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English 4 

"Practice what you wish to become."

-Benjamin Franklin

Course Description

Course Standards

Shakespeare Link 

literarylink.com

Harvard Writing Center

A Gallery of Archetypes Archetypes 101 Archetypes Myths and Characters Archetypes Cowden

Ancient Greek Drama & Theatre Greek Drama/Culture Greek Drama Classic/Western Civilization

Tips for film viewing:  Part I   Part II

Prufrock

Bring your binder and commonplace book to class every day.


September 2010

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

  Textbook

Intertextuality

Literacy

Connections

Recursiveness
1

TEXT : Ch. 2

Reader's Notebook

Writing From Reading- Four Steps
2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
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August 2010

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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First Day of class

Video/Cornell Notes on Study

HW: Introductions
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Turn in Introductions

Discuss Cornell Notes on Study

Summer Reading: Book Notes

Seating/Groups
24

Summer Reading: Book Notes

Complete


25

Summer Reading

Class Discussion

Assignment
26

Summer Reading


TEST

HW: Read two stories on handouts-prepare for comparison/ contrast
27

Compare stories

Preference/Taste
vs
Standards


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Bring TEXT and journal until further notice

Carry commonplace book every day

Write in Journal- 15 minutes

Share/Report

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May 2010

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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Drama

Review

Our Town- Act I
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Our Town
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Our Town

Compare/ Contrast

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Our Town

Compare/ Contrast

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Our Town

Compare/ Contrast

20

Disneyland
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Disneyland
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Our Town

Compare/ Contrast

Groups
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Our Town

Compare/ Contrast

Group Reports
26
Review
27
Review
28
Semester Exam Essay in class
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April 2010

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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Holy Thursday
2
Good
Friday
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4
5
Easter
6
Break
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Easter
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Break
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Easter
Break
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11
12
Othello

Prep
13
Othello

Act I
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Othello

Act Act I
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Othello

Act I
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Othello

Act
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Othello

Act
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Othello

Act
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Othello

Act
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Othello

Act
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Othello

Act
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Othello

Act
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Othello

Act
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Othello

Act
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Othello

Act
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Founders Day

No Class
 




March 2010

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

  1
Lord of the Flies

Chapter 7
2
Lord of the Flies

Chapter 8
3
Lord of the Flies

Chapter 8
4
Lord of the Flies

Chapter 9
5
Lord of the Flies
6
7
8
Lord of the Flies
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Lord of the Flies
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Lord of the Flies
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Lord of the Flies
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Lord of the Flies
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Lord of the Flies

Ch. 12

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Lord of the Flies

Review
17
No class
18
Lord of the Flies

Test
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Lord of the Flies

Interpretation

Prepare for essay
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22
Lord of the Flies

Freud

Kohlberg
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Lord of the Flies

Film
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Lord of the Flies

Film

T-Chart
25
Lord of the Flies

Film
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Lord of the Flies

Essay due
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February 2010

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

  1 2
Poetry
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Poetry

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Poetry
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Poetry



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Poetry

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Poetry

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Poetry
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Poetry
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Poetry
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PRESIDENTS DAY
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Poetry

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Poetry
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Poetry
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Lord of the Flies

Ch. 1

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Lord of the Flies

Ch. 1-2

HW: Q/A Ch. 1
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Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies
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Bring your copy of Lord of  the Flies every day!





January 2010

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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End Sem 1
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Exams
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Exams
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Exams
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Grading
Day

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MLK
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Exam  Review
20
Poetry
Intro
6 criteria
21
Speaker
Dramatic Situation
22
Review of poems
WRITING
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24
25
Poems

Packet:
 Conflicts & Confidence
26
Writing

Packet:
Journeys Inward
27
Writing
28
Packet:
From Excuses To Action
29
Writing

Vocab Books
pre: 7
30
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December 2009

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 Archetypes 1
Archetypes
2
Archetypes
3
Archetypes
4
Archetypes
5
6
7
Archetypes

K-PAX

Worksheets-
Episode Summary

Archetypal Patterns
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Archetypes

K-PAX

Worksheets-
Episode Summary

Archetypal Patterns

9
Archetypes

K-PAX

Worksheets-
Episode Summary

Archetypal Patterns

10
Archetypes

K-PAX

Worksheets-
Episode Summary

Archetypal Patterns

11
Archetypes

K-PAX

Compare/Contrast Endings

Analyze deleted scenes-
characterization
plot
theme
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November 2009

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1
2
"The Workaholic"
3
"Lonely Place"
4
Four poems
Father/Son
5


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7
8
9
Veterans Day
10
"Walter Mitty"  p. 617
11
"Harrison Bergeron"          p. 627

Voc. Ex. p. 68
12
Reader's Notebook
Exchange

Voc. Ex. p. 70
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Voc. Quiz #6
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"The Bill"

Read

Essay Q/A
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"The Bill"


Essay Q/A
18
"The Bill"


Essay Q/A
19
"The Bill"


Essay Q/A
20
"The Bill"


Essay Due
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THANKS-
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GIVING
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BREAK
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THANKS- GIVING
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NO CLASS
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October 2009

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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2
3
4
5
Animal Farm
Ch. 1-2
6
Animal Farm
Ch. 3-4
7
Animal Farm
Ch. 5
8
Animal Farm
9
Animal Farm

Vocab. Pre #4

Commonplace Book
10
11
12
Columbus Day
13
Animal Farm
Ch. 5-6
14
Testing
15
Animal Farm
Ch. 7

Vocab Ex
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Animal Farm
Ch. 8-9

Vocab Quiz #4
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Animal Farm
Ch. 10
20
Animal Farm
21
Animal Farm
Review/Interp
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Animal Farm
Review/Interp
23
Animal Farm
TEST

Vocab: pre #5

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25

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Animal Farm

Passage writing

Vocab. pre #5
27
Animal Farm

Return tests

Film

Cornell Notes
T- Notes
28
Animal Farm

Film-v comp/cont book/film

T-Notes
29
Animal Farm

Film-v comp/cont book/film

T-Notes

Typed essay due
30
Vocab #5 Quiz


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September 2009

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

 Monday: ARTFUL READING  "The Demon Lover"
Read- Formalist Questions
1
"The Story of an Hour" p. 221

Vocab. Ex. p. 24

Journal Entry

2
"The Other Wife" p. 237

Vocab. Ex. p. 26

Journal Entry
3
"Woman of a Roof" p. 240


Journal Entry
4
Vocab Quiz #1

Commonplace Books

Review
5
6
7
This week:
Essay Drafting
and Writing

8
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Vocab #2 prep
12
13
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Complete Draft due
15
Vocab Ex. p.31 due
Chapter 6 review

Peer Editing
16
Vocab Ex. p. 33 due
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Typed essay due with complete draft
18
Vocab Quiz #2
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"Last Judgment"

Worksheets
Discussion

22
"Last Judgment"
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Lecture: Characterization
24
Binders:
Writing Interesting Character

25
Vocab #3 Preview

Commonplace Book
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Faculty In-Service
29
"The Sniper"

Read
Formalist Questions

Analysis

30
"The Sniper"

Cont'd

Vocab Ex. p. 38

 Thursday: "Sniper" cont'd
Vocab Ex p. 40

Friday: Vocab Quiz #3
Commonplace Books
Animal Farm:Book in class






August 2009

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Be sure to bring your Literature Books on Monday, August 24.    1
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Orientation
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Course description and procedures

Seats

Reading/Great books

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Bring your summer reading books to class.

Steve Allen
Mortimer Adler
Michael Dirda

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Cont'd

What makes a book great?

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Cont'd
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Summer Reading project
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Bring your Lit Book to class:
Reading and Writing from Literature

Ch. 1 A Conversation Model for Writing and Reading

25
Intertextuality

HW: Read Ch. 3 Building a Reading Notebook

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The Reading Notebook

HW: Read Ch 4

The Commonplace Book

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n Class: "Appointment with Love'

HW: Read
"The Chaser"

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Vocabulary Books

Preview of Unit 1

Compare two stories

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