WARNING: The lesson plans listed here are to give you a good idea of what's coming up in the near future. They are not absolute guarantees, and the further into the future they go, the less likely they are to be accurate. Things come up unexpectedly; sometimes it takes more or less time to cover a unit, sometimes there's a snow day, and sometimes I just change things to suit your and my schedules better. The best advice I can give you is that the closer the plan is to the CURRENT DATE, the more likely it is to be correct. Check with me if you have any questions.
Week
of August 28, 2005
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Welcome back. Sharing of class
information. Hand out textbooks. "Getting to know you"
activity." HW: None
Book of the Week: Gilgamesh
by
Stephen
Mitchell
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Discussion of the origins of writing and
literature. Poetry and the oral tradition. HW: Read the first part of
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Discussion of the first part of
Gilgamesh. Qualities of the epic, the hero, and the elegy. HW: Read the remainder of
Gilgamesh for Tuesday.
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Picture Day in the Auditorium. We'll accomplish what we can when we get back. Vocab list #1
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Whee! A day off after an
exhausting week! |
Week of September 4, 2006
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| Labor Day
Book of the Week: The Know-it-All by A.J.Jacobs
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Short
readings from first part of Gilgamesh. Summary of action up to
Enkidu's death. Lecture on characteristics of the epic and of the hero. Study Gilgamesh's elegy to Enkidu. |
Study
second part of Gilgamesh, the story of Utnapishtim. Compare to Genesis.
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Examining essay
questions for Gilgamesh. Looking at sample essays on overhead. Essay will be due on Monday. |
Vocab Quiz #1 Lesson #2 |
Week of September 11, 2006
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| Overhead
examples of good and bad essay intros.
Book of the Week: State of Fear by A.J.Jacobs
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Discussion
of Genesis Hand in 3 journal entries: 40 pts. each. |
Overheads of
Psalm 23 translations. |
Discussion of
"Ruth" Hand in essays (100 pts.) |
Vocab Quiz #2 Lesson #3 |
Week of September 18, 2006
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| Paradoxes
by Rumi HW: p. 62, 1-7 Book of the Week: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
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Bhagavad
Gita |
Test
on Unit 1: |
Vocab Quiz #3 Lesson #4 |
Act 80 |
Week of September 25, 2006
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| PSSA
discussion and sample reading test. HW: Read the introduction to the Odyssey Book of the Week: Short Stories by Roald Dahl
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Reading
and discussing the Odyssey |
Reading
and discussing the Odyssey |
Tentatively: Looking at a few essays from the ones you wrote for 9/14. | Vocab Quiz #4 Lesson #5
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Week of October 2, 2006
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Reading and discussing the
Odyssey.
Book of the Week: The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
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Reading and discussing the
Odyssey. HW: page 142, questions 1-8 |
Reading and discussing the Odyssey. |
Watching part of the Odyssey
on video. |
Vocab Quiz #5 Lesson #6
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Week of October 9, 2006
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Act 80 Day: No class.
Book of the Week: Huckleberry Finn
Mark
Twain
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Reading and discussing the
Odyssey. HW: An essay for Friday. Click here for details. |
Finishing reading and discussing the Odyssey. |
Watching remainder of the Odyssey
on video. |
Vocab Quiz #6 Lesson #7
Hand in Odyssey essay--100 pts.
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Week of October 16, 2006
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Showing Odyssey essays on the
overhead. Book of the Week: 1984
George Orwell
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Odyssey essays due (100 pts.). We will be looking at some more PSSA reading exercises today.
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Odyssey test today. Objective, ScanTron. Bring a pencil. | Mini-unit on the proper use of the comma starting today. This will take about 3 days, and we'll have a quiz on it at the end. Refer to the website for more information. | Vocab Quiz #7 Lesson #8
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Week of October 23, 2006
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Reading Oedipus the King. Book of the Week: Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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Reading Oedipus the King. Handing out the Odyssey test and going over it. |
Reading Oedipus the King. Showing a few uses of the comma on the projector. |
Reading Oedipus the King. Showing a few uses of the comma on the projector. |
Big vocab test 1-8
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Week of October 30, 2006
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Reading and discussing Oedipus
the King. Book of the Week: Dracula
Bram Stoker
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Reading and discussing Oedipus
the King. Last day for rewrites to be submitted. |
Reading and discussing Oedipus
the King. HW: To be announced. |
Reading and discussing Oedipus
the King. Collecting HW from yesterday. |
Vocab Quiz #9 Lesson #10
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Week of November 6, 2006
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Video on Oedipus the King. HW: Write essay on Oedipus for Friday. Click here for details. Book of the Week:
The Lessons of History
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Video on Oedipus the King. Looking at an example of the Oedipus essay. Click here for details on the Oedipus Essay! |
Video on Oedipus the King. Looking at an example of the Oedipus essay. |
Finish video on Oedipus the King. |
Vocab Quiz #10 Lesson #11 Hand in essay on Oedipus the King.
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Week of November 13, 2006
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No School Book of the Week:
The Stranger
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Oedipus test: Open book. | Sample essays on Oedipus on the overhead. |
Hand in
Oedipus essay (100 pts.) A further look at PSSA language: gerunds, participial phrases, collective nouns, etc. |
Vocab Quiz #11 Lesson #12
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Week of November 27, 2006
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No School Book of the Week:
The Golden Compass,
etc.
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Reading Canto I of Inferno.
Stopping for analysis and questions as we go. |
Summary of Canto II. Reading Canto III of Inferno. | Summary of Canto IV--Limbo. Reading of Canto V: Francesca and Paolo. |
Vocab Quiz #12 Lesson #13 |
Week of December 4, 2006
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Finish reading Canto III of
Inferno. Short discussion of what is in IV, and begin reading Canto
V--Francesca and Paolo. Book of the Week: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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Finish reading Canto V. HW: Answer questions at the end of Canto V. |
Comparison of various translations
of Dante. Discussion of terza rima and problems with translation. |
Reading Cantos XXII and XXIII--the gargoyle cantos. |
Vocab Quiz #13 Lesson #14 |
Week of December 11, 2006
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Reading the "gargoyle" cantos in
Inferno. Book of the Week: The Divine Comedy by Dante (This is NOT a book of the week; it is a book for your lifetime.)
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Reading the "gargoyle" cantos in
Inferno. |
Reading the final two cantos of
Inferno. |
Reading the final two cantos of
Inferno. |
Vocab Quiz #14 Lesson #15 |
Week of December 18, 2006
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| PSSA practice in
the writing lab. Book of the Week: Marley and Me by John Grogan. If you love dogs (and who doesn't), this is the national bestseller that lives up to its reputation. |
Review of Dante's
Inferno. There will be an essay on Dante due in the week that you return--probably Friday. Check here for details. |
Test on Dante's Inferno. Objective (ScanTron) and open book. Bring pencils. | Coloring and Games. Bring your crayons, markers, board games. | No School |
Week of January 1, 2007
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No School Book of the Week: The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Yes, The Hobbit, the beginning of what was arguably the greatest fantasy fiction ever written. If you haven't read it, you're in for a rare treat. |
Looking at examples
of past Dante papers and critiquing them. |
Handing out copies of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and beginning to read. Also, introduction to the concept of romance and to the development of the English language. | Continuing with
reading Gawain and with romance and language development. Remember to take notes!! |
Vocab Quiz #15 Lesson #16 Dante Essays due (100 pts.) |
Week of January 8, 2007
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Dante Essays due (100 pts.) Class to writing lab for PSSA practice. Book of the Week: Eats, Shoots and Leaves, by Lynn Truss. |
Reading Gawain
and the Green Knight aloud. Stopping for notes. |
Reading Gawain
and the Green Knight aloud. Stopping for notes. |
Reading Gawain
and the Green Knight aloud. Stopping for notes. Remember to take notes!! |
Vocab Final #1-16
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Week of January 15, 2007
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No School: Act 80 Book of the Week: To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee. |
Reading Gawain and the Green Knight in class. Discussion and notes as we go. | Reading Gawain and the Green Knight in class. Discussion and notes as we go. | Reading Gawain and the Green Knight in class. Discussion and notes as we go. |
Vocab Quiz #17 Lesson #18
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Week of March 19, 2007
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Test on A Doll's House
Bring your Hamlet packets with you for after the test. |
Begin reading
Hamlet in class--taking notes as you go. Make sure you ANSWER EVERY QUESTION IN THE STUDY GUIDE AS WE GO ALONG!! For a copy, go to Literature Links. |
Reading Hamlet
aloud and discussing as we go. |
Reading Hamlet
aloud and discussing as we go. |
Vocab Final 17-24 Lesson #25
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Week of March 26, 2007
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| Quickly reviewing
vocab list 25 for Friday's quiz. Reading Hamlet
aloud and discussing as we go. |
Reading Hamlet
aloud and discussing as we go. Make sure you ANSWER EVERY QUESTION IN THE STUDY GUIDE AS WE GO ALONG!! For a copy, go to Literature Links. |
Reading Hamlet
aloud and discussing as we go. |
Tentatively, video on Act I of Hamlet. |
Vocab quiz 25 Lesson #26
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Week of April 2, 2007
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Open book test on Act I of Hamlet. Continuing to read text of Act II following test.
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Reading Hamlet
aloud and discussing as we go. Act II, scene ii. Make sure you ANSWER EVERY QUESTION IN THE STUDY GUIDE AS WE GO ALONG!! For a copy, go to Literature Links. |
Video: The
Reduced Shakespeare Company. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS! |
No School |
No School |