Monday, December 17, 2018

Week of 12-17 Update

Periods 1 and 4
-Finish the last few pages of Chapter 2 of Lord of the Flies for Tuesday
-Finish Chapter 3 for Wednesday
-Finish Chapter 4 for Thursday


Periods 3 and 8
-Macbeth Acts 3 and 4 Take-Home Essays due Wednesday, 12/19.
-Macbeth writing assignments due January 7th.

Monday, December 10, 2018

Week of 12-10

Periods 1 and 4
We will begin reading Lord of the Flies this week.  We will likely have a quiz on Chapters 1-4 next week.  Be sure to fill out your Comprehension Check questions for each chapter.



Periods 3 and 8
Macbeth Acts 1 and 2 Take-Home essays due Thursday, 12/13.
Close Reading writing assignment due Monday, 10/17.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Week of 11/26

Periods 1 and 4 
No homework this week; we will continue to read "On Seeing England for the First Time" this week and have a test on Monday, 12/3.  

Periods 3 and 8 
No homework this week; we will begin reading Macbeth together. 

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Week of 11/19

Periods 3 and 8
No homework over the Thanksgiving break; we will begin discussing Macbeth next week.


Periods 1 and 4
Finish "Skook Tale" story assignments by Tuesday, 11/27 if you do not finish in class this week.

Monday, November 12, 2018

11-12-18

Periods 1 and 4
Tues- QUIZ on The Canterbury Tales (42 points)
**Worksheets due (50 points)
**Charts due (75 points)

We will start a new, short nonfiction passage and recieve one more writing assignment ("Contemporary Tale") this will.







Periods 3 and 8
Tues- Sonnet 130 Activity
Weds- Remaining Sonnets
Thurs- Sonnet Quiz
Fri- Practice AP Poetry Essay

Monday, November 5, 2018

11-5-18

Periods 1 and 4
CANTERBURY TALES TEST DATE- Friday, 11/9
*Character Charts will be collected
*Worksheets will be collected
*Essays will be collected


Work days for worksheets and essays in class- Monday and Tuesday 





Periods 3 and 8 
We will be primarily studying poetry in class over the next few weeks.

Out-of-Class Assignments:
1984 Part 3 Take-Home Quiz due Tuesday, 11/6
Critical Review due Tuesday, 11/13 
Article Response due Friday, 11/16
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VOCAB QUIZ 3- Friday, 11/9
QUIZ on Sonnets (in-class)- Thurs. 11/15

Monday, October 29, 2018

Week of 10-29


Periods 3 and 8 

Mon- Part 3, Chapters I-II
Tues- Q3 Essay Review, take-home quizzes due
Weds- The rest of the novel, article response and take-home essay assignments
Thurs- Overall Thematic Discussion question
Fri- Shakespeare Lecture 




Periods 1 and 4 
Canterbury Tales Test- Monday, 11/5
Worksheets and Essays due Monday, 11/5

Monday, October 22, 2018

Week of 10-22


Periods 3 and 8
Mon- Part 2, Chapters I-III; Essay tests due  
Tues- IV-VI (136-159) 
Weds- Practice Q3 Essay   
Thurs- VII-Middle of IX (bottom of 199)   
Fri- The rest of Chapter IX-X (199-224)



Periods 1 and 4
We will continue reading The Canterbury Tales this week; make sure you are keeping up with your character charts.  No essays or outside projects are due at this time.

Monday, October 15, 2018

Week of 10-15

Periods 1 and 4
Monday- Quiz on Unit 1 Nonfiction
Tuesday- Introduction to Unit 2
Weds.-Fri.- The Canterbury Tales this week. 

Periods 3 and 8
Monday- 1984 Chapters 1 and 2 Discussion
Tuesday- 1984 Chapters 3-5 Discussion
Wednesday- Practice Prose Essay Review
Thursday- 1984 Rest of Part One Discussion
Friday- Vocab Quiz 2

There are no writing assignments due; all APA and LotF papers should be handed in by now.

Monday, October 8, 2018

Week of 10-8

PERIODS 1 and 4

Tuesday- Complete In-Class Essays and Open-Book Tests
Wednesday- Unit 1 Nonfiction
Thursday- Continuing Unit 1 Nonfiction
Friday- Open-Book Quiz on Unit 1 Nonfiction





PERIODS 3 and 8

Tuesday- AP Practice Essay
Wednesday- Dystopian Short Story Discussion
Thursday- Practice AP Multiple Choice Questions
Friday- Review of Practices Questions



We will soon begin reading 1984.  Books will be distributed this week.

Monday, October 1, 2018

Week of 10/1

Periods 1 and 4
Mon- Whole-Class Coverage of Unit 1 Poetry
Tues- Review of Unit 1 Poetry
Weds- Unit 1 Poetry In-Class Essay
Thurs- QUIZ on Unit 1 Poetry (Textbook Work and In-Class Essays Collected)
Fri- Finish any remaining work due

Periods 3 and 8
Mon- LotF Chapters 9 and 10
Tues- LotF Final Discussion
Weds- Renn. Faire Trip (most students will be attending)
Thurs- LotF Essay Test + New Short Writing Assignment (Due MONDAY, 10/15)
Fri- APA Research Rough Drafts returned + Mini Lessons (Final Drafts due FRIDAY, 10/12)


Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Week of 9/24

Periods 3 and 8
APA Rough Drafts due Tuesday
LotF Essay Test Tuesday, 10/2
Please continue the follow the LotF reading schedule as given in class (also sent to gapps emails)


Periods 1 and 4
Quiz on Unit 1 Poetry Tuesday, 10/2

Monday, September 17, 2018

Week of 9/17

Periods 1 and 4
Beowulf Test Tuesday- Textbook Work Collected
Hero Short Essay due Wednesday
Graphic Novel Short Essay due Friday

Periods 3 and 8
Poetry Test Tuesday
APA Annotated Bibliography due Friday
APA research papers due Monday, 9/24

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Week of 9/10

Periods 3 and 8
Vocab Quiz Friday (9/14)
APA Annotated Bibliographies due Friday, 9/21
APA Research Paper Rough Drafts due Monday, 9/24


Periods 1 and 4
Beowulf Test-Tentatively Friday (9/14)


Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Week of 9/3

Periods 1 and 4
No homework this week; we will have a test on Beowulf two days after we finish reading. 

Periods 3 and 8
We will continue to discuss the AP Lit. & Comp. Exam this week.

Vocab Quiz 1- 9/14
APA Annotated Bibliography- 9/21
APA Research Rough Draft- 9/24


Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Week of 8-27

Periods 1 and 4
No homework

Periods 3 and 8
Summer Reading Test

Monday, May 21, 2018

5-21

Periods 5/6
Final Exams 5/24 (Thursday)

Periods 1/8
Final Project due 5/24 (Thursday)

Monday, May 14, 2018

5-14 Update

Periods 1 and 8
Portfolio Projects due THURSDAY, 5/24

Periods 5 and 6
Horror Stories and Vocab WSes due Tuesday
Five Newsela articles due Thursday

Monday, May 7, 2018

5-7 Update


Periods 5/6
Vocab WSes due Tuesday
Horror Stories Due Friday
Vocab Quiz Friday


Period 1
Finish reading The Bell Jar for Wednesday
Take-Home tests due Monday, 5/14
Final project due Thursday, 5/24


Period 8
No homework this week- Portfolio Projects will be assigned by the end of the week

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Week of 4-30

Period 1
Continue following the The Bell Jar reading schedule. 
No writing assignments due this week

Periods 5/6
Test on Frankenstein Tuesday
Quiz on Vocab List 3 Friday

Period 8
We will wrap up AP Test Prep material this week.
No writing assignments due this week

Monday, April 23, 2018

4-23

Period 1
We will soon begin reading The Bell Jar

Periods 5/6
Vocab WS due Tuesday
Quiz Friday
Frankenstein test Friday

Period 8
Summary Sheets due 4/30

Monday, April 16, 2018

4-16

Period 1
Frankenstein presentations are past due
Horror stories due Friday

Periods 5/6
Vocab worksheet 11 due Tuesday


Period 8
Frankenstein article responses due Friday

Monday, April 9, 2018

4-9 Update

Period 1
Take-Home Essays due Friday
MLA Paper and Presentation due Monday, 4/16


Periods 5/6
Vocab Quiz Thursday
Quiz on Act 5 of Macbeth Friday


Period 8
Take-Home Essays and Article Response due Monday, 4/16

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Week of 4-2

Periods 1 and 8
Please follow the given Calendars for Frankenstein 

Periods 5 and 6
Vocab Quiz on List 9- Wednesday
Quiz on Macbeth Act 4- Friday

Monday, March 26, 2018

3-26 Update

5/6
Vocab WS 9 due Thursday

1
Follow the Frankenstein reading schedule as given in class.

8
Follow the Frankenstein reading schedule as given in class.

Monday, March 19, 2018

Monday 3-19

Period 8
Please follow the given Awakening calendars

Period 1
Quiz on Unit 5 Poetry Wednesday

Periods 5/6
Vocab WS 8 due Tuesday
Quiz Friday

Monday, March 12, 2018

Monday, 3-12

Period 1
Quiz on Wordsworth Poetry Wednesday
Stranger writing assignments due Friday


Periods 5/6
We will begin reading Macbeth this week.
Vocab Quiz 7- Thursday
"Skook Tales" stories are past due.

Period 8
MLA Research paper due Tuesday
Vocab Quiz on List 6 Wednesday

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Week of 3-5

PERIOD 8- APA Research Papers due Monday 3/12

PERIOD 1- Stranger writing assignments due Friday 3/16

PERIODS 5/6- Skook Tale assignment and vocab WS 7 each due Thursday at the end of PD 5

Monday, February 26, 2018

Monday, 2-26

PD 1
Tuesday- Chapters 1-3 of The Stranger 
Weds.- Chapters 4-6
Thurs.- Pt. 2, Chapters 1-3
Fri.- Pt. 2, Chapters 4-5


PDs 5/6
Vocab WS 6 due Tuesday
Canterbury Characters due Wednesday

PD 8
Vocab Quiz Wednesday

Monday, February 19, 2018

2-19 Update

Period 8- Follow the calendar given today in class

Period 1- "Araby" Quiz Friday; Awakening Essays due Friday; Awakening article response paper due Tuesday

Periods 5/6- We will continue working on the "Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales this week; vocab quiz Wednesday

Monday, February 12, 2018

Week of 2-12

Period 1
No assignments due this week; Please follow the given schedule for The Awakening 

Periods 5/6
Vocab Quiz 4 TUESDAY
Poetry Essay due WEDNESDAY

Period 8
No assignments due this week; Please follow the given schedule for Beloved 

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Week of 1-29

Period 1
Quiz on Poetry Collection 2 of Unit 4 WEDNESDAY
DoaS article response due WEDNESDAY

Periods 5/6
Test on Beowulf WEDNESDAY
Beowulf vs. Choice of Hero essay due FRIDAY

Period 8
DoaS Article Response and Take-Home quiz due FRIDAY

Monday, January 22, 2018

1-22-2018

PD 1- DoaS Article Response due 1/31
PDs 5/6- No homework/assignments yet
PD 8- DoaS Article Response and Take-Hom Quiz quiz due Friday 2/1

Monday, January 15, 2018

Monday, 1/15 Update

PD 1
Have the rest of Death of a Salesman read for Tuesday
Macbeth writing project due Wednesday
DoaS test Thursday

PDs 5 and 6
No homework

PD 8
Vocab Quiz 1 Today
Both Macbeth writing projects due Wednesday

Monday, January 8, 2018

Monday, 1/8

Period 1- Have Act 1 of Death of a Salesman read for THURSDAY

Periods 5/6- Keystone 2014 Packet due TUESDAY

Period 8- Macbeth Acts 4 and 5 Test TUESDAY