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American Literature <DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <CITE><WBR></CITE></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <IMG height=206 alt="" src="http://teacherweb.com/CT/JonathanLawHighSchool/MrKelly/flagbooks.gif" width=224 border=0></DIV> <DIV> <H1><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Courier New">American Literature Schedule</SPAN></SPAN></H1> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt" align=center><STRONG>Final Exam<BR> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt" align=center> </DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT size=3>Book of Choice</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" align=left><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Ender’s Game</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" align=left><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Catcher in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Rye</st1:place></st1:City></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" align=left><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3>Ball Don’t Lie</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT size=3>Of Mice and Men</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT size=3>The Killer’s Cousin</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT size=3>Vocabulary</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT size=3>Galaxy Quest essay</FONT></P> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt" align=center><BR> MP-4</STRONG> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>6/16 - Writer's Workshop due</DIV> <DIV>6/8 - All projects due (unless informed otherwise for certain individuals)</DIV> <DIV> - Second Twitter sheets due</DIV> <DIV>5/21 - Trading cards due</DIV> <DIV>5/19 - Twitter worksheet due</DIV> <DIV>5/4 - The Killer's Cousin mini-essay due (character relationships)</DIV> <DIV>4/27 - Complete TKC and the summary worksheet for it</DIV> <DIV> - Quiz will be given as soon as class begins on the closing of TKC</DIV> <DIV>4/22 - Complete to chapter 30<BR> </DIV> <DIV>4/21 - Create a vocabulary story for all words incorrect on vocab quiz to earn points back</DIV> <DIV> - Complete to chapter 27</DIV> <DIV>4/20 - Worksheet for The Killer's Cousin summaries to page 120 due</DIV> <DIV> - Short answer response</DIV> <DIV> - Which character shows the power in the Shaughnessey home? </DIV> <DIV> - What shows this? </DIV> <DIV> - Why do other characters respect this authority?<BR> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV align=center> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: red">Mandatory Writer's Workshop Topics</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV align=center> </DIV> <DIV align=left>1. What are you best at? Better than anything else that you do.</DIV> <DIV align=left>2. What is your best memory prior to being in highschool?</DIV> <DIV align=left>3. What is your biggest dream or aspiration in the near or distant future? What must you do to accomplish this goal?</DIV> <DIV align=left>4. Creative story and cover</DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt" align=center><STRONG>MP-3</STRONG> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4/9 - Vocabulary quiz</DIV> <DIV> - Writer's Workshop due<BR> </DIV> <DIV> - Extra credit projects due</DIV> <DIV>4/8 - 2 - Complete to chapter 14</DIV> <DIV> - 3 - Complete to chapter 15</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>4/7 - Write a 1/2 page on which character seems to show power over the Shaghnessey home.</DIV> <DIV> - Who calls the shots? - Why this character? - Why do others listen to this character? </DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4/6 -2 - Complete to chapter 11</DIV> <DIV> - 3 - Complete to chapter 14<BR> </DIV> <DIV> 4/1 - 2- Complete to chapter 6</DIV> <DIV> - 3 - Complete to chapter 5</DIV> <DIV>3/31 - 2 - Complete to chapter 4</DIV> <DIV> - 3 - Complete to chapter 2<BR> </DIV> <DIV>3/27 - Final drafts due</DIV> <DIV style="COLOR: #ff0000"><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000">3/26 - Begin "The Killer's Cousin"</SPAN> 2-Completed chapter 1<BR> </DIV> <DIV>3/25 - Vocab quiz (study study study study study)</DIV> <DIV>3/23 - Rough drafts due / Peer edit</DIV> <DIV>3/20 - Page 9 of workshop due</DIV> <DIV> - Last chance to hand in make-ups for late assignments/re-dos</DIV> <DIV>3/19 - Vocab packets due</DIV> <DIV>3/13 - M&M projects due </DIV> <DIV> - Page 8 of workshop finished</DIV> <DIV>3/11 - M&M QUest</DIV> <DIV>3/3-3/5 - CAPT</DIV> <DIV> - Working on M&M projects <SPAN style="COLOR: red">(Will not be worked on in class next week)</SPAN><BR> </DIV> <DIV>2/27 - Gates Revisions due <BR> </DIV> <DIV>2/13 - 2 - Complete Gates response</DIV> <DIV>2/12 - 2 - Complete M&M packets <BR> </DIV> <DIV>2/11 - 3- Complete M&M packets<BR> </DIV> <DIV> - 2 - Complete M&M packets George -> Lennie <BR> </DIV> <DIV>2/10 -3-Complete M&M packets to George->Lennie <BR> </DIV> <DIV> 2/9 - Small groups for M&M worksheets<BR> </DIV> <DIV> - Hand in all movie worksheets<BR> </DIV> <DIV>1/29 - reading quiz up to page 90<BR> </DIV> <DIV> - Complete weekly write-up<BR> </DIV> <DIV>1/15 - Mid-term prep <BR> </DIV> <DIV>1/14 - Read up to page 60 </DIV> <DIV> - reading quiz</DIV> <DIV> - Second weekly write-up due<BR> </DIV> <DIV> 1/12 - Read up to page 40<BR> </DIV> <DIV> - Quiz on M&M<BR> </DIV> <DIV>1/9 - First weekly write-up due</DIV> <DIV> - Read up to page 30<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: #020202"> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: #020202"> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0817ff size=4></FONT></STRONG></DIV> </DIV> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0817ff size=4></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0817ff size=4></FONT></STRONG></DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> </SPAN></DIV> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: red">Mandatory Writer's Workshop Topics</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV>1. Song lyrics story (with lyrics)</DIV> <DIV>2. What is the meaning of the painting, "Son of Man"</DIV> <DIV>3. Agree/disagree with quote, "society must be cleansed of elements which represent its own death." </DIV> <DIV> 4. Choose a book/movie/video game/etc. and write a new and different ending than the original</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> 9/11/08<BR> 1. Voluptuous – adj - given to or spent in enjoyment of luxury, pleasure, or sensual gratifications<BR> 2. Piquant – adj - agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; attractive<BR> 3. Wanton – adj - without regard for what is right, just, humane<BR> 4. Corpulent – adj – stout, fat<BR> 5. Perverse – adj – Persistent in what is wrong<BR> 6. Contagion – N - the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact<BR> 7. Sagacious – adj - shrewd, keen in practical matters<BR> 8. Bereft – adj – deprived of; made unhappy through a loss<BR> 9. Verbatim – adj/avd – word for word, exactly as written or spoken<BR> 10. Reiterate – V – to say again, repeat<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> 9/18/08<BR> 11. Augment – V – to make larger, increase<BR> 12. Stolid – adj – not easily moved mentally or emotionally<BR> 13. Unkempt – adj – not combed, untidy<BR> 14. Warily – adv – cautiously, with great care<BR> 15. Opulent – adj – wealthy, luxurious<BR> 16. Guise – n – an external appearance, cover, mask<BR> 17. Fortitude – n– courage in facing difficulties<BR> 18. Gape – v – to stare with open mouth<BR> 19. Pliable – adj – easily bent, flexible; easily influenced<BR> 20. Ambidextrous – adj – able to use both hands equally well<BR> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <DIV> 10/10<BR> 1. Auspicious – adj - favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate<BR> 2. Audacity – n - boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety<BR> 3. Aurora – n - a radiant emission from the upper atmosphere in the form of luminous bands<BR> 4. Austere – adj - severe in manner or appearance, strict<BR> 5. Autonomy – n - independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions, self governing<BR> 6. Clandestine – adj - characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, deception<BR> 7. Eclipse – n - the obscuration of the light of the moon or sun by the position of the moon, sun, and earth<BR> 8. Monocle – n - an eyeglass for one eye<BR> 9. Palindrome – n - a word, verse, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.<BR> <DIV>10. Canorous – adj - melodious; musical.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=center><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Poetry Vocabulary</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. Simile - Comparison of two unlike things using like or as<BR> </DIV> <DIV>2. Metaphor - Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as<BR> </DIV> <DIV>3. Mood - The atmosphere or feeling of a situation <BR> </DIV> <DIV>4. Tone - The pitch of a voice which leads to the mood of a situation<BR> </DIV> <DIV>5. Imagery - visually descriptive language that heavily details something using any of the senses so that the reader is able to see, taste, smell, feel, smell, or hear that object in question<BR> </DIV> <DIV>6. Allusion - indirect reference<BR> </DIV> <DIV>7. Repetition - A word, phrase, or idea that is repeated to reach a specified effect<BR> </DIV> <DIV>8. Personification - Giving an inanimate object human traits <BR> </DIV> <BR> </DIV> <DIV align=center><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"> Mid-term</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Keep in mind that if you have lost copies of stories or poems, if you google the author and title you can find them very easily.<BR> <BR> Short Stories<BR> - Story of an Hour<BR> - Popular Mechanics<BR> - Huckleberry Finn excerpt<BR> <BR> Poetry<BR> - Ozymandias<BR> - Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening<BR> - The Train<BR> - My Papa’s Waltz<BR> <BR> The Crucible<BR> <BR> Vocabulary<BR> - Poetry terms<BR> - 30 vocab words<BR> <BR> Article response<BR> - Read through and interpret an article<BR> - Answer 4 questions with developed ideas <BR> - Use relevant examples from the text<BR> - Use all space provided<BR> <BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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