Week of December 31, 2007

English 12 AP/GT~Periods 2 and 3~Literary Analysis of British and World Literature, Advanced Composition, Creative Writing, Preparation for the AP English Literature and Composition Exam, Independent Literary Criticism and MLA Research

• Discuss end of quarter and midterm exam schedule
• Introduce Sonnet Unit: overhead notes, Great Sonnets packets, literature text excerpt
• Other handouts: "Vocabulary of Poetics," "How to Read a Sonnet," "Describing a Poem's Language"
• Merrill Moore (American psychiatrist 1903-1957); "In Magic Words"
• HW readings and in-class analysis of sonnets about sonnets (7 poems)--pgs. 24, 25, 55, 59, 61, 69 in Sonnet Packet
• HW readings of Shakespeare sonnets for Monday, January 7
• Happy New Year 2008!
  

English 11 Honors~Periods 4A and 4B~Themes in American Literature, Daybook and Creative Writing, College Prep Composition with 6+1 Writing Traits, Vocabulary Study, Preparation for the PSAT and SAT Tests, MLA Research Mastery

• Discuss end of quarter assignments and midterm exam schedule
• In-class oral reading of Hurston essay "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" (1928); discussion questions from McGraw Hill 2003
• Introduction of VW Unit 6; assigned exercises for homework
• Discuss independent reading of Chapters 11-17 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• Happy New Year 2008!