| Syllabus
| Third Quarter's Assignments | Revised:
Mar. 19, 2008 | |
| [First
Quarter's Assignments] [Second Quarter's Assignments] |
Week
of January 21 to 25 (Beginning of Second Semester and Third Quarter) |
| Mon | No
School: MLK, Jr. Day |
| Tues | Distribute
first semester grades. Pass back papers. Clear out English notebooks. Begin viewing
Do You Speak American? (North) No hmwk. |
| Wed | [PUC
Invitational Academy Basketball Tournament] Continue viewing Do You Speak
American? ("North" & begin "South") No hmwk. |
| Thur | [PUC
Invitational Academy Basketball Tournament] Continue viewing Do You Speak
American? (finish "South") 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. Begin narrative poem, Evangeline, by Longfellow. Journal
#24 (The most romantic story I know is . . . . What makes a story "romantic"
or "Romantic"?). Distribute copies
of Evangeline. Vocab for first section of Evangeline
(bolded in text).
Hmwk: complete vocab definitions for first section
of poem. |
| Tues | Due:
vocab definitions for first section of Evangeline.
Begin reading (along with Hal Holbrook recording) --to end of Section 1. Work
on vocab for Sections 2 & 3.
Hmwk: Do some background reading about
the historical event upon which Evangeline
is based. Write out notes (in your own words, in your own handwriting, with complete
source/s) to bring to class. Be prepared to share what you discover. ["Great
Upheaval" @ Wikipedia] |
| Wed | Share
results of research into historical background of Evangeline. Continue
reading Evangeline.
Continue work on vocab words.
Hmwk: Complete vocab definitions for sections
4 & 5 (Part the First). |
| Thur | Check
off vocab words through end of Part the First. Journal #25 (What if you were evicted
from your home? What if you were forcibly taken to another country?). Continue
reading Evangeline. No hmwk. |
| Week
of February 4 to 8 |
| Mon | [Deadline
for work missed because of Basketball Tournament.] Continue reading Evangeline
(to end of Part the First). Continue work on vocab words (sections 1 & 2,
through p. 21).
Hmwk: Complete vocab definitions for sections 1 &
2 (Part the Second, through p. 21). |
| Tues | Due:
vocab words through p. 21. Continue
reading Evangeline
(Begin Part the Second, through p. 21). Work on vocab words through p. 29.
Hmwk:
Complete vocab words through p. 29. |
| Wed | Due:
vocab words through p. 29. Continue reading Evangeline
(through p. 29). Work on vocab words for the rest of the poem.
Hmwk:
Complete vocab words through end of poem. |
| Thur | Due:
vocab for rest of poem. Finish
reading Evangeline.
No hmwk. |
| Week
of February 11 to 15 |
| Mon | No
School: Staff Development Day |
| Tues | Journal
#26 (Reflections on Evangeline: What did you like? Dislike? What worked
for you? What didn't? What struck you as unusual?). Begin Literary
Terms and Figurative Language worksheet. Work on meter, scansion, metaphor,
and simile. Begin locating examples of the literary terms and figurative language
in Evangeline.
Hmwk:
Continue working on definitions and examples. Complete definitions for terms through
#10, "metaphor."
[Classroom lit text has a "Handbook of Literary
Terms" in the back, the raspberry-edged pages. Check
out this website, Literary Terms.] |
| Wed | Continue
with Literary
Terms and Figurative Language worksheet. Work on finding examples in Evangeline
for each term.)
Hmwk: Continue working on definitions and examples.
[Literary Terms
website] |
| Thur | Continue
with Literary
Terms and Figurative Language worksheet. Continue finding examples in Evangeline
for each term. Make sure vocab definitions and poetry terms worksheet are complete
by Tuesday at the beginning of class.
Hmwk: Complete Literary
Terms and Figurative Language worksheet by beginning of class on Tuesday,
Feb. 19. |
| Week
of February 18 to 22 |
| Mon | No
School: Presidents' Day |
| Tues | Due:
Completed Literary
Terms and Figurative Language worksheet. Review for Evangeline Unit
test. Hmwk:
Prepare the test. |
| Wed | Test:
Evangeline poetry Unit. No hmwk. |
| Thur | Discuss
English III curriculum through end of 3rd quarter. Vote on options: read Huck
Finn, skip Huck Finn. No hmwk. |
| Week
of February 25 to 29 |
| Mon | Begin
Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. Read aloud Steve Turney's speech in The
Day They Came to Arrest the Book (pp. 161-164). Begin reading. [Search
for Huck Finn @ LibriVox.org: woman's
voice, man's
voice]
Hmwk: Read through p. 22. |
| Tues | Huck
Finn. Distribute Huck
Finn Study
and Discussion Questions.
(Consider #1-3)
Hmwk: Read through p. 47. [Huck
Finn @ LibriVox.org] |
| Wed | Huck
Finn. Watch video: Mark
Twain's America (available at PUC library: VTR PS1331 .M374 1990).
Hmwk:
Read through p. 65. [Huck Finn
@ LibriVox.org] |
| Thur | Go
over graded Evangeline
test. Huck Finn.
Huck
Finn Study
and Discussion Questions #1-4.
Read aloud and discuss pp. 64-65.
Hmwk: Read through p. 88. [Huck
Finn @ LibriVox.org] |
| Week
of March 3 to 7 |
| Mon | Huck
Finn. Reading quiz (through
p. 88). Go over quiz answers. Journal #27 (How do we determine the value/worth
of a person? How does Huck determine value/worth? Does this change? Why? How?).
Discuss Study
and Discussion Question #9 (Grangerford episode as social satire and
tragedy).
Hmwk: Read through p. 109. [Huck
Finn @ LibriVox.org] |
| Tues | Huck
Finn. Begin viewing Mark
Twain by Ken Burns--intro
section (available at PUC library: VTR PS 1331 .M37 2001).
Hmwk:
Read through p. 128. [Huck Finn
@ LibriVox.org]
[Enrichment:
"A
True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It" (discussed in today's
section of documentary)]. |
| Wed | Huck
Finn. Continue viewing Mark
Twain by Ken Burns--"Earlier
Voices" and Huck Finn sections (available at PUC library: VTR PS 1331 .M37
2001).
Hmwk:
Read through p. 147. Huck
Finn Study
and Discussion Questions.
[Huck Finn @ LibriVox.org]
|
| Thur | Continue
with Huck Finn.
Hmwk:
Read through p. 169. [Huck Finn
@ LibriVox.org] |
| Week
of March 10 to 14 |
| Mon | Huck
Finn. Reading quiz (through
p. 169). Journal #28 (Huck's
moral dilemma: How can he be so wrong about being so right?).
Check off notes for qstns #10-12.
Hmwk: Read through p. 189. [Huck
Finn @ LibriVox.org] |
| Tues | Huck
Finn. Huck
Finn Study
and Discussion Questions.
Work on notes for qstn #13 (to be checked off by end of class Wed).
Hmwk:
Read through end of Huck Finn. [Huck
Finn @ LibriVox.org] |
| Wed | Huck
Finn. Reading quiz (through end of novel). Journal #29 (The ending of Huck
Finn. What do you think about it?) Work on notes for qstns #15 & 16. Check
off notes for qstn #13.
Hmwk: Complete discussion notes for qstns #15
& 16. |
| Thur | Test
review. Essay prep. Agree/disagree: "Huck Finn is a racist book and
should not be read today." Support your answer with references to the novel,
the videos, and any outside reading/discussion you have done. You may have a 3"
X 5" card on your desk (with an outline) while you are writing the essay
portion of the test on Monday.
Hmwk: Prepare for Huck Finn test
(Monday). Generate 3" X 5" card. |
|
Week of March 17 to 21 (End of Third Quarter) |
| Mon | Test:
Huck Finn (matching, ID/significance, and prepared essay). No
hmwk. |
| Tues | [Greece
Trip] California short stories by Mark Twain: "The
Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" (lit text: pp. 462-468).
[Listen to the story
at Librivox.org] No hmwk. |
| Wed | [Greece
Trip] California short stories by Mark Twain: "Baker's
Blue-Jay Yarn." No hmwk. |
| Thur | [Greece
Trip] California short stories by Mark Twain: "Curing
a Cold." No hmwk. |
| March
21 to 30: Spring Break |