Mr. Williams

Welcome to Spring Semester

Welcome to a fresh semester of American Lit & Comp. Attached below you will find the Course Outline and Expectations, the Three Week Agenda for 1/9-1/27/12, and the SAT Online Practice assignment, which is due on Tuesday, February 7. Check back to the blog periodically for pertinent information to the class (at least every other week, but more often when we use materials in class that warrant posting so that you have access to them from home, such as when we are working on the research paper). Here's to a great second semester of your junior year. Work hard and have fun!

Download 112B Course Outline and Expectations

Download 112B Week 1-3 Agenda 2012

Download 112B SAT Online Assignment Spring

 

Colonial Period Test & Vocabulary Quiz #2

We have a busy post-Labor Day week, at least as far as grades are concerned. On Thursday, 9/8, we will take the Colonial Period Test. This is the first grade in this major category, so it is obviously important in establishing a solid overall grade early in the semester. The review sheet is attached below. Then on Friday, 9/9, we will take Vocabulary Quiz #2 (the lesson is due on Wednesday, 9/7). Study hard this week!

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Welcome and Three Week Agenda (8/29-9/16/11)

Welcome to the new school year. Classes have been excellent so far, and I trust that things will continue to go well as we move through the first half of the American Lit/Comp 112 course. Check back to the blog periodically (once or twice a week) for pertinent information for the class such as relevant handouts,  supporting materials, and announcements. For instance, you will find the current Three Week Agenda attached below which includes everything we are doing in class each day and homework assignments as well as when tests and quizzes are coming up. I'm happy you found your way here and looking forward to a great semester.

Download 2011 112A Week 3-5 Agenda

The Odyssey Essay (Freshmen)

Our last big assignment for the semester (aside from the final exam) is an essay on The Odyssey. The essay assignment and examples for leading into direct quotes are attached below. Also remember to include the Works Cited at the bottom of the last page of your essay, which you can copy and paste from the assignment page if you would like. The paper is due Friday, 5/13, for 4th and 7th periods; Monday, 5/16, for AP Human Geography students in 4th and 7th periods; and Wednesday, 5/18, for all students in 6th period.

Download The Odyssey Essay

Download Leadins Handout 

Three Week Agenda (3/14-4/1/11) (Freshmen)

Attached below you will find the current Three Week Agenda for 3/14-4/1/11. We will spend most of the next three weeks on poetry, reading several more poems before the Poetry Test on Thursday, 3/31. We will also be working on the Poetry Project, which is actually three smaller assingments that will combine to form the project grade. The first of these assignments is the "Where I'm From" poem, which will be due next Monday, 3/21. Note also that we will complete Vocabulary #13 next week as well.

Download 2011 92B Week 10-12 Agenda

Three Week Agenda (3/14-4/1/11), Realism & Naturalism Test, and Great Gatsby Essay (Juniors)

Attached below you will find the current Three Week Agenda for the weeks leading into Spring Break. On it you will find the Realism & Naturalism Test scheduled for this Thursday, 3/17. The review sheet for the test is attached below. In addition, you should be working on The Great Gatsby Essay, which is due on Friday, 3/25 (after we take the four sections of the Graduation Test on Monday through Thursday). The assignment sheet for the essay as well as sheets on leading-in to direct quotations and on MLA format are also attached below. Finally, we will be starting the Research Paper with a brief introduction this Friday, 3/18, and topic selection due Friday, 3/25. As always, we are busy so keep on top of everything!

Download 112B Week 10-12 Agenda 2011

Download Realism & Naturalism Study Guide

Download The Great Gatsby Essay

Download Research-Leadins

Download Essay Heading and Works Cited--Gatsby

The Great Gatsby (Juniors)

In case you need it, the template for the Reading Journal is attached below. Read the first three chapters by next Wednesday, 2/16, and the journal entries will be due on Thursday, 2/17.

Download Reading Journal-Novel

Late Romantic Period Test...and SAT Online Practice Test (Juniors)

Attached below you will find the review sheet for the Late Romantic Period Test, which is on Monday, 2/7. Get your studying done before the Super Bowl! Also, don't forget to work on the SAT Online Practice Test, which is due on Wednesday, 2/9, and to acquire The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) by Tuesday, 2/8 so you can start reading. Have a great weekend, and study up for your first test grade on Monday.

Download Late Romantic Period Study Guide

Three Week Agenda (1/24-2/11/11) and a lot of other stuff (Juniors)

Now that we have gotten back into the groove following our unexpected vacation, the pace is picking up considerably in class. Attached below, you will find the current Three Week Agenda (1/24-2/11/11). On it you will find a lot of things to do over the next several weeks. For instance, we will be finishing our study of the Late Romantic Period this week, so the test is next Monday, 2/7. In addition, you should be working on the SAT Online assignment...switch your registration to our class by this Wednesday, 2/2, and complete Practice Test #3 by next Wednesday, 2/9. Also, you should acquire a copy of The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) by next Tuesday, 2/8 (this is a change of plans) so you can begin reading...this will be very important come research paper time. And finally, we will complete vocabulary #11 next week as well. See, told you, we are gaining some speed, so stay organized and work on a little bit each day!

Download 112B Week 4-6 Agenda 2011

Three Week Agenda (1/24-2/11/11) (Freshmen)

The current Three Week Agenda (1/24-2/11/11) is attached below. On it you will see that at the end of this week we will have finished Acts I and II of Romeo and Juliet, so we will be ready for our first quiz on Friday, 2/4, and that we will complete vocabulary #11 next week with the quiz on Friday, 2/11. In addition, don't forget the SAT Online assignment: switch your registration to our current class by this Wednesday, 2/2, and complete the two practice quizzes (be sure to do the right ones...see the assingment sheet) by next Wednesday, 2/9.

Download 2011 92B Week 4-6 Agenda