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Moday, October 13 2A
Sentence corrects 1-8 (See Below)
Discuss quoting MLA style
Binder check for points
HW: Finish Novel
Sell your canto. Sign up for one, and sell it to class next Wednesday or Thursday. This will be a test
grade, so show care.
Heart of Darkness essay corrects
1. This book reveals that everyone’s true colors come out when it comes to money, and the horrible
events that occur in ones life reply over and over in ones mind.
2. Why should we not begin our essays with something like such?
“But his soul was mad. Being alone in the wilderness, it had looked within itself and, by heavens I tell
you, it had gone mad.” (p. 66)
3. “The air was warm, thick, heavy, and sluggish. There was no joy in the brilliance of sunshine,”
(102) the whole atmosphere was a different change for the new settlers and people from Europe,
they dealt with things they weren’t used to such as warmer air and more humidity.
4. …the sentences heavy use of detail proves tedious in length, tending to drain the reader,
reflecting the tediousness of the voyage and the drainage of Marlow’s strength.
5. Conrad is effective in emphasizing the effects through which the environment of the Congo
renders onto one.
6. There is another side to Marlow’s psychological stress: The anticipation of meeting Kurtz, the
realization of Kurtz’ true character and how it reflected onto human society.”
7. “It was unearthly, and the men were-No, they were not inhuman. Well, you know, that was the
worst of it – the suspicion of their not being inhuman” (24). In this quote Marlow is saying that he
was first frightened because he did not understand the culture of the natives.
8. Joseph Conrad is a unique writer because he describes scenes rich with imagery so the reader can
imagine what the narrator is enduring.
Thursday, October 9
Finish Dante's Inferno and complete notes for four Cantos by Thursday
Check out The Kite Runner
Look at latest essays and assess how you will improve. Update portfolio.
Discuss Dante's Inferno
In Computer Lab, look at power point of Inferno art. Choose art for 15
different Cantos, Write the Canto number, the artist's name and title of the
art, and your original Caption for each Canto. Use your books to help you form
beautiful captions.
Our next unit, after Dante's Inferno, will be a crimes against humanity, and
we will be reading two
books: Elie Weisel's Night and Hosseini's The Kite Runner, so feel free to
purchase these for your AP
shelf if you are so inclined.
Wednesday, 2A, October 8
Check out The Kite Runner
Look at latest essays and assess how you will improve. Update portfolio.
Discuss Dante's Inferno
In Computer Lab, look at power point of Inferno art. Choose art for 15
different Cantos, Write the Canto number, the artist's name and title of the
art, and your original Caption for each Canto. Use your books to help you form
beautiful captions.
HW: Finish Dante's Inferno by next Wednesday.
Monday and Tuesday, October 6-7
Watch and take notes on Two Million Minutes Documentary
Update portfolio with newly graded essays
Read the next five cantos and note take for two of them
Friday, October 3
Talk about Hollow Men essay
Discuss Dantes Canto 7
Read and listen to TS Eliot's J. Alfred Prufrock
Notes on Hero Cycle
Read through Canto 15, and be ready to turn in notes for just two of them
Thursday, October 2
Edit each other's "Hollow Men" papers
Discuss Dante's Inferno
Writing lab notes
Notes on heroic cycle
Pass out basket and Read Dante's Inferno through Canto 16. Choose two cantos
to take notes on, but
if these notes are helping you, I suggest you take notes for each Canto.
Wednesday, October 1
1. Using The AP Exam in English, located on bookshelf on north wall, students
will
read pages 117-120 and take notes.
2. List the poetic forms, along with a brief explanation of each, found on
pages 187-193. Please
collect and place in the basket.
Tuesday, September 30
Discuss Canto I-V
Read VI in class
Read VII and VIII for homework and take notes to turn in next class period
Quiz on "The Shadow"
Read, discuss "The Love Song of Prufrock"
Monday, September 27
Read, discuss TS Eliot's "The Hollow Men" and answer questions to help you in
your homework.
Answer the following prompt. 2-3 pages, multiparagraph, good choice of quotes
that are punctuated
correctly, double title, TNR 12, vivid verbs, no "There are sentences"
Read through Canto 7, and take notes
Read Dante's Inferno through ____ by next class
Writing corrections - Vivid verbs handout
Friday, September 26
Read, discuss TS Eliot's "The Hollow Men" and answer questions to help you in
your homework.
Answer the following prompt. 2-3 pages, multiparagraph, good choice of quotes
that are punctuated
correctly, double title, TNR 12, vivid verbs, no "There are sentences"
Eliot wrote in The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism, “But the essential
advantage for a poet is
not to have a beautiful world with which to deal; it is to be able to see
beneath both beauty and
ugliness; to see the boredom, and the horror, and the glory.” To what extent
does The Hollow Men”
illustrate this statement?
Thursday, Septmber 25
Respond to TS Eliot quote "So far as we are human, what we do must be either
evil or good; so far as
we do evil or good, we are human; and it is better, in a paradoxical way, to
do evil than to do
nothing; ast leasat we exist."
Go to computer lab and look at the site for Dante's Inferno at University of
Texas at Austin. Use this
to your advantage while reading the epic poem.
Read through Canto V and take computerized notes for next class period.
Copy the map on page 28
Update resume
Wednesday, September 24
Respond to TS Eliot quote "So far as we are human, what we do must be either
evil or good; so far as
we do evil or good, we are human; and it is better, in a paradoxical way, to
do evil than to do
nothing; ast leasat we exist."
Go to computer lab and look at the site for Dante's Inferno at University of
Texas at Austin. Use this
to your advantage while reading the epic poem.
Read through Canto V and take computerized notes for next class period.
Copy the map on page 28
Update resume
Monday, September 22
Collect verb essays
Explicate TS Eliot's "The Hollowmen"
subjective and grammar talk with If and Were
Extra Credit: If appropriate, burn a copy of The Hollowmen to help us
understand, visualize the poem
Read Canto one together. For HW, type 15 lines of notes after reading the
entire part in the book, the
preface, the canto and the notes afterward. Save this and plan on adding to it
as we read.
Friday, September 19
Grade Heart of Darkness tests, and explain your new answers for extra credit
Go over the Eagle's "Hotel California" and relate to Heart of Darkness.
Look at summer reading essays, highlight each and every verb
and change them to more vivid verbs. Due next class
Present tissue boxes
Thurday, September 18
Discuss "The Shadow"
Go over the Eagle's "Hotel California" and relate to Heart of Darkness.
Discuss essay prompt. Essays due in one week, TNR 12, Double titile, 4-6
paragraphs.
Look at summer reading essays, highlight each and every verb
and change them to more vivid verbs. Due Tuesday
Don't forget tissue boxes to present
Our next unit, after Dante's Inferno, will be a crimes against humanity, and
we will be reading two
books: Elie Weisel's Night and Hosseini's The Kite Runner, so feel free to
purchase these for your AP
shelf if you are so inclined.
Wednesday, September 17
Discuss Dante's Inferno briefly
Take Heart of Darkness test
Discuss The Shadow questions 1-5
Discuss essay prompt. Essays due in one week, TNR 12, Double titile, 4-6
paragraphs
Tuesday, September 16
Notes on Heart of Darkness
Doppelganger, Atavism, mephistopheles, Anthropomorphis,
Marlow and Kurtz
Id, Ego, Superego
Collect "The Horror" papers
Heart of Darkness test
HW: Read The Shadow, and answer #1-5 (from analyzing Literary technique) in
very professional,
well thought out answers. Due Thursday
HW: bring in a tissue box on which you have depicted "The Horror," and present
to us. Due Tuesday
Monday, September 15
Notes on Heart of Darkness
Doppelganger, Atavism, mephistopheles, Anthropomorphis,
Marlow and Kurtz
Id, Ego, Superego
Watch Video, and take notes
Collect Resume and "The Horror" papers
HW: Study for test
HW: Read The Shadow, and answer #1-5 (from analyzing Literary technique) in
very professional,
well thought out answers.
HW: bring in a tissue box on which you have depicted "The Horror," and present
to us.
Friday, September 12
Students will watch the Heart of Darkness video, the part entitled “play
video,” and take notes. Please
collect and place in the basket. I’ve told students they will be given the
opportunity to read during
this period. We have been studying Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and they are to
have it completed
with notes by next period. If they do not use this time to their advantage,
please let me know. It is
not to be a social time at all.
Thursday, September 11
1. Respond to "The Horror" with Brittney Spears. Take this paper home, and
after you have completed
The Heart of Darkness, respond to "The Horror" again on same paper.
2. Time to help eachother with symbols paper
3. Discussion of Heart of Darkness
HW: Finish novella
HW: Resume - error free please
James Nachtway has some incredibly impressive photos (online) that we could
easily relate to our
novel, if you would like to see them. Thank you, William.
Wednesday, September 10
1. Respond to "The Horror" with Brittney Spears. Take this paper home, and
after you have completed
The Heart of Darkness, respond to "The Horror" again on same paper
2. Pass out papers and discuss
3. Time to help eachother with symbols paper
4. Discussion of Heart of Darkness
HW: Finish novella
HW: Resume - error free please
James Nachtway has some incredibly impressive photos (online) that we could
easily relate to our
novel, if you would like to see them. Thank you, William.
Tuesday, September 9
Go over "Battle of the Ants."
Essay corrections/writing notes
Pass back basket, and look at grades
I am From poem, example.
HW: Your final poem copy due next class. Be sure to have original title
HW: label symbols in Heart of Darkness and note their page numbers
Monday, September 8
Discuss how to complete a resume. Have your resume completed and ready to turn
in one week.
Go over "Battle of the Ants."
Essay corrections/writing notes
Pass back basket, and look at grades
I am From poem, example.
HW: Your final poem copy due next class. Be sure to have original title
HW: label symbols in Heart of Darkness and note their page numbers
Thursday and Friday, September 4-5
Updated portfolios, and discuss essays
Take notes on Leopold
Discuss your moral fiber baseed on our list
Pass in homework
Read and discussed first page of Heart of Darkness
HW: read part I and II of Heart of Darkness, and make a list of 30 words
depicting evil
Hone into the following symbols as you read. Be redy for a test on Monday
or Tuesday over I and II.
snake, jungle, grass, huge buzzing flies, swarm of small flies, useless
pail, shoes, blinding sunshine,
sealing wax, oil painting, candles, rivets, water, colors (black and white
images, yellow, paleness,
green, blue, ivory, gray and browns. Love this novella!
Tuesday, September 2
Check out Dante's Inferno and Heart of Darkness
Discuss student satirical cartoon
Discuss "Dover Beach," and all we could discuss regarding the poem. Compare
to "The Dover Bitch."
Discuss satire found in the second poem.
Mad libs to show tone and the intent of an author. Finish this as homework
if needed
HW: "The March of the Ants," and six questions following. Be sure to write
down an explanation as to
why you chose that answer.
HW: Look at beginning of The Heart of Darkness, and explicate it, make
notes, and "make it bleed."
Friday, August 29
Comma notes and discussion
Being Concise notes and discussion
Letter of Apology to me using all the information about commas and being
concise that you just
learned.
We will soon be studying the following two novels, so if you are interested
in getting your own, get-
to-keep-it copy, then do so.
Dante's Inferno, Ciardi
Heart of Darkness, Conrad
Wednesday and Thursday, August 27-28
Present masks and discuss editorials
Answer AP questions on "A Modest Proposal," and go over answers
Overheads of Satire, notes and discussion
Make The Dover Beach bleed and make list of what you should discuss
regarding it of at least ten
things you would discuss.
Read "The Stack on the Stairway" and respond in one, handwritten paragraph
HW: Satirical Cartoon on 8 x 11 paper, with your name and brief explanation
of what you are
mocking on the backside.
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Monday, August 25
Look at essays and turn in college app papers
Take notes on pages 143-145 from AP Exam book
Read "A Modest Proposal," and complete as hw if you didn't finish in class.
Highlight words/phrases
that really struck you as satiral
HW: parent, student letters, masks and editorials
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Friday, August 22
Writing Workshop
Commas
Concise
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We will soon be studying the following two novels, so if you are interested
in getting your own, get-
to-keep-it copy, then do so.
Dante's Inferno, Ciardi
Heart of Darkness, Conrad
Wednesday and Thursday, August 20-21
Look at AP handouts and begin AP section of your notebook Using those
handouts, if you wish,
respond to an AP Prompt for summer reading.
Things Fall Apart
I. Write an Editorial responding to the question, “Do we live in a world
that is falling apart?”
II. The novel has everything to do with one’s moral fiber. Think of the
novel in those terms and how
those morals vary from your own set of morals. The Ibo tribes used masks to
represent the ancestral
spirits of the Ibo tribe. Invent a spirit of your own that speaks of the
brutality and suffering, tradition
and community found in Things Fall Apart. Be prepared to present it to us
and explain to us how it
contrast or compares to your moral code.
HW: Rhetoric quiz on green handout due Friday or Monday
HW: College App essay due Monday or Tuesday
HW: Masks due Wednesday or Thursday
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Monday and Tuesday, August 18-19
Present College Collage and take notes
Begin your college application essay Complete and turn in to me in seven
days. (TNR, 12)
Highlight all the titles you have read From the Free Response Questions
Thursday and Friday, August 14-15
"Did I Miss Anything" along with a tone discussion.
Does Grammar matter? - Two handouts to read and discuss
11 Commandments of AP
Compare/ contrast themes of summer reads and discuss
Things Fall Apart
Interpretations of Masculinity
Justice
Fear
Fall of Society
Cultural Differences
One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest
Humor and Satire
The definition of Insanity
Physical and moral courage
Freedom versus control
Importance of Sexuality
Tuesday, August 12
Introduce self as a literary character
Break the silence of the page with Frank McCourt
Discuss Letters of recommendation
First lines handout
Write 3 adjectives about you in Times New Roman, 12, not to exceed 2 pages.
Due Thursday.
Wednesday and Thursday, August 20-21
Look at AP handouts and begin AP section of your notebook
Using those handouts, if you wish, respond to an AP Prompt for summer
reading.
Things Fall Apart
I. Write an Editorial responding to the question, “Do we live in a world
that is falling apart?”
II. The novel has everything to do with one’s moral fiber. Think of the
novel in those terms and how
those morals vary from your own set of morals. The Ibo tribes used masks to
represent the ancestral
spirits of the Ibo tribe. Invent a spirit of your own that speaks of the
brutality and suffering, tradition
and community found in Things Fall Apart. Be prepared to present it to us
and explain to us how it
contrast or compares to your moral code.
HW: Rhetoric quiz on green handout due Friday or Monday
HW: College App essay due Monday or Tuesday
HW: Masks due Wednesday or Thursday
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Monday and Tuesday, August 18-19
Present College Collage and take notes
Begin your college application essay
Complete and turn in to me in seven days. (TNR, 12)
Highlight all the titles you have read From the Free Response Questions
Thursday and Friday, August 14-15
"Did I Miss Anything" along with a tone discussion.
Does Grammar matter? - Two handouts to read and discuss
11 Commandments of AP
Compare/ contrast themes of summer reads and discuss
Things Fall Apart
Interpretations of Masculinity
Justice
Fear
Fall of Society
Cultural Differences
One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest
Humor and Satire
The definition of Insanity
Physical and moral courage
Freedom versus control
Importance of Sexuality
Tuesday, August 12
Introduce self as a literary character
Break the silence of the page with Frank McCourt
Discuss Letters of recommendation
First lines handout
Write 3 adjectives about you in Times New Roman, 12, not to exceed 2 pages.
Due Thursday.
College Collage due next Tuesday
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