2a+-+A1+Assignment+Calendar


 * Semester II, English A1/11: January – June 2011 **
 * Tu, 11 Jan || Prompt writing ([|TCO 2011-01-11]) introduction to Chekov & //The Cherry Orchard// ([|The Cherry Orchard intro]), and turn of the century Russian society; group reading and discussion; explanation of new wiki post criteria || HW: no written homework due (do review Act I if you didn't do two IOCs 1st semester) ||
 * Th, 13 Jan || Prompt writing ([|TCO 2011-01-13]); IOCs from Acts I & II; wiki corrections; vocabulary; discussion of Chekhovian comedy & LA Times article ([|Simple, inspiring, misread] ) || HW: finish the LA Times article ("Simple, inspiring, misread") and answer wiki question re: Chekhovian comedy ||
 * M, 17 Jan || Prompt writing ([|TCO 2011-01-17]); IOCs from Act III; discussion of style and realism; group reading & discussion || HW: answer wiki question (setting) ||
 * W, 19 Jan || Prompt writing ([|TCO 2011-01-19]); IOCs from Act IV; wiki corrections; revisit elements of setting introduced on 11 January; view clips of divergent productions || HW: answer wiki question (dramatic interpretations - film versions) ||
 * M, 24 Jan || Prompt writing ([|TCO 2011-01-24]); guided outline work for in-class essay; review of literary devices discussed; analysis of key passages from play; response to different directors’ choices || HW: prepare for in-class essay (no written homework) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, 26 Jan || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">In-class essay (concluding assessment): analysis based on a specific, assigned passage from the play || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">No HW ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, 28 Jan || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing; introduction to Ibsen (if you missed class, see [|Ibsen + HG intro PowerPoint] and [|Ibsen & HG intro notes]), //Hedda Gabler//, and modern theater; discuss annotation; group reading of Act I || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read / reread and mark Act I ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, 1 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HG 2011-02-01]); discuss //Hedda Gabler// Act I; revisit IOC structure; discuss Ibsen's Norway & differentiate from Victorian England; begin reading Act II || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read and mark Act II ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, 3 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visit the library for introduction to new resources; discuss Act II; begin reading Act III; Norway & Modernism research tasks || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read and mark Act III ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, 7 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HG 2011-02-07]); IOCs from Acts I - III in HG; discuss Acts II - III and begin reading Act IV || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read and mark Act IV ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, 9 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HG 2011-02-09]); IOCs from Acts I - IV in HG; discuss play's conclusion || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: respond to wiki topic regarding comparative topics ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, 11 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HG 2011-02-11]); IOCs from Acts I - IV in HG; finish wiki research posts; introduce world literature paper 1 and review posted topics from //The Cherry Orchard// and //Hedda Gabler// || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: no written HW except for those who never posted research and examples for Modernism and Norway ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, 15 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing (comparative: bring TCO as well as HG) ([|HG 2011-02-15]); IOCs from Acts I - IV in HG; summarize and discuss wiki research on Norway and Modernism || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: prepare for in-class essay (no written homework) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, 17 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">In-class essay (concluding assessment): response to a general comparative topic about //Hedda Gabler// and //The Cherry Orchard// || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">No homework (please bring //Death and the Maiden// to class Monday if you already took a copy) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, 21 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Introduction to Dorfman ([|DATM intro]), //Death and the Maiden//, and 20th-century Latin American / Chilean history: read [|Chile encyclopedia article], [|Pinochet Abuse Victims], and [|Dorfman on Pinochet´s death]; group reading of Act I || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read / reread Act I (pp. 1 – 26) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, 23 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|DATM 2011-02-23]); IOC's; discussion of Act I and group reading of Act II; scene viewing from Acts I and II || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read Act II (pp. 29 – 49) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, 25 Feb || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|DATM 2011-02-25]); IOC's; discussion of Act II || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read Act III and afterword (pp. 53 – 75) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, 1 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|DATM 2011-03-01]); IOC's; discussion of Act III and conclusion; scene presentation assignment description; begin lesson on quotation integration and apostrophes || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: post practice quotation integration response ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, 3 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|DATM Chunk 2011-03-03]); IOC's; conclude lesson on quotation integration and apostrophes; work time for scenes || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: post suggested comparative topic for //Death and the Maiden// and either TCO or HG ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, 9 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Quiz on quotation integration (download corrected student samples of quotation integration [|here]); work time for scenes || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: finalize scene presentations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, 11 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scene presentations and directorial rationale; if time, review of potential DATM topics || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: prepare for concluding essay ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, 15 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">In-class essay (concluding assessment for //Death and the Maiden//): comparison using past Paper 2s (identical format to last in-class essay) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: submit final topic proposal form for World Lit Paper 1 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, 17 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Formal introduction and explanation of World Literature papers 1 & 2; discussion of comparative essay topic selections; work time for outline & quotation selection || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: draft outline or matrix and select 12 - 18 quotations (see main page of wiki for additional information about the outline) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, 21 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Quotation selection and classmate X, Y, Z feedback session; World Literature paper 1 work time || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: work on draft; submit any changes to outline ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, 24 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">World Literature paper 1 work time || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: work on draft ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, 28 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">World Literature paper 1 work time || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: work on draft ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, 30 Mar || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">World Literature paper 1 / 2 work time || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: work on draft; WL2 topic proposal form for HL students due on Friday ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, 1 Apr || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">World Literature paper 1 / 2 work time || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: work on draft ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, 5 Apr || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">World Literature paper 1 / 2 work time || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: submit draft of Paper 1 to turnitin.com before midnight on Wednesday. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, 7 Apr || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">SAT Writing prep; introduction to Conrad ([|Heart of Darkness Intro]), //Heart of Darkness//, and European colonization ([|'New Light on HOD']); group reading and analysis of Conrad’s prose || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read pages 5 - 10, ending with ". . . Marlow's inconclusive experiences." ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, 11 Apr || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HOD 2011-04-11]); IOC's; introduction of [|close reading] (if time, read [|"Agassiz and the Fish"]); discussion of first reading assignment & beginning of second || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read pages 10 - 19, ending with ". . . thirty miles higher up." ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, 13 Apr || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HOD 2011-04-13]); IOC's; discussion of reading assignment; begin close reading work || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read pages 19 - 31, ending with ". . . the bottom of his pail." ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, 15 Apr || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HOD 2011-04-15]); IOC's (short class) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read pages 31 - 40 (to the end of Chapter I); post response to wiki discussion question ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, 26 Apr || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HOD 2011-04-26]); IOC's; reading discussion & work time for WL paper 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: work on WL paper 2; show some evidence of progress before Thursday (no HW for SL students) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, 28 Apr || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HOD 2011-04-28]); IOC's; work and help time for WL paper 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: HL students, submit draft of Paper 2 to turnitin.com before midnight on Monday 2 May. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, 2 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brief discussion of Part 1 of HOD; discussion of WL1 feedback; work time for WL1 or WL2 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read pages 41 - 56 (end of page) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, 4 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HOD 2011-05-04]); IOC's; discussion of reading assignment; if time, work on close analysis of selected passages || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read pages 57 - 70 (to the end of Chapter 2) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, 6 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HOD 2011-05-06]); IOC's; Achebe essay ([|"An Image of Africa"]) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read pages 71 - 82 (end of page) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, 10 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|HOD 2011-05-10]); IOC's; discussion of wiki responses; [|SurveyMonkey survey] || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read pages 83 - 91, ending with "And then they very nearly buried me." ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, 12 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">IOC's; reading discussion; discuss close reading and independent article assignments (see articles here) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read pages 91 - 101 (end of novel) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, 16 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">IOC'S (Mandi, Amanda, Megan, Marisa); read "Apocalypse Now" intro article ([|The Maddest Movie Ever]); watch beginning of film || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Work on article / précis assignment ([|Writing a Précis]) - NOTE: A sample précis is posted on the wiki under the discussion topic. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, 18 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">IOC's (Barbara, Ernesto, Ernie, Pedro); guidelines for précis assignment; discuss and watch "Apocalypse Now" || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Work on article / précis assignment ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, 20 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">IOC's; "Apocalypse Now & discussion || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finish reading article; post précis & evaluation on the wiki before class meets on Tuesday. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, 24 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[Submit précis to wiki discussion topic by today.] IOC's; finish "Apocalypse Now" (if not finished on Friday) and discuss. Work time for creative project and/or WL1 revisions. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, 26 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individual creative (visual, musical, literary, cinematic, etc.) presentations from the work of your choice this year; work time for WL1 revisions. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, 30 May || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">IOC's; discussion of final exam format & strategies; close analysis of HOD passages || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[DEAD WEEK] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, 1 June || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">IOC's; review feedback from class survey; study time for final exam || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[DEAD WEEK] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, 3 June || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**NOTE: Revisions to WL1 paper may be turned in any time through today.** There should be at least a little time to work on revisions during class this week. || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[DEAD WEEK] ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">6 – 9 June || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**SEMESTER II FINAL EXAMS (English final will take place on Monday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)** ||  ||

**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Semester I, English A1/11: August – December 2010 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, Aug 17 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Course introduction; photos; brief introduction to “[|The Bacchae]” & [|Greek tragedy] || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: [|Expectations] signatures (Academic Honesty Policy is on p. 34 of the [|Student Handbook]) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, Aug 19 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing in anticipation of Greek tragedy unit; [|brief overview of IB English A1 parts and assessments] (see linked PowerPoint for a more thorough understanding); [|essential vocabulary] from "The Bacchae"; discussion of play’s context; group reading || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read & mark “The Bacchae” prologue and Act I, pp. 21 – 42 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, Aug 23 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|Bacchae 10-08-23]); discussion & clarification; group reading || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read / mark TB Acts II & III, pp. 43 – 68 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, Aug 25 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|Bacchae 10-08-25]); discussion & clarification; group reading || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read / mark TB Acts IV & V, pp. 68 – 96 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, Aug 27 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|Bacchae 10-08-27]); some interesting takes on the conclusion: from [|Shmoop] / [|Stanford Theater]; introduction of Individual Oral Presentation format and criteria [|A1 Internal Assessment.pdf]; choice of topics for informal presentations || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Prepare group presentations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, Aug 31 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HS English Norming & Conventions Calibration Exercise: [|Norming Rubric], [|Formulaic Essay Format] || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Finalize group presentations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, Sept 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read excerpt from [|The Secret History]; prompt writing ([|Bacchae 10-09-02]); prepare “The Bacchae” presentations for Monday; discuss concluding assessment || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Finalize group presentations; post sample IOP topic from "The Bacchae" on discussion page ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, Sept 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> presentations from “The Bacchae” || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: prepare Bacchae essay from in-class writing prompts (not due until Friday, 10 September) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, Sept 8 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brief (10-15 minute) discussion of successful analytic essay writing; concluding assessment from "The Bacchae" (45 minute in-class essay) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: complete Bacchae essay from in-class writing prompts ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, Sept 10 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turn in Bacchae essay - more information on main class page; prompt writing ([|TTTC 2010-09-10]); introduction to Tim O’Brien, Vietnam, and [|The Things They Carried]; brief introduction to [|Commentary] (oral & written) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read TTTC pp. 1 – 63 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, Sept 14 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|TTTC 2010-09-14]); individual oral commentaries (my model; group contributions - ([|my commentary notes]); discussion || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read TTTC pp. 64 – 112, and post (on the wiki discussion tab) your best guess from this section for the IOC passage I'll assign on Thursday. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, Sept 16 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|TTTC 2010-09-16]); individual oral commentaries (assigned: Anton & Mandi / Heleny & Aastha); discussion || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read TTTC pp. 117 – 154 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, Sept 20 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|TTTC 2010-09-20]); individual oral commentaries (assigned); discussion; literary terms || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read TTTC pp. 155 – 207 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, Sept 22 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|TTTC 2010-09-22]); individual oral commentaries (assigned); discussion; creative oral activities introduction & initial preparation || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read TTTC pp. 208 – 233 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, Sept 24 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[CLASSES CANCELLED] At home, you should finish novel / work on concluding presentation for The Things They Carried (see main class page for details) / post sample IOP topic on discussion forum || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Post sample IOP topic from The Things They Carried ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, Sept 28 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|TTTC 2010-09-28]); IOCs; time to work on concluding presentations || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: finalize presentations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, Sept 30 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Presentation of prepared oral activities as concluding assessment for TTTC || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read introductory material for Romantic poetry: [|Romanticism, p1] [|p2] [|p3][| p4][|p5] [|p6][| p7][| p8] [|p9] [|p10] [|p11] [|p12][|p13] (you may skip the sections on The Napoleonic Wars [p3], Coping with Society's Problems [p4], Goethe [p7], and British Prose [p10-11], although I recommend reading the entire packet!); and listen to 3 introductory selections (posted on this page) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, Oct 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|Rom 2010-10-04]); discuss Romantic poetry + homework reading; model poetry commentary; choose poems from [|Romantic poetry packet] || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read all William Blake selections in the poetry packet ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, Oct 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Introduction to Blake [download Blake [|powerpoint] or Blake [|outline]], prompt writing ([|Rom 2010-10-06]), IOCs, review poetic devices terminology & meter, applying devices to individually assigned poems || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read all Samuel Coleridge selections in the packet; review "Kubla Khan" (You may read only the first half of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Christabel" if you choose, although IOC passages may come from anywhere in these poems. Read all of "Frost at Midnight.") ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, Oct 8 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Introduction to Coleridge [download Coleridge [|pow'rpoint] or [|outline]], prompt writing ([|Rom 2010-10-08]), IOCs, finish Blake presentation, begin poetic devices discussion || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read all John Keats selections in the packet; review "Bright Star" ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, Oct 13 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Introduction to Keats, prompt writing ([|Rom 2010-10-13]), IOCs, watch beginning of “Bright Star” || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: read and know your presentation poem ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, Oct 15 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[40 minute classes] Brief introduction to Keats, IOCs [5th period only], discussion of poetry presentations, begin group analysis of "Bright Star" and independent analysis of assigned poems || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Continue to analyze individually assigned poems for presentations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, Oct 26 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read and discuss "[|The Eve of St. Agnes]" || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: work on presentations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, Oct 29 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|Rom 2010-10-29]); work time for poetry presentations || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: finalize presentations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, Nov 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Presentation and discussion of assigned poems || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: finalize presentations; practice or potential IOP topic proposal from Blake, Coleridge or Keats poetry ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, Nov 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Presentation and discussion of assigned poems || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: finalize presentations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, Nov 8 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Presentation and discussion of assigned poems || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read A Streetcar named Desire, pp. 1 – 45 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, Nov 10 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wrap up poetry presentations; if time, discussion of play and playwright’s biography || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read ASND pp. 46 - 84 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, Nov 12 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|ASND 2010-11-12]); introduce play & discuss major themes and devices || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Read ASND pp. 85 - 116 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, Nov 16 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|ASND 2010-11-16]); IOCs; discuss violence in drama (The Bacchae & ASND) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Finish ASND for Monday; also, post your actual choice for IOP topic on the wiki (note: the wiki posting is necessary in order to ensure that no two students use the same topic; you will not be graded on these posts, but if you choose a topic and do not post it and then another student chooses and posts it, the student who has "claimed" it on the wiki will use it.) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, Nov 18 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">(CLASSES CANCELED FOR CLASS TRIPS) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">n/a ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, Nov 22 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reading drama / technical terms presentation ([|Reading drama]); prompt writing ([|ASND 2010-11-22]); IOCs; concluding discussion; discuss selection of IOP topic || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Fill out formal topic outline for IOC (these forms should be as detailed as possible; you will receive a grade for your proposal) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, Nov 24 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prompt writing ([|ASND 2010-11-24]) & IOC's; discuss final exam; prepare for IOP's || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Prepare for IOP’s / final exam ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, Nov 26 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preparing for IOP’s || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW: Prepare for IOP’s / final exam ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tu, Nov 30 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individual Oral Presentations ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th, Dec 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individual Oral Presentations ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">M, Dec 6 [dead week] || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individual Oral Presentations ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">W, Dec 8 [dead week] || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individual Oral Presentations ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">F, Dec 10 [dead week] || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individual Oral Presentations ||  ||