Friday 15 November (F/1): Odyssey introduction
Monday 18 November (F/2): No class; field trip Tuesday 19 November (F/3): Book 1 of Odyssey due Wednesday 20 November (F/4): No class; F/4 Thursday 21 November (F/5): Odyssey Book 2 due; Mrs. Walsh on field trip Friday 22 November (F/6): Books 1 and 2 activities in class; Official due date for Agamemnon final draft Monday 25 November (F/0): Agamemnon final draft accepted also this day; Odyssey Book 3 due; poem assigned for recitation Tuesday 26 November (F/1): Odyssey Book 4 due; the Bildungsroman of Telemachus assigned (but not a task for over Thanksgiving unless you find yourself with time); here's the essay checklist; here's the assignment sheet for the Odyssey presentation Monday 2 December (F/2): Surprise! Bio class Tuesday 3 December (F/3): Thesis statements developed in class Wednesday 4 December (F/4): Surprise! English class; Topic sentences due; Books 5-24 assigned to individual students for presentations Thursday 5 December (F/5): Intro and two body paragraphs due for workshop Friday 6 December (F/6): Full draft of paper due; poem assigned for recitation Monday 9 December (F/0): Abbreviated or missed class; Feast of the Immaculate Conception all-school Mass; Book 5 due (if no presentation today, then tomorrow) (Becky) Tuesday 10 December (F/1): Book 6 due (Nadia) Wednesday 11 December (F/2): No class; Poetry Out Loud Thursday 12 December (F/3): Book 7 due (Ruthie) Friday 13 December (F/4): No class; final paper due to Dropbox by 9pm Monday 16 December (F/5): (Skip Book 8 [Cristina]) Book 9 due (Anna); here’s an exploration of numbers on the boats; these numbers are lower than what we’d have if Odysseus’ crew is similar to the Boetians in Illiad Book 2 Tuesday 17 December (F/6): Book 10 due (Molly); French dictation of poem Wednesday 18 December (F/0): Book 11 due (Elise) Thursday 19 December (F/1): Book 12 due (Gabby) Friday 20 December (F/2): Book 13 due; poem due (Allison) Monday 6 January (F/3): Book 14 due (Isis) Tuesday 7 January (F/4): Book 16 is due. Possibly we will have class even though it is F/4; Mr. Hawley may not be available. If we have class, we will have the presentations for Books 15 (Franchi) and 16 (Yahfyah) Wednesday 8 January (F/5): We will continue presentations. Students are to have read Book 16 and 20, along with the summary of 17, 18, and 19. (Skip Books 17 [Abigail], 18 [Lilly], 19 [Benedetta]; read summary); Book 20 due (Lucia) Thursday 9 January (F/6): Book 21 due (Izzy); Midterm check-in: cards, questions about essay questions, notes toward short answer Friday 10 January (F/0): Book 22 due (Isha); Midterm vocabulary review Monday 13 January (F/1): Book 23 due (Grace); Midterm short answer practice Tuesday 14 January (F/2): Book 24 due (Portia) Wednesday 15 January (F/3): Surprise! Bio class! Thursday 16 January (F/4): Surprise! English class! Odyssey review Friday 17 January (F/5): Odyssey test Midterms (Quick review; more specific review materials available after break) Here is a quick outline of The Odyssey to help you stay oriented. Wednesday 9 October (F/4): No class; F/4
Thursday 10 October (F/5): Sources due for Iliad project; lesson on MLA Works Consulted page; presentation notes and advice Friday 11 October (F/6): Project building; update due at the end of class Monday 14 October: Columbus Day; no school Tuesday 15 October (F/0): Presentation rehearsal for Iliad project Wednesday 16 October (F/1): PSAT; no classes Thursday 17 October (F/2): Iliad project due; presentations in class Friday 18 October (F/3): More project presentations; meet with Mrs. Walsh to discuss Iliad in-class rewrite? Sign up! Monday 21 October (F/4): No class; F/4 Tuesday 22 October (F/5): Rewrite of Iliad in-class writing due; Agamemnon introduction Wednesday 23 October (F/6): Agamemenon reading 1 due; vocabulary assigned Thursday 24 October (F/0): Agamemnon reading 2 due; vocabulary due Friday 25 October: No school; Archdiocesan Professional Day Monday 28 October (F/1): Agamemnon reading 3 due; vocabulary discussed Tuesday 29 October (F/2): Agamemnon reading 4 due Wednesday 30 October (F/3): Agamemnon reading 5 due Thursday 31 October (F/4): No class; F/4 and Halloween Festival Friday 1 November (F/5): No class; All-School Mass; Here is Agamemnon review Monday 4 November (F/6): Agamemnon review; here is a summary of the full Oresteia; here is the passage review Ruthie requested Tuesday 5 November (F/0): Agamemnon test Wednesday 6 November (F/1): Paper assigned and begun Thursday 7 November (F/2): Thesis workshop Friday 8 November (F/3): Pick up thesis and drop off books in morning for annotation check, but no class: Ms. Briceño's funeral Monday 11 November (F/4): Drop off outline of paper in the morning; no class; F/4 Tuesday 12 November (F/5): Draft workday in class; instruction about intro and topic sentences Wednesday 13 November (F/6): Vocabulary quiz #2 (2 lists); instruction about evidence and conclusions Thursday 14 November (F/0): Quiz on Iliad presentations in preparation for transition to Odyssey; keep working on draft; Poetry Out Loud classroom competition Friday 15 November (F/1): Draft of paper due Readings for Agamemnon Reading 1: 103-117 Reading 2: 117-131 Reading 3: 131-145 Reading 4: 145-159 Reading 5: 159-end Here is the URL for the Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/request/dSfZMosJxUPKsS5vmYdN
Here it is as a link. This URL is good; we used it all last year. If you need help getting your computer or phone to talk to Dropbox, try a different browser (Chrome, Safari, etc.) and be patient as you exercise any problem-solving skills needed. Feel free to refer to this outline of The Iliad to help you manage the gaps as we read only selected books. Wednesday 4 September (F/0): Welcome, policies, expectations; book annotation; How to Succeed in English 9 Thursday 5 September (F/1): "Testing, testing 1, 2, 3" assignment due to the Dropbox before class; review poem, begin reading Iliad Book 1 in class (Invocation of the muse) Friday 6 September (F/2): Poem due in class; HW: Read Iliad Book 1; Vocabulary list 1 assigned; How to look up your vocabulary word Monday 9 September (F/3): No class; Float 3 Tuesday 10 September (F/4): Iliad Book 1 due; HW: Write SQ answer using blended, cited quotations Wednesday 11 September (F/5): Comparative translations exercise in class: look here and here for examples of interpreted differences; Vocabulary list 1 due Thursday 12 September (F/6): Comparative translation hw (notes) due; Catalogue of Ships (Book 2) in class; Vocabulary list discussion begins here and continues over the next several days Friday 13 September (F/0): Iliad Half of Book 5 (Diomedes) due Monday 16 September (F/1): Iliad Second half of Book 5 due; here's the vocabulary master list compiled by students and edited Tuesday 17 September (F/2): Iliad Book 6 (Diomedes/Glaucus) due; Vocabulary sample quiz (to show format, etc.); Blend and cite re-write due--turn in new version along with the old, marked version Wednesday 18 September (F/3): No class; Float 3 Thursday 19 September (F/4): Friendship and rhetoric in the Iliad; other themes; thesis writing exercise Friday 20 September (F/5): Iliad Book 9 (Embassy to Achilles) due Monday 23 September (F/6): Iliad 1, 5, 6, and/or 9 in-class writing (thesis and two paragraphs) Tuesday 24 September (F/0): Iliad Book 16 (Death of Patroclus) due Wednesday 25 September (F/1): Vocabulary Quiz #1, (Here's the sample quiz), Shield of Achilles (Book 18) in class Thursday 26 September (F/2): Iliad project options distributed (Mrs. Walsh on field trip) Friday 27 September: (F/3); No class; Float 3 (half day with dismissal at 12:25) Monday 30 September (F/4): Iliad Book 22 (Death of Hector) due; Iliad review with sample questions available; commit to your project Tuesday 1 October (F/5): Iliad Book 24 (Peace) due; discussion of some sample quotation identification questions Wednesday 2 October (F/6): No school; Funeral for Mr. Joe McPherson Thursday 3 October (F/0): Iliad review, Mrs. Walsh out; Mrs. Walsh will have a review session at lunch if she's back from her meeting and after school if not. Friday 4 October (F/1): Our Lady of the Rosary, full day festival; No class Monday 7 October (F/2): Iliad test; book annotations due; mandatory extra help on "blend and cite" skill at lunch for those who scored 7/10 or lower on "blend and cite" rewrite Tuesday 8 October (F/3): Workday for Iliad project; bring devices; work in groups; have materials to accomplish good work in class Project presentations begin Thursday 17 October. Plan ahead! *Vocabulary review will be incremental throughout the month*
Here is the Dropbox URL to upload assignments: https://www.dropbox.com/request/dSfZMosJxUPKsS5vmYdN Here it is as a link. Monday 29 April: Antigone(s) closeout; Brief intro to Macbeth Tuesday 30 April: Macbeth 1.1-1.3 due Wednesday 1 May: No class; Latin field trip Thursday 2 May: No class; Grandparents' Day Friday 3 May: No class; Medieval Day Readings are filled in based on progress in class; check back if you miss the assignment given in class. Monday 6 May: Macbeth 1.4-1.7 due (all of Act I) Tuesday 7 May: Short writing due; read on in class Wednesday 8 May: Read through Act II Thursday 9 May: No class; Field Trip to see The Oresteia at The Shakespeare Theatre Friday 10 May: Scenes 3.1 and 3.2 due Monday 13 May: Read through Act III Tuesday 14 May: 4.1 and 4.2 due Wednesday 15 May: 4.3 Thursday 16 May: 5.1-5.5 due Friday 17 May: 5.5-end of the play due Monday 20 May: Exercises in class: Macbeth Guilt-o-meter Tuesday 21 May: Macbeth review and another review Wednesday 22 May: Theme and style Thursday 23 May: Macbeth test Friday 24 May: Exam review, vocabulary review (for score), speech practice Monday 27 May: No school; Memorial Day Tuesday 28 May: Exam review, speech practice Wednesday 29 May: Macbeth speech due ("She should have died hereafter") Thursday 30 May: Guest speaker: Ian Blackwell Rogers Friday 31 May: May Vocabulary Test Monday 3 June: Exam review English 9 final exam is 8:30 a.m. in Heavener Hall on Tuesday 4 June Final exam review materials: Cumulative vocab list Exam review JPII Letter to Women (feminine genius) Here is the Dropbox URL to upload assignments:
https://www.dropbox.com/request/dSfZMosJxUPKsS5vmYdN Here it is as a link. Tuesday 26 March: Begin Sophocles' Antigone in class Wednesday 27 March: Read Antigone in class while working on paper at home Thursday 28 March: Read Antigone in class while finishing paper at home Friday 29 March: Paper due; Read Antigone in class; HW: have read through p. 113 Monday 1 April: Character work; HW: finish the play Tuesday 2 April: Culminating activities; Aristotle reprise Wednesday 3 April: March Vocabulary Test Thursday 4 April: In-class writing: Antigone; HW: Begin Anouilh's Antigone Friday 5 April: No class; Gala rehearsal at Avalon Monday 8 April: No class; Gala's Day Off Tuesday 9 April: Read Anouilh's Antigone, begin in class (HW: Read through p. 25) Wednesday 10 April: Continue reading (HW: Finish the play); project assigned Thursday 11 April: Choose scenes, get started; read through the scene; make any cuts; assign parts and tasks (HW: Journal 1) Thursday at lunch: Any re-take or make-up March Vocabulary Tests Friday 12 April: Jane Austen Day Monday 15 April: Workday: Run through your scene first without blocking; think through how your movement choices can enhance the scene; consider the use of the whole of the stage and the use of level to amplify ideas; write up blocking (HW: Journals 2) Tuesday 16 April: Workday: Run your scene first without blocking to see how vocal expression is coming along; consider most important audience takeaways and how you can emphasize what you want the audience to understand; time your scene; cut anything you need to cut to keep the scene under six minutes (no assigned homework) Upon returning from Easter Break, we will have one workday with a dress rehearsal; you should return from break with all materials so that you can run through repeatedly in class on Wednesday 24 April, for performance on Thursday 25 April. With proper planning on the indicated workdays, you need not have homework over Easter break, unless you choose to use the break in this way. Wednesday 24 April: Workday Thursday 25 April: Workday (Journal 3 due) Friday 26 April: Performance! (Journal 4 due) This is the performance day; please be able to cover any absences Monday 29 April: Discussion comparing and contrasting Sophocles and Anouilh; begin Macbeth Here is the Dropbox URL to upload assignments: https://www.dropbox.com/request/dSfZMosJxUPKsS5vmYdN Here it is as a link. Monday 28 January: Introduction to Frankenstein; European Romanticism; Frankenstein SQs Tuesday 29 January: Reading 1 due Wednesday 30 January: No class; snow day! (SQ for Reading 1 due) Thursday 31 January: Reading 2 due Friday 1 February: SQ for Reading 2 due Monday 4 February: No school; Headmaster's Holiday Tuesday 5 February: Reading 3 due; Bildungsroman of Victor Wednesday 6 February: SQ due for Reading 3; the monster's appearance Thursday 7 February: Reading 4 due Friday 8 February: Reading 4 SQ due; Vocab review Monday 11 February: Reading 5 due; here is a student Prezi to help you keep up with the geography of the novel; "Frost at Midnight" introduced Tuesday 12 February: SQ due for Reading 5 Wednesday 13 February: Reading 6 due Thursday 14 February: Review of literary terms; Review of Readings 1-6 Friday 15 February: Vocabulary review Monday 18 February: No school; Presidents' Day Tuesday 19 February: Revise in class one SQ as second-draft academic writing Wednesday 20 February: Snow Day! Thursday 21 February: Quest: literary terms and Frankenstein, Readings 1–6 Friday 22 February: Reading 7 due; any re-written SQs due; Vocab update Monday 25 February: Reading 7 SQ due; Poem due, stanzas 1 and 2, for French dictation Tuesday 26 February: Reading 8 due Wednesday 27 February: Reading 8 SQ due; Vocabulary review for score Thursday 28 February: Reading 9 due Friday 1 March: February Vocabulary Test Monday 4 March: Poem stanzas 1 and 2 due for recitation Tuesday 5 March: Reading 10 due Wednesday 6 March: Reading 10 SQ due Thursday 7 March: Reading 11 due Friday 8 March: Reading 11 SQ due Monday 11 March: Reading 12 due Tuesday 12 March: Reading 12 SQ due Wednesday 13 March: Reading 13 due Thursday 14 March: SQ for Reading 13 due; Frankenreview Friday 15 March: Frankentest; assignment sheet for paper distributed Monday 18 March: Workday for paper; work on sonnet Tuesday 19 March: Thesis workshop; work on sonnet Wednesday 20 March: One body paragraph due; "Unlucky 13" common errors Thursday 21 March: Second body paragraph due; recite on sonnet Friday 22 March: No class; Gala practice Monday 25 March: Full draft due for in-class workshop; Feast of the Anunciation/Maryland Day in the afternoon; recite sonnet This day you must have a two copies of a full draft at the beginning of class to receive credit for the day Frankenstein final paper due Friday 29 March Here is the new Dropbox URL to upload assignments in Quarter 2, 2018-19: https://www.dropbox.com/request/dSfZMosJxUPKsS5vmYdN Here it is as a link. Monday 7 January: Scene from The Odyssey project assigned; your midterm review is available here Tuesday 8 January: Group proposal due in class Wednesday 9 January: Mrs. Walsh talks about blocking Thursday 10 January: Project workday Friday 11 January: Ninth grade out on field trip Here is a reduced vocabulary list for the midterm. Monday 14 January: Snow Day! Tuesday 15 January: Last-minute review for project Wednesday 16 January: Project due; Vocab review for midterm Thursday 17 January: Short answer review for midterm; essay review for midterm Friday 18 January: No School: March for Life Midterm: Tuesday 22 January 8:30-10:10 Here is the new Dropbox URL to upload assignments in Quarter 2, 2018-19:
https://www.dropbox.com/request/dSfZMosJxUPKsS5vmYdN Here it is as a link. Monday 29 October: One body paragraph due Tuesday 30 October: Odyssey introduction Wednesday 31 October: Odyssey Book 1 due Thursday 1 November: Draft of paper due Friday 2 November: Odyssey Book 2 due (ll. 1-240 only); Vocabulary review for score; Sign-up for Poetry Out Loud due Monday 5 November: Agamemnon drafts returned with comments; discussion of paper standards and common pitfalls; 10 minutes of vocabulary review Tuesday 6 November: October Vocabulary Test Wednesday 7 November: Odyssey Book 2 activity; mini-conferences in class Thursday 8 November: Final Agamemnon paper due; Book 3 begun in class Friday 9 November: Odyssey Book 3 due Monday 12 November: Odyssey first half of Book 4 due Tuesday 13 November: Odyssey second half of Book 4 due; Paper assigned: The Bildungsroman of Telemachus Wednesday 14 November: Thesis due for workshop Thursday 15 November: Books 5-24 assigned to individual students for presentations after Thanksgiving; topic sentences due; Vocabulary quiz Friday 16 November: Poetry Out Loud classroom competition; one complete body paragraph due Monday 19 November: Intro and two body paragraphs due for workshop Tuesday 20 November: Full draft due of Telemachus paper (Consider working on your Odyssey presentation while you are traveling, etc., as you have time over Thanksgiving. Here is a quick outline of The Odyssey to help you stay oriented.) Thanksgiving Break Monday 26 November: Book 5 due Tuesday 27 November: Book 6 due (Sofia) Wednesday 28 November: Read ahead…Mrs. Walsh on a field trip Thursday 29 November: Book 7 due (Ella S.); "Ithaka" poem assigned; draw numbers for due dates Friday 30 November: Book 9 due (Skip Book 8) (Rachel) Monday 3 December: Book 10 due (Ella B.); November Vocabulary Test Tuesday 4 December: Telemachus paper due Wednesday 5 December: Book 11 due (Emeli) Thursday 6 December: Book 12 due (Fiorela) Friday 7 December: Book 13 due (Lupe) Monday 10 December: Book 14 due (Bella) Tuesday 11 December: Book 16 due (skip Book 15) (Cara) Wednesday 12 December: Book 18 due (skip Book 17) (Maggie) Thursday 13 December: Book 20 due (skip Book 19); French dictation: "Ithaka" Friday 14 December: Book 21 due (Rose) Monday 17 December: Book 22 due (Yvette) Tuesday 18 December: Book 23 due (Ashley); "Ithaka" poem due (1-5) Wednesday 19 December: Book 24 (Brianna); "Ithaka" poem due (6-10) Thursday 20 December: Review; "Ithaka" poem due (11-14) Friday 21 December: Odyssey test; Odyssey project assigned Monday 1 October: Review vocabulary; choose Iliad projects
Tuesday 2 October: Vocabulary test; begin working on Iliad projects Wednesday 3 October: Upper School Hiking Day; no classes Thursday 4 October: Agamemnon reading 1 due; HW: Practice poem Friday 5 October: Poem French dictation in class Monday 8 October: Columbus Day; no school Tuesday 9 October: Poem "No Second Troy" by Yeats or "Helen" by H.D. due Wednesday 10 October: PSAT; no classes Thursday 11 October: Sources for Iliad project due; project update due Friday 12 October: Agamemnon reading 2 due Monday 15 October: Agamemnon reading 3 due Tuesday 16 October: Iliad projects due; project presentations Wednesday 17 October: More project presentations Thursday 18 October: Agamemnon reading 4 due Friday 19 October: Agamemnon reading 5 due Monday 22 October: Theme informal writing due; Agamemnon theme discussion in class Tuesday 23 October: Agamemnon test Wednesday 24 October: Paper assigned and begun Thursday 25 October: Thesis workshop; essay checklist provided Friday 26 October: No school; Archdiocesan Professional Day Readings for Agamemnon Reading 1: 103-117 Reading 2: 117-131 Reading 3: 131-145 Reading 4: 145-159 Reading 5: 159-end Feel free to refer to this outline of The Iliad to help you manage the gaps as we read selected books.
Wednesday 5 September: Welcome, policies, get buddy for "testing" assignment, discuss the themes of the class; HW: "Testing" assignment, review poem Thursday 6 September: "Testing" assignment due, Review poem, Begin reading Iliad Book 1 in class (Invocation of the muse); comparative translations Friday 7 September: Poem due in class; HW: Review vocabulary; Read Iliad Book 1 ***** Monday 10 September: Iliad Book 1 due Tuesday 11 September: Catalogue of Ships in class Wednesday 12 September: Iliad Book 5 (Diomedes) due Thursday 13 September: Book 5, continued Friday 14 September: Iliad Book 9 (Embassy to Achilles) due; HW: Review vocabulary ***** Monday 17 September: Book 9, continued Tuesday 18 September: Iliad Book 16 (Death of Patroclus) due Wednesday 19 September: Shield of Achilles in class Thursday 20 September: Iliad Book 22 (Death of Hector) due Friday 21 September: Book 22, continued; HW: Review vocabulary ***** Monday 24 September: Iliad Book 24 (Achilles and Priam) due Tuesday 25 September: Iliad round-up Wednesday 26 September: Iliad review Thursday 27 September: Iliad test Friday 28 September: No class, Field Day ***** |