*This is a tentative schedule, and I reserve the right to make changes whenever necessary.*
FCHS 10th Grade World Literature & Composition Fall 2013
Anchor Texts: Oedipus Rex A Doll's House
World Literature Literary Terms Instructions for How to "Share" Google Docs: All essays should be "shared" with me via Google Docs. As a reminder for how to "share" documents, please follow these instructions: 1) When looking at the Google doc, please select the blue "share" button in the upper-right hand corner of the document. 2)Then where it says, "Add people", type in my email address: [email protected] 3) When the screen asks you if you are sure that you want to share the document, select "Yes". 4) Select the "done" button when finished. 5) Double check with me to ensure I received the document in my email.
Week 1: August 12-16 Monday: Welcome to World Literature! Go over Classroom Expectations. Get syllabusand plagiarism formsigned by Friday. They will be taken for 1/2 credit Monday only. Tuesday: Discuss plagiarism. Go over plagiarism notes, play jeopardy game, and take plagiarism "quiz". Wednesday: Day 3 PowerPoint -Your goal letters are due before you leave class today; I will not take them late. Thursday: Day 4 PowerPoint Friday: Syllabus and plagiarism forms due. Picture day is Tuesday, 8/20. Day 5 PowerPoint -Finish analyzing student writing samples & discuss. -Student sample grades & justifications due by the end of class.
Week 2: August 19-23 Monday: Syllabus & plagiarism forms = 1/2 credit today only. Picture day is tomorrow; please bring cash/check if you would like to purchase pictures! 8-19 PowerPoint Tuesday: Picture day is today; please bring your cash/check if you would like to purchase pictures! 8-20 PowerPoint Literary Terms & Background for The Epic of Gilgamesh What is an Epic? (Student Copy) What is an Epic (Key) Wednesday: In Class Essay: Day 1 -Writing Diagnostic (Baseline writing): Prewriting & Rough Draft -Neither a pre-write nor a rough draft is REQUIRED, but it is strongly ENCOURAGED. -Your prewriting and rough draft may be in pencil, but your final draft must be in blue/black ink. *Note: ONLY choose ONE side of the argument; do not argue both sides. Note: There is no specified length, but I strongly discourage you from writing a five paragraph essay; instead, write a four, six, seven, or more paragraph essay.
Thursday: In Class Essay: Day 2 -Writing Diagnostic (Baseline writing): Final Draft. -Your final draft must be written in blue/black ink. -Proofread your paper, and staple a small rubric to the top! *Note: ONLY choose ONE side of the argument; do not argue both sides. Notes: There is no specified length, but I strongly discourage you from writing a five paragraph essay; instead, write a four, six, seven, or more paragraph essay. Friday: 8-23 PowerPoint
Week 4: September 2-6 Monday: LABOR DAY: NO SCHOOL! Tuesday: -Gilgamesh journal entries are due today at the beginning of class; these should be shared with me via GoogleDocs. 9-3 PowerPoint Reading guide for Ramayana& graphic organizer -Unit Test Thursday! Wednesday: -Unit Test tomorrow! What should I study for the test? 9-4 PowerPoint Thursday: -Unit 1 Test over Sacred Literature (notes, The Epic of Gilgamesh, "Noah and the Flood", and Ramayana) today Friday: -Introduction to Oedipus 9-6 PowerPoint
Week 5: September 9-13 Monday: 9-9 PowerPoint Oedipus' Family Tree -Note: I can help after school Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week! Tuesday: 9-10 PowerPoint Oedipus: Reading Guide Wednesday: 9-11 PowerPoint -Read & discuss pp. 272-280 of Oedipus. -Continue working on reading guide questions! Thursday: -CopyVocabulary fromOedipus -Read & discuss pp.280-283 of Oedipus. -Watch first part of Sir Tyrone Guthrie's production of Oedipus Rex. Friday: Blindness Worksheet Week 6: September 16-20 Monday: PROGRESS REPORT: Get your progress report signed by Thursday, 9/19 for extra credit! 9-16 PowerPoint Tuesday: -Get progress reports signed for extra credit! -Read and discuss the dispute between Oedipus & Creon in Oedipus; who would be the better king? -Assign roles for the campaign. -Oedipus Campaign Project: Finish reading directions tonight and brainstorm ideas for tomorrow! This is worth a test grade! 9-17 PowerPoint Wednesday: -Get progress reports signed for extra credit; these are due tomorrow! -Day 1 Project Work Day; present campaigns Friday! 9-18 PowerPoint Thursday: -Progress reports are due today for extra credit! -Day 2 Project Work Day; present campaigns tomorrow! -Write personal reflections. -Test over Oedipus TBA next week! Friday: -Present Political Campaigns today. -Turn in all work and personal reflections. -Test over Oedipus TBA next week! 9-20 PowerPoint
Week 7: September 23-27 Monday: -Personal reflections & all campaign project materials are due today. 9-23 PowerPoint Tuesday: 9-24 PowerPoint Wednesday: 9-25 PowerPoint Thursday: 9-26 PowerPoint Friday: -Journal articles due today. -Complete both worksheets on Oedipus, and turn them in before you leave. -Expect a test early next week!
Week 8: September 30-October 4 Monday: 9-30 PowerPoint Tuesday: 10-1 PowerPoint Is Oedipus a Tragic Hero? -Complete chart/outlines for Oedipus essay. -Reading guides for Oedipus due tomorrow. Wednesday: 10-2 PowerPoint Oedipus Essay Instructions -Reading guides & charts/outlines due today Media Center Lab: Begin writing essay. Essays due Friday by the end of class. -Oedipus test Monday, 10/07 Thursday: 10-3 PowerPoint Media Center Lab: Continue working on essay. -Oedipus test Monday, 10/07 Friday: 10-4 PowerPoint Media Center Lab: Essays due by the end of class; turn in chart! -Oedipus test Monday, 10/07
Week 10: October 14-18 *I am available for make-up work/extra help Monday-Wednesday afternoon this week.* Monday: 10-14 PowerPoint Tuesday: 10-15 PowerPoint Analysis of the Tao Te Ching Wednesday: PSAT today for all sophomores (1st-3rd period classes in the afternoon only so no class today) Thursday: Philosopher speech Friday: -Complete poetry analysis of Li Po's poetry. -We start research next week!
Week 12: October 28- November 1 Monday: *New IF schedule begins today. -Outlines due at the beginning of class today -Write up your annotations (paragraphs), and begin working on your Works Cited page. Tuesday: -Work on your Works Cited, annotated bibliographies (six citations/paragraphs). Completed rough drafts are due by midnight tomorrow night. Wednesday: -Completed rough drafts and works cited pages are due by midnight tonight and should be shared using Google Docs. Thursday: 10-31 PowerPoint Friday: -Lab 2214: Complete Siddhartha Webquest. Siddhartha Webquest -Due: Monday, 11/04 at the beginning of class
Week 14: November 11-15 Monday: 11-11 PowerPoint How To TPCASTT A Poem Tuesday: 11-12 PowerPoint TPCASTT Herman Hesse's "In Secret We Thirst" Wednesday: Lab 2213 reserved -Type final drafts on annotated bibliographies; these are due Monday, 11/18 by the beginning of class and should be shared with me using Google Docs. Thursday: Lab 2213 reserved (last day in the lab) -Type final drafts of annotated bibliographies; these are due Monday, 11/18 by the beginning of class and should be shared with me using Google Docs. Friday: -Complete next entry for Siddhartha project over the chapter entitled "Awakening".
Week 15: November 18-22 Monday: -Final drafts of annotated bibliographies are due today by the beginning of class and should be shared with me using Google Docs; there will be a ten point deduction per day it is late. Symbolism in Siddhartha -These are due Wednesday. -Complete next project entry for Siddhartha over chapter entitled "Samsara"; these projects will be due the Tuesday you return, 12/3 at the beginning of class. There will be a ten point deduction per day they are late. -Expect a pop quiz over the chapters assigned soon! Tuesday: PROGRESS REPORT -Fine Arts Festival today! (no class today) Wednesday: -Pop quiz over selected chapters of Siddhartha today -Read "The Son" in class and discuss. -Read "Govinda" (the last selected chapter) for homework -Brainstorm/begin working on creative quiz. Thursday: Work on creative quiz idea; present tomorrow. Friday: Present creative quizzes tomorrow. -Siddhartha projects due Tuesday, 12/3 by the beginning of class. There will be a ten point deduction per day it's late.
Week 17: December 2-6 Monday: -Siddhartha projects due Tuesday, 12/3 by the beginning of class. There will be a ten point deduction per day it's late. -Begin background information & reading of A Doll's House today. 12-02-13 Background Notes Tuesday: -Siddhartha projects due by the beginning of class; there will be a ten point deduction per day they're late. A Doll's House Study Guide -Record vocabulary definitions. -Begin reading & discussing Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House. Read pp. 1020-1026 Wednesday: -Continue reading A Doll's House. Read pp. 1026-1037. -Begin answering reading guide questions. Thursday: -Finish reading Act I of A Doll's House, and complete Act I questions. These are due tomorrow. Friday: -Act I questions of A Doll's House due today. -learning stations: Complete all three stations in small groups, and turn in questions by the end of class. A Doll's House Reading Stations Learning Stations Sample Template
Week 18: December 9-13 Monday: -Continue reading A Doll's House. -Test over A Doll's House this Friday, 12/13. Tuesday: -line in the sand -TOTD for poem -Finish reading Act II; study guide questions are due tomorrow. Wednesday: -Act II questions due -Begin Act III; finish tomorrow. -Extra Credit Final Exam Study Guide; study guides will be due directly before you take my exam. No exceptions! Thursday: -Finish Act III; study guide questions for Act III due tomorrow. -Test over A Doll's House tomorrow; review your study guides & vocabulary words. Friday: -Test over A Doll's House today
Week 19: December 16-20 Monday: Media center: Work on extra credit study guides; these are due Friday, 12/20 right before you take the exam. Tuesday: Media center: Work on extra credit study guides; these are due by Friday, 12/20 right before you take the exam; I will not take them after the fact. No exceptions! Wednesday: Final Exams: 1st & 2nd Period exams today Thursday: Final Exams: 3rd & 4th Period exams today Friday: Final Exams: 5th & 6th Period exams today: Extra credit due today before you take the exam! No exceptions!