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Summer Reading is at end of page.
Test Days: Monday and Thursday
Three days which work well for college visits are:
Monday. Oct 13 Fall Break
Wednesday Octover 15 PSAT
Friday, Octover 31 Conference Day
Check for any conflicts with your sports schedule.
Students need to bring a traditional composition book to class. Traditionally they have a black and white stiff cardboard cover. Color is unimportant.
Monday, Aug. 25: New Student Orientation
Tuesday, Aug.26: Classes Begin. Summer Reading Essays due. No late papers will be accepted. 1/2 day schedule
Wednesday, August. 27:
Thursday, August 28:
Friday, August 29:
Monday, Sept. 1: Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday, Sept 2:
Wednesday,Sept. 3: Dress Up Day. Honor Assembly
Thursday, Sept.4:
Friday, Sept 5:
Saturday, Sept. 6: Friends of the River. 8 am - 5 pm
Monday, Sept. 8:
Tuesday, Sept. 9:
Wednesday, Sept 10:
Thursday, Sept. 11: Faculty meeting after school
Friday, Sept. 12:
Monday, Sept 15
Tuesday,, Sept. 16:
Wednesday, Sept. 17: Half day. Back To School Night.
Thursday, Sept. 18:
Friday, Sept 19:
Monday, Sept 22: Half Day. Faculty Work Day
Tuesday, Sept. 23: College Info Meeting for Seniors and Parents. 7:30 Theatre
Wednesday, Sept. 24
Thursday, Sept. 25: Chapel Schedule.
Friday, Sept. 26: Dress Down Day.
Monday, Sept. 29:
Tuesday, Sept. 30:
Wednesday, Oct. 1:
Thursday, Oct 2:
Friday, Oct 3:
Saturday, Oct. 4: SATs
Monday, Oct. 6:
Tuesday, Oct 7:
Wednesday, Oct 8:
Thursday, Oct 9:
Friday, Oct. 10:
Saturday; Oct. 11: Homecoming
Monday, Oct 13: Fall Break Holiday.
Tuesday, Oct 14:
Wednesday, Oct 15: PSAT and ACT. No Classes.
Thursday, Oct 16:
Friday, Oct. 17:
Monday, Oct. 20: Sr. Cap and Gown Meeting at Lunch.
Tuesday, Oct 21:
Wednesday, Oct 22: Dress-up Day.
Thursday, Oct 23: Cap and Gown and Announcement orders - Lunch - Theatre.
Friday, Oct 24: Dress Down Day.
Monday, Oct. 27:
Tuesday, Oct. 28:
Wednesday, Oct. 29:
Thursday,, Oct 30:
Friday, Oct. 31: Conferesnce Day. No Classes.
Saturday, Nov. 1: SATs
Monday, Nov. 3: No Classes. VAIS Conference.
Tuesday, Nov. 4:
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Thursday, Nov. 6:
Friday, Nov. 7:
Saturday, Nov. 8: Cabaret.
Monday, Nov. 10:
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Wednesday,Nov. 12:
Thursday, Nov. 13:
Friday, Nov 14:
Monday, Nov. 17: Half Day.
Tuesday, Nov. 18:
Wednesday, Nov. 19: Eucharist. Dress Up Day.
Thursday, Nov. 20: No tutorial today.
Friday, Nov. 21: Dress Down Day.
Monday, Nov. 24:
Tuesday, Nov, 25:
Wednesday, Nov. 26: Half Day
Thursday, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving.
Monday, Dec. 1:
Tuesday, Dec. 2:
Wednesday, Dec. 3:
Thursday, Dec. 4: Travis Basketball Tournement
Friday, Dec. 5: Travis Basketball Tournement
Monday, Dec. 8:
Tuesday, Dec. 9:
Wednesday, Dec. 10:
Thursday, Dec. 11:
Friday, Dec. 12:
Monday, Dec. 15: English Exam
Tuesday, Dec. 16: History Exam.
Wednesday, Dec. 17: Math Exam
Thursday, Dec. 18: Foreign Language Exam
Friday, Dec. 19: Science Exam
Sat., Dec 20: Make-up Exam.
Monday, Jan 5: Faculty Work Day
Tuesday, Jan. 6: Classes Resume.
Wednesday, Jan 7:
Thursday, Jan 8:
Friday, Jan 9: Alumni Panel 3rd Period
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Friday, Jan 16:
Monday, Jan. 19: Martin Luther King Day.
Tuesday, Jan. 20:
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Friday, Jan 23:
Monday, Jan. 26: Half Day.
Tuesday, Jan. 27:
Wednesday, Jan. 28:
Thursday, Jan. 29: No Tutorial.
Friday, Jan. 30: Dress Down Day.
Monday, Feb. 2:
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Friday, Feb. 13:
Monday, Feb. 16: President's Day.
Tuesday, Feb. 17:
Wednesday, Feb. 18: Dress Up Day. NHS Inductions. 3:11 Dismissal
Thursday, Feb. 19:
Friday, Feb. 20: Winter Play.
Saturday, Feb. 21: Winter Play.
Monday, Feb. 23:
Tuesday, Feb. 24:
Wednesday, Feb. 25: NHS Snow Date (Dress-Up)
Thursday, Feb. 26: No Tutorial.
Friday, Feb. 27: Dress Down Day.
Monday, Mar, 2: Junior Work Week.
Tuesday, Mar. 3: Junior Work Week.
Wednesday, Mar. 4: Junior Work Week.
Thursday, Mar. 5: Junior Work Week.
Friday, Mar. 6: Junior Work Week. Half Day. Spring Break Begins.
Monday, Mar. 16:
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Monday, Mar. 23:
Tuesday, Mar. 24:
Wednesday, Mar. 25:
Thursday, Mar. 26: No tutorial.
Friday, Mar. 27: Dress Down Day.
Monday, Mar. 30:
Tuesday, Mar. 31:
Wednesday, April 1:
Thursday, April 2: Chapel Schedule.
Friday, April 3
Saturday, April 4: Annual Benefit Auction
Monday, April 6
Tuesday, April 7
Wednesday, April 8
Thursday, April 9:
Friday, April 10: Good Friday Observance.
Monday, April 13: Easter Monday Observance.
Tuesday, April 14:
Wednesday, April 15: Dress Up Day.
Thursday, April 16:
Friday, April 17:
Saturday, April 18: Jazz Festival.
Monday, April 20: Half Day.
Tuesday, April 21:
Wednesday, April 22:
Thursday, April 23:
Friday, April 24: Dress Down Day.
Saturday, April 25: Prom.
Monday, April 27:
Tuesday, April 28:
Wednesday, April 29:
Thursday, April 30: No tutorial.
Friday, May 1: Spring Play.
Saturday. May 2: Spring Play.. SATs.
Monday, May 4:
Tuesday, May 5:
Wednesday, May 6:.
Thursday, May 7:
Friday, May 8:
Monday, May 11
Tuesday, May 12:
Wednesday, May 13: Fine Arts Festival.
Thursday, May 14: Fine Arts Chapel.
Friday, May 15:
Saturday, May 16: Alumni Weekend.
Sunday, May 17: Sports Banquet.
Monday, May 18:
Tuesday, May 19:
Wednesday, May 20: Dress Up Day. Senior Chapel.
Thursday, May 21:
Friday, May 22: End of Grading Period for Seniors
Monday, May 25: Memorial Day.
Tuesday, May 26: Senior Exams
Wednesday, May 27: Senior Exams.
Thursday, May 28: Senior Exams. Graduation Rehearsal.
Fri., May 29: Dress Up Day. Awards Cweremony.
7:30 pm Baccalaureate
Saturday, May 30: 9 am Graduation
Summer Reading and Writing for English 12
Should you have any questions, please e-mail me at the address found on the Trinity web page.
REQUIRED READING For English 12
David Price's Love and Hate in Jamestown
Additionally, English 12 students are expected to watch the film The New World and write a three-page essay comparing and contrasting the film and the novel.
All the Pretty Horses by Cormack McCarthy
Additionally, English 12 students are expected to watch the film All the Pretty Horses and write a three page essay evaluating whether the book or the movie does the best job of developing John Grady's character. We read the remaining two novels in the trilogy during the regular school session.
These assignments are due the first day of school and no late papers will be accepted. Grades for these assignments will be based on the use of clear thesis statements and use of appropriate illustrations from the movies and the texts to reach your conclusions. Summer reading/film assignments constitute 10% of the first quarter grade. Delivery of these papers to my box in the office by Wednesday,August 20 makes them eligible for 10% extra credit. The regular session texts may be found below or on the Varsity Books web site. Be careful to have the correct ISBN number or else you might end up buying a book twice!!
I encourage you to buy "clean" used copies of your texts. Students may not buy annotated, underlined texts used by Trinity students with the following exception: Compact Reader. This is so because part of your grades next year can be a function of your annotations of the novels and play.
2007-2008 Course Book Lists (vocabulary study comes from the literature. See 1st quarter vocabualry acivity below.)
English 12
1. The Compact Reader: 7th Edition. by Jane Aaron. 2003 Paperbound 394 pp.ISBN 0–312–39225–7. (used during First and Second and Third Quarters). This may be purchased used with annotations.
Students may not purchase used annotated or underlined editions of the following texts used during the school year. Students are graded on their annotations in their texts during the school year. Most second hand editions available on the internet do not have annotations
2. The Crossing (The Border Trilogy vol 2.) by Cormack McCarthy Format: Paperback ISBN: 0679760849 Publisher: Vintage (1st Quarter).
3. Cities of the Plain: A Novel (The Border Trilogy vol.3) by Cormack McCarthy Format: Paperback. ISBN: 0679747192. Publish Date: 7/1/1999. Publisher: Vintage Books. (2nd Quarter).
4. Heat and Dust (Paperback) by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala # Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Touchstone; 1st Fireside Ed edition (September 15, 1987) . ISBN-10: 0671646575 # ISBN-13: 978-0671646578. (1st Quarter).
5. Jane Eyre by Brontë, Charlotte. Third Edition Richard J. Dunn (Ed.). 0-393-97542-8 • paper • 2000. A Norton Critical Edition. (2nd quarter) .
6. Macbeth (Oxford School Shakespeare) (Paperback) by William Shakespeare # Paperback: 160 pages # Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition (September 10, 2004) # ISBN-10: 0198321465 # ISBN-13: 978-0198321460 (3rd Quarter).
7. Wide Sargasso Sea by Rhys, Jean Wide Sargasso Sea Judith Raiskin (Ed.) 0-393-96012-9 • paper • 1998 B . (Third Quarter).
If you want to get ahead in the regular term, you may want to complete the Vocabulary Activity using your summer reading texts. Students who are slow readers or student athletes or both are encuraged to get this work out of the way early. The Vocabulary Activity is due each week and requires ten vocabulary words. It must follow the format precisely.
English 12 Mr. Wyllie
Weekly Vocabulary Activity
Each week during the school year you are required to submit ten vocabulary words. The source of your vocabulary words does not have to be from the readings, although this is encouraged. The words can come from novels, stories, poems, articles, essays, textbooks, newspapers, handouts, etc. In short the word can come from just about anywhere …. except LISTS! The words must be in use in the English language and should not be scientific or technical in nature. This assignment must be typed.
The format: Information on each word must follow the order below.
A. List the vocabulary word itself.
B. Identify where you found the word (the specific book, magazine, story, etc.)
C. Give the definition(s) of the word and its part of speech. Use the appropriate definition(s) based on the work's usage in the context of where you found it. If the word is a verb, note whether it was used as a transitive or intransitive verb in the context of the original passage. [N.B.: A transitive verb is a verb with a direct object and an intransitive verb is a verb without a direct object.]
D. Write out the sentence that includes the vocabulary work, with the word itself underlined. You may use ellipses (a vocabulary word ?!!?) only when the sentence is especially long;.
E. Compose your own meaningful sentence using the underlined vocabulary word in the same context of the original usage.
Examples:
1. Sepulcher - (Heart of Darkness) - a place of burial (n); "in a very few hours I arrived in a city that always makes me think of a whited sepulcher." Certain sepulchers in the world are viewed as highly religious places despite their emphasis on death.
2. Tacit - (The Awakening) - silent, saying nothing; understood without being openly expressed (adj.); "They seemed never before to have weighted much against the abundance of her husband's kindness … which had come to be tacit and self-understood." Rather than existing as an equal in their relationship, Ben was more of a tacit partner, preferring to remain in the background playing a supporting role.
3. Shuck - (Cities of the Plain) - to remove the husk or shell from (transitive verb); "He leaned against the doorframe and took his cigarettes from his shirtpocket and shucked one out and lit it. " While in the country, Johnny shucked the corn every afternoon, and was careful to remove the corn silk as well.