What We Did—American Literature

 

Week 1: August 13-14

Thurs: Class Rules questions

Fri: Poe notes day 1; Scanning and Labeling

 

Week 2: August 17-21

Mon: read Poe poems; c&c sentences 1 and 2

Tues: read Poe poems; way wise word work

Wed: c&c sentences 3 and 4; Poe notes day 2

Thurs: c&c sentences 5; read “The Black Cat”

Fri: c&c sentences 6; Poe notes day 3

 

Week 3: August 24-28

Mon: read “Hop Frog”; begin Practicing with Meter

Tues: Poe notes day 4

Wed: quiz on having read “Life on the Ledge” and “Poe Critical Essays”; read Imp of the Perverse; work on Practicing with Meter

Thurs: “This Is a Test” due on Turnitin by 7:00 p.m.; read “Morella”; go over Poe Essay handout; go over How to Set-up a Word Processing Document

Fri: read “The Oval Portrait”; c&c sentences review exercise 1 and lesson 7

 

Week 4: August 31 – September 4

Mon: Poe notes day 5; read “The Tell-Tale Heart”

Tues: Poe Test—on the 8 tales; Poe notes day 6

Wed: Poe notes day 7; turn in notes

Thurs: Poe Poetry Questions—Form;

Fri: folders 1; How to Quote and How to Cite; get Frederick Douglass books

 

Week 5: September 7-11

Mon: NO SCHOOL

Tues: take “How to Quote and How to Cite” quiz; work on Poe Poetry Questions—Form

Wed: work on Poe Poetry Questions—Form (or) work on Poe Poetry Questions—Poetic Devices

Thurs: C&C 8&9; make notes for Poe Poetry Test

Fri: review “How to Quote and How to Cite” quiz; review Poe Poetry Questions—Form

 

Week 6: September 14-18

Mon: read Frederick Douglass

Tues: Poe Essay due, 7 p.m.; read Frederick Douglass

Wed: Poe Essay due, hardcopy; return Poe handouts; Poe Poetry Test, part 1

Thurs: Poe Poetry Test, part 2; finish C&C 8&9, with the review exercise

Fri: read Frederick Douglass; Poe Biography movie part 1

 

Week 7: September 21-25

Mon: C&C 10;

Tues: Poe Bio movie part 2

Wed: C&C 11;

Thurs: Frederick Douglass test, chapters 1-8; Poe poems due (a model and a parody); Random Writing Topics

Fri: “extra” body paragraph due, worth up to 20 essay points; folder 2; Light and Enlightening Look part 1

 

Week 8: September 28 – October 2

Mon: NO SCHOOL

Tues: NO SCHOOL

Wed: Poe mechanics rewrite due; review Poe tales

Thurs: Light and Enlightening Look part 2

Fri: Dan Williams presentation

 

Week 9: October 5-9

Mon: Light and Enlightening Look part 3; Frederick Douglass classwork

Tues: Frederick Douglass classwork; finish C&C 10, 11, and 12

Wed: Frederick Douglass classwork

Thurs: ride on buses

Fri: Frederick Douglass test 2—chapters 9 to end; movie: Frederick Douglass Biography, pt. 1

 

Week 10: October 12-16

Mon: Big Mama handout; work on Frederick Douglass classwork

Tues: Frederick Douglass Biography, pt. 2 (movie)

Wed: The Crucible: Readings from the Lit Book

Thurs: Emily Dickinson notes

Fri: Big Mama quiz; C&C Sentences 13 and Review Exercise 3

 

Week 11: October 19-23

Mon: Emily Dickinson notes

Tues: C&C Sentences 14

Wed: read Crucible packets; Integrating the Grammar of the Greats

Thurs: C&C Sentences 15 (turn in 14 and 15 together)

Fri: Folder 3; Emily Dickinson notes

 

Week 12: October 26-30

Mon: C&C sentences 16; Emily Dickinson notes

Tues: test on the having read The Crucible; work on Crucible worksheet 1

Wed: C&C sentences 17; Emily Dickinson notes

Thurs: work on Crucible worksheets

Fri: work on Crucible worksheets

 

Week 13: November 2-6

Mon: Emily Dickinson notes; Crucible movie

Tues: Emily Dickinson notes; Crucible movie

Wed: Emily Dickinson notes; Crucible movie

Thurs: Emily Dickinson notes; Crucible movie

Fri: Unscrambling to Imitate

 

Week 14: November 9-13

Mon: Emily Dickinson notes; Crucible movie

Tues: Emily Dickinson notes; Crucible movie

Wed: NO SCHOOL

Thurs: Crucible Test 2

Fri: Crucible Essay paragraph 2 due on Turnitin at 7:00

 

Week 15: November 16-20

Mon: [Unscrambling to Imitate due for period 5]; review Crucible paragraphs; finish compound and complex sentences worksheet

Tues: Emily Dickinson test 1 (multiple choice)

Wed: Crucible Essay paragraph 3 due on Turnitin at 7:00; Emily Dickinson test 2 (essay)

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Fri: folders

 

Week 16: November 23-27

Mon: Crucible Essay paragraph 4 due on Turnitin at 7:00

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Week 17: November 30 – December 4

Sunday: Crucible Essay—complete—due on Turnitin at 7:00

Mon: Crucible Essay hard copy due

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Week 18: December 7-11

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Week 19: December 14-18

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FINALS (Tuesday):