Work for the Week of January 2nd - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Violetta Jara

Wednesday January 2nd
Reading HW:
HW: Purchase Rubyfruit Jungle for today.

Thursday January 3rd
Reading HW: Rubyfruit 3-26 (Ch.1-3)
HW:

Friday January 4th
Reading HW: Rubyfruit 27-48 (Ch.4-5)
HW:

Monday January 7th
Reading HW: Rubyfruit 51-76 (Ch.6-7)
HW:

Work for the Week of January 2nd - Juniors

Wednesday January 2nd
Reading HW:
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Thursday January 3rd
Reading HW: Gone Girl - 251-288
HW:

Friday January 4th
Reading HW: Gone Girl - 289-318
HW:

Monday January 7th
Reading HW: Gone Girl - 319-353
HW:

Work for the Week of January 2nd - Freshmen

Wednesday January 2nd
Reading HW:
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Thursday January 3rd
Reading HW: Things Fall Apart Ch. 1-3
HW:

Friday January 4th
Reading HW: Things Fall Apart Ch. 4-6
HW:

Monday January 7th
Reading HW: Things Fall Apart Ch. 7-9
HW:

Work for the Week of December 17th - Freshmen

Monday December 17th
Reading HW:
HW: N/A - Get some sleep!

Tuesday December 18th
Reading HW:  Stitches  - 156
HW:

Wednesday December 19th
Reading HW: Stitches  - 208
HW:

Thursday December 20th
Reading HW: Stitches  - 242
HW:

Friday December 21st
Reading HW: Stitches  - 287
HW:

WINTER BREAK - MONDAY DECEMBER 24TH - TUESDAY JANUARY 1ST 2019

Wednesday January 2nd
Reading HW:
HW:

Work for the Week of December 17th - Juniors

Monday December 17th

Reading HW: Gone Girl - 98-123

HW:

Tuesday December 18th
Reading HW: Gone Girl - 124-153
HW:

Wednesday December 19th
Reading HW: Gone Girl - 154-183
HW:

Thursday December 20th
Reading HW: Gone Girl - 184-215
HW:

Friday December 21st
Reading HW: Gone Girl - 219-250
HW:

WINTER BREAK - MONDAY DECEMBER 24TH - TUESDAY JANUARY 1ST 2019

Wednesday January 2nd
Reading HW:
HW:

Work for the Week of December 17th - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Kelly Reemtsed

Monday December 17th

Reading HW: "If Men Could Menstruate"

HW: Work on your modernized folk story assignment, now due Wednesday.

PLEASE PURCHASE Ruby Fruit Jungle for January 2nd, 2019

Tuesday December 18th
Reading HW: Reading Lolita in Tehran 3-39
HW:

Wednesday December 19th
Reading HW:
HW: Paper due.

Thursday December 20th
Reading HW: 
HW: Interview women.  Use this questionnaire.

Friday December 21st
Reading HW: "I Am Your Sister" Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities
HW: 

WINTER BREAK - MONDAY DECEMBER 24TH - TUESDAY JANUARY 1ST 2019

Wednesday January 2nd
Reading HW:
HW:

Work for the Week of December 10th - Freshmen

Monday December 10th

Reading HW:

HW: Proofreading Day - Have a draft ready.

Tuesday December 11th

Reading HW:

HW: Finish ABC

Wednesday December 12th - Ms. Choi's Last Day :(

Reading HW:

HW:

Thursday December 13th

Reading HW: Read Stitches to page 76.

HW:

Friday December 14th

Reading HW:  Read Stitches to page 123.

HW:

Monday December 17th

Reading HW:

HW: N/A 

Work for the Week of December 10th - Juniors

Monday December 10th

Reading HW:

HW: Draft Day.

Tuesday December 11th

Reading HW: Gone Girl  3-30

HW:

Wednesday December 12th

Reading HW:

HW: Paper due.

Thursday December 13th

Reading HW: Gone Girl - 31-64

HW:

Friday December 14th

Reading HW: Gone Girl - 65-97

HW:

Monday December 17th

Reading HW: Gone Girl - 98-123

HW:

Work for the Week of December 10th - Seniors

Artist of the Week:  Chie Hitotsuyama

Monday December 10th

Reading HW:

HW: Draft Day

Here are some examples of past Cultural Myth assignments.  These are by no means exemplars.  They're just examples of format.

Tuesday December 11th - TRIGGER WARNING - Body dysmorphia

Reading HW: Please read the following except  from Roxane Gay's Hunger

HW:

Wednesday December 12th - TRIGGER WARNING - Sexual assault

Reading HW: 2nd excerpt from Roxane Gay's Hunger

HW:

Thursday December 13th

Reading HW: "Men Explain Things to Me"
HW: How often do men interrupt/correct women?  Use your classes as an example.  Note instances in which male students interrupt female students.

Friday December 14th

Reading HW: 
HW: Draft Day.

Monday December 17th

Reading HW:

HW: Work on your modernized folk story assignment, now due Wednesday.

Work for the Week of December 3rd - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Cynthia Consentino

Monday December 3rd
Reading HW: "Ryokan's Moon", Third Eye" Wiping One's Ass with the Sutras" "The Wolf and the Chinese Pug", "Fox Girl", "Piglets"
HW:

Tuesday December  4th

Reading HW: Here are two sample assignments.  Use them as models.

HW: Draft Day.

Wednesday December  5th

Reading HW:  

HW: Paper due.

Thursday December  6th

Reading HW: Bring in a cultural myth (preferably a very short one).  For example, I'm Russo Hungarian (Eastern-European) and so I picked the story of Baba Yaga.  

HW:

Friday December  7th

Reading HW: Ch. 7 Mooncake Vixen

HW: Please bring in your copies of Sula!

Monday December  10th

Reading HW:

HW: Draft Day

Work for the Week of December 3rd - Juniors

Monday December 3rd
Reading HW: Doubt - SEVEN, EIGHT
HW:

Tuesday December  4th

Reading HW: Finish Doubt

HW:

Here's a copy of Glengarry Glen Ross

Wednesday December  5th

Reading HW:

HW: Brainstorm for your next paper.

Thursday December  6th

Reading HW: 

HW: Draft Day.

Friday December  7th

Reading HW: Gone Girl 3-30

HW: 

Monday December  10th

Reading HW:

HW: Full Draft Due Today.

Work for the Week of December 3rd - Freshmen

Monday December 3rd
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.  Please bring in a rudimentary draft for today.

Tuesday December  4th

Reading HW:

HW: Continue to work on your writing.

Wednesday December  5th

Reading HW: Please read American Born Chinese - 84

HW:

Thursday December  6th

Reading HW: Please read American Born Chinese - 130

HW:

Friday December  7th

Reading HW:

HW: Draft Day.

Monday December  10th

Reading HW:

HW: Proofreading Day.  Paper due Wednesday.

Work for the Week of November 26th - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Sofia Bonati

Monday November 26th
Reading HW:
HW: Complete your interview for today.

Tuesday November 27th
Reading HW: "Moon"
HW:

Wednesday November 28th
Reading HW: Ch.1 Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen
HW:

Thursday November 29th
Reading HW: "2. Oh Lord!  Here Come the Double Happiness Twins", "A Portrait of My Sister Sexting Tofu"
HW:

Friday November 30th
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.  Transcript due today.

Here are two sample assignments.  Use them as models.

Monday December 3rd
Reading HW:
HW: "Ryokan's Moon", Third Eye" Wiping One's Ass with the Sutras" "The Wolf and the Chinese Pug", "Fox Girl", "Piglets"

Work for the Week of November 26th - Juniors

Monday November 26th
Reading HW: Finish Glengarry Glen Ross
HW:

Tuesday November 27th
Reading HW: "Scores of Priests" - Boston Globe
HW:

Wednesday November 28th
Reading HW: Doubt  - TWO, THREE
HW:

Thursday November 29th
Reading HW: Doubt  - FOUR, FIVE
HW:

Friday November 30th
Reading HW: Doubt  - SIX
HW:

Monday December 3rd
Reading HW: Doubt  - SEVEN, EIGHT
HW:

Work for the Week of November 26th - Freshmen

Monday November 26th
Reading HW:
HW: Paper due.  Submit via TurnItIn.com

Please use the proofreading assistant.

Here is a copy of the Academic Honesty Form from today.

Here is a copy of the EdTPA release form.

Tuesday November 27th
Reading HW: Curious Incident 140
HW: Get your parents to sign the EdTPA release!

Wednesday November 28th
Reading HW: Curious Incident 179
HW: Get your parents to sign the EdTPA release!

Thursday November 29th
Reading HW:
HW: Topic sentence and evidence for early draft.

Friday November 30th
Reading HW:
HW: Finish Curious Incident

Monday December 3rd
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.

Work for the Week of November 19th - Juniors

Monday November 19th

Reading HW: Glengarry Glen Ross - Finish Act One (47-51)

HW:

Tuesday November 20th

Reading HW: Glengarry Glen Ross - Portion of Act II, (52-74)

HW:

Wednesday November 21st

Reading HW: Glengarry Glen Ross - Portion of Act II (74-86)

HW:

Monday November 26th

Reading HW: Finish Glengarry Glen Ross

HW:

Work for the Week of November 19th - Freshmen

Monday November 19th

Reading HW:

HW: Draft Day.

Tuesday November 20th

Reading HW: Curious Incident  - 99

HW:

Wednesday November 21st

Reading HW:

HW: Final Draft Day.

Monday November 26th

Reading HW:

HW: Paper due.

Please use the proofreading assistant.

Work for the Week of November 19th - Seniors

Artist of the Week:  Vu Bach Lien

Monday November 19th

Reading HW: 

HW: Select your interviewee and draft up questions.

Tuesday November 20th

Reading HW: Sula -1940

HW:

Wednesday November 21st

Reading HW: Finish Sula (1941, 1965)

HW:

Monday November 26th

Reading HW:

HW: Complete your interview by today.  Be sure to record it.

Work for the Week of November 12th - Seniors

Artist of the Month: Kumi Yamashita

Tuesday November 13th

Reading HW:

HW: We will discuss our next assignment today.

Wednesday November 14th

Reading HW: 1937

HW:

Thursday November 15th

Reading HW: 1939

HW:

Friday November 16th

Reading HW:

HW: *Please note that in my absence today, I will be postponing our work a day.

Please check out the hashtag #Thisisnotconsent (sexual assault trigger warning)

Monday November 19th

Reading HW: 

HW: Select your interviewee and draft up questions.

Work for the Week of November 12th - Juniors

Tuesday November 13th

Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!  Bring in a printed draft for class.  If you need me to print a draft for you, email me at MrEricFerencz@gmail.com

Wednesday November 14th

Reading HW: 

HW: Work on your paper.

Thursday November 15th

Reading HW: Glengarry Glen Ross - Finish Act One, Scene One and Two (15-46)

HW: Paper due.  Please utilize this proofreading assistant.

Friday November 16th

Reading HW: *Please note that in my absence today, I will be postponing our work a day.

HW:

Monday November 19th

Reading HW: Glengarry Glen Ross - Finish Act One (47-51)

HW:

Work for the Week of November 12th - Freshmen

Tuesday November 13th

Reading HW:
HW: Bring in three pieces of evidence and a topic sentence that address the question: Why does the LCS leave Phoenix Mountain?

Wednesday November 14th

Reading HW: Read to page 28 of Curious Incident

HW:

Thursday November 15th

Reading HW:

HW: Draft Day.

Friday November 16th

Reading HW: Read to page 65 of Curious Incident

HW:

Monday November 19th

Reading HW:

HW: Draft Day.

Work for the Week of November 5th - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Margarita Fick

Monday November 5th
Reading HW: Sula 3-29
HW:

Tuesday November 5th - ELECTION DAY - NO SCHOOL

Wednesday November 5th
Reading HW: Sula 30-48 (1921)
HW:

Thursday November 5th
Reading HW: Sula  49-66 (1922)
HW:

Friday November 5th
Reading HW: Sula 67-85 (1923, 1927)
HW:

Monday November 12 - VETERAN'S DAY - NO SCHOOL 

Tuesday November 5th
Reading HW:
HW: We will discuss our next assignment today.

Work for the Week of November 5th - Juniors

Monday November 5th
Reading HW:
HW: Finish The Awakening

Tuesday November 5th - ELECTION DAY - NO SCHOOL

Wednesday November 5th
Reading HW:
HW: Please write a sumptuous paragraph addressing the following question: How can we interpret the ending of The Awakening?  More specifically, is this an act of defiance?  An act of failure?  Something else?  Please be sure to use evidence to support your claims.

Thursday November 5th
Reading HW:
HW: Please complete one of the riddles at the bottom of the document by writing in the style of the assignment.

Friday November 5th
Reading HW:
HW: Work on your Awakening paper.

Monday November 12 - VETERAN'S DAY - NO SCHOOL 

Tuesday November 5th
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!  Bring in a printed draft for class.  If you need me to print a draft for you, email me at MrEricFerencz@gmail.com

Work for the Week of November 5th - Freshmen

Monday November 5th
Reading HW: Balzac 134-157
HW:

Tuesday November 5th - ELECTION DAY - NO SCHOOL

Wednesday November 5th
Reading HW:
HW: Final Draft Day for Childhood Reading Assignment

Thursday November 5th
Reading HW: Balzac 158-175
HW:

Friday November 5th
Reading HW: Finish Balzac
HW: Paper due in TurnItIn.com

Monday November 12 - VETERAN'S DAY - NO SCHOOL 

Tuesday November 5th
Reading HW:
HW: Bring in three pieces of evidence and a topic sentence that address the question: Why does the LCS leave Phoenix Mountain?

Work for the Week of October 29th - Seniors

Monday October 29th
Reading HW: Why Women Aren't Funny by Christopher Hitchens and compare it with the response "Who Says Women Aren't Funny" by Alessandra Stanle, "Why Men Aren't Funny" by Lindy West.
HW: Identify how Hitch arrives at such a radical conclusion.  Why does Hitch believe women aren't funny?  Does Stanley disprove Hitch's point?  Who makes the more compelling argument? 

Tuesday October 30th
Reading HW: Excerpts from "Bossypants" and "Why Not Me?"
HW: Don't print, just read.

Wednesday October 31st - 7th period - LECTURE HALL A - COMEDIAN PRESENTATION
Reading HW:
HW: We'll be hosting Mitra Jouhari, Ashley Gavin, and Ziwe Fumudoh, and Alison Leiby.  After watching some of their work, please write five questions for our speakers.

Thursday November 1st
Reading HW: "Rape Jokes Can Be Funny", Patricia Lockwood's "Rape Joke", Sarah Silverman's "Rape Joke" (read the comments as well!), "Can Rape Be Funny?", "What's So Funny About Rape?"
HW: Should rape be an "off-topic" subject for comedy?

Friday November 2nd
Reading HW:
HW: 

Monday November 5th
Reading HW: Sula 1-29
HW:

Work for the Week of October 29th - Juniors

Monday October 29th
Reading HW: The Awakening 12-17
HW:

Tuesday October 30th
Reading HW: "Professions for Women" by Virginia Woolf
HW:

Wednesday October 31st
Reading HW: The Awakening 18-23
HW:

Thursday November 1st
Reading HW: The Awakening 24-30
HW:

Friday November 2nd
Reading HW: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
HW: Don't print, just read

Monday November 5th
Reading HW: Finish The Awakening
HW:

Work for the Week of October 29th - Freshmen

Monday October 29th
Reading HW: "Ocean Vuong "Surrendering" , "The Book" by Hisham Matar
HW:

Tuesday October 30th
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.

Wednesday October 31st
Reading HW: Balzac 79-105 
HW:

Thursday November 1st
Reading HW:
HW: Complete draft day.

Friday November 2nd
Reading HW: Balzac 106-134
HW:

Monday November 5th
Reading HW: Balzac 134-157
HW:

Work for the Week of October 22nd - Seniors

Artist of the Week: Manal Al Dowayan

Monday October 22nd
Reading HW: Read to Chapter 40.
HW:

Tuesday October 23rd
Reading HW: Finish the book.  Do not read the Historical Notes.
HW:

Wednesday October 24th
Reading HW: "Historical Notes"
HW:

Thursday October 25th - (PTC Conference from 5:30 - 8:00 P.M.)
Reading HW:
HW: Common App workshopping!

Friday October  26th - (PTC Conference from 1:00-3:00 P.M.)
Reading HW:
HW:

Monday October 29th
Reading HW: Why Women Aren't Funny by Christopher Hitchens and compare it with the response "Who Says Women Aren't Funny" by Alessandra Stanley
HW: Identify how Hitch arrives at such a radical conclusion.  Why does Hitch believe women aren't funny?  Does Stanley disprove Hitch's point?  Who makes the more compelling argument? 

Work for the Week of October 22nd - Juniors

Monday October 22nd
Reading HW:
HW: Work on your papers!

Tuesday October 23rd
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!

Wednesday October 24th
Reading HW: Please read Chopin's Awakening up to Ch. VIII.
HW:

Thursday October 25th - (PTC Conference from 5:30 - 8:00 P.M.)
Reading HW: Please read Chopin's Awakening up to Ch. XII
HW:

Friday October  26th - (PTC Conference from 1:00-3:00 P.M.)
Reading HW:
HW: Paper due.

Monday October 29th
Reading HW:  Please read Chopin's The Awakening 12-17
HW:

Work for the Week of October 22nd - Freshmen

Monday October 22nd
Reading HW:
HW: Finish 1984.

Tuesday October 23rd
Reading HW:
HW: What was the Chinese Cultural Revolution?

Wednesday October 24th
Reading HW: Balzac - 41
HW:

Thursday October 25th - (PTC Conference from 5:30 - 8:00 P.M.)
Reading HW: Balzac - 45-79
HW:

Friday October  26th - (PTC Conference from 1:00-3:00 P.M.)
Reading HW: Tessa Hadley's "The Secret Garden"
HW:

Monday October 29th
Reading HW: "Ocean Vuong "Surrendering" , "The Book" by Hisham Matar
HW:

Work for the Week of October 15th - Seniors

Artist of the Week - Rebecca Louise Law

Monday October 15th
Reading HW: Sexual Danger packet.
HW: Don't print, just read.

Tuesday October 16th
Reading HW: Read to Ch. 24
HW:

Wednesday October 17th
Reading HW: Feminism packet.
HW: Don't print, just read.

Here's the Roxane Gay video from today.

Thursday October 18th
Reading HW: Read to Ch. 30
HW:

Friday October 19th
Reading HW: Slow Poison packet.
HW:

Monday October 22nd
Reading HW:  Read to Ch. 40
HW:

Work for the Week of October 15th - Juniors

Monday October 15th
Reading HW: Between the World and Me - 114
HW: 

Tuesday October 16th
Reading HW: Finish the book.
HW:

Wednesday October 17th
Reading HW:
HW: Work on your paper.

Thursday October 18th
Reading HW:
HW: Work on your paper.

Friday October 19th
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!

Monday October 22nd
Reading HW:
HW: