3rd Nine Weeks
January
M 5 Othello, Act III, Scene i, pp. 81-83, Scene ii, pp. 83-84; LFQ; Begin Act III, Scene iii, pp. 84-106 [finish outside of class w/ LFQ]
W 7 Othello, Discuss Act III, Scene iii; Read Act III, Scene iv, pp. 106-115 [finish outside of class w/
LFQ] / Presentations 1, 2, 3
F 9 Othello, Discuss Act III, Scene iv; Quiz Act III; begin reading Act IV, Scene i, pp. 116-128
[finish outside of class w/ LFQ / Presentations 4, 5, 6
T 13 Othello, Discuss Act IV, Scene I; Read Act IV, Scene ii, pp. 129-139 LFQ / Presentations 7, 8, 9
R 15 Othello, Discuss Act IV, Scene ii; Read Act IV, Scene iii, pp, 140-144 LFQ; Quiz Act IV / Presentations 10. 11, 12
T 20 Othello, Discuss Act V, Scene i; Read Act V, Scene ii [finish outside of class w/ LFQ] / Presentations 13, 14, 15
R 22 Othello, Discuss Act V, Scene ii; Quiz Act V; Othello Assessment Choices: Test or Timed Writing; Introduce Choral
Readings / Presentations 16,17, 18, 19
M 26 Joining Sentences and Sentence Parts; Work on Choral Reading; AP Practice Question
W 28 Joining Sentences and Sentence Parts; Othello Test or Timed Writing - Choice / Work on Choral Reading
F 30 Adding Words to Sentences; Rehearse Choral Reading / Introduce Lord of the Flies by William Golding / Assign
Chapters 1-3
February
T 3 Adding Words to Sentences; Present Choral Reading / Lord of the Flies; Discuss Ch. 1-3; Assign Chapters 4-6
R 5 Adding Clauses used as Nouns; Discuss Lord of the Flies Ch. 4-6 / Assign Chapters 7-9
M 9 Adding Clauses used as Nouns / Discuss Lord of the Flies Ch. 7-9 / Assign Chapters 10-12
W 11 Adding Clauses used as Modifiers / Discuss Lord of the Flies Ch. 10-12 /Assign Socratic Seminar
F 13 Adding Clauses used as Modifiers / Lord of the Flies Socratic Seminar / Timed Writing Topics
W 18 Lord of the Flies Timed Writing / Ch. 25 “Images,” pp. 841-842; Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The
Eagle," handout; William Carlos Williams, “Poem,” p. 842; [VirtuaLit: Elements of Poetry – Image exercise (10
points) due by 11:59 P.M. 2/24]
F 20 Sentence Combining Practice Test / Walt Whitman, “Cavalry Crossing a Ford,” Wilfred Owen, “Dulce et Decorum Est,”
pp. 853-854; Theodore Roethke, “Root Cellar,” p. 845 / AP Style Multiple Choice Question – “Dulce et Decorum Est”
T 24 Sentence Combining Test / Images – Matthew Arnold, “Dover Beach,” pp. 846-847; Ruth Foreman, “Poetry Should
Ride the Bus,” pp. 847; Amy Lowell, “The Pond,” p. 484; Ezra Pound, “In a Station of the Metro,” p. 860
R 26 Punctuation as a Function of Grammar – Dashes; Imagery - BookTracking with Analysis
March
M 2 P as a F of G – Hyphen; Chapter 26 “Figures of Speech: Simile and Metaphor,” pp. 865-867; “Margaret Atwood, “you fit
into me,” p. 867; Emily Dickinson, “Presentiment,” p. 868; Anne Bradstreet, “The Author to Her Book,” p. 869; Richard
Wilber, “The Writer,” p. 870; AP Style Multiple Choice Questions – “ The Writer” [VirtuaLit: Elements of Poetry –
Simile and Metaphor exercises (10 points each) due by 11:59 P.M. 3/6]
W 4 P as a F of G – Parentheses: Simile and Metaphor; Ernest Slyman, “Lightning Bugs,” p. 878; Sylvia Plath, “Mirror,” p.
879; John Donne, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning,” pp. 882; Frances Cornford, “The Guitarist Tunes Up;” Emily
Dickinson, “It Sifts from Leaden Sieves;” Sylvia Plath, “Metaphors [handout]; AP Style Multiple Choice Questions –
“Mirror”
F 6 [end of 9 weeks] P as a F of G – Brackets and Ellipses; Dashes, etc., Practice Test; Chapter 26 “Other Figures of
Speech” Edmond Conti, “Pragmatist,” p. 871; Dylan Thomas, “The Hand that Signed the Paper,” p. 872; Janice Townley
Moore, “To a Wasp,” p. 873-874; J. Patrick Lewis, “The Unkindest Cut,” p. 875; Gary Snyder, “How Poetry Comes to
Me,” p. 875
M 5 Othello, Act III, Scene i, pp. 81-83, Scene ii, pp. 83-84; LFQ; Begin Act III, Scene iii, pp. 84-106 [finish outside of class w/ LFQ]
W 7 Othello, Discuss Act III, Scene iii; Read Act III, Scene iv, pp. 106-115 [finish outside of class w/
LFQ] / Presentations 1, 2, 3
F 9 Othello, Discuss Act III, Scene iv; Quiz Act III; begin reading Act IV, Scene i, pp. 116-128
[finish outside of class w/ LFQ / Presentations 4, 5, 6
T 13 Othello, Discuss Act IV, Scene I; Read Act IV, Scene ii, pp. 129-139 LFQ / Presentations 7, 8, 9
R 15 Othello, Discuss Act IV, Scene ii; Read Act IV, Scene iii, pp, 140-144 LFQ; Quiz Act IV / Presentations 10. 11, 12
T 20 Othello, Discuss Act V, Scene i; Read Act V, Scene ii [finish outside of class w/ LFQ] / Presentations 13, 14, 15
R 22 Othello, Discuss Act V, Scene ii; Quiz Act V; Othello Assessment Choices: Test or Timed Writing; Introduce Choral
Readings / Presentations 16,17, 18, 19
M 26 Joining Sentences and Sentence Parts; Work on Choral Reading; AP Practice Question
W 28 Joining Sentences and Sentence Parts; Othello Test or Timed Writing - Choice / Work on Choral Reading
F 30 Adding Words to Sentences; Rehearse Choral Reading / Introduce Lord of the Flies by William Golding / Assign
Chapters 1-3
February
T 3 Adding Words to Sentences; Present Choral Reading / Lord of the Flies; Discuss Ch. 1-3; Assign Chapters 4-6
R 5 Adding Clauses used as Nouns; Discuss Lord of the Flies Ch. 4-6 / Assign Chapters 7-9
M 9 Adding Clauses used as Nouns / Discuss Lord of the Flies Ch. 7-9 / Assign Chapters 10-12
W 11 Adding Clauses used as Modifiers / Discuss Lord of the Flies Ch. 10-12 /Assign Socratic Seminar
F 13 Adding Clauses used as Modifiers / Lord of the Flies Socratic Seminar / Timed Writing Topics
W 18 Lord of the Flies Timed Writing / Ch. 25 “Images,” pp. 841-842; Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The
Eagle," handout; William Carlos Williams, “Poem,” p. 842; [VirtuaLit: Elements of Poetry – Image exercise (10
points) due by 11:59 P.M. 2/24]
F 20 Sentence Combining Practice Test / Walt Whitman, “Cavalry Crossing a Ford,” Wilfred Owen, “Dulce et Decorum Est,”
pp. 853-854; Theodore Roethke, “Root Cellar,” p. 845 / AP Style Multiple Choice Question – “Dulce et Decorum Est”
T 24 Sentence Combining Test / Images – Matthew Arnold, “Dover Beach,” pp. 846-847; Ruth Foreman, “Poetry Should
Ride the Bus,” pp. 847; Amy Lowell, “The Pond,” p. 484; Ezra Pound, “In a Station of the Metro,” p. 860
R 26 Punctuation as a Function of Grammar – Dashes; Imagery - BookTracking with Analysis
March
M 2 P as a F of G – Hyphen; Chapter 26 “Figures of Speech: Simile and Metaphor,” pp. 865-867; “Margaret Atwood, “you fit
into me,” p. 867; Emily Dickinson, “Presentiment,” p. 868; Anne Bradstreet, “The Author to Her Book,” p. 869; Richard
Wilber, “The Writer,” p. 870; AP Style Multiple Choice Questions – “ The Writer” [VirtuaLit: Elements of Poetry –
Simile and Metaphor exercises (10 points each) due by 11:59 P.M. 3/6]
W 4 P as a F of G – Parentheses: Simile and Metaphor; Ernest Slyman, “Lightning Bugs,” p. 878; Sylvia Plath, “Mirror,” p.
879; John Donne, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning,” pp. 882; Frances Cornford, “The Guitarist Tunes Up;” Emily
Dickinson, “It Sifts from Leaden Sieves;” Sylvia Plath, “Metaphors [handout]; AP Style Multiple Choice Questions –
“Mirror”
F 6 [end of 9 weeks] P as a F of G – Brackets and Ellipses; Dashes, etc., Practice Test; Chapter 26 “Other Figures of
Speech” Edmond Conti, “Pragmatist,” p. 871; Dylan Thomas, “The Hand that Signed the Paper,” p. 872; Janice Townley
Moore, “To a Wasp,” p. 873-874; J. Patrick Lewis, “The Unkindest Cut,” p. 875; Gary Snyder, “How Poetry Comes to
Me,” p. 875