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 2019-20      10th Writing Rubric 2019-20     10th Critical Reading Rubric    Honors v Core: Expectations
​Literary Conventions and Eras Glossary       turnitin.com Class ID for 6/7: 22038078    enrollment key: ask Matheny (online trolls) 

Macbeth--the full text of the original play

Monday, 11.18.19
Classwork:

• Romantic Poetry--commentary practice: Byron's "Love and Death' or "She Walks in Beauty"

​Homework: 

• Do ten minutes of historical context research about Percy Shelley and then complete a TPCASTT sheet for your assigned poem-- Shelley's "Ozymandias"--which is both Doran and Matheny's favorite poem from that era.
• Your Frankenstein list 1 vocab quiz is on Wednesday.

Tuesday, 11.19.19
Classwork:

• Shelley's "Ozymandias"
• Introduction to Shelley's Frankenstein 

​Homework: 

• ​Review for your Frankenstein list 1 vocab quiz tomorrow

Wednesday, 11.20.29 Matheny is out at the NCTE conference in Baltimore, MD
Classwork:

• Frankenstein list 1 vocab quiz (no new list this week due to Thanksgiving break W-F next week)
• Novel checkout
  

​Homework: 

• ​None

Thursday, 11.21.29 Matheny is at the NCTE conference
Classwork:

• Shelley's Introduction to Frankenstein and group discussion questions

​Homework: 

• Do whatever Doran said to do at the end of class for homework. :)

Friday, 11.22.19 Matheny is at the NCTE conference
Classwork:

• TBA

​Homework: 

• ​TBA

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Monday, 11.11.19--No School: Veterans Day

Tuesday, 11.12.19
Classwork:

• Don Quixote & Picasso & Satire--Comic Strip Assessment
  • ​Analyzing Visual Images: A Strategy for Deep Analysis

Homework:

• Your SAT 10 list 2 quiz is tomorrow.
• Your Don Quixote Comic Strip Assessment is due on Thursday. No further class time will be given for the assignment.

Wednesday, 11.13.19
Classwork:

• SAT 10 List 2 Quiz
• Frankenstein list 1 introduction

Homework:

• Your Frankenstein list 1 vocab homework is due Friday.
• Your Don Quixote Comic Strip Assessment is due on Thursday.

Thursday, 11.14.19
Classwork:

• Introduction to British Romantic Poetry--Romantic Poetry Packet--glossary, strategies, poems (more than we'll use)
  • William Wordsworth "I wandered lonely as a cloud"  and William Blake "London"
  • TPCASTT: a poetry analysis strategy deep and thorough enough for collegiate use

Homework:

• Your Frankenstein list 1 vocab homework is due Friday.
• Do ten minutes of historical context research about Byron and your poem and then complete a TPCASTT sheet for your assigned poem--Byron's "Love and Death' or "She Walks in Beauty"--for Monday and write a literary thesis statement about what you think is dominant in your poem.

Friday, 11.15.19
Classwork:

• Frankenstein list 1 vocab matching fast five
• National Romanticism Paper Work Time

Homework:

• Do ten minutes of historical context research about Byron and your poem and then complete a TPCASTT sheet for your assigned poem--Byron's "Love and Death' or "She Walks in Beauty"--for Monday and write a literary thesis statement about what you think is dominant in your poem.

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Monday, 11.4.19
Classwork:

• Mother Goose Thesis Exemplars and Real/Historical Macbeth illustration exemplars
• National Romanticism Integrated Paper: library work time

Homework:

• Keep making progress on your paper​; it will be scored on the 10th Writing Rubric.

Tuesday, 11.5.19
Classwork:

• Don Quixote & Cervantes' satire: Introduction to the Spanish Golden Age
  • ​Native Spanish speaker? El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha

​Homework:

• Your SAT 10 list 1 quiz is tomorrow.
• Critically read through the end of this Don Quixote excerpt. Answer the “Understanding & Interpreting #1-7” questions at the end of the excerpt on your own piece of paper—complete ideas, rather than complete sentences.

Wednesday, 11.6.19
Classwork:

• SAT 10 List 1 quiz
• SAT 10 list 2 intro
• Introduction to Satire!

Homework:

• Your SAT 10 list 2
• homework is due on Friday, 11.8. Your quiz over these words will be on Wednesday, 11.13.19.
• Critically read through the end of this posted Don Quixote excerpt. Answer the “Understanding & Interpreting #1-7” questions at the end of the excerpt on your own piece of paper—complete ideas, rather than complete sentences.

Thursday, 11.7.19
Classwork:

• Formal Outline Template for your National Romanticism Integrated Paper
• ​In-class discussion--Don Quixote: Cervantes' satire

Homework:

• Your SAT 10 list 2 homework is due on Friday, 11.8. 

Friday, 11.8.19
Classwork:

• Punctuating the upcoming holiday that honors  military veterans 
• SAT SAT 10 list 2 fast five matching & homework check
• Peer-editing National Romanticism Outlines using the Peer Editor's guide you printed out already from Doran's website but that is helpfully linked here too #yourewelcome
• Don Quixote & Cervantes' satire--class discussion and informational lecture, day 3

​Homework:

• No homework.

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Monday, 10.28.19
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act V, i-v

Homework:

• None

Tuesday, 10.29.19
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act V, vi-viii

Homework:

• None

Wednesday, 10.30.19
Classwork:

• National Romanticism Paper Check-In
• Introduction to Vocabulary Assessment! :) 
  • SAT 10 List 1 

Homework:

• Your SAT 10 List 1 vocab homework is due on Friday. Your quiz over these words will be on Wednesday, 11.6.19.
• Complete this National Romanticism Paper Check-In Survey for a process grade by Friday's class.

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Thursday, 10.31.19
Classwork:

• Historical Macbeth: Will the real Macbeth please stand up?
• Act V Film
• Bias Audit
• Socratic Seminar Scoring Guide for tomorrow's Soc Sem

Homework:

• Your  SAT 10 List 1 vocab homework is due on Friday. 
• Your Image Tracking group work is due on Friday.

Friday, 11.1.19
Classwork:

• Fast Five: SAT 10 List 1
• Macbeth Socratic Seminar

Homework:

• Your SAT 10 list 1 quiz is next Wednesday. 

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Monday, 10.21.19
Classwork:

• All SS

Homework:

• None (but tomorrow's homework might be good to start tonight? It's a bit of a thing...)

​Tuesday, 10.22.19
Classwork:

• ​Act IV, i-iii

Homework:

• Read (you don't have to critically read) "Machiavelli and Macbeth" for Wednesday's class and answer these three questions on your own paper before you come to class.

Wednesday, 10.23.19
Classwork:

• Discuss "Machiavelli and Macbeth" and these three questions you prepared before class for discussion

Homework:

• ​Review for your Act III and IV quiz Thursday. (No act 4 paragraph needed at this time! You all are wrote really well on our first three formal paragraphs!)

Thursday, 10.24.19
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act III and IV quiz
• Macbeth Act IV film
• National Romanticism Integrated Paper: Fairy Tale Example #1--Inter-British Racism & Fairy Tales

Homework:

• None

Friday, 10.25.19
Classwork:

• National Romanticism Integrated Paper: Fairy Tale Example #2--British Misogyny & Fairy Tales
• Political Cartoons & Macbeth: analysis
• Macbeth Act V--moving towards resolution!

Homework:

• Bring a piece of foliage to class on Monday--do not take this piece of foliage from the grounds of SHS. 

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Monday, 10.14.19 No School--Teacher Professional Development Day

Tuesday, 10.15.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES (no block schedule this week due to the PSAT)
Classwork:​

• Macbeth:
  • Limerick Sharing
  • Act III Film
  • Cleaning up Preposition Clutter: grammar--editing for brevity
  • Act III Prompts

Homework:

• Your Act III Prompt paragraph is due on Friday at 8 AM.

Wednesday, 10.16.19  PSAT Day--no block class

Thursday, 10.17.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES

Classwork:

• TBA

Homework:

• Your Act III Prompt paragraph is due on Friday at 8 AM.

Friday, 10.18.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• ​Act IV, i-iii

Homework:

• ​None

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Monday, 10.7.19
Classwork:

• Magic Little Dashes: The hyphen, em-dash, and en-dash
• Macbeth Act II film 
• Prompt options: Your Macbeth Act II paragraph
  • Macbeth Act I Thesis-Driven Paragraph: Matheny's reflections

Homework:

• Macbeth Act II culminating quiz is tomorrow.
• Your Macbeth Act II paragraph is due to turnitin.com  Wednesday, 8/9 at 10 AM.  We will not have in-class writing time for the Act II paragraph--it will be done as homework  between now and Wednesday. 

Tuesday, 10.8. 19
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act II culminating quiz 

Homework:

• Your Macbeth Act II paragraph is due to turnitin.com  tomorrow by 10 AM.  

Wednesday, 10.9.19
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act III, i (B day)

Homework:

• None.

Thursday, 10.10.19

• Macbeth Act II Paragraph Exemplars:     Women     Porter      Weapon Imagery
  • Example: Citing statements about historical culture in literary analysis writing
• Macbeth Act III, i-iii (A day)

Homework:

• None.

Friday, 10.11.19
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act III, iii-vi (B day)

Homework:

• Complete your Macbeth Limerick assignment for Tuesday. 

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Monday, 9.30.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act I quiz

Homework:

• The lowest-cost enrollment window for our 2020 SPRING BREAK tour to GREECE closes TODAY at 9pm! You can enroll on our tour website. 

Tuesday, 10.1.19 80-MINUTE BLOCKS-1, AM-Flex, 3,5,7
Classwork:

• Image tracking assignment
• Macbeth, II, i

Homework:

• Spend about fifteen minutes finding images that relate to your image tracking assignment in act one. You just need to find evidence--we'll share quotes with partners and do analysis in class tomorrow. 

Wednesday, 10.2.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE-2,4,6, PM-Flex
Classwork:

• Act II, ii--Close reading and discussion

Homework:

• None​

Thursday, 10.3.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act II, iii-iv

Homework:

• Your Macbeth Act II culminating quiz is on Monday.

Friday, 10.4.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act I Thesis-Driven Paragraph: Matheny's reflections
• Prompt options: Your Macbeth Act II paragraph

Homework:

• Macbeth Act II culminating quiz will be on Tuesday, We will watch the Macbeth Act II film on Monday. 
• Your Macbeth Act II paragraph is due to turnitin.com  Wednesday, 8/9 at 10 AM.  We will not have in-class writing time for the Act II paragraph--it will be done as homework  between now and Wednesday. 
  • Review  Matheny's reflections on your Act I paragraph and the above-posted exemplars to see what we can improve on for the next paragraph. 

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Monday, 9.23.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

•  Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project presentations

Homework:

• None

Tuesday, 9.24.19 80-MINUTE BLOCKS-1, AM-Flex, 3,5,7
Classwork:

• Macbeth, I, iv-vi

Homework:

• ​Complete the attached Basilicon Doron primary source synthesis assignment for Wednesday's class.

Wednesday, 9.25.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE-2,4,6, PM-Flex
Classwork:

• All SS, since we did all LA on Tuesday :)

Homework:

• Your Macbeth Act I paragraph is due on Monday at 3PM to turnitin.com.​

Thursday, 9.26.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act I film viewing

Homework:

• Your Macbeth Act I culminating quiz is on Monday.

Friday, 9.27.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act I thesis-driven paragraph prompt choices and paragraph directions
• Passive Voice--Avoiding Wordy Writing and a Lack of Specificity
• Macbeth Act I paragraph writing time with laptop carts

Homework:

• Macbeth Act I culminating quiz will be on Monday. 
• Your Macbeth Act I paragraph is due on Monday at 3PM to turnitin.com.

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Monday, 9.16.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

•  Blythe Matheny is sick. Matheny is out today. ​:(
• Macbeth: assigning roles

Homework:

• The Curse of Macbeth--briefly answer the questions in complete ideas #shorthomeworkassignment

Tuesday, 9.17.19 80-MINUTE BLOCKS-1, AM-Flex, 3,5,7
Classwork:

• Library work time: Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project
  • ​Example of how to integrate language and literary analysis 

Homework:

• Your Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project is due 9.23.

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Wednesday, 9.18.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE-2,4,6, PM-Flex
Classwork:

• Work time: Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project

​Homework:

• None

Thursday, 9.19.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• ​Macbeth I, i-iii

Homework:

• None

Friday, 9.20.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth I, iii

Homework:

• Your Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project is due 9.23.

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Monday, 9.9.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Socratic Seminar Pre-Assessment Discussion & Reflection
  • For more information about the Socratic Seminar, review the last few slides from Friday's class. 
  • Discussion pre-assessment scoring guide

Homework:

• None. Prepare to return to Shakespeare tomorrow! 
• Doran and Matheny are excited to lead an educational trip to Greece over Spring Break, 2020 (2.16-24.2019)!   Click here to jump to our travel page for itinerary and cost. Register now to get a spot on the rapidly filling trip! 

Tuesday, 9.10.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE  (OMG! Brace for the whirling confusion of block classes and flex time!)
Classwork:

• Class Intro Survey--sharing results and reflecting on our culture
• Shakespeare! 
  • What do we already know about the Bard? Let's avoid redundancy.

Homework:

• None.

Wednesday, 9.11.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE
Classwork:

• Shakespeare! ​
  • Jorge Borges "Everything and Nothing" critical read and discussion ​
• Table group webs--Shakespeare: he's lit and his lit--what do we already know?

Homework:

• Read British King James I's meditations (primary source!) in "Daemonologie in the Forme of A Dialogue" and answer the questions that follow using complete ideas. 

Thursday, 9.12.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Discuss your evaluation of  "Daemonologie in the Forme of A Dialogue": to what extent was James I misogynistic?
• Webs--Shakespeare: he's lit and his lit--what do we already know?, cont'd

Homework:

• None

Friday, 9.13.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• English, Shakespeare, and Macbeth
  • The English Language changes--thorn!
  • The United Kingdom Explained
  • Shakespeare-not required but quite informative article I used to teach (#ripsixperiodday) to add WS historical context: ​"Mirror of Life"--Harpers Magazine article 
• Macbeth: assigning roles

Homework:

• Take this survey before Monday's class so we can cast the major roles in Macbeth. 
• Bring your book copy of Macbeth to class on Monday.

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First Week of School Bell Schedule
Wednesday, 9.4.19
Classwork:

• Welcome to honors block! 10th Honors Block Syllabus 2019-20     
• Summer Reading discussion information

Homework:

• Register for our block's turnitin.com class before tomorrow's class Class ID for 6/7: 22038078    enrollment key: prufrock 
• Take our block's welcome survey before class tomorrow
• Bring your summer reading book to class tomorrow
• Have a parent or guardian sign your 10th Honors Block Syllabus before class Friday. 

Thursday, 9.5.19
Classwork:

• Summer Reading: Socratic Seminar discussion criteria and outer-circle writing task information 
  • Discussion pre-assessment scoring guide
• Picture Day!

Homework:

•  Continue bringing your SR novel to class for the next week.

Friday, 9.6.19
Classwork:

• Summer Reading: Partner Work and a model for evaluating bias in literature
  • Slides from Friday's Class
• Sharing welcome survey results

Homework:

• Have finished your summer reading partner evaluation charts before class on Monday and have it ready to turn it in on Monday.
• For more information about the Socratic Seminar, review the last few slides from Friday's class. (If you want more practice identifying literary conventions or reviewing the parts of a thesis, there are some more practice slides I didn't get to in class on Friday as well)
• On Monday, we will have our Socratic Seminar Discussion over your SR novel-bring your SR novel to class for our discussion. scoring guide

Your Act III Prompt paragraph is due on Friday at 8 AM.