Thursday, April 10, 2014

Term 4 Calendar 2014


 
 


 
April 2 B SAGE Prep

Embrace the Ambiguity




 
April 3 A Inherit the Wind vocab, Start play


 
April 3 B Inherit the Wind vocab, Start play


 
April 7 A Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards, Inherit


 
April 8 B Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards, Inherit


 
April 9 A Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards, Inherit


Due: Huck Finn BOOK CARD 100 pts




 
April 10 B Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards, Inherit


Due: Huck Finn BOOK CARD 100 pts




 
April 11 A Due:

3 significant quotes on three 3x5

Due: Intro #1





 
April 14 B Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards, Inherit


Due: Intro #1




 
April 15 A Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards, Inherit


Due: Intro #2




 
April 16 B Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards, Inherit


Due: Intro #2




 
April 17 A Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards, Inherit


Vocab Quiz
Due: Intro #3






 
April 18 B Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards, Inherit


Vocab Quiz
Due: Intro #3






 
April 21 A Inherit Final

Due: All 3x5 cards with quotes and justifications (18)




 
April 22 B Inherit Final


Due: All 3x5 cards with quotes and justifications (18)




 
April 23 A Begin Great Gatsby

Root Words

Due: Best intro for fine-toothed grading 100 pts





 
April 24 B Begin Great Gatsby

Root Words

Due: Best intro for fine-toothed grading 100 pts





 
April 25 A Come having read ch1 and 2 before class

Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards
Roots





 
April 28 B Come having read GG ch1 and 2 before class

Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards
Roots





 
April 29 A Come having read GG ch 3 and 4 before class

Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards
Roots





 
April 30 B Come having read GG ch 3 and 4 before class Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards

Roots




 
May 1 A Come having read GG ch 5 and 6 before class Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards
Test: Root Words 100 pt




 
May 2 B Come having read GG ch 5 and 6 before class Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards
Test: Root Words100 pts




 
May 5 A SAGE testing, meet in room 804

Reading assignment:
GG thru ch 7
Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards





 
May 6 B SAGE testing, meet in 5th floor lab

Reading assignment:
GG thru ch 7
Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards





 
May 7 A SAGE testing, meet in room 804

Reading assignment:
GG thru ch 8
Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards





 
May 8 B SAGE testing, meet in 5th floor lab

Reading assignment:
GG thru ch 8
Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards





 
May 9 A SAGE testing, meet in room 804

Reading assignment:
GG thru ch 9
Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards





 
May 12 B SAGE testing, meet in 5th floor lab

Reading assignment:
GG thru ch 9
Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards





 
May 13 A Come having finish The Great Gatsby

Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards




 
May 14 B Come having finish The Great Gatsby

Due: 3 significant quotes on three 3x5 cards




 
May 15A Final on GG, bring all your cards, with quotes and justifications


 
May 16 B Final on GG, bring all your cards, with quotes and justifications


 
May 19 A 20th Century American Poetry

Review Poetry Vocab
"Prufrock" T. S. Eliot





 
May 20 B 20th Century American Poetry

Review Poetry Vocab"Prufrock" T. S. Eliot




 
May 21A Langston Hughes/Gwendolyn Brookes

Explicate in pairs/then solo




 
May 22 B Langston Hughes/Gwendolyn Brookes

Explicate in pairs/then solo




 
May 23 A Frost/William Carlos Williams

Six word Short Story
Hemingway

IN CLASS: Poetry Explication





 
May 26

Memorial Day
No School





 
May 27 B

Frost/William Carlos Williams
Six word Short Story
Hemingway

IN CLASS: Poetry Explication





 
May 28 A


Due: Your Six word Short Story
Your advice for next year's juniors about how to explicate poetry is due today.



 
May 29 B


Due: Your Six word Short Story

Your advice for next year's juniors about how to explicate poetry is due today.


 
May 30 a/b
 
 
 
 
 

Monday, February 24, 2014

Rubric for Research/Literary Analysis Paper





The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Research/Literary Analysis Paper

DUE: March 11 for A day classes, March 12 for B day classes

235 points

 

Late papers will receive half the credit they would have otherwise received, and probably half the comments from me.

Please familiarize yourself with this rubric, as your grade will be derived from it.

Name____________________________________________ Period_____ Date turned in______

1.  Title page with name, date, teacher’s name, title, class, and period
5
 
2.  Typed, double spaced, 14 font, no spaces between paragraphs, Times New Roman font.  I can’t accept a paper that is not typed.  (Three pages minimum, and of course, you will be docked far more than ten points if you come up short.)
10
 
3.  Introduction has an attention-getting device that is appropriate for this type of scholarly paper.
15
 
4.  Thesis statement is well-crafted, thoughtful, and gives the reader a road map of your paper.  No laundry list thesis statements.  Think “over-arching.”
20
 
5.  Paper is well-organized.  Topic sentences are clear, mini-thesis statements for each paragraph.  All sentence belong in their paragraphs.  Transitions are evident.
20
 
6.  Sentence structure is sound and varied.
10
 
7.  Paper contains few or no mechanical errors, such as punctuation, spelling, grammar, and usage.
10
 
8.  Strong conclusion ties all the information into a nice package.  Your thesis is proven.  (No new information in conclusion.)
15
 
9.  Work Cited page is flawless.  Refer to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
A minimum of three sources
40
 
10.  This paper has accurate parenthetical documentation throughout.  Refer to:
 http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/               
40
 
11.  Ideas are fresh and interesting.  Research is obvious.  You have not merely written off the top of your head, rather you have studied and pondered.  You have come up with ideas that are sound and logical.
25
 
12.  Meaningful quotations are woven seamlessly into your own sentences.  Set up the quote.  If you can paraphrase, paraphrase.  If, however, the citation you found is oh-so-wonderful as is, by all means, cite it in all its splendor.
25
 
 
                                                                                                                TOTAL
235
 

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Thursday, January 30, 2014

You need to do this.

If you were absent in class the day we watched the following video clips, you need to watch them at home.  I need a half page written response to the first one.  After you view the second one, make a T square on your paper, and write the main arguments of both professors.




Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Term 3 Calendar


January 20 MLK
1-21 Teacher Prep Day
1-22 A  Review protocol, Intro: ACT, Twain Quotes
Intro: Huck Finn
Draw from hat for presentation date. New vocabulary
1-23 B Review protocol, Intro: ACT, Twain Quotes
Intro: Huck Finn
Draw from hat for presentation date. New vocabulary
1-24 A 
Mock ACT test #1, 50 pts
HF quiz 1-4 50 pts
Doll’s House Book Card Due: 100 points
Motif Groups
1-27 B A  Mock ACT test #1, 50 pts
HF quiz 1-4 50 pts
Doll’s House Book Card due: 100 points
Motif Groups
1-28 A HF
quiz 5-8,
Three ACT quizlets, 30 pts  Motif Groups
 
1-29 B  HF quiz 5-8, three ACT quizlets, 30 points
Motif Groups
1-30 A  HF quiz 9-12, three ACT quizlets, 30 pts,
Motif Groups
1-31 B  HF quiz 9-12, 
ACT quizlets, 30 pts
Motif Groups
 
 
 
2-3 A  HF quiz 13-16, three ACT quizlets,
Motif Groups
2-4 B HF quiz 13-16,  three ACT quizlets
Motif Groups
2-5 A  HF quiz 17-19, three ACT quizlets,
Past Particples/prep for time writing
FEB 6 B HF quiz 17-19, three ACT quizlets,
Past Participles/ prep for timed writing
FEB 7 A  HF quiz 20-23,
Junior Timed Writing, 5th floor lab
FEB 10 B HF quiz 20-23, Junior Timed Writing, 5th floor lab
FEB 11 A  HF quiz 24-26, three ACT quizlets,
Quotation Marks
FEB 12 B   HF quiz 24-26, three ACT quizlets,
Quotation Marks
FEB 13 A  HF quiz 27-30,
Mock ACT test #2
Parallel Structure
FEB 14 B HF quiz 27-30
Mock ACT test #2
Parallel Structure
 
FEB 17 Presidents Day
FEB 18 A HF quiz 31-33, past participle quiz, 50 points Motif Groups
FEB 19 B   HF quiz 31-33, past participle quiz, 50 points Motif Groups
FEB 20 A HF 34-37, comma rules, MOCK ACT TEST, 50 points
FEB 21 B
HF 34-37, comma rules, MOCK ACT TEST, 50 points
 
FEB 24 A HF quiz 38-41, comma quiz,
 
 
FEB 25 B  HF quiz 38-41, comma quiz,
 
FEB 26 A HF 42-end quiz,  Vocab Quiz
Thesis statement due at the end of the period:  50  Library points:  40
FEB 27 B HF 42-end quiz,  Vocab Quiz
Thesis statement due at the end of the period:  50  Library points:  40
FEB 28 A Outline due
Blending quotations in correctly, Verbs to use in analysis
Mock ACT test #3
MARCH 3 B  Outline due
Blending quotations in correctly, Verbs to use in analysis
Mock ACT test #3
MARCH 4 ACT test for juniors.  Everyone else stays home.
  A/B day
MARCH 5 A  Huck Finn Final Test
 
Sentence variety
MARCH 6 B Huck Finn Final Test
 
Sentence variety
3-7 A  MLA
Memorized Mark Twain Quote Due:  30 points
 
3-10 B  MLA
Memorized Mark Twain Quote Due:  30 points
 
3-11 A 
Huck Finn Paper Due:  200 points
I will model the presentation.
3-12 B Huck Finn Paper Due: 200 points
I will model the presentation.
3-13 A  Presentations/
Critiquing (5)  Individual for IB, pairs for Honors
3-14 B Presentations/Critiquing (5)  Individual for IB, pairs for Honors
 
 
3-17 A
Presentations/
Critiquing (5)  )  Individual for IB, pairs for Honors
3-18 B Presentations/
Critiquing (3)  Individual for IB, pairs for Honors
3-19 A
Presentations/
Critiquing (5)  )  Individual for IB, pairs for Honors
THIS IS THE LAST DAY I WILL ACCEPT LATE WORK!
3-20 B Presentations/Critiquing (5)  Individual for IB, pairs for Honors
THIS IS THE LAST DAY I WILL ACCEPT LATE WORK!
3-21 A  Presentations/Critiquing (5)    Individual for IB, pairs for Honors
 
 
3-24 B Presentations/
Critiquing (5)    Individual for IB, pairs for Honors
3-25 A Presentations/
Critiquing (3)
3-26 B Presentations/
Critiquing (5)
3-27 A  See the message on March 19, 20 about late work.     L
Spring Break

Literature Choices for presentations:  The Crucible, The John and Abigail Adams Letters, The Scarlet Letter, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Honors students may also use A Doll’s House.