Assignments for March 28 - April 1, 2011

Pre-AP English I -

• Discuss expectations for the independent reading project


• Introduce Elizabethan/Renaissance theater


• Learn about Shakespeare's background and writings


• Complete background test

Dual Credit 1302 -

• Discuss expectations for the Scarlet Letter novel project


• Prepare poetry explication lessons regarding Dickinson, Frost, Hughes, and Plath


• Begin presenting poetry lessons on Friday

Assignments for March 21 - 25, 2011

This is the last week of this nine-weeks term.

I will probably be absent on Friday.

All grade/late work concerns need to be handled before then.

Pre-AP English I -

• Discuss Animal Farm as an allegory
• Review persuasive appeals in Animal Farm
• Nine-weeks exam on Thursday
• Pamphlets due by Wednesday
• Coming up: Romeo & Juliet

Dual Credit 1302 -

• Introduction to library databases on Monday
• Review literary analysis paragraphs in class on Tuesday
• Discussion of poems in first three chapters of poetry unit
• Remember: Research topics must be approved prior to starting research. Unapproved topics will earn a 0 on the research paper. Get topics in quickly!

Assignments for March 7 - 11, 2011

**Because I will be in a parent conference, there will be no tutoring Monday after school.

***It has not yet certain whether or not I will be in school on Thursday. Please check with me Wednesday to find out if I will be in school for tutoring on Thursday.

Pre-AP English I -

• Students will finish reading Animal Farm, 2 chapters per evening
• Reading check quizzes will be administered daily
• Students will begin preparing and publishing an objective newspaper article and a persuasive pamphlet in response to portions of Animal Farm
• Students will note and discuss propaganda techniques illustrated through Animal Farm
• Students will work on grammatical elements commonly found in the research papers

Dual Credit 1302

• Students will discuss the research process, focusing on the annotated bibliography and noted and source cards
• Students should independently read chapters 32-36 in the Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers
• Students will discuss the different types of plagiarism and how to avoid them
• Students will begin explicating poems in class