Tuesday, October 29

HOMEWORK: Finish reading Fall of the House of Usher (pdf)
Fall of the House of Usher (audiobook)

The Terror of the Soul
"Poetry is a house, and for Edgar Allan Poe, that house is haunted"--Rusty Brown

Monday: Finish the video The Terror of the Soul and take notes
Tuesday: Start Walden
Thursday: Nature walk--bring jacket

Thur, 10/24

The Majestic Courtroom Scene
The Crucible was written in response to the McCarthy Red Scare
McCarthyism--Miller site
McCarthyism--Encyclopedia Britannica
Arthur Miller and McCarthyism
--What points is Miller making about human nature and our moral responsibility?
The movie The Majestic

Scarlet Letter Vocabulary
Walden Vocabulary

Monday, October 21

Crucible, comprehensive vocab list--words 1-10
Test Tue (tomorrow!)

Read Act 4, The Crucible

Tue

HOMEWORK: If you haven't already finished yesterday's HW: FinishThe Minister's Black Veil and, in your spiral, write 1/2 page telling me what this story has to say about hypocrisy
HOMEWORK: Finish typing Commentary of your poem
HW: finish vocabulary example sentences for the first 13 terms on the list (minus historical references)
Submit to Turnitin.com before class Monday
        Class code: 22347337


TODAY:

1. Finish Act 2 of The Crucible 
2. Introduce Crucible, comprehensive vocab list--words 1-10
Test next Tue.
3. The Minister's Black Veil
   Online text: The Minister's Black Veil
4. Watch movie

October 8

HOMEWORK: FinishThe Minister's Black Veil and, in your spiral, write 1/2 page telling me what this story has to say about hypocrisy
HOMEWORK: Finish typing Commentary of your poem
Submit to Turnitin.com before class Monday
        Class code: 22347337


TODAY:

1. Finish Act 2 of The Crucible 
2. Introduce Crucible, comprehensive vocab list--words 1-10
Test next Tue.
3. The Minister's Black Veil
   Online text: The Minister's Black Veil
4. Watch movie

Thursday, October 10

Vocabulary for next Thursday's test:
Crucible, comprehensive vocab list--words 1-10

Autumn Poems
Monday you will write out one of these poems from memory. Don't worry about line breaks or punctuation.
E.C. for people who recite Tuesday or Thursday

HOMEWORK: Memorize poem
HOMEWORK: Read Arthur Miller's stage notes about Reverend Hale, as well as the other characters up to this point in the story: Parris, Putnam, Proctor, Rebecca, Hale, Giles
HOMEWORK: Finish typing Commentary of your poem
Monday you will post it to Turnitin.com


TODAY:
We will finish the commentary in class Thursday (30 min)
2. Introduce Crucible, comprehensive vocab list--words 1-10
3. Finish Act 1 of The Crucible (we'll finish next time)
4. Watch creepy opening scene to the movie version

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE:
Commentary: How To handout

Crucible, comprehensive vocab list
Other vocab decks we're not studying but which could still come in handy:
Crucible, Act 1 Vocabulary--terms
Crucible, Act 2 Vocabulary--terms
Crucible, Act 3 Vocabulary--11 terms
Crucible, Act 4 Vocabulary--terms

Flash cards to help you prepare for the test over the play:
Crucible, Act 1 Reading Comprehension flash cards
Crucible, Act 2 Reading Comprehension flash cards
Crucible, Act 3 Reading Comprehension flash cards
Crucible, Act 4 Reading Comprehension flash cards

Monday you will check your Commentary for thorough elaboration.
Monday's homework will be to polish up the Commentary and submit to Turnitin.com
Class ID: 22347337
Enrollment key/password: saxons 

Tuesday, October 1

October is finally here!
"Oh hushed October morning mild,
 Thy leaves have ripened to the fall,
 Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild,
 Should waste them all."

Autumn Poems
Monday you will write out one of these poems from memory. Don't worry about line breaks or punctuation.
E.C. for people who recite Tuesday or Thursday

TODAY:
HOMEWORK: Memorize poem
1. Type Commentary of your poem
We will finish the commentary in class Thursday (30 min)
2. Crucible, Act 1 Vocabulary--terms
3. Finish Act 1 of The Crucible
4. If we have time, start Act 2

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE:
Commentary: How To handout

Crucible, Act 1 Vocabulary--terms
Crucible, Act 2 Vocabulary--terms
Crucible, Act 3 Vocabulary--11 terms
Crucible, Act 4 Vocabulary--terms
Crucible, comprehensive vocab list

Crucible, Act 1 Reading Comprehension flash cards
Crucible, Act 2 Reading Comprehension flash cards
Crucible, Act 3 Reading Comprehension flash cards
Crucible, Act 4 Reading Comprehension flash cards