12/18/15

• Viewing of Beowulf film. If you want to see the final scenes with Beowulf fighting the dragon, start here. If you want to watch from the beginning, start here.

• Winter Break Reading Assignment: You will choose a novel from a list of four and read it. You will have a book discussion with me in January. I'm giving you the assignment now so that you can choose a book and check it out from the library or order it and have time to read it while school is out. 

           In the library (ask at the desk):
                   Grendel by John Gardner
                   The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
                   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

           Purchase yourself or read on PDF:
                   The Awakening by Kate Chopin (here is a PDF version)

           Glossaries for military terms in The Things They Carried:

• Military Terms of the Modern Era
• Wiki list of U.S. Government and Military Terms
• Glossary of Terms for The Things They Carried

12/16/15

• 2A: Beowulf Film

• 4A: Semester Exam

• Winter Break Reading Assignment: You will choose a novel from a list of four and read it. You will have a book discussion with me in January. I'm giving you the assignment now so that you can choose a book and check it out from the library or order it and have time to read it while school is out. 

           In the library (ask at the desk):
                   Grendel by John Gardner
                   The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
                   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

           Purchase yourself or read on PDF:
                   The Awakening by Kate Chopin (here is a PDF version)

           Glossaries for military terms in The Things They Carried:

• Military Terms of the Modern Era
• Wiki list of U.S. Government and Military Terms
• Glossary of Terms for The Things They Carried

12/14/15

• 2A: Semester Exam

• 4A: Exam Review
• 1st Semester Study Guide
• Elements of Fiction notesheet
• Theme notesheet
• Character Analysis notesheet
• Symbol notesheet

Winter Break Reading Assignment: You will choose a novel from a list of four and read it. You will have a book discussion with me in January. I'm giving you the assignment now so that you can choose a book and check it out from the library or order it and have time to read it while school is out. 

           In the library (ask at the desk):
                   Grendel by John Gardner
                   The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
                   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

           Purchase yourself or read on PDF:
                   The Awakening by Kate Chopin (here is a PDF version)

           Glossaries for military terms in The Things They Carried:

• Military Terms of the Modern Era
• Wiki list of U.S. Government and Military Terms
• Glossary of Terms for The Things They Carried

12/10/15

• 1st Semester Study Guide
• Elements of Fiction notesheet
• Theme notesheet
• Character Analysis notesheet
• Symbol notesheet

• Completion of Class Mural Project- turned in today

• Winter Break Reading Assignment: You will choose a novel from a list of four and read it. You will have a book discussion with me in January. I'm giving you the assignment now so that you can choose a book and check it out from the library or order it and have time to read it while school is out. 

           In the library (ask at the desk):
                   Grendel by John Gardner
                   The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
                   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

           Purchase yourself or read on PDF:
                   The Awakening by Kate Chopin (here is a PDF version)

12/8/15

• Continuation of Class Mural Project due Thursday at the end of class.

• Winter Break Reading Assignment: You will choose a novel from a list of four and read it. You will have a book discussion with me in January. I'm giving you the assignment now so that you can choose a book and check it out from the library or order it and have time to read it while school is out. 

           In the library (ask at the desk):
                   Grendel by John Gardner
                   The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
                   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

           Purchase yourself or read on PDF:
                   The Awakening by Kate Chopin (here is a PDF version)

• 1st Semester Study Guide
• Elements of Fiction notesheet
• Theme notesheet
• Character Analysis notesheet
• Symbol notesheet

12/4/15

• POW: Turn in your poem with a paragraph that gives your poetic idea and explains how a main poetic device helps to develop it.
• 2A: "No Title Required" by Wislawa Szymborska
• 4A: "The End and the Beginning" by Wislawa Szymborska

• Work time for class mural (due at the end of class on Thurs. 12/10/15).
• Here is the 2A mural plan so far:

12/2/15

• POW: Complete a full annotation for Fri. 12/4/15:
• 2A: "No Title Required" by Wislawa Szymborska
• 4A: "The End and the Beginning" by Wislawa Szymborska

• In-Class Assignment: Elements of Fiction Class Mural
• 2A: "The Nightingale and the Rose" by Oscar Wilde (see individual assignments here)
• 4A: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

• 4A Also:
• Read "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Watch these video interpretations of the story.

Here are the schedules for the next two weeks: