Read the next two chapters of Ordinary People (pgs. 14 – 35).

Go to my Teach Folder, and read, “How to Write a College Essay.”  Also read chapter 5 of Ordinary People for tomorrow (E Day).

Read chapters 6 – 10 of Ordinary People by A day (Sept. 16^th).

Work on the essays we started in class today.  Bring in a rough draft for next class. Make sure you have read up to chapter 10 in Ordinary People.  There will be a reading check quiz next class.  Continue your reading reading chapters 11 - 15 for Tues. 2/21.

Note:  Final draft is Friday, September 24th.  I will be available at lunch time or free periods for help.  Also, I am in the Writing Center on F days from 11:10 to 12:10.  Dr. Ferraro and other teachers are available as well.  good luck! : )

Reading chaps. 11 - 14, 9/24

Essay final draft 9/24

Wed. 9/29 - vocab. quiz

Thurs. 9/30 - essay

Homework:  Read “The Sled,” by Thomas E. Adams for our next class meeting.  You will find it in my teach folder.

Also, choose a topic on the theme of awareness for your synthesis paper.   These papers will be due by October 22^rd, and will be approximately 3 - 4 pages in length.  As discussed in class, you will choose a unifying element within the theme of awareness that connects three of the works of literature we have read this semester, and discuss them in your paper.

Complete chapters 5 - 8 in your vocabulary workbooks for Thurs. Oct 14.

Work on synthesis essays.  They are due in two weeks.

 Make sure you have read “The Sled” for our next class period.

·         Read “Ode: Intimations on Immortality” by William Wordsworth  (in my teach folder).  Print out a copy and bring it with you to class. 

·         Read “The Bear” by William Faulkner (also in my teach folder) over the weekend.

Make sure you have read “The Bear,” as there may be a reading check quiz.

Please note changes!!

We will be discussing and analyzing "The Bear" on Friday, Oct. 22

Vocabulary quiz tomorrow for the class who specifically requested it! 

We will be having a test on the Awareness unit on Wednesday, October 27th.

Read the first act of A Doll’s House for Thursday, October 28

1.  Why does Nora leave?
2.  Do you consider Nora a victim?  Why or why not?
3.  To what extent is Nora responsible for her own problems?
4.  Is Nora a tragic hero?

Also:  Read "Heroes Don't Need Zip Codes" in my teach folder.  Re-read the article we discussed in class today, "Why Do We Need Celebrities," also in my teach folder.  And read pages 5 - 41 of The Joy Luck Club.  There may be a reading check quiz on any or all of the assigned readings.

Note:  Analytical essays of Ibsen's A Doll's House are due on Tuesday, November 23rd.

Complete novel by December 10th.

By November 26, finish up to and including the section "Twenty-Six Malignant Gates"
By December 3, finish up to and including the section "American Translation"
By December 10, finish the rest of the novel. 

We will be working on our group projects as we read.  Projects will be presented by groups the week of December 13 - 17.

 

Read “The Man in the Water” in the Heroism section of my teach folder for next class meeting.  Continue reading The Joy Luck Club as per schedule on homework page.

Also - Complete chapters 11 & 12 of vocabulary workbooks.

Note:  We will have a vocabulary quiz on chapters 9 - 12 on Thursday, December 2

Read “A Worn Path” for next class (in teach folder).  Be prepared for reading check  quiz. 

Read the following poems in my teach folder:  “Heroes,” by Witter Bynner;  and “Are you the New Person Drawn Toward Me?” by Walt Whitman.  Be prepared to discuss.  Complete chapters 13 & 14 of your vocabulary workbooks. 

Please note:  All of the following assignments are brief.  That is because you are expected to keep up with your Joy Luck reading in addition to what is listed here.  Also, you should be working on your multimedia projects, as they are due the week of December 13th.

 

Read “Those Winter Sundays” in my teach folder and handout “My Mother, Who Came From China Where She Never Saw Snow.”

Note:  We will have a vocabulary quiz on chapters 13 - 16 on Tuesday, December 14th

Work on your group projects for The Joy Luck Club.  All projects are to be completed by Wednesday, Dec. 15.  You must bring in your completed projects on Wednesday; however, only groups one and two will present their projects to the class on Wednesday, and groups 3 & 4 will present their projects on Thursday. 

Also: study for your vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, Dec. 14th.  (chapters 13 - 16)

Review notes on Joy Luck and on the pieces we’ve covered in the Heroism unit thus far.  We will be discussing Joy Luck next class.

Note:  There will be a test on The Joy Luck Club this Thursday, Jan. 6.
           There will be a test on the Heroism Unit on Monday, Jan. 10.  

           This test will include the following material:

           "Ulysses"
           "Those Winter Sundays"
           "A Worn Path"
           "Are You the New Person Drawn Towards Me?"
           " Speaking the Hero"
           "Heroes Don't Need Zip Codes"
           "Leap"
           "My Mother, Who Came From China, Where She Never Saw Snow"
           "Heroes"
           "Why Do We Need Celebrities?"
           "Crazy Courage"
            Death Be Not Proud

vocabulary will be chosen from chapters 1 - 16 of your vocabulary workbooks
Ordinary People
"The Bear"
"The Sled"
"Ulysses"
"Ode:  Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood"
A Doll's House
The Joy Luck Club
The Help
Death Be Not Proud
"Heroes Don't Need Zip Codes"
"Why Do We Need Celebrities"
"Speaking the Hero"
"Heroes"
"Blue Girls"
"Crazy Courage"
"Leap"
"Are You the New Person Drawn Towards Me?"
"Those Winter Sundays"
 

Read the “Introduction to Tragedy” in my teach folder.  Also read Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” located in my teach folder.  Be prepared for reading check quiz on “The Lottery”.
 

Read “Apology on the Death of Socrates” in my teach folder.

Note:  The first 2 chapters of the Picture of Dorian Gray should be read by Wed. 2/2.

Complete chapters 17 and 18 of your vocabulary workbooks for our next class meeting. 
Also read handout, “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.”  Be prepared for group discussion on collective guilt.
Make sure you have read the first two chapters of Dorian Gray.

NOTE:  Our tentative reading / essay schedule for The Picture of Dorian Gray is as follows:
Chapters 1 & 2 due:                2/2
Chapters 3 – 5 due:                 2/8
Chapters 6 & 7 due:                2/10
Chapters 8 – 10 due:               2/14
Chapters 11 – 13 due:             2/17
Finish reading novel over winter break

Analytical essay on The Picture of Dorian Gray is due on 3/8

Analytical essay topic:  Basil Hallward, Lord Henry Wotton and Dorian Gray are all tragically flawed, and all are complicit in the corruption of the soul of Dorian Gray.  Discuss how the tragic flaw of each character leads to not only Dorian’s demise, but to his own (Dorian’s vanity and insecurity; Basil’s objectification of Dorian and his obsession with his art; Lord Henry’s narcissism and his detached amusement in influencing Dorian).

Complete chapters 19 & 20 in your vocabulary workbooks for Wed. 2/9. 
Note:  Vocabulary quiz on chapters 17 - 20 will be Tues. 2/15.

• Review worksheets on parallel structure.
• Complete the next two chapters of your vocabulary workbooks (chapters 19 & 20)
• Continue reading novel.  Have chapter 6 read for our next class.  You should be finished with chapter 10 by Monday, February 8.

 Continue reading.  Have chapters 11 – 13 read for Wed. Feb. 16, and finish reading novel over winter break.

Continue reading novel.  Work on analytical essays. Finish vocabulary chapters 21 & 22.

Study for test on The Picture of Dorian Gray, “The Lottery,” “The Allegory of the Den,” “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” and “Apology on the Death of Socrates to be given on Wednesday. 

.  Also, make sure analytical essays are ready to be handed in.   

Read Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex) for Tuesday, 3/15.

Complete chapters 22 and 24 in vocabulary workbooks.  Note:  We will have a vocabulary quiz on chapters 21 - 24 on Thursday, 3/17.

Have the first act of The Death of a Salesman read for Wednesday, April 6th.

Read the first act of The Death of a Salesman.  Be prepared for reading check quiz. 

Ø  S      Study for grammar test on clear reference and agreement.  Test will be given Monday, April 11th

Also, please start thinking about your analytical essays for Death of a Salesman.  Here are some suggested topics:

1.      Biff said that Willy had the wrong dreams.  How is this statement true?  What were Willy’s dreams?  What dream could Willy have actually realized?

 

2.      In his essay “Tragedy and the Common Man,” Miller says, “ I think the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing – his sense of personal dignity.”  How is the character Willy Loman a manifestation of this idea, and why is it important?

 

3.      One of the themes in Death of a Salesman, as well as other Miller plays, is the examination of how families and lives are destroyed by false values.  Discuss this theme in Death of a Salesman, and its relevance to modern society.

 

4.      Who is Willy’s foil in the play?  Explain how that person serves as a foil, noting specific differences between them.

 

5.      Discuss Miller’s use of irony in the play in a five paragraph essay. Make sure to identify three instances of irony in the play and explain what is ironic about each. 

Essays will be due on Tuesday, April 19th.

Grammar Test 4/14

Vocab.
 due 4/15

Study for vocabulary quiz on chapters 25, 26, 27 & 28, which will be held on Wed. 4/20.

Note:  If you have any questions regarding your essays, please feel free to email me during break.  I will be available - unless you email at midnight on the Sunday night before we get back!  : )

Study for test on Death of a Salesman to be given tomorrow.

Vocabulary from chapters 17 - 30 of vocabulary workbook.
The Lottery
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
The Allegory of the Cave
Apology on the Death of Socrates
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex)
Background on the Greek Theater (based on multi-media questions)
Death of a Salesman (including background information on Arthur Miller)
Hotel Rwanda - (including background information from handout sheets)