2014-2015 School Year
Spring Semester / 3rd and 4th Nine Weeks
Daily Schedule
English 200
This schedule may be modified according to need – appropriate announcements of modifications will be issued if
necessary. **This is also the time of year when the weather may interrupt our schedule. In the event that we miss
school, you must carefully make note of changes. In the event that we miss many days for inclement weather, be
aware that although our schedule may change, the MSU schedule will most likely not change.
January
5
6
7
8
9
Vocabulary 15
Library
English 100 Review
English 100 Review
Test
POL Step 1 Due
Poetry Out Loud
Begin Analysis
12
13
14
15
16
Voc 15 Quiz
Vocabulary 16
Reading The World
– “Reading Ideas,”
pp. 549-565
Library
POL Step 2 Due
No School
Reading The World
– “Reading Ideas,”
pp. 549-565
How do we read the
text; note-taking
How do we read the
text; note-taking
19
20
21
22
23
No School
Voc 16 Quiz
Vocabulary 17
Library
POL Step 3 Due
POL Step 4
Practice Precis
26
27
28
29
30
Voc 17 Quiz
Vocabulary 18
Reading Day
Library
Precis Due
Discuss Research
Essay #1
Reading The World
– Seneca, “On
Liberal and
Vocational Studies,”
pp. 16-23
Reading Quiz
Discuss Seneca
February
2
3
4
5
6
Voc 18 Quiz
Vocabulary 19
Reading Day
Reading Quiz
Library
Research Essay #1
Draft Due
Reading The World
– Al-Ghazali,
“Manners to be
Observed…” pp. 2431
Discuss Al-Ghazali
Precis Due
9
10
11
12
13
Voc 19 Quiz
Vocabulary 20
Reading The World
– “New England
Primer,” and Mary
Wollstonecraft, “On
National Education,”
pp. 32-45
Reading Quiz
Library
Research Essay #1
Due
Discuss Primer and
Wollstonecraft
Precis Due
16
17
18
19
20
No School
Reading Day
Reading Quiz
Library
Precis Due
Reading The World
– Frederick Douglas,
“Learning to Read,”
pp. 46-51
Discuss Douglas
Reading Quiz
Discuss Research
Essay #2
23
24
25
26
27
Voc 20 Quiz
Vocabulary 21
Reading Day
Reading Quiz
Library
No School
Reading The World
– John Henry
Newman,
“Knowledge Its
Own End,” pp. 5361
Discuss Newman
Precis Due
March
2
3
4
5
6
Voc 21 Quiz
Vocabulary 22
Reading Day
Reading Quiz
Library
No School
Reading The World
– Paulo Freire, “The
Banking Concept of
Education,” pp. 6267
Discuss Freire
Precis Due
10
11
12
13
Reading Day
Reading Quiz
End of 3rd Nine
Weeks
No School
Reading The World
– Richard Feynman,
“O Americano Outra
Vez,” pp. 68-75
Discuss Feynman
16
17
18
19
20
Research Essay #2
Due
Reading Day
Reading Quiz
Library
No School
Reading The World
– Kisautaq Leona
Okakok, “Serving
the Purpose of
Education,” pp. 7682
Discuss Okakok
Precis Due
23
24
25
26
27
Discuss Research
Essay #3
Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop
Library
No School
Research Essay #2
Draft Due
9
Voc 23 Quiz
Library
Precis Due
Writing Workshop
30
31
No School
No School
April
1
2
3
No School
No School
No School
6
7
8
9
10
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Library
Super Surprise
Friday
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
13
14
15
16
17
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Library
Super Surprise
Friday
Chapter 1: “What do
Schoolteachers and
Sumo Wrestlers
Have in Common?”
Chapter 1: “What do
Schoolteachers and
Sumo Wrestlers
Have in Common?”
Chapter 1: “What do
Schoolteachers and
Sumo Wrestlers
Have in Common?”
20
21
22
23
24
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Library
Super Surprise
Friday
Chapter 2: “How is
the Ku Klux Klan
Like a Group of
Real-Estate
Agents?”
Chapter 2: “How is
the Ku Klux Klan
Like a Group of
Real-Estate
Agents?”
Chapter 2: “How is
the Ku Klux Klan
Like a Group of
Real-Estate
Agents?”
27
28
29
30
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Library
Chapter 3: “Why do
Drug Dealers Still
Live With Their
Moms?”
Chapter 3: “Why do
Drug Dealers Still
Live With Their
Moms?”
Chapter 3: “Why do
Drug Dealers Still
Live With Their
Moms?”
May
1
Super Surprise
Friday
4
5
6
7
8
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
TBD
Super Surprise
Friday
Chapter 4: “Where
Have All the
Criminals Gone?”
Chapter 4: “Where
Have All the
Criminals Gone?”
Chapter 4: “Where
Have All the
Criminals Gone?”
11
12
13
14
15
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
TBD
Super Surprise
Friday
Chapter 5: “What
Makes a Perfect
Parent?”
Chapter 5: “What
Makes a Perfect
Parent?”
Chapter 5: “What
Makes a Perfect
Parent?”
18
19
20
21
22
Freakonomics
No School
Freakonomics
TBD
Last Day of School
Chapter 6: “Perfect
Parenting, Part II;
or: Would a
Roshanda by Any
Other Name Smell
as Sweet?”
Chapter 6: “Perfect
Parenting, Part II;
or: Would a
Roshanda by Any
Other Name Smell
as Sweet?”
25
26
No School
Closing Day