| DATE | IN-CLASS | HOMEWORK |
| W, Aug. 27 | Go over
First Day Handouts:
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Compose two true stories about yourself, filling out the true-story outlines in your packet. |
| Th, Aug. 28 | While taking notes, listen to your partners two true stories. Select one to retell the class tomorrow. | Practice telling the true story (2-3 minutes) aboout your partner and then compose a completely fictitious story (2-3 minutes) about that person. Fill out two True Story Outlines and one Fictitious Story Outline. |
| F, Aug 29 | Get Memoir
Reader. Start telling true/false stories. |
Select a memoir to read in class on Friday. |
| M, Sept. 1 | NO SCHOOL -- LABOR DAY | Practice your true/false stories if you haven't already told them. |
| Tu, Sept. 2 | Continue true/false stories. | Start looking for your book-length memoir. |
| W, Sept. 3 | Go to Community
Theatre to listen to Mr. Slemp. Finish true/false stories. |
Read Introduction to Isabel Allende's My Invented Country and respond to Questions about Memoir. |
| Th, Sept. 4 | Discuss Introduction to Isabel Allende's My Invented Country, consulting your completed Questions about Memoir sheet. | Bring your full-length memoir to class tomorrow. |
| F, Sept. 5 | Independent memoir reading. Write an analytical letter to the author addressing strengths and weaknesses of the writing. |
Read excerpt from Wolff's This Boy's Life and respond to Questions about Memoir. |
| M, Sept. 8 | Discuss excerpt from Wolff's This Boy's Life, consulting your completed Questions about Memoir sheet. | Read Mother Tongue and Five Writing Tips by Amy Tan. Fill out a Questions about Memoir sheet about Mother Tongue. |
| Tu, Sept. 9 | Discuss Mother Tongue and Five Writing Tips by Amy Tan, consulting your completed Questions about Memoir sheets. | Read In Bed and Why I Write by Joan Didion. Fill out a Questions about Memoir sheet about In Bed. |
| W, Sept. 10 | Discuss In Bed and Why I Write by Joan Didion, consulting your completed Questions about Memoir sheets. | Read Frank McCourt's Chapter 51 from 'Tis and respond to Questions about Memoir. |
| Th, Sept. 11 | Discuss Frank McCourt's Chapter 51 from 'Tis, consulting your completed Questions about Memoir sheets. | Browse www.bhsenglish.com to find a student memoir to read and analyze over the weekend. |
| F, Sept. 12 | Ms. Price speaks about the college application process. | Read a
student-written memoir found at
www.bhsenglish.com and write an analytical letter
to the author addressing strengths and weaknesses of the writing. Read Sherman Alexie's Indian Education. |
| M, Sept. 15 | Discuss Sherman Alexie's Indian Education. |
Begin writing about four
grades of your education, using Alexie's memoir as a model. Read excerpt from Mary Karr's Cherry. |
| Tu, Sept. 16 | Discuss Mary Karr's Cherry. | Finish writing about four grades of your education, using Alexie's memoir as a model. Bring your piece to class tomorrow. |
| W, Sept. 17 | Share your education pieces in small groups. Each group reads its best piece to the class. | Read Revoyr's Public vs. Private.
Write a dialogue between a public school student and a private school student. |
| Th, Sept. 18 | Discuss Revoyr's
Public vs. Private. Have a debate about public schools vs. private
schools. Share your public vs. private school dialogue with the class. |
Make sure that your written assignments (in RED) are up-to-date. |
| F, Sept. 19 | Independent memoir reading. Write an analytical letter to the author addressing strengths and weaknesses of the writing. | Read Wendy
Lesser's Mr. Jones. Write a memoir about a teacher's powerful influence. |
| M, Sept. 22 | Discuss Wendy Lesser's Mr. Jones. Read your memoir about a powerful teacher to the class. |
Read E.B. White's
Farewell, My Lovely. Finish your dialogue between a private and a public school student and bring it to class tomorrow. |
| Tu, Sept. 23 | Discuss E.B. White's Farewell, My Lovely.
Enact your private-public student dialogue in front of the class. |
Read except from
Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father. Describe an attachment you have to an inanimate object that reveals important information about your personality. |
| W, Sept. 24 | Discuss except
from Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father. Time to work on other creative pieces. |
Finish inanimate object attachment piece and your memoir about a powerful teacher's influence. |
| Tu, Sept. 25 | In small groups, share your inanimate object attachment piece and your memoir about a powerful teacher's influence. | Remember to bring your full-length memoir to class tomorrow for independent reading. |
| F, Sept. 26 |
FOLDERS DUE! Independent memoir reading. Write an analytical letter to the author addressing strengths and weaknesses of the writing. |
Read Two Rivers, a memoir about two Americans participating in the Peace Corps in China. |
| M, Sept. 29 | Discuss Two Rivers in terms of memoir "do's and don'ts." | Read Toni Martin's Enough and My French Soldier responding to Questions about Memoir about one of the pieces. |
| Tu, Sept. 30 | Discuss Toni Martin's Enough and My French Soldier, consulting your Questions about Memoir. | After reading Eva Jepson's Cell Phone, write a letter to the author addressing strengths and weaknesses. |
| W, Oct. 1 | Discuss Eva Jepson's Cell Phone and share your letters to the author. | After reading Kate Jacobsen's A Failure in International Living, write a letter to the author addressing strengths and weaknesses. |
| Th, Oct. 2 | Discuss Kate Jacobsen's A Failure in International Living and share your letters to the author. | Remember to bring your full-length memoir to class tomorrow. |
| F, Oct. 3 | Folders returned. Get sample college application essays for next week. Independent memoir reading. Write an analytical letter to the author addressing strengths and weaknesses of the writing. |
Study for memoir EXAM. |
| M, Oct. 6 | Memoir EXAM. | Read sample college applications essays by Kaufmann, Salas, and Schrag. Fill out a College Essay Evaluation for each essay. |
| Tu, Oct. 7 | Discuss sample college applications essays by Kaufmann, Salas, and Schrag, consulting your completed College Essay Evaluation during the discussion. | Read sample college applications essays by Spatz, Taylor, and Gregory. Fill out a College Essay Evaluation for each essay. |
| W, Oct. 8 | Discuss sample college applications essays by Spatz, Taylor, and Gregory, consulting your completed College Essay Evaluation during the discussion. | Read sample college applications essays by Shan, Akeju, and Jinh. Fill out a College Essay Evaluation for each essay. |
| Th, Oct. 9 | Discuss sample college applications essays by Shan, Akeju, and Jinh, consulting your completed College Essay Evaluation during the discussion. | Remember to bring your full-length memoir to class tomorrow. |
| F, Oct. 10 | Independent memoir reading. Write an analytical letter to the author addressing strengths and weaknesses of the writing. | Start writing a rough draft of your college application essay. |
| M, Oct. 13 | NO SCHOOL -- STAFF DEVELOPMENT | Finish writing a rough draft of your college application essay. Bring the draft to class tomorrow for PEER EDITING. |
| Tu, Oct. 14 | Peer Editing two of your classmates' college essays, completing a College Essay Evaluation on each one. | Write final draft of your college application essay. Bring your final draft, two peer edits on your essay, and your rough draft to class on Thursday. |
| W, Oct. 15 | NO CLASS -- PSAT testing. | See above. |
| Th, Oct. 16 | Final draft of college application due (along with two peer edits and rough draft). Start filling out two Memoir Worksheets for tomorrow. | Finish filling out two Memoir Worksheets for tomorrow. |
| F, Oct. 17 | Consulting your two Memoir Worksheets, pitch your ideas to your workshop groups. | Write the first three pages of your memoir and bring a copy for every member of your workshop on Monday. |
| M, Oct. 20 | Distribute your
copies to workshop members and Mr. Bye. Make a schedule for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Begin reading and annotating workshop members' drafts. Remember to write two paragraphs--of strengths and weaknesses--at the end of each one.
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Read, annotate, and write summary paragraphs on memoirs to be discussed tomorrow in workshops. |
| Tu, Oct. 21 | Memoir Workshop Session 1A | Read, annotate, and write summary paragraphs on memoirs to be discussed tomorrow in workshops. |
| W, Oct. 22 | Memoir Workshop Session 1B | Read, annotate, and write summary paragraphs on memoirs to be discussed tomorrow in workshops. |
| Th, Oct. 23 | Memoir Workshop Session 1C | Read three memoirs piece by Barbara Gates and write down three good questions for each one. Bring the memoirs and questions to class tomorrow. |
| F, Oct. 24 | Barbara Gates visits to read from and talk about her writing. Bring her pieces and your questions to class. | Write middle of your memoir (3 pages). Remember to bring copies for everyone in your Workshop Group and Mr. Bye on Monday. |
| M, Oct. 27 | Distribute your
copies to workshop members and Mr. Bye. Make a schedule for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Begin reading and annotating workshop members' drafts. Remember to write two paragraphs--of strengths and weaknesses--at the end of each one.
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Read, annotate, and write summary paragraphs on memoirs to be discussed tomorrow in workshops. |
| Tu, Oct. 28 | Memoir Workshop Session 2A | Read, annotate, and write summary paragraphs on memoirs to be discussed tomorrow in workshops. |
| W, Oct. 29 | Memoir Workshop Session 2B | Read, annotate, and write summary paragraphs on memoirs to be discussed tomorrow in workshops. |
| Th, Oct. 30 | Memoir Workshop Session 2C | Remember to bring your full-length memoir to class tomorrow. |
| F, Oct. 31 | Independent memoir reading. Write an analytical letter to the author addressing strengths and weaknesses of the writing. | Write end of your memoir (3 pages). Remember to bring copies for everyone in your Workshop Group and Mr. Bye on Monday. |
| M, Nov. 3 | Distribute your
copies to workshop members and Mr. Bye. Make a schedule for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Begin reading and annotating workshop members' drafts. Remember to write two paragraphs--of strengths and weaknesses--at the end of each one.
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Read, annotate, and write summary paragraphs on memoirs to be discussed tomorrow in workshops. |
| Tu, Nov. 4 | Memoir Workshop Session 3A | Read, annotate, and write summary paragraphs on memoirs to be discussed tomorrow in workshops. |
| W, Nov. 5 | Memoir Workshop Session 3B | Read, annotate, and write summary paragraphs on memoirs to be discussed tomorrow in workshops. |
| Th, Nov. 6 | Memoir Workshop Session 3C | Relax. |
| F, Nov. 7 | Start revising
rough draft of memoir. Start reading Poe's The Black Cat. |
Continue revising rough draft of memoir. |
| M & Tu, Nov. 10-11 |
NO SCHOOL--VETERANS DAY | Finish revising
memoir. Finish reading Poe's The Black Cat. Bring reader to class tomorrow. |
| W, Nov. 12 | Hard copy
of memoir due if you want comments. Introduction to the Conventional Short Story Start discussing Poe's The Black Cat. |
Read Carver's Cathedral. |
| Th, Nov. 13 | Finish discussing
Poe's The Black Cat. In-Class Paragraph #1: How does the narrator change profoundly in the story as demonstrated by his final statement, "It's really something"? Discuss Carver's Cathedral. |
Work on biography for online memoir. |
| F, Nov. 14 | Get revision of
Faulkner's story. Listen to student memoirs. |
Start reading
both versions of Faulkner's Evening Sun story. What changes
did he make and why? After reading a student short story selected at www.bhsenglish.com, write a page long letter to the student in which you analyze the strengths and weaknesses. Provide examples and quotations to support your claims. |
| Sun, Nov 16 | Email your biography with attached memoir to BHSstory@aol.com by midnight. (The subject of your email should be: Your Last Name, Your First Name) | Relax. |
| M, Nov. 17 | Discuss both versions of Faulkner's Evening Sun story explaining what changes he made and why. | Read O'Brien's The Things They Carried and fill out character sheet. |
| Tu, Nov. 18 | Meet in small groups. | Read Kincaid's Girl. |
| W, Nov. 19 | Discuss Girl. | Read Welty's Petrified Man. |
| Th, Nov. 20 | Listen to some
dialogues based on Girl. Discuss Petrified Man. |
Read Wolff's Hunters in the Snow. |
| F, Nov. 21 |
In-Class Paragraph #2: Who is the protagonist in Hunters in
the Snow? Defend your opinion with evidence from the text. Discuss Hunters in the Snow. |
After reading a student short story selected at www.bhsenglish.com, write a page long letter to the student in which you analyze the strengths and weaknesses. Provide examples and quotations to support your claims. |
| M, Nov. 24 | Discuss Hills
Like White Elephants. Class time to start writing dialogue. |
Finish writing dialogue. Bring it to class tomorrow to perform with a partner. |
| Tu, Nov. 25 | Perform and discuss student dialogues. |