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  Jan. 9 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 27 March 6  
  March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22  


Week of January 9

    Jan. 9: Introduction to Semester II.   (Joint Meeting, followed by separate meetings)
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    Jan. 10: discuss literary naturalism; Crane's "The Open Boat."
    Jan. 11: Crane's "The Blue Hotel."
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    Jan. 12: Crane's "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky."
    Jan. 13: History Trip to White House Decision Center. 

Week of January 16

    Jan. 16 Holiday.
    Jan. 17: Research problem proposal with list of potential sources due.
Begin poetry of Robert Frost.
    Jan. 18: Frost continues.
    Jan. 19: More Frost.
    Jan. 20: see Frost video.

Week of January 23

    Jan. 23: finish Frost; begin Emily Dickinson poetry.
    Jan. 24: Dickinson poetry continues.
    Jan. 25: Dickinson poetry continues.
    Jan. 26: vocab. quiz on word lists 21-30; SAT prep.
    Jan. 27: SAT Prep.

Week of January 30

    Jan. 30: See Dickinson video.
    Jan. 31: finish video and discussion of Dickinson.
    Feb. 1: discuss poetry of Wallace Stevens; review for test.
    Feb. 2: Double English; test on Crane, Frost, Stevens and Dickinson.
    Feb. 3: Double History.

Week of February 6

    Feb. 6: Thesis, outline and list of works consulted due.   Research paper interviews begin.
Begin reading Trumbo's Johnny Got his Gun.
    Feb. 7: Research paper interviews.   Work on research paper.
    Feb. 8: Research paper interviews.   Work on research paper.
    Feb. 9: Research paper interviews.   Work on research paper.
    Feb. 10: 60/40: history in-class essay;   Johnny Got His Gun,   pp. 94-119;   begin Trumbo discussion.

Week of February 13

    Feb. 13: Johnny Got His Gun,   pp. 123-65;   Trumbo discussion continues.
    Feb. 14: Johnny Got His Gun,   pp. 165-208 (end).
    Feb. 15: Conclude discussion of Trumbo.
    Feb. 16: 50/50: quote quiz on Trumbo.
    Feb. 17: No class.   In-service day.

Week of February 20


  Feb. 20: Holiday.
    Feb. 21: First Draft of research paper due.   See video,   Midnight Clear.
    Feb. 22: film continues.
    Feb. 23: 60/40: mid-term history exam;   begin Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby,   pp. 5-64.
    Feb. 24: The Great Gatsby,   pp. 65-84.

Week of February 27


    Feb. 27: The Great Gatsby,   pp. 86-118.
    Feb. 28: The Great Gatsby,   pp. 119-53.
    March 1: The Great Gatsby,   pp. 154-170.
    March 2: The Great Gatsby,   pp. 171-193 (end).
    March 3: Final draft of term paper due.   conclude Gatsby discussion.

Week of March 6


    March 6: 60/40: in-class essay on Gatsby;   then history.
    March 7: 60/40: history DBQ;   see film, Quiz Show;   assign journal.
    March 8: film continues.
    March 9: film continues.
    March 10: conclude film.

 

Fourth Quarter Assignments


Week of March 27


    March 27: pass out schedules; intro to quarter;
begin discussion of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, pp 1-156.
    March 28: discussion continues.
    March 29: discussion continues.
    March 30: discussion continues.
    March 31: Grapes of Wrath, pp 157-203.

Week of April 3


    April 3: Double History.
    April 4: Double History.
    April 5: Grapes of Wrath, pp 204-221.
    April 6: Grapes of Wrath, pp 222-263. (Double English)
    April 7: History exam; continue Grapes discussion.   (Joint: 60/40)

Week of April 10


    April 10: Grapes of Wrath, pp 264-314.
    April 11: Grapes of Wrath, pp 315-384.
    April 12: Grapes of Wrath, pp 385-436;   essay assigned
    April 13: Grapes of Wrath, pp 436-451.
    April 14: Grapes of Wrath, pp 452-472.

Week of April 17


    April 17: Grapes of Wrath, pp 473-500.
    April 18: Grapes of Wrath, pp 500-554.
    April 19: Grapes of Wrath, pp 555-589.
    April 20: Grapes of Wrath, pp 589-619 (end).
    April 21: conclude discussion of Steinbeck.

Week of April 24


    April 24: Essay due on Grapes of Wrath;
begin O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods.
    April 25: In the Lake of the Woods, pp 1-46.
    April 26: Read In the Lake of the Woods, pp 46-93.   (Double History)
    April 27: Review for English Composition AP.
    April 28: Double History.   Read In the Lake of the Woods, pp 93-117.

Week of May 1


    May 1: English Composition AP exam.
    May 2: In the Lake of the Woods, pp 118-163.
    May 3: AP Calculus exam; others, reading day
    May 4: In the Lake of the Woods, pp 164-216.
    May 5: AP US History exam.


Week of May 8


    May 8: Introduction to the OHP.   (Joint)
Read In the Lake of the Woods, pp 216-303 (end).
    May 9: conclude discuss of In the Lake of the Woods.
    May 10: 60/40: In-class essay on In the Lake of the Woods
    May 11: Begin Miller's The Crucible, Act I.
    May 12: The Crucible, Act II.   Problem and List of Sources for OHP due.

 

Week of May 15

    May 15: The Crucible, Act III..
    May 16: The Crucible, Act IV.
    May 17: Conclude discussion of Miller.
    May 18: Film on the McCarthy era. (Joint)
    May 19: Film on the McCarthy era. (Joint)

 

Week of May 22

    May 22: Final Draft of OHP due.   Discussion of film.
    May 23: Joint meeting.
    May 24: Joint meeting.
    May 25: Review for English final.
    May 26: Review for English final.