English IV Honors
May 2017
Tuesday, May 2 Annotated Bibliography #3 Space Exploration Source #4
Frankenstein Objective Test
Finish Guilty or Not Presentations
Viewing of Frankenstein
Hwk –Frankenstein Close Reading Due 5/8; Annotated Bibliography #3 due 5/22
Thursday, May 4Viewing of Frankenstein
Hwk–Frankenstein Close Reading due; Annotated Bibliography #3 due 5/22
Monday, May 8Frankenstein Close Reading Assessment Due to Turnitin
Comparing Victor Frankenstein to Othello
Othello Adaptation
Hwk - Annotated Bibliography #3 due 5/22
Wednesday, May 10Comparing Victor Frankenstein to Othello
Othello Adaptation
Hwk - Annotated Bibliography #3 due 5/22
Friday, May 12Process Analysis: Self-Evaluation of Writing
Hwk - Annotated Bibliography #3 due 5/22
Tuesday, May 16Process Analysis: Self-Evaluation of Writing
Hwk - Annotated Bibliography #3 due 5/22
Thursday, May 18Hero and Villains – A Study of Archetypes
Hwk - Annotated Bibliography #3
Monday, May 22Annotated Bibliography #3 due to Turnitin
Hero and Villains – A Study of Archetypes
Wednesday, May 24Tedtalks and Rhetoric
Friday, May 26Tedtalks and Rhetoric
Monday, May 29OFF
Wednesday, May 31Final Exam Synthesis
English IV Honors
April 2017
Tuesday, April 4Annotated Bibliography #3 Space Exploration Source #1
Intertextuality – Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Hwk-Read Frankenstein Chapters 1-10 and complete study guide questions- submit to Turnitin.com
Thursday, April 6 Close Reading Quiz Chapter 6
Intertextuality – Prometheus and Coleridge
Theme Analysis
Hwk-Read Frankenstein Chapters 11-20 and complete study guide questions 4/ 18; Submit to Turnitin.com
April 10-17SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, April 18Annotated Bibliography #3 Space Exploration Source #2
Chapters 11-20 Study Guide due to Turnitin.com
Literary Techniques in Chapters 11-20
Creature versus Creator
Hwk – Finish classwork; Finish the novel and submit guide questions to Turnitin 4/24
Thursday, April 20 Close Reading Quiz Chapter 18
Creature versus Creator Discussion
Intertextuality – Milton’s Paradise Lost
Hwk – Finish classwork; Finish the novel and submit guide questions to Turnitin 4/24
Monday, April 24 Annotated Bibliography #3 Space Exploration Source #3
Chapter 20-24 Guide Due
Review Milton’s Paradise Lost
Intertextuality – Tintern Abbey
Hwk – Finish classwork
Wednesday, April 26 Review Tintern Abbey
Close Reading Quiz Chapter 22
Role of Science –How Far is Too Far: Guilt or Not?
Hwk – Finish classwork; be prepared to present
Friday, April 28 Frankenstein Close Reading Assignment
Guilty or Not Presentations
Hwk – Study for Objective Test; Frankenstein Close Reading due 5/4
English IVHonors
March 2017
Updated 3/15
Tuesday, February 28Annotated Bibliography #2 Food Industry, Source #2
Othello Act I and II Quiz
Read Act III, scenes 3-4
Hwk –Complete guide questions for Act III and submit
Thursday, March 2Soliloquy Assignment Discussion
Review Annotated Bibliography #1
Act III Close Reading
Act III Motif Analysis
Hwk–Finish all classwork; Soliloquy Assignment due 3/8submit to Turnitin
Monday, March 6Annotated Bibliography #2 Food Industry, Source #3
Review Act III
Read Act IV scene 1 and 2
Hwk –Complete study guide questions Act IV, scene 1 and 2; DO NOT SUBMIT UNTIL ACT IV IS COMPLETE
Soliloquy Assignment due to Turnitin
Wednesday, March 8Soliloquy Assignment due to Turnitin
Finish Act IV
Act IV Close Reading
Hwk –Complete Act IV study guide questions and submit to Turnitin
Friday, March 10Act IV study guide questions
Act IV Motif Analysis
Read Act V scene 1
Hwk–Complete study guide questions Act V, scene 1; DO NOT SUBMIT UNTIL ACT V IS COMPLETE
Tuesday, March 14 SNOW DAY
Wednesday, March 15Annotated Bibliography #2 Food Industry, Source #4
Finish Act V
Act V Close Reading
Act V Motif Analysis
Hwk – Act V Study guide due to Turnitin; Act V close reading and motif analysis due Tuesday; Annotated Bibliography due 3/27 to Turnitin
Friday, March 17AP GOV TRIP
Act V Close Reading
Act V Motif Analysis
Hwk – Finish all classwork for Tuesday; Annotated Bibliography due 3/23 to Turnitin
Tuesday, March 21 Annotated Bibliography #3 Ocean Exploration: Source 1
Literary Theory: Race, Class, Gender in Othello
Thematic Connections
Blame in Othello
Hwk – Annotated Bibliography #2 due to Turnitin; Prepare for Playing the Interpretation Game Questions
Thursday, March 23Annotated Bibliography #2 due to Turnitin
Modified Socratic Seminar
Othello: Playing the Interpretation Game
Hwk – Prepare notes for Othello Literary Analysis; Outline the Background on Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature - on class page; Submit outline to Turnitin.com 3/29
Monday, March 27Othello Literary Analysis
Hwk-Outline the Background on Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature - on class page; Submit outline to Turnitin.com
Wednesday, March 29Frankenstein Outline Due
Introduction to Frankenstein
Elements of Romanticism and Gothicism
Hwk-Read Frankenstein Letters 1-4 and complete guide questions – submit to Turnitin
Friday, March 31Frankenstein Letters 1-4 Study Guide Due
Use of the Frame Story
Close Reading of Letter 4
Myth of Prometheus
Hwk – Read Frankenstein Chapters 1-1o and complete guide
questions for 4/6 – submit to Turnitin
English IV Honors
February 2017
Updated on February 22th
Monday, February 6Annotated Bibliography #1 Endangered Species, Source #3
Read Act I, scene 1 and 2
Dissect Shakespeare’s Characterization
Hwk - Complete study guide questions Act I, scene 1 and 2; DO NOT SUBMIT UNTIL ACT I IS COMPLETE
Wednesday, February 8Read Act I, scene 3
Begin Motif Analysis Act I
Hwk- Complete Act I, scene 3 study guide questions; All study guide questions for Act I due to Turnitin.com
Thursday, February 9 - SNOW DAY
Monday, February 13Annotated Bibliography #1 Endangered Species, Source #4
Act I Study Guide Questions due to Turnitin
Review Motif Analysis Act I
Close Reading/Synthesis of Act I
Hwk-Finish all class work
Wednesday, February 15Read Act II, scene 1 and 2
Hwk-Complete guide questions for Act II sc 1 and 2; DO NOT SUBMIT UNTIL ACT II IS COMPLETE; Annotated Bibliography #1 due to Turnitin 2/24
Friday, February 17Finish Act II
Complete Act II Close Reading
Hwk-Finish classwork; Finish Act II guide and submit to Turnitin.com; Annotated Bibliography #1 due 2/24
Monday – OFF
Wednesday, February 22Annotated Bibliography #2 Food Industry, Source #1
Act II questions due to Turnitin
Act II Motif Analysis
Read Act III, scene 1 and 2
Hwk– Complete guide questions for Act III sc 1 and 2; DO NOT SUBMIT UNTIL ACT III IS COMPLETEAnnotated Bibliography #1 Due To Turnitin
Friday, February 24Annotated Bibliography #1 Due To Turnitin
AP Government Trip
Read Act III, scenes 3-4
Hwk – Hwk-Complete guide questions for Act III and submit; Soliloquy Assignment due 3/6; submit to Turnitin
Tuesday, February 28Annotated Bibliography #2 Food Industry, Source #2
Act III Guide Questions due to Turnitin
Othello Act I and II Quiz
Soliloquy Assignment Discussion
Act III Close Reading
Hwk – Act III Motif Analysis; Soliloquy Assignment due 3/6 to Turnitin
Thursday, March 2Act III Guide Questions due to Turnitin
Read Act IV
Hwk – Submit Act IV Guide Questions to Turnitin; Soliloquy Assignment due to Turnitin
English IV Honors
January 2017
Wednesday, Jan 4RRR #15 – Katherine Porter "The Value of a College Degree”
EXTENDED PERIOD DUE TO PARCC (120 MINUTES)
Viewing of Wag the Dog
Satirical Analysis of Wag the Dog
Hwk – Read Background on Victorian Time Period and Oscar Wilde – class page; Satire Project due 1/10
Friday, January 6EXTENDED PERIOD DUE TO PARCC (120 MINUTES)
Introduction to Victorian Time Period and Oscar Wilde
Understanding Satire
Types of Comedy
Read Act I of Importance of Being Earnest
Hwk-Satire Project due; Finish Act I and complete study guide - class page due 1/12 to Turnitin
Tuesday, January 10RRR#16 Nora Ephron “Revision and Life”
- on class page as well
SHORTEN PERIOD DUE TO PARCC (40 MINUTES)
Presentation of Satire Project
Hwk-Finish Act I and complete study guide - class page due to Turnitin
Thursday, January 12Presentation of Satire projects
Close Reading of Act I
Hwk- Finish close reading assignment; RRR#13-16 due to Turnin.com
Monday – OFF
Tuesday, January 17RRR #17 Meghan Daum “Virtual Love” – on class page
RRR#13-16 due to Turnitin.com
RRR#13-16 Quiz
Discussion of Annotated Bibliography Topics
Read Act II
Hwk – Finish Act II and complete study guide – on class page due to Turnitinin
Thursday, January 19Close Reading of Act II
Read Act III
Hwk-Finish Act III and complete study guide – submit to Turnitin
Monday, January 23Annotated Bibliography Topic #1: Source 1
Theme and Satire
Literary Theory and Wilde
Hwk-Literary Theory and submit to Turnitin; Review notes on satire, comedy and the play as a whole
Wednesday, January 25Oscar Wilde Objective Assessment
Viewing of the Importance of Being Earnest
Hwk- Complete Web quest on Shakespeare (class page) and submit to Turnitin.com1/31
Friday, January 27Viewing of the Importance of Being Earnest
Hwk- Complete Web quest on Shakespeare (class page) and submit to Turnitin.com
Monday, January 31Annotated Bibliography Topic #1: Source 2
Introduction to Othello
English IV Honors
December 2016 Syllabus
Monday, December 5RRR#11 Brent Staples “Black Men and Public Spaces”
Part III and IV Questions due to Turnitin.com
Finish Defense and Prosecution Presentations
Quote Analysis
Hwk; Finish Quote analysis for 12/9; ICB Playing the Interpretation Game Questions – submit to Turnitin
Wednesday, December 7ICB Take Home Essay Discussion
ICB Playing the Interpretation Game
Hwk- Finish Quote Analysis; ICB Take Home Test Due Turnitin by 12/13
Friday, December 9Thematic Reflections on ICB
Hwk - ICB Take Home Essay due To Turnitin.com by 12/13
Tuesday, December 13RRR #12 Tom Haines “Facing Famine”
ICB Take Home Essay Due – Discussion
Viewing Guide for Capote
Hwk – Viewing Guide due to Turnitin 12/19; RRR #9-12 due to Turnitin 12/19
Thursday, December 15Critical Viewing of Capote
Viewing Guide for Capote
Hwk – RRR #9-12 Due to Turnitin; Viewing Guide due to Turnitin
Monday, December 19RRR #13 – Barbara Ehrenreich “In Defense of Talk Shows”
RRR #9-12 Due
RRR #9-12 Quiz
Capote Viewing Guide Due
Introduction to Satire
Satire in Media
Hwk-Read Swift’s Modest Proposal – on class page and complete questions on the last page
Wednesday, December 21Satire Project Discussion
Classic Satire: Swift’s Modest Proposal
Modern Satire: Gaiman’sBabycakes
Onion – Author’s Purpose
Hwk – Onion Article Analysis – on class page; Satire Project due 1/10/17
Friday, December 23RRR #14 – Kahn "Stripped for Parts"
Satire Analysis: Classic Twain versus Modern The Onion
Hwk – Satire Project due 1/10/17
English IV Honors
November 2016 Syllabus
Wednesday, Nov. 2Turnitin Peer Conference Rogerian Draft
Classical Model and Examples
Hwk – Classical Model Draft due to Turnitin by 6am
Friday, November 4Turnitin Peer Conference Classical Model
Model of Argumentation Final Essay Assignment
Review of all models of argument
Hwk – Final Argument Model Essay due 11/15 to Turnitin
November 7-11Off
Tuesday, November 15 RRR#8 “I Just Want to Be Average” by Mike Rose - on class page
Final Argument Model Essay Due to Turnitin
Thematic Introduction to In Cold Blood (ICB)
Hwk-Complete Capote Webquest due to Turnitin – class page; Read Part I “Last to See Them Alive” and complete study guide questions to Turnitin.com for 11/21
Thursday, November 17Finish Thematic Debate
Discuss Capote Webquest
Epigram Discussion
Hwk - Read Part I “Last to See Them Alive” and complete study guide questions to Turnitin.com; RRR #5-8 due to Turnitin
Monday, November 21 RRR #9 Anna Quindlen “The Name is Mine”
RRR #5-8 Quiz
RRR due to Turnitin.com
ICB Part I Study Guide due
Close Reading of Part I: The Theme of American Middle Class
Hwk-Read Part II “Persons Unknown” and complete study guide
questions to Turnitin for 11/29
Wednesday, November 23Analyze Literary Non-Fiction style in connection to setting, point of view and character
Self-Chosen Passage Analysis
Hwk- Read Part II “Persons Unknown” and complete study guide
questionsto Turnitin for 11/29
Tuesday, November 29RRR#10 Malcolm Gladwell “The Trouble with Fries” – on class page
ICB Part II Study Guide Due
Defense and Prosecution of Dick and Perry – Chrome books
Hwk- Read Part III “Answer” and Part IV “The Corner and complete study guide questions to Turnitinfor 12/5
Thursday, December 1Defense and Prosecution of Dick and PerryPresentations - Submit to Turnitin
Part II Analysis Activity
Hwk- Read Part III “Answer” and Part IV “The Corner and complete study guide questions to Turnitinfor 12/5- ICB Playing the Interpretation Game Questions – submit to Turnitin
English IV Honors
October 2016 Syllabus
Wednesday, October 5RRR#3: “My Daily Dives in the Dumpster” by Lars Eighner
Revision Process: Peer Revision of college draft
Hwk-Revise Draft #1 based on feedback; RRR#1-4 due 10/17 to Turnitin.com
Friday, October 7Revision Process: Guided Independent Revision and Conference
Work independently on College Level Writing Assignment
Hwk- Final College Admissions Essay due to Turnitin. RRR#1-4 due 10/17 to Turntin.com
Monday and Wednesday - OFF
Thursday, October 13RRR#4“The Culture of Martyrdom” by David Brooks
FINAL COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY DUE TO TURNITIN
College Level Writing Assignment Discussion
Common Problems in Undergraduate Writing
Hwk –SUBMIT RRR#1-4 to Turnitin.com and study for quiz; Jane Eyre Test 10/21
Monday, October 17RRR#5 “Don’t Just Stand There” by Diane Cole
RRR #1-4 Due to Turnitin
RRR #1-4 Quiz
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Assignment
Hwk-Study for Jane Eyre Test 10/21
Wednesday, October 19How to Read Literature Like a Professor Assignment - SUBMIT TO TURNITIN BY THE END OF THE PERIOD
Hwk –Study for Jane Eyre test
Friday, October 21Jane Eyre Test
Playing the Interpretation Game Prep
Hwk – 10 questions for Playing the Interpretation Game
Tuesday, October 25RRR#6 “Why Don’t We Complain” by William Buckley
Playing the Interpretation Game
Thursday, October 27Models of Argumentation
Toulmin Model and Examples
Hwk – Toulmin Draft due to Turnitin by 6am
Monday, October 31RRR#7 “When I was Young an A was an A” by RonnaVanderslice – on class page
Turnitin Peer Conference on Toulmin Draft
Rogerian Model and Examples
Hwk –Rogerian Model Draft due to Turnitin by 6am
Wednesday, Nov. 2Turnitin Peer Conference Rogerian Draft
Classical Model and Examples
Hwk – Classical Model Draft due to Turnitin by 6am
Friday, November 4Turnitin Peer Conference Classical Model
Model of Argumentation Final Essay Assignment
Review of all models of argument
Hwk – Final Argument Model Essay due 11/15 to Turnitin
English IV Honors
September 2016 Syllabus
Wednesday, September 7Introduction
Class Expectations/Syllabus – School Wires
College Readiness
Hwk- Hwk- Study for Things Fall Apart (TFA) Test 9/13; BRING NOVEL TO CLASS
Friday, September 9Rhetorical Reader Response (RRR)
Rhetorical Reader Response Model – Bok Essay
Hwk- Study for Things Fall Apart (TFA) Test 9/13; BRING NOVEL TO CLASS
Tuesday, September 13Things Fall Apart Assessment
TFA Cooperative Reading Outline Assignment Discussion
Work independently on TFA Article Outline
Hwk- TFA Close Reading Exerciseto Turnitin; TFA Article Outline due 9/19 to Turnitin
Thursday, September 15TFA Close Reading Due to Turnitin
District Diagnostic/Screening Test
Hwk- TFA Article outline due to Turnitin
Monday, September 19RRR #1:“How We Listen to Music” by Aaron Copeland
TFA Article outline due to Turnitin
Cooperative Learning Groups Met: Article Summation Presentation– Chrome Books/ Submit to Turnitin
Hwk-ReadIntroduction to Literary Theories PDF and Literary Archetypes from class page
Wednesday, September 21TFA Cooperative Learning Presentations
Review of TFA Assessment and Writing Practices
TFA and Literary Theory
TFA Cooperative Learning on Lit Theory Application
Hwk- TFA Thematic Study – Submit to Turnitin
Friday, September 23TFA Thematic Study due to Turnitin
TFA and Literary Theory
Cooperative Learning on Theory Application
Hwk - Bring in potential essay topics (common app, specific essays that a college wants, etc)
Tuesday, September 27RRR#2: “On Teenagers and Tattoos” by Andres Martin (on class page)
Introduction to College Admissions Essay
Prewriting Activity
Hwk-Finish pre-writing activity
Thursday, September 29Finish Introduction to College Admissions Essay
College Essay Samples and Discussion
Hwk-Draft a college essay – BRING TWO HARD COPIES TO CLASS