January 29-February 2
English 11
1-29-07
1. Read and take notes in text, pp. 914-929 and 992-994
HW: Vocab quiz
1-30-07
1. Background on Steinbeck in preparation for Of Mice and Men field trip
2. Review Conventions of Drama, p. 161 in textbook
1-31-07
Field trip - Of Mice and Men
2-1-07
1. De-brief field trip
2. Colloquialisms from Of Mice and Men
2-2-07
1. Begin discussion of Harlem Renaissance, pp. 914-929
AP English 12
1-29-07
1. In-class writing
HW: Read Brave New World; Work on research paper due February 21
1-30-07
1. Define and identify poetic techniques in the poems of classical British poets
2. Read and discuss poems by Christopher Marlowe p. 1135 and Sir Walter Raleigh
3. Introduce sonnet form
HW: Read Brave New World; work on research paper due February 21
1-31-07
1. Read and discuss selected Shakespearean sonnets
2. Read analysis essays from Break, Blow, Burn Break, Blow, Burn by Camille Paglia
2-1-07
1. Read and discuss poems by John Donne p. 832 and George Herbert p. 1204
HW: Read Brave New World; work on research paper due February 21
2-2-07
1. Read and discuss selected poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridege
Supplemental handouts
HW: Read Brave New World; work on research paper due February 21