January 3-5, 2007
English 11
English 11 1st Semester Exam Review
1-3-07
1. Watch Garrison Keillor's monologue from A Prairie Home Companion Saturday, July 6, 2002
2. Read theatre reviews of Ohio native Rajiv Joseph's play Huck and Holden here and here
3. Discuss Holden Caulfield - American Whiner by George Will
4. HW: Respond to J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield, Aging Gracelessly by Jonathan Yardley
1-4-07
1. Discuss J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield, Aging Gracelessly by Jonathan Yardley
2. Discuss Huck Finn Themes and Essential Questions
3. Huck Finn grammar activities
4. HW: Read nonfiction selections from text; activity: Slave Narrative Life Histories
1-5-07
1. Watch video - Born to Trouble: The Adventures of Huck Finn
2. HW: Review for semester exam
AP English 12
AP 1st Semester Exam Review Terms
1-3-07
I read
I saw
I got (into)
HW:
1. Read Talk to the Newsroom: Book Review Editor Sam Tanenhaus
2. Read several reviews from the New York Times Book Review: Hardcover Nonfiction and Hardcover Fiction
3. Listen to several Book Review Podcasts, including December 24, 2006 which features David Eggers, author of What Is the What?
4. Read and consider the following quidelines: Reviews - How to Write Them from The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.