April 18-22

We've begun our final novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and will continue reading that and working on the final drafts of the research paper this week.


MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up.  Group activity: how does Kesey characterize McMurphy and Nurse Ratched?  What techniques does he use?  Begin reading Chapter 5 in class. Vocab story rounds activity.

Due: Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest through the end of Chapter 4.
Read the first 4 chapters of Cuckoo's Nest.  (There are no chapter numbers in many paperbacks and online.  Chapter 4 ends on approximately page 41: the final words of the chapter are, "And, like I explain, the Big Nurse gets real put out if anything keeps her outfit from running smooth" (41).

These chapters will be on a quiz next week and also a big part of our in-class discussions.  Pay close attention to how Kesey introduces Randle McMurphy.

Homework: Finish Chapter 5 for Thursday/Friday.  What is the bet that the patients make with McMurphy?

Please bring interview notes for research paper for Thursday/Friday.  Be sure you can access your draft electronically.

WEDNESDAY: (1st and 2nd period only.)  Journal warm-up.  Current event/issue reading, annotation, discussion.

Due: n/a

Homework: Study for quiz on Friday, finish Chapter 5 of Cuckoo's Nest. 


THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up.  Vocab/reading quiz.  Discuss Chapter 5 of Cuckoo's Nest and go through 6, 7.  Read and act out scene from Chapter 8 in class.  Begin research paper final draft: work in interview and outside reading book into the body of the research paper draft.  Cite interview in MLA format:

List the interview by the name of the interviewee (last name, first name). Include the descriptor (either personal, e-mail, telephone, Skype, Facetime, etc.) and the date of the interview:

Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 19 March 2016.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/09/

Due: Cuckoo's Nest, Chapter 5 read.  Interview notes for research paper.

Homework: Please read Chapter 9 and Chapter 11 of Cuckoo's Nest and make sure the working draft of your research paper is electronically accessible.  We will be working with the research paper next week, with the final draft due on May 3.

 NOTE: If you are reading an electronic version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, here are the first sentences of the two chapters:

Chapter 9: All through breakfast McMurphy's talking and laughing a mile a minute.

Chapter 11:  There's long spells - three days, years - when you can't see a thing, know where you are only by the speaker sounding overhead like a bell buoy clanging in the fog.