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"
  

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

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
  

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

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

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

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

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

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
  

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