Saturday, February 21, 2009

Syllabus: 2/23 to 3/6

THIS IS YOUR SYLLABUS FOR TWO WEEKS!!! PLAN ACCORDINGLY!!


UPDATE: IF YOU WERE ABSENT for the test on 2/27: It is YOUR responsibility to get the work. you MUST see me on TUESDAY during a study hall in order to make up your test. No exceptions. Grades Close 3/6.

February 23rd to February 27th

Monday
In class:
Due: Finish CtBC and complete Theme/topic worksheet from class on Friday 2/13
Due: Finish novel, Reading calendar: will not be accepted without a signature, concise book summary (10 sentences)
Review Themes of CtBC
HOMEWORK:
THIS WEEK: Get to class early and sign up for a conference! You can come before and/or after school to schedule an appointment, which are first come first serve. If you are absent on the day you sign up, then you will not get credit and will not be able to conference with me
Due Tomorrow: Essay: MLA format, comparison/contrast: Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience/Resistance to Civil Gov’t” in your lit books to Paton’s CtBC. Instructions on the blog and this must be uploaded to turnitin by the start of class
Due tomorrow: Working thesis outline: USING THE NOVEL ONLY.
Due Friday: FINAL THESIS OUTLINE
Due Friday: TEST: CtBC, Amandla,! Poetry, background info, apartheid, etc. IF YOU ARE ABSENT: It is YOUR responsibility to get the work and be prepared for the test on Friday. If you are absent on Friday, you MUST see me on MONDAY during a study hall in order to make up your test.

Tuesday
In class:
Due: Essay/Working thesis outline
Thesis Workshop
Thesis Outlining
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Characterization Worksheet: Kumalo and Jarvis

Wednesday
In class:
Due: Characterization Worksheet: Kumalo and Jarvis
Begin Poetry: Paton/Cronin: “To the Boy…” and “I Saw your mother”
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: None :)

Thursday

In class:
Poetry: Finish Cronin/Paton if necessary
Begin “Refugee Mother and Child”
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: STUDY FOR TEST

Friday

In class: TEST!!!
IF YOU ARE ABSENT: It is YOUR responsibility to get the work and be prepared for the test on Friday. If you are absent on Friday, you MUST see me on MONDAY during a study hall in order to make up your test.
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: See me during study for a make up.
Due Monday 3/2 to Monday 3/9: Conferences and 250 words!!! Be sure to sign up! No show=no credit. ONE CHANCE!!!
Due Wednesday 2/4: Annotated works cited page: refer to your MLA handouts and examples.

UPDATE: IF YOU WERE ABSENT for the test on 2/27: It is YOUR responsibility to get the work. you MUST see me on TUESDAY during a study hall in order to make up your test. No exceptions. Grades Close 3/6.


March 2nd to March 6th

Monday
In class:
Due: See me for a make-up test. During study hall only!!
Due: Conferences! You must have your 250 words or I will not meet with you and you can take a ZERO. No show=no credit!!
BRING YOUR LITERATURE BOOKS to CLASS!!!!
HOMEWORK:
Due Wednesday: Annotated Outline of your secondary sources
Due Friday 6th: GRADES CLOSE!!!!
Due Friday 13th: FINAL COPY READY RESEARCH PAPER!!!! MUST BE HANDED IN TO ME OR YOU WILL NOT EARN CREDIT. NO LATE PAPERS!!! SUBMIT TO TURNITIN BEFORE THE START OF CLASSS!!!! NO TURN IT IN = NO CREDIT. NO HARD COPY = NO CREDIT. YOU MUST HAVE BOTH!!

Tuesday
In class:
Due: Conferences! You must have your 250 words or I will not meet with you and you can take a ZERO. No show=no credit!!
Movie: The Power of One, based on the novel by Bryce Courtney
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: TYPED Annotated works cited page

Wednesday
In class:
Due: TYPED Annotated works cited page. NO EXCEPTIONS. Email it to me if you are not in school.
Due: Conferences! You must have your 250 words or I will not meet with you and you can take a ZERO. No show=no credit!!
Movie: The Power of One, based on the novel by Bryce Courtney
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: None :)

Thursday
In class:
Due: Conferences! You must have your 250 words or I will not meet with you and you can take a ZERO. No show=no credit!!
Movie: The Power of One, based on the novel by Bryce Courtney
HOMEWORK:
· Due Tomorrow: none :)

Friday
In class:
GRADES CLOSE TODAY: Peace out term 4
Due: Conferences! You must have your 250 words or I will not meet with you and you can take a ZERO. No show=no credit!!
Movie: The Power of One, based on the novel by Bryce Courtney
Read/Mark-up Article/Journal Response
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: Read/Mark-up Article/Journal Response (will count in 4th term)
DUE Friday 13th : FINAL COPY READY RESEARCH PAPER!!!! MUST BE HANDED IN TO ME OR YOU WILL NOT EARN CREDIT. NO LATE PAPERS!!! SUBMIT TO TURNITIN BEFORE THE START OF CLASSS!!!!
NO EXCEPTIONS!
40% of your TERM 4 Grade!!!