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:
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)
Thurs:
Fri: folders
Week
16: November 23-27
Mon: Crucible
Essay paragraph 4 due on Turnitin at 7:00
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs:
Fri:
Week
17: November 30 – December 4
Sunday:
Crucible Essay—complete—due on Turnitin at 7:00
Mon: Crucible
Essay hard copy due
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs:
Fri:
Week
18: December 7-11
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs:
Fri:
Week
19: December 14-18
Mon:
FINALS
(Tuesday):