Lisha Wood

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Honors American Literature - Weeks May 12-23

Monday, May 12

1. Vocab 15 words
2. e.e. cummings poetry - "Old Age Sticks" & "l(a"
3. Carl Sandburg's poetry - "Chicago"
4. The Great Gatsby  - symbolism in ch. 1-3
5. Harlem Renaissance - take notes on background and complete SOAPStone handout

HW: finish Gatsby 4-6

Tuesday, May 13

1. The Great Gatsby ch. 4-6 Quiz
2. Discuss symbols, etc. in ch 4-6

Wednesday, May 14

1. Finish Gatsby notes 4-6
2. Seminar handout
3. Discuss Harlem Renaissance - Cullen poems
4. Langston Hughes

HW: eaves drop on a conversation

Thursday, May 15

1. Robert Frost bio and poems
2. Ernest Hemingway bio and "Soldier's Home"

Friday, May 16

1. Vocab 15 Quiz
2. Discuss Frost poetry
3. Discuss Hemingway, "Soldier's Home"

Monday, May 19

1. Finish Hemingway discussion
2. Work on seminar

Tuesday, May 20

1. Gatsby Test
2. Gatsby seminar

Wednesday, May 21

1. Gatsby - the movie

Friday, May 23

FINAL EXAM - know all literary periods, authors, and works we've studied.

9th Honors - A Day - Weeks of May 12-23

Tuesday, May 13

1. Practice EOCT
2. Comparison chart for Animal Farm
3. Propaganda

Thursday, May 15

1. Propaganda in Animal Farm
2. Animal Farm - movie

Monday, May 19

1. EOCT

Wednesday, May 21

1. Animal Farm Test
2. Finish Animal Farm movie

Friday, May 23

FINAL EXAM!

9th Honors - Weeks of May 12-23

Monday, May 12

1. Vocab 14 Quiz
2. Vocab 15 words
3. Groups - share "The Raven" scavenger hunt
4. Listen to "The Raven" - didnt' finish

Tuesday, May 13

1. Ellen Foster 7-12 Quiz
2. Discuss; Read ch. 13 together
3. Finish listening to "The Raven"
4. Watch The Simpsons "The Raven"

Wednesday, May 14

1. EOCT practice
2. Dreams poems - SOAPStone

Thursday, May 15

1. EOCT - meet in media center

Friday, May 16

1. EOCT -meet in media center

Monday, May 19

1. Vocab 15 Quiz
2. Poetry cont.

Tuesday, May 20

1. Ellen Foster Test
2. Social worker activity

Wednesday, May 21

1. Poetry Test

Thursday, May 22

Final Exam

AP Language - Weeks of May 12-23

Monday, May 12

1. Go over last AP practice multiple choice
2. Choice practice - multiple choice or synthesis essay

Wednesday, May 14

AP LANGUAGE EXAM - Good Luck!!

Friday, May 16

1. Vocab Test

Tuesday, May 20

1. The Unvanquished Test

Thursday, May 23

FINAL EXAM

Honors American Literature - Week of May 5-9

Monday, May 5

1. Vocab 14 words
2. Moderns Background
3. Imagism poetry - Pound and Williams
4. Begin e.e. cummings

Tuesday, May 6

1. The Great Gatsby  1-3 quiz and timed writing

Wednesday, May 7

1. EOCT - meet in room 708

Thursday, May 8

1. EOCT - meet in room 708

Friday, May 9

1. Vocab 14Q
2. Discuss symbols, impression management, and power differentials in The Great Gatsby 1-3

9th Honors A Day - Week of May 5-9

Monday, May 5

1. Animal Farm Ch 1-2 Quiz
2. Rhetorical Triangle notes - ethos, pathos, logos
3. Apply rhetorical triangle to Old Major's speech
4. Read ch. 3 together

Wednesday, May 7

1. Animal Farm Ch. 3-5 seminar questions - discuss all 10 questions with partners, but answer 3 in a paragraph as a group

Friday, May 9

1. Vocab 15 Quiz - Last One!!
2. Discuss Animal Farm 3-5 seminar questions
3. Read ch. 6 together

Upcoming Dates:

5/13    Practice EOCT, Animal Farm 6-8 Quiz, rhetorical triangle, comparison chart

5/15    Animal Farm movie, continue working on comparison chart

5/19   EOCT

5/21   Animal Farm Test/celebration

5/23   Final Exam

9th Honors Y - Week of May 5-9

Monday, May 5

1. Vocab 14 words
2. "Seven Ages of Man" Poem
3. In groups, write a modern "Seven Ages of Man/Woman" poem

Tuesday, May 6

1. Ellen Foster 4-6 Quiz
2. Ellen Foster  1-6 essay quiz with partners

Wednesday, May 7

1. Seminar - Ellen Foster ch. 1-6
2. Read chapters 7-8 together

Thursday, May 8

1. Share "Seven Ages of Man/Woman" poems
2. Listen to "Limelight"
3. Read "Ecclesiates" & listen to "Turn, Turn, Turn"
4. Read "Fifteen" & "Uphill"

Friday, May 9

1. Read "Fire

AP Language - Weeks of May 5-9

Tuesday, May 6

1. Vocab words 28-30
2. Discuss multiple choice answers
3. Take home AP practice multiple choice

Thursday, May 8

1. Discuss practice essays - free response and synthesis
2. Grammar handout
3. Practice free response essay

Coming Soon:

Monday, May 12 - Choice practice

Wednesday, May 14 - AP Language Exam - Good Luck!!

Friday, May 16 - Semester Vocab Test

Tuesday, May 20 - Unvanquished Test

Thursday, May 22 - Final Exam

Honors American Lit - Week of April 28-May 2

Monday, April 28

1. Vocab 13 words
2. Discuss Jack London's "To Build a Fire" - elements of Naturalism, foreshadowing, irony
3. Discuss Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" and "Desiree's Baby" - elements of Regionalism and irony

HW: Read Mark Twain's "Story of Bad Little Boy"; EOCT practice for extra credit - www.usatestprep.com

Tuesday, April 29

1. Discuss Twain's "Story" - satire, regionalism, criticism - discuss society's ways of teaching us to be "good"
2. Twain's sayings - satire - explain relevance

HW: Read Paul Lawrence Dunbar's poems - "Douglass" and "We Wear the Mask"; Study for Realism/Naturalism test

Wednesday, April 30

1. Discuss Dunbar's poetry - Realism
2. Realism/Naturalism test
3. Complete Mondernism background handout, syllabus, and F. Scott Fitzgerald bio
4. The Great Gatsby - anticipation guide (yes, no, maybe)

HW: Finish handouts

Thursday, May 1

1. Fitzgerald bio
2. Discuss Y/N/M - Gatsby anticipation guide
3. Read ch. 1 in The Great Gatsby - write questiosn as we read

HW: complete Ch. 1-3 by Tuesday, May 6th

Friday, May 2

1. Vocab 13 Quiz
2. Modernism background
3. Imagism - Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams

9th Honors A-Day - Week of April 28-May 2

Tuesday, April 29

1. Vocab 15 Words
2. Go over Animal Farm background notes
3. Animal Farm - groupwork - create your version of a utopia

HW: Finish Ellen Foster creative myth projects

Thursday, May 1

1. Ellen Foster creative myth projects Due!!
2. Share projects
3. Animal Farm - groupwork - share utopias
4. Read Ch. 1 together

HW: Extra credit - EOCT practice on www.usatestprep.com; read Ch. 2 for Animal Farm