The Week In English: Week 14

English IV:

11/30: Journals; The Week in English; TQA I.I Quiz; Vietnam Web Quest (Answers to be found here under "Resources"); Vocabulary Assignment
HW: Read Part I Chapter 2
12/1: Journals; Vocab Check; Vocab Review
HW: Read Part I Chapter 3
12/2: Journals; The Quiet American Part I Study Guide
HW: Read Part I Chapter 4
12/3: Journals Due; Unit Test V
HW: Read Part I Chapter 5
12/4


English 3:

11/30: Journals; Intro to Anthropology and Folklore (Links Here); Vocabulary Assignment
12/1
12/2
12/3: Language Techniques in Hurston
12/4: Vocabulary Quiz

The Week In English: Week 13

English IV

11/16: Journals; The Week in English, MND Act II Guide Review, MND Act II Film Review, Vocabulary Assignment
HW: Read MND Act III, Complete Vocabulary
11/17: Journals; Vocab Check; Vocab Review; MND Act III Guide
11/18: Journals; MND Act III Guide Review; MND Act III Film
HW: Read MND Act IV
11/19: Journals Due; GP Resume and Cover Letter Due; MND Act IV Guide
11/20: Journals; Vocabulary Quiz Week 13; MND Act IV Guide Review; MND Act IV Film Review
HW: Read MND Act V

Long Term Due Dates: 12/3: MND Test
12/14: GP Presentations
12/17: The Quiet American Test

English 3

11/16 - Burns "To a Mouse;" Vocabulary Assignment Week 13
11/17 - Steinbeck Historical Background
11/18 - OMM Quiz; Character Backgrounds
11/19 - OMM film
11/20 - Vocabulary Quiz; OMM film cont.

Long Term Due Dates

11/30 - Secure a copy of Their Eyes Were Watching God
12/10 - Steinbeck/Hurston/Harlem Renaissance Test
12/14 - Secure a copy of Catch-22
12/07-08 - Final Speech Presentations

English 3 Unit Test IV Study Guide

1. The character who first appears "in riding clothes... standing with his legs apart on the front porch" is --

2. The pretentious expression, "I'm p-paralyzed with happiness," is spoken by --

3. Nick Carraway recalls a story which implied that Jordan Baker once --

4. Gatsby shows a police officer --

5. When Nick tells Gatsby, "You can't repeat the past," Gatsby replies --

6. Doctor T. J. Eckleburg becomes a symbol of --

7. Myrtle Wilson’s comment about the elevator boy (“These people! You have to keep after them all the time”) is most likely an example of

8. The expression "and the holocaust was complete" refers to --

9. The character who has "one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four of five times in life" is --

10. The character who, according to Gatsby, "fixed the world series" is --

11. Apparently, most of Gatsby's money, has come from --

12. When Myrtle Wilson is killed, the car that hit her was driven by --

13. "The promise of a decade of loneliness" is sensed by --

14. "That ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees" is -

15. A symbol of the human capacity for hope is --

16. Who is most likely to live in a Georgian Colonial mansion?

17. According to Jordan Baker, Gatsby throws lavish parties

18. The handwritten schedule Henry Gatz shows to Nick demonstrates

19. The observant reader knows Daisy’s desire to call off her wedding is true because

20. Why is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn considered such a revolutionary novel?

21. What is Huck’s final view of African-Americans?

22. Which of the following is an example of situational irony?

23. What attitude toward slavery does Huck most strongly convey at the beginning of the novel?

24. Which of the following sentences characterizes Huck’s father (chapter 5)?

25. Which of the following demonstrates Huck’s easy-going approach to life?

26. What best symbolizes home and safety in this novel?

27. The episode with Sherburn and the crowd (Chapter 22) demonstrates what human flaw?

28. The episode with the Wilks daughters’ gold demonstrates what human flaw?

29. Why are the Grangerfords and Shephersons fighting?

30. Why does Huck want to go to the “territory ahead of the rest” in the final chapter?

The Week In English: Week 12

English IV

11/9: Journals; Introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream; Macbeth film conclusions; Vocabulary Assignment
HW: Read MND Act I; Vocabulary Week 12
11/10: Journals; MND Act I Quiz



Long Distance Due Dates:
11/19: End of 2nd Term
12/3: A Midsummer Night's Dream Test
11/23-12/4: Meet with your GP advisor for a portfolio check

English 3:

11/9: Vocabulary Assignment:

The Week In English: Week 11

English IV:
11/02: Journals; The Week in English; Macbeth IV Review; Macbeth III film study
HW: Vocabulary Homework week 11; Macbeth Soundtrack Projects Due 11/03; Read Macbeth Act V
11/03: Journals; Vocabulary Check; Project Presentations
11/04: Journals; Macbeth Act V Review
11/05: Journals Due; Macbeth Test (Unit Test IV)
HW: Bring laptops and resume information
11/06: Journals; Vocabulary Quiz Week 11; GP Cover Letter and Resume Writing

English 3:
11/02: Journals; The Week in English; Introduction to Modernism; "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"; Vocabulary Assignment Week 11
HW: Read The Great Gatsby; Graduation Project Letter of Intent due 11/04
11/03: Journals; TGG Reading Quiz; Gatsby Review Questions
11/04: Journals;
11/05: Journals Due;
11/06: Journals; Vocabulary Quiz Week 11