Week of May 27 - May 30

Tuesday/Wednesday
Reading quiz. Go over. Begin watching "A Passage to India."
Finish the novel for homework.

Thursday/Friday
Students will get exam review sheet.
Go over Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden." Tie to the novel.
Finish "A Passage to India" film.
Friday's classes: Discussion on the novel.

Week of May 19 - May 23

Monday/Tuesday

Begin reading from A Passage To India. You need to have read through page 191 (through chapter 18) by Wednesday/Thursday. I suggest that you use the Losennotes. There will be a reading quiz. You need to have finished "Caves" (read through page 314) by next Tuesday/Wednesday. Expect a quiz then too.

Wednesday/Thursday

Reading quiz. Continue with your reading and answering questions. We may begin the movie but we'll see how things go.

Usage words to know for Friday's quiz:
all right (is two words)
a, an
adverse, averse
advice, advise
affect, effect
allusion, illusion
can, may
capital, capitol
censor, censure
council, counsel
disinterested, uninterested
elicit, illicit
emigrate from, immigrate to
eminent, imminent
explicit, implicit
irregardless
mankind
media, medium
quote, quotation
raise, rise
respectfully, respectively
should of
there, their, they're
unique
utilize
wait for, wait on
who, which, that
who, whom
who's, whose
you

Friday

Usage quiz. Continue reading. We might watch more of the film.

WEek of May 12-May 16

Monday/Tuesday

We have enough copies of A Passage to India, so you may start reading the novel. Read through Section I by Monday/Tuesday.

We also have a special treat this week--parts of famous films that are parodied in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," an annual ritual for my class. You don't get to watch Monty Python, however, until you see what is being parodied. As a result, you will watch the first part of Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" and Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" (a version of "Macbeth"). Look for the following in "The Seventh Seal": overall atmosphere, mood, the witch scene, the flagellants. Look for the following in "Throne of Blood": atmosphere, weather, sounds in the Spider-web forest, the "witch."

After watching these film excerpts, begin reading. You should have read through page 132 by Monday/Tuesday.

Wednesday/Thursday

Watch "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Look for parallels between the film and the excerpts watched in class. Continue reading assignment, taking notes. Use Losennotes as a guide.
Go over usage lesson (pp. 532-541).

Words to know:
accept, except
anyone, any one
awhile, a while
bad, badly
beside, besides
between, among
can, may
coarse, course
compare to, compare with
complement, compliment
conscience, conscious
could of
everyone, every one
farther, further
fewer, less
good, well
if, whether
imply, infer
in, into
lead, led
lie, lay
like, as
loose, lose
maybe, may be
precede, proceed
principal, principle

Friday

Usage quiz. We will catch up on any questions you might have about the novel. Continue reading and expect a reading quiz on Monday/Tuesday.

Week of May 12th

Depending upon whether A Passage to India is available for all students, we will begin with that. If it is not, I have a Plan B, which will be announced on this blog on Monday/Tuesday.

Bring your grammar books and workbooks on Wednesday/Thursday.

Keep checking my posts. I should have the update complete by the end of Monday.

Week of May 5 - May 9

Monday/Tuesday

Class discussion of Medea based on four different groups. Ms. Lyle will mark down each time someone speaks. If there is time left over, study for the test. By the way, you are also responsible for information about Aristotle and his Poetics.

Wednesday/Thursday

Unit test on Medea and grammar.

Friday

Grammar exercise 11.