First Quarter
Class Assignments
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August 7- Go over school rules and go over classroom rules. Go over planned senior events.
August 8- Go over class syllabus. Discuss dates for ACT testing, applying for colleges and college scholarships. Pass out
textbooks.
August 11- Test on major errors in grammar. Test will include section on the following: subject-verb agreement, pronouns
and their antecedents, sentence structure (tense, parallel structure, comma splice, run-on sentence, and fragment), modifiers,
ambiguity.
August 12- Go over major errors in grammar test. Discuss elements of the short story. In-depth discussion of plot, character,
setting, theme, and point-of-view. English 101 Introduction
August 13- Finish discussing elements of the short story. Read and discuss Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour." The Story
of An Hour
August 14- Read Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown." Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne
Introduction SALEM WITCH TRIALS.docx
August 15- Finish reading "Young Goodman Brown." Quiz on the story. Begin story discussion. Discussion of the Salem
witch trials.
August 18 - Finish discussion on "Young Goodman Brown." Begin reading Jack London's "To Build a Fire." Quiz on the
story. To Build a Fire Jack London Introduction
August 19 - Discuss Jack London's "To Build a Fire." Elements of imagery, setting, and others discussed.
August 20- Finish London discussion.
August 21 - Read Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." Ernest Hemingway Short Happy Life of
Francis Macomber The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
August 22 - Finish reading "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." Quiz on the story. Begin discussion of the life and
times of Ernest Hemingway.
August 25 - Discussion of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber."
August 26- Finish discussion of Francis Macomber and Earnest Hemingway.
August 27- Read John Steinbeck's "The Snake." Discussion of the author. John Steinbeck The Snake The Chrysanthemums
The Snake Page 1 The Snake Page 2 The Snake Page 3 The Snake Page 4
August 28- Continue reading and discussion of "The Snake. Quiz on the story.
August 29- Finish the discussion of Steinbeck stories. Read John Updike's "A & P." John Updike A and P A and P
September 1- Labor Day Holiday
September 2- Discuss Updike’s “A & P.” Quiz on the story.
September 3- How to write an essay using MLA style. Students will receive several handouts giving them details as to how to
write an successful five paragraph essay.
September 4- Begin writing an Essay by Example. Students will use one or two of the stories covered in the literary unit to
write an in-class essay. Students will have extra time made available to them during their audit, before school starts, or after
school.
September 5- Continue Essay by Example. Students should have an outline and their concrete details by the beginning of this
class.
September 8- Continue Essay by Example. Students should have their introductions and at least one body paragraph
completed by the beginning of this class.
September 9- Continue and finish Essay by Example.
September 10- Read William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily." Quiz on the story. Beginning of the Aging and Dying unit. A
Rose for Emily William Faulkner A Rose for Emily.docx
September 11-Discussion on Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily." Emphasis placed on characterization, situational irony as well as
other literary aspects of the story.
September 12- Read Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path." Quiz on the story. Eudora Welty A Worn Path A Worn Path
September 15- Essay-one-on-one. Students will get an individual look at their essay by example. The good and the not so
good will be discussed. Students will then re-write the portions on the essay that needs correcting for an essay correction
grade.
September 16- Discussion of Welty's "A Worn Path." Emphasis on point-of-view
September 17 - Read Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Quiz on the story. Shirley Jackson The Lottery The Lottery
September 18 - Discussion of Jackson's "The Lottery." Emphasis on situational irony.
September 19- Read "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright. Richard Wright Man Who Was Almost A
Man The Man Who Was Almost a Man
September 22- Finish reading "The Man Who Was Almost a Man." Quiz on the story.
September 23- Read the story "Her First Ball" by Katherine Mansfield. Quiz on the story. Begin discussing the story. HER
FIRST BALL
September 24- Finish the discussion of Mansfield’s “Her First Ball.” Review for comparison and contrast essay.
September 25 - Begin writing Comparison and Contrast Essay. Students will use two stories from the aging and dying unit to
write a five paragraph MLA style essay. Students will have extra time available to them during their audit, before school, or
after school.
September 26- Continue Comparison and Contrast Essay. Students should have their outline and concrete details by the
beginning of the class period.
September 29- Continue Comparison and Contrast Essay.
September 30- Comparison and Contrast Essay due.
October 1- Assign research papers. Papers will be a critical analysis of a short story. Papers will be a five-paragraph MLA style
essay with works cited page. Research papers will be due on Friday, November 14.
October 2- Review for multiple choice test.
October 3- Review for multiple choice test.
October 6- Essay-one-on-one. Students will get an individual look at their essay by example. The good and the not so good
will be discussed. Students will then re-write the portions on the essay that needs correcting for an essay correction grade. Go
over test.
October 7- Multiple choice test on the stories covered during the first quarter.
October 8- English word search.
October 9- Assigned two stories by Raymond Carver to read in-class, "Popular Mechanics" Popular Mechanics and
"A Small, Good Thing." A Small Good Thing
October 10- Discussion of the Carver stories with a quiz on the stories.