| Syllabus
| Fourth Quarter's Assignments |
Revised:
June 5, 2007 |
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[First
Quarter's Assignments]
[Second Quarter's Assignments] [Third
Quarter's Assignments] |
| Week
of April 2 to 6 (Beginning of Fourth Quarter) |
| Mon |
No
class: Music tour to Florida & school trip to San Jose |
| Tues |
No class:
Music tour to Florida & school trip to San Jose |
| Wed |
No
class: Make-up U.S. history class period. |
| Thurs |
No
class: Make-up U.S. history class period. |
| Week
of April 9 to 13 |
| Mon |
Journal
#42 (Easter weekend). Read Twain's "The
War Prayer." Do reflective writing qstns.
Hmwk: Complete reflective writing on "The
War Prayer." Due Tues. |
| Tues |
Due: completed reflective
writing on "The War Prayer."
Civil War songs.
Hmwk: Find
words to another Civil War song online and print them out. Be
prepared to share and discuss the song. Is its purpose to stir
the listeners to battle? Is it celebrating the common soldier?
What emotions is the songwriter hoping to engender? Notice the
poetic features of the verse: rhyme, rhythm, figurative language,
etc.
|
| Wed |
Due:
Printout of another Civil War song. Share and discuss songs. Finish
reading and discussing Civil War songs from yesterday. No hmwk. |
| Thurs |
Civil War poetry:
No hmwk.
|
| Week
of April 16 to 20 |
| Mon |
Review for Civil War
lit short test. (See links to works above.)
Hmwk: prepare for Civil War lit test.
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| Tues |
Civil War
lit test. When finished with short test, begin reading "The
Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," by Mark Twain.
Hmwk: Finish reading "The
Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," by Mark Twain.
[Another
link to "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"] |
| Wed |
Begin Regionalism.
Read "Regionalism and Realism," pp. 449-458. Read background
info for "The Celebrated Jumping Frog . . . ," p. 461.
Read "Colloquial Language," p. 469. No hmwk. |
| Thurs |
Read
"Curing
a Cold," by Mark Twain. No hwmk. [Another link to "Curing
a Cold"] |
| Week
of April 23 to 27 |
| Mon |
Journal
#43 (Picture in your mind the Napa Valley at Stevenson's time).
Begin Silverado Squatters, by R. L. Stevenson. Read intro
and "In the Valley" with Balfour recording. Begin talking
and thinking about this year's English III contributions to text.
Illustrations?
Hmwk: Think about ways to illustrate Silverado Squatters.
[Pdf
version of Silverado Squatters] [Html
version of Silverado Squatters] |
| Tues |
Continue
Silverado Squatters, by R. L. Stevenson. Read "The Petrified
Forest" through "The Scot Abroad."
Hmwk: Continue with thoughts about illustrations for Silverado
Squatters. [Pdf
version of Silverado Squatters] [Html
version of Silverado Squatters] |
| Wed |
Continue
Silverado Squatters, by R. L. Stevenson. |
| Thurs |
No Class:
Week of Prayer |
| Week
of April 30 to May 4 |
| Mon |
Continue
Silverado Squatters, by R. L. Stevenson.
Hmwk: Continue with thoughts about illustrations for Silverado
Squatters. |
| Tues |
Continue
Silverado Squatters, by R. L. Stevenson. Discuss illustration
projects. Pick groups. Finish choosing topics for project.
Hmwk: Work on Silverado Squatters illustration project. |
| Wed |
Continue
Silverado Squatters, by R. L. Stevenson. "Sea Fogs"
chapter.
Hmwk: Work on Silverado Squatters illustration project.
|
| Thurs |
Continue
Silverado Squatters, by R. L. Stevenson. No new hmwk; however,
students are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities for working
on Silverado Squatters illustration project. |
| Week
of May 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
Finish
Silverado Squatters, by R. L. Stevenson. Illustration/s proposal
due Wed.
Hmwk: Work on illustration proposal. |
| Tues |
Work on illustration
proposal for Silverado Squatters illustration/s.
- What are you intending
to illustrate--specifically?
- How do you intend
to do this?
- What have you already
accomplished on this project?
- What are your intentions
. . . (complete with a timeline of tasks)?
Hmwk: Complete
illustration proposal for Silverado Squatters illustration/s.
|
| Wed |
[Midterm
Grades Due] Journal #44 (A Stevenson-like description of a place
or person in your home town). Continue work on illustration proposal
for Silverado Squatters illustration/s.
Hmwk: Do sufficient work on your illustration proposal that
you'll be able to submit a complete proposal by the end of class
tomorrow. |
| Thurs |
Due
by end of class: Illustration proposal for Silverado Squatters
illustration/s. No hmwk. |
| Week
of May 14 to 18 |
| Mon |
Journal
#45 (Last night's performance of Lady Windermere's Fan, summer
plans, what you've discovered so far on Silverado Squatters
project). Week out old stuff from English notebook. (Assignments,
quizzes, and handouts from before Mar. 20 can be recycled.) Intro
Our Town, Thorntom Wilder. Pick parts.
Hmwk: Research Thornton Wilder. Write out at least one full
page of notes, in your own handwriting, in your own words. Include
complete documentation of all sources. Due Wed. |
| Tues |
No Class:
Softball Day |
| Wed |
Due: Research
notes on Thornton Wilder. Share results of research. Begin reading
Our Town, Thorntom Wilder. |
| Thurs |
Continue
Our Town,
Thorntom Wilder. |
| Week
of May 21 to 25 |
| Mon |
Continue
Our Town,
Thorntom Wilder. |
| Tues |
Re-group
on Silverado Squatters projects. Distribute Word doc files.
Hmwk: Continue rough draft of Silverado Squatters
project. Click here for
Word doc files of chapters. |
| Wed |
Continue
Our Town, Thorntom Wilder. Read aloud first act.
Hmwk: Continue rough draft of Silverado Squatters
project. Click here for
Word doc files of Silverado Squatters chapters. |
| Thurs |
Continue
Our Town, Thorntom Wilder. Read aloud last act.
Hmwk: Complete rough draft of Silverado Squatters project.
Click here for Word doc
files of Silverado Squatters chapters. |
| Week
of May 28 to June 1 |
| Mon |
No School
(Memorial Day)
Hmwk: Rough draft of Silverado Squatters project.
Click here for Word doc
files of Silverado Squatters chapters. |
| Tues |
Due:
rough draft of Silverado Squatters project. Present
rough drafts to classmates. Discuss formatting issues. Decide on
class format for illustrations.
Hmwk: Continue with Silverado Squatters project. |
| Wed |
Discuss
assessment issues. How should individual grades be determined for
the Silverado Squatters projects?
Hmwk: Continue with Silverado Squatters project. |
| Thurs |
Finish
assessment discussion. Documenting
paintings and photographs & Works
Cited: Electronic Sources (MLA Style Sheets from Writing Lab
at Purdue University). Each illustration must have a caption. Captions
must contain a description and/or name of illustration and the artist's
name--if appropriate. Sources go at end of each chapter in MLA format.
Arrange sources in order they appear in chapter. Use superscript
numbers in captions to reference sources.
Hmwk:
Complete final draft of Silverado Squatters illustration/s
project. |
| Week
of June 4 to 8 (End of Fourth Quarter and Second Semester)
|
| Mon |
Due: Final draft
of Silverado Squatters illustration/s project. Review
for Our Town test. Review: characters, acts, "What
is Our Town about?" (moral/message?)
Hmwk: Prepare for Our Town test.
|
| Tues |
Presentation of projects to classmates. Peer review.
Hmwk: Prepare for Our Town test. |
| Wed |
Final
Exam: Our Town. |