The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Important Messages

ALL CLASSES:

Monday: Ch 9 notes

Wednesday: Chapter 9 Due: Cask of Amontillado

Friday: Cask of Amontillado

CHARACTER WEB & Qz

Course Syllabus

GRADES

posted Friday 5pm
 

Important
Handouts

Active Reading Strategies

Discovery Wheel
Character Web
Characterization
Compare & Contrast
Cornell Notes
Herringbone
SQ4R
Story Map
Word Web

How to Eat Alone

                       Daniel Halpern

While it's still light out
set the table for one:
a red linen tablecloth,
one white plate, a bowl
for the salad.
Add the proper silverware.
Take out a three-pound leg of lamb,
rub it with salt, pepper and cumin,
then push in two cloves
of garlic splinters.
Place it in a 325-degree oven
and set the timer for an hour.
Put freshly cut vegetables
into a pot with some herbs
and the crudest olive oil
you can find.
Heat on a low flame.
Clean the salad.
Be sure the dressing is made
with fresh dill, mustard
and the juice of hard lemons.
Open a bottle of good late harvest zinfandel
and let it breathe on the table.
Pour yourself a glass
of cold California chardonnay
and go to your study and read.
As the story unfolds
you will smell the lamb
and the vegetables.
This is the best part of the evening:
the food cooking, the armchair,
the book and bright flavor
of the chilled wine.
When the timer goes off
toss the salad
and prepare the vegetables
and the lamb. Bring them out
to the table. Light the candles
and pour the red wine
into your glass.
Before you begin to eat,
raise your glass in honor
of yourself.
The company is the best you'll ever have.

WEEK

WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS             

8/15 - 19

SYLLABUS;    Web Page 

Vocabulary web page: 80 % or better on each exercise, chapters 1 - 5   

CORNELL NOTES;              

CHAPTER 1 Due the first day of class

DISCOVERY WHEEL       

8/29 - 9/2

CHAPTER 2

UNIT 1 VOCAB. TEST & binder check (10 points)   

9/5 - LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

CHAPTER 3 due Friday

RANSOM OF RED CHIEF - HERRINGBONE  & QUIZ

9/12 - 16

CHAPTER 4  due Friday

Vocab. Chs. 7 -12 bonus this week; 7-8 M; 9-10 W; 11-12 F

CHAPTER 5  due Friday

OPEN WINDOW - WORD WEB & QUIZ

CHAPTER 6 due Friday

UNIT 2 VOCAB. TEST

10/3 - 7

MIDTERM  EXAM

STORY TELLER - STORY MAP & QUIZ

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

UNIT 3 VOCAB. TEST

10/31 - 11/4 

CHAPTER 9

CASK OF AMONTILLADO  -  CHARACTER WEB & QUIZ  

11/7 - 11 

CHAPTER 10

11/14 - 18 

CHAPTER 11

TELL-TALE HEART - CHARACTERIZATION & QUIZ

11/21 - 22 

CHAPTER 12

11/28 - 12/2

UNIT 4 VOCAB. TEST

UNIT 5 VOCAB. TEST (OPTIONAL) 

FINALS WEEK