Thursday, January 28, 2010

February 3, 2010

Welcome to Second Semester!

World Literature

  • Return tests
  • Writing Folders
  • Collect and share TFA projects
  • Discuss Chapters 14 and 15
  • HW: Read Chapters 16-19 for Friday; Finish book by Monday and answer questions from Chapters 20-22

AP Literature

  • Review final
  • Return Awakening papers
  • Titles (Masculine Inspiration: The Role of Men in Chopin's The Awakening; Intellect, Companionship, Sexual Desire: The Three Fundamental Principles of Edna Pontellier's Awakening; The Flight of Edna: Bird Symbolism in The Awakening)
  • HW: Read "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

January 20, 2010

World Literature
  • Return papers
  • Discuss project
  • Discuss Chapter 13
  • HW: Work on project
AP Literature
  • Workshop of Draft 2 of The Awakening Essay

Thursday, January 14, 2010

January 15, 2010

World Literature

  • Hand back papers
  • Proverbs
  • Chapter 12
  • Travel Brochure, due after Final Exam
  • HW: Read Chapter 13 and complete all questions from handout
AP Literature

  • Review five verbs for commentary
  • Begin to review for exam
  • Tone

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

January 13, 2010

World Literature

  • Return summaries
  • Return review questions 1-10 and Chapter 11
  • Proverbs handout
  • HW: Read Chapter 12 and answer questions
2pm class: Proverbs handout; Read Chapters 12 and 13 and answer all questions

AP Literature

  • Work on drafts

Monday, January 11, 2010

January 12, 2010

World Literature

  • Hand back papers
  • Check homework
  • Review Chapters 10-11
  • HW Review all reading
AP Literature

  • Check thesis statements
  • Workshop assignments
  • HW: Draft due, The Awakening

Sunday, January 10, 2010

January 11, 2010

World Literature
  • Review in-class essays
  • Review chapters 8-10
  • HW: Chapter 11 and questions from handout
AP Literature

  • Review scores for Question 2 essay
  • Review thesis statements for Awakening paper
  • HW: Paper draft due Wednesday

Thursday, January 7, 2010

January 8, 2010

World Literature
  • In-class essay
  • HW: Read chapter 10 and answer all questions on handout that apply to chapters 9 and 10

AP Literature

  • Score sample essays for Question 2
  • HW: Work on The Awakening essay. Draft due Wednesday

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

January 7, 2010

AP Literature

  • In class work on The Awakening essays
  • Multiple Choice practice

January 6, 2010

World Literature
  • Quiz, Chapters 1-7
  • HW: Read Chapters 8-9
AP Literature
  • Discussion of The Awakening
  • Review thesis statements
  • HW: Begin work on essay, draft due Tuesday

Monday, January 4, 2010

January 5, 2010

World Literature

  • Discuss chapters 1-7 and collect summaries.
  • HW: Quiz, chapters 1-7

AP Literature


  • Collect revised test
  • Graded Discussion on The Awakening
  • HW: Writing a Literary Thesis

Sunday, January 3, 2010

January 4, 2010

World Literature
  • Hand back writing test and Things Fall Apart quiz
  • Collect Poetry Wheel homework
  • Poetry Recitations
  • HW: prepare for Things Fall Apart Quiz Chapters 1-7; Review vocabulary
AP Literature

  • Hand back Othello essays and update Writing Portfolios
  • Check Dialectical Journals
  • Review Guidelines for Graded Discussion
  • Paper Assignment
  • HW: Graded Discussion on The Awakening