This Week: May 5-10
We continue with our unit on "Death and Mortality" in literature and film.
Monday: We will finish our test on "Greasy Lake." If you are absent, please read the story in your anthology and see me to make up the test.
Tuesday - Film/Story analysis Roald Dahl "The Lamb to the Slaughter."
Wednesday - An analysis of the story. If you need a copy, click HERE.
Thursday - Group discussion questions assigned for the story. Please finish for homework if your group is not done. If you need a copy of the questions click HERE.
Friday - Ray Bradbury's "August 2026 There Will Come Soft Rains" which is in your anthology.

This Week: April 28-May 2

Monday - We will continue our discussion on satire and read "The Kuglemass Episode" by Woody Allen on page 21 of your anthology.
Homework - Answer the discussion questions based on the story. If you need a copy, click HERE.

Tuesday - We will review the questions from yesterday's story and be introduced to our next unit, "Death and Mortality." We will begin with a look at a poem from John Donne entitled Holy Sonnet #10 or "Death Be Not Proud." We will explicate the poem and  do an exercise in personification. Both handouts will count as a classwork/homework assignment for 10 points each. If you are absent, see the handouts below and download.
Holy Sonnet #10
Explication Handout
Personification Handout
Wednesday - We will discuss the poem and review the above handouts.
Thursday - Next story..."Greasy Lake" on page 142 of your anthology. We will read the story by Boyle, and take a reading quiz in class tomorrow.
Friday - Reading quiz - "Greasy Lake"

This Week: April 21-25
We continue with our unit on "Love, Marriage, and Relationships" with our next story "Roman Fever" by Edith Wharton. The story is on page 1334 of your anthology.
Monday - Background notes on the author and her style. We will begin reading the story in class. Finish reading the story for homework. There will be a quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday - Quiz. We will be answering discussion questions. If you do not finish, please finish for homework. If you need a copy, click HERE.
Wednesday - Review of the questions and a look at a structural criticism of the story.
Thursday - A look at Satire...
Friday - Woody Allen's "The Kuglemass Episode" on page 21 of your anthology.

This Week: April 7-11
This week we will be doing a film study in class. The film we will be viewing is Cool Hand Luke and it is considered a classic. Each day, you will be asked to complete a viewing study guide. You will be able to use these daily summary sheets to complete a quiz based on the film which will be given this Friday, 4/11. If you are absent, unexcused, from school, it is your responsibility to view the film so that you may make up the quiz. You will not get credit for the daily summary sheet unless you fill them out at home as well. See below for the handouts and for the quiz if you will be out on Friday 4/11. The film is available on Netflix, and for rent at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53DSdhjczc
Daily Summary Sheet
Open notes quiz 

This Week: March 31-April 4
Monday - We will do a second close read of the end of "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin. There will be a quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday - Quiz, "Sonny's Blues"

Wednesday - Continuing with "Identity and Renewal" unit, we will take a look at our next author, Virginia Woolf. We will begin reading her short story, "The Legacy" in class. If you are absent and need a copy of the story, click HERE.
Thursday - Quiz and discussion of the story.
Friday - Introduction to our film study unit, Cool Hand Luke.

This Week: Next Unit...Identity and Renewal
Monday: Please read the story "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" by ZZ Packer on page 1065. There will be a quiz on the reading tomorrow.
Tuesday - Quiz and discussion of ZZ Packer's story.
Wednesday - Poetry about identity and renewal. Classwork: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath.
If you are absent download the work sheet below and answer the questions based on the poem.
Sylvia Plath poem and questions.
Thursday - Please read the story "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin on page 46. We will continue reading the story tomorrow and answer discussion questions on Monday.
Friday - Finish "Sonny's Blues."

This Week: March 17-21
Monday - We will discuss the story "Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?" and explore the cultural connections in the story. You will work on discussion questions in a group. The questions will be checked tomorrow for a homework grade. If you are absent, please download below.
Homework - Group Discussion Questions.

Tuesday - We will review the questions on the story, and begin watching the film Smooth Talk, which is based on the short story.
Wednesday-Thursday: Film
Friday - Conference Day, half day.