Rough draft of reserach paper is due April 4. Be sure to highlight and include both corrected outline and works cited page.
We will be working on Dickinson and Whitman this week.
You need to get a copy of The Great Gatsby this week.
We will return to weekly vocab. after the break as well as prepare to take the EOCT May7,8.
Keep up with all due dates for research paper- notecards due this week. Keep researching ,creating citations as you find new articles, books, etc.
Chapters 1-18 of Huck Finn, study questions, identification of names/places sheet all due Thursday.
Poe and Melville test Monday.
We will move on to the Transcendentalists Emerson and Thoreau some time this week.
Friday March 3rd you researched in the media center- preferably in Sprayberry's sites- for articles about your subjects. This week I will begin to teach you about the research paper and what you need to know to write one. Be sure to refer to your Cobb County Research Guide for clarification and for anything you miss because of absences.
We will go again to the library, but you should be researching outside of class and beginning to prepare a thesis and outline as well as take notes on notecards.
Be sure to refer to handouts for guidelines, point values, and especially DUE DATES!!
We will also be working on Poe this week and moving on to Transcendentalism- see syllabi on both.
Keep up with Huckleberry Finn reading (thee first 18 chapters)
We are doing the Romanticism unit this week. You received a detailed syllabus. You should have completed the study questions and terms.
You should be doing some preliminary reading about several topics you might choose from to do your research paper.
We will have a vocab. quiz on Friday on the next 10 words.
Tues. 2/26: Classicism test
Wed. 2/27: Pamphlet due
Students off Mon. and Tues.
Usage packet completion and quiz
Catcher in the Rye ch. 1-19 due 2/20 and study ques.
Finish Catcher for 2/25 test and study ques.
We will finish up classicism authors and selections on syllabus.
Bring "crucible" article to class Monday.
New voc. list- quiz Fri.
Catcher in the Rye due 2/22 ( I will probably have a quiz on half the book- I'll announce when.)
The Crucible test is Monday.
The Crucible essay is due Fri. Feb.15
We are reading The Crucible in class this week- you should check the study ques. to see if you know the answers. Expect a quiz or two at some point.(know all characters' names)
We will have a vocab. quiz on the next ten words on list on Friday.
Invite your parents to come to Open House Thursday evening at 6:30 and to sign up for I-Parent!
short week: no vocab. quiz
Review terms associated with The Crucible ( witch hunt, scapegoating, Red Scare, McCarthyism, etc.)
We will read about the real witchcraft trials and begin reading the play The Crucible in class.
We will complete The Scarlet Letter unit with a Socratic seminar and a test.
Welcome back!
The Tolerance essay is due Friday, Jan. 18.
Vocab. quiz #2 is Friday Jan. 18 also.
The "Beginnings" unit will start this week: Do the study questions and define the terms.
Be working on The Scarlet Letter seminar questions!
Be sure you have a three-ring binder for this class and a planner in which to record homework assignments.
Poe test: Wed. 10/24
H. Finn ch. 16-32 due 10/29
Introductory paragraph and final outline taken to A.B. due Wed. 10/24
Be researching and beginning to write rough draft! Don't forget to find a block quote.
Let's plan an end-of -research celebration....
