Post Turkey

Monday, December 1

• Emma, Book Two -- Chapters 13-18

Tuesday, December 2

• Romantic Poetry

Wednesday, December 3

• Romantic Poetry/Victorian Poetry

Thursday, December 4

• Emma, Book Three -- Chapters 1-6

Friday, December 5

• Victorian Poetry

Pre-Turkey Week

Monday, November 17

Quiz -- Emma, Book Two - Chapters 1-6

Commentary -- Emma, Book Two - Chapters 1-6 + Wild Card

Tuesday, November 18

Romantic Poetry (Blake + Burns)

Wednesday, November 19

Romantic Poetry (Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley)

Thursday, November 20

Quiz -- Emma, Book Two -- Chapters 7-12

Commentary -- Emma, Book Two, Chapters 7-12 + Wild Card

Friday, November 21

Romantic Poetry Wrap-Up

Candide --> Emma

Monday, November 3

Candide, Chapters 21-30 (Quiz and Discussion)

Tuesday, November 4

Introduction to Emma

Candide -- Complete "Children's" Book

Wednesday, November 5

Candide -- Final Discussion / Essay Prep

Thursday, November 6

In-Class Essay -- Candide

Friday, November 7

Edit & Revise -- Candide Essay

Reading Time -- Emma

Out with the Old (Unit), In with the New (Unit)

Monday, October 27

Use-Your-Books-and-Notes Test

17th & 18th Century England

Neoclassical Poetry/Parody & Satire

Tuesday, October 28

Quiz and Discussion

Candide, Chapters 1-10

Wednesday, October 29

Candide Project

Thursday, October 30

Quiz and Discussion

Candide, Chapters 11-20

Friday, October 31

Candide Project

College Life in the 1200s

This is a fascinating article about student life at Oxford back in the day.

The Class of 1250

What's Up?

I am going to have to be absent again on Monday.  This was unexpected, so I'm having to alter the lesson plans a bit.  We should be able to get back on track, though, when I return on Tuesday.

Monday, October 20

Review Neoclassical Poetry

Begin reading Gulliver's Travels

Tuesday, October 21

Introduction to Candide

Conclude John Milton

Begin John Donne

Wednesday, October 22

Conclude Neoclassical Poetry

Discuss Parody and Satire

Discuss Gulliver's Travels

Thursday, October 23

A Modest Proposal

The Rape of the Lock

Friday, October 24

Wrap-Up Parody and Satire

3-Day, 4-Day Week

Tuesday, October 14

John Milton

John Donne

Wednesday, October 15

PSAT/College Fair

Thursday, October 16

Review 17th & 18th Century Poets

(Carpe Diem, Ben Jonson, John Milton, John Donne)

Friday, October 17

Mini-Essay/Quizlet -- 17th & 18th Century Poetry

Maltbie Absent -- Free Time in Calculus