| Syllabus
| Fourth Quarter's Assignments |
Revised:
May 31, 2007
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[First
Quarter's Assignments]
[Second Quarter's Assignments] [Third
Quarter's Assignments] |
| Week
of April 2 to 6 (Beginning of Fourth Quarter) |
| Mon |
No
Class: Music Tour to Florida & School Trip to San Jose |
| Tues |
No Class:
Music Tour to Florida & School Trip to San Jose |
| Wed |
No
English class. [Double period of world history] |
| Thurs |
[Double
period of English 10] Journal #24 (Spring break insights: Florida
or otherwise). Reading survey and selection of works for this quarter.
No hmwk. |
| Week
of April 9 to 13 |
| Mon |
Spelling
pre-test for Thursday's quiz (someone to surprise).
Journal #25 (Easter weekend). Combined period with world history.
No hmwk. |
| Tues |
Begin The
Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald.
Hmwk: Read through Chpt. 11, p. 96 before class on Monday,
Apr. 16. Study for spelling quiz (moved to Monday). |
| Wed |
No
class meeting.
Hmwk: Read through Chpt. 11, p. 96 before class on Monday,
Apr. 16. Study for spelling quiz (moved to Monday). |
| Thurs |
No
class meeting.
Hmwk:
Read through Chpt. 11, p. 96 before class on Monday, Apr.
16. Study for spelling quiz (moved to Monday). |
| Week
of April 16 to 20 |
| Mon |
NB:
Spelling quiz rescheduled from last week
(someone to surprise).
Due: Finish reading through
Chpt. 11, p. 96 before class today. Reading quiz (through p. 96).
Spelling pre-test for Thursday's
quiz (swimming to twelfth). Journal #26 (What
if you received Curdie's gift?) Continue The Princess and Curdie
by George MacDonald.
Hmwk: Read through p. 137. |
| Tues |
Continue
The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald. Reading quiz
(pp. 97-137).
Hmwk: Read through p. 174. |
| Wed |
Continue
The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald. Reading quiz
(pp. 138-174).
Hmwk: Read through p. 207, and study for spelling quiz |
| Thurs |
Spelling
quiz (swimming to twelfth). Continue The Princess
and Curdie by George MacDonald. Reading quiz (pp. 175-207).
Hmwk: Finish reading The Princess and Curdie over
the weekend. |
| Week
of April 23 to 27 |
| Mon |
No
class (Week of Prayer) |
| Tues |
Due:
Finish reading The Princess and Curdie. Spelling
pre-test for Thursday's quiz (tyranny to yield).
Reading quiz (through end of book). Examine MacDonald's creatures
in The Princess and Curdie. Demonstrate understanding of
text by creating visual representation of a creature. (On back,
give page number/s of the description you illustrated.)
Hmwk: Complete visual representation of a creature--demonstrating
your understanding of the text. Due: Thurs. [Enrichment:
Essay
from the MacDonald Society including discussion of the creatures
in The Princess and Curdie] |
| Wed |
No
class (Week of Prayer) |
| Thurs |
Due:
Visual representation of a creature. Discuss concept of "allegory"
("An
allegory is a story with two meanings.") and The
Princess and Curdie as allegory. Work on allegory
questions.
Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz, and continue thinking about
The Princess and Curdie as allegory. |
| Fri |
NB:
Schedule change! Spelling quiz
(tyranny to yield). Continue discussion of The
Princess and Curdie as allegory. No hmwk. |
| Week
of April 30 to May 4 |
| Mon |
Spelling
pre-test for Thursday's quiz. Review for The Princess and
Curdie test (Tues).
Hmwk: Prepare for The Princess and Curdie test. [Allegory
questions] |
| Tues |
Test:
The Princess and Curdie (objective portion).
Hmwk: Continue preparation for second portion of test (The
Princess and Curdie as allegory). |
| Wed |
Test:
The Princess and Curdie (essay portion). Turn in books.
Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz (usage pairs) |
| Thurs |
Spelling
quiz (usage pairs). Story day! |
| Week
of May 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
Spelling
pre-test for Thursday's quiz. Begin Twelfth Night by
Shakespeare. Begin reading about "Twelfth
Night" from Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare.
Hmwk: Finish reading "Twelfth
Night" from Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare for
reading quiz tomorrow. |
| Tues |
Reading
quiz: "Twelfth
Night" from Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare. Shakespeare's
Globe Theatre. Intro relationship chart of major characters assignment
(Due at time of Twelfth Night test.).
Hmwk: check out Shakespeare's
Globe in the bardweb.net site. Here are some photos
of the Globe Theatre (some taken by a Prep family!) Here are
more more
photos of the reconstructed Globe Theatre. |
| Wed |
[Midterm
Grades Due] Journal #27 (Adapt this line of poetry: "Oh to
be in _______ now that ______ 's here" --Browning). Share some
Globe Theatre
photos taken by Prep students while on choir tour to England
in 2005. Watch A&E video biography of Shakespeare.
Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz |
| Thurs |
Spelling
quiz. Finish A&E video biography of Shakespeare. Pass back
papers. Work on relationship chart. [See
Dramatis Personae.] No hmwk. |
| Week
of May 14 to 18 |
| Mon |
Spelling
pre-test for Thursday's quiz. Work on relationship charts. View
samples. Design, plan, organize. [See
Dramatis Personae.]
Hmwk: Continue working on relationship chart for Twelfth
Night. |
| Tues |
No
Class: Softball Day |
| Wed |
Begin viewing Twelfth
Night.
Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz. Relationship charts due
on day of Twelfth Night test.
|
| Thurs |
Spelling
quiz. Continue viewing Twelfth Night. No hmwk. |
| Week
of May 21 to 25 |
| Mon |
Spelling
pre-test for Thursday's quiz. Continue Twelfth Night.
Hmwk: Continue working on relationship chart for Twelfth
Night. |
| Tues |
Continue
Twelfth Night.
Hmwk: Continue working on relationship chart for Twelfth
Night. |
| Wed |
Double
period: Last week's usage/spelling
quiz. Continue Twelfth Night.
Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz. Continue working on relationship
chart for Twelfth Night. |
| Thurs |
Spelling
quiz. Continue Twelfth Night. No hmwk. |
| Week
of May 28 to June 1 |
| Mon |
No
School |
| Tues |
Spelling
pre-test for Thursday's quiz. Review for test on Twelfth
Night, Shakespeare, and Globe Theatre.
Hmwk: Prepare for Twelfth Night test and complete
relationship charts. |
| Wed |
Test: Twelfth Night. Due: Relationship charts.
Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz |
| Thurs |
Spelling
quiz. Begin watching A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare.
Lambs'
Tales from Shakespeare rendition of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Play
synopsis from Wikipedia. |
| Week
of June 4 to 8 (End of Fourth Quarter and Second Semester)
|
| Mon |
A Midsummer
Night's Dream, Shakespeare. |
| Tues |
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare. Have a great summer! |