English 5-6 Honors Per. 2 & 4 (Mira Costa High School)

English 5-6 Honors Per. 2 & 4 (Mira Costa High School) //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ Class Name: English 5-6 Honors Per. 2 & 4 Instructor(s): Pam Jenning Location: Room 21 en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 01/27/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2587343 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ NO CLASS: Finals
]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:07:21 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/26/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2585894 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ FINALS: Lit Movement Test, Extended Reading presentations
]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:36:43 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/25/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2584837 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ TEST: Literary Movement Overview;

PRESENTATIONS: Extended Reading Projects

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:34:36 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/24/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2583194 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ REVIEW: procedure for Extended Reading presentations, Huck Finn Timed Writing, Literary Movement test
]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:46:05 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/23/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2581399 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ REALISM UNIT TEST
]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:43:16 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/20/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2579103 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: DuBois;

COLLECTED: Realism Study Questions

]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:43:26 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/19/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2577938 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Washington and Douglass;

CALENDAR: Extended Reading Projects now due day of final, Comprehensive Lit Movement questions will be day of final

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:50:38 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/18/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2576145 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HANDOUT: Whitman (Specimen Days);

HANDOUT: This Republic of Suffering;

HANDOUT: focus areas for Realism,Twain, Whitman etc. Unit Test;

HANDOUT: supplementary packet for Realism test;

ASSIGNMENT: 15 study questions for Realism test (typed, due Friday)

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:49:40 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/17/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2573383 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ COLLECTED: Childhood Memoirs;

HOMEWORK CHECK: Washington Annotations;

FILM: completed Whitman Documentary;

HANDOUT: DuBois The Souls of Black Folk (read for Thursday)

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:19:39 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/13/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2571496 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: completed Whitman Poetry (Drumtaps, I Hear America Singing, Song of Myself);

FILM: began Whitman documentary

]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:15:23 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/12/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2569977 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HOMEWORK CHECK: Twain Quotes, Extended Reading Annotations (grades recorded and Twain quotes posted);

DISCUSSION: Drumtaps Poetry (Whitman);

HANDOUTS: Washington and Douglass slave narratives (annotate Washington for Tuesday and annotate Douglass for Wednesday)

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:25:29 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/11/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2568027 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ LECTURE/DISCUSSION: Twain's Contributions to Am. Lit (notetaking);

HANDOUT: Whitman Background (notetaking);

GROUPS: worked on Drumtaps Poetry

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:13:03 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/10/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2566055 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ FILM: completed Twain documentary;

LECTURE/DISCUSSION: completed Twain background;

ASSIGNMENT: find a Twain Quote not seen in powerpoint or documentary, print in 36 point, indicate source, and bring to class Thursday

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:37:20 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/09/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2563038 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HANDOUT: Whitman (Drumtaps Poetry)(read and annotate for Wednesday);

FILM: continued Twain documentary (notetaking)

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:14:12 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/06/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2561319 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ GROUIPS: Chose Extended Reading stories (read and annotate stories by Wed Jan 11, do not use Outside Sources);

FILM: continued Twain documentary

]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:53:31 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/05/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2560463 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HANDOUT: Extended Reading Project (reviewed purpose and procedure, will choose stories tomorrow, presentations begin Jan. 24);

FILM: continued Twain documentary

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:00:03 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/04/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2559789 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ LECTURE/DISCUSSION: continued Twain background (to Huck Finn);

FILM: began Twain Documentary (Burns)

]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:49:05 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/03/2012]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2558540 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ LECTURE/DISCUSSION: Twain Background (notetaking)
]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:16:43 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/16/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2556373 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ TIMED WRITING: Huck Finn (with Huck notes attached)
]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:55:09 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/15/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2555449 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HOMEWORK CHECK: Huck at 100 (grade recorded);

DISCUSSION: Huck at 100, Huck's Influences, Huck's American Characteristics;

HANDOUT: Childhood Memoir Interview (discussed purpose and procedure, due Jan 9)

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:03:55 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/14/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2554391 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Sherburn/Boggs (notetaking);

HANDOUT: Huck at 100 (annotate for tomorrow);

ASSIGNMENT: List of Influential Aspects of the novel Huck Finn (at least 8, typed); List of American Characteristics (at least 8, typed)(due tomorrow)

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:04:18 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/13/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2553416 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Twain's Satire of Romanticism (Walter Scott, Emmeline Grangerford, Grangerford/Shepherdson feud)(notetaking)
]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:50:45 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/12/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2550712 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: debriefed debates, "Why They Didn't Hang Jim", Wilkes Episode, tarring and feathering of Duke and King (Huck's Moral Development #5 and 7)(notetaking);

INSTRUCTION: intro to Twain's Satire of Romanticism (notetaking)

]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:22:04 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/09/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2547763 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ GROUPS: prepared for Huck Moral Development Debate;

DEBATE: has Huck regressed in his moral development during Jim's Rescue section?

]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:35:15 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/08/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2545094 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Huck's Moral Development Episode 6 (You Can't Pray a Lie)(notetaking);

HANDOUT: Jim's Rescue (discussed);

HANDOUT: Huck's Moral Development Episode 8 (due tomorrow)

]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:23:38 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/07/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2543353 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Huck's Moral Development (completed Episode 2--fog, Episode 3--slavetraders)(notetaking)
]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:11:04 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/06/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2540417 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Huck's Moral Development (Episode 1 and 2--notetaking--handout Huck's stages of Moral Dev. 1-5)
]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:55:17 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/05/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2536444 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ TEST: Class/Rom/Trans Unit Test;

REMINDER: bring Huck Finn to class every day starting tomorrow

]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:10:57 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/02/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2530605 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HANDOUT: Bryant Bio (study for test);

HANDOUT: Childhood Memoir Titles (browsed books and ranked 1-6);

DISCUSSION: Walden (connected to transcendentalism)

]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:34:48 PST <![CDATA[Due: 12/01/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2527448 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: importance of childhood memories;

DISCUSSION: There Was a Child Went Forth (annotated), On Turning Ten;

COLLECTED: Childhood Object journals

]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:43:30 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/30/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2523428 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ LINKS: print There Was a Child Went Forth and On Turning Ten and bring to class tomorrow;

ASSIGNMENT: bring a picture of yourself as a child to class tomorrow;

HANDOUT: Journal (Childhood Object)(typed, 12 point, 1.5 spacing, min 1 page, due tomorrow);

HOMEWORK CHECK: Walden annotations;

HANDOUT: Thoreau/Transcendentalism (reviewed)

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:36:14 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/29/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2518517 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ EXAM: Huck Finn Reading Test;

REMINDER: read Walden and Civil Disobedience (mark 5 significant passages in Walden and comment)(due tomorrow)

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:14:00 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/28/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2513426 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ COLLECTED: Study questions for Rom/Trans Unit Test;

COLLECTED: Shadow Discussion Questions with film notes;

CAREER CENTER;

REMINDER: Huck Finn Reading Test tomorrow

]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:45:10 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/18/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2501743 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: completed Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses, Muck-a-Muck;

HANDOUT: focus areas for Classicism/Romanticism/Transcendentalism Test (Monday 12/5;

HANDOUT: 3 supplementary packets for Class/Rom/Trans test;

HANDOUT: Walden and Civil Disobedience (read Walden and mark 5 significant passages for Wednesday 11/30);

ASSIGNMENT: write 15 review questions for Class/Rom/Trans test (typed due Monday 11/28);

REMINDER: Huck Finn Reading Test is Tuesday 11/29, Shadow of a Doubt discussion questions due Monday 11/28

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:38:51 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/17/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2499324 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ LECTURE/DISCUSSION: completed Cooper Bio;

DISCUSSION: Deerslayer excerpt;

COLLECTED: Thanatopsis Analysis/Annotations

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:04:51 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/16/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2496189 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: completed Thanatopsis (annotations and discussion questions due tomorrow);

ASSIGNMENT: print Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses and Muck-a-Muck from links and bring tomorrow

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:13:57 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/15/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2492452 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ PRESENTATIONS: completed Turn of the Screw Interior Monologues;

DISCUSSION: began Thanatopsis (annotated poem during discussion);

HANDOUT: Rescue excerpt from Deerslayer (read and annotate Deerslayer's idealized bravery, due tomorrow)

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:57:34 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/14/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2487688 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Shadow of a Doubt;

HANDOUT: Discussion Questions Shadow (typed, due Friday);

GROUPS: read Turn of the Screw Interior Monologues

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:27:09 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/10/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2481626 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ FILM: completed Shadow of a Doubt;

HANDOUT: Thanatopsis (read, annotate your assigned section, translate into modern English your assigned section, make a list of significant ideas for your assigned section, typed, due Monday);

CALENDAR: Huck Finn Reading Test when we return from Thanksgiving Break

]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:55:42 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/09/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2478906 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ FILM: continued Shadow (notetaking);

REMINDER: Young Goodman Brown analysis packet and annotated story due tomorrow

]]> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:39:22 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/08/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2474893 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HANDOUT: Hawthorne Bio (notetaking);

FILM: began Shadow of a Doubt (notetaking);

EXTENSION: Turn of the Screw Interior Monologues due Monday

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:05:35 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/07/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2469202 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: completed Young Goodman Brown (notetaking packet/annotating)
]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:09:29 PST <![CDATA[Due: 11/04/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2464994 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ REVIEW: Colonial Unit Test;

DISCUSSION: continued Young Goodman Brown (notetaking/annotating)

]]> Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:42:58 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 11/03/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2462710 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: began Young Goodman Brown (notetaking packet and annotations);

HANDOUT: Young Goodman Brown notetaking packet

]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:43:30 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 11/02/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2459150 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: completed Turn of the Screw;

GROUPS: chose interior monologue characters (due Wednesday 11/9)

]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:53:42 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 11/01/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2453192 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ PRESENTATIONS: completed Minister's Black Veil Group Reports (notetaking/annotating)(packets due Thursday);

DISCUSSION: Turn of the Screw

]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:10:05 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/31/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2450945 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ PRESENTATIONS: continued Minister's Black Veil Group Reports (notetaking/annotations);

REMINDER: read Young Goodman Brown for tomorrow

]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:47:47 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/28/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2445680 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ PRESENTATIONS: continued Minister's Black Veil (notetaking/annotating);

DISCUSSION: Turn of the Screw;

COLLECTED: Turn of the Screw Ch. 20-24 (5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q);

CALENDAR: extended Young Goodman Brown reading to be due Tuesday

]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:37:33 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/27/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2443658 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ PRESENTATIONS: began Minister's Black Veil group reports (notetaking/annotating);

DISCUSSION: Turn of the Screw Ch. 15-19;

COLLECTED: Turn of the Screw Ch. 15-19 (5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q);

READING ASSIGNMENT: Turn of the Screw Ch. 20-24 (5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q) (due tomorrow);

READING ASSIGNMENT: Young Goodman Brown (links) (read and annotate for Monday)

]]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:10:43 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/26/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2440093 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ TIMED WRITING: Poe;

REMINDER: Turn of the Screw Ch. 15-19 (5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q) due tomorrow;

REMINDER: Minister's Black Veil group reports begin tomorrow

]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:50:38 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/25/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2436310 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HANDOUT: Minister's Black Veil Group Discussion Questions:

GROUPS: worked on MBV reports (will begin Thursday);

REMINDER: Poe timed writing tomorrow. Bring stories

]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:17:42 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/24/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2430986 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HANOIUT: Expository Essay Structure (reviewed and discussed);

DISCUSSION: Turn of the Screw Ch. 11-14;

COLLECTED: Turn of the Screw Ch. 11-14 (5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q);

READING ASSIGNMENT: The Minister's Black Veil (Hawthorne)(Links)(read for tomorrow);

CALENDAR: Poe timed Writing Wednesday;

READING ASSIGNMENT: Turn of the Screw Ch. 15-19 (5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q) (due Thursday)

]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:25:04 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/21/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2425864 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ TEXTBOOKS: checked out Huck Finn (Reading Test Nov. 18);

DISCUSSION: completed Huck Finn intro;

DISCUSSION: Turn of the Screw Ch. 8-10;

COLLECTED: Turn of the Screw Ch. 8-10 (5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q);

ASSIGNMENT: Turn of the Screw Ch. 11-14 (5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q) for Monday

]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:44:10 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/20/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2422876 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Censorship;

COLLECTED: Censorship Journal;

REMINDER: Turn of the Screw Ch. 8-10 due tomorrow

]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:21:46 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/19/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2418531 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ FILM: Poe Documentary (notetaking);

DISCUSSION: Turn of the Screw Ch. 5-7;

COLLECTED: Turn of the Screw Ch. 5-7 (5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q);

CALENDAR: Turn of the Screw Ch. 8-10 extended to Friday;

ASSIGNMENT: Journal--Censorship (definition, personal experience, opinion)(typed, 1.5 spaced, 250 word minimum, due tomorrow)

]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:49:51 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/18/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2414883 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ LECTURE/DISCUSSION: Poe Bio (handout--Notetaking Packet);

DISCUSSION: Turn of the Screw Ch. 1-4;

COLLECTED: Turn of the Screw Ch. 1-4 (5 Questions, 5 Comments, 5 Quotations);

REMINDER: read Turn of the Screw Ch. 5-7 for tomorrow (type 5 Q, 5 C, 5 Q for tomorrow)

]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:54:36 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/17/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2411006 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ TEST: Colonial Period/Classicism;

REMINDER: Turn of the Screw 5 Questions, 5 Comments, 5 Quotes Ch. 1-4 due tomorrow

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:58:55 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/14/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2404675 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: completed Cask of Amontillado;

DISCUSSION: Prologue to Turn of the Screw;

COLLECTED: Turn of the Screw Prologue 5 Questions, 5 Comments;

REMINDER: Colonial Period Test Monday

]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:51:18 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/13/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2400575 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ TEXTBOOKS: passed out The Turn of the Screw;

ASSIGNMENT: read to p. 14 of Turn of the Screw, type 5 questions and 5 comments (due tomorrow);

DISCUSSION: Cask of Amontillado

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:47:46 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/12/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2397672 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: completed Black Cat;

COLLECTED: Poe Parallels;

REVIEWED: Elements of Fiction Test

]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:44:26 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/11/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2392141 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ REVIEW: Farewell Quote Analysis;

DISCUSSION: continued Black Cat

]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:20:29 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/10/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2389758 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: continued Poe stories (Telltale Heart and Black Cat);

ASSIGNMENT: Poe Parallels (due Wednesday);

COLLECTED: Cask of Amontillado Irony

]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:53:57 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/07/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2385323 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Doubling, duality of human nature, 19th century focus etc.;

DISCUSSION: The Telltale Heart;

READING ASSIGNMENT: The Cask of Amontillado;

HANDOUT: Verbal, situational, dramatic irony (find 5 verbal, 1 situational, 3 dramatic examples of irony in Cask of Amontillado, follow specified format, due Monday)

]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:20:40 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/06/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2380731 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: patterns of imagery in The Telltale Heart;

DISCUSSION: began discussion of elements in The Telltale Heart

]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:25:34 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/05/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2377904 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: completed Intro to Romanticism (notetaking);

COLLECTED: 15 study questions for Colonial Unit;

GROUPS: made a list of imagery for Poe's Single Effect in Telltale Heart (group to email list to me as Word document for tomorrow);

READING ASSIGNMENT: print "The Black Cat" from links, read, annotate one page for single-effect imagery (due tomorrow)

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:06:10 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/04/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2374784 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: American Character/Identity;

COLLECTED: Journal on American Character;

HANDOUT: Intro to Unit 2: Literary Nationalism/Romanticism/Transcendentalism;

READING ASSIGNMENT: Poe ("The Telltale Heart") (read and annotate plus annotate text that shows the narrator as unreliable, due tomorrow);

REMINDER: 15 study/review questions on Colonial Period due tomorrow

]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:45:25 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 10/03/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2369980 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ TEST: Elements of Fiction;

REMINDER: Journal on American Identity due tomorrow

]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:14:06 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/28/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2357650 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ REVIEW: Farewell and Crucible tests;

REVIEW: format for Elements of Fiction test;

REVIEW: format and focus areas for Colonial Period test;

ASSIGNMENT: 15 study/review questions for Colonial Unit (due Wed);

ASSIGNMENT: Journal (Discuss attributes of American Character, typed, 1.5 spacing, 12 pt font, min 300 words, due Tuesday)

]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:29:54 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/27/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2353165 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ ELEMENTS: completed outline (style, structure, point-of-view;

CALENDAR: Elements Test Monday 10/3, Colonial Period Unit Test Friday 10/7

]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:38:28 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/26/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2346693 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HANDOUT: Franklin Bio (discussed and made connections to American Dream and Age of Reason);

DISCUSSION: Moral Perfection (discussed and made connections to American Dream and Age of Reason);

COLLECTED: Poor Richard translations;

ELEMENTS: setting, symbol, theme, structure

]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:17:35 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/23/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2342339 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Age of Reason, Classicism;

DISCUSSION: Poor Richard aphorisms (connections to Age of Reason);

READING ASSIGNMENT: Franklin--Moral Perfection (print from link, read for Monday)

]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:47:19 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/22/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2337460 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: Bradford/Byrd background;

HANDOUT: Jonathan Edwards/Great Awakening, Puritan Sermons, Calvinism/Covenant Theology notetaking packet (discussed);

DISCUSSION: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God;

HANDOUT: Age of Reason/Enlightenment background (read and annotate for tomorrow);

HANDOUT: Poor Richard examples (review and mark familiar and unfamiliar or confusing (due tomorrow);

HANDOUT: Poor Richard translation worksheet (due tomorrow)

]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:18:14 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/21/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2335205 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ PRESENTATIONS: completed New World Reports;

HANDOUT: Bradford/Byrd background (review tonight for discussion tomorrow)

]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:20:05 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/20/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2331299 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HOMEWORK CHECK: Poetic/Rhetorical Devices definitions, Sinners annotations;

PRESENTATIONS: continued New World group reports

]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:04:42 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/19/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2325778 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HANDOUT: Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God (read and identify poetic/rhetorical devices within, due tomorrow)(will check definitions for rhetorical devices tomorrow as well);

PRESENTATIONS: began New World Group Reports (Wheatley, Bradford)(annotated packet)

]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:36:14 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/16/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2317510 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ GROUPS: New World packet analysis, prepared for New World Reports (will begin Monday);

ASSIGNMENT: Define similel, metaphor, personification, repetition, exclamation, alliteration, oxymoron, hyperbole, onomatopoeia (typed, due Monday)

]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:44:23 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/15/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2314916 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ INSTRUCTION: purpose and procedure for New World Reports
]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:36:20 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/14/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2311226 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: completed Emily;

HANDOUT: Thesis Statements (due Friday, typed)

]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:38:34 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/13/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2305406 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: continued A Rose for Emily
]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:40:24 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/12/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2302642 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ ELEMENTS OF FICTION: Character, Conflict;

DISCUSSION: began A Rose for Emily

]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:26:21 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/09/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2295246 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ DISCUSSION: How We Find Meaning in Literature;

ELEMENTS OF FICTION: reviewed Action, Plot;

HANDOUT: New World Packet (read for Tuesday);

HOMEWORK CHECK: Emily Annotations, timeline (grade recorded)

]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:44:04 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/08/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2292869 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ HOMEWORK CHECK: How to Read Literature annotations (grade recorded);

DISCUSSION: reviewed answers to American Author cards;

HANDOUT: Elements of Fiction Outline;

REMINDER: read and annotate A Rose for Emily (due tomorrow)

]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:38:51 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/07/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2288271 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ ASSIGNMENT: Read A Rose for Emily (print from link on 5-6 Honors website) and annotate for Friday (one color for your overall observations etc., a second color for images of decay, disintegration, time). Make a timeline of events.

GROUPS: worked on American Author cards

]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:51:05 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/06/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2284822 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ SUMMER READING ASSESSMENT: Crucible Reading Test;

HANDOUT: Intro to How to Read Literature Like a Professor (annotate for tomorrow);

GROUPS: American Author/Titles cards

]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:20:51 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/02/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2280243 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ SUMMER READING ASSESSMENT: Timed Writing on 20th century work
]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:08:30 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 09/01/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2278510 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ SUMMER READING ASSESSMENT: Farewell to Arms Reading Test and Quote Analysis;

REMINDER: 20th Century Timed Writing tomorrow

]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:19:05 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 08/31/2011]]> //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2277306 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/437196/assignments/ CALENDAR: Farewell Assessment Thursday 9/1, 20th century timed writing Friday 9/2, Crucible Assessment Tuesday 9/6
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