Monday, August 15, 2011

Fall Schedule

Dates

Topics

Assignments

Week 1

8/22

How to take Notes

What is Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

Types of Literature

Basic Vocabulary

Prose: General Rules and Ideas

Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Prose: General Rules and Ideas

Read Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God Excerpt

Lit: Misc readings

Week 2

8/29

Prose: Novel

Spotlight Character

Beowulf

Jane Austin

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

Prepare for notebook check

Character study assignment

REA prose: Novel

Read: Beowulf Excerpt

Week 3

9/12

Prose: Short Story

Notebook Check

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Prose: Short Story

Lit: Misc readings

Week 4

9/19

Prose: Essay and Satire

Huck Finn

Transcendentalism

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

Read Civil Disobedience and Self-Reliance Excerpts

REA Prose: Essay and Satire

Lit: Misc readings

Week 5

9/26

Poetry: Verse and Meter

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Poetry: Tips for Preparation, Tips for Test Taking, Verse and Meter

Lit: Misc readings

Poetry reading Misc

Work on poetry outlines

Week 6

10/3

Poetry: Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Poetry: Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

Lit: Misc readings

Prepare for notebook check

Poetry reading Misc

Work on poetry outlines

Week 7

10/10

Poetry: Types of Poetry 1

Sonnet Activity

Notebook Check

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Poetry: Types of Poetry

Lit: Misc readings

Poetry reading Misc

Work on poetry outlines

Week 8

End of Quarter

10/17

Poetry: Types of Poetry 2

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

Lit: Unit 1

Complete on poetry outlines

Week 9

10/24

Drama: Plot Structure

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Drama: Plot Structure

Poetry reading Misc

Week 10

10/31

Drama: Character

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Drama: Character

Lit: Misc readings

Week 11

11/7

Drama: Reading the Play

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Drama: Reading the Play

Lit: Misc readings

Week 12

11/14

Drama: Types of Plays and Comedy

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

Prepare for notebook check

REA Drama: Types of Plays and Comedy

Lit: Misc readings

Week 13

11/21

Drama: Tragedy

Notebook Check

Romeo and Juliet

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Drama: Tragedy

Start writing 5 paragraph essay

Lit: Misc readings

Week 14

11/28

Drama: History

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Drama: History

Finish writing 5 paragraph essay

Lit: Misc readings

Week 15

12/5

Drama: Modern Drama

The Winslow Boy

Collect 5 paragraph essays

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

REA Drama: Modern Drama

Prepare for notebook check

Lit: Misc readings

Week 16

End of Quarter

12/12

Semester in Review

Notebook Check

Add information to notebook and work on Quizlets

Barron’s Diagnostic Test

Lit: Misc readings

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