Weekly outline

  • General

    Welcome to College English!

    "No man is an island...every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."  John Donne


  • January 13-20

    Monday:
    • Seats
    • Song: Devotions: Ecc. 3
    • Second Semester Overview
    • Muse Monday: "To the Virgins," by Robert Herrick
      • Kairos vs. Chronos time
    • Shakespearean Compliments
    • ASSIGNMENT: Read my handout called "Introduction to William Shakespeare's Hamlet; also, in your paperback copy of Hamlet, read pages xiii-xxiv of the preface. Be sure you're ready to start to "break the code" of Shakespeare. 

    Tuesday/Wednesday:
    • Devotions: "Mea Culpa," by Brian Doyle
    • Word Wednesday:
    • Hand out reading guide for Act 1.
    • Divide up the various parts for Act 1.1
      • Barnardo
      • Francisco
      • Horatio
      • Marcellus
      • the Ghost
    • In pairs, read King Claudius's monologue Act 1.2.1-38:
      • What are the oxymorons? Why are they there?
    • Divide parts for Act1.2
      • Hamlet
      • King Claudius
      • Queen Gertrude
    • ASSIGNMENT:  Read, study, and annotate through Act 1, Scene 4

    Thursday:
    • Start by unpacking scene 2 with your partner by asking questions you each have (10 minutes)
    • Focus on passages spoken by Hamlet and King Claudius
    • ASSIGNMENT: Study Scene 5 
    Friday:
    • Pull together Act 1.
    • ASSIGNMENT: Reread Act 1 for Tuesday. We'll review a bit at the beginning, and then move into a quiz on Act 1--involving quotes, terms, details from Act 1. 

  • 20 January-26 January

    MONDAY:

    • No School, in honor of Martin Luther King, Junior

    TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

    • Devotions: Love Your Enemies, MLK
    • Song: "MLK Song," Patty Griffin
    • Word Wednesday (terms from Hamlet)
    • Question Time
    • Quiz on Act 1
    • Read together Act 2.1
    • ASSIGNMENT: Using Reading Guide, Finish Act 2 for Friday. 

    THURSDAY:

    • Read/Discuss Act 2
    • ASSIGNMENT: Finish Act 2 for Tomorrow.
      FRIDAY:
      • Wrap Up Act 2, begin take-home quiz.
      • ASSIGNMENT: Finish Take-home quiz. 

    • 28 January--3 February

      MONDAY:

      • Discuss Moral Relativism in Act 1, Scene one, based on "There's nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."
      • ASSIGNMENT: Finish Act 3 for Friday (quiz)

      TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY

      • To Be Day
      • Devotions: Auditorium
      • Begin viewing Act 3 of Hamlet
      • ASSIGNMENT: Finish Act 3 for Friday. 
        THURSDAY
        • Discuss Act 3
        • ASSIGNMENT: Quiz on Act 3 tomorrow.

          FRIDAY:

          • Quiz on Act 3
          • ASSIGNMENT: Read Act 4.1-4.4 for Monday; finish Act 4 for Block Day.

          • 3 February--10 February

            MONDAY:
            • Class reading of Act 4 passages.
            • ASSIGNMENT: Finish Act 4 for tomorrow. 

            TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

            • Devotions:
            • Song: "For Those Below," Mumford and Sons
            • Reading passages from Act 4
            • View Act 4.
            • ASSIGNMENT:  Read Act 5, Scene 1 for tomorrow

            THURSDAY:

            • Skull talk
            • ASSIGNMENT: Finish play for Tomorrow.

            FRIDAY:

            • View Act 5.
            • ASSIGNMENT: Final Test block day.  Begin research paper on Hamlet next week.

          • 10 February-17 February

            Monday:

            • Finish discussing Hamlet.  
            • ASSIGNMENT: Quiz tomorrow. Class period to take and write essay. 

            Tuesday/Wednesday

            • Devotions: "Contempt" Arthur C. Brooks
            • Song: "The Last Goodbye," Billy Boyd
            • Hamlet Two-Minute Review
            • Quiz/Writing time. 

            Thursday

            • Shakespearian Compliments and Insults
            • Introduction to research paper.
            • ASSIGNMENT: Have a topic you are interested in by Tuesday.  Research all next week. 

            Friday

            • No school

          • 17 February-24 February

            MONDAY: NO SCHOOL

            TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

            • Devotions
            • Song
            • Overview of Research and Research Notes
            • Media Center for Mrs. Hogue talk
            • Research time all hour

            THURSDAY:

            • Research in Media Center

            FRIDAY:

            • Research in Media Center
            • To be on schedule, you should have at least 2-3 good sources and notes by today. 

          • 24 February-March 1

            MONDAY:

            Research in Library

            TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

            • devotions
            • song
            • hand out of STEP TWO (Due next Tuesday/Wednesday)
            • research in library
            THURSDAY:
            Research in Library

            FRIDAY:
            Last day to research in Library.  Research Journals due by class time on Monday, in Google Classroom. 

          • 2 March-9 March

            Monday:

            • Submit research to Google Classroom site.
            • Work on Working Outline and First drafts this week.  Both are due by next Monday (20 points total).
            • Please check in with me during class or after school this week so I can see where you are and help however I can. 
            • Media Center for writing.
            Tuesday/Wednesday:
            • Devotions: "Prayer for Girls and Boys...," Brian Doyle
            • Song: "Stable Song," Gregory Allen Isakov
            • Tips on Writing First Drafts
            • Media Center for writing.
            Thursday:
            • Writing day in Media Center
            Friday:
            • Last day of writing in Media Center.
            • Step Three Hand out: Final Draft FAQs.
            • Outlines and First drafts due on Monday. 20 points. 

          • 9 March-16 March

            MONDAY:

            • Bulletin Bloopers
            • Sample Research Paper
            • STEP FOUR concerns.
            • Grading Rubric
            • ASSIGNMENT: Final paper due next MONDAY.  Early-bird special Friday for an extra 3 points. 
            TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:
            • Devotions: Lizzy Bruxvoort: "The Grind After Grace"
            • Song: Lumineers, "Gale Song"
            • Introduction to Last Unit
            • Life is Beautiful, Roberto Benigni
            • Research-paper questions in hallway
            THURSDAY:
            • Life is Beautiful, Roberto Benigni
            • Research-paper questions in hallway
            FRIDAY:
            • Life is Beautiful, Roberto Benigni
            • Research-paper questions in hallway
            ASSIGNMENT: Final Paper due Monday
            • Early-bird special today: +3
            • Monday: +0
            • Tuesday: -3
            • Wednesday: -5
            • Thursday: -10
            • Friday: -15




          • 16 March-22 March

            MONDAY:

            • Title read of Research Papers
            • "For the Interim Time," John O'Donahue
            • "Letter from Alfred Corn," Flannery O'Connor

            TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

            • Introduce "The Grand Inquisitory," Fyodor Dostoevsky


            THURSDAY:

            • "The Grand Inquisitor"

            FRIDAY: 

            • "The Grand Inquisitor"

            • 23 March- 29 March

              MONDAY:

              • "Faith is a Radical Master," John O'Donahue

              TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

              • "How I Found Religion at a Baseball Game, Robert Fink

              THURSDAY:

              • "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Leo Tolstoy

              FRIDAY:

              • "The Trouble With X," C.S. Lewis

              • 30 March-2 April

                MONDAY:

                • "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," Dylan Thomas
                • "Adam's Peace" Henri Nouwen

                TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

                • "Dwarves in the Stable," Frederick Buechner

                THURSDAY: 

                • "Dwarves in the Stable," Frederick Buechner
                • Happy Spring Break!

                • 13 April-19 April

                  MONDAY:

                  • Introduction to Buechner
                  • Godric

                  TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

                  • Godric

                  THURSDAY:

                  • Godric

                  FRIDAY: 

                  • Godric

                  • 20 April- 26 April

                    MONDAY:

                    • Godric
                    • Introduce Final Exam Take-Home Essay: "The Thread"

                    TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

                    • Godric

                    THURSDAY:

                    • Godric

                    FRIDAY:

                    • Godric

                    • 27 April-3 May

                      MONDAY:

                      • "Until One is Committed," Goethe 
                      • Godric

                      TUESDAY:

                      • Wrap-up Godric

                      WEDNESDAY (HALF):

                      • "Joyous Voladoras," Brian Doyle

                      THURSDAY (HALF):

                      • "Joyous Voladoras," Brian Doyle

                      FRIDAY: 


                      • 11 May-14 May

                        Last Week With Seniors

                        MONDAY:

                        • "Last Prayer," Brian Doyle
                        • Exam Preparation

                        TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

                        • In-Class exam
                        THURSDAY:
                        • Sharing last essay
                        • Farewells