English 9 Honors
Homer's The Odyssey
What defines THE EPIC, characteristics, examples and epic conventions handout link: http://www.pljulianhs.net/ourpages/auto/2009/10/18/55946921/EPIC_HANDOUT.pdfLink to handout on HEROES AND ANTI HEROES: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-kYN1CrWgCkJ:www.jonescollegeprep.org/ourpages/auto/2008/9/5/1220645619162/Hero-Anti-Hero%2520Handout-jcp.doc+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiKqVmxMt8ulFZmyc-J_6whV0zNS9WWaTtEn1bNv2QBW_sPT4p9nrvX1MrHvGm4QpWrvbC8-5NOViwxGj5CK07VOXHkWcisIDRKshoRqs4WxBkZqM7xQyS9AxO4nSYwHmrCEkJs&sig=AHIEtbTFJnyM2Zvst_hoJ9pnJNaNMDXF9g
VOCABULARY: YOUR VOCABULARY WILL BE PRESENTED IN YOUR TEXTBOOK.
READINGS AND STUDY QUESTIONS WILL BE ASSIGNED IN CLASS. AN ESSAY PROMPT WILL ALSO BE ASSIGNED
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AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
PRACTICE MULTIPLE CHOICE USING THE TEXT OF IN COLD BLOOD (TIMED TESTS WILL BEGIN EACH PERIOD)USING MICHAEL SANDEL'S LECTURE SERIES: "JUSTICE" WE WILL TRY TO TAP INTO OUR ABILITY TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT ISSUES AND PRACTICE THIS ALONG WITH SANDEL'S HARVARD CLASSES. SANDEL CALLS UPON THE PHILOSOPHIES OF
KANT, BENTHAM, STUART-MILLS, LOCKE, AND RAWLS TO EXPLORE CONCEPTS OF JUSTICE, EQUALITY, DEMOCRACY, AND CITIZENSHIP
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ENGLISH 11
YOU MUST BRING YOUR TEXT TO EVERY CLASS MEETING UNTIL THE END OF SCHOOLTHIS WEEK WE WILL EXAMINE JOHN HERSEY'S HIROSHIMA ALONG WITH OTHER TEXTS FROM MID-CENTURY VOICES THAT WE HAVE STUDIED.
PARTICULAR LITERARY OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:
* OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE REPORTAGE
Tim O'Brien's "Speaking of Courage" from the novel Going After Cacciato
*Conflict--internal/external
TEST Monday April 16th OVER THIS MATERIAL
1. AUTHOR: Elie Weisel
TEXT"Night" pages 913-923
Literary focus: Memoir
2. AUTHOR: Robert Jackson
TEXT: "Arrogance of Cruelty and Power"
Literary forcus: persuasive argument and types of appeals
3. AUTHOR: John Hersey
TEXT: "A Noiseless Flash"
Literary Focus: subjective and objective reportage
4. AUTHOR: Randall Jarrell
TEXT: The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
Literary Focus: Implied Metaphors
5. AUTHOR: Tim O'Brien
TEXT: "Speaking of Courage"
LITERARY FOCUS: Conflict internal/external
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FRENCH I/II
CHAPTER 7 - CLOTHING
VERBS PORTER, METTRE, VOULOIR, POUVOIR
AS YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE GIVEN IN CLASS
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SHAKESPEARE...fair is foul and foul is fair/what bloody man is that/a drum a drum Macbeth doth come/double double toil and trouble...
THIS WEEK WE BEGIN OUR STUDY OF THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
HANDOUTS ON THEME AND MACBETH AS A TRAGIC HERO
IMAGERY, VISIONS, AND LANGUAGE WILL BE DISSEMINATED IN CLASS
*Weird Sisters essay lecture and discussion
COMPARATIVE SCENES PRESENTING DIFFERING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PLAY
MONDAY WE WILL BEGIN WITH THREE PRESENTATIONS OF ACT I SC.1 BY VARIOUS DIRECTORS: ROMAN POLANSKI'S 70'S FILM OF MACBETH, FOLGER SHAKESPEARE THEATER'S STAGING AND A BBC PRODUCTION OF THE PLAY
MONDAY NIGHT READING ASSIGNMENT: READ ALL OF ACT I AND PREPARE FOR A QUIZ
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WE WILL DISCUSS ACT 1, READ PARTS AND MOVE INTO ACT 2 AND 3. WE WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE REPRESENTATIONS OF LADY MACBETH BY SEVERAL ACCLAIMED ACTRESSES.
