Students are expected to record assignments as I announce them verbally before leaving class each day. As a way that students and parents can verify assignments and due dates, I will also post them here. Turquoise document titles are links to assignments. All homework is due on the following school day unless it is specifically stated to be due at another time. No late work is accepted by the Skyline humanities department. For your social studies assignments, visit www.mrdoran.net daily.
10th Honors Block Syllabus 10th Writing Rubric 10th Critical Reading Rubric LA Thesis Statements 10th History Rubric
Literary Conventions and Eras Glossary turnitin.com Class ID for 1/2: 16124664 Class ID for 3/4: 16124697
Enrollment Key for both classes: Prufrock
Literary Conventions and Eras Glossary turnitin.com Class ID for 1/2: 16124664 Class ID for 3/4: 16124697
Enrollment Key for both classes: Prufrock
Doran and Matheny are thrilled to announce our next European Adventure! We will visit the Balkans over February break, 2019 (2.16-24.2019)—we’ll visit Dubrovnik and Split in Croatia and Mostar and Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina! Our last trip sold out, so register early. Download this PowerPoint that has all the details about our trip. Click here to jump to our travel page for itinerary and cost.
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Friday, 2/16 Matheny & Doran are out taking students to Eastern Europe: follow our trip's blog if you're curious
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Monday, 4/16
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- NY Times: Holocaust Is Fading From Memory
- Film Analysis: "The Pianist"
- Read chapter two and three in Night and write one journal entry.
Tuesday, 4/17
Classwork:
- Film Analysis: "The Pianist"
- None (The reading schedule has been extended by one day to finish up the film analysis and not rush the textual analysis)
Wednesday, 4/18
Classwork:
- Discuss Night chapter two and three
- Applying the UN Stages of Genocide: Night Supplemental Readings Packet
- Read chapter four for tomorrow's class--no journal entry required.
Thursday, 4/19
Classwork:
- Discuss Night chapter four
- Nazi Medical Experiments Primary Sources: Night Supplemental Readings Packet
- Read chapter five in Night and write one journal entry.
Friday, 4/20
Classwork:
- Discuss Night chapter five
- Read chapter six in Night and write one journal entry.
Monday, 4/2
Classwork:
- Modernism review and study guide
- Introduction to Elie Weisel's memoir Night: Historical Antisemitism preceding WWII
- Documentary: "Auschwitz"
- Print the Night Supplemental Readings Packet before tomorrow's class.
- Your Modernism test will be integrated in the test Doran is giving Thursday. Use this study guide to review.
- Your SAT 10 list 7 quiz is on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 4/3
Classwork:
- Introduction to Weisel's Night & novel checkout
- Read chapter one in Night for Thursday's class and write your first journal entry:
- Reading schedule and journal guide
- Your SAT 10 list 7 vocab quiz is on Wednesday.
- Your Modernism quiz is on Thursday.
Wednesday, 4/4
Classwork:
- SAT 10 list 7 quiz
- Night introduction, cont'd
- Read chapter one in Night for Thursday's class and write your first journal entry.
- Your objective Modernism quiz is on Thursday. See Monday's class for the study guide.
Thursday, 4/5
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- Discuss Night, chapter one
- Complete and submit your sophomore project on time tomorrow!
Friday, 4/6
Classwork:
- Film Analysis
- No homework.
- Here is the Night Reading schedule and journal guide in case you want to do work over break. But take a break, please. :) See you soon!
Monday, 3/26
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- "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", day 3
- Eliot and Hipsters
- Critically read "The Hollow Men" in your Eliot Packet for Tuesday's class.
- There will be a vocab quiz over SAT 10 list 6 on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 3/27
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- Eliot's "The Hollow Men" explication
- For Thursday's class, critically read James Joyce's short story "Eveline" from Dubliners.
Wednesday, 3/28
Classwork:
- SAT 10 list 6 quiz
- SAT 10 list 7 introduction
- For Thursday's class, critically read James Joyce's short story "Eveline" from Dubliners.
- For Friday, complete your SAT 10 list 7 homework.
Thursday, 3/29
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- Joyce's Irish Modern Short Story "Eveline"
- Small-group discussion questions joyces_eveline_discussion_questions.docx
- For Friday, complete your SAT 10 list 7 homework.
Friday, 3/30
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- "Midnight in Paris" film analysis
- No homework.
Monday, 3/19
Classwork:
- Fast Five: SAT 10 list 5
- Modernism: Art, cont'd: Picasso and Cubism
- No homework. There will be a quiz over SAT 10 list 5 on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 3/20
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- Modern Art: Russian Supremetism, Dada, and Expressionism
- Introduction to Modernism in literature
- SAT 10 list 5 vocab quiz tomorrow
- Spend 20 minutes reading and annotating Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in your Eliot Packet. Print the whole packet..
Wednesday, 3/21
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- SAT 10 list 5 vocab quiz
- SAT 10 list 6 introduction
- Modern Art: Surrealism, Futurism, and Kinetic Art
- Your SAT 10 list 6 homework is due on Friday. You will have a quiz over these words next Wednesday, 3/28.
Thursday, 3/22
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- "Prufrock" analysis
- Critically read or take notes on T.S. Eliot, Prufrock, and Hipsters article from The Atlantic for Friday's class.
Friday, 3/23
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- Fast Five: SAT 10 list 6 matching
- Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
- Critically read "The Hollow Men" in your Eliot Packet for Tuesday's class.
Monday, 3/12
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- Chronicle analysis: religion, gender, and characterization: "My Name Is..." activity
- Print this "Introduction to Modern Art" PowerPoint in whatever way you like for tomorrow's class to help with note-taking. Printing in color is good if you can spare the toner--this is the same one you're supposed to print on Doran's website so only print it once. :)
- You will have a vocab quiz over your Chronicle vocab list on Wednesday.
- Read chapter four in Chronicle for Tuesday's class and write one journal entry focused on tone (irony and satire) and the use of repetition.
Tuesday, 3/13
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- Satire and humor and death in Chronicle discussion
- Introduction to Modern Art
- Chronicle vocab quiz Wednesday
- Read chapter five for Thursday's class and complete a final journal entry on Marquez's portrayal of the theme of guilt and innocence in the novel.
Wednesday, 3/14
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- Chronicle vocab quiz
- Read chapter five for Thursday's class and complete a final journal entry on Marquez's portrayal of the theme of guilt and innocence in the novel. Bring all your journal entries to class Friday stapled in order under this cover page as you'll turn them in after the Socratic Seminar.
Thursday, 3/15
Classwork: Homework:
- Complete your SAT 10 list 5 vocab homework for Monday's class. There will be a quiz over these words on Wednesday, 3/21.
- Your culminating Socratic Seminar over Chronicle is on Friday. Bring your journal entries stapled in order under this cover page.
Friday, 3/16
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- Socratic. Seminar over Chronicle of a Death Foretold
- Complete your SAT 10 list 5 vocab homework for Monday's class. There will be a quiz over these words on Wednesday, 3/21.
Monday, 3/5
Classwork:
- Check out Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold. We recommend buying your own copy--here is a link to a good edition to purchase.
- Course Request Counseling Presentation
- No homework. :)
Tuesday, 3/6
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- Introduction to Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold
- 2018 Chronicle Reading Schedule and journal entry requirements
- Chronicle Character Map
- Submit your Frankenstein essay (800-1000 words) to turnitin.com before 10 AM tomorrow. No late work will be accepted.
- Read chapter one in Chronicle for Wednesday's class and write your first journal entry.
- You will hand-write ¾ page theme journals (one per chapter) to demonstrate your critical thinking while reading this novel. Support your ideas on the chapter’s technique or theme, analyzing 2 to 3 quotes to show how the author develops the technique or theme. Chapter 1's Technique Focus: Characterization
Wednesday, 3/7
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- Chronicle vocab list introduction
- Chapter one discussion
- Complete your Chronicle vocab homework for Friday's class. There will be a quiz over these words next Wednesday, 3/14.
Thursday, 3/8
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- Here is the Marquez introductory lecture I did on Tuesday in case you were absent
- Chapter one discussion, cont'd: literature circles
- Complete the lit circle discussion questions if you didn't do so in class today.
- Your Chronicle vocab homework is due for Friday's class.
- Read chapter two in Chronicle for Friday's class and write your second journal entry: Chapter 2's Theme--Religion
Friday, 3/9
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- Fast Five: Chronicle vocab list
- Chronicle chapter two discussion
- Read chapter three in Chronicle for Monday's class and write your third journal entry: Chapter 3's theme: Women and Gender Roles
Monday, 2/26
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- Peer-editing thesis statements
- Transitions Advice
- Your Frankenstein MLA Outline is due to turnitin.com by 10AM on Wednesday for peer editing.
Tuesday, 2/27
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- Outline drafting in the large lab
- Your Frankenstein MLA Outline is due to turnitin.com by 10AM on Wednesday for peer editing.
Wednesday, 2/28
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- Outline peer editing in the large lab
- Your whole draft of your essay--including introduction and conclusion paragraphs--is due to turnitin by 8AM on Friday, 3/2.
Thursday, 3/1
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- Frank essay writing advice
- Drafting essay work time in the large lab
- Your whole draft of your essay--including introduction and conclusion paragraphs--is due to turnitin by 8AM on Friday, 3/2.
- Next week we'll start to read Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold. We recommend buying your own copy--here is a link to a good edition to purchase.
Friday, 3/2
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- Draft peer-editing in the large lab
- Blocking epigraph hooks: formatting advice
- Your complete final draft of your Frankenstein essay is due to turnitin.com by Wednesday, 3/7, at 10 AM. No late work will be accepted for this assignment.
Monday, 2/12
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- Frankenstein: discuss chapter 17-21
- Analyze Gothic elements and the sublime in Frankenstein
- Read and annotate Frankenstein chapters 22-23 for Tuesday's class.
- Here is our whole Frankenstein Reading and Paper Writing Schedule
Tuesday, 2/13
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- Discuss chapters 22-23: Gothic Elements in Frankenstein
- Ethical Dilemmas Article
- Frankenstein paper assignment
- Read and annotate Frankenstein chapter 24 for Thursday's class (finish the novel).
- Review for your Frankenstein vocab quiz on Thursday.
- If you're going to be creating your own prompt for the Frankenstein paper, please ask me for approval of your idea before the end of the day Thursday. Thanks!
Wednesday, 2.14
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- All SS today
- No homework. :)
Thursday, 2/15
Classwork:
- Frankenstein vocab quiz
- Discuss the novel's resolution: Spiderweb Small-Group Discussion Questions
- Your thesis refinement initial thesis and evidence selection is due on Monday, 2/26 for peer-editing (if you want to go big on Friday during work time, feel free to move forward to your outline. You should have plenty of time in class tomorrow to work on that assignment, so there should be no homework over break. :)
Friday, 2/16 Matheny & Doran are out taking students to Eastern Europe: follow our trip's blog if you're curious
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- Frankenstein paper assignment and thesis refinement sheet work time with laptop carts 5, 6, and 11 for 1/2 block and carts 26 & 27 for 3/4 block
- Frankenstein MLA Outline Template
- None. Have a great break!
- Your thesis refinement initial thesis and evidence selection is due on Monday, 2/26 for peer-editing (if you want to go big on Friday during work time, feel free to move forward to your outline. You should have plenty of time in class tomorrow to work on that assignment, so there should be no homework over break. :)
Monday, 2/5
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- Discuss chapters 5-7: Close reading practice
