Weekly Agenda 2.1-2.5

MONDAY-TUESDAY

• Mr. Lorry passage analysis
• review “Book the First”
• character poem

Timed Writing #2 Return & Reflect

WEDNESDAY

• analysis of light
• tie to Bible
• symbolism

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

“Book the Second”

-review: symbols and character

Chapters 1-4

Critical Annotations

SSR #4

Book Two, Chapter 7-8

-French Nobility

-”the spectre”

Recommended Pacing:

chapters 1-4 by Feb 3rd

chapters 5-7 by Feb 5th

A Tale of Two Cities Reading Schedule

Read Book 1 by Friday, January 29th:

pages 5-58

Read Book 2 by Friday, February 18th:

pages 61-274

Recommended Pacing:

chapters 1-4 by Feb 3rd

chapters 5-7 by Feb 5th

chapters 8-11 by Feb 8th

chapters 12-15 by Feb 10th

chapters 16-18 by Feb 12th

chapters 19-21 by Feb 16th

chapters 22-24 by Feb 18th

Read Book 3 by Friday, March 4th:

pages 291-443

Recommended Pacing:

chapters 1-5 by Feb 23rd

chapters 6-9 by Feb 26th

chapters 10-12 by Mar 1st

chapters 13-15 by Mar 3rd

Weekly Agenda 1.25-1.29

POETRY/A Tale of Two Cities

MONDAY

Sign Up for AP Practice over Spring break

-or at least have an idea of dates

Share and Discuss value of found sources

-turn in

-deadlines for Annotated Bibliography, Outline, and Biography

-review requirements for poem presentation

-begin to think of/look for poem

Review Novel Unit Handout

-terms and concepts

Notes on historical concept:

-timeline

-biography

Reading Schedule (realities)

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY

Reading through Chapters 1-3

-characterization

-3Qs

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

-characterization

--character poem

--Mr. Lorry

-vocabulary

-close-reading

Weekly Agenda 1.19-1.22

Poetry TUESDAY Read “The Signalman” Reading Journal #2 -answer assigned questions WEDNESDAY Review “The Signalman” Novel Unit Handout -review questions -review terms HW Poet Critical Annotations due MONDAY THURSDAY-FRIDAY Review Poetry Timed essay -norming packet --group work -rubric and reflection -rewrite a paragraph Poetry Timed Writing #2 NEXT NOVEL: Tale of Two Cities -reading schedule -historical context

Weekly Agenda 1.11-1.15

POETRY 

MONDAY-TUESDAY
Record top 3 choices for Poet Study
-reveal Poet Research Project Components

Critical Reading LINKS
-"The Poetry Crowd" by Donald Hall
-Reading Discussion 1/2 sheet preparation

Tuesday is our Graded Discussion
-exit ticket
HW If you are required, please type a brief justification for why you want your poet.

WEDNESDAY
College Center

THURSDAY
Poetry Timed Writing Essay
-for a grade

FRIDAY
Poet Study
-final choices
-first steps

LAPTOPS
-initial research, etc

IF POSSIBLE,
we will return Hamlet, and other texts from last semester and check out A Tale of Two Cities.
-if so, Reading Schedule
HW "Signal Man" a short story by Dickens

Find a Poet

First explore these basic sites: poetry.org; poets.org; famouspoetsandpoems.com; poetryfoundation.org
This is kind of a silly site, but I like that they actually attempted to rank the poets and included a biob blurb: http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous_poets/most_popular_famous_poets.aspx

Yet, another decent site: http://www.poemhunter.com/poets/

Choose 2-3; if you choose popular poets you may have to write a justification as to why you want one over another; and, you may even have to explicate (thoroughly analyze all aspects of) a poem.  If you want to prepare a justification and explication for MONDAY because you really, really love a poet and know that it might be popular, you may.  
GOOD LUCK.

Welcome Back 1.6-1.8

Poetry

Wednesday 1.6
Journal Set up
Semester Reflection

THURSDAY
S&S
-Chapter 11 and 12
Musicality and Rhythm
-Pages 172, 174, 175, 180-181; "Nothing Gold" p185
HW Reading Journal #1:
 Read Chapter 12 187-192; p204 "Had I...;" Q1,3 "Old Ladies...;"Q2,3,4 "To a Daughter...;"Q1 "Constantly...;"Q2,3,4 
CHALLENGE:
Read Dickinson's "Because I could not Stop for Death" Answer Qs 3,6,7;
Read Tennyson's "Break, Break, Break" Answer Qs  3

FRIDAY
Review Chapters; review final multiple-choice;
Course Outline
HW Narrow down your choice of poets to 2-3; poetry.org; poets.org; famouspoetsandpoems.com; poetryfoundation.org
AND, add to your glossary of terms in your reading journal.

S&S Chapter 12