AMERICAN LIT – OCTOBER 2013
MON., SEPT. 30 Finish play and discuss
Vocab
Quiz
WRITING
UNIT II: The analytical essay
The
difference between observation and idea
Hand
out Roots 1 list
TUES., OCT. 1 Crucible reflection due
WED., OCT. 2 Developing the thesis
Back
to school night!
FRI., OCT. 4 Roots 1 quiz
Body
paragraphs, transitional topic sentences
Midterm
comments due
MON., OCT. 7 Hand out Roots 2 list
THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Intros
and Conclusions
TUES., OCT. 8 “The Declaration of Independence,”
Thomas Jefferson
Excerpt
from Memoirs of a Revolutionary War Soldier
WED., OCT. 9 Excerpt from The Midwife’s Revolt
What
were the roles of women during the Revolution? What were the
conditions like?
Setting
up quotations
FRI., OCT. 11 Roots 2 quiz
Famous Quotations
John
& Abigail Adams letters
MON., OCT. 14 Columbus Day
TUES., OCT. 15 Finish Group Crucible Paper and
discuss
Hand
out Roots 3 list
WED., OCT. 16 In-class essay on the Revolution.
What were the values that the Revolution espoused, based on the
literature you have read? How
do those values differ from Puritan values?
THURS., OCT. 17 SALEM FIELD TRIP!
FRI., OCT. 18 Discuss essays
AMERICAN
GOTHIC AND ROMANTICISM – Power point
Longfellow
poems
Roots
3 quiz
MON., OCT. 21 Edgar Allen Poe and the birth of the
modern short story
“The
Single Effect”
“The
Masque of the Red Death”
“The
Tell-Tale Heart”
TUES., OCT. 22 “The Fall of the House of Usher
WED., OCT. 23 Nathaniel Hawthorne – “Young
Goodman Brown”
FRI., OCT. 25 “Rappaccini’s Daughter”
Roots 4 quiz
MON., OCT. 28 In-class essay on Poe and Hawthorne
Idea
for short story due
Hand
out Roots 5 list
Tues., OCT. 29 Discuss in-class essay
Outside
Reading Presentations
Wed., OCT. 30 Outside Reading Presentations
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