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American Literature is covered chronologically, so we start with reading Native American origin myths, then exploration narratives, then colonial/Puritan literature. Students are expected to read the material on their own, where indicated, and be prepared to discuss it in class on the day indicated.

"The Devil and Tom Walker" in reader's notebook p95-106. Notes on what people were like during the 19th century View and take notes on background video for Edgar Allan Poe. "The Raven" in reader's notebook p123-127, view and respond to "The Simpsons" version. Read and take notes on how slavery is seen in CH 1, 2 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass.// Read and explain how "The Minister's Black Veil" is a parable. Read and respond to CH 3, 4 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass// Describe allusions in //Moby-Dick// excerpt and what symbols are seen in it. Read and respond to CH 5, 6 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass// View and take notes on background video on //Walden.// Read //Walden// excerpt and make modern connections. Read and respond to CH 7, 8 in //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass//
 * __19th CENTURY LITERATURE__**
 * //EXTRA CREDIT: Watch a movie version of any of the following- Moby Dick, Little Women, The Last of the Mohicans, Sleepy Hollow, The Mask of the Red Death. Then create a poster that illustrates how the movie shows 19th century values/aspects of literature//**

Read and respond to CH 9, 10 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass.// Read poems by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Poem Analysis Read and Respond to CH 11 of //The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass.// LAB- Complete poem analysis Research report on time period. Create a poster to go with it. Finish research report and poster. Assessment Review 8 October: 19th Century Assessment, Goal 1 Assessment

Background Research on //Huck Finn// Complete a PowerPoint that gives background on life in the 1800s. Use this as the template  However, you are expected to add a lot of new information to it. **HOMEWORK Read CH 1-3** PSAT No Class. 12p Dismissal Discuss CH 1-3. Respond to related art. **HOMEWORK Read CH 4-6** Discuss CH 4-6. LAB: Take notes on the left hand side on historical context (copy chart from board that says how readers of the time would have seen things, how Twain meant them and how we see them now). Use the following websites for information: [] [] [] []
 * HOMEWORK Read CH 10-12**
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Guest Speakers in to present on jobs LAB- choose a job/topic you're interested in, print out all research you find, outline topic Read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" textbook p518. Put the events of the story in chronological order Read and respond to Civil War diaries, journals and letters textbook p543-561 Read "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" textbook p592. Answer the questions at the end of the story Write out your argument/controversy. Highlight all your research that is related LAB- research the frontier/west. Collage on images Read "Heading West" and "I Will Fight No More Forever" textbook p614. Complete Venn diagram on how both people see their future Read "The Story of an Hour" RN p214-217. Vocabulary for unit. Homework: Read "To Build a Fire" [] Media Center- find books that relate to your Senior Graduation Project Topic. Correctly cite it and write a paragraph that sums it up. Start typing up your annotated bibliographies. An annotated bibliography is the paragraphs you've already written that sums up and you will then write a paragraph in response to the source that says: -whether or not the source will help you on your topic -why you chose the source -how you'll use it in your paper Create a mask that respresents you. Read Dunbar's "Douglass" and "We Wear the Mask" textbook p650-654. Write a reader's response for each. Write a poem that honors your hero LAB- start typing up Community Service project. Continue typing annotated bibliography, look for more sources Respond to obituaries, gravestones. What do you think these reveal about the character? Background on Spoon River Anthology. Read excerpts from the textbook p658-664. Choose a classmate, interview them then write a first hand biography of them (essay or poem). Review for assessment Realism/Naturalism Assessment. Notebooks due. Community Service. Orally defend your SGP topic. Write a rough draft of your introduction

= The Modern Age = LAB- write an introduction to your SGP paper (use the paragraphs we wrote last week). Add what was missing in your oral defense. Form a group, choose one of the following projects to complete. Due 16 December. You will present them, dress appropriately. -Create newspapers for the events of the novel -Make a scrapbook that represents Gatsby's life -Write fictional letters from Gatsby to Daisy during the war -Rewrite the murder scene from Jay's eyes -Write a scene of the book as a scene from a play -Create a presentation on the 1920s that could serve as background for the novel -Create a presentation about color symbolism in the book LAB- research //The Great Gatsby.// Create a 1 page newspaper in Publisher that tells of the major events in the 1920s. Template: Read Chapter 1 of //The Great Gatsby.// Journal writing prompt. Take notes on how classism is seen in the first chapter. Left side- create webs for high, middle and low social class. For HOMEWORK: add pictures that represent each social class. Read Chapter 2 of //The Great Gatsby.// Journal writing prompt. Take notes on hypocrisy in this chapter. Create a web for the party scenes. Left side- respond to chart of different social Read Chapter 3, 4 of //The Great Gatsby// (finish for homework if not completed in class)//.// Create a map for the novel. Create a character analysis for Gatsby. Quiz on Chapter 4 of //The Great Gatsby.// LAB- 2nd draft of Research Paper Modern poems and analysis Read Chapter 5 of //The Great Gatsby.// Create a list of events based on map of setting. Writing Prompts Read Chapter 6 of //The Great Gatsby.// Chart of themes, motifs and symbols. Discuss color symbolism Read Chapter 7, 8 of //The Great Gatsby (//finish for homework if not completed in class). Synthesis notes.
 * We start //The Great Gatsby// this week. The following websites will be referenced:**
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Read Chapter 9 of //The Great Gatsby.// Quote analysis worksheet LAB- ASVAB results Work on Gatsby projects Assessment review. Present Gatsby projects (dress appropriately) Modern Age Assessment. NEA Essay Topics.
 * FINAL DRAFT OF SGP PAPER DUE**

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