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Chapter 16, Page 163 of the authorized text:

1. Page 164: Ma's forebodings
2. Page 164: Rose of Sharon and Connie to leave the family
3. Page 164: Does the name "Connie" suggest a con man?
4. Page 165: Al is insulted.
5. Page 166: Engine parts: con-rod and babbitt
6. Page 167: Omen: "The shadow of a buzzard slid across the earth and the family all looked up at the sailing black bird."
7. Page 167: Who will stay with the Wilsons?
8. Page 168: Ma uses strong-arm tactics.
9. Page 169: Pa says Ma is "sassy." Is this understatement? Does Pa say this as a defense mechanism?
10. Page 169: What does "johnrabbit" mean?
11. Page 169: Ma says the family must stick together.
12. Page 170: Note the playing card metaphor.
13. Page 171: Casy still wishes to marry.
14. Page 172: It was common practice to reduce the mileage on odometers before selling a car.
15. Page 173: War comparison: ..."it's like they was runnin' away from soldiers..."
16. Page 173: Another suggestion of revolution
17. Page 174: What is going on that folks don't know about?
18. Page 174: Are Tom and Casy talking about climbing the same kinds of fences?
19. Page 174: Grandma's mind is gone.
20. Page 174: More on Ma's leadership: "She don't forget nobody," said Casy.
21. Page 175: Grandma is "airy-nary."
22. Page 175: Tom's regrets
23. Page 175: Ma injunctions to Tom
24. Page 175: Discussion of buying beer
25. Page 176: What is the import of the discussion of Al and Tom?
26. Page 176: Tom does not wish to discuss the killing that put him in prison.
27. Page 176: Sibling rivalry
28. Page 177: Tom changes the subject of life in prison: "Look at the sun a-flashin' on them windas"
29. Page 177: A wrecking yard is a junkyard.
30. Page 178: Attitude of junkyard attendant
31. Page 178: The boss taunts his employee.
32. Page 178: What is Steinbeck's purpose in making the attendant a one-eyed man?
33. Page 179: What is the purpose of Tom's outburst against the one-eyed man?
34. Page 181: Note the resourcefulness of Tom and Al.
35. Page 182: Tom's rationale for dressing down the one-eyed man
36. Page 182: Why did Al try to hit the cat?
37. Page 183: "She's drinkin' oil like a gopher hole awready." It is nearly impossible to flood a gopher hole.
38. Page 185: Note the use of the word "dominated."
39. Page 186: What is "pig lucky?"
40. Page 186: Grandma is "off her chump."
41. Page 186: Tom suspects a shakedown.
42. Page 187: Businessmen portrayed as evil
43. Page 188: The ragged man reveals the truth about California.
44. Page 189: Discussion of the handbills with the ragged man
45. Page 190: The proprietor suspects the ragged man is a troublemaker.
46. Page 191: Saga of the ragged man
47. Page 191: Suspicions about California are aroused.
48. Page 191: Why do the Joads ignore the warnings about California?
49. Page 192: "Nimsy-mimsy" is dainty of speech.
50. Page 192: Tom admits being a Bolshevik.


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Chapter 15, Page 153 in the authorized text:

1. Page 153: Note the juxtaposition of Chapters 14 and 15.
2. Page 153: Benny Goodman-"The Big Band Era"
3. Page 153: "If I tell you will you buy a drink?"
4. Page 154: Note the importance of truck drivers.
5. Page 154: Quoit is a flattened disc used in games.
6. Page 155: Zephyr (the West Wind) an expensive and powerful Lincoln.
7. Page 155: Rich people contrasted to Okies
8. Page 155: More put-downs on businessmen
9. Page 155: Beverly-Wilshire Hotel is in the heart of downtown Beverly Hills.
10. Page 156: The Trocadero was on Sunset Blvd.
11. Page 156: "So-and-So" is the famous actress, Joan Crowford.
12. Page 156: "that fellow in the White House" is Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
13. Page 156: Why are rich people referred to as shitheels?
14. Page 157: Easterners are shitheels, truck drivers are real people.
15. Page 162: The owner rigs the slot machines.
16. Page 162: Truck drivers bring life to the truck stops.


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Chapter 14, Page 150 of the authorized text:

1. P. 150: Why are the Western States nervous as horses before a thunder storm?
2. P. 150: Note the hints of revolution.
3. P. 150: What does Steinbeck mean by saying, "For man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work...?"
4. P. 151: Reference to civil war in Spain.
5. P. 151: Is Steinbeck suggesting we should have collective farms?
6. P. 151: Note the use of "anlage" and "zygote."
7. P. 152: What does Steinbeck mean by saying, "This is the beginning -from "I" to "we?"
8. P. 152: " If you could separate causes from results, if you could know that Paine, Marx, Jefferson, Lenin, were results , not causes, you might survive, But that you cannot know. For the quality of owning freezes you forever into "I" and cuts you off forever from the "we." Is this a plea for the establishment of Communism?


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Chapter 11, Page 115 of the authorized text:

1. P. 115: What is the import of Steinbeck's saying that tractors are dead and horses are alive?
2. P. 116: What does Steinbeck mean when he says that man is more than the chemicals he is made of?
3. P. 116: Note the description of house decay.
4. P. 116: Why is the tractor man contemptuous of the land and of himself?

Chapter 12:
5. P. 118: The Route to California: "Get your kicks on Route 66"
6. P. 119: Note that this is the narrative of an imaginary journey.
7. P. 120: Resentment of Okies
8. P. 120: Police tear up drivers licenses. What will be the result of this?
9. P. 121: Why does Steinbeck say that businessmen have to lie and cheat?
10. P. 122: "Cars pulled up beside the road, engine heads off, tires mended. Cars limping along 66 like wounded things, panting and struggling. Too hot, loose connections, loose bearings, rattling bodies." Note the imagery.
11. P. 122: Some good deed were done.

Chapter 13:
12. P. 123: Al becomes the soul of the car.
13. P. 125: Grandpa is now clearly senile.
14. P. 126: Vendors are suspicious of Okies.
15. P. 126: Why do people with money go to gas stations in town?
16. P. 128: Why does Steinbeck have Tom react irritably to the fat man's question, "...what's it coming to...?"
17. P. 130: Does the dog's death foreshadow a problem for Rose of Sharon?
18. P. 131: Ma rejects Rose of Sharon's fears about the baby.
19. P. 134: Ma asks Tom about the problem of his crossing the border.
20. P. 134: Note Okie etiquette: Tom asks permission to park near another car.
21. P. 135: How do we distinguish Okie diction from Kansas diction?
22. P. 135: Note the comment on Massachusetts diction.
23. P. 135: Grandpa is now ill physically.
24. P. 136: Why does Grandpa cry?
25. P. 136: Is Grandpa having a stroke?
26. P. 137: Why does Casy say he does not know to whom to pray?
27. P. 138: Grandpa dies.
28. P. 138: Why is Grandma "on show?"
29. P. 139: Why do Al and Tom offer to repair the Wilson's car?
30. P. 141: Grandpa is buried in a quilt shroud. Was this burial legal?
31. P. 142: Why does Ma say a child born out of sorrow will be a happy child?
32. P. 142: Tom write a note for Grandpa's grave. The burial note is put in a fruit jar. Note the Bible Verse added to the burial note.
33. P.144: Note Casy's prayer.
34. P. 146: Why does Steinbeck have Casy say that Grandpa and the old place were just the same thing?
35. P. 146: Why is Uncle John upset with Casy?
36. P. 149: How can Ma yawn "luxuriously" at this point?
37. P. 149: Does Sara Wilson's illness seem like cancer?


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Academic Decathlon Team:

These questions and suggestions start from Page 60 of the authorized text.


1. P. 60: Is Chapter 7 a message of salesmen taking advantage of people in dire straights or comic relief?
2. P. 60: Why is the word "Hymie" capitalized? Is this an ethnic slur?
3. P. 63: "La Salle" is the model name for a smaller version of the Cadillac.
4. P. 68: Note the prediction for Muley's future.
5. P. 68: Is Uncle John's "crime" foreshadowing of problems for Rose of Sharon?
6. P. 69: How is Uncle John's guilt complex manifested in his behavior?
7. P. 70: Note the anecdote about "farm boy" sex.
8. P. 71: "meerschaum"- hydrous magnesium silicate, a material from which smoking pipes are made.
9. P. 72: Ma had had a fear that she would not see Tom again. Is this foreshadowing?
10. P. 73: Why does Pa wish to surprise Ma about Tom's return?
11. P. 74: Why is Ma described as the "citadel" of the family?
12. P. 75: What is the point of the anecdote of Al's taking pot shots a dirigible?
13. P. 76: Note Ma's worry that Tom may have been "poisoned mad" in prison.
14. P. 76: Why does Ma bring up "Purty Boy Floyd?"
15. P. 78: Note Pa's part in Noah's birth.
16. P. 79: Another reference to Turnbull's Hatfield blood.
17. P. 80: Note Ma's insistence that Casy say grace before they eat?
18. P. 81: Note that Casy's prayer is more an explication of his soul searching.
19. P. 81: Why does Grandma try "to catch hold of an ecstasy?"
20. P. 81: Does Casy's prayer end with a statement of "Collective Salvation" embodied in the "Liberation Theology Movement?"
20. P. 82: Why does Ma consider Casy's voice like a voice out of the ground?
21. P. 82: Why does Steinbeck find it necessary to expose Al's randy behavior?
22. P. 83: Note Grandpa's vision of California.
23. P. 85: Why does Al's demeanor change upon meeting Tom?
24. P. 85: Why is Al disappointed that Tom did not "bust out?"
25. P. 86: Whose voice is Chapter 9?
26. P. 86: Are women more sentimental than men?
27. P. 86: Note the technical terms hames, tugs, halters, and browband jewels.
28. P. 88: People leaving their history.
29. P. 89: People selling their memories.
30. P. 90: Handbills- to trust them or not.
31. P. 91: Ma's premonition about California.
31. P. 92: Why does Steinbeck have Tom relate what he has heard about conditions in California?
32. P. 93: More on Grandpa's vision of California
33. P. 93: Does Ma think that Casy has been "born again?"
34. P. 94: Casy continues to expound his philosophy.
35. P. 96: More on Uncle John's charity
36. P. 97: Foreshadowing of car trouble
37. P. 98: Al warns Pa about Tom's parole.
38. P. 100: The truck is the new hearth.
39. P. 100: Note the detail on how the men sit.
40. P. 100: The meeting is patriarchal and the women sit behind.
41. P. 100: Why does Casy stay out of the meeting?
42. P. 100: Note Al's examination of the Hudson.
43. P. 103: Casy taken into the family
44. P. 103: What is Steinbeck's purpose in having Ruthie and Winfield lose their heads? "Killing pigs and goin' to California."
45. P. 107: Why does Casy break the separation of labor by taking over in salting the pork?
46. P. 108: Ma burns her memories. Why?
47. P. 110: Muley reappears.
48. P. 111: Why does Grandpa suddenly refuse to leave?
49. P. 112: What do the Joads do to take Grandpa with them?
50. P. 113: Why does Tom walk away when Muley asks about breaking parole?


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ON THE GRAPES OF WRATH:

I. MATERIALS FOR DISTRIBUTION: PHOTOCOPIES OF RHETORICAL DEVICES, FIGURES OF SPEECH, AND METHODS OF LITERARY ANALYSIS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT AN APPROPRIATE MEETING.

II. SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT NOW FOLLOW ON THE BLOG:

THE PAGE NUMBERS CORRESPOND TO THE AUTHORIZED TEXT.


1. PAGE 4: WHY MUST THE MEN "STAY WHOLE?"
2. PAGE 8: WHY DOES THE TRUCK DRIVER PICK UP TOM JOAD?
3. PAGE 8: WHAT IS A "CAT?"
4. PAGE 10: WHY DOES THE TRUCK DRIVER TELL THE STORY OF THE "POETRY DRIVER?"
5. PAGE 13: WHY DOES TOM BECOME DEFENSIVE WHEN LEAVING THE TRUCK DRIVER?
6. PAGE 14: WHY DOES STEINBECK USE THE GERMAN WORD "ANLAGE?"
7. PAGE 18: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE PREACHER CASY WHISTLE "YES, SIR, THAT'S MY BABY?"
8. PAGE 19: WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION OF CASY'S HAVING "AN ABNORMALLY HIGH FOREHEAD?"
9. PAGE 20: WHY IS CASY NO LONGER A PREACHER?
10. PAGE 21: IS CASY'S ANALOGY COMPARING HIS LEAVING THE "GOOD OL' GOSPEL" WITH THE TURTLE'S ESCAPE A VALID ANALOGY?
11. PAGE 22: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE CASY "CONFESS" TO TOM JOAD?
12. PAGE 22: IF PREACHER CASY CONSIDERED GIRLS "HOLY VESSELS," WHY DID HE HAVE SEX WITH THEM AFTER HIS PREACHING SESSIONS?
13. PAGE 23: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE CASY SAY," THERE AIN'T NO SIN AND THERE AIN'T NO VIRTUE. THERE'S JUST STUFF PEOPLE DO. IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME THING?"
14. PAGE 24: CONSIDER THE PARAGRAPH: " I FIGGERED ABOUT THE HOLY SPERIT...I KNEW IT SO DOWN DEEP THAT IT WAS TRUE, AND I STILL KNOW IT." IS THIS THE THESIS OF HUMANISM, "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS?"
15. PAGE 24: HOW DO YOU INTERPRET "THE GLORY ROOF-TREE?
16. PAGE 25: WAS TOM'S SENTENCE JUST?
17. PAGE 26: WHY WAS TOM JOAD LABELED "JESUS MEEK" IN PRISON? WHAT IS STEINBECK'S PURPOSE IN EXPOSING THIS?
18. PAGE 27: WHY DOES STEINBECK REVEAL THAT PA JOAD "STOLE" A HOUSE?
19. PAGE 27: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE TOM QUOTE HIS FATHER'S STATEMENT ABOUT PREACHER CASY'S SEXUAL MEMBER?
20. PAGE 28: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE CASY TELL TOM HOW PA JOAD BEHAVED WHEN FILLED WITH "THE HOLY SPERIT?"
21. PAGE 29: WHAT IS THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF "FORTY ACRES AND A MULE?"
22. PAGE 29: NOTE THE BIBLICAL REFERENCE TO "TO THE FATTED CALF." SEE THE STORY OF "THE PRODIGAL SON."
22. PAGE 31: WHAT EMOTIONS DO THE OWNERS FEEL WHEN TALKING TO THE TENANTS? WHY?
23. PAGE 34: WHY MAY ANGRY MEN TURN ON PEOPLE THEY LOVE?
24. PAGE 36: WHY DO THE OWNERS REPLACE FOOD CROPS WITH COTTON?
25. PAGE 40: WHY DOES STEINBECK DESCRIBE THE JOAD'S HOUSE AS HAVING "BLIND FRONT WINDOWS?"
26. PAGE 42: WHAT DOES THE EXPRESSION "JUST FOR DUCKS" MEAN?
27. PAGE 47: WHY DID MULEY NOT GO TO CALIFORNIA? HOW IS HE SURVIVING?
28. PAGE 48: WHAT IS STEINBECK'S PURPOSE IN DESCRIBING MA'S ATTTACK ON A TIN PEDDLER?
29. PAGE 51: WHY DOES MULEY DESCRIBE HIMSELF AS "LIKE A DAMN OL' GRAVEYARD GHOS' ?"
30. PAGE 51: NOTE MULEY'S "TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE."
31. PAGE 54: BE AWARE OF THE HISTORY OF THE HATFIELDS AND Mc COYS.
32. PAGE 54: WHY DOES PA JOAD DISLIKE WRITTEN WORDS?
33. PAGE 55: TOM JOAD IS LOOKING FOR MEANING IN LIFE. DOES THIS MAKE HIM AN EASY MARK FOR CASY'S PHILOSOPHY?
34. PAGE 55: WHY DOES STEINBECK HAVE TOM RELATE HIS PRISON MATE'S RANT AGAINST THE LAW? NOTE THE FEMALE PRONOUN USED TO REFER TO THE LAW.
35. PAGE 55: "GOT HER ALL IN A FLASH!" BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN CASY'S EPIPHANY.
36. PAGE 56: WHY DID CASY NOT TAKE COLLECTIONS WHEN HE PREACHED IN THE JOAD'S AREA?
37. PAGE 58: NOTE THAT TOM MUST HIDE TO AVOID BREAKING PAROLE.
38. PAGE 59: NOTE THE FORESHADOWING: "WE GOT TO GET THINKIN' ABOUT DOIN' STUFF THAT MEANS SOMEPIN'."
39. PAGE 60: NOTE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE "CAVE" MOTIF.


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Discussion points for The Grapes of Wrath

Dear Academic Decathlon Team,


For those of you who have the authorized edition of the text, here are some discussion points and questions that may be useful. They are wide ranging and may delve into territory that may not fit our purposes. I have asked Mr. Tuomala to vet my meanderings.

I suggested that you annotate the Introduction and the text to prepare for the writing of Cornell Notes on the material. I have done this myself. The following is the upshot of my annotations of the Introduction in the authorized edition. The page numbers do not match those in the library edition.

Owing to illness, I missed your meeting. I plan to attend all others when my presence will be useful.


DISCUSSION POINTS:

1. Look up all unfamiliar words or those used in a peculiar fashion.

2. Be aware of these terms: verisimilitude, universality, Fascism, Marxism, Socialism, author's purpose, and point of view. When I discover other terms, I shall mention them.

3. What are the contributions of Steinbeck's first wife?

4. Who is Tom Collins? What did he do for Steinbeck?

5. Why is Elizabeth Otis important?

6. Page ix: Steinbeck's claim of the "aim of his work."

7. Page x: Why do some critics suggest that Steinbeck had Marxist leanings?

8. Page x: Where does the title come from? Who suggested it?

9. Page xii: Be aware of the differences between the film and the novel.

10. Page xiv: What do the expressions "pushed back the boundaries of traditional mimetic fiction" and "redefined proletarian form" mean?

11. Page xv: Why is Tom Joad the archetypal bad guy? What function does this serve in the novel?

12. Page xv: Why is the Hudson the new hearth?

13. Page xv: In relation to Tom Joad, what purposes do Ma and Casy serve?

14. Page xvi: How did Steinbeck structure his novel?

15. Page xvi: What is a "relational thinker?"

16. Page xvii: From which point of view is the novel written?

17. Page xvii: Why is the novel described as symphonic?

18. Pages xvii and xxii: What are the five layers of the novel?

19. Page xx: "the universality of the human condition"

20. Page xxi: Steinbeck's education

21. Page xxi: Of what does Steinbeck say he is a product?

22. Page xxii: Carol Henning Steinbeck's Communist Party membership

23. Page xxiii: Origin of the title

24. Page xxiv: Tom Collins

25. Page xxv: Tom Collins' notes

26. Page xxvii: To what music did Steinbeck listen?

27. Page xxviii: What is Associated Farmers Inc?

28. Page xxix: Who is Dorothea Lange and how is she connected to Steinbeck?

29. Page xxix: What is advocacy journalism? How is exemplified today?

30. Page xxxi: What is the import of Steinbeck's letter to Elizabeth Otis?

31. Page xxxii: Steinbeck's physical condition

32. Page xxxii: Steinbeck's statement on anger

33. Page xxxiii: Why does Steinbeck think the growers and their supporters are Fascists?"

34. Page xxxiii: Why can't Steinbeck do satire?

35. Page xxv: Why is it said that Steinbeck took the Joad's struggle to the realm of art?

36. Page xxvi: What was going on in the world in 1938? How may that may have influenced the novel?

37. Page xxxvii: Is the "crucified preacher's (Casey) gospel Christian or Marxist?

38. Page xxxviii: More on the fifth layer of the novel

39. Page xxxviii: "multiple streams of subjective experience, ameliorism, graphic realism, environmentalism, biblical themes, literary traditions, and symbolic forms"

40. Page xxxix: Why did Elizabeth Otis perform the "act of Bowdlerism" (censorship) on the novel?

41. Page xl: Political repercussions of the novel

42. Page xli: Counterattacks on the novel

43. Page xliii: "The process of writing a book..."

44. Page xlv: prefiguring of "global warming"


I do not pretend to know the answers to all the questions I have presented nor to know all the ramifications of my suggestions.



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Second Message to the Academic Decathlon Team

Dear Team,

Now that you have begun reading and annotating the text of The Grapes of Wrath, I suggest that you convert those annotations into Cornell Notes.

For those of you not familiar with this form of graphic organizer, you may locate it on line. For my classroom purposes, I altered the original form to suit my students' needs . I had my students write pertinent questions in the left margin of their papers to be answered by evidence from the text together with their own exegesis on the right side of the paper. You are, of course, free to do you it either way.

This exercise is designed to foster discussion and recall. If you have questions, feel free to email me.

R. Melling

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Message to the Academic Decathlon Team

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

As Mr. Tuomala has told you, I shall blog suggestions and questions for you to research.

Firstly, I should like you to study and annotate the "Introduction" in the authorized text. I know that not all of you have access to the authorized text. Perhaps photocopies can be made.

Secondly, please read and annotate the text. If you do not have the authorized text, please write your questions, predictions, suppositions, and insights in a notebook. Note the page number, as well. This will facilitate your discussions with me and other team members.

Lastly, please feel free to contact me at my email address. Mr. Tuomala will give it to you.


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2. STUDENTS ATTENDING RENT, BRINGING A TICKET STUB, AND A WELL-WRITTEN CRITIQUE OF THE PERFORMANCE WILL RECEIVE EXTRA CREDIT.


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2. STUDENTS ATTENDING RENT, BRINGING A TICKET STUB, AND A WELL-WRITTEN CRITIQUE OF THE PERFORMANCE WILL RECEIVE EXTRA CREDIT. UNFORTUNATELY, SENIORS ON THE FAILURE LIST, CANNOT IMPROVE THEIR GRADE IN MY CLASS.


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2. CATS


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2. CATS
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WORLD LITERATURE:

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2. SOUTH PACIFIC
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1. GREEK ROOTS
2. INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL THEATER
3. CATS
4. STUDENTS ATTENDING RENT WILL RECEIVE EXTRA CREDIT BY BRINGING ME A TICKET STUB AND A CRITIQUE OF THE PERFORMANCE.


SEIN ODER NICHT SEIN, DASS IST HIER DIE FRAGE.

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS

AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. AMERICAN MUSICALS
2. SOUTH PACIFIC
3. INSTRUCTION ON CRITIQUE WRITING
4. STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE EXTRA CREDIT BY ATTENDING RENT THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT, BRINGING A TICKET STUB AND A WELL-WRITTEN CRITIQUE.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. GREEK ROOTS
2. INTRODUCTION TO MUSICALS
3. CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE
4. INSTRUCTION ON CRITIQUE WRITING
5. STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE EXTRA CREDIT BY ATTENDING RENT, THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT, BRINGING A TICKET STUB AND A WELL-WRITTEN CRITIQUE.


PAX DEORUM SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010

ADVISORY:
1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:
1. RETURN TEXTBOOKS TO THE BOOK ROOM.
2. CONTINUING CINEMATIC LITERATURE


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. GREEK ROOTS
2. RETURN TEXTBOOKS TO THE BOOK ROOM.


SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI.

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. NOW THAT YOU HAVE VIEWED AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED HAROLD AND MAUDE, YOU WILL WRITE THE ESSAY DISCUSSING THIS "CULT CLASSIC."

HERE IS THE PROMPT:

STUDENTS OF CINEMATIC LITERATURE HAVE DEEMED HAROLD AND MAUDE A CULT CLASSIC. WRITE A FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY IN WHICH YOU EXAMINE THE ELEMENTS OF THIS FILM YOU BELIEVE TO CAUSE THESE STUDENTS OF CINEMATIC LITERATURE TO SAY IT IS A CULT CLASSIC.

2. NOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORKS CITED PAGE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO YOUR RESEARCH ON CREATING A GOVERNMENT OF YOUR CHOICE FROM THE GROUND UP. WE MAY NOT HAVE ANY MORE CLASS TIME IN THE LIBRARY.

WORLD LITERATURE:

GREEK ROOTS


ALL TIME IS NOW!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2010

AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. FINISH VIEWING HAROLD AND MAUDE.
2. IN-CLASS ESSAY:

PROMPT: FILM STUDENTS DEEM HAROLD AND MAUDE A "CULT CLASSIC" DISCUSS THE THEME, SUBJECT MATTER, ACTING, LOCATIONS, COSTUMES, MUSIC, AND SCRIPT TO SHOW WHY YOU THINK THIS IS SO.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. GREEK ROOTS
2. CONTINUATION OF THE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE


EIN ESEL BLEIBT EIN ESEL!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

CLASSES WILL MEET IN THE LIBRARY TO PRACTICE WORKS CITED PAGE AND RESEARCH PROCEDURES TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR NEXT YEAR'S SENIOR PROJECT.


WORLD LITERATURE:

STUDENTS WILL WORK IN THE LIBRARY ON RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS FOR SENIOR PORTFOLIOS SHOULD THE LIBRARY BE AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE, STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TAMING OF THE SHREW.


FINIS CORONAT OPUS!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. IF OPEN, CLASSES WILL PROCEED TO THE LIBRARY.
2. STUDENTS WILL FINISH WATCHING HAROLD AND MAUDE.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. THE SONG OF ROLAND
2. FILM STUDY: SHAKESPEARE


FIAT LUX!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

PERIOD 2: STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 326 THROUGH 329 AND WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR THOSE PAGES. STUDENTS WILL WRITE SKILLS PRACTICES 1 AND 2. ON PAGE 329.

PERIODS 5 AND 6: STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 330 THROUGH 332 AND WRITE CORNELL NOTES ON THOSE PAGES. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE SKILLS PRACTICE ON PAGE 333.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. STUDENTS WILL WRITE CORNELL NOTES ON PAGE 692 AND "BACKGROUND" ON PAGE 693.

2. STUDENTS WILL SUMMARIZE PAGES 694, 695, AND 696.


PAX DEORUM SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM.

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, MAY 24, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CCOMPOSITION:

PERIOD 2 STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 320 THROUGH 325 AND WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR THOSE PAGES.

PERIODS 5 AND 6 STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 326 THROUGH 329 AND WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR THOSE PAGES.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 679 THROUGH 691.
2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR PAGES 679 THROUGH 691.


MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2010

OWING TO THE FOUR DAYS OF CST SCHEDULING, I HAVE HAD TO ABANDON MY LESSON PLANS. WE CAN NOW RESUME TEACHING.


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

SEE YESTERDAY'S BLOG FOR ASSIGNMENTS.


WORLD LITERATURE:

SEE YESTERDAY'S BLOG FOR ASSIGNMENTS.


COGITO ERGO SUM.

AGENDAS FOR THURSDALY, MAY 19, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS
4. CST CONTINUES


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. FINISH HAROLD AND MAUDE.
2. WRITER'S CHOICE: READ PAGES 320 TO 325.
3. WRITE CORNELL NOTES ON PAGES 320 TO 325.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. FINISH LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.
2. WRITE AN IN-CLASS ESSAY DESCRIBING HOW LAURA ESQUIVEL USES "REALISMO MAGICO" TO TELL HER STORY.


TUUM EST!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

HAROLD AND MAUDE


WORLD LITERATURE:

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


LAISSEZ LES BONNES TEMPS ROULENT!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

LIBRARY SESSIONS AND WORK ON YOUR SECOND TERM PAPER REMAIN SUSPENDED UNTIL CST TESTING FINISHES.

1. REVIEW OF WORKS CITED PAGES
2. ALTERNATIVE SHORTENED PERIOD INSTRUCTION


WORLD LITERATURE: 1. LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (FILM)
2. LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (TEXT)
3. GREEK ROOTS


LAISSEZ LES BONNES TEMPS ROULENT!

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010

THE FOLLOWING AGENDAS ARE DEPENDENT UPON ACCOMMODATIONS MADE FOR CST TESTING.


ADVISORY:
1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


WORLD LITERATURE:
1. GREEK ROOTS
2. LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


AUT VINCERE AUT MORI!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CST PRACTICE.


WORLD LITERATURE:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE READING LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


GRATIA GRATIAM PARIT.

AGENDAS FOR MAY 13, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

CONTINUE CST PRACTICE TESTING.


WORLD LITERATURE:

CONTINUE STUDENT READING OF LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI.

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION.

CST PRACTICE TESTS STARTING WITH T.S. ELIOT


WORLD LITERATURE:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO READ LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


CARPE DIEM!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010

AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

PERIODS 2, 5, AND 6 WILL MEET IN THE CLASSROOM THE REST OF THIS WEEK TO DO THE CST PRACTICE. DO NOT GO TO THE LIBRARY.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. GREEK ROOTS
2. LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


PAX DEORUM SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM.

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

OWING TO THE ABSENCE OF MR. HERMOSILLO AND THE NECESSITY OF DOING THE CST PRACTICE, WE WILL NOT MEET IN THE LIBRARY ON MONDAY. PLEASE COME TO CLASS.

1. PREREADING AND DECONSTRUCTION OF INSTRUCTIONS AND PROMPTS IN THE CST PRACTICE
2. CST PRACTICE
3. ANY TIME REMAINING WILL BE USED TO FINISH THE FILM BLACK ORPHEUS.
4. DISCUSSION OF THE CONCOMITANT ESSAY ON BLACK ORPHEUS.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. GREEK ROOTS
2. LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


PERMITTE DIVIS CAETERA.

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. FILMATIC EXPERIENCE
2. ESSAY INSTRUCTION ON THE FILMATIC EXPERIENCE
3, CST PRACTICE (IF AVAILABLE)


WORLD LITERATURE:

CONTINUED WORK WITH LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


LABOR OMNIA VINCIT.

AGENDAS FOR APRIL 6. 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CST MATERIALS
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1.FILMATIC EXPERIENCE
2. WHAT EFFECT DOES THE CHANGE OF SETTING HAVE ON THE STORY OF ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE HAVE ON THE STORY?


WORLD LITERATURE:

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


PAX DEORUM SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CST PRACTICE FOR AMERICAN HISTORY
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

EW OF MLA FORMATTING
2. REVIEW OF WORKS CITED PAGE
3. SHARED FILMATIC EXPERIENCE
4. PREPARATION FOR ESSAY ON THE FILMATIC EXPERIENCE


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
2 GREEK ROOTS


CARPE DIEM!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010

AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:



ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTION





WORLD LITERATURE:



GREEK ROOTS





LAISSEZ LES BONNES TEMPS ROULENT!

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, MAY 3. 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGE 338 AND THE TOP OF 339 IN WRITER'S CHOICE. (THE SENIOR CLASS EDITION)
2. WRITE CORNELL NOTES ON THE INFORMATION ON THESE PAGES.
3. COPY OUT THE EXAMPLE AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 338 SHOWING THE MARGINS.
4. WRITE THE SKILLS PRACTICE ON PAGE 339.


WORLD LITERATURE:

STUDENTS WILL READ LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO.

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDY THE BOXES ON PAGES 335, 336 AND 337 IN WRITER'S CHOICE. (SENIOR EDITION)
2. COPY OUT ALL INFORMATION IN THE BOXES IN COLUMNS AS SHOWN IN THE TEXT.


WORLD LITERATURE:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE READING LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


EIN ESEL BLEIBT EIN ESEL.

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS
4. CST PREPARATION


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. GENERAL REVIEW OF WORKS CITED PAGE
2. HANDWRITTEN PRACTICE OF WORK CITED PAGE USING WRITER'S CHOICE.
3. CORNELL NOTES ON INSTRUCTION FOR WORKS CITED PAGE
4. DISCUSSION OF TOPICS FOR YOUR SECOND TERM PAPER
5. REVIEW OF TERM PAPER FORM FOR MLA


WORLD LITERATURE:

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE STUDENT READING


FIAT LUX!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY APRIL 28, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CST INFORMATION
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:RE

STUDENTS WILL REFER TO MONDAY'S ASSIGNMENTS OWING TO THE TWO DAYS OF SHORTENED PERIODS THIS WEEK.


WORLD LITERATURE:

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


NIL MAGNUM NISI BONUM.

AGEMDAS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2010

OWING TO THE SHORTENED DAY ALL CLASSES WILL EXPERIENCE ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTION.

PLEASE REVIEW YOUR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE!

SELBST GETAN IST WOHL GETAN!

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 41 THROUGH 44.
2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE CORNELL NOTES ON PAGE 41.
3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON PAGES 42 AND 43.
4. STUDENTS WILL ANSWER THE "RESPONDING" QUESTIONS ON PAGE 43.
5. STUDENTS WILL REWRITE "THE BUZZARD AND THE HAWK" ON PAGE 44 IN STANDARD ENGLISH.
6. STUDENTS WILL ANSWER THE RESPONDING QUESTIONS ON PAGE 44.

I SHALL SECURE AS MUCH LIBRARY TIME AS POSSIBLE FOR YOUR CONTINUING RESEARCH ON HOW TO CREATE A GOVERNMENT OF YOUR CHOOSING FROM THE GROUND UP.

HERE ARE SOME FURTHER RESEARCH TOPICS (PLEASE AVOID NON-PROFESSIONAL WEB SITES) :

1. THE SOVIET CONSTITUTION OF 1936
2. THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION OF 1948
3. THE MEXICAN CONSTITUTION OF 1917
4. THE LAWS OF MANU
5. THE CODE OF HAMMURABI

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE SENIOR PROJECT AND RESEARCH WORK AT COLLEGE.


WORLD LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


LAISSEZ LES BONNES TEMPS ROULENT!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION (PERIODS 2,5, AND 6):

1. STUDENTS WILL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE LIBRARY.
2. STUDENTS WILL PRODUCE A CORRECTLY FORMATTED MLA WORKS CITED PAGE INCLUDING A CITATION FOR A BOOK, A PERIODICAL, A PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL AND A CITATION FROM THE DIGITAL LIBRARY. STUDENTS WILL NOT USE UNAUTHORIZED WEB SITES AND THE PAGE MUST HAVE AT LEAST FOUR CITATIONS.
3. MR. HERMOSILLO HAS ALREADY INSTRUCTED YOU ON THIS ASSIGNMENT. THE WORKS CITED PAGE WILL BE COLLECTED AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.
4. THIS ASSIGNMENT IS TO PREPARE YOU FOR NEXT YEAR'S "SENIOR PROJECT."


WORLD LITERATURE (PERIODS 1 AND 4):

1. STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO READ LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.
2. WHEN THE CHAPTER "APRIL" IS FINISHED, STUDENTS WILL WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR THAT CHAPTER.


DUM VITA EST, SPES EST!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION (PERIODS 2, 5, AND 6):

1. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGE 169.
2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND "BUILDING BACKGROUND."
3. STUDENTS WILL READ THOMAS PAINE'S " AMERICAN CRISIS" ON PAGES 170 AND 171.
4. STUDENTS WILL READ PATRICK HENRY'S "SPEECH IN THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION" ON PAGES 172 AND 174.
5. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGE 175 IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
6. THESE READINGS ARE RELATED TO THE TERM PAPER THE STUDENTS WILL WRITE IN WHICH THEY WILL CREATE A CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THEIR CHOOSING FROM THE GROUND UP. SEE PREVIOUS BLOGS FOR THE PROMPT.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. STUDENTS WILL WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH IN LAURA ESQUIVEL'S LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.
2. WHEN STUDENTS COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT, THEY MAY CONTINUE READING ALOUD FROM THE TEXT OF LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


QUAM PARVA SAPIENTIA MUNDIS REGITUR!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. PASS OUT BLOOD DRIVE INVITATIONS
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION (PERIODS 2, 5 AND 6)

1. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES PAGES 552 THROUGH 561.
2. STUDENTS WRITE THE "RESPONDING" EXERCISES ON PAGE 561.


WORLD LITERATURE:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE READING THE NOVEL LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


AD ASTRA PER ASPERA!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

PERIODS 2, 5, AND 6 WILL MEET IN THE LIBRARY. DO NOT COME TO THE CLASSROOM.


WORLD LITERATURE:

STUDENTS WILL WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR "FEBRUARY."


ANTE VICTORIAM NE CANAS TRIUMPHUM!

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. READ PAGE 922.
2. WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
3. WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON BUILDING BACKGROUND.
4. REMEMBER TO LOOK FOR EXAMPLES OF HYPERBOLE IN
" TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN."
5. READ "TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN" ON PAGES 923 THROUGH 927.
6. WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 5. ON PAGE 928.
7. WRITE THE VOCABULARY STUDY ON PAGE 928.
8. REMEMBER WE MEET IN THE LIBRARY TOMORROW.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. REVIEW OF "JANUARY" OF LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.
2. REVIEW "FEBRUARY."
3. CONTINUE READING LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


VOLTUS EST INDEX ANIMI!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

SEE YESTERDAY'S BLOG.


WORLD LITERATURE:

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


FIAT LUX!

ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH SECOND TERM PAPER

ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH IN MY CLASSES WILL BEGIN THEIR SECOND TERM PAPER. THIS TERM PAPER WILL REQUIRE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA) FORM AND A WORKS CITED PAGE.

BASED ON THE READINGS IN YOUR TEXTBOOK AND RESEARCH USING BOOKS, MAGAZINES, THE INTERNET AND INTERVIEWS, STUDENTS WILL CREATE A GOVERNMENT SYSTEM FROM SCRATCH.

STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO INNOVATE AS IF THEY COULD WAVE A MAGIC WAND TO INVENT A GOVERNMENT FROM THE GROUND UP. SUGGESTED SEARCH VOCABULARY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TERMS.

KINGDOM, REPUBLIC, UTOPIA, DEMOCRACY, THEOCRACY, OLIGARCHY, DICTATORSHIP AND ANARCHY, FASCISM, COMMUNISM, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF WORSHIP, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE, FREEDOM FROM SEARCH AND SEIZURE, REVOLUTION, RIGHT TO PRIVACY, RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY, TAXES, FINANCE, BUSINESS, LABOR, AND OTHERS THAT PERTAIN TO GOVERNMENT.

STUDENTS IN PERIOD 2, 5, AND 6 WILL MEET IN THE LIBRARY ON APRIL 20 AND APRIL 23 TO REVIEW MR. HERMOSILLO'S PRESENTATION ON MLA AND THE CONCOMITANT WORKS CITED PAGE.

STUDENT WILL SELECT BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND SELECTIONS FROM THE INTERNET TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR MASTERY OF THE WORKS CITED PAGE AND MLA FORMAT. STUDENTS WILL PRINT OUT A WORKS CITED PAGE IN THE LIBRARY DURING THE LIBRARY VISIT.

ALTERUM ALTERIUS AUXILIO EGET.

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. COLLECT VOCABULARY CONTEST PAPERS
4. CURRENT EVENTS
5. UPDATE ON EARTHQUAKE DRILL OF APRIL 22, 2010


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:


1. STUDENTS WILL READ "THE UPRISING OF WOMEN" FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES OF MAY 5, 1912 ON PAGES 495 THROUGH 407.
2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER FOR THE ABOVE NEWS ARTICLE.
3. STUDENTS WILL READ THE RULES FOR SINGLE LADY SCHOOL TEACHERS ON PAGE 497.
4. STUDENTS WILL READ "THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF SICKNESS" ON PAGES 498 AND 499.
5. STUDENTS WILL CORNELL NOTES FOR PAGES 498 AND 499.
6. WRITE THE ANSWERS TO THE TWO "RESPONDING" QUESTIONS ON PAGE 499.



WORLD LITERATURE:

1. MORE BACKGROUND ON THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND FOR LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.
2. CONTINUED READING OF LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


POST CINERES GLORIA SERA VENIT!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. READ PAGE 482.
2. WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
3. READ IDA B. WELL-BARNETT'S "CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE" ON PAGES 483 THOUGH 488.
4. ANSWER QUESTIONS 1 THOUGH 9 ON PAGES 489.
5. CONTINUE RESEARCHING THE CONCEPT OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. RECAPITULATION OF PREVIOUS CHAPTER OF LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.
2. CONTINUE WORK ON LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


FUYEZ LES DANGERS DE LOISIR!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010

SHORTENED DAY

AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

ALTERNATIVE AGENDA OWING TO THE SHORTENED DAY


WORLD LITERATURE:

ALTERNATIVE AGENDA OWING TO THE SHORTENED DAY


FRUCTU NON FOLIIS ARBOREM AESTIMA!

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, APRIL 12 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION.

1. SUMMARIZE PAGES 418 AND 419.
2. WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER FOR PAGES 420 AND 421.


WORLD LITERATURE:

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


PAX DEORUM SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010

ADVISORY:

ADVISORIES WILL MEET FOR ATTENDANCE AND PROCEED TO THE AUDITORIUM FOR THE CHILDREN'S CANCER ASSEMBLY.


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION: KKK

1. READ PAGES 332 AND 333.
2. WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR THESE PAGES.
3. READ PAGE 334.
4. WRITE A SUMMARY OF PAGE 334.
5. READ PAGE 335.
6. WRITE A SUMMARY OF PAGE 335.
7. CONTINUE RESEARCHING THE CONCEPT OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. INTRODUCTION TO LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
2. BEGIN READING LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.


HOC OPUS, HIC LABOR EST!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010

ADVISORY:
1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. READ PAGE 321.
2. WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE TWO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
3. READ FROM "THE PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT" ON PAGE 322 THROUGH PAGE 324,
4. READ ROBERT E. LEE'S " FAREWELL ORDER TO THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA" ON PAGE 325.
5. WRITE THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 4 ON PAGE 326.
6. VOCABULARY STUDY: COPY THE PARAGRAPH AND INSERT THE PROPER VOCABULARY WORD IN IN THE EMPTY SPACES.
7. CONTINUE YOUR RESEARCH ON HOW TO CREATE A GOOD GOVERNMENT.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. READ FROM THE HEBREW BIBLE ON PAGES 160 AND 161.
2. READ FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE ON PAGES 162 THROUGH 167.
3. WRITE "FIRST THOUGHTS," "IDENTIFYING FACTS," AND "INTERPRETING MEANINGS" ON PAGE 168.


ALLES ZU RETTEN, MUSS ALLES GEWANGT WERDEN!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. READ PAGE 301
2. WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND "BUILDING BACKGROUND."
3. READ PAGES 302 THROUGH 303: "THE ATTACK ON FORT SUMPTER" BY MARY BOYKIN CHESNUT.
4. READ LINCOLN'S "GETTYSBURG ADDRESS" ON PAGES 304 AND 305.
5. WRITE THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGE 306.
6. WRITE THE VOCABULARY STUDY ON PAGE 306.
7. BEGIN RESEARCH ON YOU EXPOSITORY ESSAY ON HOW YOU WOULD CREATE A GOOD GOVERNMENT.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. HEBREW LITERATURE: PAGES 154 THROUGH 159.
2. SUMMARIZE THESE PAGES.


MENS SANA IN COPORE SANO.

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010

SHORTENED DAY

OWING TO THE SHORTEND DAY ALL CLASSES WILL HAVE A FILMATIC EXPERIENCE.


DUM LOQUIMUR FUGERIT INVIDA AETAS.

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2010

I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A VERY ENJOYABLE SPRING BREAK. OWING TO THE MINIMUM DAY, MARCH 26, THE ASSIGNED AGENDAS FOR THAT DAY WILL BE THE AGENDAS FOR TODAY.

PAX DEORUM SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM.

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDENTS WILL READ FROM "THE AMERICAN CRISIS' BY THOMAS PAINE ON PAGES 170 AND 171.
2. STUDENTS WILL READ "SPEECH IN THE VIRGINA CONVENTION" BY PATRICK HENRY ON PAGES 172 AND 174.
3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGES 175.
4. STUDENTS WILL DO "LITERARY FOCUS: STYLE" ON PAGE 175.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. STUDENTS WILL STUDY PAGE 674 (MAINTAINING VERB TENSE CONSISTENCY).
2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISE 1 IN COMPLETE SENTENCES ON PAGE 674.
3. STUDENTS WILL STUDY PAGE 675.
4. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISE 2. ON PAGE 675.


OPEROSE NIHIL AGUNT!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDENTS WILL READ FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PAGES 162 THROUGH 166.
2. "AFTER READING" ON PAGE 167: ANSWER QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 6.
3. WRITE A PARAGRAPH DISCUSSING WHICH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S THIRTEEN VIRTUES ARE STILL VALUED TODAY.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. SUMMARIZE PAGES 654 AND "BACKGROUND" ON PAGE 655.
2. READ THE SELECTIONS FROM THE RUBAIYAT ON PAGES ON 656 THROUGH PAGE 658.
3. WRITE "FIRST THOUGHTS," "IDENTIFYING FACTS," "INTERPRETING MEANINGS," AND "APPLYING MEANINGS" ON PAGE 659.
4. WRITE "THE CREATIVE WRITING RESPONSE" ON PAGE 659.


POST PROELIA PRAEMIA!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

ALL STUDENTS IN THE ELEVENTH GRADE WILL TAKE THE EAP ESSAY EXAM.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. READ PAGES 638 AND 639.
2. EXPLAIN HOW SCHEHERAZADE ESCAPED THE PUNISHMENT HER HUSBAND'S OTHER WIVES RECEIVED.
3. EXPLAIN HOW THE "SINDBAD STORIES WERE DEVELOPED.
4. READ PAGES 640 THROUGH 643.
5. WRITE "FIRST THOUGHTS," ANSWER "IDENTIFYING FACTS," AND "INTERPRETING MEANINGS."
6. WRITE YOUR OWN FOLKTALE.


AUT DISCE, AUT DISCEDE; MANET SORS TERTIA, CAEDI!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2010

ADVISORY:1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. ANALYSIS OF TEXT FOR PRACTICE EAP EXAM
2. DECONSTRUCTION OF PROMPT FOR ESSAY PRACTICE EXAM
3. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 288 AND 289.
4. ANSWER QUESTIONS 1 AND 3 ON PAGE 289.
5. WRITE YOUR OWN ONE-PAGE SCARY STORY.


WORLD LITERATURE:

GREEK PREFIXES AND ROOTS


FIAT LUX!

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDENTS USE THE RUBRIC FOR SELF-STUDY OF THE PRACTICE ESSAY.
2. DECONSTRUCTION OF OTHER PRACTICE ESSAY PROMPTS
3. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 288 AND 289.
4. STUDENTS WILL ANSWER "RESPONDING" QUESTIONS 1 AND 3 ON PAGE289.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. STUDENTS WILL READ AND SUMMARIZE PAGES 633 AND THE "BACKGROUND" ON PAGE 634.
2. STUDENTS WILL READ THE PASSAGES FROM THE KORAN ON 635 AND 636.
3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE ANSWERS AND RESPONSES TO "FIRST THOUGHTS," "IDENTIFYING FACTS," INTERPRETING MEANINGS," AND "APPLYING MEANINGS" ON PAGE 637.


OTIO SEPOLTURA DELL'UOMO VIVO!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010

SHORTENED DAY OWING TO THE PEP RALLY


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2.MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE:

PERIOD 2: INSTRUCTION ON THE RUBRIC FOR THE EAP ESSAY
PERIODS 5 AND 6: DECONSTRUCTING PREVIOUS PROMPTS OF EAP ESSAYS


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. STUDY PAGES 614 AND 615.
2 WRITE THE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 10 IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.


CARPE DIEM!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. COLLECTION OF VOCABULARY PAPERS
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

PERIOD 2: EAP ESSAY PRACTICE
PERIODS 5, AND 6: INSTRUCTION ON EAP ESSAY RUBRICS

ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTION:
PRACTICE DECONSTRUCTING PROMPTS


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. PAGE 536: SUMMARIZE THE LIFE OF CONFUCIUS.
2. WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR PAGE 537: "BACKGROUND"
3. READ FROM THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS, PAGES 538 AND 539.
4. WRITE "FIRST THOUGHT." "IDENTIFYING FACTS," "INTERPRETING MEANINGS," AND "APPLYING MEANINGS" ON PAGE 540.


HOC OPUS, HIC LABOR EST!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:
1. INTRODUCTION OF EAP TESTING MATERIALS
2. ESSAY PRACTICE


WORLD LITERATURE: 1. CORNELL NOTES ON PAGE 523
2. READ THE TWO TRANSLATIONS OF THE POEM BY LI PO ON PAGES 524 AND 525.
3. WRITE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ON PAGE 525.


PAX DEORUM SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM.

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010

TODAY IS A REGULAR-SCHEDULE DAY.
ADVISORY:


1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. PAGE 689: SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND "BUILDING BACKGROUND"
2. STUDENTS READ THE PLAY, "LORD BYRON'S LOVE LETTER."
3. WRITE ALL EXERCISES AND "VOCABULARY STUDY" ON PAGES 697 AND 698.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. READ PAGES 512 AND 513, THE BOOK OF SONGS INTRODUCTION.
2. WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON "THE BACKGROUND" ON PAGE 514.
3. READ THE SONGS ON PAGES 515 AND 516.
4. WRITE "FIRST THOUGHTS," "IDENTIFYING FACTS," "INTERPRETING MEANINGS," AND "APPLYING MEANINGS" ON PAGE 517.



DIMIDIUM FACTI QUI COEPIT HABET!

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010

A MESSAGE TO ALL STUDENTS:

MOST STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE A SLASH ON THE UP-COMING PROGRESS REPORT.


ADVISORY:
1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND "BUILDING BACKGROUND"
ON PAGE 635
2. READ THE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST ON PAGES 636 THROUGH 640.
3. WRITE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 10 ON PAGE 641.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. STUDY PAGES 498 AND 499.
2. WRITE THE CORRECTED SENTENCES FOR EXERCISE 1 AND EXERCISE 2 IN COMPLETE SENTENCES WITH THE PROPER PUNCTUATION.
3. INTRODUCTION OF LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE


DUM SPIRO, SPERO.

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. COLLECTION OF VOCABULARY PAPERS
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. READ PAGE 604.
2. WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND THE "BUILDING BACKGROUND" ON RICHARD WRIGHT.
3. READ PAGES 605 TO 6O8.
4. WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 10 ON PAGE 609.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. READ PAGES 478 AND 479.
2. WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON PAGES 478 AND 479.
3. READ "RIGHT-MIND AND WRONG-MIND" FROM THE PANCHATANDRA ON PAGES 480 THROUGH 483.
4. WRITE "FIRST THOUGHTS." "IDENTIFYING FACTS," "INTERPRETING MEANINGS," AND "APPLYING MEANINGS" ON PAGE483.


DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. COLLECT VOCABULARY CONTEST PAPERS
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. READ PAGES 532 TO 536.
2. WRITE THE EXERCISES ON PAGE 537
3. WRITE "EXPRESSING YOUR IDEAS'' CHOOSING EITHER OPTION.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. THE RIG VEDA : WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER FOR PAGES 454 AND 455.
2. READ "NIGHT" ON PAGE 456.
3. WRITE ALL EXERCISES ON PAGE 457 "EXCEPT CREATIVE WRITING RESPONSE."


FATA VIAM INVENIENT.

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. VOCABULARY CONTEST
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGE 449.
2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF KATE CHOPIN AND THE "BUILDING BACKGROUND."
3. STUDENTS WILL READ "THE STORY OF AN HOUR" ON PAGES 450 THROUGH 452.
4. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE "AFTER READING, " "LITERARY FOCUS: IRONY" AND "VOCABULARY STUDY" ON PAGE 453.


WORLD LITERATURE:
1. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 436 AND 437.
2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE SAY/MEAN/MATTER FOR EACH EPONYM BORROWED INTO MODERN ENGLISH ON THE ABOVE PAGES.
3. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGES 438 AND 439 AND WRITE THE SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT ON PAGE 439.


IGNORANTIA LEGIS NEMINEM EXCUSAT!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010

SHORTENED DAY:

AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGE 440.
2. STUDY THE PICTURES ON PAGES 441 AND 442
3. READ PAGES 442 AND 443
4. STUDENTS WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON PAGE 443.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. GREEK ROOTS: LESSON I
2. STUDENTS WILL READ PAGE 438 AND 439.
3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 AND 2 ON PAGE 439.


NAM ET IPSA SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST.

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. NOW THAT YOU HAVE "RELEARNED" THE SKILL OF CORNELL NOTES FOR THE FACILITATION OF COMPREHENDING TEXT, PLEASE FINISH READING "IN ANOTHER COUNTRY." (PAGE582)
2. READ THE POEM, "RICHARD CORY" ON PAGE 576.
3. WRITE THE "AFTER READING" ON PAGE 584 INCLUDING THE VOCABULARY STUDY AND "EXPRESSING YOUR IDEAS."


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. NOW THAT YOU HAVE "RELEARNED" THE SKILL OF CORNELL NOTES FOR THE FACILITATION OF COMPREHENDING TEXT, PLEASE FINISH READING "THE BURNING OF ROME" STARTING ON PAGE 430.
2. WRITE THE EXERCISES ON PAGE 435: "FIRST THOUGHTS." "IDENTIFYING FACTS," "INTERPRETING MEETINGS," AND "APPLYING MEETINGS" ON PAGE 435.


FABER EST QUISQUE FORTUNAE SUAE!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2019

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. "IN ANOTHER COUNTRY" ON PAGE 582
2. STUDENT READING
3. TEACHER EXEGESIS
4. STUDENT WRITE CORNELL NOTES FROM THE EXEGESIS


WORLD LITERATURE:

1, CONTINUED READING OF TACITUS: "THE BURNING OF ROME"
2. EXEGESIS OF THE TEXT
3. STUDENTS GLEAN CORNELL NOTES FROM THE EXEGESIS
4. INDIVIDUAL HELP WITH THE ESSAY ON MISOGYNY IN "THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE"


EXPERIENTIA DOCET STULTOS!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS
4. COLLECTION OF SPELLING CONTEST PAPERS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S "IN ANOTHER COUNTRY" ON PAGE 571
2. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF THE TEXT
3. STUDENTS GLEAN CORNELL NOTES FROM THE EXEGESIS AND DISCUSSION


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. COMBINING ELEMENTS FROM THE SCHEMATIC ON THE ESSAY ON MISOGYNY FROM "THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE"
2. CONTINUED READING OF TACITUS' "THE BURNING OF ROME"
3. STUDENTS GLEAN CORNELL NOTES FROM THE EXEGESIS AND DISCUSSION OF THE TEXT

HABAI ITA SWE!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. DISCUSSION OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY
2. "IN ANOTHER COUNTRY" STUDENT READING, PAGE 580
3. TEACHER EXEGESIS AND STUDENT WRITING OF CORNELL NOTES ON THE TEXT OF THE STORY.


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. REVIEW OF WORKS CITED PAGE
2. GUIDED WORK ON THE ESSAY ON MISOGYNY IN "THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE"


SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI.

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. ERNEST HEMINGWAY: SAY/MEAN/MATTER ON THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND BUILDING BACKGROUND ON PAGE 579.
2. USE THE INFORMATION ON YOUR SAY/MEAN/MATTER WORK TO CREATE CORNELL NOTES ON THE TWO ITEMS ON PAGE 579.
3. STUDENT READING OF "IN ANOTHER COUNTRY"


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. TACITUS: CORNELL NOTES ON PAGES 428 AND 429
2. STUDENT READING OF "THE BURNING OF ROME" FROM THE ANNALS


FIAT LUX!

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. WRAP-UP OF VISUAL RHETORIC FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' DISTRICT MANDATED MATERIALS.
2. "LOS ANGELES: THE UNREAD CITY" FROM THE ABOVE MATERIALS, PAGE 9


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. INTRODUCTION OF OVID'S THE METAMORPHOSES
2. STUDENT READING AND EXEGESIS OF THE METAMORPHOSES, PAGE 422


CARPE DIEM!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010

ADVISORY;

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. MAILBOX MATERIALS
3. FINAL DAY FOR HNAS STUDENTS TO TURN IN THEIR SERVICE LEARNING
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. CONTINUED WORK ON VISUAL RHETORIC FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' TEXTUAL MATERIALS
2. "LOS ANGELES: THE UNREAD CITY" STARTING ON PAGE 9 OF THE ABOVE TEXTUAL MATERIALS.


WORLD LITERATURE:

PERIOD 1:
1. EXERCISES ON PAGE 785
2. REVIEW OF INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ESSAY ON MISOGYNY IN "THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE"
3. INTRODUCTION TO OVID ON PAGES 420 AND 421
4. CORNELL NOTES ON PAGES 420 AND 421
5. READING OF THE SELECTION FROM THE METAMORPHOSES

PERIOD 4:
1. REVIEW OF MLA STYLE FOR THE ESSAY ON MISOGYNY IN "THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE"
2. CORNELL NOTES ON PAGES 420 AND 421.
3. READING OF THE SELECTION FROM THE METAMORPHOSES



DE TE FABULA NARRATUR!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010

ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING
2. LUNCH TICKETS
3. MAILBOX MATERIALS
4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. "VISUAL RHETORIC" FROM THE DISTRICT MANDATED CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' MATERIALS. PAGES XVI THROUGH PAGE 6
2. "LOS ANGELES: THE UNREAD CITY" STARTING ON PAGE 9 OF THE ABOVE TEXTBOOK


WORLD LITERATURE:

1. WRAP-UP OF "THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE"
2. REVIEW OF MLA STYLE
3. ESSAY ON MISOGYNY ASSIGNMENT USING THREE OUTSIDE SOURCES.
4. PAGES 420, 421: CORNELL NOTES IN PREPARATION FOR THE SELECTION ON OVID'S METAMORPHOSES
5.READING OF THE SELECTION FROM THE METAMORPHOSES


FIAT LUX!