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Scroll down to find today's date and assignment ==This semester, we will study American Literature, but we're going to study it a little differently. Instead of working our way through the texts chronologically, we're going to study them through genre.== =We will also use essential questions to lead our discussion about the works.= = Scroll down to today's date to find the correct lesson/assignment. = __**Primary Documents **__ Exploration narratives- "Journey Through Texas", "Boulders...", "Journal of the First Voyage". On the left side, create a PowerPoint of images (1 for each piece) and explain what you think it was like to see that view for the first time. Read "The General History of Virginia" and "Of Plymouth Plantation". Take notes in a t-chart about John Smith and William Bradford. On left side, choose one of them and fill out the character chart describing them. Read Ben Franklin's "Autobiography". In the lab, write your own. **Homework: read "The Interesting Life of O.E" in the reader's notebook and Chapters 1-5 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass//** Discuss CH 1-5 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass//. Choose a passage from //The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano//. Create a found poem of the words from this passage. **Homework Read CH 6-9 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass//** Discuss CH 6-9 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass.// In groups, compare what Douglass' life was like under his different masters. **Homework Read CH 10, 11 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass//** Discuss CH 10, 11 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass.// In groups, read the "My Bondage, My Freedom" excerpt in the reader's notebook p171-178. Create a Venn Diagram that compares the two Read "The Declaration of Independance" (handout) and "The Crisis, Number 1" RN. Choose a world/social issue (problem) and write one paragraph that explains the problem. Then write a paragraph that offers resolutions to this problem.
 * January: PSAT Report to the computer lab.**
 * NO CLASS- Shortened Schedule due to 12p Dismissal**

Read "Civil Disobediance" excerpt (textbook p416-417). Answer discussion questions on p417. Read diaries, letters, journals from the Civil War (textbook p. 548-562). Left Side: make a chart of cause and effect in each of these pieces Read "Dust Tracks" excerpt (textbook p914-920). Left Side: Compare and contrast Hurston's school experiences with your own. Read "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (textbook p1232), answer the question, in what ways are the primary documents this week a form of protest? Assessment review Primary Documents Assessment (test). Notebooks due. Read Origin myths (textbook p18, p21, p24). LAB- Find illustrations for origin myths and create a collage. **Homework: Write your own myth** Research genres: detective, mystery, romance, horror. Fill out chart. Then go to [] and for each genre, create a Wordle. Print Screen the finished Wordle for each genre. Paste all the screen shots onto a single PowerPoint slide. Crop them so just the Wordle shows. Print in color and turn in. Read "The Devil and Tom Walker" Reader's Notebook p94-105. Review Mystery Elements worksheet Fill out Mystery Organizer for the story  **.** Using another mystery organizer, plan out your own mystery. **Homework: Write your mystery. Print out and bring tomorrow for peer editing. Read "Murders in the Rue Morgue" for class tomorrow** Discuss "Murders in the Rue Morgue" Fill out Mystery organizer. Read "The Purloined Letter" in class. Peer edit your mysteries using this rubric **Homework: Write the final draft of your mystery** Read "A Rose for Emily" (textbook p862) in class. Put the events in chronological order. Identify which genre it belongs to. List the elements present. **Extra Credit Homework: Choose one of these films [] and watch it. Then write a 1 page review that explains how it fits the detective or mystery genre.** Review notes on Elements of Horror Fiction and Prominent Examples. Read "The Minister's Black Veil". Create a chart that lists examples of these elements in the story. LAB- research two modern movies/tv shows that are detective/mystery/horror/gothic literature genre. Write 1 page that explains why they are in this genre (1 paragraph for each) Read "The Story of an Hour". Take background notes. Read "The Yellow Wallpaper". Create a Venn Diagram to compare the two. Then write a paragraph that explains how they are genre fiction. Read "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" (textbook p848). Put the events in chronological order. LAB- Write an essay that defines each genre we've studied and gives examples for each. Read "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" (textbook p981-992). Take notes on characterization. Fill out character wheel. LAB- finish genre definition essay. Read the background of the author and Introduction to //Ethan Frome.// Discuss answers to Focus Activity- the effect of gossip. Read as a class Beginning-II of //Ethan Frome.// Fill out the worksheets for Beginning to II. Read III-IV in //Ethan Frome.// Fill out the Glencoe worksheets. Create a facebook type profile on the left hand side for either Ethan/Mattie or Zeena Read V-VIII in //Ethan Frome.// Fill out the Glencoe worksheets. Choose 5 quotes and write a response to each. Share in groups and then with the class. Read IX in //Ethan Frome.// Fill out the Glencoe worksheets. List literary elements in the book, give examples and describe why they are important. Read the quotes given for each chapter. Explain why each is important to the chapters. Read Frost's related poems. Explain how they are similar to //Ethan Frome.// Choose an //Ethan Frome// project from the following list work on it: Read "Stolen Day" and explain how it relates to //Ethan Frome.// Work on projects. //Ethan Frome// review. Philosophical Chairs on whether or not //Ethan Frome// is a romance. //Ethan Frome// essay test. Definition essay on whether or not //Ethan Frome// is a romance. LAB- create a poster or PowerPoint that talks about the Romance genre. Should talk about different types of romance (modern romance books, elements, movies, etc.) **On your own: Read //The Scarlet Letter.// You may also find that watching the movie (but only if it's the 1926 silent one. You Tube has some of it []) will help you understand the unit. If you're not going to do either, go to [] and make sure you know what the book is about. I have posted suggested readings for each night here. HOMEWORK: Read CH 1-3** Go to [] and choose at least 5 reviews. Copy and paste them onto a sheet and then next to them write whether or not you agree with them and why **HOMEWORK: Read CH 4-6** LAB- //The Scarlet Letter// in popular culture. Create a collage of comics, movie references, song lyrics, books, paintings, etc. that reference the book. **HOMEWORK: Read CH 7-9** Symbols and analysis in //The Scarlet Letter.// **HOMEWORK: Read CH 10-12** Review detective, mystery, horror, romance genres. Create posters for each. Each poster/chart paper should include the following:  **HOMEWORK: Read CH 19-21** LAB- Design a project and a rubric to demonstrate you've understood genre fiction. **HOMEWORK: Read CH 22-24** LAB- work on your genre fiction project Present projects, graded according to rubric. Assessment review Genre Fiction Assessment Go over midterm, make corrections
 * 7 February:** Respond to a primary document [[image:http://www.citizens4freedom.com/Portals/TeaParty/articles/don_t_tread_on_me_poster.jpg width="265" height="299" align="left" caption="external image don_t_tread_on_me_poster.jpg"]] and a political cartoon[[image:http://www.liberty-news.com/cartoons/IndiansAndEminentDomain.gif width="500" height="346" caption="external image IndiansAndEminentDomain.gif"]] . LAB: Write a letter to the editor about a current event/social issue (I recommend that you choose the same topic as you wrote your problem/resolution paper on OR choose a topic off the What Do You Want To Learn board) [] **EXTRA CREDIT: Due by Test Day! Choose at least 3 primary documents, cut and paste them, explain them, write a response to them.**
 * rewrite Chapter IX, disregarding the Epilogue if you with. Create your own ending, but make it consistent with the rest of the novel
 * develop a diary kept by any character, with entries covering episodes from each section of the novel
 * write a letter to "Dear Abby" from any one of the characters asking for advice. Include the reply
 * Describe how you would have solved the problem differently from the way Ethan did
 * Make a visual representation of the novel's structure that is also a timeline of significatn events; note story elements
 * discuss the novel as a tragedy in the classical sense in which a flaw in the heros' character contributes to his downfall. What is Ethan's tragic flaw? and what is tragic about the situation?
 * create a visual representation of these "framed stories" indicating the various artists who paint their word pictures. For example, Wharton's larger pictures, and then the smaller frames of Herman Gow, Mrs. Hale and the narrator.
 * (12p Dismissal):** Read "Fatal Coasting Accident" and compare it to the events of //Ethan Frome.// LAB- Create a 1 page newspaper sheet that covers the events of the book. [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="file:mhsengl11/EF Newspaper.pub"]] [[file:mhsengl11/EF Newspaper.pub|EF Newspaper.pub]]
 * ALL LATE WORK DUE!** Puritanism, historical context of the novel (set and written). **HOMEWORK: Read CH 13-18**
 * MIDTERM Review**
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= **Adventure Unit** = Brainstorm the elements of adventure fiction. Give examples. Analyze comic book panels: []

Find a comic book panel, print out and write an analysis of it. **Homework- get an outside reading book for 4th marking period. Same list, same packet.** Watch a clip from "Deadliest Catch". Take notes on the characters, setting and conflict on one side of a t-chart. Read the excerpt from //Moby Dick// (textbook p357-374). Fill out the other side of the t-chart for //Moby Dick.// Choose a passage from //Moby Dick-// write down the key words/phrases on the left hand side, and then illustrate underneath. Do the same for the episode of "Deadliest Catch" //The Last of the Mohicans// webquest. Watch the following Prezi Choose five things in the Prezi and research them on your own. Turn in a worksheet with your research on it. Look at a map of the area to have a better idea of setting. Copy and respond to the epigraph at the beginning of Ch 1 and 2. Read Ch 1 and 2 as a class. If not finished, finish for homework. Read CH 3, 4, respond to epigraphs. Research the Native American history and garb of the tribes in the novel. Read CH 5, 6, respond to epigraphs. Fill out character worksheet with the illustrations of the characters **Homework: Read CH 7-11** Read CH 12-15, respond to epigraphs. Highlight and annotate select passages. Brainstorm and outline ideas for Senior Graduation Project. Read CH 16-19 respond to epigraphs. Look at map again for the book. Why is it important to realize where the events take place? Take notes on these prompts, finding specific evidence in the text to support you: captivity narratives, wilderness gothic, Native American stereotypes. Read CH 20-23 respond to epigraphs. Highlight and annotate select passages with sensory language. Write a poem using the sensory language. Illustrate it. Read "Walden" RN p142-149 and "To Build a Fire". Create a chart that describes the sensory language in both pieces. Compare them to //The Last of the Mohicans.// Read CH 24-27. Read "Ambush" textbook p834-836. Read "An Episode of War" RN 161-165. Take notes on how war is portrayed in both. Now compare them to //The Last of the Mohicans.// Read CH 28-32. **Homework: Finish book** LAB- Research your SGP Topic and create an annotated bibliography for it. You need five sources, at least one of which needs to be a book, and at least two articles from reputable sources. Turn in your highlighted research sourcesHomework: Brainstorm ideas for your project. LAB- create a project that chooses one of the prompts we covered last week and presents it using evidence from the text. You may also make comparisons with other works. . Use your highlighted sources to write your annotated bibliographies. Remember, two paragraphs per source- one to sum up and 1 to respond to/analyze. MLA formatted style. **DUE FRIDAY!** Review for assessment. Write a reminiscence that focuses on a personal adventure Adventure Stories Assessment. Write essay in class. Notebooks due.
 * 12 Dismissal** Projects due. Annotated Bibliographies due. Essential Questions Prompts. **EXTRA CREDIT FOR ADVENTURE UNIT- Due the day you get back from break!**

= **Rhetorical Modes Unit** = = LAB- Take printed out research and annotated bibliography and create an outline for your paper. Use this outline to write your rough draft which is DUE FRIDAY. = Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" p102, "Echo..." p191, "Virginia Convention" p203. Create a t-chart that lists the topic of each piece and then the opinion given on that topic. Read "Speech to the Virginia Convention" p207, "Gettysburg Address" p532, "I Will Fight No More Forever" p614, JFK's Inaugural Speech p1224. Take notes on each and specifically refer to sections by the last name of the author and the page number in parenthesis. Example: (Shimabukuro 41). LAB- Choose one of the speeches that we've read. Choose two literary elements present in the speech. Write a paragraph that analyzes the speech. Choose a social issue (I suggest you use the issue you're completing your community service on) and write an editorial on it. Your project will cover: For each topic you need to have: Your project should also include: What did you think of the project? How much effort did you put in? What grade (1-4) would give yourself? What could you have done better? LAB- Work on 2nd Draft. Incorporate notes from rough draft. LAB- Choose a current event article. Print it out. Write a position paper in which you state how you feel about it, and support your opinion. Then write a cause and impact paper that deals with the causes of this event, and what the impact was of this event Read Act I and Act II of //The Crucible.// Answer the questions on p1287, 1288, 1311, 1312 and turn in. Read Act III and IV of //The Crucible.// Answer the questions on p1339, 1340, 1358, 1359 and turn in. LAB: research one of the following historical figures: Create a resume, as though you were this person. Resumes will be graded according to A) how accurate they are about the person and B) how well they follow the format of a resume
 * SPRING BREAK! **
 * the Pony Express
 * telegraph
 * telephone
 * fax
 * email
 * an explanation/definition
 * why it was important
 * how it improved on technology that came before
 * how it affected people's lives
 * relevant, clear pictures
 * a typed (MLA formatted) Works Cited page
 * a 1 page reflection on the project that answers the questions:
 * ROUGH DRAFTS DUE! You may email them up until Saturday night, but later than that, and you will not have them in time for Monday's class! **
 * Caligula
 * Napolean
 * Gandhi
 * Booker T. Washington
 * Harriet Tubman
 * Neil Armstrong
 * Community Service DUE! ** LAB- Work on Timeline project.

LAB- Final Draft due at the end of class View and respond to //The Crucible// movie   Finish viewing and responding to //The Crucible// movie. Write a critical review of it.  Assessment review. LAB- create a project in Voki that "teaches" the unit (rhetorical strategies)  Assessment. Voki Project due. **Homework: Read p1-37 of //Of Mice and Men//**

=The American Dream Unit =  Brainstorm what the American Dream is. Discuss how the American Dream is seen in //Of Mice and Men.// Create posters (in Publisher) that illustrate how the American Dream has changed over time. If you finish early, start working on your American Dream project. **Homework: Read p38-65 of //Of Mice and Men//**  LAB- Research what the American Dream is, and has been for different generations. Start work on your project American Dream Project. Your project is due 1 June. You may choose any format for the project that you like, however, it must inc lude the following:

Your project will be graded according to: ** Homework: Read p66-107 of //Of Mice and Men// **   Do you think the American Dream is different for minorities? Read " Dust Tracks..." Reader's Notebook p292, Packet. Fill out worksheet
 * a definition of the American Dream now (with specific examples)
 * a contrast with the modern American Dream to what the American Dream meant to another time period (with specific examples)
 * an analysis of how the American Dream has meant something different for minorities, and women.
 * an explanation of why the American Dream is important
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">an explanation of how the concept of the American Dream has affected US History
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">reference, at least, the works we read as a class
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">whether or not all of the above guidelines are met
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">how accurate the information is
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">how much effort was put in
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">whether or not you referenced only works covered in class, or whether you did work on your own

Do you think the American Dream is different for women? Read "Everyday Use" Reader's Notebooks p337, Packet, "Mother TOngue" Reader's Notebook p365. Fill out worksheet  ** Homework: Complete your writing folders. Make sure you've uploaded the link to the discussion board. ** Ms. Rankin here to talk to you about shadowing for your SGP Final Exam Review
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**Present** **American Dream projects. ** Final Exam Review.
 * 1st Period Exam **
 * 2nd Period Exam **
 * 3rd Period Exam. Your final exam covers the entire semester. 78 matching (1 point each), 12 short answers (2 points each). **
 * 4th Period Exam **
 * 5th Period Exam **