Monday, December 14 (U-Day)
Due: Read Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, pp. 495-507 in textbook. Answer the following discussion questions in writing: p. 509, 1, 3 (locate two passages), 5, 7, and 8.
Class: Jack London’s naturalism. Eco-Symposium selections.
Tuesday, December 15 (M-Day)
Due: Complete (and update) chart for your selected author. Begin research of issue. Bring textbook as necessary.
Class: Collaborating on author charts. Passages from readings. Elements of style.
Wednesday, December 16 (T-Day)
Due: One-page summary of environmental issue. Bring textbook as necessary.
Class: A closer look at style—individually and in collaboration.
Friday, December 18 (H-Day)
Due: Complete draft of symposium speech; bring 3 copies to class.
Class: Peer review and edit of speech drafts.
Monday, December 21 (F-Day)
Due: Eco-Symposium speeches—final copy. Prepare to present.
Class: Eco-Symposium, Day 1. Distribute Grapes of Wrath texts.
Tuesday, December 22 (S-Day)
Due: Performance assessments.
Class: Eco-Symposium, Day 2.
Wednesday, December 23 (U-Day)
Due: Performance assessments.
Class: Eco-Symposium, Day 3.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday, December 7 to Monday, December 14
Monday, December 7 (T-Day)
Due: Read Edward Hirsch’s “Message in a Bottle” (handout), pp. 347-350 in textbook, and selection from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (handout). Follow directions as given.
Class: Walt Whitman’s America and Whitman’s view of nature.
Wednesday, December 9 (H-Day)
Due: Read pp.371- 393 in textbook. Select one Dickinson poem which most interests you, copy it (exactly!) into your journal, and respond to it with at least one page of thoughtful analytical writing.
Class: The poetry of Emily Dickinson. Questions for analysis. Update charts.
Thursday, December 10 (F-Day)
Due: Read and annotate excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard. Complete vocabulary review exercises (4-6 and Cumulative) as assigned.
Class: Homework review. Group discussion questions.
Friday, December 11 (S-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary review quiz, units 1-6.
Class: Vocabulary review quiz, 1-6. Introduce Eco-Symposium.
Monday, December 14 (U-Day)
Due: Read Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, pp. 495-507 in textbook. Answer the following discussion questions in writing: p. 509, 1, 3 (locate two passages), 5, 7, and 8.
Class: Jack London’s naturalism.
Due: Read Edward Hirsch’s “Message in a Bottle” (handout), pp. 347-350 in textbook, and selection from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (handout). Follow directions as given.
Class: Walt Whitman’s America and Whitman’s view of nature.
Wednesday, December 9 (H-Day)
Due: Read pp.371- 393 in textbook. Select one Dickinson poem which most interests you, copy it (exactly!) into your journal, and respond to it with at least one page of thoughtful analytical writing.
Class: The poetry of Emily Dickinson. Questions for analysis. Update charts.
Thursday, December 10 (F-Day)
Due: Read and annotate excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard. Complete vocabulary review exercises (4-6 and Cumulative) as assigned.
Class: Homework review. Group discussion questions.
Friday, December 11 (S-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary review quiz, units 1-6.
Class: Vocabulary review quiz, 1-6. Introduce Eco-Symposium.
Monday, December 14 (U-Day)
Due: Read Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, pp. 495-507 in textbook. Answer the following discussion questions in writing: p. 509, 1, 3 (locate two passages), 5, 7, and 8.
Class: Jack London’s naturalism.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Tuesday, December 1 to Monday, December 7
Tuesday, December 1 (F-Day)
Due: Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 6. Complete chart for Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Class: Homework review. Parallelism—in Emerson, in exercises.
Wednesday, December 2 (S-Day)
Due: Read excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, pp. 230-244 in textbook. Complete dialectic notes (3 passages) and compose 1 quality discussion question for each passage.
Class: Thoreau’s prescription for deliberate living. The darker side of solitude.
Thursday, December 3 (U-Day)
Due: Complete chart for Henry David Thoreau. Prepare for Socratic seminar.
Class: Socratic seminar.
Friday, December 4 (M-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz, unit 6. Complete Transcendentalist Visual Assignment.
Class: Vocabulary quiz, unit 6. Gallery walk. Influence of Hinduism on Transcendentalism.
Monday, December 5 (T-Day)
Due: Read Edward Hirsch’s “Message in a Bottle” (handout), pp. 347-350 in textbook, and selection from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (handout). Follow directions as given.
Class: Walt Whitman’s America and Whitman’s view of nature.
Due: Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 6. Complete chart for Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Class: Homework review. Parallelism—in Emerson, in exercises.
Wednesday, December 2 (S-Day)
Due: Read excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, pp. 230-244 in textbook. Complete dialectic notes (3 passages) and compose 1 quality discussion question for each passage.
Class: Thoreau’s prescription for deliberate living. The darker side of solitude.
Thursday, December 3 (U-Day)
Due: Complete chart for Henry David Thoreau. Prepare for Socratic seminar.
Class: Socratic seminar.
Friday, December 4 (M-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz, unit 6. Complete Transcendentalist Visual Assignment.
Class: Vocabulary quiz, unit 6. Gallery walk. Influence of Hinduism on Transcendentalism.
Monday, December 5 (T-Day)
Due: Read Edward Hirsch’s “Message in a Bottle” (handout), pp. 347-350 in textbook, and selection from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (handout). Follow directions as given.
Class: Walt Whitman’s America and Whitman’s view of nature.
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