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Visitation School
English 9
Second Quarter Syllabus - 2008
Ms. Arnstein

Please note: every night, please complete the study guide for the corresponding myths of scenes (in A Raisin in the Sun).   Subject is schedule to change

October 20

Library project due. Discuss Myth 4 – tabloid assignment. Assign Myth 5 (Cupid and Psyche) for Thursday. Assign creation myth.

October 21

No School.

October 22

Discuss Myth 4. Assign Myth 5 (Cupid and Psyche).

October 23

Discuss Myth 5. Assign Myth 6 (tales of lovers).

October 24

Discuss Myth 6 (tales of lovers). Assign Myth 7 (Jason) for Monday.

October 27

Discuss Myth 7. Creation myth due.

October 28

Continue Myth 7 (Jason). Assign Myth 8 (hubristic characters)

October 29

Discuss Myth 8. Assign Myth 9 (Perseus). Book Review #2 due on Monday, November 3.

October 30

Discuss Myth 9 (Perseus); do diary assignment in-class. Assign Myth 10 for Monday.

October 31

Quiz: Chapters 4-9. Finish Perseus diaries. Reading time if available.

November 3

Discuss Myth 10 (Theseus). Assign Myth 11. Assign theme analysis.

November 4

Discuss Myth 11 (Hercules); Assign Myth 12.

November 5

Finish discussing Hercules; Discuss Myth 12 (Atalanta).

November 6

Review for myth test.

November 7

No School

November 10

All videos due. Theme analysis due. Video presentation party.

November 11

Video presentation party.

November 12

Myth test.

November 13

Punctuation unit begins. Discuss colons and semicolons.

November 14

Discuss quotation marks.

November 17

Scavenger Hunt Due. Quotation marks continued. Quiz tomorrow.

November 18

Quiz on semis, colons, and quotation marks. Begin dashes and parentheses.

November 19

Refresher on dashes and parentheses. Commas.

November 20

Commas

November 21

Commas.

November 24

Review punctuation

November 25

Test on all punctuation.

November 26-28

Thanksgiving Break. Gobble gobble!!

December 1

Jim Crow Video. Book Review #3 due.

December 2

Jim Crow Video. Introduce Raisin. Assign Act I.1

December 3

Discuss Act I.1; Assign Act I.2

December 4

Discuss Act I.2; Assign Act II.1

December 5

Discuss Act II.1; Assign Act II.2

December 8

Discuss Act II. 2. Assign Act II.3

December 9

Discuss Act II.3; Assign Act III

December 10

Discuss Act III

December 11

Discussion continued.

December 12

Essay Test – in-class essay on Raisin.

December 15

Assign Tatum for homework. Due Friday, December 21.

December 16

Discuss institutional racism. Homework: come up with one article that demonstrates current existence of racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, religious discrimination, etc.

December 17

Discuss article findings.

December 18

“Trip in a Summer Dress” movie and Hercules.

December 19

Hercules.

January 5

Read Angela’s Ashes in class. Finish Chapter 1 for homework. NOTE: Angela’s Ashes is not on the semester final. Book Review #4 due.

January 6

Discuss Chapter 1. Assign Chapters 2 and 3 for Thursday.

January 7

Reading day.

January 8

Discuss Chapters 2 and 3.

January 9

Discuss Chapter 3. Read Ch. 4 in class for tomorrow; study guide.

January 12

Answer questions in class re: Ch. 4. Read Ch. 5 in class. Assign char. sketch for Mon.

January 13

Discuss Chapters 4-5; Assign Chapter 6.

January 14

Discuss Chapter 6; allow in-class time for feedback (on index cards). Assign Chapter 7.

January 15

Exam Review

January 16

Exam Review

January 19-23

Exams.

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