In Context

Friday, September 12, 2008

Week of September 15, 2008

English 12 AP/GT~Periods 3, 4A, 4B~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

  • College Essay Activities: "Moments to Remember" Writing Prompts A to D due (100 pts.)
  • College Essay Rough Draft (50 pts.) due Monday 9/15
  • Peer Editing and Teacher Conferencing
  • Intro to Victorian Lit and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  • Relevance to Jude the Obscure (1895) by Thomas Hardy
  • Adventures in English Literature, Pegasus Edition Readings, Notes, Discussion-- "The Victorian Age 1832-1900": pgs. 599 to 621
  • Overview of http://www.victorianweb.org
  • Written response to Matthew Arnold Quote: "wandering between two worlds, one dead,/ The other powerless to be born" (616).
  • Tennyson PowerPoint
  • Tennyson Poems


English 12 Honors~Period 2~Literary Analysis of British and American Literature, Application of the Reading Apprenticeship Model, Collegiate Writing with 6+1 Writing Traits, Creative Writing, Vocabulary Study, Preparation for the SAT and the AP Language and Composition Exam, and MLA Research

  • College Essay Activities: "Moments to Remember" In-Class Writing Prompts A to D due (100 pts.); Models; Rubric; Sample CHS Essays
  • Continued Application of the Reading Apprenticeship Model and "Talking to the Text" in
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) by Ken Kesey
  • Homework--Read and annotate pages 39 to 98 for Wednesday 9/17
  • Schedule Cuckoo's Nest Objective Quiz on Characters, Plot, and Setting
  • SAT Multiple Choice; Follow-up analysis and discussion
  • Class discussion/analysis of novel
  • Group Topics: Characters; Organization/Sections/Sequence of Events; Imagery; Flashbacks to The Dalles; Vocabulary; Point of View/Narrator