AUG 26

Syllabus handout;

ASSIGN: finish any summer work & have resume ready to hand in Thursday!

AUG 27

Ross poem & “purposes of writing” discussion;

ASSIGN: quiz on Rostand's Cyrano

AUG 28

Hand in resume: print copy & e-mail to honorseng@fvlhs.org

Quiz on Rostand's Cyrano & correct; discussion (as time allows);

ASSIGN: Bring Cyrano hand-written character list & quote sheets (see June 08 Reading Guide)

AUG 29

NO SCHOOL

SEPT 1

NO SCHOOL

SEPT 2

Finish discussion of Cyrano; distribute "Payne's Basics of Writing" handout

ASSIGN: 1-page journal entry on looseleaf paper "Lovers & Looks in Cyrano"  & hand in “close reading" assignment (see July 08 Reading Guide)

SEPT 3

Hand in journal entry & character list/quote sheets;

Work thru "Payne's Basics of Writing" handout (group activity); distribute & work thru "Learning to Read Like a Literary Scholar" handout;

ASSIGN: Scarlet Letter quiz

SEPT 4

Questions on Scarlet Letter; Scarlet Letter quiz & correct;

ASSIGN: Jane Eyre handout with "close reading" text mark up (due Monday);

SEPT 5

Exercise: Universal Symbols in literature; hand in Scarlet Letter close reading

Resume return & discuss; Rewrites due 9-12

ASSIGN: Jane Eyre "close reading" mark up due Monday

SEPT 8

Jane Eyre “close reading” group highlighting in-class project & report;

ASSIGN: Shakespeare biography & themes reading

SEPT 9

Jane Eyre group highlighting in-class reports;

ASSIGN: Hamlet questions & quiz

SEPT 10

Finish Jane Eyre reports; Hamlet questions

ASSIGN: Hamlet essay due

SEPT 11

Hamlet essay group proofing activity;

ASSIGN:  Type Hamlet essay & turn in on Monday

SEPT 12

Resume rewrites due;

Classroom Interview Day; ASSIGN: Find college/scholarship application that you want to use; Interview due Friday (9-19)

SEPT 15

Hand in Hamlet essay; Hamlet quiz & correct; Time to complete class interviews;

ASSIGN: College/scholarship application & interview rough draft

SEPT 16

Collect college/scholarship app prompts; Distribute & discuss "Writing Awesome College App Essays"; Themes of Shakespearean tragedies

ASSIGN: Find, print, & read Shakespeare bio info from authoritative web source; College App/Personal Statement due 9-23

SEPT 17

Quiz on Shakespeare bio & review themes; go thru College Ap assignment on web; distribute Macbeth books; selection of Act 1 Macbeth readers

ASSIGN:  Interview paper due Friday

SEPT 18

Read Macbeth Act 1 (scenes 1-3) in class

ASSIGN: Interview paper due tomorrow

SEPT 19

Interview paper due & proofreading time; View Simpson's Hamlet video

ASSIGN: Read Shakespeare sonnets handout

SEPT 22

Hand in interview final draft; Read Macbeth Act 1 (scenes 4-7); Hand back Hamlet essay;

ASSIGN: College App/Personal Statement (Be sure to email copy to yourself & to Mr. P!); Acts 1 & 2 Key Quote Sheets & AP-style Macbeth Act 1 quiz for Weds.

SEPT 23

Meet in Computer Lab: College App/Personal Statement due
(Be sure to email copy to yourself & to Mr. P!) SOS writing revision exercise

ASSIGN: Final draft due 9-25

SEPT 24

Acts 1 & 2 Key Quote Sheets & AP-style Macbeth Act 1 quiz;

ASSIGN: College App/Personal Statement final draft due

SEPT 25

College App/Personal Statement final draft due; Read Macbeth Act 2 in class

ASSIGN: Reading of Shakespeare Earl of Oxford article

SEPT 26

View Macbeth Act 1-2;

ASSIGN: Quiz on Reading of Shakespeare Earl of Oxford article

SEPT 29

Hand back Interview paper; Quiz on DeVere article; Finish reading Macbeth Act 2 in class; Assign Act 3 roles;

ASSIGN: none

SEPT 30

Finish Macbeth video thru  Act 2; Begin reading Macbeth Act 3

ASSIGN: none

OCT 1

Hamlet Outing to Fox Cities Performing Arts Center

NO ASSIGN: Homecoming Frolic

OCT 2

Hamlet outing discussion & review; 

ASSIGN:  Finish review for Friday

OCT 3

HALF DAY – HOMECOMING

Finish reading Macbeth Act 3

ASSIGN: None

OCT 6

Meet in Computer Lab: Page-to-Stage Writing Challenge (due 10-8); Choice of Macbeth Act 4 readers

ASSIGN: 30-Point Review Sheet; Finish essay for Wednesday

OCT 7

Hand back College App/Personal Statement; Read Macbeth Act 4

ASSIGN: Page-to-Stage Writing Challenge essay

OCT 8

Page-to-Stage Writing Challenge essay hand in & proofreading time;   Introduction of Thesis Paper (checklist & rubric) – Author Choice by 10-16  

ASSIGN: Final draft of Page-to-Stage Challenge essay

Final draft of Page-to-Stage due; Read Macbeth 4:3 & Act 5;  ASSIGN:  30-point review sheet due

OCT 10  

Macbeth Video Day

ASSIGN: Key Quotes Macbeth Acts 3-5    

OCT 13

Finish Macbeth video; Key Quotes Macbeth Acts 3-5; Shakespeare sonnets

ASSIGN: Unit 1 Review Day

OCT 14

Unit 1 Review Day

ASSIGN: Author Choice Day Selection & Unit 1 Test

OCT 15

NO SCHOOL

OCT 16

Author Choice Day

ASSIGN: Unit 1 Test  

OCT 17

Unit 1 Test;  NO ASSIGNMENT -- Begin Author/Work research

Analyze Unit 1 Test -- What Can You Learn from the Test?
Unit Introduction; Decide on Macbeth Blue Book Essay date

ASSIGN: Journal Entry - "Favorite Hero" & reading "Batman Got Busted..." handout 

OCT 21

Hand back Unit 1 Tests; Discuss Batman essay; Handout Blue Book Essay Pointers sheet;  Word Workshop sheet;

ASSIGN: Word Workshop sheet -- meet in Computer Room tomorrow

OCT 22

Macbeth Downfall Online Project

ASSIGN: Finish Project for tomorrow

Work thru Blue Book Prompt Example; Finish Word Workshop & board work with sentence examples 

ASSIGN:  Macbeth Blue Book Essay

OCT 24  

Macbeth Blue Book essay in class

ASSIGN: Beowulf reading for Monday   

OCT 27

Discuss Blue Book essay experience; Reading quiz; Anglo-Saxon Intro & Beowulf discussion

ASSIGN: Read "Dream of the Rood" handout

OCT 28

Review A-S & Beowulf basics; Old English Beowulf; "Find & Share" A-S techniques in "The Seafarer"  

ASSIGN: Thesis Paper Internet Sources Checkpoint & "Dream of the Rood"; Meet in Computer Lab 2306 tomorrow

OCT 29

Thesis Paper Internet Sources Checkpoint -- 5 sources printed out!;

Reliable Sources Exercise in class  

OCT 30

NO SCHOOL

OCT 31

NO SCHOOL

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NOV 10

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NOV 19

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NOV 24

NOV 25

NOV 26

NO SCHOOL

NOV 28  

NO SCHOOL

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