Winter Break

Don't forget to acquire Hamlet and a copy of your small group books. The recommended editions follow:

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

     Grand Central Publishing, New York, 1972.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

     The Penguin Group, New York, copyright 2003.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

     Harcourt, Inc., Orlando, copyright 2001.

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

     Harper and Row, New York, 1990.

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Vintage Books, a division of Random House, New York, 2004, 1987.

Have a nice break!

Week of December 12 - 16

Monday 12/12
      "My Last Duchess" Quiz & Exam
           Error Analysis

Tuesday 12/13
      "Awakening" Pass. 8-9 Quiz & Exam
           Discuss Ch. 37-39 (end)

Wednesday - Thursday 12/14-12/15
      "Awakening" Ch. 37-39 (end)

Friday 12/16
      Retake "Duchess" and "Awakening" Passages 8-9

Passages 10-12 upon the Return :(

Week of December 5th - 9th

Monday 12/5
         Retake "Awakening" Passages 6&7
         Discuss "My Last Duchess"
         HW: "Awakening Ch 30-36
Tuesday 12/6
         "Awakening" Error Analysis

Wednesday 12/7
         Seminar "Awakening" 30-32

Thursday 12/8
         Seminar "Awakening" 33-36

Friday 12/9
        "My Last Duchess" Quiz & Exam
        Continue "Awakening" Error Analysis

HW: "The Awakening" ch 37-End

Need copy of Hamlet and small group reading book by Winter Break!

Week of November 28 - December 2

Monday 11/28
       "Awakening" Passage 6&7 Exam

Tuesday - Thursday (11/29-12/1)
       Discuss "Awakening" Chapters 25-29

Friday 12/2
       Retake "Sound & Sense"


Read and Annotate "My Last Duchess" for Monday

Week of November 21-25

Monday 11/21
      Retake Awake Passages 4&5
      Retake "Death"

Tuesday 11/22
      Discuss "Sound and Sense"

Wednesday 11/23
      "Sound and Sense" Quiz and Exam

Thursday 11/24
     No School: Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday 11/25
     No School: Thanksgiving Break


Awakening Pass 6&7 Exam and Quiz Monday

for Tuesday: Discuss ch 25-29

Week of November 14-18

Monday - 11/14
           Discuss "Awakening" ch 18-19

Tuesday - 11/15
          "Awakening" pass 4-5 Quiz & Exam 

Wednesday - 11/16
          Timed Write on Chapter 17

Read the passage from chapter 17, starting “The Pontelliers possessed a very charming home on Esplanade street…” and ending “ …’Miss Wiggs,’ ‘Mrs. Eleanor Boltons.’” He pushed the cards aside.”

•Then in a well-organized essay, analyze the rhetorical strategies the author uses to create an impression the Pontellier’s household and marriage.

Thursday - 11/17
          Discuss 21-23 Seminar

Friday - 11/18
         Chapter 24 Seminar

Week of November 7 - 10

Monday
         Awakening Seminar Ch. 14-15

Tuesday
        Awakening Seminar Ch. 16-17

Wednesday
        "Because I Could Not Wait for Death..." Quiz & Exam
        "Mending Wall" Retake

Thursday
       Discuss "Awakening" Ch 18


  HW: Read 19-20 for Monday
                  21-24 for Tuesday - Thursday

Week of October 31 - November 4

Monday 10/31 (Happy Halloween!)
        Awakening Pass 2&3 Quiz and Exam
 
       Q2 Essay due by 11:59! to turnitin.com

             HW: Dickenson Poem

Tuesday 11/1 - Wednesday 11/2
        Awakening Ch 11-13 Discussion
                   HW: Read Ch 14-17

Thursday
        "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" discussion 
         (Exam and Quiz Monday 11/7 + Mending Wall Retake) 

Friday
        Retake Awakening Pass 2&3
        Finish - "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" discussion 

October 24 - 28

Monday 10/24
        Peer Edit

Tuesday 10/25
      "Mending Wall" Error Analysis Awakening Passages 1

Wednesday - Thursday 10/26-27
         "Mending Wall" Exam
        Awakening - Discuss Chapters 6-10

Friday 10/28
         Awakening Passages 2 & 3 Quiz and Exam

      *Q2 Awakening Essay DUE to turnitin.com by 11:59pm

Week of October 17 - 21

Monday
           The Awakening Ch 4-6 Discussion
                 - type Q2, due to turnitin by Thursday @ 11:59pm
                 - analyze Frost's "Mending Wall"

Tuesday
          Retake Awakening pass 1
          Discuss ch 4-6

Wednesday
          school function

Thursday
          Discuss Awakening Ch 7-10
                  -submit Q2 essay by 11:59pm

Friday
          Discuss "Mending Wall"

Exam on Monday

Week of October 10 - 14

Monday 10/10
             Discuss "The Awakening" ch. 1-3
                    HW: Annotate "The Awakening" ch. 4-6

Tuesday-Wednesday
         HTRLLP Presentations

Thursday 10/13
        "The Awakening" Pass. 1 Vocab Quiz and Exam
                   HTRLLP presentations if time.
         
Friday 10/14
           Timed Write: Chapter 3 Q2

Week of October 3 - 7

Monday-Wednesday 10/3-10/5
            HTRLLP Presentations
        HW: "The Awakening" Reading: Chapter I-III
                            Annotate for HTRLLP

Thursday 10/6
             The Play!

Friday 10/7
              Presentation

Week of September 26-30

Monday-Wednesday
      HTRLLP Presentations
                  HW: "Birthday Party" Essay Calibration

• HW  TUES:  The Awakening readings:
• Southern Culture:  read The White League and Creoles
• HW  WED: The Awakening readings:
• Women's Issues:  read Birth Control and Childbirth, Motherhood and Marriage

Thursday 9/29
      HTRLLP Presentations
       Small Group Scoring "B-Day" essays

• HW  THURS:  The Awakening readings
• Women's Issues:  read The Gibson Girl and The New Woman

Friday 9/30
      HTRLLP Presentations
      HW: Life of Pi Practice Exam  Passages for Tuesday next



Permission Slips and $10 for Two Gentlemen!

Week of September 9/19-9/23

turnitin.com: APE Lit and Comp

3rd Period = class ID # 13489996

Password: BHHS

Monday & Tuesday

   Lab: HTRLLP Presentations start Monday next, 9/26.

              HW: Read Bless Me, Ultima, passages 1&2

                       Study Quizlet

Wednesday 9/21

     Bless Me, Ultima Quiz and Practice Exam.

         HW: Read Birthday Party for Monday.

Thursday & Friday

     Bless Me, Ultima Retakes/Error Analysis

Procure Kate Chopin's The Awakening by Monday, 9/26.

APE

September Week 9/12 - 9/16

Mon. 9/12

Turnit in SENIOR ENGLISH:

2nd Period = class ID # 13490012

5th Period =  class ID # 13490028

Everyone's Password: BHHS

• Picture Day
• HTRLLP Project Info
• Homework: 
• "The Flowers" Essay
• Read and annotate Brave New World passages 1 and 2
• Study Lit. Vocab for BNW

Tue 9/13

• Register for turnitin:
• ID # 13489996  Password: BHHS
• Work day
• "Flowers" due

Wed 9/14

• BNW passage 1 and 2 Practice Exam
• BNW Lit. Quiz

Thur - Fri 9/15-16

• Error Analysis of  BNW passage 1 and 2 
• if time = work on HTRLLP