Thursday, Friday, and Beyond

Okay. . .going to Rome tomorrow. I will not be here for the first two days after Spring Break, and your sub will be Stu! Please be nice to him, since he is always nice to you.

I am cutting and pasting the lesson plans for you into this blog:

PERIOD ONE
Advanced Placement English Literature

Helpers: Any of them

Lesson: This class is reading Jane Eyre as their outside reading, and the novel is going to be due soon.

MONDAY, MARCH 28—Please distribute the Charlotte Bronte essays and have them read them quietly. If they finish early, they may continue reading the novel.

TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2005—Please distribute the focus paper assignment. There is no due date yet—I will talk to them about it in class when I return. They may read the novel OR work on developing themes for the focus paper.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2005—(I might be here to do this for you--) Please pass out the CLEP books and have them do the multiple-choice practice test #3 in the book. Give them scantrons, if you like, or have them use a piece of paper. Collect at the end of the period.

PERIOD TWO
Gifted English IV

Helpers: Jenn Davison, Katie Goodmon, Justin Walters
Watch out for: the rest of them

NOTE: This class has only fourteen students, and will either be wonderful or heinously bad. They are creative, innovative, and very, very strange. I love them, but they can be a handful. It’s best to run the class in a very linear fashion.

LESSON:

Monday, March 28, 2005—Make them watch BBC AND MAKE THEM PAY ATTENTION. These students are reading Frankenstein out of class, and will be writing a paper on it. In the meantime, have them work in the literature book preparatory to the Restoration Unit Test at the end of the week. Today, they need to read Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary” and answer ALL of the questions at the end of the dictionary entry, on page 564. They may work in small groups if they are cooperative; otherwise, they are on their own.

Tuesday, March 29, 2005—They will be finishing the Restoration Unit and need to start reviewing for their unit test at the end of the week. Please distribute the review sheet and have them work through defining the “who” and the “what” of this time period. I will review with them upon my return.

Wednesday, March 30, 2005—Timed Writing. Please distribute the attached assignment. Collect at the end of the period, whether they are finished or not.

PERIOD THREE
Gifted English II

Helpers: Kacie Carr, Rebecca Fleminger

LESSON:

Monday, March 28, 2005—If a student has signed up to do an Author of the Day presentation, let him or her do it for the first few minutes of the period. They know what to do.
After the presentation, if there is one, please distribute the copies of the poem “The Highwayman” from the folder so labeled. Have the kids read through the poem, and address the questions at the end. There is a song version of it; offer extra credit to any student who brings it in the next day so you can listen to it on the boombox in the back of the room. Please note that you will need to pass out both pages of the poem—it’s quite long. If they finish early they may read quietly.

Tuesday, March 29, 2005—Author of the Day presentation, if relevant. Have the students pick up the brown literature books from the bookcase under the television set as they come into the room. These are college lit books, but they feature amazing poems. Please have them read the poem on page 671, called “The Unknown Citizen.” They will need to work in pairs or small groups to answer questions 1-4 on the following page. After they have read the poem and answered the question, give them the creative writing assignment.

Wednesday, March 30, 2005—Please tell the students to bring The Elements of Style with them to class tomorrow, and to review the SAT word list #2 before the end of the week. There will be a quiz. They will be using their regular lit books today, and several kids store theirs on the shelves at the back of the room. Let them get their books and have them read “R.M.S. Titanic” on page 488. We will be looking at a poem tomorrow with a similar theme. There might be a quiz.

FOURTH PERIOD
Gifted English II

NOTE: This class has “A” lunch; you will go to lunch from 10:41-11:25. Class begins at 11:25.

HELPERS: Sarah Ballard, Bailey Robb, Nick Del Rio

Watch out for: Some of the boys can be a little immature at times. Otherwise, this class is fine.

LESSON: Same as third period.

FIFTH PERIOD
Advanced Placement Literature

Helpers: Any of them.

Same as first period.


This is just for your reference and does not imply that there will not be interruptions, bomb scares, etc. Happy reading and writing! I will be back on Wednesday, most likely, but who knows. . .