Comm 12
I Am the Messenger
1. Mark p. 1-39 questions and definitions.
2. Read p. 40-60.
3. Questions and definitions for 40-60 due tomorrow.

Eng 11 blk 2
The Crucible
1. Read Act III.
2. Act III questions (due tomorrow).
3. Act II Vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
(blasphemy, calamity, conviction, entranced, lechery, ordained, providence, quail, theology, wilted)

Eng 11 blk 3
A Separate Peace
1. Mark chapter 7 and 8 questions.
2. Read chapter 9.
3. Chapter 9 questions.
4. Tomorrow: Ch 7/8 Vocabulary Quiz
(commandeered, derision, fratricide, implausibility, salient, discernible, dispelled, gullible, opulent, poignance, reticent)

Eng 11 blk 4
Lord of the Flies
1. Discuss chapter 7.
2. Chapter 6/7 quiz.
3. Read Chapter 8 to p. 135 *do not read ahead*
4. Questions 1-5
Tomorrow: Ch 5/6 Vocab Quiz
(condemnation, derisive, incantation, tempestuously, bastion, diffidently, emphatic, leviathan, mutinously, obscured)

Comm 12
 I Am The Messenger
1. Time to finish definitions, questions 1-7.
2. Finish reading to page 39.
3. Tomorrow: questions and definitions DUE

Eng 11 Block 2
The Crucible
1. Read Act III.
2. Handout: Act III Questions (due Thursday).

Eng 11 Block 3
A Separate Peace
1. Chapter 5/6 quiz
2. Read chapter 8.
3. Tomorrow: Chapter 7/8 questions due.

Eng 11 Block 4
Lord of the Flies
1. Mark chapter 5/6 questions.
2. Read chapter 7.
3. Homework: Chapter 7 questions
4. Tomorrow: Chapter 6/7 quiz.

Comm 12
I Am The Messenger

1. Define "atonement"
2. Personal survey: Am I reaching my potential?
3. Distribute novels
4. Read p. 3-21
5. Homework: Definitions, questions #1-7

Eng 11 Block 2
The Crucible

1. Watch film adaptation of The Crucible for review.
2. Homework: Act II Questions due, Act II Quiz

Eng 11 Block 3
A Separate Peace

1. Hand in missing assignments (chapter 3/4 questions).
2. Homework: Chapter 5/6 questions, study for Chapter 5/6 quiz (Tomorrow).
3. Read chapter 7.
4. Do chapter 7 questions.

Eng 11 Block 4
Lord of the Flies

1. Study/work period: chapter 5/6, vocabulary.
2. Tomorrow: Chapter 5/6 quiz, Chapter 5/6 questions due

Comm 12

1. Hand in book review & character sketch.
2. In-class essay (bias/propaganda).
Monday, March 25th: Begin novel study

Eng 11 Block 2
The Crucible
1. Act I Vocab quiz.
2. Read Act II.
3. Homework: Work on questions.
Monday, March 25th: Homework check, analysis of Act II.

Eng 11 Block 3
A Separate Peace
1. Chapter 5 due.
2. Read 6, discuss.
3. Chapter 6 questions.
4. Notes: Symbolism of the rivers
Monday, March 25th: Quiz on Chapter 5/6

Eng 11 Block 4
Lord of the Flies
1. Chapter 5 questions due.
2. Read chapter 6.
3. Chapter 6 questions.
4. Notes: Simon, Piggy, Ralph, Jack (characterization)
Monday, March 25th: Quiz on Chapter 5/6


Have a great Spring Break!!!

Comm 12

1. Finish book review and character sketch (due tomorrow).
2. Grammar review.
*Tomorrow: In-class essay*

Eng 11 Block 2
The Crucible
1. Hand in Act I questions.
2. Quiz (Paragraph): Explain the significance of the following quote, with reference to theme, plot, and characterization:
"You love me John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!" (Abigail)
3. Act II metaphor considerations:
"Your justice would freeze beer." (p.55)
"The man dreams cathedrals, not clapboard meeting houses." (p. 65)
"Theology is a fortress." (p.67).
4. Review words for vocab quiz tomorrow:
- anarchy - compact (verb) - contiguous - ecclesiast - faction - inculcation - lascivious - licentious - partisan - prodigious
5. Handout: Act II Study Guide

Eng 11 Block 3
A Separate Peace
1. Chapter 4 quiz - explain the significance of the following quote with reference to plot, theme(s), and/or characterization:
"I found it. I found a single sustaining thought. The thought was, You and Phineas are even already. You are even in enmity. You are both coldly driving ahead for yourselves alone. . .It was all cold trickery, it was all calculated, it was all enmity
3. Read chapter 5.
4. Handout: Chapter 5/6 study guide.

Eng 11 Block 4
Lord of the Flies
1. Ch 1-4 quiz (quote significance, in terms of plot, theme, and characterization):
A. "But I tell you there isn't a beast!" (Ralph, p. 36)
B. 'Jack had to think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was.' (p. 52)
C. 'There was a space round Henry... into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. {...} Roger's arm was conditioned by a civilization that new nothing of him and was ruins.' (p. 61)
2. Mark chapter 3/4 questions.
3. Read chapter 5.
4. Handout: Chapter 5/6 study guide

Comm 12

1. Independent novel - rough draft of book review, character sketch.
2. Survey - personal biases.
3. Article from The Province: "Born to bully"
4. Essay outline - Composition options:
A. We are bombarded by propaganda daily.
OR
B. Everyone possesses one form of bias or another.
Suggestions:
- Intro (thesis + main points)
- Body 1 - Pros
- Body 2 - Cons
- Body 3 - Your opinion (Ex. "Evidence suggests bias is more harmful than beneficial.")
- Conclusion (Re-state thesis & main points)

Eng 11 Block 2

1. Finish reading Act I
2. Discuss Act I questions
*Tomorrow: Questions due, Act I Quiz*

Eng 11 Block 3

1. Discuss chapter 3, go over questions
2. Read Chapter 4
*Finish Chapter 3/4 questions for homework*
*Tomorrow: Quiz Vocab, Chapter 3/4

Eng 11 Block 4

1. Go over chapter 3.
2. Read chapter 4 in-class.
3. Discuss Chapter 4 questions.
*Homework Chapter 3 and 4 questions due tomorrow, quiz*

Comm 12

1. Finish article analyses (due tomorrow).
2. Begin book review/character sketch.

Eng 11 Block 2
The Crucible
1. Read p. 21-32 of Act I.
2. Answer questions #1-12 for homework.
3. Notes on theocracy, Salem society.
Act I Considerations:
A. Who was the voice of reason in this act?
B. Which scenes introduce important themes?
C. Which characters are in conflict?
D. Examples of irony in Act I?

Eng 11 Block 3
A Separate Peace
1. Quiz on Chapters 1 and 2.
2. Questions for Chapters 1 and 2 due.
3. Read Chapter 3.
Homework: Finish reading chapter 3 and do chapter 3 questions.

Eng 11 Block 4
Lord of the Flies
1. Quiz
2. Go over questions for chapters 1 and 2.
3. Read chapter 3.
*Handout: Study questions, chapters 3 and 4*
Homework: Work on chapter 3 questions