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### Exploring English IV: Nonfiction, Poetry, and Novels - March 2014 ###

This document outlines the English IV curriculum activities for March 2014, emphasizing various literary genres and skills. It includes presentations on "Frankenstein," poetry readings, nonfiction discussions, and vocabulary quizzes. Students are guided through key assignments such as contemporary novel projects, analyzing themes in literature, and mastering language skills. The schedule highlights daily "Do Now" tasks, homework assignments, and in-class discussions designed to enhance understanding and appreciation of literature, while also preparing for quizzes and standardized tests. ###

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### Exploring English IV: Nonfiction, Poetry, and Novels - March 2014 ###

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  1. 17 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Get ready to present! • Presentation on Frankensteinextras • Frankenstein on film Prezi

  2. 17 March 2014 • PSAT-10 • Do Now: Get out worksheets on Idiom & Diction and a highlighter! • Looking at the 9 weeks test • Writing skills: Modifiers & Irregular verbs • HW-Math!

  3. 17 March 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Tone 93 • 4th 9 weeks poetry response assignment • Contemporary novel project assignment • Poetry-reading and discussing Love and Longing & Humor and Satire collections • HW-Pick a novel from the list by thisFriday!

  4. 18 March 2014 • Dual Credit/English IV • Nonfiction! • Talking terms/Elements of Fin NF • Reading/Discussing a work of NF • Reading/Answering questions about a work of NF

  5. 18 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Correcting common errors, Fragments and Run-ons A • The Victorian Period, background • HW-Vocab quiz 22; Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 3

  6. 18 March 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Tone 93 • 20thCentury, background • HW-Vocab quiz 22; Buy Ocean at the End of the Lane before class on April 8

  7. 19 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Correcting common errors, Fragments and Run-ons A • The Victorian Period, background • HW-Vocab quiz 22; Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 4

  8. 19 March 2014 • PSAT-10 • Math! • HW-Simon Quiz 5

  9. 19 March 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Tone 94 • Poetry-reading and discussing Milestones& The Natural World collections • HW-PR #1; Pick contemporary novel!

  10. 20 March 2014 • Dual Credit/English IV • More Nonfiction! • Discussion of MS Tamale essay • Groups reading 2 sets of NF essays • Discussion on their connections • If time, start film…

  11. 20 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz! • Vocabulary quiz 22-Latin and Greek Unit 1 • Read: Tennyson’s “Lady of Shallott” and “Ulysses” • Respond: Analyze the conflict experienced by the protagonists and how it emphasizes the overall themes in these poems. • HW-Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 3

  12. 20 March 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz; Tone 94 • Vocabulary quiz 22-Latin and Greek Unit 1 • Read: Sassoon’s “The Rear Guard” and Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est” • Watch: “Life in the trenches” • Respond: Write a analysis of the two poems, comparing and contrasting the imagery, sound devices, and structure used.

  13. 21 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz! • Vocabulary quiz 22-Latin and Greek Unit 1 • Read: Tennyson’s “Lady of Shallott” and “Ulysses” • Respond: Analyze the conflict experienced by the protagonists and how it emphasizes the overall themes in these poems. • HW-Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 4

  14. 21 March 2014 • PSAT-10 • Do Now: Ferris time! • Ferris Bueller5, 15 mins. • Simon quiz 5 • Discussing CR section from 9 weeks test • HW-Verbal packet 5 due.

  15. 21 March 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Tone 95; PR #1 • Discussing contemporary novel picks • Poetry-2013 MC practice, 45minutes timed • HW-Get a copy of contemporary noveland start reading/working : )

  16. 24 March 2014 • Dual Credit/English IV • Finishing up film • Discussing bias in it • HW-Bring NF book for in class reading

  17. 24 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Subject-Verb agreement A • Read: Browning’s “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” • Respond: Analyze the relationships of these two couples and what they reveal • to the reader about the two speakers. • HW-Vocab quiz 23; Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 3

  18. 24 March 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Tone 95 • Read: Eliot’s “Preludes” and “The Hollow Men” • Watch: “The Hollow Men” • Respond: Write an analysis of imagery in both poems. How does it reveal what • Eliot is saying about modern life? • HW-Vocab quiz 23

  19. 25 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Subject-Verb agreement A • Read: Browning’s “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” • Respond: Analyze the relationships of these two couples and what they reveal • to the reader about the two speakers. • HW-Vocab quiz 23; Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 4

  20. 25 March 2014 • PSAT-10 • Do Now: Get out Verbal packet 5 and a highlighter! • Receive packet 6; due April 2nd • Writing skills: Subjunctive & CoordinationSubjunctive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErbphJRKu74Coordination: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9NG70E1JAs • HW-Math

  21. 25 March 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Tone 96 • Poetry-2008 AP Essay, 40 minutes timed • HW-PR #2

  22. 26 March 2014 • Dual Credit/English IV • Do Now: Get out your nonfiction book. • In-class reading time! • HW-Bring book for in-class rough draft.

  23. 26 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Get ready for quiz! • Vocabulary quiz 23-Latin and Greek Unit 2 • Hardy’s “Channel Firing” and Housman’s “Is My Team Ploughing?” • Response: Analyze the use of irony and anticlimax in these poems and what they reveal about Victorian life and concerns. • HW-Read Doyle’s “The Final Problem”; Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 3

  24. 26 March 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz; Tone 96 • Vocabulary quiz 23-Latin and Greek Unit 2 • Read: Yeats’s “Lake Isle of Innisfree” and “Easter, 1916” • Watch: “The Easter Rising of 1916” • Respond: Some critics consider Yeats to bethe first Modern poet, while others see him • as continuing the Romantic tradition. Read other Yeats poems in our book (“The Second Coming” 923 and “The Wild Swans at Coole” 982) then argue whether you see him as a poet with Romantic or Modern concerns. Use examples from the 4 poems as support.

  25. 27 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Get ready for quiz! • Vocabulary quiz 23-Latin and Greek Unit 2 • Hardy’s “Channel Firing” and Housman’s “Is My Team Ploughing?” • Response: Analyze the use of irony and anticlimax in these poems and what they reveal about Victorian life and concerns. • HW-Read Doyle’s “The Final Problem”; Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 4

  26. 27 March 2014 • PSAT-10 • Math! • HW-Simon quiz 6

  27. 27 March 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Tone 97; PR #2 • Poetry-Workshop of essay from last class, revise and type final draft • HW-Bring rough and final drafts of essay

  28. 28 March 2014 • Dual Credit/English IV • In-class analysis writing, based on the NF work you read • HW-Bring rough draft to finish up and conference on with Schooler.

  29. 28 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now:Pronoun-Antecedent agreement A • Quiz on HW reading • Doyle background • Start watching “The Reichenbach Fall” • HW-Vocab quiz 24; Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 3

  30. 28 March 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Tone 97 • Read: Thomas’s “Fern Hill” and “Do Not Go Gentle” • Watch: • Respond: Compare and contrast Thomas’s thoughts on youth and old age as • presented in these poems. • HW-Vocab quiz 24

  31. 31 March 2014 • English IV • Do Now:Pronoun-Antecedent agreement A • Quiz on HW reading • Doyle background • Start watching “The Reichenbach Fall” • HW-Vocab quiz 24; Buy Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy before class on April 3

  32. 31 March 2014 • PSAT-10 • Do Now: Get ready for Ferris 5 check! • Ferris Bueller6, 11 mins. • Simon Quiz 6 • HW-Verbal packet 6 due

  33. 31 March 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Tone 98 • Prose-Reading and discussing

  34. 1 April 2014 • Dual Credit/English IV • Finish up final draft • Conference with Schooler • HW-Type final draft of essay; bring rough draft.

  35. 1 April 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz! • Vocabulary quiz 24-Latin and Greek Unit 3 • Finish watching “The Reichenbach Fall” • Compare/contrast writing • HW-Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!

  36. 1 April 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz; Tone 98 • Vocabulary quiz 24-Latin and Greek Unit 3 • Read: Heaney’s “Digging” and “The Grauballe Man” • Watch: • Respond: Discuss how the poet’s use of comparisons in both works reveal his themes.

  37. 2 April 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz! • Vocabulary quiz 24-Latin and Greek Unit 3 • Finish watching “The Reichenbach Fall” • Compare/contrast writing • HW-Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!

  38. 2 April 2014 • PSAT-10 • Do Now: Get out Verbal packet 6 and a highlighter! • Receive 7; due April 10th • Writing-PSAT practice in groups • HW-Math

  39. 2 April 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Tone 99 • Prose-Reading and discussing • HW-PR #3

  40. 3 April 2014 • Dual Credit/English IV • Discussing Inquiry paper • Reading examples in Sticks and Stones • HW-Bring 3 questions for inquiry

  41. 3 April 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Pronoun forms A • The 20th Century background notes • Assigning reading schedule and journal for Hitchhiker’s Guide • HW- Vocab quiz 25

  42. 3 April 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Tone 99 • Read: Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts” • Respond: Activity with art • HW-Read Achebe’s “Marriage is a Private Affair”; Vocab quiz 25

  43. 4 April 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Pronoun forms A • The 20th Century background notes • Assigning reading schedule and journal for Hitchhiker’s Guide • HW- Vocab quiz 25

  44. 4 April 2014 • PSAT-10 • Math! • HW-Simon quiz 7

  45. 4 April 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Tone 100; PR #3 • Prose-2013 MC practice, timed

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