February 2020

Key: All Classes, Seniors, Juniors, Special Announcements

Friday, February 1

11 CP: Take the Vocabulary 12 quiz. Watch the following video about Thoreau:
http://khsd-safari.kernhigh.org/?a=220621&ch=2&d=28619AA
11 Read "Preparing to Read" (page 268). Then complete next week's Vocabulary 13 worksheet
Mythology: Take the Vocabulary 12 quiz. Work on next week's Vocabulary 13 worksheet. Prepare for Monday's Socratic Seminar. Complete any missing assignments after reviewing your Progress Reports which will be passed out today.

Monday, February 4

11 CP: Break into groups and complete the activity on Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government" which is also known as "Civil Disobedience."
Mythology: Socratic Seminar over the Oedipus Trilogy

Tuesday, February 5
One Hour Delayed Start

11 CP: Read Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," (pages 269-274).
Mythology: Return Oedipus books to the library. Read "The Trials of Perseus" pages 142-149 and 154-156 in Myths and Their Meanings.

Wednesday, February 6

11 CP: Take the "Civil Disobedience" quiz.
Pass out the article on Edward Snowden, then watch two videos from edpuzzle.com. To view at home, you will have to create a free account, login, and enter the following classroom number to view the videos. (Classroom: dGMKGK)
HW: Prepare for tomorrow's in-class writing assignment!
Mythology: Begin watching Clash of the Titans.

Thursday, February 7

11 CP: In-class writing assignment today on Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience"
Mythology: Finish watching Clash of the Titans then read Chapter 11 "The Adventures of Hercules," (pages 160-168).
Sudy for tomorrow's Vocabulary 13 quiz

Friday, February 8

11 CP: Take the Vocabulary 13 quiz. Then begin watching the A&E Biography on Mahatma Gandhi:
https://youtu.be/avWhaDViJXo
Mythology: Take the Vocabulary 13 quiz and then complete the Vocabulary 14 worksheet. Begin reading chapter 12 ("Jason and the Golden Fleece) in Myths and Their Meanings, page 172.

Monday, February 11
Lincoln's Birthday
Holiday- No School

No School

Tuesday, February 12
One Hour Delayed Start

11 CP: Finish watching the A&E Biography on Gandhi that was begun on Friday. Complete this week's Vocabulary 14 worksheet.
Mythology: Complete this week's Vocabulary 14 worksheet and begin watching Jason and the Argonauts

Wednesday, February 13
Substitute

11 CP: Read "Meet the Writers: Gandhi and King," (pages 276-277)
     Read the Literary/Reading/Writing Skills Focus (on page 277)
     Read Gandhi's speech "On Nonviolent Resistance," pages (278-279)
     Read the Literary/Reading/Writing Skills Focus (on page 280)
     Read Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," (pages 281-282)
Then answer questions 1-9 (including # 4, the chart) on page 283.
Mythology: Continue watching Jason and the Argonauts.

Thursday, February 14
Valentine's Day

11 CP: Take the Gandhi/King quiz.
Discuss slides 12-15 from the Literary Periods PowerPoint, then read "The Civil War Divides a Country," pages 402-403, "The Country Rebuilds," pages 404-405.
Mythology: Continue watching Jason and the Argonauts.

Friday, February 15

11 CP: Pass out Progress Reports and papers. Take the Vocabulary 14 quiz.
Mythology: Take the Vocabulary 14 quiz and finish watching Jason and the Argonauts.

Monday, February 18
Washington's Birthday
Holiday- No School

No School

Tuesday, February 19
One Hour Delayed Start

11 CP: Watch the A&E Biography on Frederick Douglas.
Mythology: Go to the library to check out Medea. Complete this week's Vocabulary 15 worksheet. Formulate groups of 2-3 to work on a small project pertaining to Medea. Details can be found on my Google Classroom.

Wednesday, February 20

11 CP: Read "Spirituals," pages 432-433, then look at "Follow the Drinking Gourd" (page 437) and discuss how it was encoded to lead slaves North to freedom. This was the spiritual hear in yesterday's A&E Biography. Next read "Meet the Writer: Frederick Douglass," pages 414-415. Then read along with the audio "from the Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass," pages 416-420. Take an open-book quiz over the piece
Mythology: Students will have one period to work on the group assignment that can be found on my Google Classroom.

Thursday, February 21

11 CP: Read the following pieces and take an open book quiz over them:
"Meet the Writer: Harriet A. Jacobs" and her "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," (pages 424-430). "Meet the Writer: Sojourner Truth" and "Ain't I a Woman?" (440-442). HW: Study for tomorrow's Vocabulary 15 quiz
Mythology: Review all of the projects from yesterday. Pass out the Medea packet and read the first two pages. Next begin reading the play.

Friday, February 22

11 CP: Read pages 451-453 ("The Rise of Realism"/ "Connecting to Realism"/ "Analyzing Sequence of Events") and pages 454-455 ("Meet the Writer: Ambrose Bierce"). Then begin reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (pages 456-462). Note: Today's Vocabulary 15 quiz has been postponed until Monday.
Mythology: Take the Vocabulary 15 quiz. Read together and out-loud pages 51-56. Then, students will break into groups no greater than three to answer questions 1-11 from their Medea packets.

Monday, February 25

11 CP: Finish reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," (pages 462-464). Watch the last nine minutes of the 1962 movie:
http://khsd-safari.kernhigh.org/?p=68ec20c3-5591-11e3-91bc-002219bf28ec
Take the Vocabulary 15 quiz that was postponed from Friday and a quiz over "Owl Creek."
Mythology: Read together and out-loud pages 56-67. Then, students will break into groups no greater than three to answer questions 12-28 from their Medea packets. Work in groups to finish yesterday's assignment (pages 56-67) questions 12-28.

Tuesday, February 26
One Hour Delayed Start
Substitute

11 CP: Students will read: pages 608-613 in your Literature book ("The Age of Realism," "New Settlers Go West," "The Perils of Prosperity," "Reforms Change Society"). Students will also read pages 619-623 ("Regionalism," "Predicting," and "Meet Bret Harte,")
Mythology: This is a working class period to complete the previously assigned Medea questions (1-11, and 12-28).

Wednesday, February 27

11 CP: Read "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and answer the questions at the end of the story. Be prepared to take a quiz over the story tomorrow.
Mythology: Read and discuss Medea pages 67-74.

Thursday, February 28

11 CP: Turn in yesterday's homework questions over "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," after which you will be given the quiz over the story. Then read "Realism and Naturalism," (page 681), "Kate Chopin," (682-683), and "The Story of An Hour," (684-688)
Mythology: Finish reading pages 74-76 and then (in groups) answer questions 29-35 in the packet

Discuss options for senior English classes. Counselors will be coming to class next Monday to preference you for your next year's courses.
Read and discuss Kate Chopin's "Story of An Hour" (pages 684-687)
Take the quiz over yesterday's reading of "A Story of an Hour." Then, pass back all third quarter papers and give students their Progress Reports. Discuss tomorrow's "In-Class Writing Assignment" on Realism. Students should review tonight in anticipation of tomorrow's essay.