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Honors English I (Period 6) Assignments

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Term
2011-2012 School Year
Department
English
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307
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Honors English I is a one-year genre-survey emphasizing critical reading and literary analysis.  Throughout the year, students will read and interpret poetry, plays, short stories, mythology, and novels.  Beginning with fundamentals of argumentative writing and essay structure and advancing to a comparative five-paragraph paper, students will develop the skills necessary for successful academic writing.  Students will engage in writing as a process, and will practice prewriting, outlining, and extensive revisions.  As this is an honors course, students will face a challenging workload, including monthly independent novel essays, daily reading assignments, creative projects, and writing assignments of varied lengths, formality, and style, in order to strengthen their critical thinking and writing skills for higher level honors and AP courses and university-level work.

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Study for final. Bring scantron and essay scantron.

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Due: Final Draft.  8am on turnitin.com

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Due: Rough Draft.  Bring to class.

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Due: Essay Outline.  Turnitin.com by 8am.

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Due: Chapters 12-20 of Picture of Dorian Gray.  Annotate.  Quiz.

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Vocab Exam L17.  Bring Scantron.

Bring Dorian Gray.

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Due: Chapters 5-11 of Picture of Dorian Gray.  Annotate.  Quiz.

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Bring Dorian Gray

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Due: Read Ch 1-4 of Picture of Dorian Gray.  Annotate.  Quiz.

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Romeo and Juliet Exam.  Bring essay scantron.

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Bring Twelfth Night indefinitely.

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Vocabulary L16 Exam. 

Due: Romeo and Juliet Plot Pyramid.

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If you earned a 79/100 or lower, you have the option of signing up for individual workshops this week.  (Most workshops will take place next week.)  If you attend a workshop, you can revise your paper and raise your grade.

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Due: Novel 7 creative project on turnitin.com by 8am.

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Due: Monologue performance.

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Due: Essay 7 Final Draft on turnitin.com by 8am.

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Due: First ten lines of monologue quiz!  Memorize first ten lines, in Shakespeare's original language (which is Early Modern English).

Due by 5pm: Edit your peer's essay on turnitin.com.

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Due: Novel 7 Rough Draft.  Turnitin.com by 8am.

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Due: Essay Outline.  Turnitin.com at 8am.

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Monologue "Translation" Due.  Turnitin.com at 8am.

Extra Credit: Essay Outline.  Turnitin.com at 8am.

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Due: Reading Journal 5: A three-chunk paragraph analysis of Romeo's character.  What motivates him?

Reading Journal Due to turnitin.com by 8am.

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Due: Reading Journal 3: Write a page reflection (with quotations) comparing Romeo's language to Petrarch's.  How is Romeo the epitome of a Petrarchan lover?

A Petrarchan Sonnet:

Oh blessed be the day, the month, the year,
the season and the time, the hour, the instant,
the gracious countryside, the place where I was
struck by those two lovely eyes that bound me;

and blessed be the first sweet agony
I felt when I found myself bound to Love,
the bow and all the arrows that have pierced me,
the wounds that reach the bottom of my heart.

And blessed be all of the poetry
I scattered, calling out my lady's name,
and all the sighs, and tears, and the desire;

blessed be all the paper upon which
I earn her fame, and every thought of mine,
only of her, and shared with no one else.

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Bring Romeo and Juliet  indefinitely.

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Mythology test.  Bring scantron.

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Print out and bring study guide.

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Due: Read "Pyramis and Thisbe" in Mythology.  Quiz.

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Mythology Project Due.  Be prepared to present today.

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Due: Odyssey (727-740).  Quiz.  Finish project terms and start essay.

7th Independent Novel sign-ups all this week!

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Vocabulary L14 Exam.

Final Draft Due by 8am on turnitin.com.

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Due: Odyssey (717-726).  Quiz.  Terms for project.

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Due: Novel Essay 6 Rough Draft.  Bring to class.

Support Denim Day!

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Due: Read Odyssey (698-715).  Quiz.

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Vocab L13 Exam.  Bring Scantron. 

Dead Verb Worksheet Due!

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Due: Odyssey through the Cyclops.  Quiz.

Recommended: Start defining Odyssey terms you encounter for project.

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Due: Independent Essay Outline.  Upload it to turnitin.com by 8am.  

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Due: Troy character analysis (due at end of class)

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Recommended: Powerpoint Slides

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Recommended: God Speech.

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Recommended: Write your myth!

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Vocab L12 Exam

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Due: "Hercules" (166-179).  Quiz.

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Recommended: Finish Olympic gods bios.

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Due: "Theseus" (155-165). Quiz.

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Due: Read "Perseus" (147-154).  Quiz.

Recommended: 3 Olympian bios.

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Vocab L11 Exam.  Bring a Scantron.

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Due: "Golden Fleece" (122-135).  Quiz.

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Recommended: 3 Olympian bios.

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Due: Read "The Creation of the World and Mankind" (65-77).  Reading Journal 2: Write a three-chunk paragraph that points to important Greek values suggested by the narratives. 

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Vocab Exam L10. 

Recommended: 3 Olympian Biographies

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Due: "Gods of the Earth" (48-64).  Quiz.

Due by 9 pm: Practice Turn it in paper.
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Due: Lesser Gods (36-44).  Quiz.

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Ethan Frome creative project due!

Recommended: Start 2 Olympian Bio Pages.

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Novel Sign-up all this week!

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Due: Ethan Frome final draft (attach all other drafts to back).  Also Due: Olympus Gods Chart.  Vocab L9.  Bring a Scantron.

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Ethan Frome rough draft due!

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If you turn in your Ethan Frome final draft today before school, you will receive 10 extra credit points!

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Vocab Exam L8.

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Due: Reading Journal 1: Choose a quotation that sums up Ethan Frome and explain its significance (include the quotation, and then an analysis that is over half a page).

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Ethan Frome Outline Due!

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Bring Ethan Frome all week.

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Grammar Worksheet due!  And look!  My powerpoint is so neat-o!

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Ethan Frome exam.  Bring scantron and your book.

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FINAL!  You need an essay scantron and a regular scantron.

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Due: Read "The Gift of the Magi" (271-279).  Quiz.

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Due: Read "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" (216-221).  Quiz.

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Due: "Everyday Use" (242-249).  Quiz.

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Creative Project for novel 3 due.

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Due: Read "Monkey's Paw" (168-177).  Reading Journal 8: 3 CD-CMs on how the author establishes mood.

Reading Journal Due!

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Essay 4 Final Draft Due.  Attach all other drafts to back.

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Due: "The Most Dangerous Game" (198-213).  Quiz.

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Due: Essay 4 Rough Draft.

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Due: Read "The Good Deed" (224-240).  Reading Journal 7: Answer questions 1-5 a & b.  (Answer 1a, then 1b.  Then move on to 2a, then 2b...)

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Novel 3 outline due.  Remember, this is a different format than past outlines.  Check your handout.

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Due: Read "To Build a Fire" (180-192).  Quiz.

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Poetry Unit Exam.

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Poetry Project Due!

Be prepared to read one of your poems aloud in class.

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Poetry Project Suggestion: Write a sonnet.

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Poetry Project Suggestion: Write a heroic couplet poem.  Find one too!

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Poetry Project Suggestion: Find a poem that appeals to the readers' senses.

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Poetry Project Suggestion: Find season/color poem.

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Due: Read "Birches" (107-110).  Reading Journal 6: Choose one piece of imagery in "Birches" and analyze how it relates to the poem's implicit meaning.  Half a page.

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Poetry Project Suggestion: Write a free verse poem.

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Vocab Exam L7.  Bring a Scantron.

Reading Journal 5: Read "A Simile" (98).  Right half a page in which you identify the simile and analyze what the comparison suggests.

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Bring your big book.

Poetry Project Suggestion: Write Cinquain.

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Due: Read "The Creation" (117-121).  Reading Journal 4: Write a three chunk paragraph analyzing how Johnson characterizes God.

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Due: Read "Boast Not, Proud English" (103).  Reading Journal 3: Write a thesis examining how the speaker conveys his message.

Poetry Project Suggestion: Write Wish Poem.

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Vocab Lesson 6. 

Poetry Project Suggestion: Write one free verse poem.

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Due: Reading Journal 2: Typed, half a page.  Examine "The Song of Wandering Aengas" as an allegory about the creative process (think about it in terms of discovery, inspiration, writing, creating, etc.)

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Due: Talk to the Text on "Introduction to Poetry"

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Due: Essay Three Final Draft.  Black and White.  Staple in this order:
  1. Final Draft (on top)
  2. Prospectus
  3. Outline
  4. Rough Draft
  5. Peer Editing Sheet

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Due: Essay 3 Rough Draft.  Color-coded.

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Folk Traditions Exam.  Bring Essay Scantron.

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Bring Study Guide

Novel Sign-ups all week!

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Due: Read "Prodigal Son" (24-26).  Reading Journal 1: Write half a page analyzing the intrinsic meaning of the text.

Also Due: Bring in song lyrics for a song that you find meaningful.

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Due: Essay 3 Outline.

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Vocab Exam L5.  Bring Scantron.

Grammar Packet Due.

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Due: Read "Echo and Narcissus" (6-9).  Quiz.

Novel 2 Outline Due.

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Due: Essay 2 Final Draft.  Staple outline, other additional drafts, and rubric to the back.

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Due: Read "Goha and the Pot" (29-30).  Quiz.

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Vocab L4 Exam.

Reading Journal Due!  Everything must be typed and stapled in order, from reading journal 1-8, with your green index sheet on the back.

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Due: "The White Snake" (17-21).  Reading Journal 8: 3 CD-CMs.

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Due: Prospectus for Essay #3 on independent novel.  What are you going to focus on?  What have you noticed that might support your thesis?

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Due: Outline for Essay #2 on "The Silver Pool".

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Due: Read "The Silver Pool," pages 37-42.  Quiz.

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Due: Final Draft.  Staple in this order:
  1. Final Draft
  2. Thesis Draft
  3. Outline
  4. Rough Draft
  5. Rubric
Bring Big Book.

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Due: Rough Draft.  Make sure it is color-coded and that you introduce your quotations.

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Bring Big Book all week.

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Vocab L3 Exam.  Bring a scantron.

Due: RJ 2: Thesis statement about inner conflict of Mr. Godfrey or Silas Marner.

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A Separate Peace essay outline due.  Check your assignment sheet for details.  Don't forget to include your works cited.

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Bring Silas Marner all week.

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Vocab Test, Lesson 2.

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Due: Thesis and Working Outline for A Separate Peace novel essay.

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Bring A Separate Peace all week.

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Independent novel sign-ups all week.

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Vocab Lesson 1 Exam.  Bring a scantron.

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Due: Reading Journal 1: Three CD-CMs on your assigned To Kill a Mockingbird character.  Choose quotations that show Scout's developing opinion about each character and frame your commentary around how Scout views the character, what her perspective says about her, and how her view changes.  You should have at least two sentences of commentary for each quote.  Type your assignment.

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Binder Check.

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Bring To Kill a Mockingbird all week.

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Summer Reading Exam: Bring a Scantron.

Syllabus contracts due.