American Literature-

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Class Description:  

In this course, students will continue to explore the fascinating world of American Literature. Through lecture, discussion, and readings, students will discover the changing patterns of American thought. Students will encounter new authors and perhaps get reacquainted with some that they have previously read. They will continue to develop their composition skills and to build their vocabulary.

California State Standards for 11th Grade


Course Outline:

This course will be literature based and will be a writing intensive course. Our discussions, lectures, and writing assignments will be derived from what we read in and out of class. Throughout the course we will read short stories, poems, lyrics, articles and various novels. The novels include:   The Crucibleand   The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In addition, students will complete an array of extensive essays employing technology, literature and historical context. Students will also view films and utilize technology as it pertains to the curriculum. Students will delve into the historical context of American authors and the authors’ lives. Students will be responsible for vocabulary and composition as it pertains to the literature and historical facets of this course.

Class News:

Persuasive Speeches Due Dates

Library WS-10/19 **** Outline-10/20 **** Rough Draft with Peer Revision-10/23 **** Final Draft with Rubric and Delivery with Rubric-10/27

Class Notebook Set-Up Guide

Cornell Notes and Costa's Levels of Questioning will be utilized across the curriculum and campus this year. Do you know how to complete Cornell Notes?   If not, ask Ms. R to teach you!

Calendar:

Day

Date

What We Did...

Monday

10/19
  • Counselors Office
  • Vocabulary 6 List: Poe
  • Cornell notes on POE p.306-307 and Read “The Fall of the House of Usher” with Cornell Notes (Packets)

HW: Finish Cornell Notes on Poe; Vocab Squares due Thursday; Vocab quiz Friday; Outline due tomorrow

Persuasive Speeches Due Dates

Outline-10/20

Rough Draft-10/23

Final Draft and Delivery-10/27

Tuesday

10/20
  • Stamp Outlines
  • Stamp Cornell Notes
  • Quick Write: Gothic
  • Lecture Notes: Romanticism
  • Writer’s Workshop: Rough Draft

HW: Vocab Squares due Thursday; Vocab quiz Friday;

Persuasive Speeches Due Dates

Outline-10/20

Rough Draft-10/23

Final Draft and Delivery-10/27

Wednesday

10/21
  • Writer’s Workshop: MLA Citations and Works Cited
  • Plagiarism Packets
  • Turnitin.com Packets

HW: Vocab Squares due Thursday; Vocab quiz Friday;

Persuasive Speeches Due Dates

Rough Draft-10/23

Final Draft and Delivery-10/27

Thursday

10/22

Minimum Day

  • Stamp Vocab Squares
  • Lecture Notes on Poe
  • Vocabulary Review Game

HW: Vocab quiz Friday;

Persuasive Speeches Due Dates

Rough Draft-10/23

Final Draft and Delivery-10/27

Friday

10/23
  • Halloween Extra Credit
  • Vocabulary 6 Quiz
  • Rough Drafts Due!
  • Writer’s Workshop: Persuasive Speeches

-Peer Review

-Delivery Practice

HW: Halloween Extra Credit due on Thursday; Persuasive Speeches Due Dates

Final Draft and Delivery-10/27

Monday

10/26
  • Lecture Notes: Mood, Tone, Gothic Style
  • Read: “The Tell Tale Heart” with Cornell Notes
  • Tell Tale Heart Q’s

HW: Tell Tale Heart Q’s; Final Draft and Delivery of Persuasive Speech TOMORROW! Halloween EC due Thursday

Tuesday

10/27
  • Final Drafts Due!
  • Persuasive Speeches (2)
  • Journal #__: What type of mood does the artist create with the painting on p. 309? How does the painting emulate Poe’s gothic style?
  • Discuss : “The Fall of the House of Usher” on p. 308

HW: Persuasive Speeches continue; Halloween EC due Thursday

 

Wednesday

10/28
  • Field Trip Permission Slips!
  • Persuasive Speeches (4)
  • Discuss: “The Fall of the House of Usher” on p. 308

HW: Persuasive Speeches continue; Read “The Raven” with Cornell Notes

Thursday

10/29
  • Persuasive Speeches (4)
  • Halloween Extra Credit Due: Sign Ups
  • Simpson’s Episode: “The Raven”
  • Film: Dead Poet’s Society

HW Persuasive Speeches continue:

Friday

10/30
  • Mrs. Hilstein’s Fifth Annual Petrifying POEtry and Tormenting Tales Day
  • Film: Dead Poet’s Society
HW: Persuasive Speeches continue next week! Read pgs. 384-392 on Transcendentalism with Cornell Notes; Romanticism and Transcendentalism Exam next Friday

Monday

11/2
  • Persuasive Speeches
  • Journal #__: What is the difference between the two five-dollar bills? How do they relate to what you’ve read about transcendentalism?
  • Stamp Cornell Notes from pgs. 384-392
  • Lecture Notes: Transcendentalism
  • Lecture Notes: Emerson
  • Read from Nature and read from Self-Reliance
HW: Read pgs. 400-413 and take Cornell Notes; Romanticism and Transcendentalism Exam on Friday

Tuesday

11/3
  • Persuasive Speeches
  • Journal # __: What do you think it would be like to live in Walden Pond?
  • Stamp Cornell Notes on Thoreau
  • Lecture Notes: Thoreau
  • Read from Walden pg. 403-411
  • Thoreau and Emerson Quote Worksheet
HW: Quote Worksheet due Thursday; Transcendentalism Exam on Friday

Wednesday

11/4
  • Becoming Transcendentalists
  • Journal #__: What does the picture convey about society? How does the picture relate to Transcendentalism?
  • Read: “The Road Not Taken,” ”The Man in the Glass,” and “The Parable of the Eagle”
HW: Cornell Notes on Dickinson pg. 418 and Whitman pg. 432; Bring ID Cards on Friday; Transcendentalism Exam on Friday

Thursday

11/5
  • Quote Worksheet Due
  • Stamp Cornell Notes on Dickinson and Whitman
  • Read: “I Heard a Fly Buzz,” “There is solitude of space,” “Leaves of Grass,” and “Song of Myself”
  • Lecture Notes: Conclusion and Overview of Transcendentalism
  • Film: Dead Poets Society-Worksheet
HW: Transcendentalism Exam on Friday

Friday

11/6
  • Romantics and Transcendentalists Exam
  • Film: Dead Poets Society - Worksheet
  • Collect Dead Poets Society Worksheet
HW: Meet in Library Monday with ID Card!!

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