Language Arts 3 (Period 2)
Assignment Calendar
Course Description
Monday, January 30
Syllabus, new seats
Tuesday, January 31
Story of an Hour - paragraph and thesis
Wednesday, February 1
Packet, Gatsby reading schedule, start reading
Thursday, February 2
Fitzgerald film and notes
Friday, February 3
Chapter 1 Quiz (and study questions), start reading chapter 2
Monday, February 6
Vocab, Imagery, Gatsby map
Tuesday, February 7
Chapter 2 Quiz, (and study questions), start reading chapter 3
Wednesday, February 8
Chapter 3; Gatby party illustration
Thursday, February 9
Healthy Kids Survey
Friday, February 10
Chapter 3, Setting and finish illustrations
Monday, February 13
Chapter 3 (and study questions), Vocab quiz, start reading chapter 4
Tuesday, February 14
American Dream discussion, read chapter 4
Wednesday, February 15
Chapter 4 (and study questions), chapter 3/4 quiz
Thursday, February 16
Start reading chapter 5, symbols
Friday, February 17
No School - Presidents’ Day!
Monday, February 20
No School - Presidents’ Day!
Tuesday, February 21
Vocab quiz, Chapter 5 (and study questions)
Wednesday, February 22
Gatsby film (part I)
Thursday, February 23
Chapter 6 (and study questions), chapter 5/6 quiz, start reading chapter 7
Friday, February 24
read chapter 7 and discuss American Dream
Monday, February 27
Chapter 7 review, Vocab, (and study questions)
Tuesday, February 28
start reading chapter 8, characters
Wednesday, February 29
Registration/watch film
Thursday, March 1
Registration/watch film
Friday, March 2
Chapter 7/8 quiz, start reading chapter 9
Monday, March 5
Vocab quiz and work on themes/symbols
Tuesday, March 6
Benchmark
Wednesday, March 7
Packet due and review
Thursday, March 8
Draw symbols
Friday, March 9
Finish film
Monday, March 12
Gatsby Exam
Tuesday, March 13
Thesis writing
Wednesday, March 14
Writing - Final essay due on Monday, March 19th
Thursday, March 15
In-class writing
Friday, March 16
Furlough day - no school
Monday, March 19
Gatsby essay due - in class work day
Tuesday, March 20
EAP prep
Wednesday, March 21
EAP prep
Thursday, March 22
EAP writing exam
Friday, March 23
6 way paragraph
Monday, March 26
“The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” – we will read this one in class
Tuesday, March 27
Literary terms for "Handsomest Drowened Man in the World"
Wednesday, March 28
Correct EAP; start reading "Yellow Wallpaper"
Thursday, March 29
6 way paragraph; continue reading "Yellow Wallpaper"
Friday, March 30
Imagery/Insanity quotations and illustrations
Monday, April 2
"Yellow Wallpaper" and "Handsomest Drowned Man" quiz; Start "Rose for Emily"
Tuesday, April 3
"Rose for Emily" and start "Unraveling Emily"
Wednesday, April 4
"Rose for Emily" quiz and Start "Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge"
Thursday, April 5
sequence board and 6 way paragraph
Friday, April 6
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Quiz
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13 – No School – Spring Break!
Monday, April 16
Intro to Whitman, Literary terms
Tuesday, April 17
continue lit terms/review, CST prep
Wednesday, April 18
Poetry packet, "I hear America singing", poetry notebook intro, "I hear YLHS singing"
Thursday, April 19
"Song of Myself" read/discuss, Trancendental notes
Friday, April 20
6 way paragraph and questions for "Song of Myself" due at the end of class
Monday, April 23
Introduce Soapstone, read and explicate "I sit and look out"
Tuesday, April 24
Soapstone for "Learn'd astronomer" and "Noiseless, patient spider"
Wednesday, April 25
Discuss "Learn'd astronomer" and "Noiseless, patient spider" and Dickinson intro notes
Thursday, April 26
CST introduction, practice, Explicate "Because I could not stop for death"
Friday, April 27
Explicate "I heard a fly buzz when I died" and introduce/work on Dickinson poem group presentations.
Monday, April 30
Oral presentations
Tuesday, May 1
Oral presentations
Wednesday, May 2
CST prep +
Thursday, May 3
Review and crossword
Friday, May 4
Whitman/Dickinson test
Monday, May 7
Introduction to Mondernism + new packet, "Road Not Taken"
Tuesday, May 8
"Stopping by Woods", CST prep
Wednesday, May 9
"Out, Out" and study questions
Thursday, May 10
Mending Wall + study questions, CST prep
Friday, May 11
"Silken Tent" and "Fire and Ice" + study questions
Monday, May 14
William Carlos Williams
Tuesday, May 15
Imagist poems
Wednesday, May 16
Richard Cory, Anecdote of a Jar
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Thursday, May 17
Plath
Friday, May 18
Frost and Modernist poetry test
Monday, May 21 to Wednesday, May 23
CST testing
Thursday, May 24
Poetry notebook day
Friday, May 25
Poetry notebook day
Monday, May 28
Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 29
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Wednesday, May 30
I have a Dream Speech
Thursday, May 31
Benchmark
Friday, June 1
Introduce Song Talk Final Project
Monday, June 4
Song Talk work day - thesis and structure
Tuesday, June 5
Song Talk work day - songs due
Wednesday, June 6
Song Talk work day
Thursday, June 7
Song Talk Work day
Friday, June 8
Presentations
Monday, June 11
Presentations
Tuesday, June 12
Presentations
Finals
Presentations