248 - Study pp. 105 - 116 for Vocab Quiz Units 1-9.

 

246 AP - Study Unit 7 for Vocab Quiz and continue Hamlet reading.  

248 - Read lines 280 -340 in the Canterbury Tales.  Also do pages 105 - 16 in your Vocab. Book.  We will have

an Open Book Vocab. quiz tomorrow.

 

 

246 AP - Follow the handout that I gave you on Hamlet readings.

248 - Read lines 104 - 279 in The Canterbury Tales for tomorrow if you were not in class today.

        (The Yeoman, Nun, Monk, and Friar).

         Don't forget about the Open Book Vocab Quiz on Thursday on pp. 104 -15.

 

 

246 AP - Character Quiz on Hamlet.

 

248 - Study for your Ballad Test - all ballads - both the ones in the book and the handouts.  Also, study terms and "Psalm 23" Handout.

 

 

246 AP - Study for Vocab Quiz  pp. 72-83.  Remember poems.

248 - Vocab Quiz on Unit 9.  Remember, bonus question will come from pp. 98-99 so make sure that you have read them.

ALSO, DON'T FORGET THAT YOUR BALLAD TEST IS FRIDAY.

 

246 AP. Read your poems.  Vocab Quiz Friday on Unit 1-9 and 7-9 Unit Review.

248 - March for Life People - make sure that you are ready for Vocab. Unit 9 Quiz and HW quiz on Unit 9.  Also, make sure that you have your copies of 

"Barbara Allen" ( see Monday night's homework).

 

246 AP - Make sure that you have read your poems. 

248 - Dear Everyone who missed today, I would list each of your names but there are too many to list.  Here is your homework.

Go to Google and type in Barbara Allen Ballad.  Choose the first entry that comes up.  This entry should be the www.etni.org one.

It has three versions of "Barbara Allen."  Print out all three and read them.  Bring these sheets to class.  If you are without power,

come see me first thing in the morning.  Also, your Vocab. exercises are due on Unit 9.  We will have a homework quiz on Unit 9.

 

 

246 AP - We still need to go over "The Juggler" "My Last Duchess,"  "In Memorium A.H.H. (the short form "In Memoriam," and

"In Memory of W.B. Yeats."

248 - Dear Trevor, Jonathan, and Catherine, here is your homework for tonight:

        Google the following ballads on line and print them out and read them.

        1.   "The Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall

        2.   " The Wife at Usher's Well"   no author given

 

WE WILL HAVE A QUIZ ON BOTH OF THESE.

 

246 AP - " Ode: Intimations ...." "I Knew a Woman."

248 - Make sure that you have read the following ballads:

"Lord Randall" p. 91

"Edward, Edward" p. 92-93.

"Get Up and Bar the Door" p. 94

"Frankie and Johnny" p. 95

"Sweet William's Ghost"  Handout

In addition, 248.04  Do the rhyme scheme and meter for the first 3 stanzas (quatrains )of "Sweet William."

                 248.03  Do the rhyme scheme and meter for stanzas 4, 5, and 6.

                 248.06  Do the rhyme scheme and meter for stanzas 7,8, and 9.

                 248.01  Do the rhyme scheme and meter for stanzas 10, 11, and 12.

 

There will be a QUIZZY WIZZY ON WED.

 

246 AP - Read "The Journey of the Magi" and "Kubla Khan" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn."

248 - Open Book Voc Homework quiz on unit 8.

 

 

246 AP - Read the three poems assigned in class today:

             "Dover Beach"    Arnold

             "To His Coy Mistress"   Marvell

             "On His Blindness"   Milton   

 248 - Dear Eduardo, Chase,Jenny O., Chelsea, Nick Renda, Michael Raymond, and Rachel.

 

We took notes today and for tonight, we have to read the following in your Lit. Book:

Read p. 75, 78, 79, 80, 81 up to the heading "The New City Classes: Out from Under the

Overlords."   Then pick up on p. 83 with "The Great Happenings." Do not read the part

about "The Martyrdom of St. Thomas a'Becket" on. p. 84-85.  Pick up reading again with

the heading"The Magna Carter" and "The Hundred Years' War" on p. 86 and "The Black Death" on p. 88.

 

Question for CP:  What English king was the last Anglo Saxon King?

 

246 AP - Do the handout that you were given in class and be sure your row can answer the question

assigned to you.

 

Question for AP:  So what punishment did Henry II receive because of the murder of Thomas? 

248  Read "The Seafarer" on pp. 56-58

 

no question tonight

 

246 AP - Continue MIC.

 

Question - what is a retrospective plot?

248 - Read the excerpt from John Gardner's Grendel on the tops of p. 36 and 37.

 

Question: What is a parody?

 

246 AP - we will continue with MIC tomorrow. 

 

 

 

248 - Read the excerpt from John Gardner's Grendel on the tops of p. 36 and 37.

 

Question: What is a parody?

 

246 AP - we will continue with MIC tomorrow. 

 

 

 

248 - Read the excerpt from John Gardner's Grendel on the tops of p. 36 and 37.

 

Question: What is a parody?

 

246 AP - we will continue with MIC tomorrow. 

 

 

 

248 - Make sure that you have read pp. 52 - 54 "The Head of Humbaba."

 

Question:  When do you not preface a quote with " a noted critic says"?

 

 

246 - Be sure that you have read Murder in the Catherdal.  Don't forget bio on T. S. Eliot

 

Question:  What other play did Eliot write?

248 - Read the last part of Beowulf : Sections 12 - 17.

         Remember, you only get two regular points for answering te jcchs web question - not 2 percentage points.

248 - Read Sections 6-11 in Beowulf.

248 - Read pp. 20 -27 in Beowulf.  Stop on Section 6.

 

246 AP - We will continue with Oedipus.

248 - Read pp. 18 and i9 in Lit Book.  Don't forget to look at the blue box and know all of the characters' names in the box.

 

246 AP - Read the article in Bloom's. " Misunderstanding in Oedipus Rex ."

248 -  For all of you who did not make it to class today - your homework is as follows:

          There will be a reading quiz tomorrow on pp. 3 ,6, 7, 8, 9 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14.  Be sure that you have read this material before you come to class - ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO MEET ME LATER THAN FIRST PERIOD. 

 

246 AP - we will continue with Oedipus.

248 Be working on your research so you can get your questions answered in class.  Rough draft is due Friday.

 

 

246 AP - Abby - if you read this, be sure to read "Dover Beach."  We are going to write an explication on it.

248 Be working on your research so you can get your questions answered in class.  Rough draft is due Friday.

 

 

246 AP - Abby - if you read this, be sure to read "Dover Beach."  We are going to write an explication on it.

248  For all those who are absent:  Don't forget about your Voc Unit 7 Quiz tomorrow.  Today you missed your Voc HW Quiz and your reading quiz on your story.

 

 

246 AP - Be sure that you study for Unit 5 quiz and the literary terms from the back of the text.

248 - Don't forget about the quiz on your short story and the HW quiz on Unit 7 in Vocab.

 

 

246 AP - Be sure that you have read the handout on Explicating a Poem.

248- Test tomorrow on The Writing Process.  Study all handouts and review what we learned from the

 

 

248 - Be sure to look back over your handout sheets on citing and MLA.  Don forget about your test on Friday on the Writing Process. Also, be reading your short story for your paper.

 

246 - Read pp. 848 in response to the poem "Mirror" that we read in class.  Read the two versions of "London" on pp. 863 -64 and then read the paper on these poems on p. 850-53.  Don't forget about Voc quiz on Tuesday on Unit 5 and literary terms from Glossary.

 

248 - Study for Vocab Quiz Unit 6.  Be sure to bring MLA  to class.

248 - BE SURE THAT YOU BRING THE FOLLOWING TO CLASS:   YOUR MLA BOOK, YOUR CLASS NOTEBOOK, AND YOUR VOCAB BOOK.  WE HAVE A VOCAB HW CHECK FOR UNIT 6 AND WE HAVE A VOCAB QUIZ FOR FRIDAY ON UNIT 6.

 

246  AP-  MAKE SURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED ALL OF YOUR READING.

248 - We are continuing to discuss our essays in class.

 

246 AP - be sure that you study for the Vocab quiz on Unit 4 and review all terms that have been included in our poetry readings for the last two days.  These terms will be on the Literary Terms quiz.  Hedda Gable book notes are due tomorow.

248 - Everything must be ready for your coorporative essay project on Monday.  Don't forget to print off a hard copy for me.

 

 

246 AP - Make sure that you have read the handout given in class today.

248 - Complete the outline from the prewriting notes on Jumping Rope.  if you did not get a partner, then you must follow the handout and do this assignment by yourself.  Make sure that you double space.  This outline is due Monday.

 

246 AP - If you did not turn in your Book Notes on ADH, make sure that you turn them in on Monday.  Also, remember that Hedda Gabler is due.  There will be a reading quiz on HG.

248 - If you will miss class because of the Civil Rights trip tomorrow, be sure you pick up a handout before you leave and find a partner/partners because this assignment is due on Monday.

 

246 - Contine your paper with your partner.  The paper is due Monday.  Booknotes are due tomorrow.

248 - if you were not in class today, come by before going to first pd. and pick up handouts. We will have a quiz on these handouts and you need to get them as soon as possible.

 

 

246 - Read Act 3 A Doll's House.

248   No Homework.

 

246 AP - Read Act 2 of A Doll's House

248 - Be sure that you have completed "The Yellow Wallpaper." Also, be prepared for your Vocab. Unit 5 HW Quiz tomorrow.

 

246 - Be sure you have read all of the introductory material to Henrik Ibsen and Realism.  Finish Act 1 of A Doll's House.

248  ( all classes ) - Be sure that you have read "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.  Make sure you download it from the internet so you will have your own copy.  Also, don't forget that there will be a homework quiz on Unit 5 Vocabulary on Thursday.

 

246 - Be sure that you read the introduction to Realism and the background on Henrik Ibsen.  Also, read Act I of A Doll's House.  All of this work is due by Thursday in class.

248 - Read "No Witchcraft for Sale" by Doris Lessing.

 

246 - Turn in group paper and read "Barbie Q."

248 - Your limited response essay on Bradbury is due.  Don't forget your Works Cited page.

          Also, make sure that you have read "Clutter."

 

 

246 - Work on the perspective that you were given in class for "The Story of an Hour."

248 - Make sure that you have read "The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen.  If you do not have your book at home,

Google this story and read it on line.  Be working on your LRE for Thursday if you have the time.  If you were absent,

you have to pick up two handouts from me tomorrow.

 

246 AP - Read "The Story of an Hour."  Be prepared to go with either the Marxist perspecrive or the Feminist perspective.

248   Be sure that you read "In the Shadow of War" on p.970.

 

246 AP - Be sure you read Marxist and Feminist Criticism.

248 - Study for Vocab 4 Quiz - Remember, we will take a Word Search Quiz.

 

 

246 AP   Read  the short story "A&P' by John Updike ( in your book).

248 - Open Book vocab. homework quiz on Unit 4 - Look back over Ray Bradbury essay.

 

 

246 - We will hear the verdict from the trial.

248 - IF YOU WERE ABSENT FROM CLASS TODAY, BE SURE THAT YOU READ "THE DESTRUCTORS" IN YOUR LITERATURE BOOK ( SEE THE HALF SHEET OF PAPER THAT I GAVE YOU ).  ALSO, WE HAVE AN ESSAY BY RAY BRADBURY TO READ.  IT IS CALLED "THE IMPULSE TO WRITE."  IT IS PROBABLY ON THE INTERNET, SO GOOGLE IT AND READ IT.  THERE IS A QUIZ TOMORROW ON "THE DESTRUCTORS."  WE TOOK NOTES TODAY, SO BE SURE TO COPY SOMEONES.

 

246 AP - WE WILL BE DOING OUR MOCK TRIAL TOMORROW,

248  Be sure you have all the handouts that we discussed in class.  Go to the jcchs.org website to print out forms.  Go to Academics and then to Library.  You will find the English Department Handouts listed at the very bottom.  Don't forget to bring your literature book.

 

246 AP - Your booknotes on The Stranger are due by next Friday Sept 30.

248     Vocab. Quiz Unit 3.  Also, be getting the handouts you are missing for your class binder.

 

 

246AP  Response to quote in The Stranger.

248   Be sure to do Ex. Review B on page 216.  Don't forget that there is a REFERENCE TEST on Wednesday.

 

 

246 - So how do you make adjectives from nouns and nouns from verbs and nouns from adjectives?  What are those endings???

248 - Do Ex A pp. 212 for Monday.

 

 

246 AP  - Finish your reading of The Stranger  and make sure you have read some biographical infro on Albert Camus.

248 - make sure that you still have the homework that you did for Monday night Ex. 2 p. 211.

 

 

246 AP -  Don't forget about your Vocab Quiz and Lit. terms quiz tomorrow.

248  Do Ex. 2 on page 211.  If you were not in class today, please read pp. 208-11 before you do your homework.  Get any notes that you missed.  There may be a quiz tomorrow on reference.

 

 

246 AP - continue your Stranger reading and work on your paper.  Don't forget about vocab. and lit terms on Thursday.

248 - Study for Vocab Quiz Unit 3.

 

 

246 - Finish paper on "The Truth" in "Allegory of the Cave."

248   Be sure to do Voc Unit 3 exercises.

 

246   Look over" Allegory" again.

248.01  Do the even sents on Ex. A and B on pages 206, 07, 08.

 

248.04  Do the even sents on Ex. A and B on pages 206,07,08

 

248.03  Do the odd sents on Ex. A and B on pages 206, 07, 08

 

248.04   Do the odd sents on Ex A and B on pages 206, 07, 08.

 

 

246 AP    Bring a copy of "Allegory of the Cave" by Plato to class.

248 - Be sure that you study for the Vocab Unit 2 quiz.  Look back over grammar in case we have some grammar questions on the quiz.

 

246 AP - Be sure you have looked up the 15 terms that will be on the Lit Terms quiz tomorrow and be sure to study Unit 2 Vocab.

248 -  Dear Michael, Nicole, and Claire,  we went over our homework from yesterday in class today, so be sure that you

give this to me tomorrow for points. ( Nicole, I have yours ).  Also, review pp. 408-11 on punctuation of titles.  Be sure that you

look at underlining and using quotation marks with titles.  Also, review the use of quotation marks with commas, periods, semicolons,

and colons. We are having a quiz tomorrow on this material, so study.

248 -be sure to check you class number so you will do the correct homework:

248  - Do Ex 1 pp, 404-05  on semicolons

 

246 AP  Don't forget paper on chapter in Grendel.  Read handout on Frankenstein.

248 -  Do Ex D  on pp. 395-96.

 

246 AP -  Don't forget the examples of Pathos from "Asterion."  Also, your limited response essay on your Chapter from Grendel  is due.

         Be sure to bring your copy of Frankenstein  to class.

248 - Do Ex. 5  pp. 386 -87 and   Ex. B  pp. 387 - 88.

 

246 AP - Be sure to have your mythological background for " The House of Asterion."

248 - There will be a quiz on the four rules that we have covered - see your handout from class to study from.

 

 

246 AP - Finish the astrological signs for each chapter in Grendel.  Read "The House of Asterion."  Look up the information about

               the minotaur and Minos and Theseus.

248    -  D0 Ex. 3 pages 381-82  and  DO Ex. 4 page 383.

 

 

246 AP  - Don't forget that Booknotes are due on Monday.  Make sure that you have finished examples on Extentialism.

248 - be sure you are prepared for your Vocab quiz on Unit 1

 

 

 

246 AP - be sure you are prepared for your Vocab quiz on Unit 1 and your literary terms' quiz

248 - be sure that you have completed you Vocab Unit 1 assignment.

         There will be a homework quiz on this unit.

 

 

246 AP - Be working on your Booknotes and your literary terms.

All 248 classes - Do exercises in Grammar Book p.126 Ex. A and p. 129 Ex 1. 

Dont forget that you need your Vocab. Unit 1 done for Thurs.

 

246 AP - Be sure you bring Grendel with you to class tomorrow.

All 248 classes -  be sure that you bring your green grammar books to class on Fiday.  Everyone needs to have

       stickers in your books by next Friday. 

     If you need to order your books from MBS company, make sure you do so by next week. 

 

246 AP class - be sure that you find the passages from Beowulf and list them on your sheet.