Drama Unit Part I: The Merchant of Venice

Friday 3/19 – Discuss questions from Conflict of Cultures assignment
The Merchant of Venice Preview
HW: Work on Conflict of Cultures assignment

Monday 3/22 – The Merchant of Venice, Act I
HW: Work on Conflict of Cultures assignment

Tuesday 3/23 - The Merchant of Venice, Act II
HW: Work on Conflict of Cultures assignment

Wednesday 3/24 - The Merchant of Venice, Act III
Conflict of Cultures assignment due
HW: finish Act III

Thursday 3/25 - The Merchant of Venice, Act IV
HW: finish Act IV

Friday 3/26 - The Merchant of Venice, Act V
HW: finish the play if we did not do so in class

Week 27 Itinerary

Monday - "The Making of Snow Falling on Cedars"
HW: Chapters 1-3

Tuesday - Reading/Composition Book Day
HW: Chapters 4/5

Wednesday - Discuss chapters 1-5
HW: Chapters 6-7

Thursday - Composition books due; discuss chapters 6/7
HW: Chapters 8/9

Friday - Reading day
HW: Chapter 12-15

HW for Thursday 1/13

Read the intro. material and story The Train from Rhodesia (pp 1008-1014) and complete the following in your compositon book:

1. Identify and define in context any words you do not immediatley recognize.

2. Answer questions 5, 6, 8, & 9 on p. 1015.

HW for Friday 1/8

Read compostion d Dead Men's Path (pp 995-999) and anwer the following in your compositon book:

1. Quick Write on p. 996

2. Questions 1-5 on p. 1000.

HW for Thursday 1/7

Read Psalm 137 (p. 80) and answer question 4 on p. 81 in your composition book. Read O Oriole, Yellow Bird (p. 403) and answer questions 1 & 2 on p. 406 in your compostions book.

HW for Wednesday 1/6

Post answers to the following from The Book of Ruth:

1. #4, 5, and 8 on p. 74.

2. The Book of Ruth is very short and relatively simple...why are the narrative itself and the character of Ruth so important in the Bible and the Christian religion?

Conflict of Cultures and Values

English IV
Unit III: Conflict of Cultures and Values

Reading –

The Book of Ruth
Psalm 137
Song 103: O Oriole, Yellow Bird
Dead Men’s Path
The Train From Rhodesia
Excerpt from On Seeing England for the First Time
The Virgins
The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses
How I Met My Husband
Everyday Use
The Destructors
Where Angles Fear to Tread
Heart of Darkness

Film –

Snow Falling on Cedars

Assessment –

2 Composition Book checks, 50 pts. each
2-4 In-class writing assignments, @ 120 total points
2-4 reading quizzes, @ 120 total points
2 Paideia discussions, 50 pts. each
1 Paper (no more than 500 words) on Snow Falling on Cedars, 50 pts.
1 Essay (1000-1500 words), 100 pts.