Annotation Guidelines

ANNOTATION GUIDELINES

Annotating allows you to have an active “dialogue” with a story. Reading is an active process. As you read a text, you should have questions, predictions, and opinions about what you are reading. Annotating also helps you navigate the book again when you need to prepare for tests, essays, and class discussions.

Annotating is a selective process. You do not want to mark everything because then nothing would stand out. However, you will need adequate annotations for each chapter. EVERYONE WILL ANNOTATE IN HIS OR HER OWN WAY, but to help you discern what to mark, refer to the following list:

BASIC ELEMENTS OF STYLE AND STRUCTURE
 Setting - make notes about the time, place, etc.
 Characters- circle or highlight each character’s name the first time you see it. Also mark the passages that describe the character’s:
• Physical appearance
• Motivations behind their actions
• Relationships to other characters
• Personality (especially changes in personality)
 Plot - events of rising action, climax, falling action and resolution
• Identify conflict types (Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, etc.)
• Make notes periodically at the tops of pages to help you remember what events are happening
 Vocabulary-Circle or highlight words you do not understand. When you find a definition for the words, write a synonym out to the side.
 Tone – Look for the following items to help you identify the author’s attitude toward the subject
• Diction – words with significant connotation
• Images – appeals to any one of the five senses
• Details – noteworthy facts
• Language – the sound of the text (formal, informal, colloquial, etc.)
• Syntax – sentence structure, punctuation, etc.

FOCUS ON QUOTES
Quotes can be 3 words or 3 paragraphs, but you want to keep it clear, concise, and focused
 Important or Striking Passages
• Highlight, underline, or bracket quotes that you find interesting, that poignantly demonstrates thematic issues, or that “talks” to you in some way.
 Confusing Passages
• If you find yourself baffled, offended, or puzzled in any way, write a question in the margin.
 Thought-Provoking Passages – mark passages that would provoke discussion about this book with others who have read it.
• connections to movies, current issues, history, or other pieces of literature
• commentary on issues of a social, emotional, ethical (moral), or spiritual nature
• examination of human nature in general / how the book does or does not hold true today

Pre Ap Calendar

Class Calendar for Pre AP English II
November 30, 2009-December 18, 2009
Weeks 6-9

12 more class days until your Winter Break!!!!!

Monday, 11.30.09
Turn in bell ringers
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Brutus to Cassius and include thoughts, details, events, etc. Homework- it will be checked tomorrow
Shakespeare Video


Tuesday, 12.1.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Brutus to Julius Caesar include thoughts, details, events.
Update study packet- Notes
Quiz Act I/II Part II- Tragedy Notes, Character and Conflict, Act I and II, Literary Devices (Extra Credit), Sentence Types, Phrases, Adverbs, Adjectives, Nouns. No short answer question on this quiz. ☺


Wednesday, 12.2.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Brutus to Antony….
Read Act III (page 93-137)
Update study packet questions/notes

Thursday, 12.3.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Portia to Calpurnia…..
Finish Act III

Friday, 12.4.09
Grammar Practice
TAKS Practice

Eligibility- 6 week cut-off

Monday, 12.7.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Antony to Brutus….
Start Act IV
Update study packet/Notes

Tuesday, 12.8.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Antony to Cassius….
Finish Act IV/Notes


Wednesday, 12.9.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Antony to Caesar…..
Act V

Thursday, 12.10.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page letter from Antony to Octavius….
Quiz on JC Acts III, IV, V (Test Grade) William Shakespeare, Acts III, IV, V, JC/Shakespeare Packet, and a short answer. You will not be able to use your book for the short answer question…know your quotes!

Friday, 12. 11. 09
JC Projects Due
TAKS or AP Practice

Monday, 12. 14.09
Bell ringers due
Work on Exam Review

Tuesday, 12.15.09
AP test Practice

Wednesday, 12.16.07
Exams: 1st, 2nd, 7th

Thursday, 12.17.09
Exams: 3rd, 4th

Friday, 12.18.09
Exams 5th, 6th

UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
F451-Read and annotate by Jan. 7th! Bring book on Jan. 8th
Argumentative Research Paper

Reg. Calendar Weeks 6-9

Class Calendar for English II- Spampinato

 

Weeks 5-9  November 18^th-December 18^th

 

 

Thursday, November 19^th

Grade warm-ups

Dialectical Journals due!

Finish Video and taking notes

Intro question for Julius Caesar

 

Friday, November 20^th

^{(5th Period- Finish video before}

^test)

Open-note test over Shakespeare Video

Intro question for Julius Caesar

 

Monday, November 23^rd

Hand out project for Julius Caesar (Due Monday, December 14^th)

Intro Question for JC

Group Activity-Friendship

 

Tuesday, November 24^th

Intro question for JC (ALL due today before you leave for break)

Finish Group Activity

 

Wed. ,Thurs., Fri.- Enjoy your Thankgiving Break! Be safe and eat lots of turkey!

 

Monday, November 30^th

Utopia

 

Tuesday, December 1st

Warm-up- Orange pg 13 Write and label the adjective and word it modifies

Background on JC

Begin reading Act I pg 7-45

Fill in your study guide as we read

 

Wednesday, December 2nd

Warm-up Orange pg 15 Part A and B

Continue reading Act I

Fill in your study guide as we read

Revise and Edit Practice I for Homework

 

 

Thursday, December 3rd

Warm-up Orange pg 16 Write and label the adverb and word it modifies

Act I Post Reading Figurative Language

Begin Act II pg 49-89

Fill in your study guide as we read

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, December 4th

Warm-up Orange pg 17 part B

Finish Act II

Fill in your study guide as we read

Revise and Edit 2 and Reading Practice 3 Homework

 

Eligibility Six Week Cut-off period

 

Monday, December 7^th

Quiz over Acts I, II

Warm-ups due

Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Cassius include thoughts, details, events, etc.

 

Tuesday, December 8^th

Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Caesar include thoughts, details, events, etc

Read Act III

Fill in your study packet as we read

 

Wednesday, December 9^th

Finish Act III and fill in study packet as we read

 

Thursday, December 10^th

Reading Practice Practice 4

Begin Watching Acts 1-3

 

Friday, December 11^th

Reading Practice 5

Finish watching 1-3 and begin 4/5

 

Monday, December 14^th

Finish Video and begin review

Project Due

 

Tuesday, December 15^th

Continue Review

 

Wednesday, December 16^th

Exams 1^st, 2^nd, 7^th

 

Thursday, December 17^th

Exams 3^rd, 4^th

 

^{Friday, December 18th}

^{Exams 5th, 6th}

 

^{Have a wonderful winter break!!! Be safe!}

 

 

 

Reg. Calendar Weeks 6-9

Class Calendar for English II- Spampinato

 

Weeks 5-9  November 18^th-December 18^th

 

 

Thursday, November 19^th

Grade warm-ups

Dialectical Journals due!

Finish Video and taking notes

Intro question for Julius Caesar

 

Friday, November 20^th

^{(5th Period- Finish video before}

^test)

Open-note test over Shakespeare Video

Intro question for Julius Caesar

 

Monday, November 23^rd

Hand out project for Julius Caesar (Due Monday, December 14^th)

Intro Question for JC

Group Activity-Friendship

 

Tuesday, November 24^th

Intro question for JC (ALL due today before you leave for break)

Finish Group Activity

 

Wed. ,Thurs., Fri.- Enjoy your Thankgiving Break! Be safe and eat lots of turkey!

 

Monday, November 30^th

Utopia

 

Tuesday, December 1st

Warm-up- Orange pg 13 Write and label the adjective and word it modifies

Background on JC

Begin reading Act I pg 7-45

Fill in your study guide as we read

 

Wednesday, December 2nd

Warm-up Orange pg 15 Part A and B

Continue reading Act I

Fill in your study guide as we read

Revise and Edit Practice I for Homework

 

 

Thursday, December 3rd

Warm-up Orange pg 16 Write and label the adverb and word it modifies

Act I Post Reading Figurative Language

Begin Act II pg 49-89

Fill in your study guide as we read

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, December 4th

Warm-up Orange pg 17 part B

Finish Act II

Fill in your study guide as we read

Revise and Edit 2 and Reading Practice 3 Homework

 

Eligibility Six Week Cut-off period

 

Monday, December 7^th

Quiz over Acts I, II

Warm-ups due

Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Cassius include thoughts, details, events, etc.

 

Tuesday, December 8^th

Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Caesar include thoughts, details, events, etc

Read Act III

Fill in your study packet as we read

 

Wednesday, December 9^th

Finish Act III and fill in study packet as we read

 

Thursday, December 10^th

Reading Practice Practice 4

Begin Watching Acts 1-3

 

Friday, December 11^th

Reading Practice 5

Finish watching 1-3 and begin 4/5

 

Monday, December 14^th

Finish Video and begin review

Project Due

 

Tuesday, December 15^th

Continue Review

 

Wednesday, December 16^th

Exams 1^st, 2^nd, 7^th

 

Thursday, December 17^th

Exams 3^rd, 4^th

 

^{Friday, December 18th}

^{Exams 5th, 6th}

 

^{Have a wonderful winter break!!! Be safe!}

 

 

 

Reg. Calendar Weeks 6-9

Class Calendar for English II- Spampinato

 

Weeks 5-9  November 18^th-December 18^th

 

 

Thursday, November 19^th

Grade warm-ups

Dialectical Journals due!

Finish Video and taking notes

Intro question for Julius Caesar

 

Friday, November 20^th

^{(5th Period- Finish video before}

^test)

Open-note test over Shakespeare Video

Intro question for Julius Caesar

 

Monday, November 23^rd

Hand out project for Julius Caesar (Due Monday, December 14^th)

Intro Question for JC

Group Activity-Friendship

 

Tuesday, November 24^th

Intro question for JC (ALL due today before you leave for break)

Finish Group Activity

 

Wed. ,Thurs., Fri.- Enjoy your Thankgiving Break! Be safe and eat lots of turkey!

 

Monday, November 30^th

Utopia

 

Tuesday, December 1st

Warm-up- Orange pg 13 Write and label the adjective and word it modifies

Background on JC

Begin reading Act I pg 7-45

Fill in your study guide as we read

 

Wednesday, December 2nd

Warm-up Orange pg 15 Part A and B

Continue reading Act I

Fill in your study guide as we read

Revise and Edit Practice I for Homework

 

 

Thursday, December 3rd

Warm-up Orange pg 16 Write and label the adverb and word it modifies

Act I Post Reading Figurative Language

Begin Act II pg 49-89

Fill in your study guide as we read

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, December 4th

Warm-up Orange pg 17 part B

Finish Act II

Fill in your study guide as we read

Revise and Edit 2 and Reading Practice 3 Homework

 

Eligibility Six Week Cut-off period

 

Monday, December 7^th

Quiz over Acts I, II

Warm-ups due

Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Cassius include thoughts, details, events, etc.

 

Tuesday, December 8^th

Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Caesar include thoughts, details, events, etc

Read Act III

Fill in your study packet as we read

 

Wednesday, December 9^th

Finish Act III and fill in study packet as we read

 

Thursday, December 10^th

Reading Practice Practice 4

Begin Watching Acts 1-3

 

Friday, December 11^th

Reading Practice 5

Finish watching 1-3 and begin 4/5

 

Monday, December 14^th

Finish Video and begin review

Project Due

 

Tuesday, December 15^th

Continue Review

 

Wednesday, December 16^th

Exams 1^st, 2^nd, 7^th

 

Thursday, December 17^th

Exams 3^rd, 4^th

 

^{Friday, December 18th}

^{Exams 5th, 6th}

 

^{Have a wonderful winter break!!! Be safe!}

 

 

 

Reg. Calendar Weeks 6-9

Class Calendar for English II- Spampinato

 

Weeks 5-9  November 18^th-December 18^th

 

 

Thursday, November 19^th

Grade warm-ups

Dialectical Journals due!

Finish Video and taking notes

Intro question for Julius Caesar

 

Friday, November 20^th

^{(5th Period- Finish video before}

^test)

Open-note test over Shakespeare Video

Intro question for Julius Caesar

 

Monday, November 23^rd

Hand out project for Julius Caesar (Due Monday, December 14^th)

Intro Question for JC

Group Activity-Friendship

 

Tuesday, November 24^th

Intro question for JC (ALL due today before you leave for break)

Finish Group Activity

 

Wed. ,Thurs., Fri.- Enjoy your Thankgiving Break! Be safe and eat lots of turkey!

 

Monday, November 30^th

Utopia

 

Tuesday, December 1st

Warm-up- Orange pg 13 Write and label the adjective and word it modifies

Background on JC

Begin reading Act I pg 7-45

Fill in your study guide as we read

 

Wednesday, December 2nd

Warm-up Orange pg 15 Part A and B

Continue reading Act I

Fill in your study guide as we read

Revise and Edit Practice I for Homework

 

 

Thursday, December 3rd

Warm-up Orange pg 16 Write and label the adverb and word it modifies

Act I Post Reading Figurative Language

Begin Act II pg 49-89

Fill in your study guide as we read

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, December 4th

Warm-up Orange pg 17 part B

Finish Act II

Fill in your study guide as we read

Revise and Edit 2 and Reading Practice 3 Homework

 

Eligibility Six Week Cut-off period

 

Monday, December 7^th

Quiz over Acts I, II

Warm-ups due

Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Cassius include thoughts, details, events, etc.

 

Tuesday, December 8^th

Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Caesar include thoughts, details, events, etc

Read Act III

Fill in your study packet as we read

 

Wednesday, December 9^th

Finish Act III and fill in study packet as we read

 

Thursday, December 10^th

Reading Practice Practice 4

Begin Watching Acts 1-3

 

Friday, December 11^th

Reading Practice 5

Finish watching 1-3 and begin 4/5

 

Monday, December 14^th

Finish Video and begin review

Project Due

 

Tuesday, December 15^th

Continue Review

 

Wednesday, December 16^th

Exams 1^st, 2^nd, 7^th

 

Thursday, December 17^th

Exams 3^rd, 4^th

 

^{Friday, December 18th}

^{Exams 5th, 6th}

 

^{Have a wonderful winter break!!! Be safe!}

 

 

 

Lord of the Flies Rev. Sheet

1. What is the scar and what caused it?

2. How do Ralph and Piggy solve the problem of organizing the survivors?

3. How does Ralph change as a leader throughout the novel?

4. What is the significance of the glasses to Piggy and to the group?

5. How do Jack and his tribe kill the pig? What does this foreshadow?

6. What is essential to the survival of this group of kids?

7. Give examples of when Jack shows his power.

8. In Chapter 5, why do you think things are "breaking up"?

9.  How does Piggy change after Jack leaves the group?

10.  Who is the Lord of the Flies?

11. What is the beast?

12. Why do the boys kill Simon?

13.  How do Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and  Samneric deal with their consequences?

14. How does Jack's leadership style differ from Ralph's?

15.  What sacrificial  offering does Jack's group make to the beast?

16.  What is ironic about Piggy's question, "What more can Jack do?"

17.  How is Piggy killed?

18.  What does the shattering of the conch symbolize?

19.  Why does Jack start the whole area on fire?  How did this plan backfire on Jack?

20.  What is the "better show" the Navy officer thought the British boys should have made?

21.  What is ironic about the comment "fun and games"?

22.  Why does Ralph cry at the end of the book?

23.  Discuss the use of nature in the novel, showing how it foreshadows what will happen, how it works against man, and how it parallels emotional states.

24.  How does Golding let us know they are becoming more and more savage?

25.  Compare Piggy and Simon as doomed heroes.

26.  Theme or themes of  the novel.

27.  Be able to identify symbols and their meanings. 

28.  Know the characters: Piggy, Simon, Ralph, and Jack.

29.  How does the setting of the story enhance the mood?

There will be a few questions over the grammar from the warm-ups and over literary terms...from your flip-book.  

Revised Calendar for Pre AP

Monday, Nov. 2nd

Dialectical Journal re-do due

Bellringers due

Utopia to work on V/Exodus and student led discussion

Tuesday, Nov. 3rd

Student Led discussion over V/Exodus

Wednesday, Nov. 4th

Quiz #3 pg. 230-245

Thursday, Nov. 5th

Bellringer- Phrases

Shakespeare Video/Cornell Notes

Friday, Nov. 6th

Bellringer-Phrases

Shakespeare Video/Cornell Notes

Antigone Notes through scene 6

nAntigone

nThe strength of man’s intellect, or moral sense, or affection and the rules which society has sanctioned.

nThemes

nChoice and their consequences

nChoices made for apparently logical reasons can have their terrible unforseen consequences. 

nCustoms and traditions

nPolytheists-believe in many gods

nGods and Religion

nBetrayal

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nCharacters

nCreon-  Recently made Kings of Thebes, he is the uncle to his sister’s children: Eteocles, Polynieces, Antigone, and Ismene

nEteocles-  He and his brother share the throne after his father left Thebes in shame.  He and Creon fought against Polyneices and his foreign troops.

nPolynieces- Married into Argos family; seen as a traitor

nAntigone- Niece of Creon and sister to the two boys. 

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nIsmene- Sister of Antigone and the two boys

nHaemon- Son of Creon and intended husband of Antigone.

nQueen Eurydice-  Haemon’s mother

nChorus Leader-  Usualy provides opportunity for dialogue within the chorus

nTiresisas-  Blind soothsayer who is able to look into the future

nPrologue and Scene 1

nEteocles and Polyneices fought against each other. (Brothers)

nCreon sees Poly as a traitor and orders that his corpse remain unburied which condemns his spirit to roam the earth for one hundred years.

nAntigone in her grief calls on Ismene to join her in carrying out the burial in spite of the ruling

nSisterly duty?

nIsmene- As a woman they should not question the decisions of men- especially an edict of the king

nEach fail to persuade the other

nScene II

nCelebrating victory over Argos

nCreon reiterates his edict

nChorus seems uncertain and asks that younger men perform the task

nSomeone has sprinkled dust on Poly’s body and this is an attempt at burial

nElder suggests this is an act of God

nCreon tells the guard he will be responsible unless he finds the guilty party

nScene III

nGuard captures Antigone

nAfter dust was removed she was caught trying to bury her brother a 2nd time

nCreon questions her and she admits

nCreon condemns her

nShe asserts she has done a noble deed by honoring her family and following the “unwritten law”

nCreon suspects Ismene

nShe gives a false confession WHY?

nAntigone absolves her sister and Ismene pleads for Antigone’s life and reminds Creon that she is family and also betrothed to his son Haemon

nCreon will not reverse judgement WHY?

nScene IV and V

nAs Antigone and Ismene are led away, Haemon appears.

nHe appeals to Creon’s ego and asks him to free them to show he is a kind and forgiving ruler

nRejects b/c laws will not be questioned by a woman

nWill execute Antigone in Haemon’s presence

nHe leaves

nRuling is to bury Antigone alive with enough food and water

nScene VI

Tiresias-Blind “seer” brought before Creon

Creon is responsible for the sickness of the land

Poly’s unburied body polluted the city and gods will hear no more prayers and surrounding cities are being affected

Lose his son out of tyranny and selfishness

Allows Poly to be buried and Antigone to be set free

Antigone hanged herself

Haemon tries to stab Creon and fails; kills himself

Eurydice takes her own life

Creon is now surrounded by death

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