Daily Agendas English II H
8/20 Wednesday Traditional -- First Day of School
1. Introductions, policies, grading, supplies needed, etc.
2. Parent letter--(sent to your email and parent's email) returned signed for points
3. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde -- what to expect -- read/review 1 chapter per weeknight--
quiz each day: (Wed: ch. 1; Thurs ch. 2; Fri: ch. 3)
(links to text and audio version above under 2025 Summer Reading)
Homework:
a. return parent letter with signature (parents can either print out and sign email, or email me to tell me they
read the material -- make sure they include your name if last name is different or common like "Jones.")
b. quiz on Dorian Gray (ch. 1)
Note: check the class web page daily (not google classroom) for assignments--bookmark the web page or go
to link from any google classroom assignment---google classroom will only have assignments submitted
electronically, however most writing assignments will not be electronic--thus the need to check the class web
page ;)
8/21-22 Thurs-Fri Block
1. Picture of Dorian Gray quiz (ch. 1 only for period 3, chapters 1-2 for period 6)
2. Seating Charts
3. Read through the material on Oscar Wilde on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
and answer the following questions (typed), post to google classroom (Thurs for p. 3, Fri for p. 6)
a. What was Wilde's ethnic background?
b. what was his criminal conviction for?
c. what 3 languages did Wilde speak?
d. for what 3 characteristics did Wilde become one of the best-known personalities of his day?
e. Wilde's relationship with who led to his imprisonment and hard labor for two years?
f. Wilde lost 3 sisters...how and at what ages did they die?
g. Which two artistic movements did Wilde contribute to?
h. what were the criticism of The Picture of Dorian Gray when it was published?
i. summarize the material about 'The Queensberry Family"
j. summarize the material about the "Wilde vs. Queensberry Trial"
k. what jailhouse accident contributed to Wilde's early death?
l. Briefly describe the end of Wilde's life (include personal relationship material and his new relationship
to the Catholic church.
4. From your district email, click on the 9 dot waffle square, click on McGraw Hill, and open study sync. Complete the reading on Victorian England, the "reading quiz" and the "think" prompts by Friday midnight for P. 3, Saturday midnight for P. 6
5. Read or review chapters 2-3 of Picture of Dorian Gray
Homework:
a. finish above (wikipedia work due Thurs for p. 3, Friday for p. 6)
b. finish the study sync assignment by Friday night for p. 3, by Saturday night for P. 6
c. read or review Picture of Dorian Gray chapter 2 for Thursday, ch. 3 for Friday...quiz on chapters 2-3 on Monday
8/25 Monday Traditional
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA
1. Picture of Dorian Gray quiz ch. 2-3
2. Read/skim chapters 4 for Monday, 5 for Tuesday, 6 for Wednesday
3. Quote gathering for Picture of Dorian Gray essay--post what you gather by end of class today.
Your assigned thesis idea: answer why it's important to suffer the consequences of one's actions,
so you will need quotes that demonstrate that Dorian doesn't suffer the consequences of his actions,
and that because of this, he is ultimately ruined. You'll need enough quotes that you can divide the
ideas into three topics: one topic showing Dorian doesn't suffer the consequences of his actions,
and two topics showing different ways Dorian becomes damaged because of the lack of consequences.
4. Vocabulary introduction
5. Outside reading assignment:
Homework:
a. Ask parents to check email about ORB selections
b. Picture of Dorian Gray quiz (ch. 4 p. 3 on Tuesday; ch. 4-5 p. 6 on Wednesday)
c. begin vocab study--quizzes first day of week each week---starts 9/8 vocabulary...go to "vocabulary" tab from web page, study first batch of words--need to spell, define, and use in a sentence---part of speech is not required, just given for your information. Quizzes are cumulative--each work quizzed on two new words and any two old words.
d. finish above work
8/26-27 Tuesday-Wednesday Block
1. Dorian Gray quiz (ch. 4 p. 3, ch. 4-5 p. 6)
2. Dorian Gray details ch. 1-3 - take notes
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA
3. Gather more quotes and post to GC
Note: ignore the study sync Dickens assignment (P. 3_
4. Writing Prompt (P. 6 only)--write a full page, double spaced response to the prompt:
Explain the meaning of the following quote from Dorian Gray, and then respond to the idea, then submit to google
classroom:"There would be a day when his face would wrinkle and wizen....the scarlet
would pass away from his lips, the gold steal from his hair. The life that was to make his soul would mar his body."
Homework:
a. finish above
b. Read skim Dorian Gray: Tues ch. 5, Wed ch. 6, Thurs ch. 7, Fri ch. 8, quiz on what you've read since previous quiz
8/28-29 Thursday/Friday Block
1. Dorian Gray quiz (p. 3 ch. 5-6; p. 6 ch. 6-7)
2. Anglo Saxon period introduction:
(know what is underlined on power point)
3. Read the following Anglo Saxon poem with your tablemates:
https://genius.com/Burton-raffel-the-seafarer-1st-hour-annotated
answer the following questions together (but type up your own copy to submit to GC):
a. in the first long stanza, how is the seafarer feeling and what things contribute to these feelings?
b. what do you think the following passage means/is talking about:
"And who could believe, knowing but
The passion of cities, swelled proud with wine
And no taste of misfortune, how often, how wearily,
I put myself back on the paths of the sea"
c. in stanza 2, what is he seeking and why do you think he's seeking this?
d. what do you think the following passage means/is talking about?
e. this passage contrasts two ideas that don't seem to fit together--explain:
"Who could understand,
In ignorant ease, what we others suffer
As the paths of exile stretch endlessly on?
And yet my heart wanders away,
My soul roams with the sea, the whales’
Home, wandering to the widest corners
Of the world, returning ravenous with desire.
Flying solitary, screaming, exciting me
To the open ocean, breaking oaths
On the curve of a wave."
f. This poem has several Christian intrusions (Christian ideas probably added by Christian monks who recorded
the Anglo Saxon works)...copy any lines in the poem that seem to be Christian rather than Anglo Saxon...
hint: Anglo Saxon's did not believe in an afterlife, or a single God, or angels...for Anglo saxons, fame was
the only legacy one could expect after death.
g. Summarize the second to the last stanza beginning "The Days are gone"
h. Explain the seafarer's point here:
Fate is stronger
And God mightier than any man’s mind.
Our thoughts should turn to where our home is,
Consider the ways of coming there,
Then strive for sure permission for us
To rise to that eternal joy,
4. Work on Dorian Gray quotes and repost to GC
Homework:
a. Read/skim Dorian Gray (Fri ch. 8, Mon ch. 9, Tues ch. 10; quiz on what you've read since previous class)
9/2-3 Tuesday-Wednesday Block
1. Dorian Gray ch. 8-9 quiz for p. 3; ch. 8-10 for p. 6
2. Read "The Wanderer" https://shslboyd.pbworks.com/f/The+Wanderer+text.pdf
answer the questions below with your table mates, each person keep and submit their own copy on GC:
a. Give one example of alliteration from the poem
b. Give one example of a Kenning from the poem
c. In line 8, note that the quote marks indicate we have anew speaker; this poem begins with some opening
remarks by an unnamed narrator; then narration moves to the Wanderer himself...in the last stanza starting
with line 103, the original narrator comes back and gives closing remarks. This is a key difference between
Seafarer and Wanderer. What purpose do you think the extra narrator serves?
d. What has the Wanderer learned about sorrow and misfortune?
e. Why did the Wanderer leave his home and start this sea voyage?
f. What happier memories does the wanderer recall?
g. What mournful events does he describe?
h. How does the Wanderer describe a wise man?
i. When the Wanderer says that no man may kow wisdom until "many a winter has been his portion" (lines 58-59)
do you think he's referring to having seen many winters (old age) or to having experienced many wintery seasons
of life (winter = cold , dead)? Explain why you think so.
j. Is the Wanderer's tone resigned, ironic, bitter, or self-pitying, and why do you think so/what is your evidence?
k. Do the comments from the first narrator that frame the Wanderer's speech offer hope to the speaker? Explain:
l. In today's world, is there an experience equivalent to an Overlord's protection that might drive someone to
an emotional state like the Wanderer's? Explain a modern circumstance and how it compares to the Wanderer's loss.
3. Begin reading Beowulf in the purple lit book: pages 12-38 (you wont finish today) and make a bulleted outline of what is
happening---post what you have of an outline to GC at end of the period.
4. Read in Dorian Gray: Tues ch. 10, Wed. ch. 11, Thurs ch. 12, Fri ch. 13
Homework:
a. Finish # 2 above
b. Finish Picture of Dorian Gray reading work above
c. vocabulary study--quiz Monday--know the first batch of Greek/Latin roots (be able to define the root, spell, deine, and use the English word with the root in a sentence. From web page, hover over English II H, click on"Vocabulary."
9/4-5 Thursday-Friday Block
1. Dorian Gray quiz (ch. 10-11 p. 3, ch. 10-12 p. 6)
2. Read through detail notes on Seafarer and Wanderer and be
familiar with the big ideas:
3. Study Sync: Literary History: The Epic and Epic Heroes - complete work today
4. Continue reading in Beowulf and add to your bulleted outline on google classroom (pages 12-38)
Homework:
a. study vocab for quiz Monday -- be able to define the root, spell, define, and use English words in a sentence
(roots will be on your paper, English words will be dictated to you)
b. read in Dorian Gray: Thurs ch. 12, Fri ch. 13
9/8 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab week 1 quiz
2. Begin study of vocab week 2
3. Finish Beowulf reading and outline and post to GC
*note: regarding word docs....if you can't get help from the tech people in library (try multiple times, since
someone there can help with this and has done so before)...but if needed, take pics of the doc either
on my laptop o a friend's laptop that can open the docs and read the notes.
Homework:
a. Read/skim Picture of Dorian Gray: Mon ch. 14, Tues ch. 15, Wed, 16, Thurs 17, Fri 18 (quiz tomorrow on ch. 12-14)
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm
9/9 Tuesday-Wednesday Block
1. Dorian Gray quiz 12-14
2. Beowulf movie
3. Finish reading Beowulf and finish your bulleted notes
4. Quote integration:
5. Integrate 4 quotes from Dorian Gray and post to google classroom.
6. Read/Skim Dorian Gray : Tues ch. 15, We, 16, Thurs 17, Fri 18
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA
Homework:
a. Picture of Dorian Gray reading--see above (quiz on ch. 15-16 p. 3, quiz on 15-17 p. 6)
b. study vocab weeks 1-2 and Anglo Saxon material
c. Outside reading classic due 9/15 (see agenda date 8/25 document for list of options)
9/11-9/12 Thursday-Friday Block
1. Dorian Gray quiz (quiz on ch. 15-16 p. 3, quiz on 15-17 p. 6)
2. Beowulf movie
3. Read in purple lit book pages 54-56: "Venerable Bede" and "Caedmon" from Ecclesiastical Histories of the
English People, summarize careful (be a bit detailed on this...look for ways in which Christianity is eliminating
class distinctions;post to GC today.
4. Read pages 52-53 in purple lit book (Anglo Saxon Riddles), then with table mates, create your own Anglo Saxon
Riddle with the answer key underneath--riddle should be same length as those in book; each person post your own
copy to GC....we can finish the riddles Monday if needed
5. Read/Skim Dorian Gray : Thurs 17, Fri 18
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlNGIyibyA
Homework:
a. Vocab quiz on weeks 1-2 next class
b. Study Anglo Saxon material
c. Outside reading classic due 9/15 (see agenda date 8/25 document for list of options)
*note: Anglo Saxon exam week after next:
Anglo Saxon power point (underlined parts only---agenda date 8/28)
Seafarer (see notes agenda date 9/4-5)
Wanderer (see notes agenda date 9/4-5)
Beowulf (purple lit book p. 14-37, notes agenda date 9/11)
Venerable Bede (purple lit book p. 54, notes on agenda date 9/11)
Ecclesiastical Histories (purple lit book 55-56, notes on agenda date 9/11)
Anglo Saxon Riddles (purple lit book p. 52-53, notes on agenda date 9/11)
9/15 Monday Traditional
1. ORB due to show teacher
2. Vocab week 1-2 quiz
3. Finish Anglo Saxon Riddle and post your own copy of your table mates group work to google classroom
4. Read/Skim Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 19-20; add any last minute good quotes to your quote sheet;
quiz next class on ch. 17-20
Homework:
a. Begin study of vocab week 3
b. Read/Skim Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 19-20; quiz next class on ch. 17-20
c. Study for Anglo Saxon exam first block next week
d. Print out your Dorian Gray quote sheet and bring to the next class to start writing your essay
(also bring lined paper and pen---you'll be writing by hand)
9/117 Tuesday-Wednesday Block
1. Beowulf film
2. Essay prep--printed quote sheets due. Thesis writing (see "references" section for thesis writing power point)
3. Essay outline format
4. Write your thesis and three major claims as bullets (remember the thesis idea needs to answer why
it's important to suffer the consequences of one's actions)
Under each of the 3 major claims bullets, list in bullets the three quotes you will use to prove that one point
do not integrate quotes--just give the SINGLE SENTENCE quotes that you will use part of in your integration
post to GC by midnight tonight.
Homework:
a. Study vocab weeks 1-3
b. Quiz moved to next class on ch. 17-20
c. Study for Anglo Saxon exam first block next week
d. bring printed out quote sheets and your thesis and 3 claims
9/18-19 Thursday Friday Block
1. Dorian Gray 17-20 quiz
2. Begin handwriting your draft of the essay...hand in at end of class
Homework:
a. study for Anglo Saxon Exam first block next week (p. 3 is Monday, p. 6 is Wednesday)
b. vocab weeks 1-3 quiz