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 2018-19 10th Writing Rubric 10th Critical Reading Rubric Honors v Core: Expectations
Literary Conventions and Eras Glossary turnitin.com Class ID for 1/2: 18925183 enrollment key: Prufrock
Lord of the Flies by William Golding PDF
Literary Conventions and Eras Glossary turnitin.com Class ID for 1/2: 18925183 enrollment key: Prufrock
Lord of the Flies by William Golding PDF
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Monday, 10/8 No school for Students: Teachers' professional development day
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Wednesday, 10/10 Special Schedule: PSAT Day and First Hour Schedule
10:10-2:10-PSAT/NMSQT Testing (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) Please bring:
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Thursday, 9.6 Class pictures: 8:40 AM
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Friday, 9.7 Project Spartan Schedule: 20-minute classes
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- Critically read chapter 11 in LOTF for tomorrow's class. LOTF Novel Reading Schedule and Journal Prompt/Rubric
Tuesday, 12.11
Classwork:
- Plato's Cave, Machiavelli, and Piggy's Death Discussion
- Your quiz over LOTF list 2 is tomorrow.
- Critically read chapter 12 for tomorrow and complete the journal entry for chapter 12. You will turn in all your journals after our LOTF/"Castaway"/ Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" Socratic Seminar (which will be next Monday or Tuesday next week).
Wednesday, 12.12
Classwork:
- LOTF list 2 vocab quiz
- Deus ex Machina: LOTF's resolution
- No homework.
Thursday, 12.13
Classwork:
- "Castaway" Film Analysis
- No homework.
Friday, 12.14
Classwork:
- "Castaway" Film Analysis
- No homework. You will turn in all your journals after our LOTF/"Castaway"/ Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" Socratic Seminar (which will be next Monday or Tuesday next week).
Monday, 12.3
Classwork:
- Finish Ch 1-4 lit circles (continued from Friday)
- LOTF Image Tracking Initial Collaboration Meeting
- Read and annotate chapter six in LOTF for tomorrow's class. Write one journal entry about chapter five and six as well: here is the LOTF Novel Reading Schedule and Journal Prompt/Rubric
- There will be a quiz over your LOTF list 1 vocab words on Wednesday's class.
Tuesday, 12.4
Classwork:
- Journal entry sharing and discussion
- Group work: perceptions of THE BEAST!
- Read and annotate chapter seven for Wednesday's class.
- There will be a few multiple choice questions over LOTF on Thursday's history test--no need to have done anything to prepare but have read the book through chapter eight.
- There is a vocab quiz over LOTF list 1 on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 12.5
Classwork:
- LOTF List 1 vocab quiz
- LOTF list 2 introduction
- Discuss chapter six & seven
- Read and annotate chapter eight for Thursday's class. Your journal entry over chapter seven and eight is due tomorrow technically but will be stamped on Friday as Mrs. Matheny has to be out Thursday for a district language arts curriculum adoption committee meeting.
- There will be a few multiple choice questions over LOTF on tomorrow's history test--no need to have done anything to prepare but have read the book through chapter eight.
- LOTF list 2 homework due Friday, 12.7
Thursday, 12.6 Matheny is at the district office today at a language arts curriculum adoption meeting.
Classwork:
- All SS: History exam
- Read and annotate chapter nine in your novel for Friday's class.
Friday, 12.7
Classwork:
- Fast Five: LOTF list 2 vocab
- Literature Circle discussion: chapters 7-9
- Macbeth papers--rubric and reflection
- Read and annotate chapter ten in your novel for Monday's class. Your journal entry over 9 and 10 will be stamped Monday. #penultimateentry Novel Reading Schedule and Journal Prompt/Rubric
- Over the weekend, listen to your voice comment on turnitin.com. On the back of your rubric:
- Summarize Matheny's feedback about your paper
- Set two writing goals for your final exam now that you've gotten your semester paper feedback
- Ask for a specific writing lesson--what do you hope Matheny will focus on for the whole class's writing lessons next semester that will help you improve?
Monday, 11.26
Classwork:
- Introduction to Lord of the Flies and novel checkout
- Historical Context and Pre-Reading Discussion Questions
- LOTF Novel Reading Schedule and Journal Prompt/Rubric
- Read and annotate chapter one in LOTF for Tuesday's class. Use our honors 10th Critical Reading Rubric to assure you're annotating effectively. Journal #1, which will analyze LOTF chapters one and two, is due on Wednesday. LOTF Novel Reading Schedule and Journal Prompt/Rubric
Tuesday, 11.27
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- Discuss LOTF chapter one
- Read and annotate chapter two in LOTF for Wednesday's class. 10th Critical Reading Rubric
- Journal #1, which will analyze LOTF chapters one and two, is due on Wednesday. LOTF Novel Reading Schedule and Journal Prompt/Rubric
Wednesday, 11.28
Classwork:
- Discuss LOTF chapter two
- LOTF Vocab list #1 introduction
- Read and annotate chapter three in LOTF for Thursday's class. 10th Critical Reading Rubric
- Your LOTF list 1 vocab homework is due on Friday, 11.30. Your quiz over these words will be on Wednesday, 12.5.18.
- Journal #2, which will analyze LOTF chapters three and four, is due on Friday. LOTF Novel Reading Schedule and Journal Prompt/Rubric
Thursday, 11.29
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- Discuss LOTF chapter three
- Your LOTF Vocab list #1 homework is due on Friday, 11.30. Your quiz over these words will be on Wednesday, 12.5.18.
- Read and annotate chapter four in LOTF for Friday's class. 10th Critical Reading Rubric
- Journal #2, which will analyze LOTF chapters three and four, is due on Friday. LOTF Novel Reading Schedule and Journal Prompt/Rubric
Friday, 11.30
Classwork:
- Fast Five: LOTF Vocab list #1 matching
- Small-group discussions: Discuss LOTF chapter one through four using these questions.
- Read and annotate LOTF chapter five for Monday's class.
- Journal #3, which will analyze LOTF chapters five and six, is due on Tuesday. LOTF Novel Reading Schedule and Journal Prompt/Rubric
Monday, 11.19
Classwork:
- Final essay editing advice: you got this!
- The real historical Macbeth: irony!
- Peer Edit Essay Drafts on turnitin.com
- Drafting time--last day to work on Macbeth essays in class.
- Your final draft of your Macbeth essay, including a MLA-formatted Works Cited page, is due to turnitin.com by Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM. The Humanities Writing Rubric will be used to score your work.
Tuesday, 11.20
Classwork:
- Enlightenment Salon (Mostly history, since yesterday was mostly LA due to the paper deadline)
- Your final draft of your Macbeth essay, including a MLA-formatted Works Cited page, is due to turnitin.com by Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM. The Humanities Writing Rubric will be used to score your work.
- As soon as we return from break, we'll start Golding's Lord of the Flies. If you can, go ahead and get your own copy, and here is a good edition. If not, we'll have books for checkout next Monday. Thanks!
Wednesday, 11.21
Classwork:
- Plural and Possessive Ss--why all the errors, Instagram? (meme edition)
- No homework. Have an excellent holiday weekend!
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Monday, 11.12 No School: Veterans Day
Tuesday, 11.13
Classwork:
- Submit Image Tracking Group Poster and Individual Notes Charts
- Large Lab for MLA Formal Outline work time: here is a template to guide your efforts
- Your Macbeth outline is due on Wednesday, 11.14, at 10 AM.
Wednesday, 11.14
Classwork:
- BTS/CS advice--developing your argument
- Humanities Writing Rubric
- Peer-edit outlines
- A draft of your essay, including introductions and conclusions, is due to turnitin.com before 8AM on Friday.
Thursday, 11.15
Classwork:
- Essay Writing Advice
- More essay writing advice including Conclusion Paragraphs
- Magic Little Dashes
- Large Lab for essay drafting
- A draft of your essay, including introductions and conclusions, is due to turnitin.com before 8AM on Monday.
Friday, 11.16
Classwork:
- More on Magic Little Dashes, intros, and Conclusion Paragraphs
- Macbeth essay drafting time
- A draft of your essay, including introductions and conclusions, is due to turnitin.com before 8AM on Monday.
- Submit your completed essay and works cited to turnitin.com before 10 AM on Wednesday, 11.21.
Monday, 11.5
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- Macbeth Act V cold reading and analysis discussion
- Your Act IV and V quiz is on Thursday.
- Add to your image tracking chart with images from Act V
Tuesday, 11.6
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- Act V film analysis: PBS great performances
- Your Act IV and V quiz is on Thursday.
- Bring your completed image tracking charts and your copies of Macbeth to class tomorrow. Be thinking about a partner (groups of three at the most) who tracked the same image as you who you'd like to work with on your Image Tracking Culminating Poster Assignment. We'll request partners/groups tomorrow.
Wednesday, 11.7
Classwork:
- Macbeth Paper Topics and Thesis Refinement Sheet Packet
- Bird Imagery Thesis Revision Advice
- Image Tracking Culminating Assignment: Partner-Pair Poster
- Print your thesis refinement sheet for tomorrow's class. Select a paper topic prompt and six quotes for your paper and write/analyze them briefly on your Macbeth essay Thesis Refinement Sheet for Thursday.
- Your Image Tracking Culminating Assignment--both your chart of individual notes and your group's poster-- is due Tuesday.
- Your Act IV and V quiz is tomorrow in class.
Thursday, 11.8
Classwork:
- Act IV and V quiz
- Image Tracking Poster Work Time
- For Friday, write a thesis on your thesis refinement sheet for your Macbeth essay.
- Your Image Tracking Culminating Assignment--both your chart of individual notes and your group's poster-- is due Tuesday.
Friday, 11.9
Classwork:
- Punctuating Monday's holiday in a way that honors the sacrifices of our troops
- Macbeth essay thesis peer-editing
- Image Tracking Poster Work Time
- Your MLA-formatted outline of your whole Macbeth paper is due to turnitin.com by 10AM on Wednesday, November 14th for peer editing in class that day.
- Your Image Tracking Culminating Assignment--both your chart of individual notes and your group's poster-- is due Tuesday.
Monday, 10.29
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- Think Again Presentations
- Discuss Machiavelli and Macbeth homework
- None
Tuesday, 10. 30
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- IV, I-i
- No homework.
Wednesday, 10.31
Classwork:
- IV, ii-iii
- Act IV Paragraph assignment
- Your Act IV Paragraph will be due to turnitin.com by 8AM on Monday, 11.5.
- Your Act IV and V quiz is on Monday, 11.5.
Thursday, 11.1
Classwork:
- Peer Editing Act III Prompts on turnitin.com
- Review Act IV for your image--add to your image tracking chart. Be sure you're keeping all parts of your image tracking chart, ss we mentioned in class, because you will be turning it as a part of a larger project at the end the play.
Friday, 11.2
Classwork:
- Image Tracking Sharing--discuss the extent to which Shakespeare has shifted the symbolic meaning of your image during the play
- Act IV Film
- Your Your Act IV Paragraph will be due to turnitin.com by 8AM on Monday, 11.5.
- Your Act IV and V quiz is on Wednesday, 11.7.
- Bring a piece of foliage to class on Monday.
Monday, 10.22
Classwork:
- Macbeth III, i-ii
- None
Tuesday, 10.23
Classwork:
- Macbeth Act II Paragraph Exemplars Porter Dreams Masculinity Porter Masculinity
- Clearing up preposition clutter
- Macbeth III, iii-iv
- Update your Image Tracking Charts with images from Act II and III so far. Be prepared to share them tomorrow.
Wednesday, 10.24
Classwork:
- Image Tracking Sharing
- Macbeth III, v-vi
- Act III Prompts
- Your Act III Quiz is on Friday
- Your Act III Prompt is due to turnitin.com on Friday by 8AM.
Thursday, 10.25
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- Act III Film
- Macbeth's Duality Group Work
- Your Act III Prompt is due to turnitin.com on Friday by 8AM.
Friday, 10.26
Classwork:
- Act III Quiz
- Macbeth's Duality Group Work
- Read "Machiavelli and Macbeth" for Monday and answer the associated questions.
Monday, 10/15
Classwork:
- SS Test
- No homework.
Tuesday, 10/16
Classwork:
- Image Tracking Sharing Time
- Act II, ii-iii
- Act II Paragraph Prompts
- Your Act II Quiz is on Friday.
- Your Act II Paragraph Prompt is due to turnitin.com by Friday, 10/19, at 8AM
Wednesday, 10/17
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- II, iv
- Your Act II Quiz is on Friday.
- Your Act II Paragraph Prompt is due to turnitin.com by Friday, 10/19, at 8AM
Thursday, 10/18
Classwork:
- Act II Film
- Eliminating Passive Voice from our Formal Literary Writing
- Your Act II Prompt is due to turnitin.com by Friday, 10/19, at 8AM
Friday, 10/19
Classwork:
- Act II Quiz
- No homework. :)
Monday, 10/8 No school for Students: Teachers' professional development day
Tuesday, 10/9
Classwork:
- Act I Quiz
- Act I Paragraph peer editing
- By 10 AM on Wednesday, please complete the peer-editing review of another student's act I paragraph on turnitin.com.
- For Thursday: Click on this link to see the specifics about your assignment on Social Media in the Reformation. You will be asked--based on the class period you have language arts--to print and read either the "Tyndale and the Information Age" article or the "Luther and Social Media" article and answer the questions in your own words on your own paper using evidence from the text you were assigned.
Wednesday, 10/10 Special Schedule: PSAT Day and First Hour Schedule
10:10-2:10-PSAT/NMSQT Testing (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) Please bring:
- Picture ID (ASB card and/or driver’s license)
- #2 pencils
- A scientific or graphing calculator (not required, but it is permitted)
- Snacks (We recognize that this is a long testing period; please encourage your student to bring snacks.)
- For Thursday: Click on this link to see the specifics about your assignment on Social Media in the Reformation. You will be asked--based on the class period you have language arts--to print and read either the "Tyndale and the Information Age" article or the "Luther and Social Media" article and answer the questions in your own words on your own paper using evidence from the text you were assigned.
Thursday, 10/11
Classwork:
- Social Media in the Reformation discussion
- No homework.
Friday, 10/12
Classwork:
- Image Tracking Assignment
- Act II, i-ii
- Review Act I and find the instances of your image. Create a list of these or highlight in your book and analyze their signififcance as you see in the example at the end of this PowerPoint: Image Tracking Assignment . Be ready to share you list on Monday.
Monday, 10/1
Classwork:
- Language & Power: Basilicon Doron
- I, iii-iv
- None.
Tuesday, 10/2
Classwork:
- I, v
Wednesday, 10/3
Classwork:
- Review "Into the Vortex"
- I, vi
- Review important quotes, convention motifs, and major plot points for your Act I quiz Tuesday.
Thursday, 10/4
Classwork:
- I, vii
- Act I Film
- Act I Paragraph assignment
- Submit your Act I Paragraph to turnitin.com by Tuesday at 8AM.
- Review important quotes, convention motifs, and major plot points for your Act I quiz Tuesday.
Friday, 10/5
Classwork:
- Selecting and integrating evidence effectively: lead-ins and unique proof
- Act I Paragraph work time in the large lab
- Submit your Act I Paragraph to turnitin.com by Tuesday at 8AM.
Monday, 9.24
Classwork:
- "Mirror of Life" day one answer review
- Introduction to Macbeth, cont'd
- Casting the play
- Read day two of Bate's "The Mirror of Life" and answer the questions for day two by Tuesday.
- Please vote for major Macbeth roles before class tomorrow.
Tuesday, 9.25
Classwork:
- "Mirror of Life" day two answer review
- Daemonologie in the form of a dialogue
- Read day three of Bate's "The Mirror of Life" and answer the questions for day three by Wednesday.
- Your vocabulary quiz over Honors 10 List 1 is tomorrow.
Wednesday, 9.26
Classwork:
- Honors 10 list 1 vocab quiz
- "Mirror of Life" day three answer review
- Dante Quiz Thesis Exemplars and Thesis Statement Rubric
- No homework. Bring your copy of Macbeth to school tomorrow.
Thursday, 9.27
Classwork:
- I, i Cold Reading
- No homework.
Friday, 9.28
Classwork:
- The Curse of Macbeth
- I, ii-iii Cold Reading
- Read this excerpt from James I's Basilicon Doron and answer the questions for Monday's class.
Monday, 9.17
Classwork:
- Full class period to work on your Dante Project
- Finish your group's Dante project. The project will be presented on Tuesday and should be completely finished before class begins.
Tuesday, 9.18
Classwork:
- Medieval Marketplace
- Contrapasso at Skyline
- Dante Quiz Study Guide
- Review for your Dante Quiz Thursday.
Wednesday, 9.19
Classwork:
- Dante & Medieval Literature Review
- Introduction to Vocabulary and Honors 10th List 1 homework.
- Review for your Dante Quiz Thursday.
- Your Honors 10th List 1 Vocab homework is due on Friday, 9/21. Your quiz over these words will be next Wednesday, 9/26.
Thursday, 9.20
Classwork:
- Dante Quiz
- Introduction to Shakespeare
- Read day one of Bate's "The Mirror of Life" and answer the questions for day one by Monday. (day two will be due Tuesday and three will be due Wednesday, fyi)
- Your Honors 10th List 1 Vocab homework is due on Friday, 9/21. Your quiz over these words will be next Wednesday, 9/26.
Friday, 9/21
Classwork:
- Fast Five & Vocab Homework Check: Honors 10 List 1
- Introduction to Shakespeare & Romeo and Juliet review
- Read day one of Bate's "The Mirror of Life" and answer the questions for day one by Monday.
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Monday, 9.10.18
Classwork:
- Summer Reading Socratic Seminar: Dickens or Brontë discussion and outer-circle writing task--be sure to have a copy of your novel in class with you to use as we talk and write.
- Critically read Dante's Canto I and the short contextual blurb that precedes it. You should come to class with lots of questions tomorrow--don't expect to immediately understand every part of this 1300s Italian Poetry in translation. 10th Critical Reading Rubric
Tuesday, 9.11
Classwork:
- Maps of Dante's Hell
- Introduction to the Dante and Medieval literature--lecture and discussion of Dante's Canto I
- Critically read Dante's Canto III for Wednesday
- Students got PSAT information and review booklets in class today--the PSAT will be given at SHS on 10.10.
Wednesday, 9.12
Classwork:
- Summer Reading Most Like Socrates Awards
- Four Big Ideas in Dante mini-lecture
- Canto I and III: Close Reading and Discussion
- Texts in Translation: Canto III Translation Comparison Activity
- Comparison of FIFTEEN different Versions of Dante
- Pinsky Translation Interview
- Critically read Dante's Canto V for Thursday
- Doran and Matheny are excited to lead an educational trip to 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! Download this PowerPoint that has all the details about our trip. Click here to jump to our travel page for itinerary and cost. Our last trip sold out, so register early!
Thursday, 9.13
Classwork:
- Dante's Canto V Discussion
- Dante Project: Using our skills to analyze a deeper canto
- Work on some aspect of your group's Dante project tonight.
Friday, 9.14
Classwork:
- Dante Project Questions and Work Time
- Work on some aspect of your group's Dante project this weekend. The project will be presented on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 9.5
Classwork:
- Welcome and introduction to class expectations, websites, etc
- Summer Reading: What we're going to do with your summer reading book and how to be calm and successful
- Register for turnitin.com for our class class id: 18925183 enrollment key: Prufrock
- Complete our beginning of the year survey by 9.6
- Have your integrated 10th Honors Block Syllabus 2018-19 syllabus signed by a parent or guardian and return the signature page to us by Friday, 9/7.
- Bring your summer reading book to class for the next three days (physical book or electronic copy)
Thursday, 9.6 Class pictures: 8:40 AM
Classwork:
- Introduction to History Lecture
- Summer Reading Poster Assignment
- Summer Reading Socratic Seminar Information for Monday
- Your summer reading poster is due after your Socratic Seminar Monday--you will be able to use it during the seminar.
- Have your integrated 10th Honors Block Syllabus 2018-19 syllabus signed by a parent or guardian and return the signature page to us by Friday, 9/7.
Friday, 9.7 Project Spartan Schedule: 20-minute classes
Classwork:
- Summer Reading:
- Proving your thesis: analyze quoted evidence for the ways [Dickens or Brontë] makes choices with language, technique, and style to shape meaning
- Summer Reading Poster Assignment group discussion and individual preparation time
- Book checkout for 10th Honors LA will be on 9.11.18
- Your Summer Reading Poster Assignment is due after your Socratic Seminar Monday. Bring your Summer Reading book and your poster to use while in the seminar. :) Review the Summer Reading Socratic Seminar Information for Monday if you weren't in class Thursday and email us if you have questions.