Daily Agendas English II H
8/21 Wednesday
1. Introductions
2. Seating charts
3. Web page address and google classroom codes
4. Summer reading work due
5. Parent signature letter
Homework:
a. return parent letter signature
b. class expectations quiz
8/22 Thursday Block
1. Parent signature due
2. Class expectations quiz (moved to Monday)
3. Seating chart formalized
4. Plagiarism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk1pq8sb-eo
5. Now Cut and paste the document on the right into a google doc, then read and answer the
questions on the doc, and post your assignment to google classroom. If necessary, finish for
homework, due Friday night midnight.
6. Table discussions on your summer reading book: go around the table, each student give their main idea
and quote support for character, and after each student shares their ideas for character, each students should
share what they liked and what they didn't like about the way the novel/play revealed character. Then repeat for
thesis; then repeat for conflict.
(for those who did not do the summer work, you should read the play and begin gathering your quotes:
15 one sentence quotes that show how one character grows/changes, 15 one sentence quotes on one theme,
and 15 one sentence quotes on one type of conflict, e.g. man vs. nature or individual vs. society). Type these
so you can bring the print out Monday).
Play text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/844/844-h/844-h.htm
Homework:
a. Finish plagiarism work and post to GC by midnight Friday
b. class expectations quiz Monday--know late work policies and attendance policies
8/26 Monday Traditional
1. class expectations quiz
2. Essay outline format:
3. General outline for a book review: https://www.readwritethink.org/sites/default/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson876/ReviewComponents.pdf
4. Book review general checklist: https://www.readwritethink.org/sites/default/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson876/WtgReviewChecklist.pdf
5. Book reviews: read the review for Rock Gods and Messy Monsters, then click on "Book reviews" and
then on"starred reviews and read at least three more book reviews on fictional works to get a good feel
for what goes into a good review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2022/10/03/book-review-rock-gods-messy-monsters/
Homework:
a. you will need your quote sheet for summer reading printed out and brought to class next period.
b. * for those who didn't do the summer work yet--be working on completing it during times when rest of class
is working on the essay.
8/27 Tuesday Block
1. MLA style: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html
2. Create your works cited page for your paper.
If you read it in a book held in your hand, see "MLA works cited page: books" for how to.
If you read the book online from a web site like Project Gutenberg, see
"MLA works cited page: electronic sources--page on a web site" for how to.
If you read the book on an e-reader like a Nook or Kindle,
see "MLA works cited page: electronic sources--an e-book" for how to.
save your document.
You may, in addition to the book itself, have in your works cited one source that may have given your information
about the author and his/her works (you may not have quotes for this, so paraphrase by cite if you use it). Use
this class period to do this.
3. Outline format for your book review
4. Rubric for your book review--see on the "References" page on web site "Essay Rubrics--Informative."
You will write your book review next class period, on paper, double spaced, MLA style. All you may
have as background is your quote sheet, your works cited page, and a blank outline format
(the document above, which will be provided to you). Anything else you want to say in the book review
will need to be from your memory.
5. Plan your book review on the outline form and save it to GC to look over before you
walk into class to write (you wont be able to have a format except for a blank copy given to you by the teacher)
Homework:
a. bring lined paper and pen (you can write only on one side of the paper, double spaced).
b. bring your works cited page to refer to
c. bring a copy of the book review format to refer to
d. on board reminders about MLA heading, pagination, and citations.
e. read carefully through the quote integration power point, looking at the strong and weak examples:
8/29 Thursday Block
1. Write your essay in MLA style, pen only, one side of each page only.
paper clip together with your blank outline, your quote sheet, and your works cited page
and give to your sub.
Homework:
a. none
9/3 Tuesday Block
1. Type your essay exactly as your wrote it, submit to google classroom with your works cited page
attached to the same document. You may fix spelling errors as shown by google classroom when
you post, but make no other changes. Hand back in your handwritten draft.
*for those not done with summer work, work on summer material
Homework:
a. watch the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS360GgA6V8&list=PLz_ZtyOWL9BQnPA2d-9tHDQpMsctJEPJB&index=11
b. Read from Beowulf, and as you do, look for these three ideas (and keep a list of quotes that prove each idea as you go)
https://www.kellenberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/British-Literature-2016-Final-Text.pdf
a. places where Christian teaching has been inserted into the Anglo Saxon text by priests.
b. evidence of what the Anglo Saxons expected of their heroes and or leaders
c. evidence of their ideas about fate vs. will
Complete these sections: "The Monster Grendel," "The Arrival of the Hero," and "Unferth's Challenge"
Post responses to Google classroom.
c. ask parents to see their email about potential sensitive material before next class period
9/5 Thursday Block
1. Anglo Saxon background power point:
2. Anglo Saxon Period: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Tfbeqyu2U
3. Read from Beowulf, and as you do, look for these three ideas (and keep a list of quotes that prove each idea as you go)
https://www.kellenberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/British-Literature-2016-Final-Text.pdf
a. places where Christian teaching has been inserted into the Anglo Saxon text by priests.
b. evidence of what the Anglo Saxons expected of their heroes and or leaders
c. evidence of their ideas about fate vs. will
Complete these sections: "The Battle with Grendel," "The Monster's Mother," and "The Final Battle"
Post responses to Google classroom.
4. Select your ORB choices---one classic work and the modern re-interpretation
be ready to show me the book or device Monday 9/30 for points
(read the classic first--most classics are free to read online--see links
on "references" page)
5. Begin studying vocabulary--first quiz Monday on first batch. Know the Greek root and it's definition, the English word that uses the root (spelling and definition)--from this page, hover over your class period at top, click on "Vocabulary"
Homework:
a. Finish Beowulf quote work and post to GC by midnight tomorrow
b. study vocab
c. decide on your outside reading book (start on the classic work first, but make sure parents
OK the modern selection (be ready to tell me which books you're reading on Monday 9/9
(not the 9/30 book check on the document)
9/9 Monday Traditional
1. vocab quiz
2. ORB check
3. Beowulf film continued
Homework:
a. Begin studying batch 2 of the vocab, and continue study of batch one--vocab quizzes will be cumulative
b. Read the following two Anglo Saxon poems, make two lists on one document (one of similarities and one of differences)
and post to GC by midnight tonight
The Wanderer: http://shslboyd.pbworks.com/f/The+Wanderer+text.pdf
The Seafarer: https://www.owleyes.org/text/seafarer/read/text-poem#root-21494-1
c. Begin reading your classic ORB, and as you go, type up a list of quotes that show the following:
--character growth (for both protagonist and antagonist
--thematic messages
--setting
9/10 Tuesday Block
1. Beowulf film--take notes for yourself; then write a compare/contrast list for:
heroes, villains, themes and post to GC
2. Read through the handout about the Venerable Bede (the author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People)
and "The Saxon Temples are Destroyed" and "Caedmon."
then answer these questions on a doc and submit to GC:
a. why does Coifi recommend the Paulinus' teaching about Christianity be accepted?
b. what advantages does Coifi get as a convert to Christianity?
c. Who is Caedmon, what is his special gift, and where, according to Bede, did this gift come from?
d. How does Caedmon's story reveal that lowly people can be exalted, and how does this idea relate to
Christianity and to democracy?
Homework:
a. finish above
b. Anglo Saxon exam will be second block next week--study
9/12 Thursday Block
1. Middle Ages Background
2. Intro to Canterbury Tales
3. Read the Prologue, which introduces the various characters
https://www.dvusd.org/cms/lib011/AZ01901092/Centricity/Domain/2891/Canterbury%20Tales%20prologue.pdf
as you read, think about what hidden information we learn about each character--
you'll do a deeper dive with table mates into the various characters next class.
4. Read this material about ravens in mythology:
https://treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-forest/trees-plants-animals/birds/raven/ (read entire site)
https://druidry.org/resources/the-raven (read only "western europe")
5. Now read the Middle Ages ballad "The Three Ravens" and the analysis by Emma Baldwin
discuss the following two ideas with your table mates:
https://poemanalysis.com/thomas-ravenscroft/the-three-ravens/
a. what if these ravens are like Odin's pets...representing reason and memory...how might this idea connect with the ballad?
b. what if these ravens are like the Celtic goddess the Morrigan...how might ths idea connect with the ballad?
Now write your own answers for these two ideas and post to GC
Homework:
a. finish reading Canterbury tales prologue
b. finish above work
c. see this page later today for a review sheet for the Anglo Saxon period exam next week
(refresh your screen if you don't see it)
d. be prepared with any Anglo Saxon questions for a q and a session Monday
Anglo Saxon exam second block this coming week
9/16 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1-2 quiz
2. Anglo Saxon period q's and a's
3. Read the ballad "Get up and Bar the Door" with the class, and take notes from lecture as you go;
post notes to GC https://allpoetry.com/Get-Up-and-Bar-the-Door
if you were absent, here's notes for the ballad:
Homework:
a. be studying for the Anglo Saxon period exam second block
b. If you haven't finished reading Canterbury Tales Prologue, make sure you're done by next class
https://www.dvusd.org/cms/lib011/AZ01901092/Centricity/Domain/2891/Canterbury%20Tales%20prologue.pdf
c. begin study of vocab # 3
9/17 Tuesday Block
1. Pass out the Canterbury tales character packets--use the astrology
link here for answering the astrology sign and explanation (in Chaucer's time, everyone followed astrology):
a. read the attached description from Canterbury tales of each character
b. fill out the forms for each character--be creative, but base creativity on the info provided about the character
work on this for 30 minutes, then save and bring back next class
2. Read the Nun's Priest's Tale: http://englishiva1011.pbworks.com/f/NUNSTALE.PDF
as you go, keep in mind that Chanticleer represents the priest (who works for the nun/prioress) and
that Pertelote represents the nun/prioress. Given that the story reveals how the priests feels about himself,
and what he thinks of the Prioress...make a list of what you learn about these two character and their relationship
as you go through the story with quote support...post to GC if finished during period---if not finished, bring
what you have to the next class.
3. Excalibur film
Homework:
a. study for Anglo Saxon exam next class
b. bring Canterbury tales packet and Nun's Priest's Tale work to next class--do not finish for homework so you have
time to study for the exam.
9/19 Thursday Block
1. Anglo Saxon exam
2. Finish Canterbury Tales character sheets
3. Finish"Nun's Priest's Tale" work (see agenda date 9/17)
4. Read the notes from Excalibur part 1:
Homework:
a. Finish above...hand in Canterbury Tales work Monday
b. submit Nun's Priest's Tale work to GC by midnight Sunday
9/23 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-3 quiz
2. Canterbury Tales Prologue notes
3. Canterbury Tales packet due
Homework:
a. begin vocab 4 study
make up exams first block
9/24 Tuesday Block
make up Anglo Saxon exam
1. Excalibur film
2. lecture notes--Canterbury Tale Prologue
3. read through detail notes for the ballads
Homework:
a. study
b. ORB reading--be keeping a typed list of quotes that show the following:
character development, especially for hero and villain
themes
settings
due end of November
c. read the Excalibur notes above
9/26 Thursday Block
1. Take the Study Sync Benchmark 1 (which does go into your grade, so do your best ;)
from your district email, click on the square box of 9 dots in the upper left to get a drop down box
in the drop down box, click on McGraw Hill
click on study sync
click on launch study sync
click on benchmark 1 (if there are more then one benchmark 1s, it doesn't matter--choose either and take it
make sure to finish submitting when done
2. If you finish early, read the packet hand out that includes the Romance, and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
Sir Gawain is Arthur's nephew in the legends, and a knight known for his courtesy.
Homework:
a. Finish reading the packet mentioned above
b. study for vocab 1-4 quiz Monday
c. be studying the Middle Ages material--we're close to being done, which means en exam soon
9/30 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-4 quiz
2. Go to the following web sites and read the material on the Greenman, and symbolism for the color green.
As you read, be thinking about how the different views of the Greenman and the color Green might change
the meaning/interpretation of who the Green Knight is and his purpose:
a. https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/02/what-was-the-green-man/
b. https://www.masterclass.com/articles/green-color-meaning
3. Now watch the attached video about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to get you thinking about the themes/ideas
c. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R324GH29qDQ (apologies for the bad jokes on this one, but the info is good ;)
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab 5
b. short quiz on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight next class
10/1 Tuesday Block
1. Read through Canterbury Tale Prologue notes and the Nun's Priest's Tale notes carefully
these are the ideas that will be on your exam
2. Excalibur film
3. Read carefully through the articles on Augustine and Pelagius, and
quotes from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight that reveal this
famous religious disagreement
4. Read the ballad "Lord Randall"
and the notes for it agenda date 9/24
Homework:
a. Finish above reading
b. vocab 1-5 quiz next week
c. study Middle Ages material--exam soon, including:
Middle Ages power point: agenda date 9/12
Ballads:
Three Ravens (text agenda date 9/12, notes 9/24)
Get Up and Bar the Door (text and notes agenda date 9/16)
Lord Randall (notes agenda date 9/24 item # 3)
Canterbury Tale Prologue, (text agenda date 9/12, notes agenda date 10/1)
The Nun's Priest's Tale, (text agenda date 9/17, notes agenda date 10/1)
Romance (packet handed out 9/26)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (including
greenman symbolism and themes (agenda date 9/30, text packet handout 9/26) and
Augustine's and Pelagius' argument's relationship to SGGK), (agenda date 10/1), and
thematic videos (agenda date 10/8)
Excalibur (notes agenda dates 9/19, 9/24, 10/7, 10/8)
Morrigan's relationship to Morgan Le Fay (notes agenda date 10/7)
(still to come) Morte D'Arthur excerpt
10/7 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1-5 quiz
2. Read through the review notes for the last part of Excalibur we watched:
3. Read the material about the Morrigan in the document to the right,
including following the links provided and reading those:
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab 6
b. go to the "references" section of this web page and read the article on writing essay hooks
c. be studying for the Middle Ages Exam next week (see list/details on agenda date 10/1)
10/8 Tuesday Block
1. Excalibur film and end notes:
2. Morte D'Arthur handout and The Romance--read
3. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--review of Augustine/Pelagius arguments,
read through the attachment here (key Green Knight quotes)
4. Green Knight Themes--take notes on the following videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R324GH29qDQ&t=190s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObKt5WzwP4
5. Review for Middle Ages exam--see full list on agenda date 10/1
quotes and main ideas will come from detailed notes in attached documents,
power point will be completely covered through multiple choice questions,
know the Canterbury tale Prologue characters and details from their descriptions
(if given a description of a character, tell who it is and what the description REALLY
tells us), ID quotes from any work covered, know the two authors we know
by name (Chaucer --CT, and Malory--Morte d'Arthur) and "The Pearl Poet"
which is the give name for the Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poem.
Everything else is in the list.
Homework:
a. study for Middle Ages exam--first block next week
10/10 Thursday Block
1. PSAT check
2. Green Knight philosophy review
3. Renaissance introduction:
4. quickwrite paragraph--ho do you think you would respond if the person you loved the most was pressuring
you to do something you knew was orally wrong, but that would help you attain something you had always
wanted? And what do you think would happen to the relationship if you either did as they suggested,
or if you held to your conscience? Post to GC
4. Macbeth introduction:
5. Macbeth film act 1
6. Read Macbeth Act 1 (read the modern English version first, then read the version in Shakespeare's language)
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
7. Review on your own for Middle Ages exam (see agenda date 10/1)
Homework:
a. vocab 6 quiz
b. Middle Ages exam first block next week
10/14 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1-6
2. FIAB standardized exam
Homework:
a. study for Middle Ages exam next class period--see agenda date 10/1 for list of works
10/15 Monday Block
1. Middle Ages Exam
2. Read Macbeth Act 1 (read the modern English version first so you know what to expect, then read the version
in Shakespeare's language)
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
Homework:
a. finish reading above--short quiz on the reading next class
(which wasn't planned until I saw no one was doing the assigned reading in class)
quiz will be a few short questions in modern English on events and characters (who does what to whom, etc.)
so simply know what happens in Act 1 and you should be good to go ;)
b. vocab 1-6 quiz
* Everyone will need a College Board Account for the PSAT on Wednesday. If you've taken/are taking an AP class,
you should already have one, but make sure you have an account before this coming Wednesday.
Go to https://www.collegeboard.org
It's recommended that you use a private email rather than a school email, since this account will follow you through
your high school career, but if you change schools or move, you wont be able to continue to use current school
email.
10/17 Thursday Block
1. vocab 1-6 quiz
2. Macbeth Act 1 quiz
3. Open the document to the write, cut and paste the material into a google doc, and for each prompt
give a quote in Shakespeare's language that answers it; post to GC.
4. Read Macbeth Act 2, modern first then Shakespeare's:
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
Homework:
a. Macbeth Act 2 quiz next class
b. vocab 1-7 quiz next class
10/22 Tuesday Block
1. PSAT video prep
2. Vocab 1-7 quiz
3. Macbeth Act 2 quiz
4. Read through potential answers for Macbeth Act 1 quote guide
5. Macbeth Act 1 key ideas lecture/review
6. Answer the Macbeth Act 2 quote guide and post to GC:
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
7. Read Macbeth Act 3, modern and Shakespeare
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
Homework:
a. study vocab 8
b. finish above
college essay writing workshop Thursday:
10/24 Thursday Block
1. Macbeth film
2. Complete the Macbeth Act 3 quote guide:
and post to GC
3. Read Macbeth Act 4:
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
Homework:
a. finsh above
10/28 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-8 quiz
2. Macbeth Act 2 key ideas/lecture review
3. Read through Macbeth Act 3 quote guide key
4. Macbeth Act 4 quote guide--complete and post to GC
Homework:
a. vocab 9 study
b. finish above work
10/29 Tuesday Block
1. Macbeth film
2. Macbeth Act 4 quote guide key
3. Read Macbeth Act 5
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/macbeth
4. Macbeth Act 5 quote guide--complete and submit to GC
Homework:
a. finish above
10/31 Thursday Block -- Happy Halloween!
1. Macbeth Act 3 lecture - notes
2. Macbeth Act 5 quote guide key
3. Macbeth film
4. Review theme ideas in Macbeth--see agenda date 10/10 "Macbeth Introduction"
5. Shakespeare/Hip Hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY&t=1009s
6.Project:
Homework:
a. vocab 1-9 quiz
b. Macbeth video project due 11/12 Tuesday
c. Macbeth exam 11/12
d. Read the personal narrative at this link, write down one example of a well-described character, one
example of a setting description that conveys meaning, and one example of figurative language and post to GC:
https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/
11/5 Tuesday Block
1. vocab 1-9 quiz
2. narrative power point:
3. Macbeth Act 4-5 lecture notes
4. Project work--review of details
5. Read the personal narrative at this link, write down one example of a well-described character, one
example of a setting description that conveys meaning, and one example of figurative language and post
to GC:
https://aeon.co/essays/what-does-it-mean-to-consider-yourself-a-disabled-person
6. Read here about show vs. tell: https://jerryjenkins.com/show-dont-tell/
Homework:
a. vocab final next week--covers all the words, no spelling, matching only
b. Macbeth project due 11/12
c. Macbeth exam 11/12 (will include power point agenda date 10/10, reasons the play was written for James,
themes. quote identification and quote interpretation
d. complete personal narrative analysis above
11/7 Thursday Block
1. Macbeth film
2. Read hand out "Giant Dreams and Midget Abilities" as an example of a personal narrative,
which you will be writing soon, and find examples of the following:
one example of a well-described character
one example of a setting description that conveys meaning
one example of figurative language
(place all three examples on a doc with your explanation of what information is conveyed in each chunk of writing)
3. Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0HEqI3pJIM
4. Now create a story arc for a personal narrative---something from your life that a life lesson can be learned from---think less about big dramatic incidents and more about common place events that a lesson can be learned from (avoid big traumas, deaths, etc.)
Bring a printed version of your story arc first block next week (you will not have electronic devices available when you write, so if you don't print out the arc, you'll have to write from memory only)
Homework:
a. story arc due printed 11/19
b. Macbeth video due 11/12
c. ORB instructions due 11/22
d. Macbeth exam 11/14
e. vocab final 11/18
11/12 Tuesday Block
1. review renaissance power point (agenda date 10/10)
2. Read and learn the author bios for the Renaissance era:
3. on Study Sync, do the work for "Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
(make sure to do this one first, before Nymph's Reply"
4. on Study Sync, do the work for Sir Walter Raleigh's snarky response to Marlowe's
poem "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd."
5. Read "Whoso List to Hunt"by Sir Thomas Wyatt
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45593/whoso-list-to-hunt-i-know-where-is-an-hind
6. Answer these questions with the team at your table, and each submit their own copy to GC
(vocabulary: hind = deer, list = desires/wants, travail = hard work; Noli me tangere = don't touch me")
note: tradition suggests that this poem is about Wyatt's love for Ann Boleyn, who "belonged" to King Henry VIII
a. according to the speaker, why is he ending his hunt?
b. what advice does the author give to potential suitors/hunters?
c. What is written about the hind's neck?
d. what other object might someone put around the neck of an animal, and for what purpose?
e. given your response to "d" why may it be important that the object circling her neck is diamonds?
f. Who is the "hind" and who is "Ceasar"?
g. what does the simile about the net and the wind suggest about the hunter's chances?
7. Read "They Flee from Me" by Sir Thomas Wyatt:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45589/they-flee-from-me
8. Now answer these questions with your table mates, and post your own copy to GC
a. What contrast between the past and present is emphasized in stanza 1?
b. Which lover takes the initiative in stanza 2?
c. in stanza 3, whom does the speaker blame for the breakup of the passionate affair with one special woman?
d. The word "kindly" has two meanings: "naturally/typically" and "graciously/sweetly." Why might the word
be used sarcastically here?
e. In what was does the final stanza suggest that the breakup may NOT have been because of
his "gentleness"? Explain
9. Take a copy of the purple lit book, and begin reading The Faerie Queene (include the intro material)
pages 198-210--place books back in the book case carefully (they cannot be replaced at this point)
Homework:
a. email me a link to your Macbeth video today
b. Macbeth exam 11/14
c. vocab final 11/18
d. printed story arc due 11/18
11/14 Thursday Block
1. IAB
2. Macbeth exam
3. post your written information about your Macbeth video to google classroom
4. Email me a link to your video if you haven't already done so
Homework:
a. vocab final 11/18
b. printed story arc due 11/18
c. finish above
d. read through:
11/18 Monday Traditional
1. vocab final
2. Begin handwriting your personal narrative--hand in narrative and arc at end of period.
Write only on one side of the paper
Use pen only (scribbling out is fine)
Double space
Homework:
a. be ready to present your video next class
b. ORB work due BEFORE winter break:
Put an MLA citation for the book you read at top of page.
Underneath that:
Two thematic thesis ideas and some quotes for each (a good number of quotes).
Two character development thesis ideas and some quotes for each (a good number of quotes).
Type these up and label them, with page number citations.
11/19 Tuesday Block
1. Macbeth video presentations
2.Personal Narrative writing
Homework:
a. read through notes on "Whoso List to Hunt," "They Flee from Me,"
"Passionate Shepherd to his Love" and "Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"
(exam questions on works will come from these notes
11/21 Thursday Block
1. Personal narrative writing. Finish and post by midnight Sunday, and return original copy after
Thanksgiving break--do NOT lose track of your hard copy; if you can't return it you'll have to start over
2. Read in the purple lit book the excerpts from Faerie Queene by Spencer (p. 200-210). Faerie Queene is a title of
Queen Elizabeth and was dedicated to her; Faerie Queene is NOT a character in the story. The tale is an
example of a "courtesy book" i.e. a book designed to teach young men good manners and how to live appropriately
in the world. The tale about Red Crosse Knight is cautionary (don't end up like him)...your job is to figure
out what Red Crosse did wrong.
Homework:
a. Post personal narrative by midnight this coming Sunday. Close to 1000 words, MLA style heading,creative
title, double spaced, paginated. Return original copy after Thanksgiving break--do NOT lose track of your
hard copy; if you can't return it you'll have to start over.
12/2 Monday Traditional
1. Read Spencer's Faerie Queene (hand out); Faerie Queene is a title of Queen Elizabeth and was dedicated
to her; Faerie Queene is NOT a character in the story. The tale is an example of a "courtesy book" i.e. a book
designed to teach young men good manners and how to live appropriately in the world. The tale about
Red Crosse Knight is cautionary (don't end up like him)...your job is to figure
out what Red Crosse did wrong. Summarize the story in a very short paragraph, and then
tell what specific type of sin the story is warning young men against and why you think so;
post to GC
Homework:
a. finish above
b. study Renaissance material (see 11/19 on and power point 10/10, bios 11/12)
c. work on ORB
12/3 Tuesday Block
1. To prepare for your final essay, read the story linked here (this is for essay writing only,
and is not part of Renaissance literature)
2. Now write up (on paper to hand in this period) a thematic thesis (hidden message), 3 major claims,
and list of three single sentence quotes per claim to help prove these claims
3. When this is complete, come and tell me to find out what's next
Homework:
a. study Renaissance material (see 11/19 on and power point 10/10, bios 11/12)
b. work on ORB
c. Read carefully through summary and notes for Faerie Queene:
d. Read through the notes for the story "The Governor" and see if the notes help resolve
any confusion you may have had about the story...you can come to next class with new
ideas, but not with anything written out...save all writing for the class
12/5 Thursday Block
1. Story discussion/theme review
2. Rework: write a new thesis and three major claims and post to GC during the class period
3. Read Dr. Faustus. Then answer questions below and post to GC...
a. look carefully at the paragraph "Faustus Gloats" at the things he plans to do with this powers; then
look carefully at "Helen of Troy"...what evidence is there of a big difference between his plans for good
and his plans for those same ideas now?
b. look carefully at "Faustus pays his debt"...when he is about to call on Christ to save him, who
does he call on?
c. with regard to "b" above, why do you think Faustus is unable to call on Christ for help?
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. study for Renaissance exam:
Dr. Faustus (handout 12/5)
Faerie Queen 12/13 for notes, handout for text
Whoso List to Hunt (11/19 notes)
They Flee from Me (11/19 notes)
Passionate Shepherd to His Love (11/19 notes)
Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd (11/19 notes)
Renaissance Author bios (11/12)
Renaissance background 10/10
c. ORB project due before winter break
d. vocab 1-6 quiz Monday
12/9 Monday Traditional
1. Review notes/lecture for Faustus
2. Complete an outline for your essay on the "Governor"--
you will write the entire essay first block this week,
and will have the first block next week to refine the paper.
Post your completed outline to GC by Tuesday night.
see format to the right:
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. ORB due before winter break
c. Renaissance Exam--see 12/5 for study list
12/10 Tuesday Block
1. Type up essay and submit what you have to GC (you'll have a small amount of time--potentially--second block,
and then Monday and first block to finish/revise)
Homework
a. Finish above
b. ORB due before winter break
c. Renaissance Exam--see 12/5 for study list
d. make sure you have the caaspp secure browser on your device OR email me and tell me you
need a school device by Wednesday night for the caaspp practice on Thursday
Don't forget tutoring center at lunch H207 if you need essay help, study help, etc.!
12/16 Monday Traditional
1. Exam tips---things you should be sure to know
match authors to works
match authors to their bio facts
what years the Renaissance covered
"Renaissance" refers to a rebirth in what?
What was the patronage system and who participated?
What 2 great bodies of learning did Humanists want to combine?
What technological innovation allowed for widespread reading?
What did the Reformation want to reform specifically?
What do Epics normally include?
What are miracle plays, mystery plays, morality plays, interludes
from Faerie Queene, who are these figures and what do they represent? (Faerie Queene, Una, Duessa,
Red Cross)
What is a Courtesy Book?
from Faustus, what is the device used to show Faustus conflict, how do his desires at the start of play
and later when he meets Helen change, and what does this change reveal? What was the main thing
Faustus wanted frm his bargain with the devil?
2. Work on writing your final essay
3. See the document to the right for what you need for your works cited page:
Homework:
a. study for exam this week...see list 12/5 and 12/11
b. ORB due Friday
12/17 Tuesday Block
1. Essay revision--final essay due today with Works Cited page
2. Study for Renaissance Era Exam--see 12/5 for list of works and locations and 12/11 for detailed tips
Homework:
a. Essay final due midnight tonight
b. ORB project due Friday midnight
c. Renaissance exam Thursday
*English honor society essay workshop---you can have one extra day to attend this before submitting your essay..see:
12/19 Thursday Block
1. Renaissance Final
Enjoy your break!
1/6 Monday Traditional
1. Academic vocabulary---review (if here at CHS last year) or learn (if new to CHS) the "
"Academic Vocabulary: Nouns and Verbs" in the vocabulary section of the webpage
for a matching exam first week of second semester.
2. Digital Literacy videos
# 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4aNmdL3Hr0&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU
# 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLlv2o6UfTU&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=2
4. Notes for Digital Literacy videos preview # 0 and # 1 and companion assignment instructions:
Homework:
a. Finish digital literacy assignment and post to GC
b. Take the Study Sync Benchmark 2 exam
*Final exam make ups and caaspp makeups tomorrow
1/7 Tuesday Block
1. Crash Course Digital Literacy video 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZsaA0w_0z0
2. now with table mates, evaluate the claims in the meme and write findings on a document:
-
The Truth about Breonna Taylor
--she wasn’t an EMT, she was terminated in 2017
--she was knee-deep in criminal/drug dealing activities w/her ex boyfriend
--she was on jailhouse recordings running drugs for her ex boyfriend
--she was under surveillance for months running drugs
--she was on the warrant as was her car & her apartment
--the officers did in fact knock and announce despite obtaining a “no-knock” exception
on the warrant
--Breonnas [sic] boyfriend fired at officers striking an officer—officers fired back and
Breonna took the shots. She was NOT asleep in her bed
@thecorinnetatum
3. Now on same document, complete the assignment attached (notes for video 2 here as well)
4. Now read the following poems by John Donne, and for each,
with table mates answer the questions and post answers to GC
"The Bait": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44094/the-bait-56d2230bf176d
a. How will the river be warmed?
b. How will the fish behave?
c. Why doesn't the lady need deceit?
d. What tone do the adjectives golden, crystal, silken, and silver establish as a whole?
e. Why would the women be a desirable companion on a fishing trip?
f. Why is the compliment paid to the lady in the last stanza a dubious one?
"Song": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44127/song-go-and-catch-a-falling-star
a. What commands does the speaker make in stanza 1?
b. What do the commands have in common?
c. What does the speaker say about the ideal of a woman both "true"
and "fair" in the second stanza?
d. What does the speaker say he will not do in the last stanza and why?
e. Is the song offensive in the way it portrays women why or why not (give evidence)
"A Valediction Forbidding Mourning": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44131/a-valediction-forbidding-mourning
a. Who is the speaker?
b. who is he addressing?
c. what is the occasion?
d. paraphrase the simile in the first two stanzas
e. How does the speaker distinguish himself and his lover from other lovers in the fourth and fifth stanzas?
f. What are compasses used for? Explain the conceit used in the final stanzas, and show how it applies
to the couple's situation:
g. What is the point of the references to irregular events on earth and irregular events in the heavens
in lines 9-12?
h. what kind of event is like the separation of the lovers?
i. Why does the speaker insist that the two lovers are actually one?
j. How does the attitude toward the lover here compare/contrast with the attitude in "song"?
k. How would you describe the personality of the speaker in this poem?
Homework:
a. finish all above work
b. study academic vocabulary for exam first week of next semester
*due to school closures, make up and first time finals will be first block next week
1/13 Monday Traditional
1. Review/lecture notes on "Valediction Forbidding Mourning"
2. Watch Digital Literacy video # 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoQG6Tin-1E&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=4
3. Now read through the notes for the video and complete the assignment and post to GC
Homework:
a. study academic vocab for exam first week of next semester
b. study digital literacy notes for exam second week of first semester
*final exam make ups first block (whether first time or redo to bring grade up)
1/14 Tuesday Block
1.Exam make ups
2. Watch Digital Literacy video # 4, and complete the work on the document to the right and post to GC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o93pM-b97HI&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=5&t=656s
3. Read John Donne's famous "Meditation 17": https://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/meditation17.php
in the sermon, there are several analogies listed here--explain each and use quote support:
the church as a body
a person as a chapter in a book
a dead person as a "translated" chapter in a book
man as an island vs. a continent
then explain what Donne says about affliction (dont just quote him)
post work to GC
Homework:
a. finish above
Please help your fellow AP Research students and complete the survey at the link: https://forms.gle/MMQY6LyBBzCYQDhS6
1/16 Thursday Block
1. Digital Literacy video 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih4dY9i9JKE&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=6
2. Now read the notes and complete the companion assignment:
and post to GC
3. Watch "Everything you need to know to read Frankenstein:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDgu25Dsv34
4. Now watch "How to Read Frankenstein --10 tips"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OJSNE9sraE
and take notes on the 10 tips and post to GC
5. Now--begin reading Frankenstein (expect a quiz on the reading each day):
make sure to read the annotated notes at bottom of each chapter using the link below
https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
(read Letters 1-4, which set up our framing tale--remember that a framing tale is a story that frames the
main story, like the religious pilgrimage to Thomas a Becket's shrine framed the stories in Canterbury Tales)
* if you like to listen to audio, here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmUuXtVWZb4&t=5s
Homework:
a. finish reading--quiz
b. finish above work
c. study academic vocabulary and digital literacy notes
* this is not required, but if you're interested in Mary Shelley's life, here's a good free film on youtube:
1/21 Tuesday Block
1. Read through notes on Letters 1-4 of Frankenstein:
2. Frankenstein Letters 1-4 quiz
3. Digital Literacy Video 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxhbOvR2TGk&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=7
4. Digital Literacy # 6 companion assignment: read notes, complete work and post to GC
5. Read Frankenstein chapters 1-2, quiz next class: https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. Frankenstein 1-2 quiz next class
1/23 Thursday Block
1. Frankenstein ch. 1-2 quiz
2. Frankenstein ch.1-2 notes
3. Read the article here about how arrogance develops: https://www.psychologs.com/the-psychology-behind-arrogant-nature/?srsltid=AfmBOor-xEfnFclcN4N5G83UPYvPQNwELZblHvj3f4ExrYYpBJnkrnsp#google_vignette
then respond in a paragraph--which of these characteristics can you see in Victor so far? Post to GC.
4. Digital Literacy # 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7uvqb8fcdA&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w00W_UPLhw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiUFiwga860
5. Read the notes for video 7 and complete the companion assignment and post to GC:
6. Read Frankenstein ch. 3-5
Homework:
a. Finish above work--quiz on Frankenstein 3-5 next class
b. study academic vocab for exam first week of next semester
c. study digital literacy notes for exam second week of first semester
d. Read through Frankenstein ch. 1-2 quotes:
Please help our AP Research students and take the survey on birth order and success:
1/28 Tuesday Traditional
1. Frankenstein 3-5 quiz
2. Frankenstein 3-5 notes
3. Digital Literacy # 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiND50qfCek&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=9
4. Read the video # 8 notes and complete the companion assignment and post to GC:
5. Read Frankenstein chapter 6: https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. study academic vocab for exam first week of next semester
c. study digital literacy notes for exam second week of first semester
d. Read through Frankenstein ch. 3-5 quotes:
1/29 Wednesday Finals Schedule
1. Romantic Era introduction:
2. Romantic Era author bios:
3. With table mates, read the poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
one stanza at a time, and as you go, write a one sentence summary of each stanza (each
student keep your own copy)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834
At bottom after all summaries answer the following:
a. Why are the mariner and his crew being punished?
b. Where does the big turn around for the mariner take place, and why?
c. Consider what happens to the people who rescue the mariner at end of the poem...what is the
thematic message in this?
d. What is the mariner's supernatural task after he's rescued?
e. What is the most important thematic message in the poem? Explain how the poem reveals this:
Now post to GC.
4. Digital Literacy # 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tw44SkkXQg&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=10
5. Now read video # 9 notes and complete the companion assignment and post to GC:
6. Read Frankenstein chapters 7-8, quiz on 6-8 next class
https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. study academic vocab for exam first week of next semester
c. study digital literacy notes for exam second week of first semester
d. Read through Frankenstein ch. 1-6 notes:
2/3 Monday Traditional
1. Frankenstein 6-8 quiz postponed until tomorrow
2. Review of "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" - see detailed notes to right:
3. Digital Literacy Video 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5YKW6fhlss&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU&index=11&t=166s
3. Complete the companion assignment and read notes for Digital Literacy # 10
and post to GC:
4. Read Frankenstein ch. 9
Homework:
a. Finish above--Frankenstein 6-9 quiz tomorrow
b. study academic vocab for exam end of this week
c. study digital literacy notes for exam second week of first semester
d. Read through Frankenstein ch. 7-8 notes:
2/4 Tuesday Block
1. Frankenstein 6-9 quiz
2. Frankenstein 6-9 lecture notes
3. Study Sync "Sync TV"
4. Study Sync Frankenstein
5. Read Frankenstein chapter 10
https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
6. Study for Academic Vocabulary exam next period
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. study for Academic Vocabulary exam next class
2/6 Thursday Block
1. Academic Vocabulary Exam
2. Read the following Romantic era poem and answer the questions with your table mates
and post to GC:
"The Tyger" by William Blake: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43687/the-tyger
a. What questions does the speaker ask the tyger?
b. Where in the poem (give the line/s) that reveal the tyger may have been crated by God?
c. What imagery suggests the tyger may be demonic?
d. What images suggest a human creator of the tyger, like a blacksmith or goldsmith?
e. The last stanza in the poem mirrors the first...what is the significance of the one word that is changed in the last stanza?
f. What imagery suggests the tyger may be a force for enlightenment?
g. What imagery suggests the tyger may be a force of violence?
h. How does the poem testify to the simultaneous attraction to and repulsion from evil and violence?
i. Many critics see the tyger as a symbol of the French revolution...explain what in the poem suggests this, and
what the poem says a out this revolution:
3. Read the following Romantic era poem and answer the questions with your table mates
and post to GC:
"The Lamb" by William Blake: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43670/the-lamb-56d222765a3e1
a. What did the creator do for the lamb in stanza 1?
b. How does the second stanza respond to the question posed in the first stanza?
c. How is the lamb both a literal object and a symbol in the poem?
(see before answering:
https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/topical.show/rtd/cgg/id/2125/lamb-symbolism.htm)
4. Read in Frankenstein chapter 11:
https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
Homework:
a. Finish above
2/10 Monday Traditional
1. Semester 2 Vocabulary--begin study. Weekly, cumulative quizzes where you will spell, define, and
use word in a sentence; definitions must be the ones given, not alternate definitions you may be familiar with.
Quiz on first day of week; first batch begins with the word "accolade" from week 1, semester 2.
2. Frankenstein 9-11 notes--read
3. Read though notes on Blake's theory
4. Read through the two "Chimney Sweeper" poems by Blake, answer the questions below and post to GC
a. One definition of satire is: "Making someone or something look ridiculous in order to embarrass, humiliate, or
discredit its target." Explain who or what the poem above is satirizing, and use quote evidence as support.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43653/the-chimney-sweeper-a-little-black-thing-among-the-snow
a. Which groups of people are being criticized in this poem?
b. What are they being criticized for doing and or not doing?
c. According to the poem, why do the adults fail to notice the suffering of these children?
d. Explain what is meant by the lines:
"They think they have done me no injury,
And are gone to praise God and his Priest and King,
Who make up a heaven of our misery."
Homework:
a. Finish above
b. study digital literacy material for exam first block next week
If you were absent for the academic vocabulary exam, you'll take it the first block day you return.
If you earned a D or and F on either academic vocabulary exam (below 72 for nouns, below 90 for the verbs), you may retake to bring up to a C- any lunch or support period this week (if you need to retake both the nouns and the verbs, you may need two sessions to complete both tests, and retakes are only available this week.
If you want to take at either or both supports, you must let me know in class today (after school is too late) so I can pull you into the support/s you want to attend...tell me your name, period, and which of the two dates (Tuesday 2/11 and or Wednesday 2/12)
Be aware that support periods limit the number of students, first come first serve basis; so if you don't get in on a support you'll have to do lunches.
2/11 Tuesday Block
1. Pinterest Signs: https://www.pinterest.com/misslynneh/grammatically-incorrect-signs/
2. Parallel Structure:
3. Handouts - parallel structure - complete the handout
4. Now, correct your handout on the interactive site -- then hand in to teacher:
https://chompchomp.com/structure01/structure01.htm
5. Read Blake's "London": cut and paste a copy of the poem into a doc to add notes to,
from lecture/class discussion; then post to GC:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43673/london-56d222777e969
6. Read Blake's "Jerusalem" and answer the questions below; then post to GC:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54684/jerusalem-and-did-those-feet-in-ancient-time
a. What ancient legend does the speaker recall in the first two stanzas?
b. What does the speaker call for in the third stanza?
c. According to the last stanza, what does the speaker resolve to do?
d. In line 13, how does Blake clarify the kind of battle he is talking about here?
e. What does Jerusalem symbolize?
f. How would you describe the speaker's attitude about his present day society?
7. Read in Frankenstein ch. 12-13:
https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
Homework:
a. Study week 1 semester 2 vocab--quiz Tuesday
b. Finish Frankenstein reading above
c. Study digital literacy notes for exam first block next week
2/13 Thursday Block
1. Read William Wordsworth's Lucy Poems:
"Strange Fits of Passion I Have Known"
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/strange-fits-of-passion-have-i-known/#google_vignette
"She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways"
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45549/she-dwelt-among-the-untrodden-ways
"A Slumber did My Spirit Seal"
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45553/a-slumber-did-my-spirit-seal
2. Now for the poems above, cut and paste all 3 into one doc, and annotate them for meaning--look up any
vocabulary needed. Then, underneath the poems, tell the story in one paragraph that the poems tell...but be
more specific...consider what the poems are hiding from the reader...post to GC
3. Read "Tintern Abbey" - what is the message of the poem about nature, and about the younger generation's meaning
to the older generation, and give quote support from the poem for your answers. Post to GC
4. Complete Parallel Structure ex. # 2 numbers 1-10 only, and AFTER you have answered them, go to the site below and
check your work---then hand in.
https://chompchomp.com/structure02/structure02.htm
5. Read in Frankenstein chapters 14-15
https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
Homework:
a. vocab quiz Tuesday
b. Finish above
c. Read through notes on Blake poems:
d. Read through Frankenstein 12-13 notes:
e. Read notes on Lucy poems:
f. Digital Literacy Exam first block
(know the notes for the crash course digital literacy
videos by John Green, or watch them again
here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU)
* if you took the academic vocab exam for the first time this week and earned a D-F, you can retake for a higher grade
lunches either Tuesday or Wednesday this coming week
2/18 Tuesday Block
1. a. Sub will assign you a table (only 2 students at a table group)--sit across from each other,
not next to each other, and you can't swap table mates--they are assigned based on part 2 of exam which will be sent to your district email.
b. Place your phones in bins after you are assigned a table.
c. Complete part one of the exam the teacher will give you, and hand in.
d. No electronics until both people at your table are done with part 1 of exam.
e. When both people at your table are done with part 1, open your laptop and go to district email for part 2--do this online and post to GC.
f. once done with exam, come back to class web page for further instructions.
If you have questions during part 2 of exam, you can email me...Ill be online from about 9:00 on
2. Read in Frankenstein chapters 16-18
https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
Homework:
a. Read Frankenstein notes for chapters 14-15
b. Start learning vocab week 2
c. vocab week 1 quiz next class
d. Finish all above work
2/20 Thursday Block
1. vocab quiz week 1
2. Read Coleridge's "Kubla Khan":https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan
3. Now read the attached handout:
4. Now with table mates answer these questions and post to GC:
a. What role does the damsel play in the creative process?
b. What could her song do for the writer?
c. When the speaker says “I would build that dome in air” what does he mean he would do?
d. How would onlookers describe his physical appearance?
e. How would the onlookers respond to his creation?
f. How does the artist make them feel?
g. What forces has this artist been in contact with?
5. Now read Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty":
(the poem was inspired by Lady Wilmot Horton, a young widowed woman Byron saw at a ball;
she is wearing black because she is in her mourning period as was Victorian custom...read
the article here:
https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Story-Memory-and-Mourning-Death-in-the-Gilded-Age
now read the poem itself:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43844/she-walks-in-beauty
answer the following questions and post to GC:
a. What simile does the author use to describe the women in stanza 1?
b. What aspects of the woman's physical appearance does the author mention?
c. What does the woman's appearance suggest to the author about her character and personality?
d. What does the speaker imply about the day when he calls it "gaudy"?
e. "dark and bright" suggests a balance of opposites--how do other details in the poem develop this idea?
f. What does the speaker mean by "below" in line 17?
6. Read in Frankenstein chapters 19-21
https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
Homework:
a. study for vocab quiz 1-2 next class
b. Finish above
c. read notes for Frankenstein chapters 16-18:
2/24 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-2 quiz
2. Finish reading Frankenstein (chapters 22-24)
https://www.owleyes.org/text/frankenstein
Homework:
a. finish Frankenstein reading
b. read through Frankenstein chapters notes 19-24:
2/25 Tuesday Block
1. one-on-one counseling
2. Finish reading Frankenstein
3. Make a Thorough list of themes from Frankenstein, and for each these, write the message of the novel about that theme, and one quote from the novel that proves it...be as thorough as you can...come up with themes on your own,
but also check web sites for their lists of themes.
Searchable version of Frankenstein here: https://www.online-literature.com/shelley_mary/frankenstein/#google_vignette
4. Read Percy Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind":https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45134/ode-to-the-west-wind
and answer these questions with your table mates and post to GC:
a. How is the wind both a "destroyer and preserver"?
b. why does the sky become a "vast sepulcher"?
c. what are the "level powers" of line 37?
d. what are the "thorns of life" line 54
e. what is an "incantation" line 65 and how is that related to prayer?
f. Does the ode argue that poetry cannot be written unless the poet is inspired by a force greater than him/herself? Explain
g. How do the fourth and fifth sections of the poem differ in approach and emphasis from the first three sections?
h. IN line 67, the words are described as "ashes and sparks"...how can you explain this paradox?
i. What do you think lines 68-70 mean?
Homework:
a. finish above
2/27 Thursday Block
1. Study Sync "Ode on a Grecian Urn" - complete all assignments
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44477/ode-on-a-grecian-urn
2. Study Sync "Ozymandias" - complete all assignments
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias
3. Frankenstein themes, messages and quotes: if you have approximately 10 different themes covered,
you're probably good; for those who have only 2-3, you need quite a bit more. Add to what you have
so that you're ready with the Frankenstein portion; we'll be viewing the television episode Tuesday
and then writing the essay.
Homework:
a. we're almost done with the Romantic period, which mean and exam soon....
be studying
b. read through notes on "Tintern Abbey," "Kubla Khan," "She Walks in Beauty,"
and "Ode to the West Wind":
c. Study vocab 1-3 for quiz Monday
d. begin reading your ORB, and as you read, collect quotes/ideas that will allow
you to compare/contrast theme ideas with the classic literature companion piece
you read last semester
e. read through detailed notes for "Ozymandias" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn":
Romantic Exam:
Romantic Era power point (agenda date 1/29)
Romantic Author Bios (agenda date 1/29)
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (agenda date 1/29 text; agenda date 2/3 detailed notes)
Tyger (agenda date 2/6 text, (agenda date 1/29, agenda date 2/13 Blake detailed notes)
Lamb (agenda date 2/6 text, (agenda date 1/29; agenda date 2/13 Blake detailed notes)
Blake's Theory (agenda date 2/10)
Chimney Sweeper poems (agenda date 2/10; agenda date 2/13 Blake detailed notes)
London (agenda date 2/11; agenda date 2/13 Blake detailed notes)
Jerusalem (agenda date 2/11; agenda date 2/13 Blake detailed notes)
The Lucy Poems: "Strange Fits of Passion have I Known," "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways,"
"A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" (agenda date 2/13 text and detailed notes)
Tintern Abbey (agenda date 2/13 text; agenda date 2/13 Blake detailed notes 2/27 detailed notes)
Kubla Khan (agenda date 2/20 text; agenda date 2/27 detailed notes)
She Walks in Beauty (agenda date 2/20 text; agenda date 2/27 detailed notes)
Ode to the West Wind (agenda date 2/25 text; agenda date 2/27 detailed notes)
Ode on a Grecian Urn (agenda date 2/27 text agenda date 2/27 detailed notes)
Ozymandias (agenda date 2/27 text, agenda date 2.27 detailed notes)
La Belle dame Sans Merci (agenda date 3/3 text, notes agenda date 3/3)
Exam redos: If you earned a D-F on Digital Lit, you can retry to bring score up:
Digital Lit on Wednesday support (p. 1 score of 55 or less can retry to bring up to 56; p. 2 score of 11 or less can retry to bring up to 12)
3/3 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-3 quiz
2. Read Keat's "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" (note: a book of Keat's poems was in Percy Shelley's pocket when he
died):
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44475/la-belle-dame-sans-merci-a-ballad
3. Now read the notes about the poem and Keat's impending death and the connection between the two
( a bit of maturity required when reading the notes )
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69748/john-keats-la-belle-dame-sans-merci
4. Now read Wikipedia's "Fairy" entry, and notes one of the fary curses was tuberculosis---the illness that
took Keat's life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy
5. And look at the artwork inspired by the poem by Frank Bernard Dicksee:
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/la-belle-dame-sans-merci-188451
6. Now answer the questions below, and post answers to GC:
a. What wording in stanzas one through three suggests impending death, not only of the knight but of the surrounding
countryside?
b. When the knight answers the narrator, what do you think is suggested y the line "and her eyes were wild"?
c. In stanza 5 (think back to what you read about the poem in the second link above) what is being
suggested by the garland he makes for her fragrant zone" and the lines "she looked at me as she did love,
and made sweet moan"?
d. In the lines "And sure in language strange she said—‘I love thee true’" consider that "language strange"
implies she peaks a language unknown to him...if it is a strange language, how does he know she's
professing her love for him? Is there a possibility he's wrong here?
e. In stanza 8, she takes him to her home, and then cries...so much so that he attempts to console her
with kisses to her "wild, wild eyes"...for what reasons might she be crying?
f. In stanza 9, the knight accuses her of lulling him to sleep, to be warned in a dream by others who have gone
before him---what do they mean when they tell him the "belle dame sans merci" i.e. the beautiful woman without mercy,
has him "in thrall"? (look up the word "thrall": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrall
g. What happens when he awakes? (see last two stanzas)?
h. This poem has much in common with Spenser's "Fairy Queen" and other courtesy book cautionary tales--
what are the warnings in the poem for other young "knights"?
Homework:
a. Romantic Era studies are now complete---study for exam (see 2/27 exam list)
b. begin study of vocab 4
c. we'll be viewing the X-Files episode next class...if you're absent and do not have access to the episode with
your home viewing options, contact me to see at lunches this week (you'll need two) since you'll need to see
the episode to write the essay.
d. read through "La Belle Dame Sans Merci notes:
Exam redos: If you earned a D-F on Digital Lit, you can retry to bring score up:
Digital Lit on Wednesday support (p. 1 score of 55 or less can retry to bring up to 56; p. 2 score of 11 or less can retry to bring up to 12--p.2 make ups will be next week...only p. 1 makeups this week)
3/4 Tuesday Block
1. Post-Modern Prometheus episode of the X-Files; author Chris Carter---here's how to cite for
your works cited:
"The Post-Modern Prometheus." The X-Files, Season 5. Written by Chris Carter, Directed
by Chris Carter. Fox Network. 1998.
2. Print out the following and bring to class, along with plenty of lined paper and pen:
(if not printed out you'll have to write your essay without these things, which would be
almost impossible--don't count on the library being open in time...if you don't have a
printer, copy these items out by hand)
--outline format (see document to the right) -- NOT filled in
--Frankenstein themes and quotes
--Post-Modern Prometheus notes
3. Have a clear idea about what you will write when you get here--one period only to write the paper
Homework:
a. Study for Romantic Exam next week--see 2/27 for list
b. bring items needed for essay next class--see above
c. study vocab 1-4
Exam redos: If you earned a D-F on Digital Lit, you can retry to bring score up:
Digital Lit on Wednesday support (p. 1 score of 55 or less can retry to bring up to 56; p. 2 score of 11 or less can retry to bring up to 12--p.2 make ups will be next week...only p. 1 makeups this week)
3/6 Thursday Block
1. Essay writing--finish and post draft to GC
Homework:
a. study for Romantic exam first block next week
b. study for vocab quiz Monday 1-4
c. Follow the instructions to download the secure browser for the caaspp...then email me
tonight and tell me if you were able to download the browser, and if not, why (what did it tell you)
Go to lvusd.org
Click on "for students"
Click on "CA Secure Browser Installation Guide"- follow the directions
Your laptop (whether it's the school's or your personal one) MUST HAVE the secure browser downloaded. We will be doing state testing soon and you have to have that browser.
If you are unable to download it, for whatever reason, contact me and go to the media center to ask for help.
Note digital lit p. 2 makeups lunch Wednesday only, can bring up to 10 of 15 if you earned a 5
3/10 Monday Traditional
1.caaspp resolution
2. study for exam next period
3. work on essay revisions
Homework:
a. study vocab 5
b. study for Romantic era exam--see 2.27 for breakdown
c. vocab quiz 1-4 moved to second block this week
3/11 Tuesday Block
1. Romantic Era Exam
2. work on revising your essay
Homework:
a. study vocab 1-4, quiz next class
b. redo from 5 to 10 out of 15 of digital lit p. 2 tomorrow, lunch or support
c. be reading your ORB---final essay will be compare/contrast on these two works, much like
the Frankenstein/Post Modern Prometheus paper
3/13 Thursday Block
a. vocab 1-4 quiz
b. essay review tips--MLA, first and second person
c. Victorian era introduction:
d. Victorian era author bios:
e. Work on essay revisions--final draft due tomorrow midnight
Homework:
a. study vocab 1-5 quiz Monday
b. Essay due Friday night with Works Cited page--no late papers, even if absent, since essay was assigned well head of absences
c, be reading your Victorian' ORB companion piece to the ORB work you read first semester
Retakes of Romantic Exam:
You will be writing an essay on what the Romantics thought about artistic inspiration---you should consider what they thought the benefits were, what the risks/dangers were, where they thought inspiration came from (my suggestion is three longish paragraphs, one covering each topic...formatting doesn't matter, nor style--just content). You must use four of the poems below in your analysis, with quote support.
You may bring one note sheet with quotes from the poems you plan to use, and that is all--it can be an electronic copy or a hard copy, your choice. It's my advice that you read back through the detailed notes for these works to help you plan, and be aware as you go that any sort of creation in a poem relates in the Romantic mind to artistic creation.
Here are the choices to use:
"Tyger" by Blake
"Jerusalem" by Blake
"Kubla Khan" by Coleridge
"Ode to the West Wind" by Shelley
"Ode on a Grecian Urn" by Keats
"Ozymandias" by Shelley
"Tinturn Abbey" by Wordsworth
3/18 Tuesday Block
1. vocab 1-5 quiz
2. test retake review
3. Read through the following passages/view the picture about aspects of the life of Christ, so that you can
identify a Christ figure in the novel; for each item a-g, write down what you think you should be looking for in a
character who will have some of these Christ-like traits/experiences:
a. Matthew 19:13-15: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2019%3A%2013-15&version=NIV
you're looking for a character who spends time with the little ones
b. John 6:1-15 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%206%3A1-15&version=NIV
you're looking for a character who feeds others
c. Matthew 4:1-11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%204%3A1-11&version=NIV
you're looking for a character who has a conversation with the devil on top of a mountain
d. Matthew 16: 21-28 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2016%3A%2021-28&version=NIV
you're looking for a character who predicts his own death
e. Matthew 27: 27-31: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2027%3A%2027-31&version=NIV
you're looking for a character who is mocked by others
f. Matthew 27: 32-55: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2027%3A%2032-55&version=NIV
you're looking for a character who is killed
g. Painting of Christ with halo https://www.amazon.com/Christ-Christian-Religious-Photos-Artwork/dp/B074VCXKZS
you're looking for a character with a halo
4. Lord of the Flies intro notes
5. Begin reading LOTF--finish the novel by 4/14: https://d2ct263enury6r.cloudfront.net/X2bpH13Xnjn4ZJspWQzb5LMu7BGp5CUGaPGFQqVXvLT2M1AW.pdf
Homework:
a. study vocab 1-6
b. Finish reading LOTF by 4/14
c. be prepared for retake of Romantic exam next class...see details agenda date 3/13
3/20 Thursday Block
1. Romantic Exam redos
Homework:
a. be reading LOTF
b. be reading your ORB (modern version of your classic from last semester)
c. vocab 1-6 quiz Monday
Meet in H209 for rest of semester
3/24 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-6 quiz
2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes introduction notes
3. Read Sherlock Holme's "A Scandal in Bohemia" on Study Sync and complete the work assigned there.
Homework:
a. finish "A Scandal in Bohemia" work by tomorrow midnight
b. begin study of vocab 7
c. ORB approval needed by end of this week
d. be reading LOTF
3/25 Tuesday Block
*Romantic Exam redos--see instructions on agenda date 3/13--please read them carefully
1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Sherlock lecture notes--continued
2. Finish study sync work on "A Scandal in Bohemia"
3. Read Rudyard Kipling's story "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat":
https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/tale/the-miracle-of-purun-bhagat.htm
then answer the following question, using quote support, and post to GC:
a. What is the message about Western culture vs. Eastern culture? Consider Dass/Bhagat's
life changes/choices and the results in your answer. Your response should be three full
paragraphs long: one paragraph on western culture's pros and cons, one on eastern culture's
pros and cons, and one revealing which you think the author intended to most promote.
Double space, cite and integrate quotes...goes in essay category. Due midnight tomorrow.
Homework:
a. finish the above
b. be reading your ORB
c. study vocabulary 1-7
d. study Victorian era material
e. red through notes on theme for "A Scandal in Bohemia"
if interested, the documentary about Holmes' character starting criminal science is
How Sherlock Changed the World by PBS
https://www.pbs.org/show/how-sherlock-changed-world/
3/27 Thursday Block
1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Hound of the Baskervilles" film
Homework:
a. vocab 1-7 quiz Monday
b. Take a sheet of paper and fold in quarters; in each quarter, draw a picture that shows one of the four
main ideas in "A Scandal in Bohemia" notes--so when finished, you have four sections, each with a picture
of one of the concepts, so your paper will show all four ideas (see agenda date 3/25); hand in on Monday
c. study Victorian author bios and expect one quiz question on one of these authors Monday (agenda date 3/13)
3/31 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1-7 quiz and Victorian author quiz
2. Hound of the Baskervilles film
3. "A Scandal in Bohemia" drawing due
Homework:
a. Finish reading Lord of the Flies by end of caaspp testing (two weeks)
b. begin study of vocab 8
c. be reading your ORB
d. Bring device with secure browser and plug in headphones if you have them all week for the caaspp
e. read through Hound of the Baskervilles thematic notes here:
4/1 Tuesday Block
1. caaspp
Homework:
a. Finish reading Lord of the Flies by end of caaspp testing (two weeks)
b. begin study of vocab 8
c. be reading your ORB
d. Bring device with secure browser and plug in headphones if you have them all week for the caaspp
not yet assigned
1. Draw a picture that shows the main ideas in "A Scandal in Bohemia" notes (see agenda date 3/25)
and hand in
2. First, read the "historical background" section in Wikipedia about "My Last Duchess":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Last_Duchess
3. Now read the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43768/my-last-duchess
4. Cut and paste the poem into a doc, and take notes as class analyzes the poem together; post to GC
5. Now read the poem "The Lady of Shalott" and summarize each stanza, and post to GC
(with answers below on same document):
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45360/the-lady-of-shalott-1842
Now answer the following questions, using quote support (for this portion you can work as a team:
a. What images throughout the poem contribute to suggesting the Lady might have been a bride?
b. What does the art she creates (the tapestry) and what happens to it suggest about artists
(put thinking caps on;)
c. Why is it so poignant that Lancelot is the only one unafraid of her, and that he comments
on how attractive she is (remember Arthurian legend?)