. |