Syllabus | Assignments Revised: Oct. 13, 2005
Week of August 17 to 19
Wed	Journal #1 (New beginnings). Syllabus (quiz on Monday), "E-mail to Teacher" assignment (due Monday), "Getting to Know You" assignment. Hmwk: "E-mail to Teacher" assignment, read syllabus to prepare for quiz.)
Thurs	Journal #2 (Shock tactics to help someone become a better person). "Shock Tactics," by H. H. Munro. Brainstorm on the subjects of complacency, status quo, powerlessness, and being in a rut. Hmwk: Create written evidence of thinking on this qstn: What would it take to get you out of your school rut and into a better, happier, more successful school year?
Week of August 22 to 26
Mon	Due: "E-mail to Teacher." Journal #3 (Do you have the power to change things?). Syllabus quiz. Read "The Schartz-Metterklume Method," by H.H. Munro, aloud. Hmwk: Check out the British Authors Project. Browse online and in lit texts (at home and/or library) to decide on your British Authors Project choice.
Tues	Students make 1st and 2nd choices for British Authors Project during class. "Mother Tongue" video (from The Story of English series). Take notes on video to be filed in "Notes" section of English notebook. Hmwk: Browse in these "Resources for the Study of Beowulf" [http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf.html] in the University of Nevada, Reno, website. Bring handwritten notes to class Wed.
Wed	Due: notes from yesterday's browsing in Beowulf site. Journal #4 (What did you learn about Beowulf?). Continue "Mother Tongue" video. Read pp. 34-40 in lit text. Hwmk: continue browsing in these "Resources for the Study of Beowulf" in the University of Nevada, Reno, website. (Check out "The Language of Beowulf" and "Beowulf as Inspiration," especially.) Bring handwritten notes to class on Thurs.
Thurs	Due: additional notes from yesterday's browsing in Beowulf site. Journal #5 (We've had a full week of school. Is it working for you? What is working well? What do you need to adjust?). Student Handbook revision discussion. No hmwk. English notebook check this weekend. Your 3-ring binder (with 5 labeled dividers and containing all journals, handouts and notes assigned so far) must be on shelf in English classroom.
Week of August 29 to September 2
Mon	Journal #6 (Once upon a time . . .). Read pp. 42-43 in text. Beowulf in Old English and audio file (mp3). No hmwk.
Tues	Read aloud Beowulf selection in text, starting on p. 44. Discuss epic hero and the hero plot line in other works. Hmwk: Check out this website: http://www.lone-star.net/literature/beowulf/ --an adaptation of what we read in class. Read "Episode2 - Grendal Attacks," "Episode 3 - Beowulf Comes to Herot," "Episode 4 - Grendal Meets Beowulf." Episodes 6 & 7 encompass the adaptation of the last section we read in class.
Wed	No class meeting: Week of Prayer
Thurs	Journal #7 (Biblical--and otherwise--epic heroes). Read aloud "Grendel's Dog, from Beocat," p. 67. Do Beowulf qstns, #1-6, 9 & 10, p. 60. No hwmk.
Week of September 5 to 9
Mon	No class: Labor Day
Tues	Journal #8 (Do people still respond the same way to heroes? Why/why not? Write about your Labor Day weekend.). Intro Beowulf mini-project. (Due Mon., 9/12) Choose one option: Write a parody (See p. 67 and "Beowulf as Inspiration" in "Resources for the Study of Beowulf" website.) Pick 15 to 20 lines to memorize. (Pay attention to "Performance: Recitation," p. 61, for pointers.) Write "Hometown Hero Saves the Day!" or "A Hero's Handbook on Living," p. 61 Create a visual representation of a scene from Beowulf. Decide on project during class time. Hmwk: begin working on Beowulf mini-project.
Wed	Journal #9 (How does our culture pass on stories of great people, worthy of admiration and emulation?). Beowulf mini-project work period. Produce written evidence of work accomplished. Hmwk: continue Beowulf mini-project.
Thurs	Journal #10 (What do you think your strengths are?). Beowulf mini-project work period. Hmwk: continue Beowulf mini-project.
Week of September 12 to 16
Mon	Journal #11 (options: volleyball, football, publications wksp, freewrite). Due: Beowulf mini-project. Project presentations during class time. No hmwk.
Tues	Journal #12 (Your contributions: What are your contributions to Prep? --to your friends' lives? --to your family?). Venerable Bede presentation (O. Torres) [Link to PowerPoint presentation]. The Ecclesiastical History of the English People selection, pp. 80-83. No hmwk.
Wed	Journal #13 (Are you doing something over and over again and expecting different results?). Read "Caedmon" by the Venerable Bede, pp. 83-84. Do qstns. #1-5 (skip 3), p. 85. Due in class. No hmwk.
Thurs	Journal #14 ( ). Geoffrey Chaucer intro (N. Dibben) [Link to presentation handout]. Listen to beginning of the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales in Middle English (handout). No hmwk.
Week of September 19 to 23
Mon	Journal #15 (Memories of Yosemite biology trip!). Read aloud Katherine Paterson's The King's Equal. (Do notes, sketches, doodles, etc. in response to story.) No hmwk.
Tues	No class: ITED testing
Wed	Begin reading aloud from Chaucer's Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. No hmwk.
Thurs	Journal #16 (Untimed: Work in pairs to devise a physical and behavioral description of one of these pilgrims: knight, squire, yoeman, monk, friar, nun, merchant). Continue reading aloud from Chaucer's Prologue to The Canterbury Tales (through skipper). No hmwk.
Week of September 26 to 30
Mon	Journal #17 (Leadership conf., weekend, upcoming senior activities). Continue reading aloud from Chaucer's Prologue to The Canterbury Tales (through parson). In pairs: Journal #18 (Untimed: Devise a physical and behavioral description of one of these pilgrims: Oxford cleric, sergeant of the law, franklin, craftsmen, cook, skipper, doctor, wife of Bath, parson). No hmwk.
Tues	Journal #19 (If you could be in the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, how would you be described?). Continue reading aloud from Chaucer's Prologue to The Canterbury Tales (through summoner). Hmwk: continue working on a Prologue description of yourself. Bring rough draft to class on Wed.
Wed	Due: rough draft of Prologue description of yourself. Finish reading Chaucer's Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. Peer reviewing of Prologue descriptions. (Express admiration by focusing on actions/behaviors. Express criticism by subtly focusing on descriptions of irrelevant thigs or appearance.) Journal #20 (Tell your own Canterbury Tale, or How do you want to be remembered as a Prep alum?) Hmwk: complete final draft of Prologue description of yourself (due Thurs).
Thurs	Due: hard copy of word-processed, revised, edited, proofread final draft of Prologue description of yourself. Journal #21 (What do you have in abundance? What is missing in your life right now?). Announce test next Friday. Remind students to have English notebooks up to date. Share Prologue descriptions. Pass back graded assignments--to be filed in English notebooks. No hmwk.
Week of October 3 to 7
Mon	Journal #22 (What do you know about King Authur and the Knights of the Round Table?) Intro to Sir Thomas Malory (G. Rotella). Read selection from "Le Morte d' Arthur," pp. 157-164. Hmwk: enroll in English IV @ Turnitin.com with materials distributed in class.
Tues	Finish reading "Le Morte d' Arthur" selection, pp. 157-164. Read pp. 173-4 as introduction to miracle and morality plays and "Everyman." Watch selection of "Mankind" at the end of "Mother Tongue" video in The Story of English series. Begin reading "Everyman," pp. 175-187. No hmwk.
Wed	Journal #23 (Senior, Parent, Faculty Banquet). Finish reading "Everyman" in class. Read "Allegory," p. 188. Do qstns #8-11 & 14, p. 188. Check textbooks out. Hmwk: Submit electronic copy of Prologue description of yourself to Turnitin.com (deadline Oct. 7, midnight). Begin your review for the Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages Test.
Thurs	Review for test. Hmwk: study for Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages Test (Tues).
Week of October 10 to 14 (End of First Quarter)
Mon	Journal #24 (WOPAM or end of first quarter). Review for test, cont. Hmwk: study for Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages Test (Tues).
Tues	Test: Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages. No hmwk.
Wed	Journal #25 ("Like what s/he says matters?") Read "The English Renaissance," pp. 199-206. Intro to Edmund Spencer (A. Saulsbury) [Link to PowerPoint presentation]. Intro to Sir Philip Sidney (J. S-Gamero) [Link to presentation handout]. No hmwk.
Thurs	Journal #26 (New Quarter's Resolutions). Read "The Sonnet," pp. 208-209. Sonnet reading day. Read p. 211, 221 (top), & p. 234. Hmwk: write a sonnet about something that is important to you. Use a Petrarchan, Shakespearean, or Spenserian rhyme scheme. Word process the sonnet, and decorate and/or illustrate it. Due Thurs, next week.