4th Term 2013

April 8 b Review Inherit Vocab, play to page 88	April 9 a Review vocab, finish play	April10 b begin log of significant quotes, discussion groups	April 11 a vocab quiz, begin log of significant quotes	April 12 b vocab quiz Intro #1
April 15 a root word quiz Intro #1 due	April 16 b root word quiz Intro #1 due	April 17 a discussion groups, Intro #2 due	April 18 b discussion groups, Intro #2 due Huck Finn book card due	April 19 a movie discussion groups, Intro #3 due, Huck Finn book card die
April 22 b movie discussion groups, intro #3 due	April 23 a Inherit Final Due: 21 citations with justifications	April 24 b Inherit Final Due: 21 citations with justifications	April 25 a Turn in best intro for fine-tooth grading, 100 points, introduce Gatsby	April 26 b Turn in best intro for fine-tooth grading, 100 points, introduce Gatsby
April  29 a Great Gatsby, have read ch. 1 and 2 before class.	April 30 b Great Gatsby, have read ch. 1 and 2 before class	May 1 a GG, have read ch 3 and 4. Bring in 3 significant citations on 3 3x5 cards.	May 2 b GG, have read ch 3 and 4. Bring in 3 significant citations on 3 3x5 cards.	May 3 a GG, have read thru ch. 6.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.
May 6 b GG, have read thru ch. 6.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.	May 7 a GG, have read thru ch. 8.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.  CRT tests in 3rd floor lab.  Meet there if you are in 2nd period, Tech Lab, otherwise.	May 8 b GG, have read thru ch. 8.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.	May 9 a GG, have read thru ch. 9  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.  CRT tests in 3rd floor lab.  Meet there if you are in 2nd period, Tech Lab, otherwise.	May 10 b GG, have read thru ch. 9.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards. CRT tests in Tech Lab.  Meet there.
May 13 a Have finished Great Gatsby by the time you come to class. Bring 3 citations to class on 3 3x 5 cards.  VOCABULARY QUIZ	May 14 b Have finished Great Gatsby by the time you come to class. Bring 3 citations to class on 3 3x 5 cards. CRT tests in Tech Lab.  Meet there.	May 15 a Bring in all your cards.  Final on GG.	May 16 b Bring in all your cards.  Final on GG	May 17 a Parade of 20th Century American Poetry Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
May 20 b Parade of 20th Century American Poetry Prufrock by T. S. Eliot	May 21 a Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks Explication explicated, practiced in pairs, and alone. Review Poetic vocab.	May 22 b Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks Explication explicated, practiced in pairs, and alone. Review Poetic vocab.	May 23 a Frost, William Carlos Williams	May 24 b  Frost, William Carlos Williams
May 27 Memorial Day: NO SCHOOL	May 28 a In-class Cold Explication 100 points	May 29 b In-class Cold Explication 100 points	May 30 a Hemingway, six word short story	May 31 b Hemingway, six word short story
June 3 a Your six word short story is due at the beginning of class. Alice Walker short story	June 4 b Your six word short story is due at the beginning of class.  Test Day: Poetic terms and devices Bravestock	June 5 a Test Day: Poetic terms and devices Swan Song, Yearbooks	June 6 b No classes	June 7 Graduation All Night Senior Party, after which you magically turn into seniors.

                       

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Topic for Inherit the Wind

1.  Freedom of Thought
2.  Ideas clash/friendships lost
3.  Separation of church and state
4.  This play was written during the period known as McCarthism.  What’s the significance?
5.  The politically powerful attempting to impose ideas that may be abhorrent to the less powerful.
6.  Local control over education
7.  Has the idea of freedom of religion gone too far, so as to mean freedom from religion?
8.  The role of women as they attempt to support the men in their lives
9.  North vs South
10.  Hubris: if Drummond and Brady switch personalities but not convictions...
Does the likability of main characters make a difference?
11.  “Right has no meaning.  Truth has meaning, as a direction.”  Is that true?
12.  Business trumps ethics, morals, and even one’s own ideas and opinions?  The Storekeeper says opinions are bad for business.
13.  Fear of new ideas
14.  Science/Religion: mutually exclusive?
15.  Faith/empirical evidence
16.  Breaking away from traditions
17.  It takes a wise man to say, I don’t know.
18.  Standing up for what you believe
19.  Hillsboro on trial for what?
20.  What influence did the changing of the townspeople’s opinion have on the outcome of the play?
21.  Has Science ever made errors that were later proven to be wrong?
22.  “An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.”
23.  What should teachers teach?  Who should decide?
24.  Are children harmed by learning an array of theories, some of which may not turn out to be true?
25.  What harm, cynicism?