Syllabus from March 24, 2017 - May 3, 2017

March 20th  - March 24th 

Monday, March 20th: 
Questions on Act 1 and Act 2 
Homework: Questions and reading log for Act 3 of A Doll’s House 
Assigned: Vocabulary Unit 5; #1 - 10 
Due Monday, 27th

Tuesday, March 21st: 
Finish A Doll’s House 
Open Response Essay on A Doll’s House
Check out The Sun Also Rises 
Begin reading The Sun Also Rises 
30 pages a day
Brief summary
Characters Analysis - minimum of two 
Theme Analysis - minimum of one 
Figurative language Analysis - minimum of three

Wednesday, March 22nd: 
Begin work on Middlemarch essay
Continue reading The Sun Also Rises 
30 pages a day
Brief summary
Characters
Theme 
Figurative language

Thursday, March 23rd: 
In-class essay on Middlemarch essay 
Homework: Poem by Emily Dickinson - “I Felt a Ringing in My Brain” + questions 
Continue reading The Sun Also Rises 
30 pages a day
Brief summary
Characters
Theme 
Figurative language

Friday, March 24th: 
Begin reading World War 1 poetry + background
Continue reading The Sun Also Rises 
30 pages a day
Brief summary
Characters
Theme 
Figurative language


Free Response on The Sun Also Rises

Monday, March 27th: 
Vocabulary, Unit 5, #1 - 10 is due today

Read “Another Country”
1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. 
RL4 Analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
 RI1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. RI4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in
a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

Tuesday, March 28th: 
Free Response on The Sun Also Rises 

Wednesday, March 29th: 
Multiple Choice Questions on “The Mill on the Floss” 
Begin reading As I Lay Dying - April 1 - 7th


Thursday, March 30th: 
Timed essay on Mary Barton 


Aprili 3 - 7 
As I Lay Dying 
Free Response on As I Lay Dying
Timed Essay on Tom Jones 
Multiple Choice on The Scarlet Letter
Poetry: 
Villanelle - Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
Polysyndeton 
Asyndeton 

April 7 - 17
Metamorphosis
Free Response on Metamorphosis
Timed Essay on "I Am Acquainted with the Night" 
Multiple Choice on Martha Maude 
Terza Rima 

April 18th - 21st
A Streetcar Named Desire 
Free Response on A Streetcar Named Desire 
Timed Essay on "It's a Woman's World"  
April 24 - April 28
Philosophy and Literature: 
“Existentialism” - page 393
“Man Against Darkness” - 398
“The Christian Commitment” - 402
The Stranger 
Free Response Essay on The Stranger 

April 28 - May 3rd
The Bluest Eye 
Multiple Choice Questions on "Advice from a Prophet" 
Jonathan Swift - Satire 
Voltaire - Satire  

Timed Essay on “Middlemarch” 
Timed Essay on “ Mary Barton”
Timed Essay on “Tom Jones” 

Timed Essay on “The Scarlet Letter” 

Timed Essay on “It’s a Woman’s World” 

Timed Essay on “I Am Acquainted with the Night” 

Timed Essay on “


Multiple Choice Questions on “The Mill on the Floss” 

Multiple Choice Questions on “The Scarlet Letter” 

Multiple Choice Questions on “Martha Maude” 




Multiple Choice Questions on “Advise to a Prophet” 
Multiple Choice Questions over “Imaginary Iceberg” - ? 



Timed Essay on “The Crossing”

Terza Rima and Villanelle 
Polysyndeton 

Asyndeton 



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