March 3-7, 2008
English 11
3-3-08
HW: 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
Final Draft due to Turnitin.com 3-5-08 by 3:00 pm.
3-4-08
Election Day - No School
3-5-08
Research Paper Final Draft due to Turnitin.com 3-5-08 by 3:00 pm.
Discuss Harlem Renaissance - Hughes and Hurston selections
HW: Read and answer questions "A Rose for Emily" pp. 516-525; vocab. p. 527
3-6-08
Discuss "A Rose for Emily" pp. 516-527
HW: Read and answer questions "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" pp. 528-539
3-7-08
Quiz - Southern Gothic: Faulkner and Welty
AP English 12
3-3-08
Read aloud and discuss A Modest Proposal; background on Swift
Identify techniques of satire.
3-4-08
Election day - No School
3-5-08
Discuss Jerzy Kosinski – View Being There – identify comic techniques
3-6-08 to 3-7-08
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.