English 2: Briar Rose and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (1992): 2-sentence summary + analytical paragraph for each section

• Becca's Quest: Gemma's Death ch 2, 4, 6
• Becca Gets Help & Learns Some Things ch 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
• Becca's Trip: Poland and Beyond ch 18, 20, 22, 24
• Gemma's Briar Rose: ch 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23
• Gemma's Castle + Becca's Quest ch 25-30
• Happy Ending for Becc? ch 31-33 + Author's Note

Reading October 22-November 16

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (1999) (There will be questions and discussions.)

• The Woods: outskirts, lost, center, escape or trapped
• Threes: quest, trials, helpers
• The Shadow
• Plotiness—Actual Fae (Tuatha): beings from a dimension next to ours where time and reality run differently

Myth: Human Monsters

Read "The Sandman" by E.T.A. Hofman—three annotations per page (notes, thoughts, connections, questions, words you don't know).

• 2-sentence summary for each section
• Nathanael to Lothar
• Klara to Nathanael
• Nathanael to Lothar
• pg. 224 Author's Notes
• pg. 233 Nathanael's Return to University and The Ball
• pg. 239 Life After The Ball: Courting Olympia
• pg. 243 Life After Olympia: The Breakdown, The Recovery?
• Analytical Paragraph: What is the source of evil? What is evil?

Read "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe, write a 2-sentence summary, and write an analytical paragraph (you could focus on the nature of evil and connect it to "The Sandman.")

Read "The Picture in the House" by H.P. Lovecraft, write a 2-sentence summary, and write an analytical paragraph (you could, again, focus on the nature of evil and connect it to "The Sandman" and "The Black Cat")

That's two summaries and two analytical paragraphs for this part of the week.

Myth: Red Riding Hood & Werewolves

The paragraphs and questions are up on google classroom.

Bring your books on Monday. We will be reading The Sandman.

English 2: Sleeping Beauty

"Sun, Moon, and Talia"

• What archetypes do the main characters (Talia, the King, the Queen) fit into?
• Is this a conflict that has been in multiple stories? Name a few and explain the trope.
• Does the story draw from older stories or influence newer stories? How?
• What is the big idea the story explores?

Read Charles Perrault's "Sleeping Beauty" and write a 2-sentence summary and an analytical paragraph

Monday we'll read the Grimm's Sleeping Beauty and you can choose questions or paragraph.

Tuesday we'll read Gardener's Politically Correct version with an analytical paragraph.

Wednesday we'll watch and discuss Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty.

Thursday we'll be checking out Jane Yolen's Briar Rose and start reading. There will be information and details up on google classroom.

English 4: Dracula

We started Dracula. The notes are up on google classroom or you can pick them up in class. We are reading chapter 2 over the weekend. Don't forget your annotations and your Lit Questions.

If you missed the vocab quiz on Friday, make sure to sign up to come into Advisory next week!

Argumentative papers were due by today (at the latest). Please make sure you talk to me if there's a hold-up. I only have three people who have extensions.

Honors 2: Updates

Zeitoun information packets are available in class or on google classroom. We are reading Part 4 and the Part 3 discussion will be happening Monday.

If you missed the vocabulary quiz on Friday, be sure to sign up for Advisory to make up the quiz next week.

First Research Papers

English 2 topics will center around The American Dream or Poverty in the United States.
English 4 topics will stem from 30 for 30: Hillsborough
A more in-depth outline and packet can be found in your google classroom or in my actual classroom.

You have two options for the type of paper you write:

• Argument/Counterargument
• Explain or define the topic; go from general to specific
• Thesis Statement: one to two sentences that answer the following questions
• How is the topic relevant? Why does it matter?
• What do you have to say about it? What type of support do you have?
• Why are you writing the paper? Who is it for? (Avoid the obvious, "for class" or "my teacher" and try to figure out who your target audience is.)
• Your body will include a look at the major arguments for and against your topic, focusing on the side you think is "right".
• Conclusion
• So what? Now what? 
• Why does it matter? What does it change?
• Final Thought
• Problem/Solution
• Explain or define the problem; go from general to specific
• Thesis Statement: one to two sentences that answer the following questions
• How is the topic relevant? Why does it matter?
• What do you have to say about it? What type of support do you have?
• Why are you writing the paper? Who is it for? (Avoid the obvious, "for class" or "my teacher" and try to figure out who your target audience is.)
• Your body will include an analysis of possible solutions before focusing on the best solution.
• Conclusion: Explain the best solution and support it.
• So what? Now what? 
• Why does it matter? What does it change?
• Final Thought

Myth: Folktales vs. Fairy Tales 2

"Why Tortoise's Shell Isn't Smooth" pg. 84

• Write a 2-sentence summary
• What was it about?
• What was the message?
• Write an analytical paragraph
• Use one sentence from the summary as the topic sentence
• Use at least two examples from the story and explain how each supports the topic sentence
• Connect the topic to another piece of literature or a life experience and explain. 

"Little Red-cap" pg. 96

• Write a 2-sentence summary
• What was it about?
• What was the message?
• Write an analytical paragraph
• Use one sentence from the summary as the topic sentence
• Use at least two examples from the story and explain how each supports the topic sentence
• Connect the topic to another piece of literature or a life experience and explain. 

"Hansel and Grethel" pg. 104 and "The Tinderbox" pg. 112

• Write a 2-sentence summary for each
• What was it about?
• What was the message?
• Write an analytical paragraph on one
• Use one sentence from the summary as the topic sentence
• Use at least two examples from the story and explain how each supports the topic sentence
• Connect the topic to another piece of literature or a life experience and explain.