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Week of August 21

Aug. 21: Meet with History--intro and schedules passed out.    (Day 1)
Aug. 22: Discuss Terrell's King of King's County.    (Day 2)
Aug. 23: Continue discussion.    (Day 3)
Aug. 24: Continue discussion; essay assigned.    (Day 4)


Week of August 27

Aug. 27: Meet with History.   (Joint)    (Day 5)
Dr Schulkin's presentation on land acquisition as background for King of King's County.
Aug. 28: Continue discussion;   vocab. assigned, lists 1-5.   (Day 6)
Aug. 29: Continue discussion.    (Day 7)
Aug. 30: Whitney Terrell presentation.   (Joint)    (Day 8)
Aug. 31: Conclude discussion.    (Day 9)


Week of September 3

Sept. 3: Labor Day--no school.
Sept. 4: Double History; essay due on King of King's County.    (Day 10)
Sept. 5: Begin Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 1-84.    (Day 1)
Sept. 6: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 84-113.    (Day 2)
Sept. 7: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 113-51.    (Day 3)


Week of September 10

Sept. 10: 50/50: History test; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 151-201.    (Day 4)
Sept. 11: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 201-228.    (Day 5)
Sept. 12: Double History:   Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 229-259.
Sept. 13: Double English: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 259-81.    (Day 7)
Sept. 14: Founding Brothers, preface and ch. 1.   (Joint)    (Day 8)
50/50 chance of a reading quiz.


Week of September 17

Sept. 17: Founding Brothers, Chapter Two.   (Joint)    (Day 9)
50/50 chance of a reading quiz.   Essay on Huckleberry Finn due.
Sept. 18: Founding Brothers, Chapter Three.   (Joint)    (Day 10)
50/50 chance of a reading quiz.
Sept. 19: Reading Day to catch up or get ahead in your reading in Founding Brothers.
Sept. 20: Founding Brothers, Chapter Four.   (Joint)    (Day 1)
50/50 chance of a reading quiz.
Sept. 21: Founding Brothers, Chapter Five.   (Joint)    (Day 2)
50/50 chance of a reading quiz.


Week of September 24

Sept. 24: Founding Brothers, Chapter Six.   (Joint)    (Day 3)
50/50 chance of a reading quiz.
Sept. 25: Unit test on Founding Brothers   (Joint)    (Day 4)
Sept. 26: Vocab quiz, lists 1-5;   begin reading Emerson's "Self-Reliance."    (Day 5)
Sept. 27: Emerson continues.    (Day 6)
Sept. 28: Double English;   begin Whitman's "Song of Myself."    (Day 7)


Week of October 1

Oct. 1: Assign vocab. lists 6-10;   see Whitman video.    (Day 8)
Oct. 2: Conclude video and discussion of Whitman.    (Day 9)
Oct. 3: Discuss Ginsberg's "Supermarket in California."    (Day 10)
Oct. 4: Review for Transcendentalism test.    (Day 1)
Oct. 5: All students take test on Transcendentalism first half; then history.    (Day 2)


Week of October 8

Oct. 8: Holiday.
Oct. 9: Double History.    (Day 1)
Oct. 10: Begin Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, pp 45-72.    (Day 2)
Oct. 11: PSAT prep.   (Double English)    (Day 1)
Oct. 12: The Scarlet Letter, pp 72-91.    (Day 2)


Second Quarter Assignments

Week of October 15

Oct. 15: The Scarlet Letter, pp 91-118; assign essay.    (Day 3)
Oct. 16: The Scarlet Letter, pp 118-145.    (Day 4)
Oct. 17: PSAT.   Read The Scarlet Letter, pp 146-166
Oct. 18: The Scarlet Letter, pp 167-188.    (Day 5)
Oct. 19: The Scarlet Letter, pp 188-214; vocab. quiz, lists 6-10.    (Day 6)


Week of October 22

Oct. 22: The Scarlet Letter, pp 215-240; vocab. lists 11-15 assigned.    (Day 7)
Oct. 23: Conclude discusson of Hawthorne.    (Day 8)
Oct. 24: 50/50: history test; then see video of mini-series.    (Day 9)
Oct. 25: Essay due on Hawthorne.    (Day 10)
Oct. 26: Double History.    (Day 1)


Week of October 29

Oct. 29: Begin Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, pp 1-42.    (Day 2)
Oct. 30: The Sun Also Rises, pp 43-71.    (Day 3)
Oct. 31: The Sun Also Rises, pp 72-95.    (Day 4)
Nov. 1: The Sun Also Rises, pp 96-116.    (Day 5)
Nov. 2: In-service day.


Week of November 5

Nov. 5: The Sun Also Rises, pp 117-130; assign essay.    (Day 6)
Nov. 6: The Sun Also Rises, pp 131-150.    (Day 7)
Nov. 7: The Sun Also Rises, pp 151-173.    (Day 8)
Nov. 8: The Sun Also Rises, pp 173-191.    (Day 9)
Nov. 9: vocab. quiz, lists 10-15;   The Sun Also Rises, pp 192-230.    (Day 10)


Week of November 12

Nov. 12: The Sun Also Rises, pp 231-252 (end); vocab. assigned: lists 16-20.    (Day 1)
Nov. 13: Double English: see Hemingway video.    (Day 2)
Nov. 14: conclude discussion of Hemingway.    (Day 3)
Nov. 15: work on essay.    (Day 4)
Nov. 16: 60/40: essay due.    (Day 5)


Week of November 19

Nov. 19: Begin Morrison's Beloved, pp 3-42.    (Day 6)
Nov. 20: Beloved, pp 43-73.    (Day 7)


Week of November 26

Nov. 26: Video: Glory (Joint); journal assignment handed out.    (Day 8)
Nov. 27: 50/50: Finish film; discuss film; review for history exam.    (Day 9)
Nov. 28: 60/40: history test; Beloved, pp 74-134 .    (Day 10)
Nov. 29: Double English: Beloved, pp 135-199.    (Day 1)
Nov. 30: vocab. quiz, lists 16-20; then Double History.    (Day 2)


Week of December 3

Dec. 3: Beloved, pp 200-229;   journal on Glory due.    (Day 3)
Dec. 4: Beloved, pp 230-262.    (Day 4)
Dec. 5: Beloved, pp 263-75 (end).    (Day 5)
Dec. 6: continue discussion of Beloved.    (Day 6)
Dec. 7: 50/50: history quiz; conclude discussion of Beloved.    (Day 7)

Week of December 10

Dec. 10: 60/40: in-class essay on Beloved.    (Day 8)
Dec. 11: Begin review for semester exam.    (Day 9)
Dec. 12: cumulative vocab quiz; review for semester exam.    (Day 10)
Dec. 13: review for semester exam.    (Day 1)
Dec. 14: review for semester exam.    (Day 2)