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ENC 1101--Dual Enrollment English
May 5-9
5 A Doll's House--Act I
6 A Doll's House--Video
7 A Doll's House
8 Due: Reflective Essay/Vocab H #4 Test
9 A Doll's House
April 28-May 2
28 Vocab H #4 -- Test on Tuesday, May 6; Am I Blue Discussion
29 In-class test essay on Am I Blue
30 Writing a Reflection Essay on portfolio contents--essay due on Thursday, May 8
1 Mrs. Andi Smith visited class w/info on sending transcripts. Reflections essay is due on Thursday, May 8.
Make this essay a model, an illustration of what good writing should be!
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April 21-25
21 Oedipus Rex: Discussion
22 Test on Dubliners
23 Aristotle on Tragic Hero
24 Test on Oedipus Rex
25 Your personality profile
April 14-18
14 Oedipus Rex; group work on Dubliners project
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16 Vocab Test
17 Late start day--no class!
18 Due today: Dubliners project
April 7-11
7 Dubliners--A Close Reading of "The Boardinghouse"
8 Sophocles' Oedipus Rex: Intro to the Oedipus Myth
9 Oedipus Rex
10 Large group sharing of auto-bio poems
11 Due: Your reading notes on Dubliners and your original poems
In-class writing on Gabriel
March 24-28
24 Writing a Ballad; Issuing of Dubliners (Due April 10)
25 Creative Writing: Metaphor Poems
26 Writing 5-WH Poems
27 Writing an auto-biographical poem
28 Test on Selected Poems
MARCH 17-21
17 "To His Coy Mistress," "Dover Beach" and Parodies
18 Last-minute questions on handing in research paper
19 YOUR RESEARCH PAPER IS DUE AT THE BEGINNING
OF YOUR CLASS PERIOD--NO EXTENSIONS
"Ode on a Grecian Urn"--Concept Maps
20 In-Class Writing
21 Good Friday--NO SCHOOL!
March 10-14
10 Poem selections from text
11 Period 1--Due: Sonnet; Group sharing of sonnets
Period 3--No Class (FCAT)
12 Periods 1, 3--No Class (FCAT)
13 In-Class Writing: Essay on short poem (100 pts.)
14 Periods 1, 3--No Class (FCAT)
March 3-7
3 Mrs. Reeves from Guidance
4 Researching short stories
5 Researching short stories
6 Due: Your Works Cited page!
7 Quiz--Voc H #2
February 25-29
25 Recap of "In the Metro"; Selected poems
26 Selected poems
27 Selected poems
28 Selected poems
29 Period 1: Writing on tone (DIDLS)
Period 3: Quiz game on poetry terms
February 18-22
18 Island
19 Island
20 Essay: Island vs. Never Let Me Go
21 Essay due today: Island vs. Never Let Me Go
22 Short essay: Theme in "In the Metro"
February 11-15
11 Quiz on Raisin; Instructions on Research Paper
12 No class--FCAT Testing
13 Due: Paper, final copy of ethics paper
14 Schools of Criticism
15 Island
February 4-February 8
4 Due: Your writing on characters in a different setting due today!
5 Test on short stories
6 Continue reading Raisin--it's due on Monday, Feb11
Viewing video on ABC documentary on cheating
7 In-class writing
8 Portfolio Maintenance; Essay: Declining Moral Values (600 words, Intro (Hook, Lead-in to Thesis), Points within body (must include a counter), Closing
January 28-Feb 1
28 Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums": Discussion; Vocabulary H #1
29 DUE: 12-Sentence Short Story; "The Lottery"--Writing, Discussion, Powerpoint Presentation
30 Sharing 12-Sentence Short Stories
31 VOCAB TEST
1 Due today: "The Road to Omelas"; Writing in class (25 pts.)
January 22-25
21 Martin Luther King Day
22 "Greasy Lake"--Discussion/Writing of setting and theme
23 "The Storm"--Writing/Discussion of setting as it parallels plot; your vocab test is on Tuesday of next week. Go to vocabtest.com, H, #1.
24 "A Clean, Well Lighted Place"
25 Writing the 12-Sentence Short Story
December 17-21
17 Hamlet, Act V
18 Project: Hamlet or Never Let Me Go
19 Test on Hamlet
20 Projects
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December 10-14
10 Hamlet
11 Hamlet, Act 3
12 No class!
13 Hamlet, Act 4
14 Novel Test
December 3-7
3 "To be" soliloquy: paraphrasing and memorizing of first third
4 "To be" soliloquy: memorize to end of second third; student tableaux for 2.1, 2.2
5 LATE START DAY -- No class for Periods 1 and 3!
6 Vocab quiz on #9, #10
7 Never Let Me Go
November 26-30
26 Prep discussion for "extended definition" essay: (1) hook + thesis = intro; (2) varieties of hooks. Intro to Drew Villager, a contemporary Hamlet.
27 Hamlet, 1.1
28 Newsweek p. 42: Tourism in United States--Notes, Summary (1/2 page), Opinion (2 sents.)
29 Handout (Superlatives); Vocab Test #9, #10 on Thursday, 12-6; Hamlet, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
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November 12-16
12 Veterans' Day--No school!
13 Learning about extended definition writing; confusing words
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15 NLMG to end of Part 2
16 Voc Test
November 5-November 9
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6 Newsweek assignment (Food Allergies)
7 Late start: Newsweek assignment (Nooses)
8 Original CT Prologue for peer review
9 Vocab Test
October 29-November 2
29 "Wife of Bath's Tale"--Reading and Discussion
30 Groupwork on Wednesday's dramatization; Writing script for performance
31 CT Pilgrims at the Tabard Inn--A Dramatization
1 CT Test--Part 1
2 CT Test--Part 2; Never Let Me Go to p. 115
October 22-26
22 Parallelism w/correlative conjunctions; for tomorrow, in Brief English Handbook, read pp. 152-56, and complete exercise on p. 156.
23 Wordiness: Read in Brief English Handbook
24 Parallelism/Pronoun Reference Test
25 Canterbury Pilgrims--characteristics of each
26 "Wife of Bath'sTale"
October 15-19
15 Passbacks; vocab; CT pilgrim assignments; Newsweek reading, including "My Turn"
16 Parallelism--see Brief English Handbook.
17 Period 3--Vocab Quiz on #5. #6
18 Teaching your CT pilgrim
19 Teaching your CT pilgrim
October 8-12
8 Journal Writing on Newsweek "My Turn" column (25 pts.)
9 Personal Pronouns: Case; Problems w/Pronoun reference; Go to Handouts page for info on essay!
10 No class for Periods 1 and 3--Late Start Day!
11 Test on Pronouns
12 Due: Essay on Birth Order Theory; Peer Reviews
October 1-5
1 New calendar handout; Powerpoint on Subject-Verb Agreement; Exercises on same; Test on S-V A. Google "subject-verb agreement," and test yourself!
2 Period 1--Subject-Verb Agreement Test
3 Senior Year essay due! Staple assignment/rubric page on top of your essay; PNJ column by Tucker on op-ed page: drawing inferences from text; Period 3--Subject-Verb Agreement Test
4 Writing essay on Gardner's Grendel
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September 24-28
24 Discussion of senior year essays; subject-verb agreement; VOCAB #3, #4 QUIZ on Wednesday!
25 In Steps to Writing Well, outline pp. 272-283 on "Writing an Argumentation Essay." Senior year writings (from Friday, 9/21) will be revised, added to, re-structured and handed in on Tuesday, 10/2.
26 VOCAB QUIZ; research on birth order (notes or printout) due!
27 DUE: Grendel and reading notes
28 Summary discussion of two "senior year" articles--Your essay is due on Wednesday, October 3!
September 17-21
17 Due: Your two college application essays (final forms) ARE DUE TODAY. Remember--follow format as defined in introductory powerpoint presentation. (You have the handout on this format!!!) Indicate the prompt you have chosen by writing it out, or by typing it, across the top of the essay or on a separate sheet of paper. Today in class--review of comma usage from online sites.
18 Commas w/numbers and commas w/direct address; in Steps to Writing Well, read pp. 183-191.
19 Progress reports go home. Want a headstart? Go to your online grades! Today, in-class test on commas!
20 Mrs. Reeves will be visiting class.
21 Articles on senior year; in-class essay in response
September 10-14
10 Correct of semicolons and colons
11 More on semicolons and colons; brainstorming for college app essay
12 Quiz on semis and colons/ACT Strategies
13 Due: Beowulf reading and notes! Discussion of Beowulf as a hero
14 Due: Your one (or two, if you wish) college app essay for peer review. (Check on your university application form.)
September 4-7
4 Read Beowulf in Prentice-Hall lit text for September 13. Keep notes on these: Pagan-Christian elements, alliteration, values of Beowulf. Prepare for Reading Panels (to be presented on Friday).
5 VOCAB TEST on SAT #1, #2
6 Using semicolons and colons; accessing grades online
7 Reading panels; due on Thursday are your reading notes on Beowulf
August 27-31
27 Scoring of Diagnostic Test (from Day 2)/BEH issued
28 BEH in class: Sentence Errors
29 YOU MAY HAND IN SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT AS LATE AS FRIDAY.
30 Discussion of Reading Panel options
31 TEST on Sentence Errors
August 20-24
20 Powerpoint on classroom policies/Index card info/registration for PJC
21 Syllabus handout/Diagnostic Grammar Test
22 Intro Vocab #1
23 Writing the Academic Resume
24 College Application Essays
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