Syllabus | Third Quarter's Assignments Revised: Mar. 20, 2008
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Week of January 21 to 25 (Beginning of Second Semester and Third Quarter)
Mon	No School: MLK, Jr. Day
Tues	No class: 10:00 am start for school because of snow.
Wed	[PUC Invitational Academy Basketball Tournament] Pass out semester grades. Pass back papers. Clear out notebooks. Journal #13 (Courage, honor, chivalry, valor: What do these words mean to you?) Begin Cyrano de Bergerac. Do research during class on the real, historical Cyrano de Bergerac. Write at least a page of notes (in your own words, in your own handwriting) on the results of your research. Include complete source/s. No hmwk.
Thur	[PUC Invitational Academy Basketball Tournament] Continue online research into the real, historical Cyrano de Bergerac. Turn research (see guidelines above) in by end of class. No hmwk.
Week of January 28 to February 1
Mon	[To be accepted for credit, work missed because of Basketball Tournament needs to be completed by next Monday, Feb. 4.] Help basketball players get caught up with last week's work. Choose roles, and begin reading Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand. Hmwk: Read over Cyrano background project. Be prepared to outline your project in class on Tuesday.
Tues	Due in class today: Cyrano background project selection and outline. Spelling pre-test. Continue reading Cyrano de Bergerac. Hmwk: Work on Cyrano background project. (Due Wednesday, Feb. 6)
Wed	Continue reading Cyrano de Bergerac. Discuss any project difficulties. Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz.
Thur	Spelling quiz.Continue reading Cyrano de Bergerac. No hmwk (unless you want/need to work on Cyrano background project.)
Week of February 4 to 8
Mon	[Deadline for work missed because of Basketball Tournament.] Spelling pre-test. Cyrano de Bergerac. Hmwk: Continue working on Cyrano background project.
Tues	Discuss any project challenges. Continue reading Cyrano de Bergerac. Hmwk: Finish Cyrano background project. (Due tomorrow)
Wed	Due: Cyrano background project. Present Cyrano projects to class. Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz.
Thur	Spelling quiz. Finish Cyrano project presentations. Continue reading Cyrano de Bergerac. No hmwk.
Week of February 11 to 15
Mon	No School: Staff Development Day
Tues	Spelling pre-test. Continue reading Cyrano de Bergerac.
Wed	Continue reading Cyrano de Bergerac. Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz.
Thur	Spelling quiz. Finish reading Cyrano de Bergerac. Distribute Cyrano Response Options info. (Due: Tuesday, Feb. 26.) No hmwk.
Week of February 18 to 22
Mon	No School: Presidents' Day
Tues	Spelling pre-test. Begin viewing Cyrano. Hmwk: Work on Cyrano Response Option.
Wed	Continue viewing Cyrano. Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz. Work on Cyrano Response Option.
Thur	Spelling quiz. Continue viewing Cyrano. [Cyrano Response Option due Tuesday, Feb. 26.]
Week of February 25 to 29
Mon	Spelling pre-test. Finish viewing Cyrano. Hmwk: Complete Cyrano Response Option.
Tues	Due at beginning of class: Cyrano Response Option. Review for Cyrano test: List and very briefly identify characters who influence the plot. Write a short paragraph summary of events in each act. Review is due just just before you take the test. No late reviews accepted. Hmwk: Complete review activity. Prepare for Cyrano test.
Wed	Due: Review only accepted just before you take the test. Test: Cyrano de Bergerac. No hmwk. Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz.
Thur	Spelling quiz. Journal #14 (Reflection on Cyrano). Short story day. No hmwk.
Week of March 3 to 7
Mon	Spelling pre-test. Begin Nat Hentoff's The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Read first chpt aloud. Hmwk: Read through p. 19.
Tues	Continue with Nat Hentoff's The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Hmwk: Read through p. 45.
Wed	Continue with Nat Hentoff's The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz. Read Hentoff through p. 67. [Discussion Prep]
Thur	Spelling quiz. Continue with Nat Hentoff's The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Hmwk: Read through p. 100 for reading quiz on Monday. [Discussion Prep]
Week of March 10 to 14
Mon	Reading quiz (Hentoff through p. 100). Spelling pre-test. Continue with Nat Hentoff's The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Hmwk: Read through p. 119. [Discussion Prep]
Tues	Continue with Nat Hentoff's The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Discuss: "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000" (ALA site) Hmwk: Read through p. 143. [Discussion Prep]
Wed	Continue with Nat Hentoff's The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz. Finish reading Hentoff book (test Monday). [Discussion Prep]
Thur	Spelling quiz. Reading quiz (through end of book). Book discussion and test review. Hmwk: Prepare for test.
Week of March 17 to 21 (End of Third Quarter)
Mon	Due before test: Study and discussion questions assigned in class. Test: The Day They Came to Arrest the Book. No hmwk.
Tues	[Greece Trip] Spelling pre-test. Reading and discussion on making wise book/movie decisions. "The Students' Right to Read" from the NCTE website. Questions to consider: Who do your trust to make book/movie decisions for you? Who do you want to make book/movie decisions for you? No hmwk.
Wed	[Greece Trip] Reading and discussion on making wise book/movie decisions. "Look Out, Harry Potter! -- Book Banning Heats Up." How do you make good book and movie decisions? What are your decision criteria? Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz.
Thur	[Greece Trip] Spelling quiz. Reading and discussion on making wise book/movie decisions. Who protects you from objectionable books? Do you have an obligation to protect others from books that you think are objectionable? Why? Why not? No hmwk.
March 21 to 30: Spring Break