Friday, January 11, 2013

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Week #19 January 14-18, 2013

Literature: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Reading Schedule

  • Week #1 (January 14-18, 2013) – Chapters 1-10 Stage One
  • Week #2 (January 21-25, 2013) – Chapters 11-20 Stage One and Two
  • Week #3 (January 28- February 1, 2013 – Chapters 21-29 Stage Two
  • Week #4 (February 4-8, 2013) – Stage Three film viewing
Writing: Expository essay
Vocabulary: GE#s 549-573 diabolical, gravity, coherent, swarthy, retort, unscrupulous, malignant, surmise, exultant, pious, placate, animosity, despondency, diffident, disparity, edify, impetuous, magnanimity, mortify, penitent, apprise, supercilious, clemency, gloat, acquiesce

Homework:
- SAT vocab notes GE#s 524-548. - due: Jan. 14
    Note: Study the words in time for the quiz on Tuesday.
- SAT sentences - due: Jan.22
- Finish reading chapters 1-10. A reading check will be given any day for sets of chapters.

Monday
  • Today, you will take your first vocabulary quiz for this semester after having a short review of the words.
  • We will review the verbals.
Tuesday
  • Today, we will distinguish between a verb and a verbal and practice on an assignment.
  • We will continue reading the novel, and annotate using guide questions after a short reading check for chapters 1-5.
Wednesday-Friday
  • Within the next few days, we will keep on reading the novel up to chapter 10.
  • Make parallel comparisons between Pip's and Dickens' life.
  • Understand and analyse characters, setting, motives, plot, literary techniques, diction, mood, and tone.



Sunday, January 6, 2013

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Week #18 January 8-11, 2013

Topic: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Writing:Expository writing (peer review)
Vocabulary:GE #s 524-548 audacity, felicitous, morose, omnipotent, ravenous, remonstrate, sagacious, consternation, vicarious, imprecation, profound, commiserate, apprehension, execrate, grovel, render, erudition, ablution, discomfit, testy, indiscriminate, expound, bereave, unparalleled, allude

Homework: 
  • SAT sentences with specific grammatical component- due: January 14
Tuesday-Wednesday
  • On Tuesday, you will receive syllabus for spring semester and discuss expectations for the next three cycles.
  • We will review expository essay rubric and peer review essays written last December.
Thursday-Friday
  • We will read "Fragments of an Autobiography," annotate it, and discuss.
  • You will take a reading check.
  • You will read chapters 1-5 and answer guide questions.



"Happy New Year!"