Monday 7 January: Intro to the poetry unit; lyric vs narrative (Howe and Kunitz); your midterm exam review is available here
Tuesday 8 January: hearing iambic pentameter (Shakespeare) Wednesday 9 January: writing iambic pentameter (you) Thursday 10 January: the sonnet: Petrarchan and Shakespearean Friday 11 January: (20 minutes of sonnet attempt due) sonnet sampler; student samples Here is the reduced vocabulary list for the midterm. Monday 14 January: Snow Day! Tuesday 15 January: Sonnet draft due in class; be sure you are reviewing vocabulary Wednesday 16 January Exam review in class Thursday 17 January: Sonnet due! Celebratory reading! Additional exam review Friday 18 January: No School: March for Life The midterm for English will be Tuesday 22 January from 8:30 until 10:10. Monday 26 November: Begin Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in class
Tuesday 27 November: Beowulf projects due Wednesday 28 November: Read ahead in Sir Gawain; Mrs. Walsh on field trip Thursday 29 November: Fitt 1 due; activities in class Friday 30 November: Vocab review; Finish Fitt 1 activities Monday 3 December: Fitt 2 due; Middle English recitation assigned Tuesday 4 December: Vocabulary test Wednesday 5 December: Fitt 3 due Thursday 6 December: Arthurian inferences Friday 7 December: Fitt 4 due; Green Project assigned Monday 10 December: Sir Gawain and the Green Review Tuesday 11 December: Sir Gawain and the Green Test Wednesday 12 December: Middle English recitation workday Thursday 13 December: Canterbury Tales in class; Green Project workday Friday 14 December: Canterbury Tales in class Monday 17 December: Middle English recitation due Tuesday 18 December: Canterbury Tales in class Wednesday 19 December: Canterbury Tales in class with assessment Thursday 20 December: Green Project due Friday 21 December: No class; half day Here is the new Dropbox link for Quarter 2, 2018-19:
https://www.dropbox.com/request/S5CiLxvVjAOIjOgV0KnS Monday 22 October: Begin Beowulf in class Tuesday 23 October: While you work on your paper draft (which should be as strong as possible), we continue reading Beowulf in class Wednesday 24 October: More writing at home and reading in class Thursday 25 October: Draft of Confessions essay due; more Beowulf in class, through p. 49; HW: Reading 1 Friday 26 October: No school; Archdiocesan Professional Day Monday 29 October: Reading 1 due, drafts returned, Poetry Out Loud introduced Tuesday 30 October: Reading 2 due, vocabulary review Wednesday 31 October: No class; Halloween festival Thursday 1 November: Reading 3 due; vocabulary review for score Friday 2 November: Reading 4 due; quiz on Beowulf so far and other class concepts Monday 5 November: Catch up on readings 1-4 Tuesday 6 November: October Vocabulary test Wednesday 7 November: Reading 5 due Thursday 8 November: Class field trip to see King John; Final draft of the Confessions essay due before school (with marked draft and any other materials) Friday 9 November: Reading 6 due; Beowulf review; Any rewrites of the personal essay due (optional); turn in old, graded version along with the new) Monday 12 November: Beowulf review; Beowulf project assigned Tuesday 13 November: Proposals approved in class; Workday for Beowulf project Wednesday 14 November: Workday for Beowulf project; Beowulf quest Thursday 15 November: Poetry Out Loud classroom competition; Vocabulary quiz Friday 16 November: No class; half day Monday 19 November: Project update: Beowulf project; bring best materials on paper to class and be prepared to have a short conference; creative project updates can be a draft of the artist's statement Tuesday 20 November: No class; St. Cecilia's Day Deadline for Beowulf project: Tuesday 27 November Readings for Beowulf (remember that you are reading every other page; please read carefully in this generously proportioned book, annotating as you go, both to flag ideas and to track your insights): Reading 1: pp. 49-69 Reading 2: pp. 69-103 Reading 3: pp. 103-135 Reading 4: pp. 135-165 Reading 5: pp. 165-197 Reading 6: pp. 197-end Wednesday 5 September: Welcome, policies, vocabulary plan (incremental study and pop quizzes), Jupiter "testing" buddy, website introduction, poem practice. HW: "Testing" assignment, poem review
Thursday 6 September: Poem due in class; "testing" assignment due Friday 7 September: No class; afternoon assembly. HW: Begin reading Confessions Book 1.; keep up with vocabulary ***** Monday 10 September: Augustine lecture; HW: Continue reading Confessions Book 1 Tuesday 11 September: Confessions Book 1 due along with one study question Wednesday 12 September: Book 1, continued; Plato's Ladder of Love Thursday 13 September: Confessions Book 2 due along with one study question Friday 14 September: Book 2, continued; Aeneas and Dido excerpt (for Book 3) in class; keep up with vocabulary ***** Monday 17 September: Confessions Book 3 due along with one study question Tuesday 18 September: Book 3, continued Wednesday 19 September: Confessions Book 4 due along with one study question Thursday 20 September: Book 4, continued Friday 21 September: Confessions Book 5 due along with one study question; keep up with vocabulary ***** Monday 24 September: Book 5, continued Tuesday 25 September: Confessions Book 6 due along with one study question Wednesday 26 September: Book 6, continued Thursday 27 September: Confessions Book 7 due along with one study question; Friday 28 September: No class; Field Day. HW: Review vocabulary ***** Monday 1 October: Vocabulary review; Book 7, continued (Plato's "Allegory of the Cave") Tuesday 2 October: Vocabulary test; Book 7 "Allegory" discussion; Book 8 begun in class Wednesday 3 October: No class, Michelle Ratti Upper School Hiking Day Thursday 4 October Confessions Book 8 due along with one study question Friday 5 October: No class, Our Lady of the Rosary festival ***** Monday 8 October: No school, Columbus Day Tuesday 9 October: Confessions Book 9 due along with one study question; culminating assignments announced; common errors: Unlucky 13 Wednesday 10 October: No class, PSAT Thursday 11 October: Book 9, continued; review vocabulary Friday 12 October: Confessions Book 10 through #10 only due; revised study questions (2) due (see culminating assignments handout, linked above); review given ***** Monday 15 October: Review of The Confessions (HW: study for test; work on personal mini-essay) Tuesday 16 October: No class; field trip for grade 10 Wednesday 17 October: Test: The Confessions Thursday 18 October: Personal mini-essay due; work on essay draft Friday 19 October: Workday for essay draft ***** Monday 22 October: Begin Beowulf in class Tuesday 23 October: Wednesday 24 October: Thursday 25 October: Draft of Confessions essay due Friday 26 October: No school; Archdiocesan Professional Day Wednesday 11 April: Introduction to Sense and Sensibility
Thursday 12 April: Reading 1 due Friday 13 April: No class; Jane Austen Day Monday 16 April: Reading 2 due Tuesday 17 April: Reading 3 due Wednesday 18 April: No class; Gala practice Thursday 19 April: School canceled for Jimmy Davern funeral Friday 20 April: No class; Gala rehearsal (read when you can) Monday 23 April: No school: Gala recovery (read when you can) Tuesday 24 April: Readings 1-3 activity Wednesday 25 April: Reading 4 due Thursday 26 April: Reading 5 due; vocabulary assigned Friday 27 April: Vocabulary due Monday 30 April: Reading 6 Tuesday 1 May: Reading 7 Wednesday 2 May: Reading 8 Thursday 3 May: Reading 9 Friday 4 May: Medieval Festival; no classes Monday 7 May: Readings 6-9 activity; Vocabulary quiz Tuesday 8 May: Reading 10 Wednesday 9 May: Reading 11 Thursday 10 May: Reading 12; Vocabulary assigned Friday 11 May: Readings 10-12 activity; Vocabulary due Monday 14 May: Reading 13; go over more vocab Tuesday 15 May: Reading 14; finish vocab discussion Wednesday 16 May: Readings 13-14 activity Thursday 17 May: Shakespeare Theatre Camelot pre-show class! Fun with Arthurian stories, show tunes, and acting! Friday 18 May: Reading 15 Monday 21 May: Non-fiction reading: Introduction to Sense and Sensibility (vii-xxvi) and summary; Preliminary work for debate Tuesday 22 May: No class; field trip Wednesday 23 May: Vocabulary quiz 2; Debate workday 1 Thursday 24 May: Sense and Sensibility quest; Debate workday 2 Friday 25 May: No class; half day; Final exam review sheet available Monday 28 May: No school; Memorial Day Tuesday 29 May: Final workday/rehearsal for debate Wednesday 30 May: Debate day 1 Thursday 31 May: Shakespeare Theatre field trip: Camelot Friday 1 June: Debate day 2 Monday 4 June: Review for exam Exams Reading 1: 5-29 Reading 2: 30-53 Reading 3: 54-75 Reading 4: 76-98 Reading 5: 99-121 Reading 6: 122-145 Reading 7: 146-170 Reading 8: 171-199 (a little long but thrilling) Reading 9: 200-223 Reading 10: 224-252 Reading 11: 253-274 Reading 12: 275-295 Reading 13: 296-316 Reading 14: 317-335 Reading 15: 336-353 (end) Thursday 1 March: Cantos IX and X Friday 2 March: No class; St. Anselm's Monday 5 March: Student-led discussions begin: Cantos XI (Gabby) and XII (Grace C.) Tuesday 6 March: Cantos XIII (Grace C.) and XIV (Gabby) Wednesday 7 March: Cantos XV (Vanessa) and XVI (Olivia) Thursday 8 March: Canto XVII (Josephine), Review Cantos I-XVII Friday 9 March: Test Cantos I-XVII Monday 12 March: Purgatorio journals assigned; Cantos XVIII (Marisol) and XIX (Kateri) Tuesday 13 March: Cantos XX (Gillian) and XXI (G Tiff) Wednesday 14 March: Class canceled for Gala practice Thursday 15 March: Cantos XXII (Grace B.) and XXIII (Claire) Friday 16 March: Cantos XXIV (G Tiff) and XXV (Elizabeth) Monday 19 March: Cantos XXVI (Josephine) and XXVII (Julia) Tuesday 20 March: Cantos XXVIII (Katie) and XXIX (Zoe) Wednesday 21 March: Snow day! Thursday 22 March: Cantos XXX (Belency) and XXXI (Ariana) Friday 23 March: Cantos XXXII (Veronica) and XXXIII (Olivia) Monday 26 March: Review, Cantos XVIII-end; Purgatorio journals due (5 short [150–200 words], 5 long [400+ words]) Tuesday 27 March: Test, Purgatorio Wednesday 28 March: In-class workday for Q3 reflective memo; bring Q3 poetry paper or device on which paper can be read; Q3 Reflective Memo due at the end of class Easter Break! I Monday 29 January: Lyric vs. Narrative poetry; receive Sound and Sense; choose poem for explication
Tuesday 30 January: Sonnets: "That time of year" and "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer"; effects of form Wednesday 31 January: Gestural structure; speaker and occasion Thursday 1 February: image, symbol, metaphor; Sound tropes (handout to help) Friday 2 February: No school; half day Monday 5 February: No school; Headmaster's Holiday Tuesday 6 February: Cold poem to review ideas, sample explication; use Perrine as a reference to make sure ideas are defensible; review of academic integrity principles, especially for this paper Wednesday 7 February: Other devices: antithesis, oxymoron, paradox Thursday 8 February: Draft of explication due by midnight, uploaded as a PDF; workday in class Friday 9 February: Diction: Denotation and connotation Monday 12 February: Effects of line Tuesday 13 February: No class; Carnevale Assembly Wednesday 14 February: Poem presentations (5 min. each, start on time) Thursday 15 February: Poem presentations (5 min. each, start on time) Friday 16 February: No class; half day Monday 19 February: No school; Presidents' Day Tuesday 20 February: Introduction to Purgatorio; books assigned for presentation; Final draft of explication due by midnight, uploaded as a PDF Wednesday 21 February: Canto I in class Thursday 22 February: Cantos II and III Friday 23 February: Cantos IV and V Monday 26 February: No homework is due, by headmaster decree Tuesday 27 February: Cantos VI and VII Wednesday 28 February: Canto VIII Wednesday, January 3: Introduction to Poetry: Lyric vs. Narrative Thursday, January 4: The Sonnet: Petrarchan and Shakespearean; sonnet assigned: "That time of year" Friday, January 5: Proposal for Odyssey paper due; meter and form; gestural structure; student samples of the sonnet Monday, January 8: Writing couplets; the line Tuesday, January 9: Quatrain construction in class; the image; receive midterm study guide Wednesday, January 10: Quatrain construction in class; review of terms and ideas so far Thursday, January 11: Sequence of quatrains exercise and effects; assessment on in-class material Friday, January 12: Outline for Odyssey paper due ***** Here is the first midterm study guide; here is the vocabulary list. Here is some additional practice with quotation identification. ***** Monday, January 15: No classes; MLK day Tuesday, January 16: Sonnet recitation due Wednesday, January 17: Review for midterm Thursday, January 18: Final Odyssey paper due Friday, January 19: No classes; March for Life; last day to submit original sonnet Monday, January 22–Friday, January 26: Midterm exams Friday 1 December: Book 14 presentation (Zoe); Book 15 presentation (Belency)(Students must read Book 14 only.)
Monday 4 December: Book 16 presentation (Claire) Tuesday 5 December: Receive excerpts of Books 17, 18, 19 Wednesday 6 December: Books 17 (Vanessa) and 18 (Katie) Thursday 7 December: Book 19 presentation (Gillian) (Students must read excerpts only, as assigned December 5) Friday 8 December: Book 20 presentation (Grace B.) Monday 11 December: Book 21 presentation (Elizabeth) Tuesday 12 December: Odyssey Review #1 Wednesday 13 December: Book 22 presentation (Tifford) Thursday 14 December: Odyssey review #2 Friday 15 December: Book 23 presentation (Ariana) Monday 18 December: Book 24 presentation (Olivia) Tuesday 19 December: Overall Review of The Odyssey Wednesday 20 December: Test Odyssey Thursday 21 December: No class; half day **Christmas Break** ((Wednesday 1 November: Odyssey Book 2 due
Thursday 2 November: More Book 2 Friday 3 November: Vocabulary due; Presentation assignments made, Books 5-24 Monday 6 November: Book 3 due Tuesday 7 November: Frankenstein draft due Wednesday 8 November: Poem check (1/2 poem memorized) Thursday 9 November: Book 4 due; Bildungsroman of Telemachus writing assigned Friday 10 November: In-class writing: Bildungsroman of Telemachus; uncollected SQs due Monday 13 November: Book 5 due Tuesday 14 November: Book 6 due Wednesday 15 November: Presentations begin; Book 7 presentation Thursday 16 November: Poem due Friday 17 November: No class; half day; Frankenstein final due by midnight Monday 20 November: Book 8 presentation (Grace C.); Book 9 presentation (students must read Book 9 only) (Julia); Vocabulary quiz Tuesday 21 November: No class; St. Cecilia Festival Wednesday 22 November–Friday 24 November: Thanksgiving Break Monday 27 November: Book 10 presentation (Gabby); Book 11 presentation (students must read book 10 only)(Kateri) Tuesday 28 November: Book 12 presentation (Marisol) Wednesday 29 November: Poetry Out Loud classroom competition Thursday 30 November: Book 13 presentation (Veronica) |