1. Read pages 80-103 in Night by Elie Wiesel.
2. Complete the Night notes for pages 80-103.
(See below for an electronic copy of the notes.)

Seniors Edwin and Oscar will atke their finalexamination on Wednesday.

Read to the middle of page 80 in Night.
Complete the notes that you received last week (you already did questions 2,3,4).
We will finish the movie notes in class tomorrow.

1. Read to the middle of page 51 in Night.
Be prepared for a reading quiz.

2. Complete questions 2,3,4 in the notes you received--see below for an electronic copy.

3. Finsih your SSR book!! It is due 14 May 2010.

Read to the bottom of page 20 in Night.

Keep reading in your SSR book--remember, it is due 14 May.
Come in and do a book talk!!!!

The final draft of the paper we workshopped in class will be due on Wednesday, 5 May 2010.

SSR book #3 is due 14 May 2010.

We will start reading Night in class on Wednesday. The final examination will be on Night.
Make sure you bring Night to class on Wednesday.

1. A complete rough draft of your paper--handwritten is fine--will be due at the beginning of class on Thursday.
2. On Thursday we will go to the computer lab to type up the papers.

A complete typed draft ready for work-shopping (reading in groups) is due on Monday, 3 May 2010.

The final draft will be due on Wednesday, 5 May 2010.

SSR book #3 is due 14 May 2010.

See below for the writing support materials.

1. Decide on a topic for your Antigone paper.
2. Find three pieces of evidence that "go with" your topic.
3. Complete three (3) writing about evidence worksheets--one for each of the three pieces of evidence that go with your topic. (See below for an electronic copy.)

In class on Tuesday we will develop claims.
You will begin writing your paper in class on Tuesday.
A complete rough draft of your paper--handwritten is fine--will be due at the beginning of class on Thursday.
Thursday we will go to the computer lab to type up the papers.
A complete typed draft ready for work-shopping (reading in groups) is due on Monday, 3 May 2010.
The final draft will be due on Wednesday, 5 May 2010.

SSR book #3 is due 14 May 2010.

In class on Wednesday, we finished reading Antigone.
We will begin collecting evidence for your paper and developing claims on Friday in class.

For homework: please read in your outside reading book--it is due 14 May 2010.

A complete handwritten draft of your Antigone paper is due at the BEGINNING of class today.

See below for the worksheets I gave you in class that are intended to help you remember what you need to do as you write the paper.

1. Complete a third "Writing About Evidence" worksheet for lines 1180-1425 in Antigone. Don't worry about the claim...find your favorite peice of evidence from those lines and complete all the questions. We will work on crafting a claim in class.

See below, if you lost your worksheet.

1. Finish "Writing About Evidence" worksheet "redo"....this one is where you were in groups and you had the chance to redo your work, because you chose the wrong evidence.

2. Complete the second "Writing About Evidence" worksheet for lines 900-1180 in Antigone. Don't worry about the claim...find your favorite peice of evidence from those lines and complete all the questions. We will work on crafting a claim in class.

See below, if you lost your worksheet.

In Class on Tuesday, 13 April 2010:

Students turned in their Antigone notes for lines 1-415.
We read to line 899 in Antigone.

Homework: 1. Annotate lines 705 through 877 in Antigone.
2. Complete "Writing About Evidence" notes for lines 560-859. You will find evidence for the claim that is highlighted. If you were absent...choose one claim one your own....
See below for an electronic copy.

1. Start Antigone.
read The Oedipus Myth and read pages 59 to the bottom of 64 in the Antigone. Annotate the text.
I will collect your Antigone packet to make sure you annotated.

2. Final, rewritten typed draft due on Friday at 3:00 p.m. for those students who actually wrote and typed the rought draft.

3. Book #3 is due Friday, 14 May 2010.

1. Type up the entire paper. Make sure you proof read it carefully.
Pay attention to how the paper "works"--you will be writing your own starting on Monday!!

2. Finish your outside reading book!! Some people are making me really anxious! I need you to finish your book so that you can do well on the book test and keep your strong grade in the class.
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who has already finished: well done!

1. Complete the FRONT of the evidence worksheet you received in class. Find a piece of evidence about Claudio. Find something that Claudio says or that someone says about him.
The evidence should have to do with Claudio as a lover or as a fighter.

2. Read is your outside reading book. You have only 3 weeks until the book is due on 19th March.

3. See below for the worksheet and the other handout about the paper.

1. Write a reflection for the Much Ado Act III notes. If you missed class, get the reflection question from a classmate.

2. Do your "number" in the Much Ado Act IV notes. Remember, you will teach your number to the other students with the same letter, so come prepared!
If you were absent come and get your notes from me, so I can assign you your number...

3. Read in your SSR book. ...The second book is due 19 March 2010.

4. Cheer for yourself....the class average was a 96.1%...you guys are amazing!

Read, read, read, read in your SSR book. You have about twelve days to finish your book--less if you want to do a book talk.

Eight of your classmates have already done book talks....come on in and get yours done!!!

P.S. Stay dry! And practice your row boat moves......

1. get a copy of Much Ado Abotu Nothing from the library (bringing this book to class on Thursday is worth 20 points)

2. complete pages one and two of the Act I Much Ado About Nothing notes
See below on case you lost your copy.....

3. read in your SSR book; book #1 is due on 4 February 2010

Read at least 20 pages in your SSR book.
Get a good start!
Remember, you are a reader now...you can't help yourself!! :)

1. Finish writing the response we started in class together. See directly below.
2. All Quiet exam on Friday. See the attachment for a copy of the review guide you already have been given....in case you lost yours...


All Quiet on the Western Front
Writing Response to a Passage: Number #4

"Do I walk? Have I feet still? I raise my eyes, I let them move round, and turn myself with them, one circle, one circle, and I stand in the midst. All is as usual. Only the Militiaman Stanislaus Katczinsky has died. Then I know nothing more” (291).

In a carefully written and thoughtfully organized paragraph, please answer the following questions. Who is the speaker of the above passage? What is the context of the above passage? What is the speaker trying to explain to the reader? Why is this passage significant?

1. The All Quiet Examination is on Friday, 11 December 2009.

2. The cumulative final examination which will cover both A Farewell to Arms and All Quiet on the Western Front will be on Wednesday, 16 December for period one and Thursday, 17 December 2009 for period five. No students will be allowed to take an early examination.

3. If a student has not yet done a book talk for SSR book #3 by Monday, 14 December 2009 at 4:00 p.m.-- that student will take a writing book test on Tuesday, 15 December 2009 while other students use the class time to review for the final examination.

4. NO MORE LATE WORK OR MAKE UP WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED THIS SEMESTER. As you all know, Saturday, 5 December was your last chance to come in and complete or make up missing assignments. Twenty-eight students came and worked hard for four hours. I am very proud of you for coming!!!

So, there are three BIG grades left: the final exam for All Quiet, the semester examination, and the the book talk or book test for SSR book #3.

1. Complete chapter eleven notes fro All Quiet.
2. SSR Book #3 is due on 7 December 2009.
3. Come to Saturday Scholars on 5 December 2009--last chance to make up assignments and earn extra credit.

Due Date: 12/03/2009

1. Complete All Quiet notes for chapter ten.

2. Do the first page--only of the All Quiet notes for chapter eleven.

3. Read pages 271 to 279 in All Quiet--these are the pages we had to skip so that we could read the end together......so sad the end!

If you missed class--we finished reading the book together--so you will need to do that as well.
I thought you might want the notes too--in case you don't have them....

In class last Friday, 20 November 2009, we read to the end of chapter ten.
So if you missed class you need to catch up.
We also completed the notes for chapter ten--see below.

Finish your outside reading book: it is due 7 December 2009.

1. In class we read to the middle of page 237. If you were absent, you will need to catch up.
2. Complete the notes for chapter nine of All Quiet in the Western Front. (Period Five--you do not need to do question #2--we will do it together in class Friday).

3. If you were absent, you also missed a quiz. Come in and take it before class on Friday!

1. Finish All Quiet in the Western Front Chapter Eight notes
2. Read to the tip-top of page 218 in All Quiet in the Western Front. If you were absent from class, you need to make sure that you have read all the way to the top of page 218.
3. There will be a reading quiz

If you were absent from class on Monday, come by during tutorial before the next class to make up the reading quiz. Don't wait until the next class! Come see me right away!

1. Complete the notes for chapter seven in All Quiet on the Western Front. They were a handout. See the link below if you lost yours. :)

2. Read all of chapter eight in All Quiet on the Western Front--don't worry, it is short!

COME TO SATURDAY SCHOLARS THIS SATURDAY, 14 November 2009, AND WORK ON ENGLISH!!
I'll start reading chapter eight at 8:00 a.m. sharp!

COME TO SATURDAY SCHOLARS!!!
Room 501 -- 8 -12 noon.
Read.
Do some extra credit notes.
Be read to.....
Make up missing All Quiet work.
An opportunity like this doesn't come often....

Why sleep when you can raise your grade?
You are not required to stay the entire time (unelss you are using it to cleasr a Saturday School). Spend two hours with me and two hours in World Cultures or something.....

Read pages 154 to 167 in All Quiet on the Western Front.
Be prepared for a reading quiz.
If you take notes on the sheet of Cornell notes which we already started, you may use them on the quiz.

NOTE: Your reading assignment is different from period five's reading assignment.

Complete the notes for chapter six. If you have lost the notes, I attached them below and you can reprint them.

Make sure that you have read pages 137 to 143 in All Quiet on the Western Front.
What peculiar thing do Paul and Kropp notice most about the girl on the poster? What does this fascination reveal?

Your second outside reading book is due today. If you have not already done a book talk, you will be taking an essay test in class.

You also need to complete the notes for Chapter Six of All Quiet on the Western Front for class on Monday. See below for an electronic copy of the handout if you misplaced yours or were absent.

Also, you will need to read to pages 137 to 143 in All Quiet on the Western Front.

Book test today!!!
Make sure that you bring your book so that you can use it as you take the test.

Read to the end of Chapter Six in All Quiet on the Western Front.
Remember, your second outside reading book is due on 5 November 2009.

1. Read to page 108 in All Quiet in the Western Front. Read to the top of the page where there is an obvious break.

2. Complete the entire first page of chapter five notes. You do not need to work on page three.

Remember, Wednesday is an early release day, so there is no tutorial.

You need to complete portions of the chapter five notes. We marked the sections in class, but in case you forgot, here it is: review of chracters on page one at the bottom, all of page two, and draw the image on page three and nothing else.

Read in your outside reading book! It is due in less than twelve days: 5 November 2009!

The notes are uploaded below in case you lost them.

1. Read to the end of chapter four in All Quiet in the Western Front. There will be a reading quiz.

2. Finish the first question on the chapter four notes.

3. Your second outside reading book is due 5 November 2009. Less than two weeks!!!!

1. Finish questions 2 and 3 on the All Quiet chapter four notes that you received in class. Make sure that you write rich responses, like the one I modeled on the board for question 1.

2. Your second SSR book is due on 5 November 2009. Finish it early and come and do a book talk. Fourteen of your classmates have already done a booktalk for book #2. It is much more fun to talk about a book that to write about one.

3. If you did not read chapter three in All Quiet like you were supposed to--read it. There might be extra credit questions from chapter three on a future quiz.

Read chapter three in All Quiet. There will be a reading quiz first thing in class on Tuesday.

1. Finish reading chapter 4 in All Quiet on the Western Front. Expect a reading quiz at the beginning of class Monday.

2. Complete the very tip-top of the chapter four notes--the question that asks you to summarize important events: shoot for four.

3. READ, READ in your outside reading book! Less then two weeks left!!! (Due 5 November 2009).