Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Schedule--February 1 - March 4

Week 5: January 31 - February 4
Day 1: Pride & Prejudice, finish volume 1, chapters 18-23; quiz
Day 2: Begin volume 2, chapters 1-6
Day 3: Volume 2, chapters 7-12
Day 4: Finish volume 2, chapters 13-19; Multiple-choice scoring exercise

Week 6: February 7 - 11

Day 1: Volume 3, chapters 1-4
Day 2: chapters 5-8
Day 3: chapters 9-13
Day 4: chapters 14-18, vocab quiz (vocal quiz) lessons 17-18

Week 7: February 14-17
Day 1: Oral reports due
Day 2: Papers due, continue oral reports
Day 3: Begin Heart of Darkness, Norton, volume B, 2326-2341
No school Friday February 18, President's Weekend break

Week 8: February 22 - 25
Monday: No school, Presidents' Weekend break
Tuesday: Heart of Darkness, Norton volume B, pp. 2341-2350
Wed/Thurs: pp. 2350-2368 (chapter 2)
Fri: pp. 2368-2387 (chapter 3); vocabulary lessons 19 & 20
Note: these are very unequal divisions, so I strongly recommend that you use a bit of time over Presidents' Weekend to read ahead; that way you'll have less difficulty staying caught up.

Week 9: February 28 - March 4 (only day that's a command!)
Day 1: No assignment, continue Heart of Darkness discussion
Day 2: Read Waiting for the Barbarians, chapter 1
Day 3: WFB, chapter 2
Day 4: WFB, chapter 3 + Practice AP multiple-choice quiz

THIS WEEK IN VARSITY ENGLISH
WEEK 10: MARCH 7 - 11
Monday: Mini-research day: "emergency powers;" South African law 1960's & 70s; "political prisoners;" Argentina in the 70's; use of torture; Ruth First (Diana Roth); martial law; apartheid; etc. Post link (beyond Wiki), photograph, and 3-sentence summary on your blog
Tuesday: WFB, chapter 4 (p. 119 or 139 depending on edition)
Wed/Th: WFB chapter 5 (p. 140 or 165); ABODA jazz festival Wednesday
Friday: Finish WFB, vocab quiz lessons 21 & 22; 7th grade courage retreat

WEEK 11: March 14 - 18

Day 1: Blog "What are the two most significant or important lessons the magistrate learns during the year in which the novel takes place?" Don't waste words on openings closings, or vague generalities; get to the meat from the first sentence and stay there. Two paragraphs will suffice.
Day 2: In-class essay test: Heart of Darkness and/or Waiting for the Barbarians
Day 3: The Importance of Being Earnest, act 1, (volume B, pp. 2221 - 2237)--look for absurd statements, wit and word play, and characters who confuse the trivial and the important in life
Day 4: Earnest, act 2, pp. 2237-2254; multiple-choice passage quiz.

WEEK 12: March 21-25
Day 1: Finish Earnest, act 3, pp. 2254-2263; reservations for independent reading novels accepted beginning Sunday morning, March 20, no more than 3 readers per title.
Day 2: Our Faire Englische Tung, chapter 5, pp. 43-55
Day 3: Final declaration day for novels for independent reading
Day 4: Capt. McHonett's Day of Adventure; IFF

Spring break: March 25-April 3: Read independent novels; begin poetry unit upon returning, Monday April 4