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Semester 1Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 Semester 2(See the Links tabs above for links and resources mentioned in your lessons.) |
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Homework Instructions:You must type your lessons in Microsoft Word and send to me as an attachment to your e-mail. You must follow MLA formatting for ALL assignments. At the top left of your paper you should have:
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MLA Format:Please select, download and print the correct MLA Page format handout for your Word Processor (the instructions consist of several pages with images to help you): |
Week 1
- The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty
- Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut (character – human nature)
- Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Singer
- Writing A Business Letter
Week 2
- “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe
- The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
- The Interloper by Saki (page may appear blank – scroll down until you see the start of the story)
- The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
- Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes
- To Build a Fire by Jack London
Week 7
- The Stone Boy by Gina Berriault
- “Gift of the Magi” by O.Henry
- “Appointment in Samarra” (very short)
- “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant (It is also called “The Diamond Necklace”)
- “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov
Week 10
Conditions of farm workers:
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html
- http://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=584_0_2_0
- http://www.farmworkers.org/strugcal.html
Tortilla Flat
Week 13
- The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry
The Scarlet Letter or The House of Seven Gables
- The text of both of these is available at: http://www.online-literature.com/hawthorne/
The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask, or The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.
- The text of all three of these is available at: http://www.online-literature.com/dumas/
Week 17
- Some background on William Shakespeare can be read at: http://www.bardweb.net/man.html
- Read about the GlobeTheater at: http://www.onlineshakespeare.com/globe1.htm
- This is a brief timeline of events during Shakespeare’s life: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/william-shakespeare.htm
- Elizabethan England
Week 18
Brief biographies of Stephen Crane
- “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane
Week 26
Other links to help you with the Hero’s Journey Pattern:
Week 32
- Specific Speeches:
On-line Class time: Please log into to the Home2Teach online classroom 5 minutes prior to your class time. See you there!
What to have next to you for on-line class:
- Current Lesson, and past lessons.
- Thesaurus
- Notebook and pencil