Level English IV
Study for your test over the Restoration Period to be administered on Tuesday (Jan. 29, 2008). Be sure to review all "A Modest Proposal" worksheets, your Restoration lecture notes, your notes over persuasive strategies and satirical tools, your notes over "An Essay on Man" (know antithesis), and the background information on Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.
Practical Writing
Your final resume is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Jan. 25, 2008: Homework
Level English IV
Read pp. 520 and 524 in your textbook ("An Essay on Man" excerpt).
Practical Writing
Prepare a rough draft of a resume to work with in the computer labs this coming Monday (Jan. 28, 2008).
Read pp. 520 and 524 in your textbook ("An Essay on Man" excerpt).
Practical Writing
Prepare a rough draft of a resume to work with in the computer labs this coming Monday (Jan. 28, 2008).
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Jan. 22, 2007: Homework
English IV
Remember to read "A Modest Proposal" and complete your worksheet for tomorrow.
Best,
Mr. Mulholland
Remember to read "A Modest Proposal" and complete your worksheet for tomorrow.
Best,
Mr. Mulholland
Friday, January 18, 2008
Jan. 18, 2007: Homework
Level English IV
You must complete your poetry assignment and read pp. 486; 502-508 ("A Modest Proposal") for class this Tuesday (Jan. 22).
You must complete your poetry assignment and read pp. 486; 502-508 ("A Modest Proposal") for class this Tuesday (Jan. 22).
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
W/Th Block Day: Homework
Level English IV
You have a quiz over what we have covered thus far in our class lectures and discussions scheduled for this Friday (Jan. 18). Study your notes and the poems we have discussed in class. Also, your poem (see the rubric I handed out) is due next Tuesday (Jan. 22).
Practical Writing
Your final draft for your personal narrative/reflective essay is due on Friday (Jan. 18).
You have a quiz over what we have covered thus far in our class lectures and discussions scheduled for this Friday (Jan. 18). Study your notes and the poems we have discussed in class. Also, your poem (see the rubric I handed out) is due next Tuesday (Jan. 22).
Practical Writing
Your final draft for your personal narrative/reflective essay is due on Friday (Jan. 18).
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Jan. 15, 2008: Homework
Level English IV
Tonight you should read "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" (on pg. 233) and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" (on pg. 235) and answer questions 1, 3, and 4 on pg. 236. Also, read the three Shakespeare sonnets I handed out in class today.
Practical Writing
You absolutely need to bring your rough draft and peer workshop sheet to computer lab 1322 on your given block day. Your final drafts are due on Friday.
Tonight you should read "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" (on pg. 233) and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" (on pg. 235) and answer questions 1, 3, and 4 on pg. 236. Also, read the three Shakespeare sonnets I handed out in class today.
Practical Writing
You absolutely need to bring your rough draft and peer workshop sheet to computer lab 1322 on your given block day. Your final drafts are due on Friday.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Jan. 14, 2008: Homework
Practical Writing
Your rough draft, without a doubt, is due tomorrow (Jan. 15). We will be work-shopping your rough drafts tomorrow.
Your rough draft, without a doubt, is due tomorrow (Jan. 15). We will be work-shopping your rough drafts tomorrow.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Jan. 11, 2008: Homework
Level English IV
You are to read pp. 217; 221-222 in your textbook; please enjoy the "Faerie Queene." Also, remember to bring your chosen books to class on Monday.
Practical Writing
Remember to work on your rough drafts for a peer workshop session on Monday.
You are to read pp. 217; 221-222 in your textbook; please enjoy the "Faerie Queene." Also, remember to bring your chosen books to class on Monday.
Practical Writing
Remember to work on your rough drafts for a peer workshop session on Monday.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Book Synopses
1984
Winston Smith is a member of the Outer Party. He works in the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth, rewriting and distorting history. To escape Big Brother’s tyranny, at least inside his own mind, Winston begins a diary—an act punishable by death. Winston is determined to remain human under inhuman circumstances. Yet telescreens are placed everywhere—in his home, in his cubicle at work, in the cafeteria where he eats, even in the bathroom stalls. His every move is watched. No place is safe.
synopsis from Cliffsnotes
Candide
Candide begins in the German town of Westphalia, where Candide, a young man, lives in the castle of Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh. A noted philosopher, Doctor Pangloss, tutors the baron on philosophical optimism, the idea that “all is for the best . . . in this best of all worlds.” Candide, a simple man, first accepts this philosophy, but as he experiences the horrors of war, poverty, the maliciousness of man, and the hypocrisy of the church, he begins to doubt the voracity of Pangloss’s theory. Thus, philosophical optimism is the focus of Votaire’s satire; anti-war and anti-church refrains also run throughout the novel.
Winston Smith is a member of the Outer Party. He works in the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth, rewriting and distorting history. To escape Big Brother’s tyranny, at least inside his own mind, Winston begins a diary—an act punishable by death. Winston is determined to remain human under inhuman circumstances. Yet telescreens are placed everywhere—in his home, in his cubicle at work, in the cafeteria where he eats, even in the bathroom stalls. His every move is watched. No place is safe.
synopsis from Cliffsnotes
Candide
Candide begins in the German town of Westphalia, where Candide, a young man, lives in the castle of Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh. A noted philosopher, Doctor Pangloss, tutors the baron on philosophical optimism, the idea that “all is for the best . . . in this best of all worlds.” Candide, a simple man, first accepts this philosophy, but as he experiences the horrors of war, poverty, the maliciousness of man, and the hypocrisy of the church, he begins to doubt the voracity of Pangloss’s theory. Thus, philosophical optimism is the focus of Votaire’s satire; anti-war and anti-church refrains also run throughout the novel.
synopsis from Enotes
Slaughterhouse Five
In Slaughterhouse...Vonnegut finally delivers a complete treatise on the World War II bombing of Dresden. The main character, Billy Pilgrim, is a very young infantry scout who is captured in the Battle of the Bulge and quartered in a Dresden slaughterhouse where he and other prisoners are employed in the production of a vitamin supplement for pregnant women. During the February 13, 1945, firebombing by Allied aircraft, the prisoners take shelter in an underground meat locker. When they emerge, the city has been levelled and they are forced to dig corpses out of the rubble. The story of Billy Pilgrim is the story of Kurt Vonnegut who was captured and survived the firestorm in which 135,000 German civilians perished, more than the number of deaths in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
synopsis from http://www.vonnegutweb.com/sh5/index.html
Othello
Along with Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, Othello is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies and thus a pillar of what most critics take to be the apex of Shakespeare's dramatic art. Othello is unique among Shakespeare's great tragedies. Unlike Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, which are set against a backdrop of affairs of state and which reverberate with suggestions of universal human concerns, Othello is set in a private world and focuses on the passions and personal lives of its major figures. Indeed, it has often been described as a "tragedy of character"; Othello's swift descent into jealousy and rage and Iago's dazzling display of villainy have long fascinated students and critics of the play. The relationship between these characters is another unusual feature of Othello. With two such prominent characters so closely associated, determining which is the central figure in the play and which bears the greater responsibility for the tragedy is difficult.
synopsis from Enotes
Homework Recap: Jan. 8, 2008
Level English IV
We went over many, many due dates today; here's a recap.
W/Th Block Day: Restoration Worksheet is due
Friday: Restoration Lecture Notes are due; Book Choices are due; Literary Analysis Paper Parent letter is due; Composition Notebook is due (a.k.a. bring your notebook and leave it in class for a daily grade); Restoration Lecture Quiz will be delivered
Monday: Bring your purchased or checked out book of choice to class
We went over many, many due dates today; here's a recap.
W/Th Block Day: Restoration Worksheet is due
Friday: Restoration Lecture Notes are due; Book Choices are due; Literary Analysis Paper Parent letter is due; Composition Notebook is due (a.k.a. bring your notebook and leave it in class for a daily grade); Restoration Lecture Quiz will be delivered
Monday: Bring your purchased or checked out book of choice to class
Monday, January 7, 2008
Welcome Back: January 8, 2008
Level English IV
You will be composing a Literary Criticism Paper this first six (seven really) weeks; in order to do so, you must first choose a book to read, study, and analyze. The following books (and one play) are your options for this paper:
1984 by George Orwell
Othello by William Shakespeare
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Candide by Voltaire
You must choose your book by this Friday (January 11) and have it purchased by Monday (January 14).
You will be composing a Literary Criticism Paper this first six (seven really) weeks; in order to do so, you must first choose a book to read, study, and analyze. The following books (and one play) are your options for this paper:
1984 by George Orwell
Othello by William Shakespeare
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Candide by Voltaire
You must choose your book by this Friday (January 11) and have it purchased by Monday (January 14).
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