1. ACE English (meeting BCE)

 
 
English 9 (Block 9.01, meeting days ACD; 9.02, meeting ABD; 9.03, meeting BDE; 9.04, meeting BCE)
 
 
Daily: review Global and Earth Science voc. (abbot, abdicate, absolutism, acid rain, the Acropolis, The Age of Enlightenment, imperialism, alloy, alluvial soil. ancestor worship, assimilation, autonomy, autocratic, balance of power, baptism, barter, biodiversity, bureaucracy, caliph, capital, absorption, aerobic bacteria, anaerobic bacteria, aerosols and anemometer). Add angle of insolation: angle of sun’s rays as they hit the surface of Earth; decreases with increase in latitude; varies with time of day and day of year   and aphelion: point in Earth’s orbit when Earth is farthest from Sun.
 
 
Each Day:
Students work through Part IV Regents in Preparing for the Regents Comprehensive Examination in English, pp. 247 ff..
 
 

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ACE English (meeting BCE)
Essay on Hamlet due by 7 p.m. on 05/19; M. Cappelluti and J. Petrie will turn theirs in by Friday morning.
 
Poetry Unit
 
Contrast open form with closed form of poetry.
Students review rhyme, meter, foot, iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee, alliteration, consonance, assonance, personification, simile, metaphor; 901-924; 925-967
Students apply these technical terms and earlier literary approaches as appropriate to:
Open Form: e.e. cummings, “Buffalo Bill’s,” 978; W.C. Williams, “Dance,” 979; Crane, “Heart,” 981; Gildner, “First Practice,” 985; 991; 995.
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Closed Form: Frost, “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” 1016; McKay, “America,” 1048; Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium,” 1094; Browning, “My Last Duchess,” 751; Hamlet, II, ii, 476-533 (1612-1614).
 
 
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English 12 (meeting days BCE)
Day 1: Jobs Unit: Students complete the research steps in handout.
Day 2: Teacher walks students through the resume/letter/application process. Students complete application/cover letters and resumes.

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ELA Lab.09 (meeting day B)
Students catch up or work ahead of English class. Students may work on other subjects, with teacher leading them into using ELA skills. Mario Verillo works from workbooks on teacher’s desk.
 

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