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)