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.

 

(September 2 – October 3)

(October 6 – November 7)

 

 

Monday, November 10:

 

LID Day

 

Tuesday, November 11:

 

Veteran’s Day

 

Wednesday, November 12:

 

The Tempest Act One Sketches Due

 

Act 2

 

Thursday, November 13:

 

Understanding “The Tempest” through Plot/Structure

TEMPEST RESOURCES

 

Acts 3 & 4

 

Friday, November 14:

 

Understanding “The Tempest” through Character/Conflict

TEMPEST RESOURCES

 

Act 5

 

 

Weekly Assignment Check

       Act 1 Scene Sketches

      

 

      

Monday, November 17:

 

Assign Literary Analysis essay on The Tempest

Due Nov. 26th

 

         Prompt Option #1

         Prompt Option #2

 

Tempest Literary Essay Rubric

 

The Tempest Reading Quiz

 

Tuesday/Wednesday, November 18-19:

 

Intro – Humor Unit

         Humor Awareness Triangle

         Humor Vocabulary

         How Comedy Affects Us

 

Twain, “Lost in the Snow”

         Responses to Reading

 

Watch The Tempest Scenes             

 

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

 

Thursday, November 20:

Shopping Schedule

 

“Lost in Snow” Work due

 

Share Something Funny

 

Class/Homework: Read Part I & II “Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg”

         On-line Text

         Reading Responses

 

Friday, November 21:

Shopping Schedule

 

 

Home/Classwork:  Read Parts III & IV “Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg”

 

Weekly Assignment Check

       Tempest Reading Quiz

       “Lost in the Snow” Responses

       Something Funny

 

      

 

 

Monday, November 24:

 

 “Hadleyburg” Reading Responses Due

 

Irony in Twain

 

Self-Revision Protocol – Tempest Essay Drafts

 

Tuesday, November 25:

BJTAC Assembly

 

Twain Irony Due

 

Wednesday, November 26:

Early Release

 

Tempest Essay Final Due

 

Thursday/Friday, November 27-29:

 

Thanksgiving Break

 

 

 

Weekly Assignment Check

        “Hadleyburg” Reading Responses

       Irony in “Hadleyburg”

       Final Draft – Tempest Essay

      

Monday, December 1:

 

Class/Homework:Read Jean Shepherd, “Endless Streetcar”

         “Streetcar” Reading Responses

         “Streetcar” On-line text

 

Tuesday/Wednesday, December 2-3:

 

“Streetcar” Due

Read James Thurber, “The Catbird Seat”

         On-line text

         Character Profile Assignment

 

HW: Character Profiles (10 pts)

Mr. Martin    

Ulgine Barrows         

 

Thursday, December 4:

 

“The Catbird Seat” Character Profiles Due

 

Sniglets, Neologisms, Puns

 

Friday, December 5:

 

Sniglets, Neologisms, Puns Work Due

 

Weekly Assignment Check

       “Endless Streetcar” Responses

       “The Catbird Seat” Character Profiles

       Wordplay Work

 

 

Monday, December 8:

 

Early Release

 

 

Tuesday/Wednesday, December 9-10:

 

Read Donald Barthelme “Private Paul Klee Loses an Aircraft”

Irony            

Satire          

 

Thursday, December 11:

 

“Klee” Work Due

 

Swift, “Modest Proposal”

         On-line text

         “Modest Proposal” Text-work

 

Origins of Satire

 

Friday, December 12:

 

Assign Modest Proposal Essay

Contemporary Satire

 

Swift, “Modest Proposal” Text-work Due

 

Weekly Assignment Check

              Klee Work

              “A Modest Proposal” Textwork             

 

Monday, December 15:

 

Work on Modest Proposal Drafts

Vonnegut, “Harrison Bergeron”

         On-line text (pdf file)

 

Tuesday/Wednesday, December 16-17:

 

Vonnegut, “Harrison Bergeron”      

“Harrison Bergeron” Text-work (Due Today)

        

Self-Revision Protocol, Modest Proposal Essay

 

Cover-Sheet for Modest Proposal Essay

 

Go Over Humor Exam                 

 

Thursday, December 18:

 

Humor Unit Exam

 

Friday, December 19:

Early Release

 

Modest Proposals Due

 

Weekly Assignment Check

       “Harrison Bergeron” Text-work

       Self-Revision Protocol, Modest Proposal

       Humor Unit Exam

       Final Drafts Modest Proposals with Coversheet