February 25-29, 2008
Parent Conferences - Thursday Feb. 28, 2008
11:30-3:00 pm and 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm
English 11 - Harlem Renaissance
2-25-08
Read selections from text: pp. 916-918
Read and discuss Langston Hughes poems: IAR pp. 281-289; Zora Neale Hurston, pp. 290-300
HW: Work on Research Paper Rough Draft, Outline and Works Cited due 2-27-08.
2-26-08
Watch video - Devil's Music; take notes
HW: Work on Research Paper Rough Draft, Outline and Works Cited due 2-27-08.
2-27-08
Review rough drafts; watch "O Brother, Where Art Though?" and complete study guide.
HW: Work on Research Paper Final paper due 3-5-08.
View A Great Day in Harlem DVD
2-28-08
Parent Conferences
2-29-08
QUiz over readings; review rough drafts; watch "O Brother, Where Art Though?" and complete study guide.
HW: Work on Research Paper Final paper due 3-5-08.
AP English 12
2-25-08
Read aloud and discuss A Modest Proposal; background on Swift
Identify techniques of satire.
2-26-08 to 2-27-08
Discuss Jerzy Kosinski – View Being There – identify comic techniques
2-28-08
Parent Conferences
2-29-08
Finish viewing Being There – identify comic techniques
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.