World Literature- Review questions on "Circe" and "Land of the Dead"
- Review map of Hades
- Discuss Dante's View of the Underworld
- HW: Create your own version of hell according to guidelines. Plan on presenting this to your peers.
AP Literature- Timed writing exercise on Question 1
- HW: Final Medea paper due
World Literature- Review questions for "The Cyclops" and collect homework
- In groups, read pages 911-915. Answer questions on "Circe" and "The Land of the Dead" on your own paper, in your own words.
- HW: Complete questions for homework
AP Literature- Distribute AP Prep Book
- Reviewing the Writing Process
- Question 1: Poetry
- HW: Medea final due Thursday
World Literature- Read "The Cyclops"
- HW: Finish selection and answer questions. Also read page 910, "Welcome: A Religious Duty"
AP Literature- Workshop drafts on Medea
- Revise drafts on Medea. Final due on Thursday.
World Literature- Sharing Homeric Comparisons
- Reading, "The Cyclops" page 899
- HW: Review the reading and prepare for a quiz
AP Literature- Discussion: How is Medea a tragic hero?
- Rhetorical Focus: Tone
- Break down questions
- Writing Rubric and Scoring
- HW: Drafts (two copies) due Monday
World Literature- Complete Homeric similes. Due for presentation on Friday.
- Mythology Pre-Test
- Review The Odyssey, pages 890-898
AP Literature- Read Chapter 3 on writing essays and write impressions of each sample essay.
- Complete Medea for Thursday as well as textbook, pages 1209-1216
World Literature- Discuss The Odyssey, pp. 890-898 and study questions.
AP Literature- Definitions of Evil
- The Tragic Hero
- Greek Drama
- HW: Complete Medea and Dialectical Journal/Vocabulary for Thursday.
World Literature- Quiz on introductory material
- Characteristics of the Epic
- Epithets and Homeric Similes
- HW: Read pages 891-898 and answer questions.
AP Literature- Summer Reading reports due
- What is a classic?
- Book List and the Open Question
- Literary Analysis
- HW: Continue reading of Medea
World Literature
- Check notes from reading
- Engrade
- Why were myths created?
- Discussion of reading
- HW: Prepare for quiz on all introductory material
AP Literature- Engrade
- Finish discussing Shakespearean soliloquy
- Dialectical Reading Journal and Vocabulary
- HW: Read Medea for Thursday with journal entries (15+ quotations) and vocabulary/sentences
World Literature- The Greeks and Mythology
- Geography and Timeline
- "The World is Too Much With Us" annotation
- Mythology Pre-Test (2:00 only)
- HW: Actively read pages 878-886 and take notes on main ideas. Complete by Friday, 12/18 (or Monday, 12/20 for 2:00 class)
AP Literature - Review Elements of Style quiz and analysis of sentences
- HW:AP Objective Test
World Literature- Distribute textbooks
- Literary Autobiographies due
- Active Listening and Active Reading
- Return poems and create Writing Portfolios
- HW: Actively read pages 878-886 and take notes on main ideas. Complete by Friday, 12/18 (or Monday, 12/20)
AP Literature- Quiz, Elements of Style
- HW: Study Syntactical Structures
World Literature- Collect contract and permission slips (9:00 and 11:00)
- Multiple Intelligences
- Literary Autobiography due for 2:00 class
- HW: Literary Autobiography due for all other classes.
AP Literature- Summer Reading Review posters due
- Distribute textbooks
- Discussion on Elements of Style and Exercises
- HW: Prepare for quiz on Elements of Style
World Literature- Class Rules
- Critical Literacy
- Listening
- Multiple Intelligences
- HW: Literary Autobiography
AP Literature- Themes
- Summer Reading activity
- HW: Study style vocabulary and complete exercises for Monday; quiz on Tuesday, 9/15
World Literature
- Share poetry
- Syllabus and class expectations
AP Literature
- Syllabus
- Values, Theories, and Themes
- What is a Classic?
- Summer Reading
- HW: Style Exercises due Monday; Quiz on Elements of Style on Tuesday
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This blog is designed to keep you abreast of what's happening in the classroom and what assignments are due when. Please email me at cwc568@me.com if you ever have any questions.
World Literature- Introductions
- Poetry Writing: "Where I'm From"
- HW: Finalize poem and be prepared to share
AP Literature- Experiencing and Writing about Literature
- Stages of Reading and Annotating a Text
- The AP Test
- Summer Reading essays due (For those who added the class late, please bring your novel to class.)
