| Date | Agenda | Homework | Important Due Dates |
| M,1/4 | Introductions | None | |
| T,1/5 | Go over classroom policies and procedures | Sign policies | |
| W,1/6 | Collect policies Review mythology (Greek gods and goddesses, Prometheus) Hand out Final Review Guide | Begin reviewing for final exams (esp. mythology) | |
| R,1/7 | Introduce SSR and Socratic Seminar Continue discussion on mythology | Short answer response: What is an epic? What is an epic hero? Why is Odysseus an epic hero? | |
| F,1/8 | Socratic Seminar on The Odyssey | Find Homeric/heroic similes in "Calypso" (pp. 891-893) What effect do these similes create? Answer in complete sentences | |
| M,1/11 | New seats! Go over homework Discuss R&J 1.1 (puns) | Paraphrase: "Try It Out" on p. 835 | |
| T,1/12 | Continue discussion of 1.1 (puns, oxymorons, comic relief, characterization) Go over homework | Find and list 7 examples of similes, metaphors, and personification in R&J | |
| W,1/13 | Finish lecture on irony and foreshadowing R&J 2.2 group work | Find examples of irony and foreshadowing in R&J (continue on back of yesterday's hmwk) | |
| R,1/14 | Finish 2.2 group work | Choose two examples you found in the previous two nights' homework, and answer for each: What is the effect created by this literary element? | |
| F,1/15 | Share out on 2.2 group work (Take notes on literary strategies and characterization) | Start studying for final exams--Odyssey vocab and literary terms Read 30 min. | Reading Logs Due Friday, 1/22 |
| T,1/19 | Continue sharing out on 2.2 work. | Read Friar Laurence's monologue on pp. 803-804. Respond in your notes: What are his instructions to Romeo? | |
| W,1/20 | Finish sharing out on 2.2 work. Go over figurative language, irony, and foreshadowing in R&J | Reread Juliet's soliloquy on pp. 824-826. Respond in your notes: What is Juliet's state of mind? Support your response. | |
| R,1/21 | Wrap up previous discussions. Go over types of speeches Lecture on claim, evidence, elaboration | Chart--Fate vs. Human Action (Who is responsible for the tragedy?) | |
| F,1/22 | Socratic Seminar: Who is responsible for the tragedy of R&J? Define tragedy, tragic hero, tragic flaw, catharsis Collect reading logs | Write a paragraph with attention to CEE. Discuss the most prominent reason for one person's responsibility for Romeo's and Juliet's deaths. | |
| M,1/25 | Go over homework (paragraphs) Lecture: thesis statements Ask other final exam questions | Study for final exams | |
| W,1/27 & R,1/28 | Final Exams | None! | |
| F,1/29 | Go over multiple choice section | None! | |
| T,2/2 | Go over essay final Pick up poetry books | Read p. 1-3, 13, 23-28. Take notes! Also read "The Crazy Woman" p. 19. | |
| W,2/3 | Poetry anticipation guide Assign literature circles Pass out new reading logs | "Crazy Woman" #1-7 (Don't need to write the question, but answer thoroughly and specifically in complete sentences. Incorporate the question into the response.) | Find your lit circle groups by Friday! |
| R,2/4 | Discuss "The Crazy Woman" by going over homework and passing out sample responses Read "Travel" p.14. Observe sound. | Read "Travel" again. Read 30 min. | |
| F,2/5 | Collect l.c. requests Discuss sound in "Travel" Lecture on sound devices | Read "Lone Dog" p. 21 | |
| T,2/9 | Continue discussion on "Travel" p. 28 exercises on meter | Read "The Purist." Do questions #1-5 | |
| W,2/10 | Group work on "Lone Dog" questions | Write a paragraph with attention to CEE: What message does Nash want to convey in "The Purist"? | |
| R,2/11 | Finish "Lone Dog" questions Meet in literature circles--create reading schedules and exchange contact information | Read for lit circles | |
| F,2/12 | Discuss "Lone Dog" and "The Purist" Lecture on theme | Read "Fifteen"--Make note of words that stand out | |
| T,2/16 | Finish discussion on theme Review lit circle roles | Questions for "Fifteen" | |
| W,2/17 | Lecture on diction Discuss "Fifteen" | Lit Circle assignments Denotation & Connotation wksht | |
| R,2/18 | Lit Circle meeting Go over denotation/connotation wksht | Read "The Road Not Taken" p. 47 | |
| F,2/19 | Finish discussions of "Fifteen" and connotations | Read for l.c. | |