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.

Thanksgiving Break Assignment

Read Ayn Rand's introduction and Part I of The Fountainhead (through page 200). Post answers to the following questions over the break.

1. Explain in detail the reasons for Howard Roark's expulsion from the Stanton Institute of Technology. The Dean states that Roark has "a determined little group of defenders" among the faculty, while other professors "felt it their duty" to vote for his expulsion. Why do the faculty members on each side evaluate Roark and his work so differently?


2. Peter Keating graduates as valedictorian frm the Stanton Institute of Technology. Does this mean that he is an outstanding architecture student? By what methods did he get such high grades? What does this say regarding his moral character?

3. Roark gains employment with Henry Cameron. Cameron, though a genius, is a commercial failure. Why has society rejected his work? Why does Roark nevertheless revere him? What qualities do Roark and Cameron share in common? What is the fundamental difference between them and Francon and Keating?

HW for Thursday 11/12

Read pp 198-202 and do the Make the Connection exercise on p. 202 in your composition book.

Assignment for Monday 11/9

Read the article below and post a one-paragraph summary of the author's argument and a one-paragraph response.

http://american.com/archive/2007/july-august-magazine-contents/abolish-the-sat

Schedule through Monday 11/9

Wednesday 11/4 - Schindler's List Essay Due
The Myth of Sisyphus, pp 898-902,
1. Make the Connection on p. 899
2. Thinking Critically #4, 6 & 7

Thursday 11/5 - Composition Book Check
Sayings of Saadi, pp 564-567
Excerpts from the Tao Te Ching, pp 413-416
Excerpts from the Analects, pp 407-410
Excerpts from the Bhagavad-Gita, pp 370-378

On Monday 11/9 we will discuss all of the above non-western readings and then begin Oedipus.

5-Day Itinerary, 10/23, 10/26-10/29

Friday 10/23 - Thursday 10/29: Schindler's List. The last 5 minutes of each period you will be writing in your composition books in response to the following prompt:

We have discussed the role of character foils in several of the works we have read this semester, and it is clear that Spielberg intended Itzhak Stern to be a foil to Oskar Schindler (or vice versa), especially for the first 2/3 of the story. At the end of each class period, answer this question -
How was each man charatcerized during this part of the film, and how does the "foil" relationship contribute to your impression of each up to this point?

HW 10/23-10/30: Work on response paper.

Questions over The Alchemist and Candide

Post 1 or 2 questions over each novel by class tomorrow. Try to make them tie into the the paper topic.

Example:

1. What is the purpose of Candide's quest? How is his quest different from Santiago's?

HW for Wednesday 9/30

Read Don Quixote, pp 687-702 and complete the following in your composition book for discussion in class tomorrow:

1. Quickwrite on p. 688
2. Question #6 on p. 702.
3. Question #8 on p. 702.
4. Question #9 on p. 702

HW for Tuesday 9/29

Finish the passages from The Inferno (pp 655-665) and answer questions 4-7 on p. 665 in your composition book.

HW for Monday 9/28

Read the Cantos 1 and 3 from The Inferno (pp 649-655).

HW for Friday 9/25

Read all of the introductory material on Dante and The Inferno (pp 645-648) and "discuss" your answers to the questions in the "Make the Connection" section on p. 648 in your composition book.

HW for Tuesday 9/22

Read the introductory material to The Aeneid, pp 268-271. Make sure you bring your textbook and composition book to class tomorrow.

HW for Friday 9/18

Read pp 31-35 in your textbook, then answer Response and Analysis questions 4, 5, 8, and 9 in your composition book. We will discuss these at the beginning of class tomorrow.

HW for Thursday 9/17

Read pp 21-31 in your textbook (from Gilgamesh). As you read, identify at least five words that your are not sure you know (vocab from text does NOT count). Re-write the sentence in which they appear in your composition book, and define the work in context as best you can. We will go over your words at the beginning of class yomorrow.