sophomore english [ex]

Sophomore English [EX]

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NOTE: The daily agenda as posted and discussed in class is the final agenda.

Monday, April 9

• In Class• DGP & V Week 6• Writing Day

• Upcoming• Tuesday: Turn in Merchant Essay and Read

Scene II & Ode II, pp. 27 -47.

Thursday, April 5• In Class

• Merchant Essay Questions?• Let’s talk about Oedipus. If we get to Ode I, I’ll be

surprised. We have some Oedipal arrogance (hubris) to talk about first.

• Upcoming• Monday: Writing Day! Bring all your stuff on paper to

work on.• Tuesday: Read Scene II & Ode II, pp. 27 -47

• In Class• Finish Introduction to Greek Theater and the Oedipus Cycle• Wednesday: Devoted to Talking about Merchant Essays. If you

didn’t get a copy of the prompt before break, let me know.

• Upcoming• Wednesday: Devoted to Talking about Merchant Essays. If you

didn’t get a copy of the prompt before break, let me know.• Thursday: Read Prologue, Párados, and Scene I (3-25)

Tuesday, April 3• In Class

• Housekeeping• Introduction to Greek Theater and the Oedipus Cycle

• Upcoming• Wednesday: Devoted to Talking about Merchant Essays.

If you didn’t get a copy of the prompt before break, let me know.

• Thursday: Read Prologue, Párados, and Scene I (3-25)

Monday, April 2• In Class

• Welcome back! I hope everyone is rejuvenated and prepared for the push to the end.

• Make-up Some Stuff• Return and Go Over Some Stuff

• Upcoming• We’ll begin Oedipus tomorrow.• The due date for this essay on The Merchant of Venice is

Tuesday, April 10.

Thursday, March 22• In Class

• Do we need to discuss anything before the last quiz on Merchant?• Previously mentioned quiz on Act V• Essay Prompt for Merchant

• Upcoming• Spring Break: Enjoy it. If you enjoy getting ahead by working on

things, you have an essay prompt. If you need not to think about BHS, English, Shylocks, or assignments for a few days, the due date for this essay will fall on Tuesday, April 10. We’ll be deep into Oedipus Rex at that time.

Wednesday, March 21• In Class

• Antonio and Letters• Gratiano and Strange Endings• What does Shakespeare intend for us to conclude about the nature of love?

• Upcoming• Wednesday: Finish our Act V Discussion• Thursday: Change of Last Quiz Strategy: Only Act V, but a short answer or

two that call for some interpretation and evaluation. The question above is a good question of evaluation. What does Gratiano mean is a good question of interpretation. So is does Lorenzo love Jessica.

• Break: Take one. I’m planning to give you a writing prompt about Merchant before break, but not planning for you to do anything fancy with it until after Break.

Tuesday, March 20• In Class

• Why, do you suppose, Shakespeare ends the play with some of the most despicable people marrying each other? What’s Antonio’s role?

• Portia and Strange Mornings• Gratiano and Strange Endings

• Upcoming• Thursday: Last Merchant Quiz—Acts IV-V

Monday, March 19• In Class

• Thanks for helping things go smoothly for Mr. Johnson on Thursday and Friday. I hope you enjoyed “The Irish Bricklayer.”

• The Rings—IV.i.419-ii.1-23

• Upcoming• We’ll begin a good discussion of Act V tomorrow. It’s short,

romantic, and confusing. Why, do you suppose, Shakespeare ends the play with some of the most despicable people marrying each other? What’s Antonio’s role?


• DGP & V Wednesday and Thursday• The Trial: “The quality of mercy is not strained.”

• So, why doesn’t Becca show Joshua some mercy?

• Upcoming• Thursday: Watch the Al Pacino version of The Trial and

Act IV Quiz. We won’t have time really to discuss what happens at the end of Act IV—what causes Bassanio to give Portia’s ring away.

• Friday: DGP & V Week 5 Quiz

Tuesday, March 13• In Class

• DGP & V• The Merchant of Venice: The Trial

• Upcoming• Wednesday: Finish the Trial• Thursday: View the Al Pacino version, but it won’t be as

good as the Joshua Altshuler version. Perhaps a quiz on Act IV.

• Friday: DGP and V Week 5 Quiz


• Old copy on bottom/New copy on top• DGP & V Week 5: This is the last one of these for 3rd

Quarter!• The Merchant of Venice Act III Quiz• Begin Act IV

• Upcoming• Tuesday: The Trial Scene

Friday, March 9

• In Class• DGP & V Week 4 Quiz• DGP & V Week 5 Preview• The Merchant of Venice

• Plot Stuff, Rumors about Jessica and Lorenzo

• Upcoming• Monday: Act III Quiz

Today

• Now• Stuff

• Later• More stuff


• Return Some Stuff• DGP & V• Bassanio’s Choice Scene ii

• Upcoming• Thursday: Prepare for a discussion of scenes i & iii-v. I

have a how-do-you-like-me-now kind of question in my mind about Antonio and Shylock.

Tuesday, March 6AKA Italian Love Song Tuesday &

Pom-Pon Celebration Day• In Class

• DGP & V• Quiz on Act II• Begin Discussion of Act III

• Upcoming• Wednesday: I think we’ll watch Bassanio’s selection of

the casket and talk, but as far as planning goes, I haven’t. Please read up. You’re always keeping up when you’re reading Merchant.


• Return and Go over Grading Rubric for Essays• Revision Possibilities

• DGP & V Week 4• ¿Hay preguntas?• Act II Quiz

• Upcoming• Tuesday: Read Act III

Friday, March 2• In Class

• DGP & V Week 3 Quiz• DGP & V Week 4 Preview• The Merchant of Venice

• Scenes vii & ix

• Upcoming• Monday: Act II Quiz. Read Act III. It includes Bassanio’s

choice of caskets. A hoot!

Thursday, March 1

• In Class• DGP & V

• The Merchant of Venice (II.v)• Fathers and Their Daughters—Shylock & Jessica

• Upcoming• Friday: DGP & V Week 3 Quiz & Scenes vii and ix

• Monday: Act II Quiz

Leap Day!

• In Class• DGP & V• Lancelet and Gobbo (II.ii)

• Upcoming• Read Up!

Tuesday, February 28• In Class

• DGP & V• Quiz on Act I

• Upcoming• Wednesday: Begin reading Act II if you haven’t already. There are

nine scenes in this act, but most of them are short. Portia has to dispense with her suitors, especially the Prince of Morocco. Shakespeare has to introduce new characters—Jessica, Lorenzo, Gobbo—and another layer of plot development that includes the lowest members of society.

Monday, February 27

• In Class• DGP & V Week 3—Backtrack to Exclamatory Sentence

and was mistaken

• The Ancient Grudge—I.iii.41-52 & 116-139• At what point—if at any—does Shylock get serious? Is this a

game?

• Upcoming• Tuesday: Act I Quiz—10 Multi-Choice Questions

Friday, February 24• In Class

• DGP & V Notes for Week 3• Finish Portia and Nerissa—I.ii.66+• The Ancient Grudge—I.iii

• At what point—if at any—does Shylock get serious? Is this a game?

• Upcoming• Don’t forget to pick up a copy of The RoundUp!• Monday: Finish reading Act I. We’ll also start DGP and V Week 3• Tuesday: Act I Quiz—10 Multi-Choice Questions

Thursday, February 22• In Class

• Act I (The Guys’ Scene): “In sooth I know not why I am so sad.”

• Act I, Scene ii (The Girls’ Scene): “By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world.”

• Upcoming• Monday: Finish reading Act I. We’ll also start DGP and

V Week 3• Tuesday: Act I Quiz

Wednesday, February 22• In Class

• It’s a Van Morrison Wednesday!• Hand out copies of The Merchant of Venice• Begin Act I (The Guys’ Scene): “In sooth I know not why

I am so sad.”• Upcoming

• Thursday: Read Act I, Scene ii (The Girls’ Scene): “By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world.”


• Make-up Work from Job and DGP & V 2• Collect Job Papers: Staple Final Draft Checklist to the Back• I have to call an audible to change the play at the line. Instead

of Oedipus Rex, we’re going to read The Merchant of Venice next. Ha, change the play—call it Shylock Next.

• Upcoming• Wednesday: We’ll do a little round-robin reading of Act I.


• DGP & V Week 2 Quiz• Questions about Book of Job Papers• Guidelines and Final Draft Checklist

• Upcoming• Tuesday: Job Papers Due; We’ll begin a new unit on

Tuesday, too. Oedipus Rex! If you think Job suffers, wait until you see what happens to Oedipus.

Wednesday, February 15

• In Class• DGP & V• Questions about Book of Job Papers• Guidelines and Final Draft Checklist

• Upcoming• Thursday: DGP & V Week 2 Quiz; Continue

with Guidelines and FDC

Tuesday, February 14

• In Class• DGP & V Day 3• “The Imperfect Paradise”

• Does Job live in the world of justified, true beliefs, Gettier problems, or something else?

• Upcoming• Wednesday:

Monday, February 13

• In Class• Discussion of “The Imperfect Paradise” by Linda Pastan

• Does Job live in the world of justified, true beliefs, Gettier problems, or something else?

• Upcoming• DGP & V Week 2 Day 3 TU, Day 4 WED, and Quiz TH.


• DGP & V• Quiz on The Book of Job• Hand out and go over Job essay assignment

• Upcoming• Monday: Prepare for Discussion of “The Imperfect

Paradise.”• Tuesday, February 21: Job Essay Due


• DGP & V• Postpone Job Quiz until Friday due to Computer User

Error• Hey, at least it gives us time to talk about whether or not

the Epilogue is a good ending.• Upcoming

• Friday: Quiz• TBA: Paper


• DGP & V• Job, suffering, silence, and the epilogue

• Upcoming• DGP & V Week 2 will run from Wednesday (2/8) to

Thursday (2/16). Day 1 WED, Day 2 TH, Day 3 TU, Day 4 WED, and Quiz TH.

• Thursday: Quiz on The Book of Job—15 Multiple-Choice Question


• DGP & V• Begin Discussion of “The Summation,” “The Voice from

the Whirlwind,” and “The Legend”• Upcoming

• DGP & V Week 2 will run from Wednesday (2/8) to Thursday (2/16). Day 1 WED, Day 2 TH, Day 3 TU, Day 4 WED, and Quiz TH.

• Thursday: Quiz on The Book of Job—15 Multiple-Choice Question

Monday, February 6• In Class

• Round III and Zophar• (pp. 57 & 65)

• Do you have the sense that God is going to let someone have it? Who? Why?

• Upcoming• Tuesday: Begin Discussion of “The Summation,” “The Voice from

the Whirlwind,” and “The Legend”• DGP & V Week 2 will run from Wednesday (2/8) to Thursday

(2/16). Day 1 WED, Day 2 TH, Day 3 TU, Day 4 WED, and Quiz TH.


• DGP & V Week 1 Quiz• The Book of Job: Begin Discussion of “Round II”

• Upcoming• Monday: Read “Round III.” I’m not sure how long we’ll

want/need to spend talking about Zophar. He either makes the most complicated or the most disorganized argument, so be prepared for whatever happens and be ready to begin talking about “The Summation,” “The Voice from the Whirlwind,” and “The Legend” by Tuesday.

Friday, February 3

1+1=1or 3, but not 2


• DGP & V• The Book of Job

• Big Question: Are we resolved that “perfect integrity” is the unity of opposing values like honesty and dishonesty? I’d say that we have disagreement on this.

• What about THIS Big Question, then: Is perfection in TBOJ the unity of failure and success? Loss and gain? Suffering and—uh—not suffering?

• Upcoming• Friday: DGP & V Week 1 Quiz; Begin Discussion of “Round II”


• DGP & V• The Book of Job

• Big Question: Are we resolved collectively that “perfect integrity” in TBOJ is the unity of opposing values like honesty and dishonesty?

• Upcoming• Thursday: Finish Discussion of “The Curse” and Round I• Friday: DGP & V Week 1 Quiz

Tuesday, January 31

• In Class• Hand out copies of DGP & V and The Book of Job

• What is “perfect integrity?” What is the nature of a god who allows someone of perfect integrity to be tested?

• Upcoming• Wednesday: Read “The Curse” and “Round I” (11-37).

Don’t forget to read the Introduction (vii-xxx).

Monday, January 30

• In Class• Daily Grammar Practice and Vocabulary• The Book of Job

• Upcoming• Tuesday: Read The Book of Job, Introduction and

“The Legend.”

January 27, 2012• In Class

• Daily Grammar Practice and Vocabulary • oh what have I done to be blessed with such friends

• Finish Our Discussion of The Whirlwind's Questions• The Legend

• Upcoming• Monday: I’ve had to change plays at the line this morning

because my materials aren’t ready. No homework for the weekend. Enjoy it.

Thursday, January 26• In Class

• You’re always welcome to come in early and listen to music, but we LISTEN to MY music. Sometimes, I take requests, but not often. You have to like Chicago Blues, Jazz, and Southern Classic Rock—and a dose of classical. By the way, cellos are better than violins. Sorry. IMPORTANT: 6:45 to 7:20 is my early morning PANIC TIME, so be patient and quiet. Thank you.

• Your Questions?• What are the answers to the Unnamable question: “Am I wrong because

you’re right?”• Upcoming

• Friday: We’ll start some Daily Grammar Practice and Vocabulary—aka DGP & V. Then, we’ll start reading The Book of Job.

Wednesday, January 25• In Class

• Begin Shared Inquiry Seminar• Read Passage Aloud• Your Questions of Fact?• What are the answers to the Unnamable question: “Am I wrong

because you’re right?”• Upcoming

• Thursday: Finish Shared Inquiry Seminar• Friday: We’ll start some Daily Grammar Practice and Vocabulary

—aka DGP & V. Then, we’ll start reading The Book of Job.

Tuesday, January 24• In Class

• Please find a seat.• Welcome and Introductions• Guidelines• Syllabus

• Upcoming• Wednesday: Read the Shared Inquiry Seminar handout

and prepare for a discussion on Wednesday-Thursday.• Friday: We’ll begin reading The Book of Job.

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