AP Lit 10/22-29

Thursday 10/22: AP exam practice, Style discussion.
HOMEWORK: Style paper, Metamorphosis Part I, Research paper 1/4, Initiative

Friday 10/23: no class

Monday 10/26: Voice Lessons, Style paper due, Tone lecture, Metamorphosis part I group discussions.
HOMEWORK: Read tone stories, Metamorphosis Part II for Wednesday, Research Paper 1/4, Initiative

Tuesday 10/27: Device warm up, Q2 practice, tone discussion
HOMEWORK: Tone paper due Thursday, Metamorphosis Part II, Research Paper 1/4, Initiative

Wednesday 10/28: Voice Lessons, Meta quiz Part II, Meta discussion
HOMEWORK: Tone paper due Thursday, Metamorphosis Part III due Friday, Research Paper 1/4, Initiative

Thursday 10/29: Tone paper due, Device warm up, review all elements of fiction
HOMEWORK: Read two stories, Metamorphosis Part III for Friday, Research Paper 1/4, Initiative

Sci Fi 10/22-29

Thursday 10/22: Position Paper due. Thesis/DIs work for short story essay.
HOMEWORK: read and journal 224-260. Thesis and DIs due Friday. 10/26 Initiative reflection.

Friday 10/23: Short story thesis/DI's due. Seminar.
HOMEWORK:  read and journal 260-282. Short story draft due 10/30. 10/26 Initiative reflection.

Monday 10/26: no class

Tuesday 10/27: Initiative reflection due. Discuss 260-282.
HOMEWORK: Read and journal end of book, Essay draft 10/30, two sources and 20 notes due 11/2.

Wednesday 10/28: Final 1984 quiz. Discussion.
HOMEWORK: Essay draft 10/30, two sources and 20 notes due 11/2..

Thursday 10/29: 1984 vs today.
HOMEWORK: Essay draft 10/30, two sources and 20 notes due 11/2.

Frosh 10/22-29

Thursday 10/22: Discuss "Harrison Bergeron" pre-read paragraphs. Review appeals. Read and annotate "Harrison Bergeron."
HOMEWORK: Questions

Friday 10/23: "Harrison Bergeron" seminar. Read and annotate "Losing is Good for You."
HOMEWORK; "Losing" Chart

Monday 10/26: Work on appeals with both pieces. OMAM research project and EasyBib work.
HOMEWORK: research project

Tuesday 10/27: review project/Works Cited and finish appeals work
HOMEWORK: research project

Wednesday 10/28: See Tuesday (diagonal)

Thursday 10/29: EBR. Research project.
HOMEWORK: Research project Works Cited due Friday.

Helen Creeley Student Poetry Prize

Cash prize and pretty cool recognition. Deadline is January 15, so this will be a Q2 bonus opportunity. Click HERE for the link.

NY Times Student Editorial Contest

Click HERE. Closing March 10, so this extra credit will be for 3rd quarter, but you actually get to write about something that has meaning to YOU!

Frosh 10/14-21

Wednesday: drafting essay
HOMEWORK: finish draft, study voc

Thursday: peer edit
HOMEWORK: read and annotate common assessment, study voc

Friday: common assessment
HOMEWORK: study voc

Monday-Tuesday: (diagonal) final draft due at end of period
HOMEWORK: study voc

Wednesday: vocabulary test

Sci Fi 10/14-21

Wednesday 10/14: College Essay due, Seminar 69-147
HOMEWORK: read and journal 147-167, Annotated text for short story 10/16, Initiative reflection due 10/26

Thursday 10/15: Read and journal 167-179
HOMEWORK:  Annotated text for short story 10/16, Initiative reflection due 10/26

Friday 10/16: no class

Monday 10/19: Outside essay annotated text due, Position Paper 2, quiz 167-179
HOMEWORK: read and journal 179-224, Position Paper due Thursday, Initiative reflection due 10/26

Tuesday 10/20: "Big Bro Screening Social Media" reading and discussion
HOMEWORK: read and journal 179-224, Position Paper due Thursday, Initiative reflection due 10/26

Wednesday 10/21: Discuss 179-224, Read and journal 224-260
HOMEWORK: read and journal 224-260, Position Paper due Thursday, Initiative reflection due 10/26

AP Lit 10/14-21

Wednesday 10/14: Device warm up, POV Quiz
HOMEWORK: POV paper "Honors Track", Research paper 1/4, Initiative

Thursday 10/15: no class

Friday 10/16: Practice Q2
HOMEWORK: POV paper "Honors Track", Research paper 1/4, Initiative

Monday 10/19: POV response paper due, Symbol lecture, Q2 samples and peer assessment
HOMEWORK: Read symbol stories, Research paper 1/4, Initiative

Tuesday 10/20: Lit. device warm up, Symbol discussion
HOMEWORK: Symbol response paper, Research paper 1/4, Initiative

Wednesday 10/21: Voice Lessons, Symbol paper due, Style lecture
HOMEWORK: Read style stories, Research paper 1/4, Initiative

PROFILES IN COURAGE essay contest

This is a BIG one! $10,000!!!!

MIT INSPIRE competition

Click HERE for the page. Humanities, arts and social sciences competition.

Frosh 10/2-13

Friday 10/2: "The Bells" seminar, dialectical journals
HOMEWORK: vocabulary and Bells questions

Monday 10/5: Collect Bells questions, finish dialectical journals, read and annotate "Annabel Lee"
HOMEWORK: finish reading and annotating, vocabulary

Tuesday 10/6: Review "Annabel Lee" and dialectical journal. Being "The Cask of Amontillado"
HOMEWORK: Finish annotating "Cask", vocabulary

Wednesday 10/7: Review "Cask", dialectical journals
HOMEWORK: "Cask" questions, vocabulary

Thursday 10/8: collect "Cask" questions, Thesis statement review, construct thesis
HOMEWORK: revise, finalize thesis, vocabulary

Friday 10/9: no school

Monday 10/12: no school

Tuesday 10/13: check thesis, complete graphic organizer
HOMEWORK: finish graphic organizer, vocabulary

Sci Fi 10/2-13

Friday 10/2: Seminar up to page 69, "Little Brother is Watching You"
HOMEWORK: Short story due Monday, complete "Little Brother" questions, 10/13 2 sources and 20 cards, read and journal 69-104

Monday 10/5: Short story due. College Essay work.
HOMEWORK:Short story annotated text due 10/19, 10/13 2 sources and 20 cards, read and journal 69-104

Tuesday 10/6: no class

Wednesday 10/7: Quiz 69-104, college essay work
HOMEWORK: Read and journal 105-126, Short story annotated text due 10/19, 10/13 2 sources and 20 cards, college essay due 10/14

Thursday 10/8: Discuss 105-126, Senior project work day
HOMEWORK:Read and journal 105-126, Short story annotated text due 10/19, 10/13 2 sources and 20 cards, college essay due 10/14

Friday 10/9: no school

Monday 10/12: no school

Tuesday 10/13: 2 sources, 20 cards due, Finish college essay
HOMEWORK: Read and journal 126-147, Short story annotated text due 10/19, 10/26 Initiative reflection, college essay due 10/14

AP Lit 10/2-13

Friday 10/2: AP MC practice, character discussion
HOMEWORK: Character response paper, Research paper 1/4, initiative

Monday 10/5: no class

Tuesday 10/6: Character paper due, voice lessons, setting lecture
HOMEWORK: read and annotate two stories, Research paper 1/4, initiative

Wednesday 10/7: Practice Q2
HOMEWORK: read and annotate two stories, Research paper 1/4, initiative

Thursday 10/8: Device warm up, setting discussion, Q2 samples, self-assessment
HOMEWORK: setting response paper, Research paper 1/4, initiative

Friday 10/9: no school

Monday 10/12: no school

Tuesday 10/13: Setting papers due, voice lessons, POV lecture
HOMEWORK: read and annotate two stories, Research paper 1/4, initiative

Frosh 9/24-10/1

Thursday 9/24: Review "First Betrayal" annotations and complete 1-3 in LTF packet.
HOMEWORK: Activity 4

Friday 9/25: Review Activity 4 and complete 5-7
HOMEWORK: Activity 8

Monday 9/28: Collect LTF packet. Poe voc. Read and annotate Poe biography (author's style)
HOMEWORK: complete annotations and craft 2 seminar questions, vocabulary

Tuesday 9/29: Poe Seminar. Essay prompt. Read and annotate "The Raven" and complete mood dialectical journal.
HOMEWORK: Reading questions and 2 seminar questions., vocabulary

Wednesday 9/30: diagonal

Thursday 10/1: Raven seminar. Read and annotate "The Bells" and complete mood dialectical journal.
HOMEWORK: Reading questions, vocabulary

Sci Fi 9/24-10/1

Thursday 9/24: Read 1-20 1984.
HOMEWORK: finish reading and journal, Statement of Purpose 9/29, Short story due 10/5

Friday 9/25: Senior Project work--Statement of Purpose
HOMEWORK:  Statement of Purpose 9/29, Short story due 10/5

Monday 9/28: no class

Tuesday 9/29: Statement of Purpose due, 1984 quiz 1-20
HOMEWORK: Read and journal 20-48, short story due 10/5, 2 source cards and 20 note cards due 10/13

Wednesday 9/30: Ms. Diotte and EasyBib in the library
HOMEWORK: Read and journal 20-48, short story due 10/5, 2 source cards and 20 note cards due 10/13

Thursday 10/1: Quiz chapters 2-4, read and annotate "Little Brother"
HOMEWORK: Read and journal 48-69, short story due 10/5, 2 source cards and 20 note cards due 10/13

AP Lit 9/24-10/1

Thursday 9/24: Device warm up, "The Garden Party" quiz, discussion.
HOMEWORK: Statement of Purpose 9/28, HTRLLAP response paper due 9/29

Friday 9/25: no class

Monday 9/28: Statement of Purpose due. Voice Lessons. Synthesis essay review. Boot camp overview. Bedford texts.
HOMEWORK: HTRLLAP paper due 9/29, Research paper due 1/4, initiative ongoing

Tuesday 9/29: 1/2 day--HTRLLAP paper due, Device warm up. Boot Camp plot lesson, Response Paper review
HOMEWORK: Read and annotate plot stories, research paper due 1/4, initiative ongoing

Wednesday 9/30: Voice lessons, seminar
HOMEWORK: Plot essay draft,  research paper due 1/4, initiative ongoing

MIAA Sports Writing Contest

Click HERE for the website. +5 on lowest Q1 grade. Good luck!

SCHOLASTIC ART/WRITING IS HERE!

HERE's the link! Surf the site for past winners, deadlines (December), and other submission information. FHS students do well with this one! +5 lowest Q2 grade.

Boston Teen Author Festival

Click HERE for more information. Check out the authors! Lectures, Lunch, Book signing!!

Bennington Young Writers Awards

Click HERE for more information, such as prize info, due dates, submission guidelines, and past winners' works. +5 on lowest Q1 grade. SENIORS only!