Date

What was Accomplished

What was turned in

4/8

-Get notes to fill in page 1 of your packet about Jonathan Swift and “A Modest Proposal”

-Read “A Modest Proposal” (Attached) and fill out the charts on page 2 of your packet

-Find a political and/or satirical cartoon to turn in for your homework. You will use the one provided for classwork today, but will still need to turn in one of your own for participation credit.

4/9

-Make up the missed pop quiz on “A Modest Proposal”

-complete page 3 of the packet about “A Modest Proposal”

-Read article on page 4 of your packet and answer the 2 questions on page 5 of your packet, then look at the political cartoon on page 5 of the packet and answer the questions on page 5 of the packet

-Get notes from a friend about Political cartoon analysis, turn in your political cartoon AND analyze the cartoon according to the attached analysis sheet. If you did not bring a cartoon, used the attached cartoon to complete the attached analysis sheet

-Read the attached article and the answer the questions on page 3 of your packet

Turn in your political cartoon and the attached analysis sheet

4/10

-Complete pages 4-7 of your packet; make sure you have done ALL of these pages

-Get notes from a friend about Gulliver’s Travels

Turn in political cartoon analysis and quadrant sheet from Tuesday

4/11

-Read “Voyage to Lilliput” attached and answer the questions that follow. Turn in your answers to the question.

-Complete the travel poster assignment (powerpoint attached); due Monday

Turn in questions and Poster

4/12

-identify one example of Farce, mockery, irony, understatement, and exaggeration in “Voyage to Lilliput”

-Read “Voyage to Brobdingnag”  (attached) and identify at least one example of Farce, mockery, irony, understatement, and exaggeration

-Answer the following 3 questions: 1) would you like to travel with Gulliver? Explain. 2) What are the differences between the Lilliputians and the Brobdingnagians? What is Swift trying to say? 3) Do you think Satires like Swift’s can change people? Explain.

Turn in all work from today (listed to the left);

Turn in travel poster assignment from Thursday

4/15

-Complete the attached packet as you read “Harrison Bergeron”  (also attached); you are EXEMPTED from the group activity

-Complete the questions in your SATIRE packet on the final 2 pages as well

-Turn in the “Harrison Bergeron” packet

4/16

-make up your Parody and Satire test ASAP and turn in your packet

-Complete the attached handout

-Review the attached powerpoint and then complete the plan for the essay on the final slide. We will be writing the essay in class today (Wednesday), but you may have until Friday to turn it in

Turn in Parody and Satire packet

4/17

-Get notes from a friend to fill out the attached guided notes for persuasive essays. Make sure you fill it out and then write your persuasive essay on the question “Do Words Have Power”; You may want to come see me before/after school for assistance. I’m happy to help!

Turn in your essay, plan, ‘who said it’ worksheet and fill in the blank notes

4/18

-Make up your missed vocabulary quiz ASAP

-Complete all of page 1 of your packet (you can get the PowerPoint on my website for the definitions; it is entitled ‘lyric poetry)

-Read “A Red, Red Rose” attached and…

1) identify the tone 2) identify all the sound devices 3) write your personal opinion

-Then, on a separate sheet, complete the following mad lib: My _(emotion)_ for

__(noun)__ is like a(n) (adjective)  (noun from nature).

Turn in your vocabulary squares ASAP

Turn in your essay, plan, “who said it’ worksheet’ and fill in the blank notes ASAP

4/19

-Get notes for Page 2-3 of your packet from a friend or the PowerPoint on my website

-Complete the attached handout for “Romantic” and “Romanticism” and turn it in

-Do not lose your essay; we’re doing re-rewrites next week

Turn in Your “Red, Red Rose” assignment and “Romantic/ Romanticism” Class work

4/22

-Get notes to complete pages 3-4 of your packet from a friend or the PowerPoint on my website (Superstition PPT)

-Complete the attached handout for “Romanticism” and turn it in

-Get notes from a friend about superstitions in Pirates of the Caribbean 2; fill out vocabulary square

-Complete extra credit assignment (attached) by Thursday

Turn in “Romantic/ Romanticism” Class work

4/23

-Make up quick quiz on Romanticism background notes ASAP

-Complete the Idiom assignment on page 4 of your packet and fill out vocabulary square for idiom

-Read part 1 and part 2 of “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (attached) and draw 7 images to sum up what you read in parts 1 and 2. Make sure that you pick a sound device to go in the box above. The first two are done for you as an example; you need to do the next 5 on your own; see Ms. Carmichael with questions

4/24

-Complete the attached reflection for your persuasive essay and then revise your essay and submit it to www.turnitin.com no later than 4/30/13 for full credit.

-review your progress report; see me with any questions about missing assignments; remember your day of amnesty is FRIDAY

4/25

-complete the exercise on page 6 of your packet for finding sound devices; fill out vocabulary square for assonance

-read part 3 and part 4 of Rime of the Ancient Mariner (attached) and complete imagery notes (you should have a total of 10 now); make sure you have at least 1 sound device for ASSONANCE for today J

-See me with questions.

4/26

=Complete the rest of page 6 of your packet (dreams exercise)

-Read part 4, 5 and 6 of Rime of the Ancient Mariner (attached) and complete imagery notes (you should have a total of 13 now); make sure you have at least 1 sound devices for CONSONANCE for today; Fill out vocabulary square for consonance.

4/29

-Finish reading Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Get notes to fill out the last two pages of your Romanticism packet and study for your test tomorrow

4/30

-Make up your missed test ASAP

-Complete page 1 of new packet attached; complete the activity on the back of your agenda (if you need a new copy of the activity, see me.

-There is an extra credit assignment due Friday. If you want it, see me

Turn in your packet and your images for Rime of the Ancient Mariner NOW!

5/1

-Get notes on Pirates and Purpose from a friend

-Go to guidance and fill out your scholarship/monies form IMMEDIATELY for AWARDS DAY!

Turn in your packet and your images for Rime of the Ancient Mariner NOW!

5/2

-Get notes from a friend on purpose and parody and background for Victorian Era or off the PowerPoint on my website

-Fill out vocab square for Satire

-Read “On Making an Agreeable Marriage” attached and fill out the chart attached; turn chart in

Turn in your agenda homework; turn in chart attached

5/3

Ms. McClain Celebration

5/6

-complete page 2 of your Victorian packet (left side only) and make sure you explain your response)

-Answer question 1 on page 6 of your packet

-as you watch the movie today, make sure you fill out your first and second impressions for the characters. It is okay that you missed the first bit of Pride and Prejudice yesterday; get a synopsis from a friend and get caught up today. You are still responsible for the chart on page 3 of the packet (that is the beauty of non-specific questions)

-Work on the quotes on page 5 of the packet; these are due on Thursday

-Fill out vocabulary square for MORES; vocab quiz will be Wednesday J

5/7

-Answer question 2 on page 6 of your packet; get notes to fill out 2 charts in your packet

-fill out vocabulary square for ENTAIL; vocab quiz Wednesday J

- impressions for the characters. It is okay that you missed the first bit of Pride and Prejudice yesterday; get a synopsis from a friend and get caught up today. You are still responsible for the chart on page 3 of the packet (that is the beauty of non-specific questions)

-Work on the quotes on page 5 of the packet; these are due on Thursday

5/8

-Make up your missed vocabulary quiz ASAP;turn in vocabulary squares

-answer question 3 in your packet on page 6; get a synopsis of what you missed in Pride and Prejudice yesterday ; You are still responsible for the chart on page 3 of the packet (that is the beauty of non-specific questions)

-work on quotes on page 5 of the packet; due Thursday

-fill out vocabulary square for PREJUDICE

Turn in vocabulary squares for list 4

5/9

- answer question 3 in your packet on page 6; get a synopsis of what you missed in Pride and Prejudice yesterday ; You are still responsible for the chart on page 3 of the packet (that is the beauty of non-specific questions)

-fill in chart on page 4 of your packet about Elizabeth Bennet—get notes from a friend if you need them

-read and complete the assignment attached from Wollstonecraft’s essay

Turn in your quote analysis from page 5

5/10

-make up missed quiz on Pride and Prejudice immediately

-complete this questionnaire on the ‘science’ of gender difference and then answer the following three questions at the bottom of the worksheet:

1) what are your gender prejudices?

2)is pride good or bad?

3) is true gender equality possible?

-turn in your homework and this worksheet for credit; see me with questions on either.

Turn in Wollstonecraft homework and the science questionnaire.

5/13

-Complete page 6-8 in your packet

-get notes on homophones from a friend

-fill out vocabulary square for homophone

-get notes on comedy of manners from a friend

-see me with questions

5/14

-Read act I of The Importance of Being Earnest and fill out study guide questions in your packet

-Complete a character page in your booklet for Algernon, Jack, Gwendolen, and Lady Bracknell where you pick one color that symbolizes each of them and explain why

-do a quote analysis (last page of your packet) for homework)

-Fill out vocab square for “symbolism”

5/15

-Read act II of The Importance of Being Earnest and fill out study guide questions in your packet

-Complete a character page in your booklet for Algernon, Jack, Gwendolen, Cecily, Miss Prism and Lady Bracknell where you describe what motivates each character; also pick a color for Cecily and Miss Prism

-do a quote analysis (last page of your packet) for homework)

-Fill out vocab square for “motivate”

5/16

-Read act II of The Importance of Being Earnest and fill out study guide questions in your packet

-do a quote analysis (last page of your packet) for homework)

-Fill out vocab square for “irony”

-complete character map and chart for irony attached

Turn in irony chart and character map

5/17

- Read act III of The Importance of Being Earnest and fill out study guide questions in your packet

-do a quote analysis (last page of your packet) for homework)

-Finish character map with final revelation and chart for irony if you haven’t already done it

-finish anticipation guide (right side) in your packet for the author; packet due Monday

Resubmit irony chart and character mapy