Mrs. Lacy

Honors British Literature

January 23 - 27

1/23:  Reading/study day for Lord of the Flies using "Points to Ponder" handout

1/24:  Introduction to Hamlet / Student participation in Scene 1 / Themes and motifs introduced / Homework:  Read and study Scene 2 / Respond to the following questions:  What is your first impression of Claudius?  Hamlet? 

1/25:  Review of Scene 2 / Continue Act I / Study questions distributed / Vocabulary check for unit #9

1/26:  Act I continued / Vocabulary quiz unit #9

1/27:  Review of Act I / Film clips from Hamlet

AP Literature/Composition

January 23 - 27

1/23:  Rough drafts to class / Peer editing

1/24:  Read and take notes from the following selections:  Wordsworth - p. 2118, Stevens - p. 2126, Neruda - pp. 2130-2131, Strand - pp. 2143-2144, Pinksky - pp. 2146 - 2147, Fulton - pp. 2150-2151 for our upcoming unit on poetry.  Note particular ideas that are thought-provoking, seem to reflect your own creative process, or simply appeal to you for some reason. 

1/25:  Final essays due along with peer editing sheets and the rough draft / Poetry discussion continued

1/26:  Selected poem as model for analysis

1/27:  Selected poem for small group analysis

AP Literature/Composition

January 17 - 20

1/17:  Group discussion of The Metamorphosis

1/18:  Follow-up discussion of The Metamorphosis / Expressionism in art and literature / Distribute essay prompts for essay / Outline and/or writing plan for tomorrow's essay

1/19:  Writing lab for essays

1/20:  Health surveys / Writing lab for essays

Honors British Literature

January 17 - 20

1/17:  Review Friday's sonnet analysis / CFA on sonnets

1/18:  Group discussion as introduction to Hamlet / make-ups for CFA

1/19:  Review CFA / CSA on sonnets

1/20:  Scheduled health surveys / Quiz on "Hampton Court" in London

Students should bring their copies of Lord of the Flies to class on Monday (1/23). 

We will begin Hamlet on Tuesday (1/24).  All students should have their personal copies, preferably one with extensive footnotes.

AP Literature/Composition

January 10 - 13

1/10:  Overview of semester / Assign Annie Dillard's "Living Like Weasels" / Reader response / Assign Kafka's The Metamorphosis for Tuesday (1/17)

1/11:  Return reader responses /Formulate ideas for a poem using "Living Like Weasels" as springboard / Focus on overarching idea, structure, and imagery to be featured

1/12:  Teacher/student conferences on plan for original poem

1/13:  Poems are due today! / Discuss how form + content = meaning

Honors British Literature

January 10 - 13

1/10:  Orientation / Parallel reading deadlines / Introduction to Renaissance

1/11:  Reading day for London ("Hampton Court") / Essay topics for comprehensive assessment in May

1/12:  Sonnet analysis notes  and model / practice analysis

1/13:  Sonnet analysis continued

Please note that the CFA on sonnet analysis will be Tuesday, January 17 and the CSA on sonnets will be Thursday, January 19.

AP Literature/Composition

December 5 - 9

12/5:  Writing Lab - Tartuffe essays (revisions)

12/6:  Writing Lab - Tartuffe essays (revisions) / CFA on AILD

12/7:  Review of CFA on AILD

12/8:  Test on As I Lay Dying - Part I

12/9:  Test on As I Lay Dying - Part II

Honors British Literature/Composition

December 5 - 9

12/5:  Review for test on The Canterbury Tales

12/6:  Test on The Canterbury Tales

12/7:  Vocabulary exercises in class

12/8:  Reading day / Parallel reading due 12/9 / Notes on Prologue to Wife of Bath's tale

12/9:  Objective quiz on parallel reading

AP Literature/Composition

November 28 - December 2

11/28:  Assign next reading assignment for As I Lay Dying (Tull through Addie's chapter, pp. 123-176) for

            Thursday (12/1) / return Tartuffe essays for self-assessment

11/29:  Comma review / notes for possible open-note quiz tomorrow

11/30:  Possible (very possible) open-note quiz on commas

12/1:  Discussion of assigned reading for AILD

12/2:  Preparation for essay revisions

Honors British Literature/Composition

November 28 - December 2

11/28:  Review Canterbury pilgrims

11/29:  CFA on The Canterbury Tales / Personality & Humours

11/30:  Assign parallel reading (selected tales) / Review CFA

12/1:  CSA on The Canterbury Tales / Ballads

12/2:  Ballads / parallel reading