Welcome to Senior English!

 

 

 

 

"Beefing up Commentary"

 

Link to Online Textbook (Regular Seniors)

 

Link to Collaborize Classroom Registration

 

PDF of the "Big Five" Power Point Notes

 

General Scoring Guide for Advanced Placement Essays and Timed Writings

 

 

March 11, 2013:  Students reviewed essay structure, taking notes, and the teacher discussed the format and nature of the timed writing task that students will perform tomorrow.

 

March 12, 2013:  Students completed their timed essay task as the culminating composition assignment for Unit 4.

 

March 13, 2013:  Students read three poetic works by Lord Byron and completed a text analysis graphic organizer and several questions.  All work with the poetry will be due at the start of class tomorrow.

 

March 14, 2013:  Students reviewed levels of comedy by way of the comedic ladder and then began viewing a parody.

 

 

Current Class Activities & Assignments for APE Lit. (Pds. 4, 6, & 7):

 

March 11, 2013:  Students reviewed themes present in the novel A Tale of Two Cities.  Students turned in character notes.  Students are to continue exploring thematic elements of the novel as homework, in preparation for a timed essay tomorrow.

 

March 12, 2013:  Students completed timed essay responses over A Tale of Two Cities.

 

March 13, 2013:  Students completed objective tests over A Tale of Two Cities.

 

March 14, 2013:  Students took notes over characteristics of Southern literature and William Faulkner, and began reading As I Lay Dying.  Students are to read through page 15 as homework, recording all questions that they have from those chapters for review in class tomorrow.

 

 

 

Archived Class Activities and Assignments (All Classes):

 

Weeks 1 & 2 (August 20-31, 2012)

 

Weeks 3 & 4 (September 4-14, 2012) 

 

Weeks 5 & 6 (September 17-28, 2012) 

 

Weeks 7 & 8 (October 1-12, 2012)

 

Weeks 9 & 10 (October 15-26, 2012

 

Weeks 11 & 12 (October 29-November 9, 2012)

 

Weeks 13 & 14 (November 12-20, 2012)

 

Weeks 15 & 16 (November 26-December 7, 2012)

 

Weeks 17 & 18 (December 10-20, 2012)

 

Weeks 19 & 20 (January 3-11, 2013)

 

Weeks 21 & 22 (January 14-25, 2013)

 

Weeks 23 & 24 (January 28-February 8, 2013)

 

Weeks 25 & 26 (February 11-22, 2013)

 

Weeks 27 & 28 (February 25-March 8, 2013)

 

Weeks 29 & 30 (March 11-15, 2013, & March 25-29, 2013)

 

Weeks 31 & 32 (April 1-12, 2013)

 

Weeks 33 & 34 (April 15-26, 2013)

 

Weeks 35 & 36 (April 29-May 10, 2013)

 

Weeks 37 & 38 (May 13-24, 2013)