• Collect Outside Reading projects
• Collect any remaining assignments from before break
• Read pages 283-296 and take notes for tomorrow’s test
• Homework: Vocabulary 9 due on Wednesday

TUESDAY:

• Elizabethan Era and Shakespeare Test

WEDNESDAY:

• The Reduced Shakespeare Company

THURSDAY:

C/D Club Day

• Begin Macbeth, read intro to play on pages 298-301
• Start reading play in class

FRIDAY:

• Continue Macbeth
• “2010″ picture taken outside and Senior Assembly to announce superlative winners.

• Read John Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud” on page 253 (including the “Make the Connection” and “Background” sections preceding) and answer questions 2-6 on page 254
• Answer either question 6 OR question 7 on page 255.
• Read Ben Jonson’s biography on page 256.  Read “On My First Son” on page 257, along with the “Make the Connection,” “Elements of Literature,” and “Background” sections.  Students should define epigram.
• Read “Song: To Celia” by Ben Jonson on page 258 along with the “Make the Connection” and “Background” sections.  Answer questions 2-8 on page 259.
• All questions should be turned in at the bell.  If not finished, they make finish for homework and submit at the start of class on Tuesday.

TUESDAY:

• Read Sir John Suckling’s and Richard Lovelace’s biographies on page 262.
• Read the introduction to and the poem “Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?” by Sir John Suckling on page 263 along with the “Make the Connection” and “Elements of Literature” sections.  Define tone.
• Read the introduction to and the poem “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars” on page 264.
• Read the introduction to and the poem “To Althea, from Prison” on page 265.
• Answer questions 2-9 on page 266.
• Read the biography of Pable Neruda on page 267.
• Read Sonnets 17 and 79 along with the “Make the Connection” section on pages 268-270.
• Students should write a summary of each Neruda sonnet.
• Read and take notes on “The Birth of Modern English” from pages 271-274.
• Students should turn in all work at the bell EXCEPT the notes they take on the English Language section.
• Homework: Anything not completed should be completed over the break and turned in first thing Monday, November 30^th.

WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY:

Thanksgiving Break — No School!!    Enjoy.

Reminder: Your outside reading assingments are due first thing on Monday, November 30th, and your Elizabethan Era and Shakespeare Test will be on Tuesday, December 1st.

• Vocabulary 8
• Finish Illuminated Sonnets

TUESDAY:

Interims go home today.  Students with a “D” or an “F” should have their interim signed by a parent and returned tomorrow.

• Digital and Hard Copies of the Illuminated Sonnets DUE
• Classwork – due at bell
  • Read John Donne’s Biography on page 244 and summarize the story of his shortest poem, “John Donne/ Anne Donne/ Undone.”
  • Define “hyperbole” and read “Song” on page 245 and answer questions 2-6 on page 246
  • Define “metaphysical conceit” and read “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” on page 248 and answer questions 2-6 on page 249.
• Homework:  Vocabulary 8 due tomorrow

WEDNESDAY:

• Check Vocabulary 8
• Divide and Conquer: Each group should read their assigned pages and put together 3-4 details about the author of their poem to give the class, a summary of the plot of the poem, any definitions to key words, and how the poem is a carpe diem poem, as defined on page 231.
  • Group 1: Christopher Marlowe — pages 231-233
  • Group 2: Sir Walter Raleigh — pages 231, 234-236
  • Group 3: Robert Herrick — pages 231, 238-239
  • Group 4: Andrew Marvell — pages 231, 240-242

THURSDAY:

• Elizabeth I – Biography DVD
  • Notes taken may be used on the Renaissance test
• Homework:
  • Study for vocabulary quiz over definitions
  • Bring outside reading book tomorrow

FRIDAY:

• Vocabulary 8 Quiz – Definitions
• Use remainder of time to read outside reading book

• Read pages 214-215 (Wyatt’s “Whoso List to Hunt”) – Complete questions 1-7 and turn in at bell.
• Begin Vocabulary 7, due Thursday

TUESDAY:

• Spenser: pages 217-222
• Shakespeare: page 223-228
• Illuminated Sonnets (examples shown in class)
• Homework: Write your own personal sonnet.  You must:
  • Choose a sonnet style — Italian, Shakespearean, or Spenserian
  • Confine yourself to your style’s rhyme scheme and rules for format (i.e., question/answer, problem/solution)
  • Make sure you include the change or “turn” (discussed on page 220 in your textbook)
  • Write in a steady meter.  My suggestion is iambic pentameter, but you may use any combination you’d like as presented on page 216 of your textbook.

WEDNESDAY:

No School – Veterans Day  (Thank a vet!)

THURSDAY:

• Check Vocabulary unit 7
• Go to library for Outside Reading Assignment
• Work on laptops – Illuminated Sonnets

FRIDAY:

• Vocabulary Unit 7 – Quiz
• Work on laptops – Illuminated Sonnets

• Bellwork: none
• Complete Renaissance Outlines from literature book
• Work on Vocabulary Unit 6 – Due Thursday

TUESDAY:

• Bellwork: none
• Continue Renaissance Period Notes (see Notes page to download)

WEDNESDAY:

• Guest Speaker:  Jessie Weins from the Art Institutes – How what you learn in English and high school in general applies to your life after graduation.

THURSDAY:

A/B Clubs Day

• Bellwork: none
• Check Vocabulary 6
• Finish Renaissance Notes
• Sonnets

FRIDAY:

• Bellwork: none
• Quiz Vocabulary 6
• Sonnets

• Bellwork: None – prepare for test by making sure your notes are organized.
• Middle Ages Test – you may use your Middle Ages outlines and any notes in your binder on this test.  Thank you for keeping your binders together and organized as requested.
• Work on Vocabulary Unit 5 in the workbook when you’ve completed your test.
• Homework: Finish Vocabulary Unit 5 – due Wednesday

TUESDAY:

• Bellwork: Name one thing you already know about the Renaissance.
• Introduce the Renaissance — Read pages 193-212 and create an outline for use on your Renaissance Test (coming up the week before Thanksgiving).
• Mini-interims went home.  Students do NOT have to have these signed.  They were purely informative.  IF YOU HAVE ZEROES — you have until Friday, October 30th to get anything missing in for partial credit.
• Homework: Vocabulary Unit 5 due tomorrow

WEDNESDAY:

• Bellwork:
• Check Vocabulary 5
• Renaissance Notes – Please get notes from the Notes page (link to the right).
• Homework: Study for the Vocab 5 Quiz on Friday

THURSDAY:

• Bellwork:
• Continue Renaissance Introduction
• Homework: Study for Vocab 5 Quiz

FRIDAY:

• Bellwork:
• Turn in all missing assignments for partial credit – LAST CHANCE!
• Vocabulary 5 Quiz – Definitions
• Finish Introduction to the Renaissance

• Bellwork: none
• Complete Vocabulary Unit 4 in the workbook
• Homework: Finish Vocabulary unit 4 – due Thursday

TUESDAY:

• Bellwork: none
• Read “The Death of Arthur” pages 170-175 and create a detailed summary of the story (should be a page or so in length)
• Answer the question “Why is the story of Arthur so powerful even today?”
• Homework: vocabulary unit 4 – due Thursday

WEDNESDAY:

• Bellwork: How is the truce between Mordred and Arthur disturbed (according to “The Death of Arthur”)?
• Begin watching “First Knight”
• Homework: Vocabulary check tomorrow

THURSDAY:

• Bellwork: none
• Check Vocabulary unit 4 – take a grade
• Continue “First Knight”
• Homework: Study for your quiz on unit 4 tomorrow

FRIDAY:

• Bellwork: none
• Quiz Vocabulary Unit 4
• Finish “First Knight”

Fall Break – No School

WEDNESDAY:

• Bellwork: How does Chaucer fit into the group of pilgrims?
• Read the Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, pages 138-147
• Answer questions 1-9 and a-d on page 149

THURSDAY:

• Bellwork: How is the Wife of Bath ahead of her time?
• Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight excerpt, pages 158-167
• Answer questions a-e on page 167 and write a brief summary of the story

FRIDAY:

• Bellwork: What do you already know about the Arthurian Legends?
• Introduce King Arthur
• Arthurian Legends DVD

• Bellwork: Why is the Knight listed first in the General Prologue and the first to talk?
• Continue CT from Friday
• Homework: Vocabulary Unit 3 – due Thursday and quiz Friday

TUESDAY:

Ms. Levi out of town.

• Bellwork: By what devices does Chaucer reveal his characters?  (Refer to page 103.)
• Continue reading the General Prologue as necessary to complete the assignments
• Complete the “Characters in the Prologue” handout
• Complete the “British Class Structure” handout
• Complete questions 1-6 and a-d from page 127.  Finish for homework, if needed.

WEDNESDAY:

Ms. Levi out of town.

• Bellwork: How do you think the people of Chaucer’s time responded to the character representations in The Canterbury Tales?  Pick one character from the General Prologue and provide your hypothesis.
• Read “The Pardoner’s Tale” pages 129-136
• Complete side one of the “Analyzing a Pilgrim” handout
• Finish vocabulary unit 3, due tomorrow

THURSDAY:

• Bellwork: How does Chaucer himself fit into the group?
• Check Vocabulary Unit 3 and take a grade
• Check questions from page 127 (1-6 and a-d)
• Review “The Pardoner’s Tale” and finish/check “Analyzing a Pilgrim” handout as needed

FRIDAY:

• Bellwork: What makes the Pardoner so offensive?
• Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz
• Read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” and complete side two of the “Analyzing a Pilgrim handout together in class.
• Finish Wednesday after Fall Break

End of the first nine weeks!  One down, three to go.    Have a SAFE and restful Fall Break, and I’ll see you Wednesday.

• Bellwork: none
• Watch The Canterbury Tales, volumes 1 and 2
• Homework: Vocab unit 2 – due Wednesday

TUESDAY:

ASVAB test in the theatre at 7:15.

• Bellwork: None
• 1st-4th periods: Test
• 5th period: Continue Canterbury Tales, volume 2 and being volume 3
• Homework: Vocab unit 2 due tomorrow

WEDNESDAY:

Josten’s Representative back on campus to take orders/deposits

• Bellwork: None
• All classes will visit the theatre to turn in order packets at the beginning of each period.
• Check Vocab 2

THURSDAY:

• Bellwork: None
• Finish DVDs as needed
• Handout on Canterbury Tales pilgrims
• Begin reading from the text
• Homework: Study for your Vocab 2 quiz tomorrow

FRIDAY:

• Bellwork: none
• Vocabulary 2 quiz
• Continue the CT