English+122-+Term+Two

**Week One: January 28- January 30**

Wednesday: Please complete the following: -Student Information Sheet; Plaigarism Policy; Late Assignment Policy -Bring the $2.00 Language Arts Fee -Find an SSR novel for Friday Thursday: SNOW DAY Friday: Review of Short Story Elements. Read "Touching Bottom" by Kari Strutt (p.124, Imprints text) and complete questions and assignments on hand-out.


 * Week Two- Feb. 2- Feb. 6**

Monday: Reviewed answers to "Touching Bottom." Read "A Drowning" by Mark Ferguson (p.160, Imprints text). Complete all questions and writing assignments to be handed in on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Tuesday: Extended Reading period. (SSR Project). Mini-Lesson: The Literary Essay (please see me for hand-outs). Wednesday: Collected "A Drowning" work. Began work for "Dressing Up for the Carnival." (Imprints, p.92). Read story & examined Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone." No homework. Thursday: Looked at Springsteen's "The River" and Cash's "Real Woman"; completed group brainstorming for Identity Essay, due Monday, Feb. 9th. Friday: Writing Period: Identity Essay. Essay is due in Final Copy on Monday, Feb.9.


 * Week Three- Feb. 9- Feb. 13**

Monday: Began reading "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates. Pre-Reading Discussion. Tuesday: Finished reading the story. Oates dedicates the story to Bob Dylan. Listened to two Dylan songs: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and "Cry Awhile." In groups, students composed Venn Diagrams to find similarities and differences in theme and subject between the short story and the two songs. Wednesday: Worked on RAFT group writing. Present these on Monday. Thursday: NO SCHOOL- Professional Development Day Friday: NO SCHOOL- Professional Development Day
 * Short Story Unit Test:** **Tuesday, Feb. 17.**


 * Week Four: Feb. 16- Feb. 20**

Monday: Present RAFT Writings, general Short Story Review. Test tomorrow. Tuesday: Short Story Test Wednesday: Finish Short Story Test. Work on SSR reading & project. Thursday: Essay Unit. Notes: Descriptive Essay. Selection: "My Old Newcastle" by David Adams Richards, p.296 in //Imprints// Text. Friday: Read aloud- descriptive paragraphs; Notes: Personal Narrative Essay. Selection: "A New Perspective" by Janice E. Fein, p.289 in //Imprints// text.

Monday: SNOW DAY Tuesday: Busses delayed 2 hours... Wednesday: Essay, "Coffee" by Alan Durning, p.327 //in Imprints// text. Notes: Process Analysis Essay. Laptops available- two research questions for group work/ discussion (present results on Friday). Thursday: Essay,"Rink Rage" by Alan Deacon, p.320 in //Imprints// text. Notes: Persuasive/Argumentative Essay. Your Own Essay (proposal sheet due tomorrow). Essay (Unit Evaluation) due on Wednesday, March 11. Friday: Postponed presentation of research question (we will re-visit on Monday after break). Worked on essay proposal: topic, style & thesis statement. Your essay: Please choose one of the four styles we studied: descriptive, personal narrative, process-analyis or persuasive (all notes are here). Design your own topic and thesis staement. Minimun: 5-paragraph essay. Due: Wednesday, March 11.
 * Week Five: Feb. 23- Feb. 27 **


 * Enjoy your March Break. See you in a week!

Week Six- March 9- March 13** Monday: Hamlet-- Pre-writing activity (four main themes: fate, guilt, revenge, ambition). The List.  Tuesday: Shakespeare Jig-Saw Activity. Notes: 1 . Who Was Shakespeare? 2. Shakespeare in Stratford. 3. London Life. 4. Elizabethan Beliefs. 5. Elizabethan Theatre 6. The Globe Theatre. Wednesday: Clips on Hamlet & Shakespeare.media type="youtube" key="wE5jB2tl70M" height="344" width="425"media type="youtube" key="SCVc5TaPpe8" height="344" width="425" media type="youtube" key="RUqx_HKUOh4" height="344" width="425" Worked on concept webs together: Fate, Ambition, Guilt & Revenge. Collected essays (final assignment from Essay Unit). Thursday: Looked at the first 11 lines of the play. (Activities). Received Double Entry Journal (instructional hand-out); Quotes for Act One (Double Entry Journal); and Act One Questions. Received copies of the play. Began reading 1.1. Friday: Read 1.1 and 1.2. Looked at the definition of soliloquy and Hamlet's first soliloquy, 1.2. 129-159. Started Act One Double Entry Journal together.

Monday: Advice. Meeting the second family in //Hamlet:// Polonius, Laertes and Ophelia. Read 1.3. Focus on Polonius' advice to Laertes. Tuesday: Independent work: Finish reading Act One (scenes 4 and 5); complete Act One questions and Act One Double Entry Journal. Wednesday: View Act One on film. Receive Act Two questions and quotes for DE Journal. Begin Act Two Writing assignment (due Friday). Thursday: Allusion (defined, activity with Dylan's "Desolation Row."); Allusion Mission. Review and correct Act One Questions & Double Entry Journal. Begin 2.1. Friday: Begin posting Allusions to Will's Wall of Fame. Pantomime: The Newly Mad Hamlet (2.1. 84-134). View scene on film. Listing Hamlet's Problems (dramatic tension). Begin 2.2. 1- 150. Collect Act 2 Writing assignment. Begin working on Act 2 questions & Act 2 Double entry journal.
 * Week Seven: March 16-March 20**

Monday: Call for Allusions. Looked at Act 2, Scene 1; sections where Polonius tries to seek answers from Hamlet and where Hamlet talks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about why they are at Elsinore. Viewed these two sections on film. Worked on Act 2 questions/ Double Entry journal, which are due on Wednesday. Homework; Finish reading 2.1 up to Hamlet's "o What a Rogue" soliloquy at the end of the scene. Tuesday: "O What A Rogue" acting activity & soliloquy study. Watch end of Act 2 and soliloquy on film. All Act Two work due tomorrow. Wednesday: Corrected Act 2 Questions/ Discussion of Act 2. Introduced "The Soliloquy Assignment" (see me for hand-out). Showed students some past projects. Gave out Act 3 Questions and Act 3 Quotes for DE Journal. Please read 3.1 1-90 (to the end of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy). Thursday: Focused on "To be or not to be." Looked at a sheet that translates the soliloquy, watched the soliloquy performed by thre different actors. Finished 3.1. Discussed "Get Thee to a Nunnery" (or, the "Break-up Scene"). Given Act 3 writing assignment: Beyonce & Ophelia. (see me for hand-out). Friday: Started looking at 3.2. The introudction to "The Mousetrap." Will finish on Monday. Complete Beyonce & ophelia writing for Monday.
 * Week Eight: March 23- March 27**

Monday: Review 3.2. View on film. Complete chart & work on questions and Double entry journal. Tuesday: Read 3.3 and 3.4 aloud. Covered 2 more of Hamlet's soliloquies today. You should be working on your **Soliloquy Assignment, due Thursday, April 16th!** Wednesday: Worked in Character Committee groups; Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Laertes & Polonius. Thursday: Last call for Allusions: Mission complete. Groups present Character Committee Notes. Correct Act 3 questions & pass in Act 3 Double Entry Journal. Gave out Act 4 Quotes. (No questions for Act 4; there will be a test however.) Friday: Read 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4. Watched the Branagh film version of all four scenes. Began Act 4 DEJournal. Act FourTest on Tuesday.
 * Week Nine: March 30- April 3**

Monday: Read 4.5 together. Students read 4.6 and 4.7 independently. Finish up Act 4 Double Entry Journals. Prepare for Act 4 Test. Tuesday: Review Act 4; watch last 3 scenes on film. Collect Double Entry Journals. Act 4 Test tomorrow. Wednesday: Act 4 Test. Homework: Your //__Soliloquy Assignment__//! Due on Thursday, April 16th. Thursday: No School for Students- Parent Teacher Interviews/ Professional Development. Friday: No School - Good Friday.
 * Week Ten: April 6- April 8**

Monday: No School - Easter Monday Tuesday: Read 5.1 aloud and watch on film. Work on Act 5 Double Entry Journals. Wednesday: Finish //Hamlet.// Watch 5.2. on film. Watch //The// //Simpsons// version of Hamlet. Thursday: Reader's Theatre: "15-Minute Hamlet" by Tom Stoppard. Receive Formal Essay unstructions and essay topics. Select a topic for Monday. Collect Soliloquy Assignment (written). Friday: Presentations of Soliloquy Assignments. Watched Act 5 in the Gibson version of //Hamlet//. Received //Hamlet// Formal Essay topics. Select one for Monday.
 * Week Eleven: April 13- April 17**

Monday: Began work on //Hamlet// Formal Essay. Looked closely at topics, brainstormed information and worked on thesis statements. (A thesis statement is what your essay will do, show or prove). Received an Essay Building worksheet package. Tuesday: Discussed Literature Circles (will be four weeks in May). Start thinking about a novel you'd like to read! Essay focus for today was on MLA formatting guidelines. Collected Double Entry Journal for Act 5. **__Formal Essay Deadline is__** Wednesday: Began watching "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead." Read hand-out about the play. Thursday: Finish watching "R & G Are Dead." Friday: Essay writing period.
 * Week Twelve: April 20 -** **April 24**
 * __Tuesday, May 5.__**

Monday: Begin watching "Pleasantville" for //Catcher in the Rye// Unit. Tuesday: Finish film. Wednesday: Set up PBL for Catcher in the Rye. Organize Literature Circles (first meeting is Wednesday, May 6th.) Independet Silent Reading Novel Project due Friday, May 29th.
 * Week Thirteen: April 27- April 29**
 * //Hamlet// essays are due Tuesday, May5th. Absolutely no exceptions.** Email me if you require help.

Tuesday: Organization of Catcher PBL groups. Recieve copy of the novel. Begin work & research. Ensure you have handouts-- "The 1950's Censorship Issues" and "Problem Logs." Wednesday: First Meeting of Literature Circles. Thursday: PBL //The Catcher in the Rye//.
 * Week Fourteen: May 5- May 8**

-Begin working through "Problem Log A" and trying to figure what the problem is about. -#1. Asks you consider issues in the problem: Why are texts censored? Do we construct a false reality when we censor/ ban texts? Who gets to decide? -#2. Gets you organized to begin your investigation. It asks you to think about when the problem (of censorship) began? What changes have occured over time? Who has an opinion on the problem? Who might want to find a solution? Who really needs to find a solution? You should begin looking at the sheets for the 1950's and also for your group's chosen decade to start thinking about these questions. -#3. Create an Action Plan for your Research. Your group should divide the 1950s task sheet. Divide your decade task sheet as well. Decide on another type of text to explore, and divide research goals; detail who will do what. -#4. Thinking About Your Thinking. Reflect.

As your group works through, move on to Problem Log B.

Monday: Continue work on //The Catcher in the Rye// Problem Based Learning. Read Chapters 8-13 for Friday. Prepare for Literature Circle meeting this Wednesday. Tuesday: Receive PBL Marking sheet for Problem Log A. Please pass in logs as you finish. Continue with reading & Problem. Literature Circle meeting tomorrow. Wednesday: Literature Circle Meeting #2. Thursday: Continue on PBL work. Consider that your final product/ presentation is due the week of June 1-3 (June 4 and 5 will be exam review); where are you in completing your Problem Logs? Friday: Discussion- Catcher in the Rye Chapters 8-13. __To Do:__ Read Chapters 14-20 for Friday, May 22; prepare for Literature Circle meeting #3 on Wednesday, May 20; Independent Novel project due on Thursday, May 29. Have a nice long weekend.
 * Week Fifteen- May 11- May 15 **

Tuesday: Continue PBL work. I should be receiving Problem Logs A & B. Here are some dates to consider: __Week of May 19- 22__: Concentrate on Problem Logs C & D (received marking sheets today); __Week of May 25-29__: Work on Problem Log E- your solution & presentation. __Week of June 1-5__: Presentations June 1-3; exam review on June 4 & 5. Literature Circle Meeting 3 of 4 is tomorrow. Wednesday; Literature Circle Meet ing 3 of 4. Thursday: CITR PBL: Goal for this week-- to complete Problem Logs A, B, C & D. Friday: Discussion of CITR Chapters 14-20. Work on PBL. Next week: you should be refining your answers to the guiding questions and planning your presentation (Problem Log E).
 * Week Sixteen- May 19- May 22**

Monday: Your group should be working on Problem Log E: Building Solutions. The ultimate goal, remember, is to answer the questions posed and demonstrate your decisions and answers in one of the following projects: an exhibition (video/ oral presentation); a position paper; a multi-media show or a debate. You must have the novel, //The Catcher in the Rye// finished for Friday's final book discussion. Tuesday: Continue work on PBL. Wednesday: Final Literature Circle meeting. Thursday: Time to wrap up our PBL! All Problem Logs must be submitted tomorrow! Plan your presentations and divide up any duties that must be completed over the weekend: The 90's and 70's groups will present on Monday, June 1st and the 60's and 80's groups will present on Tueday, June 2nd. Finish reading //The Catcher in the Rye// for our final discussion tomorrow. Friday: Final Book Discussion. (Shortened periods today!) Your //Independent Novel Project// is due today.
 * Week Seventeen: May 25- May 29**

Monday: PBL Presentations: 90's and 70's. (Presentations are a minimum of 20 minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes long). Tuesday: PBL Presentations: 60's and 80's. Wednesday: Literature Circle Book Interviews; Poetry & Exam Review Thursday: Exam Review; receive Essay Questions & Graphic Organizer/ Essay planning sheet for tomorrow. Friday: **Writing the ESSAY PORTION of the Exam today**.
 * Week Eighteen: June 1- June 5**

Monday, June 8**- 9:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m.- **Period One Exam: English 122**
 * Week Nineteen: EXAM WEEK