English XI - C Block
WED. MAY 7th -- Read "The Things They Carried," "Enemies," and "Friends" from TTTC.
FRI. MAY 9th -- Read "On the Rainy River."
MON. MAY 12th -- Read "How To Tell A True War Story" and "The Man I Killed."
TUE. MAY 13th -- Read "Speaking of Courage" and "Notes."
THU. MAY 15th -- Read "In the Field" and "Good Form."
FRI. MAY 16th -- Read "Field Trip" and "Night Life."
OVER THE WKND. -- Read "The Lives of the Dead."
WED. MAY 21st -- Read Grace Paley's "A Conversation with My Father."
THU. MAY 22nd -- Review day.
FRI. MAY 23rd -- Review day.
* Short paper on "The Lives of the Dead" due by the end of the week.
** Extra review session = Monday, May 26th, 1-2PM, English Office
*** EXAM LOCATION = Brunswick Student Center, Tuesday, May 27th, 9AM
English XI - E Block
TUE. MAY 6th -- Read "The Things They Carried" from TTTC.
THU. MAY 8th -- Read "Enemies," "Friends," and "On the Rainy River."
FRI. MAY 9th -- Read "How To Tell A True War Story" and "The Man I Killed."
MON. MAY 12th -- Read "Speaking of Courage" and "Notes."
WED. MAY 14th -- Read "In the Field."
THU. MAY 15th -- Read "Good Form," "Field Trip," and "Night Life."
OVER THE WKND. -- Read "The Lives of the Dead."
TUE. MAY 20th -- Read Grace Paley's "A Conversation with My Father."
THU. MAY 22nd -- Review day.
FRI. MAY 23rd -- Review day.
* Short paper on "The Lives of the Dead" due by the end of the week.
** Extra review session = Monday, May 26th, 1-2PM, English Office
*** EXAM LOCATION = Brunswick Student Center, Tuesday, May 27th, 9AM
English XII: Creative Writing - G Block
WED. MAY 7th -- Charlie = lyrics project. Kevin & Ghreg = poetry workshop.
THU. MAY 8th -- Greta & Woody = lyrics project. Walter & Michael = poetry workshop.
FRI. MAY 9th -- Dixon & Bobby = lyrics project. Alex, Charlie, and Gray = poetry workshop.
TUE. MAY 13th -- Alex & Kelly = lyrics project. Dixon, Greta, and Olivia = poetry workshop.
WED. MAY 14th -- Bobby, Kelly, and Woody = poetry workshop.
TUE. JAN. 29 -- Exam return day. Buy Shakespeare's Hamlet.
WED. JAN 30 -- Read Act 1 of Hamlet.
THU. JAN 31 -- Read Act 2.
MON. FEB 4 -- Read Act 3, Scenes 1 & 2.
TUE. FEB 5 -- Read Act 3, Scenes 3 & 4.
THU. FEB 7 -- Read Act 4, Scenes 1 - 4.
FRI. FEB 8 -- Read Act 4, Scenes 5 - 7.
MON. FEB 11 -- Read Act 5 (i.e. finish the play).
WED. FEB 13 -- No HW. We start fiction today in class. There will be a brief writing assignment over the long weekend (assigned in class).
TUE. FEB 19 -- Meta-fiction due. Read "The Runner" by James Tabor in class.
THU. FEB 21 -- Read "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor.
MON. FEB 25 -- Read "Where I'm Calling From" by Raymond Carver AND Bret Lott's piece on writing "Before We Get Started." Meta-fiction pieces returned today.
WED. FEB 27 -- Read "Hands" by Sherwood Anderson (make sure you have purchased Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio AND The Story and Its Writer. Luckily, this story is in BOTH).
THU. FEB 28 -- Read "The Untold Lie" from Winesbury, Ohio.
OVER THE WEEKEND -- Read two stories of your choice from the Anderson.
TUE. MAR 4 -- Read "The Chain" by Tobias Wolff.
WED. MAR 5 -- Finish reading "An Episode in the Life of Professor Brooke." "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" in class.
FRI. MAR 7 -- Read "The Swimmer" by John Cheever.
OVER BREAK -- Work on fiction piece if you wish. Nothing due immediately.
THU. MAR 27 -- New Yorker reflection due.
FRI. MAR 28 -- Second fiction assignment due.