Gospel of John homework:

Tuesday:  handout pp. 189-195 #1-7, 9-12
Thursday:  handout pp. 199-204 #1-12 skip 10
Friday:  study guide for test Monday

World Literature homework:

Tuesday:  Read chapter 33.  Worksheet.
Wednesday:  Read chapters 34-35.  Paragraph response.
Thursday:  Read chapter 36.
Friday:  Write a 1/2 page response to the ending of the book:  Was the ending more sad or hopeful?  Why?

American Literature homework:

Tuesday:  none
Wednesday:  Read Literature pp. 1016-1017, 528-538.  p. 539 #2-4, 7
Thursday:  Read pp. 1026-1029, 1032-1033.  Paragraph response:  Do you agree with Kafka's thoughts about bachelorhood?  Why or why not?
Friday:  worksheet

British Literature homework:

Tuesday:  Read pp. 69-78.  Paragraph summary/response.
Wednesday:  Read pp. 79-88.  Paragraph summary/response.
Thursday:   study for test Friday.
Friday:  TBA

Week of 20-24 May 2013

Gospel of John homework:

Monday-Tuesday:  study guide for test Thursday.
Thursday:  Read chapter 11.  Do #1-3, 5.
Friday:  Old Testament prophecies worksheet.

World Literature homework:

Monday:  Read chapters 21-23.  Character list.
Tuesday:  Read chapters 24-26.  Paragraph summary.
Wednesday:  Read chapters 27-29.  Chart of characters and events in chapters 18-29.
Thursday:  Read chapter 30.
Friday:  Read chapters 31-32.  Paragraph response.

American Literature homework:

Monday:  Read chapter 9.  1-page response to the end of the book.
Tuesday:  TGM worksheets.
Wednesday:  Study for test Thursday.
Thursday:  none.
Friday:  TBA

British Literature homework:

Monday:  worksheets (literary devices, TGM worksheets).
Tuesday:  Read pp. 23-33.  Complete classwork.
Wednesday:  Read pp. 34-50.  Write a one-paragraph summary and one-paragraph commentary.
Thursday:  Read pp. 53-62.  Paragraph summary.
Friday:  Read pp. 62-69.  Complete classwork.

Week of 29 April - 3 May 2013

Gospel of John homework:

Monday:  handout pp. 127-136 #1-15.  Read textbook pp. 79-83 and do pp. 85-86 #3-5.
Tuesday:  handout pp. 139-144 #1-11.  Read p. 146 and summarize in a paragraph.  Finish writing down reactions to Jesus in John 12.
Thursday:  Read textbook pp. 87-96.  p. 97-98 #2-5.  Study guide.
Friday:  Worksheet.  Study guide for test Tuesday.

World Literature homework:


Monday:  none
Tuesday:  Read handout and introduction.  1/2 page notes.
Wednesday:  Internet worksheet; read Author's Note and Second Author's Note; read list of words from the back of the book
Thursday:  Read chapters 1-2.  Paragraph response.
Friday:  Read chapters 3-4.  Vocabulary.

American Literature homework:


Monday:  Read chapter 4 pp. 79-85.  Symbolism worksheet (except chapter 5 questions).
Tuesday:  Read chapter 5.  Finish symbolism worksheet.
Wednesday:  Read chapter 6.  1/2 page response to questions (see handout).
Thursday:  Quiz tomorrow; test Tuesday; reflective essay due Wednesday.
Friday:  Test Tuesday; reflective essay due Wednesday.

British Literature homework:


Monday:  first three pages due tomorrow
Tuesday:  intro paragraph
Wednesday:  grammar and mechanics worksheets (1 each)
Thursday:  first seven pages due Friday
Friday:  complete rough draft (8-10 pages) due Monday

Week of 1-4 April 2013

Gospel of John homework:

Monday:  Read and outline handout pp. 83-84 "Tabernacles."
Wednesday:  Read textbook pp. 66-69 and do pp. 71-72 #3-5.

World Literature homework:

Monday:  none
Tuesday:  1-page reflection comparing and contrasting the movie The Hiding Place to the book.

American Literature homework:

Monday:  short story (1 page minimum; see handout)
Tuesday/Thursday:  grammar worksheet; mechanics worksheet (1 of each)

British Literature homework:

Monday:  none
Tuesday:  reflection

Week of 19-22 March 2013

Gospel of John homework:

Tuesday:  Read p. 56, 61-65. p. 59 #6, p. 70 #1. Handout (from Life Change Series) pp. 68-72 #4-12.
Thursday:  Handout: Read pp. 72-73. p. 73 # 12-16
Friday:  work on study guide for test Tuesday

World Literature homework:

Tuesday:  Read chapter 10 and write ½ page notes.
Wednesday:  study for ch. 1-10 test (no reading homework)
Thursday:  Read chapter 11. ½ page notes.
Friday:  Read chapter 12. ½ page notes.

American Literature homework:

Tuesday:  1/2 page notes on pp. 558-560. 1/2 page notes on pp. 746-749. Read pp. 752-3, 756-759. Emily Dickinson worksheet.
Wednesday:  Read Literature pp. 835-837. p. 838 #6. Read handout of additional Dunbar poems; “translate” An Ante-Bellum Sermon into standard English
Thursday:  Read handout of James Weldon Johnson poems. Worksheet (Dunbar, Johnson, Dickinson). 1-page reflection is not due until MONDAY.
Friday:  1-page reflection from yesterday’s worksheet

Week of 11-15 March 2013

Gospel of John homework:

Monday-Tuesday: study guide for test Thursday
Thursday: study Romans 3:23 and 6:23 for a memory verse quiz Friday
Friday: handout pp. 63-66 # 11-19. p. 58 #5.  

World Literature homework:

Monday: Read pp. 64-74 (end of chapter 5). 1/2 page notes.
 Tuesday: Read chapter 6. 1/2 page notes.
Wednesday: Read chapter 7. 1/2 page notes.
Thursday: Read chapter 8. 1/2 page notes.
Friday: Read chapter 9. 1/2 page notes.  

American Literature homework:
Monday: one-page speech outline due tomorrow; bring LN tomorrow
Tuesday-Wednesday: prepare for speech
Thursday-Friday Thursday-Friday: speech presentations; no homework  

British Literature homework:

 Monday: Read chapters 5-7. ½ page summary/response. Look up (and write definitions of) words when they prevent you from understanding the meaning of a sentence.
Tuesday: Read chapters 8-10. ½ page summary/response. Look up (and write definitions of) words when they prevent you from understanding the meaning of a sentence.
Wednesday: Read ch. 11-13. ½ page summary/response. Look up (and write definitions of) words when they prevent you from understanding the meaning of a sentence.
Thursday: Read ch. 14-16. ½ page summary/response. Look up (and write definitions of) words when they prevent you from understanding the meaning of a sentence.
Friday: Read chapters 17-19. ½ page summary/response. Look up (and write definitions of) words when they prevent you from understanding the meaning of a sentence.

Week of 25 Feb. - 1 Mar. 2013

Gospel of John homework:

Monday: Read Mark 1:1-8. Create a poster with an illustration of John the Baptist; on your poster, also answer the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how.
Tuesday: Read pp. 45-49. p. 56 #1. Read Mark 1:1-8. Create a poster with an illustration of John the Baptist; on your poster, also answer the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how.
Thursday: Read pp. 49-52. p. 56-57 #2-3. Worksheet.
Friday: Read pp. 52-56. p. 58-59 #4-6. Write news report about one of the two events in John 2 (half page)

World Literature homework:

Monday: Worksheet; study guide due Thursday
Tuesday: Study guide due Thursday; Extra credit assignment: write a sonnet
Wednesday: Extra credit assignment: write a sonnet
Thursday: Extra credit assignment: write a sonnet
Friday: TBA

American Literature homework:

Monday: write two different introduction paragraphs for your research paper, using two different attention-getter strategies
Tuesday: first 3 pages of rough draft due tomorrow
Wednesday: write a conclusion paragraph; 5 pages of rough draft due tomorrow
Thursday: 7 pages of rough draft due tomorrow
Friday: LN 93 all, grammar worksheet

British Literature homework:

Monday: Read p. 741, 745, 767. Take notes on Coleridge (1/2 page)
Tuesday: Read Literature pp. 746-755 (“Rime” parts I-IV). 1/2 page summary/response.
Wednesday: Read pp. 755-765 (end). 1/2 page summary/response.
Thursday: Study for test Monday.
Friday: Study for test Monday.

Week of 18-22 Feb. 2013

Gospel of John homework: 

Monday: Read pp. 37-42. Answer #1-5 in at least 2-3 sentences per question. Quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday: From Life Change Series (photocopy): Read pp. 22-27 and answer #3-8; web diagrams for “world” and “grace and truth”
Thursday: Finish worksheet
Friday: quiz Monday; upcoming test

World Literature Homework: 

Monday: Finish grammar and mechanics assessments, if necessary. Bring Literature tomorrow.
Tuesday-Thursday:  see handout (Poetry Appreciation)
Friday:  TBA

American Literature homework: 

Monday: GUM 97-98
Tuesday: 1-page outline due tomorrow; bring sources and/or notes tomorrow; bring LN tomorrow; worksheet
Wednesday: write two paragraphs using sandwich quotes from your sources
Thursday: first page of the body due tomorrow
Friday: continue drafting research paper

British Literature homework: 

Bring your literature books this week.

Monday: Read pp. 696-706. Take notes (1 page minimum for a C, 2 page minimum for an A).
Tuesday-Thursday:  see handout (Romantic Poetry)
Friday:  TBA

British Literature reading: two poems by George Herbert

George Herbert (1593-1633)

 Redemption

 Having been tenant long to a rich Lord,
 Not thriving, I resolvèd to be bold,
And make a suit unto him to afford
 A new small-rented lease and cancel th'old.
In Heaven at his manor I him sought.
 They told me there that he was lately gone
About some land which he had dearly bought
 Long since on earth, to take possession,
I straight returned, and knowing his great birth,
 Sought him accordingly in great resorts,
 In cities, theaters, gardens, parks, and courts.
At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth
 Of thieves and murderers; there I him espied,
 Who straight "Your suit is granted," said, and died.

Easter Wings

Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,

Though foolishly he lost the same,

Decaying more and more,

Till he became

Most poore:

With thee

Oh let me rise

As larks, harmoniously,

And sing this day thy victories:

Then shall the fall further the flight in me.

My tender age in sorrow did beginne:

And still with sicknesses and shame

Thou didst so punish sinne,

That I became

Most thinne.

With thee

Let me combine

And feel this day thy victorie:

For, if I imp my wing on thine

Affliction shall advance the flight in me.

Week of 11-15 February 2013

Gospel of John:

 Monday: Draw an illustration of each of the four Gospels (cf. p. 15) and write an explanation for each illustration of why you illustrated it the way you did.
Tuesday: Handout on Synoptic Problem (Q). Read John 1-11 and write a sentence summary of each chapter.
Thursday: Read John 12-21 and write a sentence summary of each chapter. Read pp. 23-33. Take notes.
Friday: Answer pp. 34-36 #1, 3, 4, 5. Quiz tomorrow over background information (PowerPoint) & chapters 1-2

  World Literature:

 Monday: Read Monmouth. Worksheet.
Tuesday: Read pp. 1103-1104; worksheet.
Wednesday: Read pp. 1065-1071. Wksht.
Thursday: read pp. 1073-1079; worksheet (chivalric ideals)
 Friday: none

  American Literature: 

Monday: interview someone in student council and take notes
Tuesday: yearbook copy (see handout)
Wednesday: topic selection
Thursday: research; preliminary thesis due tomorrow
Friday: Works Cited page due Monday; G.U.M. 100, 103

  British Literature:

 Monday: finish diagnostic if necessary
Tuesday: “Analyzing a poem” worksheets for Herbert (online). Read pp. 518-524 and take notes. Read handout.
Wednesday: p. 535 #2-3 and 538 #1, 4. Explain your answers thoroughly (#1: explain why you chose these epigrams).
Thursday: Read pp. 586-589 and 611-619. p. 620 #1, 3, 4, 6
Friday: Read “Elegy” pp. 666-671. Choose five lines that are difficult to understand; look up unknown vocab for these words and write the line, the vocab definition, and a paraphrase of the line (make sure to look at the whole sentence in order to understand what’s being said in the line). p. 672 #1, 3, 8

7-8 February 2013

Gospel of John:

 Thursday: finish survey and diagnostic if necessary
Friday: Read pp. 11-21 (textbook). Take notes on pp. 11-19 (1 page minimum). Answer #1-5.

  World Literature: 

Thursday: study for J-term reading test
Friday: none; bring Literature book Monday

  American Literature:

 Thursday-Friday: study for J-term reading test
Friday: Read Matthew 5-6:4 (all of chapter 5, first four verses of chapter 6). Write a paragraph response on the following question: how would human life, or your life, be different if Jesus' teaching in these chapters were followed seriously?

  British Literature:

 Thursday: study for J-term reading test
Friday: none; bring Literature book Monday

Week of 28 Jan. - 2 Feb. 2013

Monday: second draft of ballad; bring two typed copies to class tomorrow Tuesday: Illustration for ballad. Yearbook article OR love poem with meter and rhyme (see assignment sheet). Wednesday: Revise (or finish) any two poems and bring them to class tomorrow (typed) Thursday: Open form poem. If you want to use your form poem for J-term presentation, bring it to class tomorrow typed. Friday: begin revising for portfolio (due Tuesday); revise open form or shape verse poem for Monday

Week of 22-25 January 2013

Tuesday: Find a song that is poetic. Print or hand-write the lyrics and write a paragraph explaining why it is poetic. Wednesday: Acrostic poem assignment using your full name (see assignment sheet) Thursday: blank verse poem (see assignment sheet) Friday: rhyming verse poem (see assignment sheet)

Week of 14-18 January 2013

Monday: Read two short stories online: "How Much Land does a Man Need?" by Tolstoy and "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Worksheet. One page of brainstorming for realistic fiction story due tomorrow. Tuesday: short story proposal due tomorrow. Wednesday: 3-6 page short story due tomorrow (realistic fiction); bring TWO copes to class. These may be double-sided to save paper but MUST be double-spaced. Thursday: Finish 1-page imaginative story (from in-class list) Friday: 3-6 genre fiction story due Monday

Week of 8-11 Jan. 2013

Creative Writing homework:

Tuesday:  Vignette assignment (total of four).  For the first vignette, make a cluster diagram and then use the diagram to write your vignette.  For the other three, the cluster diagram is not required.  Each vignette should be between 1/2 page and 1 page in length. 

Wednesday:  Character sketch (see assignment sheet) due tomorrow.  Length:  2-4 typed, double-spaced pages.

Thursday:  Personal essay (see assignment sheet) due tomorrow.

Friday:  Finish meditation; due tomorrow.  Read two short stories online:  "How Much Land does a Man Need?" by Tolstoy and "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant.