December 3-7, 2007 National Inclusion Week
English 11 - National Inclusion Week
Dec. 3, 2007
Introduction to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; watch Born to Trouble video
HW: Read Toni Morrison Introduction to Huck Finn
Dec. 4-7, 2007
Listen to Huck Finn
HW: Read background information on Mark Twain
AP English 12 - National Inclusion Week
Dec. 3, 2007
Drama Terms Quiz; discuss elements of drama; read Oedipus
HW: Read Drama selections from Bedford Reader
Dec. 4-6, 2007
Read Hamlet
HW: Memorize Soliloquy from Hamlet
Dec. 7, 2007
Discuss Independent Novel choices; AP Language Synthesis Question practice
HW: Write introduction to AP Language Synthesis question
LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.