12-18 Update

Periods 5/6 (Practical 10)
QUIZ on Act 4 + Worksheets due Tuesday
We will finish the play this week; we will not have a test


Period 1 (Honors 12)
Critical Review due Tuesday
Act 2 Take-Home Essay Quiz due Wednesday

Period 8 (AP Lit.)
Act 3 Take-Home Essay Quiz due Thursday

12-11 Update

Periods 5/6 (Practical 10)
QUIZ on Act 3 + Worksheets due Wednesday


Period 1 (Honors 12)
"Victory Gin Lane" article response due Tuesday
Critical Review due next Tuesday, 12/19

Period 8 (AP Lit.)
Act 1 Take-Home Essays due Wednesday

Monday, 12/4 Update

Periods 5/6
-We will continue reading The Tempest this week. 
-Quiz on Act 1 of The Tempest- Tuesday
-Quiz on Act 2- Thursday


Period 1
-We will read poetry by Shakespeare this week.
-Journal Article response paper due Monday, 12/11
-Critical Review due Monday, 12/18

Period 8
-We will begin reading Act 1 of Macbeth this week.

Week of 11/27 (Post-Thanksgiving)

PERIOD 1

27

28 1984, Part 3 Discussion

29  Final Overall Discussion (“Bring Your Own Question”)

30 Work Day: 1. Theme Worksheet (will be collected with Critical Review 2. Literary Article Response Activity 3. Part 3 Open-Book/Take-Home Quiz (DUE MONDAY)

1  Work Day

PERIODS 5/6 

27

28 STARTING UNIT 5- VIRTUE AND VENGEANCE Shakespeare Historical Context and Background

29 The Tempest Act 1

30 Act 1

1 Act 1 MATERIAL POSSESSIONS Essays due

PERIOD 8

27 No class

28 Reviewing Textbook Sonnets, additional sonnets (Shakespeare’s “Rival Poet” sonnets

29  Reviewing Textbook Sonnets, additional sonnets (Shakespeare’s “Dark Lady” sonnets)

30 TEST on Sonnets (Textbook MC + Some Mr. W. “Homemade” Short Answer)

1  AP Practice Poetry Essay 1984 Critical Reviews (And Theme Activities) due

MONDAY, 11/20 UPDATE

Period 1- 1984 Part 2 Take-Home essays due Wednesday; finish the book for Tuesday, 11/28

Period 8- 1984 Article Essays due Wednesday; Critical Reviews due Friday, 12/1

Periods 5/6- Unit 4 Personal Narrative Essays due Friday, 12/1

Monday, 11/13

PD 1- 1984 Discussion Schedule:
Weds.- Chapters 4 and 5
Thurs.-6, 7, and 8
Fri.- IX, up to page 200


PD 8-
1984 Part 3 Take-Home essays due FRIDAY
Article Response due next Weds. (no exceptions)


PDs 5/6-
Quiz on "In Rinconada" WEDNESDAY
Quiz on Unit 4 Poetry FRIDAY

As always, given worksheets will be collected before each quiz.

Monday, 11/6 Update

Periods 5/6 

6 Starting Unit 4: “The Necklace”

7 Continuing and Reviewing “The Necklace”

8 PERIOD 5- Reviewing “The Necklace” PERIOD 6- QUIZ on “The Necklace”

9 WORK ON KEYSTONE SAMPLER 2015

10 WORK ON KEYSTONE SAMPLER 2015 “What does it mean to be free?” ESSAY DUE

Period 1
MON: 1984 Chapters 3 and 4
TUES:  Assembly during PD 1
WEDS: 1984 Chapters 5, 6, and 7; LotF writing assignment due  WEDS: 1984 Chapter 8
THURS: Theme Activity + Review
FRI: ESSAY QUIZ on 1984 Part One

Period 8 
MON: Part 2, Chapters IX and X (179-224) and review
TUES: QUIZ ON 1984 PART TWOWEDS: Chapters I and II (225-260), Theme Close-Reading Activity
THURS: Practice Prose Essay
FRI: Part 3, the rest of the novel (260-298) 

MONDAY, 10/30 UPDATE

Periods 5/6-
FDR and JFK essays due Wednesday
Quiz on "Speech at the United Nations" Wednesday

30 SMALL GROUP WORK: “Speech at the United Nations”

31End of 1st MP Continuing and Reviewing “Speech at the United Nations”

1 QUIZ on “Speech at the United Nations” SPEECH COMPARISON ESSAY DUE INDIVIDUAL Work: Unit 3 Poetry (Caged Bird and Prison)

2 Continuing Individual Work (Unit 3 Poetry) and Reviewing

3 QUIZ ON UNIT 3 POETRY Afterwards: New essay “What does it mean to be free?”

Period 1

FRI: LotF Chapter 9 and In-Class theme essay

MON: LotF Chapters 10, 11, and 12

TUES: Final Discussion, Out-of-Class Writing Assignment (Choice of 3)

WEDS: Overall test of LotF, theme essay activity due

THURS: Dystopian Short Story discussion (“The Pedestrian” and “Harrison Burgeron”)

FRI: 1984 Chapters 1 and 2 + Assignment of new writing assignment (Thematic Critical Review) 

Period 8

MON- Part 2, Chapters I, II, and III (105-136)

TUES- Part 2, Chapters IV and V (136-156)

WEDS- Part 2, Chapters VI, VII, and VIII (156-179)

THURS- AP EXAM MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS**** (Important- must be done in class or during an academic prep)- Will take all class + 10 minutes on Friday

FRI- AP EXAM MC QUESTION REVIEW 

MONDAY, 10/23 UPDATE

PERIODS 5/6
-Essays due TUESDAY at the start of class
-QUIZ on "Four Freedoms Speech" TUESDAY

    We will begin John F. Kennedy's inaugural address on Tuesday.


PERIOD 1

TUESDAY: QUIZ on Chapters 1-4 of Lord of the Flies

WEDS: Chapters 6 and 7

THURS: Chapter 8 and review

FRI: QUIZ on Chapters 5-8

PERIOD 8

TUESDAY: Chapters V, VI, and VIII of 1984

WEDNESDAY: Chapter VIII and review

THURSDAY: ESSAY QUIZ on Part 1

FRIDAY: Review of “Question 3” AP Essay

MONDAY: Part 2, Chapters I, II, and III 

Monday 10/16 Update

Period 1

Please have Chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies read for Wednesday, Chapter 2 read for Thursday, and Chapter 3 read for Friday.

APA FINAL Drafts due 10/23.


Periods 5/6
Quiz on "Encountering the Other" TUESDAY.
We will begin Wnit 3 and nonfiction (speeches) Wednesday.

Period 8
We will discuss the two dystopian short stories given in class on Wednesday.
Please have chapters 1 and 2 of 1984 read for Thursday. 

Monday, 10/9

Period 1
Please see your given calendars for our class schedule.
APA rough drafts will be returned by the end of the week.

Periods 5/6
Quiz on Unit 2 Poetry- WEDNESDAY

Period 8
APA FINAL drafts due Friday.
We will discuss A Doll's House's Act 2 on Tuesday and Act 3 on Friday. 

Monday, 10/2 Update

Period 1:
Canterbury Tales test FRIDAY
Character Analysis Essay due WEDNESDAY


Periods 5/6
Quiz on "The Doll's House" WEDNESDAY
End-of-Unit 1 Essay due FRIDAY


Period 7
Canterbury Tales test TUESDAY

Monday, 9/25 Update

Period 1-
We will have an open-book quiz on the short Unit 1 "Independent Learning" passages on Wednesday.  Afterwards, we will start Unit 2 and The Canterbury Tales. 

Periods 5/6-
We will have a brief quiz on Unit 1 poems on Wednesday.  Afterwards, we will start a new essay assignment.

Period 8-
We will begin reading The Canterbury Tales this week; we will have a quiz on Friday.

Monday, 9/18 Update

Period 1- Honors English 12
QUIZ ON UNIT ONE POETRY- WEDNESDAY, 9/20

APA CAREER/COLLEGE RESEARCH PAPER- ROUGH DRAFTS DUE FRIDAY, 9/29
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES DUE TUESDAY, 9/26





Periods 5/6- Practical English/Literature 10
The "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "House Taken Over" essay due date has been changed to WEDNESDAY, 9/20.


QUIZ on "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?" on THURSDAY





Period 8- AP English
-APA CAREER/COLLEGE RESEARCH PAPER- ROUGH DRAFTS DUE FRIDAY 9/22, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES DUE TUESDAY, 9/19

-Unit 2 Short Passages Quiz- THURSDAY, 9/21

Thurs., 9/14 UPDATE

Period 1- Honors English 12
QUIZ ON UNIT ONE POETRY- TUESDAY, 9/19.

APA CAREER/COLLEGE RESEARCH PAPER- ROUGH DRAFTS DUE FRIDAY, 9/29
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES DUE TUESDAY, 9/26





Periods 5/6- Practical English/Literature 10
The "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "House Taken Over" essay due date has been changed to WEDNESDAY, 9/20.

Will will begin small-group poetry next week.




Period 8- AP English
-Unit 1 Nonfiction quiz THURSDAY
-Vocabulary posts due THURSDAY

-APA CAREER/COLLEGE RESEARCH PAPER- ROUGH DRAFTS DUE FRIDAY 9/22, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES DUE TUESDAY, 9/19

Monday, 9/11

Period 1- Honors English 12
We will have a quiz on Beowulf on TUESDAY.
We will work in small groups on textbook poetry starting Wednesday.




Periods 5/6- Practical English/Literature 10
We will have a quiz on "The Fall of the House of Usher" on TUESDAY.


You will be asked to independently read a short piece of prose fiction on Tuesday ("House Taken Over").
We will begin an essay activity for the text on Wednesday.  The essay will be due MONDAY, 9/18.




Period 8- AP English
Please have "Defending Nonviolent Resistance" read for Tuesday and "Accidental Hero" read for Wednesday.

-Unit 1 Nonfiction quiz THURSDAY
-Vocabulary posts due THURSDAY
-APA CAREER/COLLEGE RESEARCH PAPER- ROUGH DRAFTS DUE FRIDAY 9/22, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES DUE TUESDAY, 9/19

Weekend Update (Friday, 9/8)

Period 1- Honors English 12
On Monday, we will review the Beowulf graphic novel and additional textbook activities.
We will have a quiz on Beowulf on TUESDAY.

Periods 5/6- Practical English/Literature 10
On Monday, we will review "The Fall of the House of Usher" and complete the additional textbook activities.
We will have a quiz on "The Fall of the House of Usher" on TUESDAY.

Period 8- AP English
On Monday, we will review the AP Literature and Composition Exam's poetry essay ("Question 1").
Please have "Defending Nonviolent Resistance" read for Tuesday and "Accidental Hero" read for Wednesday.

-Unit 1 Nonfiction quiz THURSDAY
-Vocabulary posts due THURSDAY

Monday, 9/4

Period 1:
Please have all of Beowulf read for Wednesday, 9/6

Periods 5/6:
Some students still owe Keystone Essays.  
Please have vocabulary posters completed for Tuesday, 9/5


Period 8:
Please have the tone/theme poetry chart completed by Tuesday, 9/5.

Monday, 8/28

Periods 5/6
-No homework; we will start unit one (Horror) in the textbook this week in addition to general Keystone Literature Exam information

Periods 7/8
-Summer reading test TUESDAY

Monday, 5/22

All senior grading is completed. 

Have fun at graduation and beyond!    :) :) :) :) 

MONDAY, 5-15

PDs 5/6
We will wrap up acts 4 and 5 of Macbeth this week; keep up with your study guides.

FINAL EXAM- 5/22

Period 7
We will complete a few end-of-year short writing prompts this week.

Period 8
We will present our Frankenstein presentations this week.

FINAL EXAM- 5/19

MONDAY, 5-8

Periods 5/6
Keep up with your Macbeth study guides
As always, Vocab WS due Wednesday; Quiz Friday



Period 7
APA PAPERS- Due FRIDAY, 5/12 by the end of class (NO EXCEPTIONS; BE PREPARED)


Period 8
FRANKENSTEIN PRESENTATIONS- DUE FRIDAY, 5/12 (NO EXCEPTIONS; BE PREPARED)
FINAL EXAM- 5/19

MONDAY, 5/1/2017

Period 5/6
Vocab WS Due Tuesday; Quiz Friday
We will begin Shakespeare's Macbeth this week.


Period 7
APA Annotated Bibliography due Monday, 5/8
APA paper due Wednesday, 5/10
Creative projects due Monday, 5/15

Period 8
Horror presentations due Monday, 5/8
Creative projects due Monday, 5/15

MONDAY, 4/24/2017

Periods 5/6-

After we complete the novel this week, you will be assigned a set of overall essay questions for Lord of the Flies.

Vocab WS 14 due Tuesday; Quiz Friday




Period 7-
Vocab Quiz 10- Wednesday



Period 8-
We will discuss the rest of Frankenstein this week.

Chapters 11-19 take-home essays- Due Thursday

Overall Essay Test on Frankenstein- Friday

4-18-17

PDs 5/6
Vocab WS due Tuesday; Quiz Friday
We will read chapters 8, 9, and 10 of Lord of the Flies this week.

PD 7
APA Papers- Due Friday, 4/28
Vocab Quiz 10- Wednesday, 4/26


PD 8
APA Papers- Due Tuesday, 4/18

We will read chapters 10-15 (Weds. discussion) and chapters 16-19 (Thurs. discussion) of Frankenstein.  

Vocab Quiz Friday

4-10-17

PDs 5/6
Vocab WS Due Tuesday; Quiz Thursday
LotF "Midway" Quiz on chapters 1-6 TUESDAY (4/11)


PD 7
Please continue to follow the April calendar.

APA papers due 4/24; annotated bibliographies due 4/21.


PD 8
Please continue to follow the April calendar.

APA papers due 4/17; annotated bibliographies due 4/13.

4-3-17 Update

PDs 5/6
Vocab WS Due Tuesday; Quiz Friday
We will continue reading LotF this week; we will cover chapters 4-8.

PD 7
The vocabulary quiz will be moved to Thursday of this week.

PD 8
Please follow the given calendar; the vocabulary quiz will be held on Friday.

Week of 3/27

PERIODS 5 and 6
VOCAB WORKSHEET 10- Due Tuesday
VOCAB QUIZ 10- Friday

We will continue to read Lord of the Flies; we will complete chapters 2-4 this week.





PERIODS 7 and 8
Please continue to follow the given class calendars (located below).

Week of 3/20

Periods 5/6
We will wrap up "The Pardoner's Tale" today; be sure to complete your study guides.

VOCAB WS DUE TUESDAY

VOCAB QUIZ FRIDAY


PD 7
Please see the revised calendar:

AP ENGLISH: March/April 2017
20 ***Beloved/Lit theory analysis due Vocabulary review AP PAPER ASSIGNMENT (Due Monday, April 24)	21 VOCAB QUIZ 8	22 “To His Coy Mistress”	23 MR. WAGNER ABSENT ???? “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” and “Youth’s the Season for Joys” -Short tone/theme essay      Due Monday, 3/27	24 Existentialism/Absuridsm Background Please have Camus’s: “The Guest” read for this class.
27 The Stranger Chapters 1-3 (pages 3-33) **Tone/Theme essay due**	28 The Stranger Chapters 4-6 (pages 34-59)	29 The Stranger Pt. 2, chapters 1-3 (pages 63-98)	30 MR. WAGNER ABSENT Practice poetry essay	31 The Stranger Final discussion Pt. 2, chapters 4-5 (pages 98-123) -Article review assignment -Narrative writing assignment       Each due Monday, 4/10
3 AP MC 2013	4 AP MC 2013 Practice essay review	5  VOCAB QUIZ 9	6 From Inferno and “The Second Coming”	7 <<< Continuing and wrapping up
10 Quiz on Inferno and “The Second Coming” **Camus/The Stranger activities due**	11 AP MC 2014	12 AP MC 2014 Practice essay review	13 Practice prose essay	14 Please have Joyce’s “Araby” read for this class.
17 “The Explosion” and “Old Love”	18 Quiz on “Araby,” “The Explosion,” and “Old Love”	19 AP MC 2015	20  AP MC 2015 Practice essay review	21 Practice Q3 essay
24 AP MC 2016 **APA PAPERS DUE**	25 AP MC 2016 Practice essay review	26 VOCAB QUIZ 10	27 Practice poetry essay	28 Calm Review J J J J Vocabulary, texts we’ve read, etc.

PD 8
Please see the revised calendar:

HONORS ENGLISH 12: March/April 2017
20 “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” and “Youth's the Season Made for Joys”	21 Vocabulary quiz on list #12 WS 15 due Assignment of list and worksheet #15	22 QUIZ on “To His Coy Mistress,” “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” and “Youth's the Season Made for Joys”	23 MR. WAGNER ABSENT ???? Read Inferno and “The Second Coming”	24 <<Review
27 Quiz on Inferno and “The Second Coming” Use the remaining time in class to read “Araby.”	28 “Araby” discussion Read “The Explosion” and “Old Love”	29 <<Wrapping up and reviewing	30 MR. WAGNER ABSENT Quiz on “Araby,” “The Explosion,” and “Old Love”	31 Unit 5 Introduction (The Romantic Era) Worksheet #15 check
3 Wordsworth Poetry	4 Continuing Wordsworth	5 Keats and Shelley	6 Byron/Wordsworth	7 VOCAB QUIZ #15 Assignment of list and WS #16
10 Romantic Poetry Quiz	11 Frankenstein introduction	12 Intro, Preface, Letters, and chapters 1-4	13 Chapters 5-10 **APA PAPERS DUE**	14 Reviewing and catching up Worksheet #16 check
17 Frankenstein Quiz on Intro-Chapter 10	18 Chapters 11-15	19 Chapters 16-19	20 Reviewing and catching up Take-Home essay quiz on chapters 11-19.	21 VOCAB QUIZ #16 Assignment of list and WS #17
24 Chapters 20-23	25 Chapters 23-25 + Walton, in continuation	26 Final Discussion	27 Frankenstein Quiz	28 **Horror story writing assignment and work time

BELOVED PAPER FOR PERIOD 7 DUE MONDAY, 3/20

Week of 3/13

PDs 5/6
Vocab WS 9 due WEDNESDAY
Vocab Quiz 9- FRIDAY


PD 7
Vocab sentences due MONDAY (originally due Friday)
John Donne poetry quiz MONDAY (originally Friday)

Vocab Quiz 8- THURSDAY


PD 8
John Donne narrative conversations due TUESDAY
Vocab Quiz 12- THURSDAY

Week of 3/6

Periods 5/6
Vocab WS 8 due first thing TUESDAY, 3/7
"Prologue" Test WEDNESDAY, 3/8
Writing assignment due first thing WEDNESDAY, 3/8
Character charts due first thing WEDNESDAY, 3/8

Period 7
Please continue to follow last week's given calendar.


Period 8
Please follow the updated calendar distributed in class on 3/6 and located below:

HONORS ENGLISH 12: March/April
6 John Donne poetry	7 Continuing/Wrapping up John Donne poetry	8    DATA DELAY John Donne short narrative writing assignment** (Due Monday)	9 Short quiz on John Donne poetry Use remaining time in class to complete the narrative writing assignment	10 **VOCAB WS CHECK “To His Coy Mistress”
13 “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” and “Youth's the Season Made for Joys” Donne narrative writing assignment due****	14 <<Continuing, wrapping up, and reviewing Poetry comparison writing assignment (Due Friday)	15 Mr. Wagner *possibly* Absent Quiz on poetry collection 2 Use remaining time in class to complete the poetry comparison assignment	16 Mr. Wagner Absent VOCABULARY QUIZ ON LIST #12 Assignment of list and worksheet #15	17 Inferno and “The Second Coming” Poetry comparison assignment due****
20 <<Continuing/Wrapping up	21 Quiz on Inferno and “The Second Coming” Use the remaining time in class to read “Araby.”	22 Finishing/wrapping up “Araby”	23 Read “The Explosion” and “Old Love”	24 <<Continuing/Wrapping up The Explosion and Old Love
27 Quiz on “Araby,” “The Explosion,” and “Old Love” -Start reading the Unit 5 introductory material	28 Unit 5 Introduction (The Romantic Era)	29 Wordsworth Poetry	30 Mr. Wagner Absent **VOCAB QUIZ ON LIST #15 Assignment of list #16	31 Continuing Wordsworth
3 Keats and Shelley	4 Byron/Wordsworth	5 Continuing/wrapping up	6 Romantic Poetry Quiz	7  ***APA PAPERS DUE Frankenstein introduction