Tuesday Oct 30

3C1
-reviewed Act 2, scenes 1 and 2 (focus on irony)
-read scene 3 together and 4 on our own

Homework
-be sure scene questions 3 and 4 are complete

4U1
-poetry seminar #3
-began analysis of 'puce fairy book;" remember "The Paper Bag Princess":
"Ronald, you look like a real prince, but you are a bum."  This pretty much summarizes this poem

Tomorrow
-presentations #4 and 5
-finish "puce fairy book"

Monday Oct 29

3C1
-Why study Shakespeare? overhead note
-read through/reviewed Act 2, scenes 1 and 2

Homework
-be sure scene questions are complete for Act 2, scenes 1 and 2

Tomorrow
-Act 2, scenes 3 and 4

4U1
-first two poetry seminars
-introduced ISU 

Homework
-pick a book this week for your ISU, go get it and start reading

Tomorrow 
-poetry seminar #3
-"puce fairy book" analysis

Friday Oct 26

**Victorian Era Group - George Eliot is a better fit, though she's not really a George

3C1
-completed Act 1 review for Romeo and Juliet

-homework is to make sure your review is complete and that your understanding of the Act 1

4U1
-why we study poetry and how to study poetry note (this will be important for your analytical essay)

-used the rest of the period to prepare for the poetry seminars

Homework
-presentations start Monday, so be prepared

Monday Oct 22

3C1
-read Act 1, scene 4 and 5

Homework
-be sure Act questions are all completed

Tomorrow
-Act 1 review, watch Act 1

4U1
-corrected follow up questions on "My Last Duchess"
-only half the class completed them, come on 4Us, we need to be better than this

-began power point on Archetypes

Homework
-review the two completed poems and poetic devices
-continue to gather information on poetry eras for the seminars

Friday Oct. 19

3C1
-read Act 1, scenes 2 and 3

Homework
-finish scene questions and review what has happened so far in the play
-finish your verbal/visual essay (it is due Monday or Tuesday)

Monday
-read scenes 4 and 5

*remember, there will be a quiz after Act 2, and you will write your literary essay on Acts 1 and 2

4U1
-analyzed the poem "My Last Duchess," boy, he is one possessive dude!
-make sure all class questions are completed

Homework
complete the follow up questions for homework (they are listed below)

Monday
-correct questions, final analysis of "My Last Duchess;" introduction to archetypes 

“My Last Duchess” - Follow Up Questions

1.                 What are three qualities of the Duke?  Use a quote to support each answer

Point – trait; Proof – Quote; Explain – How it reveals it

2.                 Look up the definition of Enjambment. Write it down.  Write two lines where it is seen in the poem.  Give one reason you think the poet may have chosen to write in this style.

3.                 Read the Psychoanalytical Approach.  Which of the three psychic zones seems to guide the speaker’s behaviour?  Explain your choice.

4.                 Read the Feminist Approach.  Which of the sub points of the ‘approach’s beliefs’ are seen in the poem?  Explain.

Thursday Oct 18

3C1
-work period for verbal/visual assignment (due Monday or Tuesday)

Friday
-will read Act 1, scenes 2,3,4

Over the Weekend
-complete assignment

Monday and Tuesday
-verbal/visual essay due
-continue with Romeo and Juliet

4U1
-introduction to the poem "My Last Duchess"
-**if you were away today, read the poem over a couple of times tonight; look up the words: trifle, munificent, dowry, stoop, mantle (each will have several definitions, one will apply to the story)

Friday
-finish up the poem
-hand in editorials

Over the Weekend
-review the 2 poems we have studies - "To His Coy Mistress" and "My Last Duchess" - as well as the list of poetic devices (the handout)

Monday and Tuesday
-archetypes and continue with poetry

Monday October 15

Please hand back signed progress reports this week (by Thursday)

3C1
-get books for R and J and West Side Story
-the prologue and cast of characters for Romeo and Juliet

Tomorrow
-work period for verbal visual

Wednesday
-Act I of R and J

4U1
-in library Monday and Wednesday to research for poetry seminars

Groups
#2 - Anthony, Susanne, Jessica, Antoinetta
#3 - Abby, Elena, Ali, Rebecca
#4 - Whitney, Querine, Collin, Angela
#5 - Sam, Carlie, Nicole, Lauren
#6 - Rochelle, Dave, Hayley, Ryan
#8 - Shauntee, Sara, Victor, Tyana
#9 - Josh, Tuong, Marcus, Matt

Tuesday
-rough copy is due for editorial; peer edit in class
-correct "To His Coy Mistress"

Thursday Oct 11

Progress Reports Handed Out To All Classes On Wed Oct 11

3C1
-finished in class review assignment
-given time to plan out verbal/visual (the next in class time will be next Tuesday)

Homework
-continue to plan out verbal/visual assignment

Friday
-power point introduction to Romeo and Juliet

4U1
-introduction to the Dramatic Monologue
-analysis of poem "To His Coy Mistress"

Homework
-review poetic devices and critical approaches

Friday
-continue poem analysis, introduction to the Poetry Eras Seminars

Over the Weekend
-work on editorial

Tuesday October 9

Welcome back from T-Day!
Progress Reports will be handed out to students on Wednesday October 10

3C1
Tuesday and Wednesday
-in class assignment to review all elements of the short story unit, making connextions to the stories studied
-assignment will be due at the end of class on Wednesday
-also, the verbal/visual assignment will be handed out on Wednesday (you may work on your own or in pairs)

Thursday and Friday
-introduction to Romeo and Juliet (power point presentation and handouts)

Next Monday we begin the play.  In this unit there will be a quiz, test, essay and media assignment.

4U1
Tuesday
-test (4 questions, 2 will be quotes and 2 will be questions)

Wednesday to Friday
-introduction to poetry/the dramatic monologue

In this unit there will be a quiz, an essay and a presentation.
 

Tuesday Oct 2

3C1
-took up questions on "Paid Up Member"
-defined the elements of flashback and foreshadowing
-answered questions on irony and foreshadowing in "Paid Up Member"
-introduced "Barney," completed the pre reading assignment

Homework
-start reviewing for the test

Tomorrow
-read and answer questions on "Barney"
-element of suspense (final element #11)
-test outline

Thursday
-review for test

Friday
-test

4U1
-corrected "Medical Care That's Fit for a Horse"
-introduced editorial assignment (handout)
-read "Cellphones" from Echoes

Homework
-answer 6 questions on "Cellphones" for Thursday

Tomorrow
-in the library researching for editorial

Thursday
-take up "Cellphones"
-more practice editorials
-test outline

Friday
-library research

Tuesday
-test