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Jenna M. Ward
Department Chair
Dept: English
Phone Ext: 1101
Email: Click Here for Email
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Senior Assessments
posted on: 05/12/08 @ 08:55am
English Assessment: Tuesday, May 27, 1st Period
AP English: Library Mezz & iMac Labs
EnglishIV, 1st Period: Room 111
EnglishIV, 5th Period: Room 349
English IV: Research Paper
posted on: 04/15/08 @ 10:56am
The outline for your research paper is due 4/24. We will be working on these outlines in the library on Friday 4/18. If you have not yet submitted your bibliography, please do so immediately as progress reports will be issued Monday, 4/21.
AP English: Period Outlines
posted on: 04/15/08 @ 10:49am
Period Outlines are due (along with class copies) Wednesday, 4/30. Presentations are dependent upon your choice of literary period but will run from Monday 5/5 to Wenesday 5/7.
English IV: 1st and 5th
posted on: 04/14/08 @ 10:19am
Bring both your vocabulary and literature textbooks to class every day until further notice.
AP English Homework
posted on: 04/02/08 @ 09:08am
The following two essays are due tomorrow, Thursday 4/3. Each essay should be one typed page--no more, no less. Remain objective throughout. Students who will not be in class tomorrow should email or submit their essay to me by 9am. This essay will be averaged into your third quarter grade. Failure to submit the essay on time will result in a 50% grade reduction. ALL students are required to complete these essays--no exceptions or excuses. This assignment has been emailed and is posted on my website. If you were absent today you are still responsible for completing the assignment.
1. Examine the multiple meanings of the play's title, The Dumb Waiter. In what way does each of the two characters, Ben and Gus, act as a dumb waiter or a dumbwaiter?
2. What do we learn from Ben and Gus's quarrel over whether it is correct to say "light the kettle"? What does this exchange tell us about their relationship? How is the control of language connected to maintaining power?
English IV: Periods 1 and 5
posted on: 03/07/08 @ 09:40am
Monday, March 17th: Grammar Test
ALL CLASSES
posted on: 03/07/08 @ 09:39am
Tuesday, March 18th: Library Research Day
English IV: Test
posted on: 03/04/08 @ 09:02am
African-American Literature Test: Thursday, 3/6
AP Important Dates
posted on: 01/28/08 @ 12:38pm
Please be advised that the following is a TENTATIVE schedule of due dates.
2/21: Thesis/Proposal
2/25: Prufrock Imitation
3/7: Bibliography
3/11: Stream Analysis
3/13: Existential Essay
3/18: Research Day (library mezz)
3/19: Annotated Bibliography
3/28: Outline
3/31: Book Chats & Independent Classics
4/4: Lit & Cult Exp
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Imitation Poem
Due: 04/28/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
Write an imitation poem based on either William Carlos Williams's "Red Wheelbarrow" or
"This Is Just to Say".
Progress Reports & Outlines
Due: 04/24/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
Progress reports and outlines due tomorrow!
English IV: Kairos Work
Due: 04/21/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
Those students attending April Kairos must make up the following work: Complete vocabulary pp. 182-184; in American Literature text read pp. 437-438 ("In a Station" poem only),455 (bio only)-456. Please make sure you get any notes given in your absence. The outline for your research paper is still due on 4/24.
English IV
Due: 04/15/08
for English IV, period(s) 1
Vocabulary p. 180: Write out (on loose leaf) full definitions of BOLDed words. This "assignment" also applies to students in 5th period who did not have their vocabulary book with them today.
AP English Homework
Due: 04/03/08
for AP English, period(s) 2, 3
The following two essays are due tomorrow, Thursday 4/3. Each essay should be one typed page--no more, no less. Remain objective throughout. Students who will not be in class tomorrow should email or submit their essay to me by 9am. This essay will be averaged into your third quarter grade. Failure to submit the essay on time will result in a 50% grade reduction. ALL students are required to complete these essays--no exceptions or excuses. This assignment has been emailed and is posted on my website. If you were absent today you are still responsible for completing the assignment.
1. Examine the multiple meanings of the play's title, The Dumb Waiter. In what way does each of the two characters, Ben and Gus, act as a dumb waiter or a dumbwaiter?
2. What do we learn from Ben and Gus's quarrel over whether it is correct to say "light the kettle"? What does this exchange tell us about their relationship? How is the control of language connected to maintaining power?
English IV:Thesis
Due: 03/25/08
for Accounting, period(s) 1, 5
Thesis statements due!
Due: 03/10/08
for English IV, period(s) 1
Grammar: p. 108, Exercise 9 and p. 109, Exercise 10--ODD numbers only.
Due: 03/10/08
for English IV, period(s) 5
Grammar: p. 108, Exercise 9 and p. 109, Exercise 10--EVEN numbers only.
English IV
Due: 03/06/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
African-American Literature journals due Thursday.
English IV
Due: 03/03/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
Progress reports must be signed for Monday. Research paper focus to be submitted.
Vocabulary Review
Due: 02/26/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
Complete Vocabulary pp. 138-139 and 141-144 (except Word Families) for extra credit on vocabulary test (Tuesday, 2/26).
Common Song
Due: 02/20/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
Review the lyrics to Common's "I Have a Dream" and identify:
-Personification
-Cliche
-Alliteration
-Allusion
-Dichotomy
English IV: 2/7/08
Due: 02/08/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
Read the biographical information on the "I Have a Dream" handout highlighting significant information. Refer to the TEACHER LINK titled English IV for the second part of the assignment.
English IV: Grammar
Due: 02/04/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
Grammar books to be covered for 2/4.
Favorite Day Poem
Due: 02/01/08
for English IV, period(s) 1, 5
Based on our reading of MacNeice's "Sunday Morning" and Larkin's "Days", write a poem about your favorite day. REQUIREMENTS:
~typed (12 pt, Times)
~at least 10 lines
~obvious rhyme scheme
~objective voice
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