DUE 10/4/12: Grendel poem, assignment can be found and submitted on Edmodo
DUE 10/1/12: 3 Socratic Seminar questions over Ch. 9-11 of Grendel
DUE 9/27/18: College Essay, on Edmodo
DUE 9/21/12: Senior Questionnaire, on Edmodo
DUE 9/14/12: QUIZ-Grendel, Ch. 1-5
DUE 9/10/12: Read Chapter 3. TYPE one entire page answering the following: What does Grendel seem to care about the most in this chapter, as he is discussing the actions of men? Hint: HUNGRY. Provide textual evidence (at least two quotes). Double spaced, 12 pt. font, headed appropriately, etc.
DUE 8/27/12: Mask project; after considering your notes over Masks in Greek Plays, create a helmet mask portraying a character that represents YOU. Pay attention to age, gender, emotion, etc.
8/24/12: Test over Oedipus the King (vocabulary etc); have Grendel in class for a Participation grade
DUE 8/20/12: One page informal essay comparing and contrasting Oedipus the King with Star Wars. Focus on incest and father/son relationships.
DUE 8/9/12: One page formal essay. Is Holden a "typical" 1950's teenager in your opinion? Why or why not? In what ways do you think Holden would enjoy our society today?
Homework every day: READ!!!
THEME: What choices do we make every day to push negative or harmful thoughts/compulsions aside in order to evolve into better human beings?
1st semester: Humane Monsters and Monstrous Humans
From the 12th-century Old French mostre, meaning a prodigy or marvel, the general use of the word ‘monster’ has been derogatory: something large, gross, malformed or abnormal. The monstrous creates fear and loathing, and includes difference through race, culture, society, ideology, psychology and many other Others. This fear is not produced by something entirely alien but by the recognition of ourselves within the Other.
First Nine Weeks
Unit 1: Catcher in the Rye, 8/6-8/10
T-shirt project DUE Friday 8/10
Paper DUE Monday 8/13
Unit 2: Oedipus Rex and Tragic Flaws, 8/13-8/17
Intro: Humane Monsters in Media, 8/20-8/21
Unit 3: Grendel*, 8/22-10/4
Second Nine Weeks
Intro: Monstrous Humans in History, 10/15-10/16
Unit 4: Clockwork Orange* and Macbeth, 10/17-11/28
Unit 5: No Exit* and Semester Project, 11/29-12/13
Intersession and Fall Break: 10/05-10/12
Thanksgiving: 11/21-11/23
Exams: 12/14-12/19
*Books not provided by school, but required in class.
