NOTE:
Copies
of hand-outs, articles, etc. that can be saved electronically will also be
available on the school’s S: Drive at
S://CurriculumFolder/Terreri/10th_English_Honors/Handouts.
Monday,
November 17:
Irony in Cartoons
HW:
Bring in Something Funny to Share (10
pts)
Use the Humor Awareness
Triangle
Be Able to Explain Its Irony
Describe Any
Subversive/Satiric Elements
Tuesday,
November 18:
Share
Something Funny
Class/Homework: Read Part I & II “Man that
Corrupted Hadleyburg”
“Man that
Corrupted Hadleyburg” On-line Text
Thursday,
November 20:
Home/Classwork:
Read Parts III & IV “Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg”
Friday,
November 21:
“Hadleyburg” Reading Quiz
Weekly Assignment Check
Something
Funny
“Hadleyburg”
Reading Quiz
“Hadleyburg”
Reading Work
Monday,
November 24:
Origins of Stand-Up Comedy
Tuesday,
November 25:
Classwork – Irony in Twain
Wednesday,
November 26:
Early
Release
Irony in Twain Due
Thursday/Friday,
November 27-29:
Thanksgiving
Break
Weekly Assignment Check
Irony in
Twain
Monday,
December 1:
Class/Homework:Read Jean Shepherd, “Endless
Streetcar”
“Endless
Streetcar” on-line text (pdf file)
Tuesday/Wednesday,
December 2-3:
Jean Shepherd, “Endless Streetcar”
Voice/Character
Responses Due
Read Comic Shorts
Thursday,
December 4:
Comic Shorts Writing Due
Thurber, “The Catbird Seat”
“The
Catbird Seat” On-line Text
“The Catbird
Seat” Character Analysis Essay Process
Friday,
December 5:
Thurber, “The Catbird Seat”
Character Essay – Generating
Ideas
Weekly Assignment Check
“Endless Streetcar” Responses
Comic Shorts
“The Catbird Seat” Reading Quiz
Character Essay – Idea Generation
Monday,
December 8:
Early
Release
Tuesday/Wednesday,
December 9-10:
Drafting
“The Catbird Seat” Character Analysis
Stephen
Crane, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”
“The
Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” On-line Text
“The
Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” Vocabulary Work
Thursday,
December 11:
Self-Revision Protocol “The Catbird
Seat” Essay Draft
Friday,
December 12:
Catbird Seat Final Draft Due
Weekly Assignment Check
“Catbird
Seat” Essay – Support/Evidence Chart
“Bride Comes
to Yellow Sky” Vocabulary
“Bride Comes
to Yellow Sky” Interpretation
Self-Revision
Protocol “The Catbird Seat” Essay Draft
Catbird
Seat Final Draft D
Monday,
December 15:
Wordplay Due
Read Vonnegut, “Harrison Bergeron”
Tuesday/Wednesday,
December 16-17:
Vonnegut, “Harrison Bergeron”
Writing
About Your Reading Due
Working Within your Group
Prep for Humor Quiz
Thursday,
December 18:
Humor Quiz
Friday,
December 19:
Early
Release
Weekly Assignment Check
Wordplay
Exercises
“Harrison
Bergeron” – Writing About Reading
“Harrison
Bergeron” – Working Within your Group
Humor
Quiz