February 11-15, 2013

Greetings Students!

I hope you had a great weekend! We have lots to do this week, so get ready for a busy few days.
Remember, we delayed out vocabulary quizzes until Monday last week, so I will post all your new vocabulary (for THIS Friday) on Friday afternoon so as not to confuse it with your current vocabulary. Check Edmodo Monday afternoon or Tuesday for your new words.


Now for this week's plans:

Pre-APEnglish 10

 The FINAL drafts of your The Crucible essays are due on Monday, February 11. I have also put an upload space on Edmodo. I would like BOTH a hard copy (with your peer evaluation attached) and an electronic copy. The E copy is for my permanent records, should there be any question about a turned-in paper. It does NOT replace the hard copy.

On Monday, you have vocabulary lesson 12. Lesson 13 words will be uploaded on Tuesday for Friday's quiz.


We will be reading Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God on Monday, and you will focus on both imagery and types of appeals. I would like you to select what you think is the most compelling image, illustrate it with a quotation as a caption, and write a paragraph on the back explaining what kind of appeal it is and why the image is a compelling or effective appeal .

The remainder of the week will be spent reading and discussion other Puritan texts, particularly poetry. We have more or less focused on how the literature of this period reflects the less admirable aspects of these people and this point in American history. The poetry from this period, however, will reflect other aspects of Puritans.
Remember, the CC Essential Question for this unit is "How does literature reflect and shape society?" We will be discussing this question in full after reading the poetry.

Lesson 12 vocabulary Monday. Lesson 13 Friday.
English 12 

This week we will review for a test on the play Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. This play is the namesake for all subsequent Faustian tales. Expect essay questions on this test that will count for forty percent of your test grade.

On Wednesday, we will begin our study of the 17th and 18th Centuries in British literature. Check your Pearson page for assigned reading.


I have uploaded your lesson 12 vocabulary for Monday, and will upload lesson 13 for Friday. We will review your new words this week.


APEnglish Literature and Composition

This week we finish our reading and discussion of Hamlet. I will expect you to bring in the MC questions that I gave you on Hamlet, and we will review them together. You should also expect TWO essays on the play this week. I have graded the essays for the class that was not cancelled because of weather and will return them. I would like you to have a "re-do" opportunity, since the scores were less than desirable and the schedule that week was hectic and confusing. I will give ALL students from both classes an excerpt from the play to write about for homework. Give yourselves no more than 40 minutes to write your essay, then type it up and upload it in the space I will create on Edmodo for that purpose. A second essay on the play will be written in class. This essay will deal with some thematic issue from the entire play. 

I have posted lesson 55 on Edmodo; your quiz will be on Monday. Lesson 54 will be posted Monday for a quiz on Friday.