Freshmen:
A little writing about the river in F451 and some discussion.
HW: Continue working on your SSR Book projects and finish reading F451 (through page 165) for Thursday.
AP Lit:
A little reading quiz over chapters 10-12. Then, a bit of discussion.
HW: Read Chapters 13 &14 for tomorrow.
Tuesday
Thursday
1/13/11
Freshmen:
Checked your notes from the reading homework. (How characters are changing and light.) Then we talked about a bunch of things...sieves, sand, the subway, lilies, Faber (yay!), Beatty (boo!), Mildred (boo!) and some other things as well.
HW: Study for your vocab quiz tomorrow. Bring your SSR books.
AP Lit:
More discussion of Brave New World including: the epsilon minus, the specific diction (pneumatic?), Westminster Abbey, Solidarity Services, etc.
HW: Continue reading-- through Chapter 8 for tomorrow, through Ch. 12 for Tues. We will also have a vocab quiz.
Checked your notes from the reading homework. (How characters are changing and light.) Then we talked about a bunch of things...sieves, sand, the subway, lilies, Faber (yay!), Beatty (boo!), Mildred (boo!) and some other things as well.
HW: Study for your vocab quiz tomorrow. Bring your SSR books.
AP Lit:
More discussion of Brave New World including: the epsilon minus, the specific diction (pneumatic?), Westminster Abbey, Solidarity Services, etc.
HW: Continue reading-- through Chapter 8 for tomorrow, through Ch. 12 for Tues. We will also have a vocab quiz.
Monday
1/10/11
Okay, so after sickness and meetings at the end of last week, I'm back and ready to finish the semester with vigor.
Freshmen:
I gave you new vocab words, then you took a quick reading quiz over the pages that were assigned over the weekend.
HW: Read the poem Dover Beach in your packet of supplemental materials and think about why this might make Mrs. Phelps cry. We'll discuss tomorrow.
AP Lit:
New vocab words, of course. These will be the last new words of the semester, though.
Then, we talked about gardens and plants and the natural world and how it is often used symbolically and/or metaphorically in literature. Remember this as you read Brave New World.
HW:On the board I listed the Brave New World reading schedule for the next two weeks and also the finals schedule. Here it is again. If you are absent, stay caught up with the reading. There may be reading quizzes. Be ready.
For Tues. 1/11: Read Chapter 3
For Wed. 1/12: Read Chs. 4-5
For Thurs. 1/13: Read Ch. 6
For Friday. 1/14: Read Chs. 7-8
For Tues. 1/18: Read Chs. 9-12
For Wed. 1/19: Read Chs. 13-14
For Thurs. 1/20: Read Chs. 15-16
For Fri. 1/21: Read Chs. 17-18
Freshmen:
I gave you new vocab words, then you took a quick reading quiz over the pages that were assigned over the weekend.
HW: Read the poem Dover Beach in your packet of supplemental materials and think about why this might make Mrs. Phelps cry. We'll discuss tomorrow.
AP Lit:
New vocab words, of course. These will be the last new words of the semester, though.
Then, we talked about gardens and plants and the natural world and how it is often used symbolically and/or metaphorically in literature. Remember this as you read Brave New World.
HW:On the board I listed the Brave New World reading schedule for the next two weeks and also the finals schedule. Here it is again. If you are absent, stay caught up with the reading. There may be reading quizzes. Be ready.
For Tues. 1/11: Read Chapter 3
For Wed. 1/12: Read Chs. 4-5
For Thurs. 1/13: Read Ch. 6
For Friday. 1/14: Read Chs. 7-8
For Tues. 1/18: Read Chs. 9-12
For Wed. 1/19: Read Chs. 13-14
For Thurs. 1/20: Read Chs. 15-16
For Fri. 1/21: Read Chs. 17-18
Tuesday
1/4/11
Freshmen:
Collected yesterday's homework, which was to read the poem "Hangman" and write a response explaining how this poem might be connected to the society in F451.
Then, we talked about some issues/details from the book. We'll continue this tomorrow.
HW: Nope. (Well, except for wishing for snow, of course.)
AP Lit:
Assigned this creative writing assignment. You may choose either "Another Modest Proposal" or the "Anti-Candide." This will be due on Friday.
HW: Finish Candide for tomorrow.
Collected yesterday's homework, which was to read the poem "Hangman" and write a response explaining how this poem might be connected to the society in F451.
Then, we talked about some issues/details from the book. We'll continue this tomorrow.
HW: Nope. (Well, except for wishing for snow, of course.)
AP Lit:
Assigned this creative writing assignment. You may choose either "Another Modest Proposal" or the "Anti-Candide." This will be due on Friday.
HW: Finish Candide for tomorrow.
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