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See attachment (easier to read) Note: periods 1 and 6 are both on here.

Poems for Period 1 TEXTBOOKS ARE REQUIRED
Poems Author Page # in text
7. Ballad of Birmingham Dudley Randall 618
14. The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica Judith Ortiz Cofer 1223
17. Mexicans Begin Jogging Gary Soto 1194
18. Mirror Sylvia Plath 1057
19. Out, Out- Robert Frost 1004
23. My Life Closed Twice, After great pain… Emily Dickinson 756,757
27. Refugee Ship Lorna de Cervantes 894
29.anyone lived in a pretty how town e.e. cummings 410
Adolescence III Rita Dove 802
Selected Poems (textbook) Langston Hughes 924
Also: “Teenage Wasteland” by Anne Tyler pg. 1168




Poems for Period 6 TEXTBOOKS ARE REQUIRED
Poems Author Page # in text
1. Camouflaging the Chimera Yusef Komunyakaa 1112
2. Deciding Wendy Wilder Larsen 1114
3. Ballad of Birmingham Dudley Randall 618
4. Ode to Walt Whitman Pablo Neruda 406
5. Mirror Sylvia Plath 1057
6. The raven Edgar Allen Poe 466
7. Song of myself (Canto 1) Walt Whitman 400
8. We wear the mask Paul Laurence Dunbar 835
Adolescence III Rita Dove 802
Selected Poems (textbook) Langston Hughes 924
Also: “Teenage Wasteland” by Anne Tyler pg. 1168

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SAT vocab test protract-rant
Poetry Presentations continue

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Due: "Teenage Wasteland" by Anne Tyler pg. 1168 answer questions #2,3,4 and 6.
Poetry Presentations continue

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Due: Robert Frost biography information. Read "Aquainted with the Night" pg 996-1001 and answer questions # 1-4

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Due: Langston Hughes "The Weary Blues"

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Due: Langston Hughes "The Weary Blues"

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Due: Langston Hughes, "I, too" and "Harlem" questions.

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Junior English: Textbook notes: Directions: Take notes for the following pages:
• pgs. 256-258
• pgs. 740-744
• pgs. 916-918
• pgs. 1016-1017
• pgs. 1072-1074
• pgs. 260-261 and pages 394-395

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Due: The Great Gatsby essay. Typed-double spaced, two pages

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Due: finish The Great Gatsby

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Due: The Great Gatsby chapters VII and VIII

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Due: The Great Gatsby chapters VII and VIII

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Due: The Great Gatsby chapters V and VI

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Due: The Great Gatsby chapter IV

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Due: The Great Gatsby chapter III

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Research paper due 4-5 pages typed. Include: outline, works cited (pg. 5 or 6) and folder with notecards.
Pre-Registration with GLCs

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Research Paper. First page due:
Example: http://www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/hacker-daly-mla.pdf

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Due: Research Paper 30 notecards (one side filled out).

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Final: A Lesson Before Dying. Review discussion questions on back of timeline handout.

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Review Research Paper Handout: "Summarizing, Paraphrasing and Quoting"

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Review Research Paper Handout: "Summarizing, Paraphrasing and Quoting"

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Due: A Lesson Before Dying chapters 25,26 & 27.
Bring Research materials, sample outline of your paper, and 10 notecards (one side filled out)

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Period 6 Research Paper: due: 3 or more bibliograpy/source cards. Final topic selection.
Due: A Lesson Before Dying chapters 20 and 21
Bring Research Materials to class

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Period 1: Research Paper: due: 3 or more bibliograpy/source cards. Final topic selection
Due: A Lesson Before Dying chapters 20 and 21 due.
Bring Research Materials to class

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Research paper: Due index cards, parent signature on syllabus, information gathering for topic
Library date
Due: A Lesson Before Dying chapters 18 and 19 due

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Library: Research paper orientation

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SAT vocab quiz: paucity-pragmatic

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Due: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (answer critical thinking questions 1-4
Read: Select either Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" pgs. 580-591 or Stephen Crane's "A Mystery of Heroism" pgs. 593-602. Answer critical thinking questions located at the end of either selection.

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Due: A Lesson Before Dying chapter 12
Textbook: Complete reading: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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Due: SAT vocab test ob-pa.
A Lesson Before Dying chapters 9,10
Writing Skills and the Job Search: Job Related Journal Topics

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Due: A Lesson Before Dying chapter 5 due (stop at 6)

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Textbook: Poe "The Masque of Red Death" and Stephen King excerpt. Answer questions pg. 462 #1-5 and 465 #1-3. Use text support and write in complete sentences.

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Textbook: Poe "The Masque of Red Death" and Stephen King excerpt. Answer questions pg. 462 #1-5 and 465 #1-3. Use text support and write in complete sentences.

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Textbook: Read "The Raven" pg. 466-471. Answer questions: 1-4.

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Textbook notes: Edgar Allan Poe and "The Dark Side of Individualism" pg. 446-453.

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Textbook: Pg. 320-323. Bring two articles for peruasive essay support.

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Period 1 Final 7:50-9:50 a.m.

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Period 6 Final 7:50-9:50 a.m.

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Due: "The Devil and the Tom Walker" pg. 349. Prepare for quiz
Due: Portfolio 8-10 assignments

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In class essay: Review Emerson's "Self-Reliance"

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SAT vocab test: in-it.

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Textbook: Finish reading "Walden". Take notes.Prepare for a quiz.

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SAT vocab test: garrulous-immutable
Due: Textbook: "Walden" pgs. 363-368. Take notes: 5's why Thoreau went to Walden Pond, how he hoped to live his life, advice to others.

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Textbook: Read Emerson's "Self-Reliance" pgs. 363-368. Answer questions #1-4 and Literary Analysis

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Textbook: Romanticism and Transcendentalism
Take notes pages 340-342. Review timeline
Read: Longfellow's "A Psalm of LIfe" answer questions #1-3 on page 347

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The Catcher in the Rye test (including vocab)
no SAT Vocab for this week

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Grammar textbook pg. 628 exercises 14, 15. Copy down Key Concepts.
Pg. 630-631 Using Illogical Comparisons ex. 16 Complete sentences

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SAT vocab test: fabricate-gall
The Catcher in the Rye: chapter 24 due

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The Catcher in the Rye questions # 18-26

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Read chapter 18. Answer questions 14-26. Follow directions!

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Due: The Catcher in the Rye chapters 17 & 18. Be ready for a quiz:)

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The Catcher in the Rye vocab due-all chapters

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Due: The Catcher in the Rye chapters 14 & 15
SAT vocab quiz: ennervate-extricate

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Due: The Catcher in the Rye chapters 13 & 14

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SAT Vocab quiz dissuade-endemic

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The Catcher in the Rye: chapters 8 and 9 due Block

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The Catcher in the Rye: chapters 6 & 7 due

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The Catcher in the Rye chapter 3 due. Vocab # 1-18 due.
SAT vocab test De-Di

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The Catcher in the Rye chapter 3 due. Study for SAT vocab test Thursday. de-di

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SAT vocab quiz; confound-debunk

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Textbook: The Declaration of Independence and the "Rights of Women" pages 270-279 answer questions: 1, 2. 3, 4 and 6 and literary analysis (one example of parallelism from the Declaration) Complete sentences.

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Due: Birthday essay final draft. Double space please type.
Bring textbook.

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SAT vocab CH-CO

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LITERARY TERMS QUIZ and
Crucible Related Readings:
"Guilt" pg. 165
"How to Spot a Witch" pg. 179
"The Great Fear" pg. 199

Extra points:
"Young Goodman Brown" pg. 182
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"A Piece of String" pg. 226

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Due Block: The Crucible Act III pages: 87-104 and pg. 154 (omitted Act II scene II)

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Due: Extended experience essay 3-4 paragraphs. Double space. Please type if possible.

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SAT vocabulary quiz: Ameliorate-August(adj). Spelling, multiple choice, fill in the blank

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"Talk the Talk" Literary Terms. Bring your assigned term and rough-draft handout.

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Latin roots quiz AB-AM.

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Latin roots quiz AB-AM
The Crucible: review what we read in class and read pgs. 1-3 of background information.

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Due Friday
Textbook: A Rose for Emily pgs. 516-521
"Popcorn" essay