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8/26/10
(B; Noon) |
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Syllabus and introductions
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Writing Contest
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Read and take notes on pages
4-11
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8/30/10
(D) |
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Review background
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Review English I definitions
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New definitions: myth, oral tradition (page 15)
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"The Earth on
Turtle's Back"
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"When Grizzlies
Walked Upright"
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Complete all
vocabulary exercises: Unit 1
Prepare for
quiz on English I terms
Summer Reading
Test on 9/1: Bring pencil and loose leaf
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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
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9/1/10
(F; Summer Reading
Test; First Friday Schedule) |
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Quiz on English I terms
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correct vocabulary
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Slave narrative: from The Interesting Narrative of the
Life of Olaudah Equiano
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Read background on 60-61
Read from Journal of the First
Voyage to America and answer questions 2-5
Read about William Bradford on
page 70
Read from Of Plymouth
Plantation and answer questions 2-4 |
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9/3/10
(B;
First Friday) |
View
Bradford Clip
Discuss
from Journal of the First Voyage to America and Of
Plymouth Plantation
Vocabulary presentations to
review for quiz |
Prepare for
vocabulary quiz 1!
Read and take notes on pages
98-99
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9/8/10
(D; Class Meetings) |
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Vocabulary quiz 1
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How to
annotate a poem -
Read : "Huswifery"
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Complete Unit 2 vocabulary
exercises
Read from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and answer
questions 2-6 on page 112 |
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9/10/10
(F) |
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Review Unit 2 vocabulary
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Finish "Huswifery"
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Discuss from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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Review questions
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Assign and begin
essay (2 works plus thesis)
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Mini lesson on
thesis statements
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Study for Unit 2 vocabulary
quiz
Choose the 2 selections about
which you will be writing, and take notes for use in your essay
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9/14/10
(B) |
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Unit 2 vocabulary quiz
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Develop thesis
statements using worksheet
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Draft an outline
using worksheet
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Work outline into
topic sentences
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Complete outline |
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9/16/10
(D) |
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How to write
a paragraph: TS, CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM, CS (PowerPoint)
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MLA
parenthetical citations
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Work topic
sentences into paragraphs
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Write introduction and
conclusion (handout), and bring first draft to next class |
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9/21/10
(F) |
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Peer-edit using worksheet
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Background for Crucible
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Revise draft for
next class
Crucible
notes pages 1230-1232
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9/23/10
(B) |
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Finish Act I
Answer questions 2-6
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9/27/10
(D) |
Finish background
discussion
Act I discussion
Group 1: Sum up the action that takes place in Act I and
identify elements that will need to be resolved as the play
unfolds.
Group 2: List specific "symptoms" identified as possible
clues that the Devil has invaded Salem.
Group 3: How would you stage Act I? Think
about spatial relationships on stage, props, lighting, etc.
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Act I quiz next class
Finish Act II
Answer questions 2-5
LAL consent form |
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9/29/10
(F) |
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Act I quiz
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Discuss Act II (questions 2-5)
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Irony and logical fallacy
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Begin Act III
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Prepare for Act II quiz
Finish Act III
Answer questions
2,3,4,6 |
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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
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10/1/10
(B; First Friday) |
Act II quiz
Review homework questions for Act III
Begin Act IV |
Complete Unit 3 vocabulary
exercises
Finish Act IV
Answer questions 2-5
Revise essay for 10/7
Make sure you
have The Scarlet Letter for 10/12 |
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10/5/10
(D) |
Review Unit 3 vocabulary
"Because it is my name" clips
In pairs, discuss Act IV
questions
Assign project and form groups |
Study for vocabulary quiz
Revise essay for next class |
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10/7/10
(F) |
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Unit 3 vocabulary quiz
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Revised essay due
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Work on projects
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Work on projects! |
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10/12/10
(B) |
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Present projects
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Review for test
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Scarlet Letter background
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Study for
Crucible test!
Make sure you
have a copy of The Scarlet Letter |
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10/14/10
(D) |
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Scarlet
Letter: Read chapters 1-4. In the vocabulary section of your
journal, list10 words you don't know, and look up their
definitions. In the writing prompt section, answer the following
questions IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
Chapter 1 (I) The prison door:
1. What does Hawthorne mean when he calls the colony a “utopia”?
2. Why does he point out the rose bush?
Chapter 2 (II) The market place
1. What is the reaction of the women to
Hester’s A?
Chapter 3 (III) The recognition
1. Whom does she recognize and what does he
vow?
2. Describe Dimmesdale. What does he mean when he says: “Wondrous
generosity of a woman’s heart"?
Chapter 4 (IV) The interview
1. Why is Roger Chillingworth in the prison?
What is Hester afraid he will do? Why? |
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10/18/10
(F; 90-minute delay) |
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Respond to the selection in your journal
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Discuss chapters 1-4 in groups
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Examine symbols
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Character analysis (Hester, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth)
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Chapters 5-8
Respond in journal:
Chapter 5
1. Why is leaving the prison door on her own
harder for Hester than was the public procession from the
prison?
2. What does Hester fear will happen to her
individuality?
3. What garment is Hester never asked to
embroider? Why?
Chapter 6
4. Describe Pearl (why she is named Pearl, how
she is dressed, what quality marks her, what is unusual about
her, how she is raised, how she interacts with other children,
how she plays...).
Chapter 7
5. Describe the visit to the governor's house.
Chapter 8
6. What has happened to Dimmesdale recently?
TO what might this occurrence be attributed?
7. In what ways has Chillingworth changed
since Hester last saw him?
8. What is everyone debating? To whom does
Hester turn for help?
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10/20/10
(B) |
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Respond to the selection in your journal
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Discuss questions in groups
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Continue character analysis of Hester, Dimmesdale,
Chillingworth; add Pearl
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LAL work
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Read chapters 9-11
Respond in
journal
Chapter 9
1. What does Chillingworth think would
happen to him if he revealed his identity as Hester's husband?
2. If Dimmesdale were to die, to what
would his parishioners attribute his death? To what would
Dimmesdale attribute his own death?
Chapter 10
3. To what is Chillingworth compared?
4. Why can't Dimmesdale recognize
Chillingworth as his enemy?
5. What does Chillingworth say about the
weeds? Why do you think he says this?
6. According to Dimmesdale, why do some
men bury their secret crimes deep within their hearts?
7. What do Chillingworth and Dimmesdale
have to say about Dimmesdale's illness?
Chapter 11
8. In what way does Chillingworth torture
Dimmesdale?
9. In what ways does Dimmesdale try to
punish himself for his sin? |
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10/22/10
(D; Advisee Meeting;
Grades Close) |
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Chapters 12-14
Respond in
journal
Chapter 12
1. What does Pearl ask Dimmesdale
to do? Why does he deny her request?
2. What symbols are revealed in
the light of the meteor?
Chapter 13
3. Why is Hester determined to help
Dimmesdale?
4. What does Hester's letter mean to those
who are in trouble?
5. How has Hester changed?
Chapter 14
6. According to Chillingworth, in what way
are Hester and Dimmesdale different?
7. Why won't Chillingworth stop torturing
Dimmesdale? For what does he blame Dimmesdale, aside from the
adultery?
AND REFLECT IN YOUR WRITING SECTION (1
paragraph): For whom do you have the most respect so far? For
whom do you have the most sympathy? Why?
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|
10/26/10
(F) |
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Discuss 12-14
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Continue LAL
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Chapters 15-18
Respond in
journal
Chapter 15:
1. What does Hester think her worst crime
is? What does she think Chillingworth's worst crime is?
2. What does Hester say about the green
letter on Pearl? Do you agree with Hester?
Chapter 16:
3. To what is the "primeval" forest
compared? What might the stream symbolize?
4. Why does Pearl say that she can catch
the sunshine while her mother cannot? What does Pearl believe
will happen when she becomes a woman?
Chapter 17:
5. To what is Hester and Dimmesdale's
encounter compared? Why are they "awe-stricken...at themselves"?
6. According to Dimmesdale, what is the
worst sin that has been committed, and who has committed it? Do
you agree with him?
Chapter 18:
7. What does Hester do for the first time?
How does she feel after?
8. In what way do the natural surroundings
reflect Hester's and Dimmesdale's mood? |
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10/28/10
(B) |
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Complete Unit 4
vocabulary exercises
Read Chapters
19-21
Respond in Journal:
Chapter 19
1. How does Hester feel when she
puts on the scarlet letter again?
2. How does Pearl react to the minister's
kiss? Why?
Chapter 20
3. How does Dimmesdale feel about the
town? Has the town changed, or has Dimmesdale? Why does the town
seem different to Dimmesdale?
4. Who is the only person who notices a
change in the minister? What does this person think has happened
to the minister?
Chapter 21
5. What does Pearl note about the minister
in the paragraph that begins, "What a strange, sad man is he"? |
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Date |
November |
 |
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11/1/10
(D;
All Saints Day Liturgy) |
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Discuss 19-21
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Correct vocabulary
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Finish Scarlet Letter
Respond in Journal:
Prepare for Unit 4 vocabulary
quiz
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11/3/10
(F; Noon;
Report Cards) |
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Unit 4 vocabulary quiz
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Discuss end and review for test
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Study!!!
Journals due
next class |
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11/5/10
(B; First Friday) |
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Scarlet Letter test
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Journals DUE!
|
LAL due for
peer-edit
Complete Unit 5 vocabulary exercises |
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11/9/10
(D) |
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LAL due for peer-edit w/rubric
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Review vocabulary exercises
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SAT prep
|
Study for Unit 5 quiz
Read and take
notes on 384-385
Bring big text
to class |
|
11/12/10
(F;
Musical) |
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Unit 5 vocabulary quiz
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SAT essay
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SAT prep
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11/16/10
(B) |
Discuss
anticipation questions in groups
Establish a
class definition of Transcendentalism
Read background
on Emerson (page 386)
Read excerpt
from "Nature" together
Complete
questions 1-7 in groups
Introduce
"Self-Reliance"
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Read
"Self-Reliance"
Complete
questions 1-5 on page 392
Bring in (or
print out if you need to) your favorite photograph of nature
(may or may not be one that you have personally taken)
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11/18/10
(D) |
Discuss key
elements of "Self-Reliance" and review homework questions
Complete
examples handout; review answers
Share
photographs
Page 400:
Introduce Thoreau (note connection to Emerson)
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Finish
Walden; complete questions 1-6
Complete Unit 6
vocabulary exercises |
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11/22/10
(F) |
Review Unit 6
vocabulary
Discuss
Walden questions in groups.
Note how
Thoreau practices Emerson's philosophy from "Self-Reliance"
Small groups:
Add Walden examples worksheet
Look at
questions we discussed on 11/16. How have your ideas changed
after reading the Transcendentalist selections?
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Study for Unit
6 vocabulary quiz
Revise LAL for
next class
|
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11/24/10
(B; Noon and
Powderpuff) |
Unit 6
vocabulary quiz
LAL DUE!!!
|
Happy
Thanksgiving! |
|
11/30/10
(D;
Mid-Quarter Reports) |
Civil
Disobedience
Discuss the
meaning of "alone"
Introduce Emily
Dickinson
|
Read "Because I
could not stop for Death" and answer questions 1-5
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Date |
December |
 |
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12/2/10
(F) |
Discuss
homework
Read "I heard a
Fly buzz--when I died"
Writing
Parallels
SAT practice
|
Complete Unit 7
vocabulary exercises
Read poems on
page 424; answer questions 1-5
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12/6/10
(B) |
Review
vocabulary exercises
Discuss
homework questions
Read "The
Brain--is wider than the sky" and "There is a solitude of space"
Introduce Walt
Whitman (page 432-433)
Dependent and
Independent Clauses
|
Study for Unit
7 vocabulary quiz
Complete
Dickinson paragraph
Read Leaves of
Grass and answer questions 2 and 5 on page 435 |
|
12/8/10
(D;
Immaculate Conception Liturgy) |
Unit 7
vocabulary quiz
Discuss Leaves
of Grass
Dependent and Independent
clauses
|
Read "Song of
Myself" and
type a
paragraph response to: Which of the ideas expressed in "Song of
Myself" do you find most--and least--appealing and WHY? |
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12/10/10
(F; Stocking
Paraliturgy) |
Discuss "Song
of Myself"
Continue
writing practice
http://chompchomp.com/handouts.htm
Review for test
on Emerson, Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman
|
Study!!! |
|
12/14/10
(B; Advisee Meeting) |
TEST
|
Read and take
notes on pages 464-471 |
|
12/16/10
(D) |
Writing |
HAPPY
HOLIDAYS!!! |
|
CHRISTMAS RECESS! |
|
Date |
January |
 |
1/3/10
(F) |
Review
background and main themes of the time period
Discuss Realism and Naturalism (page 475)
Read "An Episode of War"
Read "Willie Has Gone to the War"
In groups, discuss questions
Introduction to
Frederick Douglass and
My Bondage and My Freedom
|
Unit 8
vocabulary exercises Read 497-502; answer questions 1-4 |
1/5/10
(B) |
Review vocabulary
Discuss My Bondage and My Freedom
Introduction to Spirituals
Audio clip of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mITxE0OnGJI "Go
Down, Moses" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related
Review parallel structure, dependent clauses, independent
clauses, run-ons, and comma splices |
Read Abraham Lincoln and Robert
E. Lee bio on page 520
The
Gettysburg Address, and Second Inaugural Address
Read Letter to
His Son by Robert E. Lee
Answer
questions 1-5 on page 526
Study for quiz
on parallel structure, dependent and independent clauses,
run-ons, and comma splices |
1/7/10
(D; First Friday) |
Grammar/writing quiz
Prepare for exam
|
Prepare for Exam
Make sure you
have a copy of Their Eyes Were Watching God for 1/26 |
1/13/10
(B1, B2) |
Exams
B1, B2 |
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1/14/10
(B3, B4) |
Exams
B3, B4 |
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