Don't forget to come with lunch at the beginning of today's E block - we're watching a movie!

Updated December Syllabus

HORROR LITERATURE E BLOCK DECEMBER 2013

Mon., Dec. 9                           scenes ii & iii

Tues., Dec. 10                        scene iv and review

Wed., Dec. 11                         Act I quiz

                                                Act II, scene i

Thurs., Dec. 12                      Act II, scene ii to players’ recital of Pyrrhus story)

                                                Discuss Agamemnon story

Mon., Dec. 16                         Act II, scene ii to end

Tues., Dec. 16                          Act II quiz

Wed., Dec. 17                         Prep for writing test

Thurs., Dec. 18                      Writing test

E BLOCK NOVEMBER SYLLABUS 2013

Tues. Nov. 12 Go over Vocab 2 words

Discuss 16 – 20

Hand out possible paper questions

Wed., Nov. 13 Finish and discuss Frankenstein

Good essay questions due

Thurs., Nov. 14

Outline of Frankenstein essay due, typed (follow template)

Mon., Nov. 18 Vocab Quiz

Rewrite of Gothic Essay Due (see assignment)

Begin “Frankenstein”

Tues., Nov. 19 “Frankenstein” the movie

Wed., Nov. 20 Draft of essay due to peers

Thurs., Nov. 21 Essay due to me

Review vocab 3 words

Mon., Nov. 25 Vocab Quiz 3

Setting up quotations

Begin “Night of the Living Dead”

Tues., Nov. 26 “Night of the Living Dead”

Hand out Shakespeare factoids

Wed., Nov. 27 “Night” review

Shakespeare factoids due

Thurs., Nov. 28 Thanksgiving!

Mon., Dec. 1 Goof off

Tues., Dec. 2 Act I, scenes I & ii

Wed., Dec. 3 Scene iii

Thurs., Dec. 4 Scenes iv and v

Mon., Dec. 8 Practice and act scenes

Tues., Dec. 9 Act I review

Wed., Dec. 10 Act I test

Gothic Horror Powerpoint

Here's the link. 

http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/RSpriggs/files/gothic_literature%20power%20point1.p
pt 

HORROR LITERATURE (Section 2) OCTOBER 2013

 

     

E BLOCK HORROR SYLLABUS

Tues., Oct. 15            Go over writing skills

Wed., Oct. 16            "Rappaccini's Daughter," Hawthorne

Thurs., Oct. 17         No class - Ms. D has a field trip

Mon., Oct. 21             In-Class Essay on Gothic Horror stories   

                                    Hand out Shelley Factoids       

Wed., Oct. 23             Discuss essay

Factoid presentation
INTRO TO ROMANTICISM

                                    Hand out Vocab List 1. Go over usage.

Thurs., Oct. 24          Frankenstein chapters 1-4

Reading quiz on chapters 1 – 4

                                   

Mon., Oct. 28            Frankenstein 5 – 7

                             

Tues., Oct. 29            8 - 10
                                    Outside Reading Presentations

Wed., Oct. 30            11 - 13
                                    Vocab Quiz.

                                    Outside Reading Presentation
                                    Hand out Vocab List 2

Thurs., Oct. 31            No class - Ms. D out

Mon., Nov. 4              Discuss 14 - 16        

                                    Hand out essay assignment

Tues., Nov .5             17 – 19

Wed., Nov. 6              Frankenstein, 20 - 21

                                     Outlines due - Q, thesis, RQ, 4 topic sentences

Thurs., Nov. 7            Discuss end of novel.
                                     One-on-one for outlines

                                  

Revised October Syllabus

HORROR LITERATURE (Section 1) OCTOBER 2013

 

Mon., Oct. 7               “The Pit and the Pendulum”

                                    Final college essay 1 due

Tues., Oct. 8               “The Fall of the House of Usher”

Wed., Oct. 9               “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne

                       

Thurs., Oct. 10           “The Monkey’s Paw”

                                    Final college essay 2 due

Tues., Oct. 15             In-class essay on Gothic short story                        

                                    Hand out Shelley Factoids       

Wed., Oct. 16             Discuss essay

INTRO TO ROMANTICISM

                                    Hand out Frankenstein Factoids: Who was Mary Shelley?

Hand out Vocab List 1. Go over usage.

Thurs., Oct. 17           Factoid presentation

                                    Frankenstein chapters 1-4

Reading quiz on chapters 1 – 4

                                   

Mon., Oct. 21             Frankenstein 5 – 7

                                    Review punctuation in groups

Tues., Oct. 22                        Vocab Quiz.

                                    Discuss 8 – 13

                                    Hand out Vocab List 2

Wed., Oct. 23             14 – 16

                                    Practice vocab words 2

Thurs., Oct. 24          17 – 19

Mon., 28                     Frankenstein, 20 - 21

Tues., Oct. 29                        Discuss end of novel. Watch “Frankenstein”                         

                                    Hand out essay assignment

Wed., Oct. 30             “Frankenstein” movie reviews due. Discuss

                                    Outside Reading Presentations

Thurs., Oct. 31           Outside Reading Presentations

                                    Essay Outlines Due

REVISED SEPT-OCT SYLLABUS!

HORROR LITERATURE E BLOCK OCTOBER 2013

 

Mon., Sept. 23           Hand in and discuss college essays

Horror and HUBRIS
            “Sea Perils and Defeat”- Quiz
           

Tues., Sept. 24          The story of Babel
                                    Beowulf – Grendel

                                    Diction and passive voice

Punctuation Review
                                   

Wed., Sept. 25           Punctuation Quiz

MONSTER PRESENTATIONS

Thurs., Sept. 26        College essay idea 2 written down and submitted

Beowulf – Grendel’s Mom and the Dragon

                                    MONSTER PRESENTATIONS

Mon., Sept. 30           College Essay 2 due

ROMANTICISM AND THE GOTHIC – Powerpoint

                                     “The Masque of the Red Death,” Edgar Allen Poe

                                   

Tues., Oct. 1              “A Tell-Tale Heart”

WRITING UNIT II: The analytical essay

The difference between observation and idea

Wed., Oct. 2               Back to school night!

 “The Pit and the Pendulum”

                                    Developing the Thesis

Thurs., Oct. 3                        “The Fall of the House of Usher”

Mon., Oct. 7               “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne

                                    Body Paragraphs, Transitional Topic Sentences

Tues., Oct. 8              Intro and concluding paragraphs

“The Monkey’s Paw”

Wed., Oct. 9               Setting up quotations

                                    Hand out Frankenstein

Factoids: Who was Mary Shelley?

Thurs., Oc. 10                        Factoid presentation

                                    Frank, chapters 1 – 4

                                   

Mon., Oct. 14             No school

Tues., Oct. 15                        Hand out Frank Vocab List 1. Go over usage.

                                    Frankenstein 5 - 7

                                   

Wed., Oct. 16             8 – 13

                                   

Thurs., Oct. 17          14 – 16

                                    Frank Vocab quiz 1

                                    Hand out Frank Vocab list 2

Mon., Oct. 21             17 – 19

Tues., Oct. 22                        Frankenstein, 20 – 21

                                    Vocab Quiz 2

Wed., Oct. 23             Discuss end of novel

“Frankenstein” the movie

Thurs., Oct. 24          Finish “Frankenstein” movie.

                                    Hand out Frankenstein essay assignment

Mon., Oct. 28            Outline for Frankenstein  essay due

                                    Frankenstein movie review due

 

Tues., Oct. 29                        One-on-one for Frank essays

Wed., Oct. 30             Outside reading presentations

Thurs., Oct. 31          Outside reading presentations