Thursday 7 September: Policy sheet, How to Annotate, and Tips for Success distributed; poem practice (can be due if you are ready: Nolite Timere). Check out this video--your excerpt begins at 1:28--if you have questions about pronunciation or sentence sense. Begin to read Augustine; free write in class: "Our hearts are restless until they rest in You."
Friday 8 September: Poem due for individual recitation in class; return to free write; Augustine handout and lecture (beginning). HW: Read half of Book 1; Book 1 due Tuesday. Monday 11 September: Shape a topic sentence for free write paragraph; Augustine lecture; here is transitional expressions sheet; HW: Finish Book 1. Tuesday 12 September: End of Augustine lecture; Book 1 due; "Hearts are restless" paragraph due at the end of class (HW: Read Book 2) Wednesday 13 September: Book 1 activities in class (HW: Book 2 SQ) Thursday 14 September: Book 2 due, along with one SQ (HW: Read Book 3) Answer a SQ, generally one of your choice, in a complete paragraph of 6–7 sentences, including a topic sentence that serves as a thesis for your answer and at least two short quoted passages, appropriately blended and cited (with the page number). Submit these questions on paper in your notebook (double spaced, written in pen) or via a Google Doc, uploaded to Jupiter as discussed. Friday 15 September: Book 2 activities, continued (HW: Book 3 SQ) Monday 18 September: Book 3 due, along with one SQ Tuesday 19 September: Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in class (HW: Read Book 4) Wednesday 20 September: Book 4 due (HW: Book 4 SQ) Thursday 21 September: Book 4 SQ due Friday 22 September: Catch up, Books 1–4, catch up on vocabulary Monday 25 September: Book 5 due Tuesday 26 September: Book 5 SQ due; prep for in-class writing Here is a pdf of The Confessions to help you search for words and images that recur in Books 1–5. Wednesday 27 September: In-class writing, Books 1-5 of The Confessions Thursday 29 September: Book 6 due Friday 30 September: Join Mrs. Wicker's class for Confessions 1-5 party Monday 2 October: Book 6 SQ due; begin Book 7 in class Tuesday 3 October: School closed for funeral of Regina Marigold Bronzi Wednesday 4 October: Book 7 due--read as well as you can; this is the difficult one! Here are my teacher notes (what!) Thursday 5 October: Assigned SQ for Book 7 due Friday 6 October: No class; Our Lady of the Rosary Festival Day Monday 9 October: No classes; Columbus Day Tuesday 10 October: Book 8 due; in-class activity Wednesday 11 October: No class; PSAT Thursday 12 October: Book 9 due; in-class activity; culminating activities available Friday 13 October: Confessions review; Vocabulary quiz Monday 16 October: Work in class on culminating activities to study for test; 2 revised SQs due OR revised in-class writing due Tuesday 17 October: More review and workday because of field trips; Academic essay thesis development Wednesday 18 October: Confessions test; Extra credit: memorize the Augustine–Monica colloquy, due Thursday, Nov. 2 Thursday 19 October: Book annotation check; work on assignments; meet with teacher Friday 20 October: Personal essay due Comments are closed.
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