Monday, December 16, 2019

NPR Pieces

Here are links to the pieces we listened to the other day if you'd like to use them as sources for your essay.

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Week of December 16-20

Monday - Essay preparation and Transcendentalism readings continued.

Homework - 1.) Rough draft of your essay due tomorrow.  Print off a hard copy.  2.) Purchase your copy of Between the World and Me from the bookstore ASAP.

Tuesday - Meet in the Reading/Writing Center.

Homework - 1.) Final draft of your essay due Friday.  2.) Purchase your copy of Between the World and Me from the bookstore ASAP.

Wednesday -Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience."

Homework - 1.) Final draft of your essay due Friday.  2.) Purchase your copy of Between the World and Me from the bookstore ASAP.

Thursday - Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience."

Homework - 1.) Final draft of your essay due tomorrow.  2.) Purchase your copy of Between the World and Me from the bookstore ASAP.

Friday - The Crucible.

Homework - Enjoy break!

NO BLOGGING UNTIL 2ND SEMESTER.  IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET WITH MR. LAWLER NEXT WEEK DURING A FREE PERIOD TO DISCUSS YOUR UNIT 2 ESSAY ON "DISSENT," SET UP AN APPOINTMENT.

Monday, December 9, 2019

Week of December 9-13

Monday - Discuss Act III.

Homework - Read Act IV in The Crucible for tomorrow.  Complete the reading guide and be ready for a quiz.  

Tuesday - Discuss Act IV and "Dissent" essay introduction.

Homework - "Dissent" unit essay prewriting due Thursday.

Wednesday - "Dissent" essay intro and preparation continued . . .

Homework - "Dissent" unit essay prewriting due Thursday.

Thursday - Intro to Transcendentalism.

Homework - Read the excerpts from Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Self-Reliance" on pages 4-5 in the packet of readings and complete a summary for each paragraph.  Be ready to discuss tomorrow.

Friday - Discuss Emerson.

Homework - Rough draft due Tuesday.  Be sure to utilize the packet of sources I've provided and also complete your interviews with adults.

NO BLOGGING UNTIL 2ND SEMESTER.  IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET WITH MR. LAWLER NEXT WEEK DURING A FREE PERIOD TO DISCUSS YOUR UNIT 2 ESSAY ON "DISSENT," SET UP AN APPOINTMENT.

Monday, December 2, 2019

Week of December 2-6

Monday - The Crucible film.

Homework - Finish Act I in The Crucible for tomorrow (skip the narrative section on pages 31-34).  Complete the reading guide and be ready for a quiz.  

Tuesday - Discuss the second half of Act I.

Homework - Read Act II in The Crucible for Thursday.  Complete the reading guide and be ready for a quiz.  

Wednesday - Film day.

Homework - Read Act II in The Crucible for Thursday.  Complete the reading guide and be ready for a quiz.  

Thursday - Discuss Act II.

Homework - Read the first half of Act III (pages 77-93) in The Crucible for tomorrow.  Complete the reading guide and be ready for a quiz.

Friday - Discuss first 1/2 of Act III and film.

Homework - Finish Act III in The Crucible for Monday.  Complete the reading guide and be ready for a quiz.  

CHANGE OF PLANS: NO BLOGGING UNTIL 2ND SEMESTER.