Monday, September 3: No School - Labor Day
Tuesday, September 4: Read course syllabus, Honor code, and purchase all class materials by week's end. Bring in "choice" summer reading novel.
Wednesday, September 5: Summer Reading Assignment due Friday, September 14. Interviews begin tomorrow.
Thursday, September 6: Course 2: Sophomore Class Assembly
Friday, September 7: Summer reading assessment and due date for all materials 9/14
Purchase all course materials. Read and sign honor policy. Be prepared to discuss your summer reading (bring in your novels if possible for the next class).
Friday, September 2:
Monday, September 10: NO SCHOOL - ROSH HASHANA
Tuesday, September 11: NO SCHOOL - Rosh Hashana
Wednesday, September 12: DROP DAY
Thursday, September 13: Finish reading "A Worn Path" and complete the worksheetCourse 8: See 2H Documents and Assignments folder on this site and complete Grammar Diagnostic 1 under "links". Email results to crosenhaft2153@student.bcsdny.org. Read Updike's "Separating". Annotate specifically for imagery and characterization. Make notations about Mood and Tone, as reviewed in class. All due Monday.
Friday, September 14: See Thursday's HW. Course 6: See 2H Documents and Assignments folder on this site and complete Grammar Diagnostic 1 under "links". Email results to crosenhaft2153@student.bcsdny.org.
Summer reading in-class reflection is tomorrow. All summer reading materials due tomorrow.
Read "In Another Country". Select three quotations from the story which provide insight into a particular character. Focus on aspects of setting and annotate for details about each character. What do your quotations reveal about your chosen character?
Perfect a thesis statement for "In Another Country" and for one other story of your choice in your journals. Be prepapred to share!
Monday, September 17: Read "Separating". Annotate for theme, imagery, characterization and metaphor
Tuesday, September 18: Read "In Another Country". Annotate for theme, setting and characterization. Choose 3-4 quotations which highlight character attributes.
Wednesday, September 19: NO SCHOOL - YOM KIPPUR
Thursday, September 20: Drop Day
Friday, September 21: Draft two thesis statements based on classwork for "In Another Country" to share out in class on Monday.
Course 8: Read "The Worm in the Apple" and complete attached worksheet. No entry.
class canceled. Course 6: Do your best to draft 2 thesis statements. One should be on either of the 2 prompts for "In Another Country" (listed at the top of the worksheet), and the other can be about any topic on any story - it's open. Don't worry about perfection - it's the thinking and effort that counts! Don't worry about filling out the graphic organizer - I didn't get a chance to properly take you through it last Friday.
Course 6: Read "The Worm in the Apple" and complete attached worksheet for tomorrow. No entry.
Course 8: Prepare for Socratic Seminar on "Worm in the Apple" for MONDAY Course 6: Seminar on TUESDAY
Independent reading day. Prepare for seminar.
Monday, September 24: Revise a thesis statement based on today's class
Tuesday, September 25: Annotate "A Worm in the Apple" and complete reading questions for tomorrow's class
Wednesday, September 26: Prep for Socratic Seminar (mock) for Friday.
Thursday, September 27: Drop Day
Friday, September 28: Read "Reunion". Annotate for diction (word choice) and how it helps to characterize Charlie and his father. Write responses to Grotesque/Pathos on attached worksheet.
Journal about "Reunion". For what intended effect does Cheever use the grotesque and pathos in "Reunion"? Support your ideas with textual evidence from the story.
JOURNAL SUBMISSION TOMORROW. Choose and type of your "Best Work" Choose essay topic.
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