English III (Period 7) Assignments

Vocab Unit 10-12 Test

Read the excerpt from A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf and answer the marginal questions.  Be ready for discussion on Thursday!

Mirrors essay due.

Read "The Lady in the Looking Glass" by Virginia Woolf p. 1095 in text.  Be prepared for a quiz!

Vocab Unit 12 due.

Ekphrastic poetry Presentations will begin this week.  Check the sign-up sheets in Room 211 for the date of YOUR presentation.  Remember to have enough copies of the poem for the entire class!

Final Draft of Thesis Paper Due

Vocab Unit 11

Your Turnitin ID#12472797; password Frank for submission of your thesis paper.

Vocab Unit 11

A preliminary draft of your thesis paper may be submitted to Turnitin through Sunday, 4/10, so that you can check for plagiarism before submitting your final draft.

 

Pay attention when posting.....if you accidently post your prelim in the final draft assignment category, the program will not accept a second submission!

Complete PARCC multiple choice questions on "The Overcoat."  Narrative passage is optional for extra credit.

Importance of Being Earnest Essay

Working Draft of Thesis Paper Due

Working Draft of Thesis Paper due

Vocab Unit 10

Importance of Being Earnest True/False Test

Vocab 7-9 Unit Test

Read the Biography of Oscar Wilde and Act 1 of The Importance of Being Earnest.  Be prepared for a quiz!

Thesis Proposal and Annotated Bibliography Due

Please bring textbooks to class today!

Vocab Unit 8

Have PARCC essay on Quicksand and Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man written for class tomorrow.

Complete PARCC literary analysis section, multiple choice and essay.

Unit Test Frankenstein

Quarterly Exam on the Romantics.  Use the study guide to review.

Read "Hellhole" by Atul Gawande and annotate the text.  Be prepared for a quiz!

Read chapters, 17, 20, 21 and 22 of Frankenstein for discussion in class tomorrow.

Read chapters 6-10 of Frankenstein.  Be prepared for a quiz!

Quiz on chapters 1-5 of Frankenstein

Read "The Creation of Man by Prometheus" on pp281-2 in the text, together with pp.7-37 for class.  Be prepared for a quiz!

Vocab Unit 7 due

Unit Test on Paradise Lost

Review:  bio notes on Milton, causes of English Civil War, excerpts from Book I in the text and Book IX handout.

 

Unit 4-6 Vocab Test

Present Modest Proposals to the class for discussion during the double period

Modest Proposals Due

Bring Vocab books to class to complete the Unit 4-6 Review and Word Study sections in class.

Vocab Unit 6 due

Complete comparative essay on "To His Coy Mistress" and "The Flea" using the analysis completed in class.

Consider a Modest Proposal for a specific issue currently confronting the U.S.A. in preparation for a satiric proposal of your own.

Read The Importance of Being Earnest for class.  Be prepared for a quiz!

Macbeth Essay (one half quarterly assessment)

Bring textual citations in support of your argument to class with you

Bring evidence to support the Macbeth essay question of your choice to class tomorrow.  Essays will be written during class.

Unit Test on Macbeth (one half quarterly assessment)

Vocab I-3 Unit Test

Vocab Unit 1-3 Review due (pp. 42-49)

Vocab Unit 3 Quiz

Canterbury Tales Test

Read "from Education" by Emerson pp.102-108, including questions on pp108-109.  Be prepared for a quiz!

Read "The Miller's Tale" and be prepared to discuss .

 

Vocab Unit 3 due 10/15