English IV AP Mr. PageFirst Quarter2015 WEEK 1August 24 Course introduction; icebreaking activities; issue the Inferno August 25 Continue introductions; HW: Read pp. 1-7, 23-29 in BedfordAugust 26/27 12th Grade Assembly: 9:25-10:35; Lecture: Ancient and Modern

Literature August 28 “The Story of an Hour” in-class essay; Assign creative writing;

The Inferno

WEEK 2August 31 Write outline/draft of creative writing assignment; Collect vocab $September 1 Quiz over Cantos I – XI; Return in-class essay; writing

workshop; Lecture: Critical Strategies and Archetypal Analysis; $September 2/3 Seniors: Counselor meeting; The Inferno; $September 4 Pep Rally Schedule; Why do we read pessimistic literature; The

Inferno; $

WEEK 3September 7 Labor Day September 8 CREATIVE WRITING due; The Inferno; Submit vocab $September 9/10 Senior Portraits; The Inferno: Time to send some new people to

Hell!September 11 Pep Rally Schedule; Notebook check; Quiz over cantos XII-

XXX; The Inferno September 12 80s Dance

WEEK 4 Parent NightSeptember 14 Lecture: psychological criticismSeptember 15 Lecture: psychological criticism contd.; test reviewSeptember 16/17 LIT TEST # 1 September 18 Tips for Monday’s timed writing; Introduction to drama; drama:

Sure ThingSophocles and Oedipus the King; read Trifles pp. 1368-77 for Tuesday class

WEEK 5September 21 The Road writing assessment. September 22 KHS Theatre Department: Antigone previewSeptember 23/24 DAY ONE: Oedipus, Fate, and Tragedy; Focus questions; Trifles;

Comedy: the comedic ladder; Frasier

September 25 Return The Road writing assessment; DAY TWO: Naked Lunch; Trifles; Aristotle; Comedy: the comedic ladder

WEEK 6September 28 Oedipus the King – Philosophical questionsSeptember 29 “On Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex”Sept 30/Oct 1 TED Talk; Prejudice; Medea: Revenge; study questionsOctober 2 Pep Rally Schedule; Return LIT TEST # 1; Medea

WEEK 7October 5 Notebook check; The Lion in WinterOctober 6 Unit 2 test reviewOctober 7/8 LIT TEST # 2; assign Hamlet (Read by 10/26/15)October 9 The Lion in Winter

October 10 Homecoming Dance

WEEK 8October 12 Student holidayOctober 13 The Lion in WinterOctober 14 Senior Late Arrival: Periods 2, 4, 6: The Lion in WinterOctober 15 Periods 1, 3, 5, 7: The Lion in Winter October 16 The Lion in Winter quiz; The Poetry Wheel: A Method of

Analysis; Respond to poetry: Bedford; Assign Poetry & Song paper.

WEEK 9October 19 Poetry analysis: TP-CASTT; Respond to poetry: BedfordOctober 20 Unit 1-3 Vocabulary Test (100 questions: definitions,

synonyms, antonyms, analogies)October 21/22 Poetry analysis: BedfordOctober 23 Pep Rally Schedule; Introduction to Hamlet

END OF THE FIRST QUARTER

SECOND QUARTER

October 26 Hamlet timed writing

Conference hours By appointment

Voice mail 281-641-6978Email keith.page@humble.k12.tx.usLate work 20 points deducted each day for late summative work

20 points deducted each day for late formative workMake-up work Students must make up missed tests/quizzes ASAP. A zero will be

recorded after one week. NO EXCEPTIONS!Grading scale Creative writing, Literature test 1, Literature test 2, Unit 1-3

vocabulary test = 75%Notebook check, The Road essay, The Lion in Winter quiz, Inferno quizzes= 25% [NOTE: READING CHECKS ARE AT THE TEACHER’S DISCRETION]

VOCABULARY WORKSHOP WILL BE ORDERED BY SCHOOL FOR $10.00, BUT CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT THE FOLLOWING SITE:http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/catalog/index.cfmYOU ARE PURCHASING LEVEL H

PHONE POLICY: Kingwood High School has an open-phone policy. Students are allowed to carry and use their phones throughout the school day. But! When you enter my classroom, the rules regarding phone usage become my rules. If you carry your phone on your person, you will be required to store it in the pictured hanger until you leave class. If you keep your phone in your backpack, it should remain there until you leave class. This is not to say we will never use our handheld devices in class. I will alert you to when it is acceptable to have your device out and for use. Infractions of my phone policy will result in a principal referral.