9/13/10
1. In your textbooks, read pp.20-28 (The Wrath of Grendel)
2. Begin researching your independent reading novel.
9/15/10
In the textbook, read The Coming of Grendel.
6 October 2010
Make sure you have finished reading Beowulf. The test scheduled for Friday has been postponed until Tuesday, 12 October 2010.
For those students absent on Monday, there is a worksheet with questions from Beowulf which was distributed in class on Monday. We have gone over the first 15 questions. Be sure to get the answers from a classmate.
9/22/10
At this point, you should have begun working on your summer reading projects. It is due on September 30th. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED!
9/28/2010
Summer Reading projects are due THIS Thursday, September 30th. Late assignments WILL NOT be accepted.
10/14/10
1. Get exams signed.
2. On looseleaf, do test corrections.
3. In your notebooks, look up the following vocabulary words: abashed, accolade, aesthete, ambigously, anarchy, austerity, automation, bantam, blitzkrieg, Bolshevik
10/18/10
Finish reading Ch. 1 of A Separate Peace. Using post-it notes, jot down any questions you may have from the reading.
10/20/10
Continue reading Ch.2 and read Ch. 3 of A Separate Peace, and take notes in preparation for a
reading quiz.
27 October 2010
Read up to p.63 of A Separate Peace. Answer the following questions on looseleaf (or typed), using complete sentences. Include the page number of where you found your answer.
1.What does the narrator believe that Finny is doing to him?
2. What does the narrator dedicate himself to?
3. How do Finny and the narrator compare academically and athletically?
4. What does Finny say will happen the night before the French final exam?
5. What does the narrator realize about himself and Finny?
6. What happened to Finny? How does the narrator feel?
7. What does the narrator do one evening when dressing for dinner?
8. What does the doctor tell him about Finny’s condition?
9. What does the narrator want to tell Finny? Does he?
10. What does the narrator do when he is passing through Boston on his way back to Devon?
There will be a quiz tomorrow on today's notes.
8 November 2010
Find 4 examples in Ch. 1-3 where Gene speaks of internal conflict.
15 November 2010
Essay Question: Using a 5 paragraph essay format (as discussed in class), asnwer the follow questions.
On the beach, Finny calls Gene his "best pal," but Gene cannot respond in the same way. At this point in the novel, how is Finny a "best pal" to Gene? How is Gene not a "best pal" to Finny? Do the friends' feelings about each other change as the novel progresses? Explain your answers with references to the novel.
29 November 2010
The essays written in class last week (during my absence), which were returned to by re-written will be collected in class tomorrow.
1 December 2010
Discuss one of literature's biggest questions amongst yourselves: did Gene intentionally cause Finny's accident?
How is the reader made to feel about Gene? Do we judge him for his actions? Condemn him for them? Or is he a sympathetic character?
2 December 2010
Of the different conflicts seen in the book (ie. Man vs. man, man vs. self, etc.)
Choose two and compare and contrast.
10 January 2011
In a well-thought out response of at least one page, answer the following question: Is man born with an innate sense of good, or an innate sense of evil? Use references from LOTF to explain your answer.
I AM STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO TURN IN THIS ASSIGNMENT....DR 1/14/2011
14 January 2011
Take home quiz - In well-written responses,answer the following questions on loose leaf for Tuesday:
1. What sort of weapon is Jack using to hunt pigs?
2. How does Jack know there is a pig in the creepers ahead of him?
3. How are the boys collecting drinking water?
4. Who helps Ralph with the hut building?
5. How many huts have the boys managed to build?
6. Who destroys the littluns’ sandcastles?
7. What does Roger do to cruelly bother Henry?
8. What substances and colors does Jack use to paint his face?
9. Why is the signal fire out?
10. What violence does Jack commit toward Piggy?
18 January 2011
Independent book reports are due tomorrow. Don't forget!
Bratta, Wegner, Michalski - are excused and recevied extra credit for getting the quizzes in. The rest of the class your quizzes are due tomorrow - no excuses.
15 February 2011
Textbook p. 227 answer questions 2,3,4 on looseleaf.
Don't forget to bring your textbooks to class.
4TH QUARTER
3/29/11
In the textbook, read Macbeth Act I, Scene V. On looseleaf, answer questions 1-7 on p.262.
3/30/2011
Answer the following questions in your notebooks:
1. Banquo has acknowledged that thoughts of the witches and their prophecies have been weighing on his mind. What might he be considering?
2. How does the statement below differ from Macbeth's response to the prophecies?
Banquo says, " So I lose none In seeking to augment it, but still keep My bosom franchised and allegiance clear, I shall be counseled."
3/31/2011
Read Act II, Scenes II and III.
1) What mood or atmosphere do lines 14 - 19 create on p. 268?
4/5/2011
As mentioned in class, go to the English IIB Handouts link and begin working on the writing assignment. The handout has the due date as Friday, April 15th that has been changed to Monday, April 18th. No late assignments will be accepted!
4/6/2011
Finish your classwork assignment from today (read p. 267-276; complete question # 1-5, 11 in your textbook).
4/18/2011
On p. 277, Understanding Atmosphere question #1 - answer in paragraph form on looseleaf.
5/5/2011
On p. 311 (questions based on Macbeth, Act IV) - answer the following questions - Interpreting #'s 6,7,8 and Applying #12 on loose leaf.
5/11/2011
In your TB, Analyzing Literature (Understanding Irony) Questions 1 & 2
5/19/2011
In your TB p.311, answer questions 2-5 (a,b,c) and 6 on looseleaf
5/25/11
TB p.325, answer questions #5 (a,b,c) & 6 (a,b,c) on loose leaf
June 11, 2011
Good morning guys. I will have your English final study guide posted by the end of today. It's a lot of pages, but I guarantee you that it will be worthwhile. Have a Happy Saturday!