English IVMrs. Dorety

SEPTEMBER

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1. Teacher In-service

2. Teacher In-service

5. Schools Closed

6. Lab Day 0

Course Expectations

7. Lab Day 1

College Applications Recommendations:

8. Lab Day 2

College Applications Recommendations:

Supplemental essays & teacher recommendations

9. Lab Day 3

Jhumpa Lahiris The Namesake

12. Lab Day 4

No class today

13. Lab Day 5

In-class Writing: The Namesake

Summer reading notes are due

*Dont forget to submit notes to Turnitin.com

14. Lab Day 6

No class today

15. Lab Day 1

Beowulf background

16. Lab Day 2

College App Essay Due

19. Lab Day 3

Namesake discussion

20. Lab Day 4

No class today

21. Lab Day 5

In-class Writing: Tess of the DUbervilles

Summer reading notes are due

*Dont forget to submit notes to Turnitin.com

22. Lab Day 6

No class today

23. Lab Day 1

Beowulf is due

26. Lab Day 2

Tess of the DUbervilles

27. Lab Day 3

College recommendation help/ advice

Tess

28. Lab Day 4

No class today

29. Lab Day 5

Final Tess of the DUbervilles discussion

30. Lab Day 6

No class today

Interim Ends

Psssssst!

We did it! One month under our beltsonly 9 to go until graduation!

OCTOBER

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

3. Schools Closed

4. Schools Closed

5. Lab Day 1

Beowulf discussion questions focusing on the three main battles within the epic

6. Lab Day 2

Beowulf discussion focusing on the essay topics & writing help

7. Lab Day 3

The Canterbury Tales Background

10. Lab Day 4

No class today

11. Lab Day 5

Beowulf essay due

The Canterbury Tales: Pilgrim analysis & notes due

Knight, Squire, Yeoman, Prioress, Monk, the Friar, Merchant, Clerk of Oxford, Sergeant of the Law

12. Schools Closed

13. Lab Day 6

No class today

14. Lab Day 1

The Canterbury Tales: Pilgrim analysis

Franklin, Guildsmen, Cook, Skipper, Doctor, the Wife of Bath, the Parson, Plowman, Miller

17. Lab Day 2

The Canterbury Tales: Pilgrim analysis

Manciple, Reeve, Summoner, Pardoner, Host

18. Lab Day 3

The Canterbury Tales: Wife of Baths Prologue & Tale due

19.

PSAT Schedule & early dismissal

No class today

20. Lab Day 4

No class today

21. Lab Day 5

Shakespeare background

24. Lab Day 6

No class today

25. Lab Day 1

The Canterbury Tales: Quiz

26. Lab Day 2

The Reduced Shakespeare company

27. Lab Day 3

Hamlet: Act 1

28. Lab Day 4

No class today

31. Lab Day 5

Henry V: Act 1 due Notes completed in class with a group

NOVEMBER

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1. Lab Day 6

No class today

2. Lab Day 1

Henry V: Act 1 Reading Check

Hamlet: Act 1

3. Lab Day 2

Hamlet: Act 2

4. Lab Day 3

Hamlet: Act 2

7. Lab Day 4

No class today

8. Lab Day 5

Henry V: Act 2 due (Completed notes & reading check)

9. Lab Day 6

No class today

*1st MP Ends

10. Schools Closed

11. Schools Closed

14. Lab Day 1

Hamlet: Act 3

15. Lab Day 2

Hamlet: Act 3

16. Lab Day 3

Hamlet: Act 3

17. Lab Day 4

No class today

18. Lab Day 5

Henry V: Acts 3 & 4 due (Completed notes & reading check)

Frankenstein distributed (brief background & resources)

21. Lab Day 6

No class today

22. Lab Day 1

Hamlet: Act 4

23. Lab Day 2

Day

24. Schools Closed

25. Schools Closed

28. Lab Day 3

Hamlet: Act 4

29. Lab Day 4

No class today

30. Lab Day 5

Henry V: Act 5 due (Completed notes & reading check)

DECEMBER

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1. Lab Day 6

No class today

2. Lab Day 1

Henry V AP Look-alike in-class writing

5. Lab Day 2

Hamlet: 4.5-4.7, 5.1

6. Lab Day 3

Hamlet: 5.2 & Review

7. Lab Day 4

No class today

8. Lab Day 5

Hamlet Test

9. Lab Day 6

No class today

12. Lab Day 1

Mary Shelley & British Romantics background

13. Lab Day 2

Frankenstein due

14. Lab Day 3

Frankenstein

Discussion: Byronic heroes

15. Lab Day 4

No class today

16. Lab Day 5

Frankenstein

Discussion: The role & responsibility of the creator

19. Lab Day 6

No class today

20. Lab Day 1

The British Romantics

21. Lab Day 2

The British Romantics

22. Lab Day 3

The British Romantics

23. Lab Day 4

Day

Happy Winter Break

JANUARY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

2. Lab Day 5

Frankenstein overall discussion questions

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Gothic Traditions in Literature

3. Lab Day 6

No class today

4. Lab Day 1

Gothic Traditions in Literature

5. Lab Day 2

Dracula Due

(Laurens bday!)

6. Lab Day 3

College Forum in the Auditorium

9. Lab Day 4

No class today

10. Lab Day 5

Gothic Traditions in Literature

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Dracula: Gothic fears & coffins!!! Discussion questions

(Alexs Bday!)

11. Lab Day 6

No class today

12. Lab Day 1

Dracula: Blood & women

Review of discussion questions & essay help

13. Lab Day 2

Gothic Traditions in Literature

_______________

Frankenstein/Dracula essay help

16. Schools Closed

17. Lab Day 3

Pride & Prejudice background

18. Lab Day 4

No class today

19. Lab Day 5

Guidance Visit

Frankenstein/Dracula Essay due

20. Lab Day 6

No class today

23. Lab Day 1

Pride & Prejudice due (Chapters 1-33)

24. Lab Day 2

Mrs. Dorety out sick

Pride & Prejudice: Reading Questions

25. Lab Day 3

Pride & Prejudice: Marriage & Class

26. Lab Day 4

No class today

27. Lab Day 5

Pride & Prejudice due (Chapters 34-61)

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Library research time

30. Lab Day 6

No class today

31. Lab Day 1

Marriage proposals: Mr. Collins & Mr. Darcy- film adaptation and close-reading

FEBRUARY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1. Lab Day 2

Austens language and purpose

2. Lab Day 3

Pride & Prejudice: tone

3. Lab Day 4

No class today

6. Lab Day 5

Pride and Prejudice in-class AP look alike

7. Lab Day 6

No class today

8. Lab Day 1

1984: Orwell background; Oceania & doublethink

9.

10. Lab Day 2

1984: Part One due

13. Lab Day 3

Library Research Day: Poetry Presentations

14. Lab Day 4

No class today

15. Lab Day 5

1984: Part Two due

Government Surveillance: Edward Snowden & the NSA

16. Lab Day 6

No class today

17. Lab Day 1

Distribution of upcoming assignments/texts

1984 and dystopian literature

20. Schools Closed

21. Lab Day 2

Orwells Essay: Politics and the English Language due

Orwells rhetoric & language manipulation

22. Lab Day 3

1984: Part Three due

Cumulative reading check

23. Lab Day 4

No class today

24. Lab Day 5

Poetry Presentations

Group: Jackie

Group: Elise, Jess, Lauren

Group: Alex & Julia

*Interim Ends

27. Lab Day 6

No class today

28. Lab Day 1

1984 discussion

MARCH

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1. Lab Day 2

Final discussion & essay help

2. Lab Day 3

1984 Essay due

James Joyce background & writing

3. Lab Day 4

No class today

6. Lab Day 5

Rag Time background & lesson

7. Lab Day 6

No class today

8. Lab Day 1

Araby close reading & questions

9. Lab Day 2

Araby close-reading & review of questions

10. Lab Day 3

District Benchmark

The Sisters & An Encounter

Eveline & A Little Cloud due

13. Lab Day 4

No class today

14. Snow Day!!!

(Actual footage of me enjoying the snow)

15. Lab Day 5

Delayed opening!

Spring Blood Drive

Poetry Presentations

Group 4: Jamie, Dana, Lauren

Group 5: Sarah, Gabriella, & Holly

16. Lab Day 6

No class today

*Seniors see Rag Time in the afternoon

17. Lab Day 1

The Sisters & An Encounter

Eveline & A Little Cloud discussion