| Syllabus
| Third Quarter's Assignments | Revised:
Mar. 12, 2008 | |
| [First
Quarter's Assignments] [Second Quarter's Assignments] |
Week
of January 21 to 25 (Beginning of Third Quarter and Second Semester) |
| Mon | No
School: MLK, Jr. Day |
| Tues | Read
through p. 177 before class today. Pride and Prejudice, Austen.
Hmwk:
Read through p. 203 before Tuesday's class. |
| Wed | [PUC
Invitational Academy Basketball Tournament] Pride and Prejudice, Austen.
Hmwk: Read through p. 227 by Friday. |
| Thurs | [PUC
Invitational Academy Basketball Tournament] Pride and Prejudice, Austen.
|
| Fri | [PUC
Invitational Academy Basketball Tournament] Pride and Prejudice, Austen.
Wknd Hmwk: Read through p. 254 before Monday's class (reading quiz). |
| Week
of January 28 to February 1 |
| Mon | Reading
quiz through p. 254. Pride and Prejudice, Austen. Begin viewing movie.
Hmwk:
Read through p. 278 before Monday's class. |
| Tues | Pride
and Prejudice, Austen. Continue viewing movie.
Hmwk: Read through
p. 303 before Monday's class. |
| Wed | Pride
and Prejudice, Austen. Continue viewing movie.
Hmwk: Read through
p. 324 before Monday's class. |
| Thurs | [No
Class: Basketball to El Dorado] Pride
and Prejudice essay options.
Hmwk: Read through p. 344 before
Monday's class. |
| Fri | Pride
and Prejudice, Austen. Finish viewing movie. Pride
and Prejudice essay options.
Wknd
Hmwk: Read through end of book (p. 367) before Monday's class. |
| Week
of February 4 to 8 |
| Mon | Journal
#3 (P & P minor characters, your first meeting with P&P, etc). Reading
quiz through end of book. Pride and Prejudice, Austen. Pride
and Prejudice essay options.
Hmwk:
Substantially complete the thinking/planning stage of essay. |
| Tues | Due:
Pre-writing, brainstorming, cluster sheet, sentence outline, etc--to demonstrate
that the thinking/planning stage is substantially complete. Discuss essay questions.
Work on Pride and Prejudice
essay. Begin drafting essay.
Hmwk: Continue drafting essay. |
| Wed | Work
on Pride and Prejudice
essay. View selection from BBC series.
Hmwk: Continue with essay.
Plan to have in class tomorrow a draft that is at least half done. |
| Thur | Due:
Half-finished rough draft. Work on Pride
and Prejudice essay. [Discussion
questions]
Hmwk: Continue with essay. |
| Fri | Due:
Rough Draft. Work on Pride and
Prejudice essay. No hmwk.
[Discussion questions] |
| Week
of February 11 to 15 |
| Mon | No
School: Staff Development Day
Hmwk: Check out the discussion
questions and prepare for several topics of your choice. |
| Tues | Test
review and book discussion
Hmwk:
Prepare for test. |
| Wed | Test:
Pride & Prejudice.
Hmwk: Continue work on essay. |
| Thur | [Valentine's
Banquet this evening] Continue work on essay. No hmwk. |
| Fri | Continue
work on essay.
Hmwk: Complete essay. Be ready to turn it in at the beginning
of class on Tuesday. |
| Week
of February 18 to 22 |
| Mon | No
School: Presidents' Day |
| Tues | Due:
Final draft of Pride & Prejudice essay. (Assemble all drafts in a folder--with
the final draft on top.) Begin Pudd'nhead Wilson, by Mark Twain.
Hmwk:
Read pp. 3-20. |
| Wed | Pass
back Pride and Prejudice tests, and distribute revised first semester grades.
Pudd'nhead Wilson, by Mark Twain. Essay analysis:
"You Get the Government You Deserve." Notice essay structure employed
by author to explore two sides of an issue. Notice two views on the nature of
humans. Useful discussion to keep in mind as we launch into Pudd'nhead Wilson.
What does Twain think about humans?
Hmwk: Read pp. 21-44. |
| Thur | Pudd'nhead
Wilson, by Mark Twain.
Hmwk: Read pp. 45-67. |
| Fri | Pudd'nhead
Wilson, by Mark Twain.
Hmwk: Read pp. 68-97. |
| Week
of February 25 to 29 |
| Mon | Reading
quiz (through p. 97). Pudd'nhead Wilson, by Mark Twain.
Hmwk:
Read pp. 98-124. [Pudd'nhead
Wilson Essay Options] |
| Tues | Pudd'nhead
Wilson, by Mark Twain.
Hmwk: Read pp. 125-157. |
| Wed | Pudd'nhead
Wilson, by Mark Twain.
Hmwk: Read pp. 158-178. |
| Thur | Pudd'nhead
Wilson, by Mark Twain.
Hmwk: Read pp. 179-196 (end of novel). |
| Fri | Pudd'nhead
Wilson, by Mark Twain.
Hmwk: Read Intro (pp. vii-xvi) and Interpretive
Notes (pp. 202-209) |
| Week
of March 3 to 7 |
| Mon | Reading
quiz. Pudd'nhead Wilson
Essay Options
Hmwk: Work on essay. |
| Tues | Pudd'nhead
Wilson Essay Options
Hmwk: Work on essay. |
| Wed | Pudd'nhead
Wilson Essay Options
Hmwk: Complete preparation for test. |
| Thur | Test:
Pudd'nhead Wilson, Twain.
Hmwk: Work on essay. Pudd'nhead
Wilson Essay Options |
| Fri | Pudd'nhead
Wilson Essay Options Check off rough drafts. |
| Week
of March 10 to 14 |
| Mon | Continue
working on Pudd'nhead Wilson essays.
Hmwk: Complete Pudd'nhead
Wilson essay. |
| Tues | Due:
Pudd'nhead Wilson essay. Reading in prep for Greece Trip. Greece
Trip Itinerary, Pick a topic, do research, and share what you learned with
classmates. No hmwk. [Topics researched in class: Olympian Zeus, Poseidon, Temple
to Apollo, Parthenon, Temple of Athena Nike] |
| Wed | Reading
in prep for Greece Trip. Greece Trip Itinerary.
Continue with research and sharing with class.
Hmwk: research the historical
background of the Iliad. Be prepared to share in class tomorrow. |
| Thur | Reading
in prep for Greece Trip. Greece Trip Itinerary.
Read selection from the Iliad. |
| Fri | Reading
in prep for Greece Trip. Greece Trip Itinerary.
Continue with selection from the Iliad. No hmwk. |
| Week
of March 17 to 21 (End of Third Quarter) |
| Mon | [Greece
Trip. All Honors English students gone but one.] |
| Tues | [Greece
Trip] No Class. |
| Wed | [Greece
Trip] No Class. |
| Thur | [Greece
Trip] No Class. |
| Fri | No
Class: Spring Break |
| March
21 to 30: Spring Break |