World+Lit+-+Past

Week of Monday, December 15
Week of Monday, December 1
 * How Has Your Language Changed? Old English (Beowulf), Middle English (Chaucer), Modern English (Shakespeare)
 * Shakespeare: //Macbeth -// Cast of Characters, Opening scenes of //Macbeth// film
 * **Homework** - Act I Scene Sentence Summaries (15 total)
 * Tuesday, December 16**
 * Reading Minutes (20)
 * Attention to geography of setting, footnotes, contractions, archaic vocabulary, allusions to the times.
 * Attention to characterization of witches, the King, Macbeth
 * **Homework** **-** Re-read scenes i - ii for 3 question quiz (after all class questions have been answered)
 * Wednesday, December 17**
 * Act I, scene iii
 * **Homework** - 4-member groups to analyze assigned speeches, specific lines, interpretation. in scene iii
 * Thursday, December 18**
 * Scene iii - with attention to group preparation of assigned scenes
 * Scene iv
 * **Homework -** Select 3 adjectives that characterize the King in scene vi. Then find 1 phrase for each characterization aspects to support your adjectives (what the character looks like, says, does, others say)
 * Friday, December 19 - Candy Cane Day!**
 * Scene vii
 * Summarize the Purpose of Act I - Characterization, Motivation, Setting, and Plot established
 * FYI Dante Test - Friday, December 12
 * 50% re: Inferno - comprehension, character IDs, line interpretation
 * 50% re: all handouts, text notes, film notesAttention to transitions, conciseness
 * Canto 1 - Text p. 622 - 626
 * **Homework** - List all Proper Nouns and identifications in Canto 1. Read all footnotes.

Tuesday, December 2

 * Reading Minutes (20)
 * Discussion Groups A, B, C, D - Canto 1 questions
 * **Homework** **-** List all Proper Nouns in Cantos 3, 5, and 34. Read all footnotes.

Wednesday, December 3

 * With table partner, read Canto 3. Paraphrase each stanza.
 * Interpret Dante's allegory. Write down further questions for discussion groups.
 * **Homework** - Read Canto 5 - Prepare questions for discussion groups

Thursday, December 4

 * Reading Minutes
 * Discussion groups for Canto 5
 * **Homework -** Review Cantos 1, 3, and 5 for personal benchmark assessment

Friday, December 5
Week of Monday, November 17
 * Personal benchmark assessment (24 points)
 * Handout review
 * **Homework** - Ongoing review and study for Test - Friday, December 12
 * Attention to transitions, conciseness
 * Deeper discussion, information
 * Re-read Gilgamesh packet
 * Revise Draft 1 paragraph
 * **Homework** - Gilgamesh final essay -
 * Spellcheck, proofread out loud, edit
 * Turn in final copy with all drafts, edit sheet, and evaluation page

Tuesday, November 18

 * Reading Minutes (20)
 * Structure of Dante's Hell
 * Homework **-** Textbook pages, notes 618-620

Wednesday, November 19

 * Textbook intro to Canto I
 * Allegory
 * Homework - Read for concepts in "Guelphs and Ghibellines"

Thursday, November 20

 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Historical perspectives

Friday, November 21

 * United Streaming video
 * Discussion of main concepts

Week of November 24-28 - Parent-Teacher Conferences/Thanksgiving Vacation
Week of Monday, November 10
 * Preference for upcoming unit
 * //Gilgamesh// Essay - Web/Map: Thesis, Main Point Sections I, II, III, IV...
 * Examine brainstorming. For each main point, decide 2-3 paragraph ideas (A, B, C, D...)
 * **Homework** - Determine paragraph topic sentences. Discuss Idea and Explanation (cycle steps 1 and 2) for each paragraph of the essay's body.
 * Topic outline (including drafted cycles) due on Wednesday.

Tuesday, November 11

 * Reading Minutes (20)
 * Continue each paragraph with Example and Relating it to the topic sentence (cycles steps 3 and 4).
 * **Homework** - Turn in copy of topic outline (including fully drafted cycles for each paragraph).

**Wednesday, November 12**

 * Turn in topic outline (including fully drafted cycles in each body paragraph)
 * Possessive forms, using __'s__ to indicate singular and plural ownership
 * **Homework** - For Friday, use your topic outline __as a starting point__ - develop, elaborate (//not// repeat), add insights and additional examples, proof of your understanding of the epic. Turn in //finalized draft of all body paragraphs as you expect them to appear in your essay.//

Thursday, November 13

 * Embed quotes into text so they are not just stuck in
 * Coherence and Wordiness - worksheet
 * Transitions within and between paragraphs
 * **Homework** - Finalized draft of all body paragraphs to turn in

Friday, November 14

 * Edit Sheet
 * The World of Dante - Handout: highlight the types of sinners in each circle of Dante's Hell
 * Illustration: Mark any word on the illustration that you do not know
 * **Homework** - Introduction and Conclusion - hook thesis, informative paragraph
 * Essay due on Tuesday, November 18

Week of Monday, November 3

 * //Gilgamesh// and //The Bible// - Noah and the Flood (//World Masterpieces// textbook)
 * Attention to The Gods, Epic Power, and Death/Afterlife: Tablet V
 * **Homework** - Read the handout "Tablet V." Highlight relevant information for 3 topics above. Mark the text in margins to identify topic.

Tuesday, November 4

 * Finish "Mesopotamia: Return to Eden" film and term identifications
 * Reading Minutes (20)
 * **Homework** - Get gradesheet signed for 5 Extra Credit points.

**Wednesday, November 5**

 * Preferences for upcoming units
 * //Gilgamesh// Essay Assignment [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Gilgamesh+Essay+Assignment.nov08.doc"]][| Gilgamesh Essay Assignment.nov08.doc]
 * Review the epic for relevant sections for each topic you are interested in.
 * Jot down useful page numbers next to each topic on the Gilgamesh Essay Assignment page.
 * **Homework -** Determine focus topic. Complete the Topic Selection 1/2-sheet. [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Topic+Selection+and+Thought.nov08.doc"]][| Topic Selection and Thought.nov08.doc]

**Thursday, November 6**

 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Brainstorm reasons and explanations (why, what) - From your brainstorming, pick major ideas that you can develop into the sections of your essay (I, II, III, IV...)
 * **Homework** - Annotated Web: Working Thesis + 3-5 reasons and explanations of why and what (Roman numeral sections) - Explain what you intend to cover in each of these sections.

**Friday, November 7 - Institute Day - No School for Students**
Binders, notebooks, folders due on Tuesay, October 28!

//Week of Monday, October 27//

 * //Planner Vocabulary - Review for Test on Thursday (spelling, definitions, sentences)//
 * //Gilgamesh - Utnapishtim's Story p. 76- 87//
 * //**Homework** - Utnapishtim's 14 Questions//

**//Wednesday, October 29//**

 * //The text's version of "The Flood" - Bring World Masterpieces textbook//
 * //**Homework -** Planner Vocabulary Test - Spelling, Definitions, Sentences//

**//Thursday, October 30//**

 * //Planner Vocabulary Test - October's Tuesdays and Fridays//
 * //Reading Minutes and Journaling//
 * //Gilgamesh - Comparisons/Contrasts/Additional details: "The Flood"//

**//Friday, October 31//**
//LAST DAY FOR 1ST QUARTER LATE WORK - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24!// **Planners Due Thursday, October 23! Binders, notebooks, folders due on Tuesay, October 28!** Week of Monday, October 20
 * //Collect October Reading Journals//
 * //Gilgamesh - Mesopotamia: Return to Eden film//
 * //Define/explain terms//
 * Planner Vocabulary - October's Mondays and Fridays
 * Gilgamesh - p. 42- 50 The Death of Enkidu
 * **Homework** - 10 Vocabulary Sentences

**Tuesday, October 21**

 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * **Homework -** //Gilgamesh// Part II - Are Gilgamesh and Enkidu Equals?
 * On one side of looseleaf paper, find 5 selections that show, "Yes, they are equals."
 * On the reverse side of the looseleaf paper, find 5 selections that show, "No, they are not equals.

**Wednesday, October 22**

 * //Gilgamesh, Part III -// The Epic Hero
 * **Homework -** Read //Gilgamesh// through p. 61. Select 2 passages per page that illustrate the severe grief that Gilgamesh is personally experiencing.

**Thursday, October 23**

 * Planners due
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * //Gilgamesh//
 * **Homework** - Planner Vocabulary Test - Spelling, Definitions, Sentences
 * Friday, October 24**
 * //Gilgamesh//
 * **Homework: Binders, notebooks, folders due on Tuesday, October 28**

Week of Monday, October 13
Columbus Day - No School

**Tuesday, October 14**

 * Love Your Language! - v. 2
 * //Gilgamesh// 3 x 5 Quiz
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling

**Wednesday, October 15**

 * //Gilgamesh// - Themes of Human Nature
 * **Homework** - Part I, p. 11-24 Chart. Stanzas 1-25 - Determine which character is primary in each stanza. Describe or explain what is occurring to the character in each stanza.

**Thursday, October 16**

 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * //Gilgamesh// - Characteristics of the Epic Hero - p. 27-38 List 10 lines or phrases that emphasize the fear Enkidu holds for Humbaba. List 10 lines or phrases that emphasize Gilgamesh's attitudes/motivations for conquering Humbaba.
 * Friday, October 17**
 * //Gilgamesh// - Gods vs. Man - p. 39-41 Contrasting Interactions: Deaf to One Another - From the beginning of Part II through p. 41, find 10 specific lines or phrases that contrast the reactions between Gilgamesh and Enkidu as they interact with each other.

Week of Week of Monday, October 6 -

 * Essay Assignment Page [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Solzhenitsyn+Essay+Assignment.sep08.doc"]][| Solzhenitsyn Essay Assignment.sep08.doc]
 * Works Cited attention [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Biblio+info+for+WC+page.sep08.doc"]][| Biblio info for WC page.sep08.doc]
 * Essay - Editing [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Essay+Edit+Sheet.oct08.doc"]][| Essay Edit Sheet.oct08.doc]
 * , FANBOYS Conjunctions [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/%2CFANBOYS+worksheet.sep08.doc"]][| ,FANBOYS worksheet.sep08.doc]
 * Subordinate Conjunctions
 * **Homework** - Final Solzhenitsyn Essay to turn in

**Tuesday, October 6** -

 * Solzhenitsyn Essay due [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Essay+Eval.oct08.doc"]][| Essay Eval.oct08.doc]
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Ancient Mesopotamia - Textbook "Mesopotamis" worksheet
 * **Homework** - Finish worksheet

**Wednesday, October 1 -**

 * Gilgamesh Overview - characters, plot
 * **Homework** - Prepare for Gilgamesh 3x5 quiz on Tuesday, October 14

**Thursday, October 2 -**

 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Cuneiform background - handout
 * **Homework -** Gilgamesh 3x5 quiz on Tuesday, October 14

**Friday, October 3**

 * School Improvement Day - No School for Students

Week of Monday, September 29 -

 * Essay Assignment Page [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Solzhenitsyn+Essay+Assignment.sep08.doc"]][| Solzhenitsyn Essay Assignment.sep08.doc]
 * LRC - Thesis Statement + Drafting 3 Main Points - 1-2-3-4 Cycles, with examples and citations
 * **Homework** - Complete Main Point cycles to turn in

Tuesday, September 30 -

 * Main Point Cycles to turn in
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * MLA citations [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Biblio+info+for+WC+page.sep08.doc"]][| Biblio info for WC page.sep08.doc]
 * **Homework** - Continue Essay development - coherence, unity, paragraph structure, MLA citations

Wednesday, October 1 -

 * LRC - Revisions, Refinements
 * Introduction/Conclusion Drafts [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Intro+and+Conclusions+handout+with+triangles.sep08.doc"]][| Intro and Conclusions handout with triangles.sep08.doc]
 * **Homework** - Draft 2 - Essay Development - Main Point Paragraphs
 * Attention to thought, deeper understanding than literal, quotes as examples

Thursday, October 2 -

 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Introduction and Conclusion structure
 * Edit Sheet [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Essay+Edit+Sheet.oct08.doc"]][| Essay Edit Sheet.oct08.doc]
 * **Homework** - Construct Intro and Conclusion paragraphs
 * Essay due date: Tuesday, October 7

[| Essay Eval.oct08.doc]
 * FANBOYS Conjunctions [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/%2CFANBOYS+worksheet.sep08.doc"]][| ,FANBOYS worksheet.sep08.doc]
 * **Homework** - Revise 2nd drafts, Combine with intro and conclusion paragraphs

**Week of Monday, September 22 -**

 * Questions on __Ivan__ from last week's assignments: Wednesday - p. 77-96 (95-114) and Friday - p. 96-117 (114-136)
 * Brainstorm thesis idea - Tell me what you mean...
 * Turn in brainstorming and index card
 * **Homework -** Finish __Ivan__ for Tuesday

**Tuesday, September 23 -**

 * Quick Quiz - __Ivan__ through to the end
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling - Independent reading book or __Ivan Denisovich__
 * **Homework -** Formulate 3 main points, angles, perspectives, pieces of your thesis - web organization
 * Afterword p. 141-148 or handout for Thursday, September 25

**Wednesday, September 24 -**

 * Brainstorm 3 main points - What do you want to include? web organization
 * Film excerpts: __Great Writers: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn__ - ideas for thesis support [Scene 1/1-skip, past __Ivan__ through "clandestine"]
 * **Homework -** Gather all handouts, newspaper articles, and other notes to re-examine for support - Collect quotes, thoughts, examples for web organization
 * [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image msword.png" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Gulag+wikipedia.sep08.doc"]][| Gulag wikipedia.sep08.doc]
 * [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="41" height="40" caption="external image msword.png" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Online+Background+Search.sep08.doc"]][| Online Background Search.sep08.doc]

Thursday, September 25 **-**

 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Brainstorm each main point idea

Friday, September 26

 * Essay Assignment page
 * Conference - Thesis Statement and 3 Main Points

**Week of Monday, September 15 -**

 * Questions and Quick Quiz on __Ivan__ - p. 57-77 (74-95)
 * Literature in Context
 * Russian Leaders - note leaders in newspaper articles from last week
 * "Gulag" handout [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Gulag+wikipedia.sep08.doc"]][| Gulag wikipedia.sep08.doc]
 * Homework - Highlight facts and phrases that connect with the novel

**Tuesday, September 16** -

 * Gradesheets
 * Reading Minutes (20) and Journaling - Independent reading book or __Ivan Denisovich__
 * Themes - What seem to be the overall, recurring ideas in this Solzhenitsyn novel?
 * Homework - Get gradesheet signed and returned for 5 Extra Credit points.
 * Read __Ivan__ - p. 77-96 (95-114).

**Wednesday, September 17 -**

 * Quick Quiz on __Ivan__ - p. 77-96 (95-114)
 * Groups of 4 - Select any of the general themes from the list presented in class. Formulate 4 thesis statements, one for each member of the group to use as a focus. Brainstorm with each other about specific scenes or passages that can serve as support.
 * Homework - For your own thesis statement, compile a list of 5 examples, scenes, or passages (by page #) that can serve as strong supportive examples. Turn in thesis statement and examples written on index card.

**Thursday, September 18** -
Regular Thursday schedule is switched with Friday.
 * Literature in Context - Develop awareness of the time period and factual information about Solzhenitsyn's context.
 * LRC - Online Background Search - Print any source information that may help support your thesis. //Be sure to get bibliographical information.//
 * [[image:http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Online+Background+Search.sep08.doc"]][| Online Background Search.sep08.doc]
 * Homework - Read __Ivan__, p. 96-117 (114-136) for Friday

**Friday, September 19** -

 * Quick Quiz on p. 96-117 (114-136)
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Homework - Read __Ivan__, 117-139 (136-158) for Tuesday

**Week of Monday, September 8** - Follow reading dates on Bookmark.

 * Groups of 4 - Remaining Questions #1-25
 * Characterization
 * Main Character worksheet
 * Homework - Read to p. 37 (53) for Wednesday. Expect a 3-question Quick Quiz.

**Tuesday, September 9 -**

 * Reading Minutes (20) and Journaling - Independent reading book or __Ivan Denisovich__
 * Audience/Purpose - Highlight vii-ix (handout)
 * Themes - What seem to be the overall ideas in this Solzhenitsyn novel?

**Wednesday, September 10 -**

 * Quick Quiz on p. 21-37 (36-53)
 * Discussion of significant passages - characterization, tone, setting
 * Homework -
 * Highlight any information in the 2 newspaper articles about the following: Solzhenitsyn's purpose, intended audience, and similarities/differences to Shukhov
 * Read to p. 57 (74) for Friday

**Thursday, September 11 -**

 * September 11 - Remembering
 * Reading Minutes (20) and Journaling
 * Homework - Read __Ivan__, p. 37-57 (53-74) for Friday

**Friday, September 12 -**

 * Quick Quiz on p. 37-57 (53-74)
 * Groups - Determine 4 overall ideas (themes) that Solzenhitsyn conveys in the novel. Find one supportive quote for each.
 * Homework - Read __Ivan__, p. 57-77 (74-95) for Monday

**Week of Tuesday, September 2** - Bring ID to check out //A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich// from the bookroom

 * Student and Parents should read and sign the cover page of this handout. The handout itself of Frequently Asked Questions may stay at home for future reference.
 * Materials Check (27 points)
 * Reading Minutes (20) - Independent reading book or __Ivan Denisovich__
 * Homework -
 * Read and sign cover page of handout.
 * Read __Ivan__, p. 3-9. Write 3 questions that occur to you as you read and re-read.
 * What .....?
 * Why...?
 * How...?
 * Select one unfamiliar vocabulary word.
 * Wednesday, September 3 -**
 * "Questions about World Literature" - Student and Parents should read and sign the cover page of this handout. The handout itself of Frequently Asked Questions may stay at home for future reference.
 * Homework -
 * Tone - Find words or phrases that establish the tone for p. 3-9: 15 physical details + 15 emotional details
 * __Ivan__ p. to 21 (36) for Friday
 * Thursday, September 4** -
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Materials Check (27 points) - Last day for full credit!
 * Levels of authority - Who is higher than whom?
 * Friday, September 5 -**
 * In groups of 4 -
 * Remaining Prep Questions 1-3
 * Questions #1-25 - Discuss with each other any answer you do not know
 * Homework - Determine which answers to Questions 1-25 you know and which you don't

= Olympic Gold Medal=
 * Week of Wednesday, August 27 -**
 * Collect materials listed on the Materials list, to be checked on Tuesday, September 2, and Thursday, September 4
 * Draft "Go for the Gold" paragraph, following the 4 steps of Paragraph Development
 * Thursday, August 28 -**
 * Bring ID to check out //World Masterpieces// textbook from the bookroom
 * Revise paragraph - details, transitions, capital letters, punctuation of compound sentences
 * E-mail it to yourself if you want to save time on Friday.
 * Friday, August 29 -**
 * Type paragraph in LRC.
 * Edit paragraph using the Edit Sheet - Spellcheck! Proofread out loud!
 * Turn in Final Copy + all prewriting

Tuesday, September 2 - Bring ID to check out //A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich// from the bookroom