Second Quarter Syllabus for 2015/2016 Year – English 12 AP – Mr. McElvogue
All of the assignments must be completed by the due date listed. No late work will be accepted. If you are absent, call, text, or
email one of your fellow students or email Mr. McElvogue for instructions on the work. All class materials are available in Schoology
(unless otherwise stated). Test/quiz days and in-class essay/paper days are in bold. You will be informed if there are any date
changes.
Date Due
Assignments
Friday,
10/9/15
Quiz on Act 1 of Othello (p. 1455)
Monday,
10/12/15 Quiz on Act 2 of Othello (p. 1474)
Tuesday,
10/13/15 Quiz on Act 3 of Othello (p. 1491)
Thursday,
10/15/15 Typed rewrite of Oedipus Rex timed write; Quiz on Act 4 of Othello (p. 1511)
Friday,
10/16/15 Quiz on Act 5 of Othello (p. 1528)
Tuesday,
10/20/15 Quiz on Chapters 1-4 in Catch-22
Thursday,
10/22/15 Quiz on Chapters 5-8 in Catch-22; Othello timed write
Friday,
10/23/15 Quiz on Chapters 9-11 in Catch-22
Monday,
10/26/15 Quiz on Chapters 12-15 in Catch-22; Moral implications assignment (in-class work)
Thursday,
10/29/15 Quiz on Chapters 16-18 in Catch-22
Friday,
10/30/15 Quiz on Chapters 19-20 in Catch-22
Monday,
11/2/15
Quiz on Chapters 21-23 in Catch-22;
Typed rewrite from Othello; Milo’s black market map worksheet (in-class work)
Tuesday,
11/3/15
Quiz on Chapters 24-25 in Catch-22
Thursday,
11/5/15
Quiz on Chapters 26-29 in Catch-22
Friday,
11/6/15
Quiz on Chapters 30-33 in Catch-22; Death assignment (in-class work)
Monday,
11/9/15
Quiz on Chapters 34-36 in Catch-22; Chapter 34-36 writing assignment (in-class work)
Tuesday,
11/10/15 Quiz on Chapters 37-39 in Catch-22
Thursday,
11/12/15 Quiz on Chapters 40-42 in Catch-22
Friday,
11/13/15 Read through the “Diction and Imagery homework” questions posted in Schoology
Monday,
11/16/15 Diction and imagery in “The Tyger” p. 1072 – submit your work to Schoology AND bring a copy to class
Tuesday,
11/17/15
Diction and imagery in “The Red Wheelbarrow” p. 831 and “I like to see it lap the miles” p. 930 – submit your
work to Schoology AND bring a copy to class
Wednesday, 11/18/15 Objective Poetry Test (must be completed in Schoology this evening by 10PM)
Thursday,
11/19/15 Review PowerPoints on “Clauses in sentences” and “Sentence Functions and Structures” (on class
webpage); Diction and imagery in “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” p. 788 – submit your work to Schoology
AND bring a copy to class
Friday,
11/20/15 Catch-22 Paper and character journal (saved to shared Google Drive folder by 8:15am);
Read through the “Syntax homework” questions posted in Schoology
Monday,
Tuesday,
Monday,
Tuesday,
Syntax in “Richard Cory” p. 894 (by Edwin Arlington Robinson) – submit your work to Schoology AND bring a
copy to class
Syntax in “tuesday 9/11/01” on color insert page just before p. 907 – submit your work to Schoology AND
11/24/15
bring a copy to class
11/30/15 Syntax in “I like to see it lap the miles” p. 930 – submit your work to Schoology AND bring a copy to class;
Optimist Club Essays and applications (printed and filled out)
Syntax in “An Irish Airman Forsees His Death” p. 814 – submit your work to Schoology AND bring a copy to
12/1/15
class
11/23/15
Thursday,
12/3/15
Syntax in “Pied Beauty” p. 1127; Poetry timed write (no rewrite)
Friday,
12/4/15
Be prepared to discuss A Doll House Act 1 p. 1667
Monday,
12/7/15
Be prepared to discuss A Doll House Act 2 p. 1686
Tuesday,
12/8/15
Be prepared to discuss A Doll House Act 3 p. 1701
Friday,
12/11/15 Test on A Doll House; Article synopsis on A Doll House (saved to shared Google Drive folder by 8:15am)
Wednesday, 12/16/15 First Semester Exam
Monday,
1/4/16
Character Video presentations on A Doll House (Third Quarter)