- College Essay Final Draft (200 pts.) rolling due date from October 3 to October 10
- Class discussion of The Bedford Reader, Ninth Edition (2006)--3 Selected Essays (Narration, Description, Combination Methods)
- Final week for college essay peer editing and teacher conferencing
- Towson Online Writing Support at http://www.towson.edu/ows
- Oral in-class reading and discussion of two paired texts--Sara Teasdale's "Guenevere" and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King (Guinevere)
- Additional readings from the Victorian Age in Adventures in English Literature anthology: Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold, Thomas Hardy, A.E. Housman, Charles Dickens, and Oscar Wilde
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
- Brief Junior/Senior Meeting on Monday during Period 2
- The Official SAT Question of the Day at http://apps.collegeboard.com/qotd/question.do
- Continued application of the Reading Apprenticeship Model and "Talking to the Text" in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) by Ken Kesey
- Class discussion and analysis of novel--Part 1
- SAT Multiple Choice Practice--Wednesday, October 1
- Cuckoo's Nest Essay Test (100 pts.) on Part 1--Monday, October 6
- College Essay Models; Rubric; Organizational Patterns
- College Essay Rough Draft (50 pts.) due for peer editing on Tuesday, October 7
- Towson Online Writing Support at http://www.towson.edu/ows
- HW Reading--Cuckoo's Nest, Part 2
