1. The Great Gatsby Close Reading & Analysis Questions, Chapters 7-9, due Friday (downloadable doc)
2. Color imagery journal due Friday
3. Truth, Lies & Rumors matrix due Friday
4. The Great Gatsby theme analysis essay due Monday

• Analysis quiz using matrices
• Chapter 6

Be sure to get a good night's rest tomorrow ... ACT testing is on Wednesday!

1. Update Color Matrix ... quiz on Monday
2. Update Truth, Lies & Rumor Matrix ... quiz on Monday

1. Read Chapter 4 for Wednesday
2. Complete Study Questions Chapters 3-4 (downloadable doc) for Wednesday

1. Vocabulary Unit Four exercises
2. The Great Gatsby Chapters 1-2 questions

1. Create a matrix that answers the following questions:
   • List 3 general topics the author, Fitzgerald, has presented in the novel.
   • What is Fitzgerald trying to say about each of these subjects? Brainstorm .... take a guess .... don't worry about finding the "right" answer!
   • What clues in the text can you find to support your thinking?
2. Continue Color Imagery Journal (The Great Gatsby)
3. Continue Truth, Lies & Rumor matrix (The Great Gatsby)

1. Vocabulary Unit Four exercises due Wednesday. (Available as a download)
2. Complete Chapters 1-2 questions (The Great Gatsby) for Wednesday. Be sure to follow the instructions! (Available as a download)
3. Continue Color Imagery Journal (The Great Gatsby)
4. Continue Truth, Lies & Rumor matrix (The Great Gatsby)

• Vocabulary Unit Three sentence completion quiz
• The Great Gatsby independent reading

1. Read through the end of Chapter 1 (The Great Gatsby) for Monday
2. Continue Color Imagery Journal (The Great Gatsby)
3. Continue Truth, Lies & Rumor matrix (The Great Gatsby)

• Vocabulary Unit Three cumulative quiz comments
• "Winter Dreams" timed writing comments
• The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

1. Vocabulary Unit Three sentence completion cumulative quiz on Friday
2. Bring sticky notes for The Great Gatsby unless you have a personal copy of the novel
3. Begin Color Imagery Journal (The Great Gatsby)
4. Begin Truth, Lies & Rumor matrix (The Great Gatsby)

1. Reread & annotate "Winter Dreams" (586) for Monday following Spring Break. Annotate the following specifics:
   • A theme demonstrated in the story (expressed as a sentence
   • How the theme is developed in the story
   • The theme's real world implications
   Timed writing prompt on Monday following Spring Break
2. AP Language & AP Lit auditions on Tuesday & Wednesday following Spring Break at 2:30-3:30 in C-14 and C-16
3. Locate a copy of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, for Wednesday following Spring Break

• Dramatic tableaux presentations
• "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (586)
  • Reading & analysis (downloadable doc)

1. Finish reading & analyzing (downloadable doc) "Winter Dreams" (586) for Friday
2. Cumulative vocabulary quiz (Units 1, 2 and 3) on Friday

1. Biographical analysis matrix
2. Vocabulary Unit Three exercises
3. Short story readings
4. Dramatic tableaux

• Modern Short Stories quiz
• Dramatic tableaux presentations

1. "The American Dream" analysis chart
2. Biographical analysis matrix
3. Short story readings

• Modern Literature Dramatic Tableaux: Discussion & planning
• Vocabulary Unit Three list & exercises

1. Vocabulary Unit Three exercises due Monday
2. Quiz on modern short stories on Monday
3. Tableaux presentations on Monday ... bring any props!

1. Finish reading "The Life You Save Might Be Your Own" (674) for Friday
2. Complete "American Dream" analysis chart for Friday
3. Complete biographical analysis chart for Friday

11:34 - 12:24	1st hour Monday
12:29 - 1:19	2nd hour Monday
1:24 - 2:16	3rd hour Monday

• Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton
• "A Wagner Matinee", Willa Cather
• "The Leader of the People", John Steinbeck
• "Soldier's Home", Ernest Hemingway
• "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", James Thurber
• "A Worn Path", Eudora Welty
• "The Life You Save Might Be Your Own", Flannery O'Connor

Essential questions:

• What does each literary work communicate about "the American Dream"?
• How does each author's life experiences influence the literary work?

1. Finish reading "The Life You Save Might Be Your Own" (674) for Friday
2. Complete "American Dream" analysis chart for Friday
3. Complete biographical analysis chart for Friday

1. "The Leader of the People", John Steinbeck
2. "Soldier's Home", Ernest Hemingway

• Analysis chart instructions & discussion
• "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber (624)

1. Find textual evidence related to the "American Dream", as discussed in class for each modern short story
   • How does each author/character define the "American Dream?"
   • What is each author's/character's attitude about the "American Dream?"

     Create a chart for Monday (template available online) that demonstrates your observations. Write a thesis statement for each short story and find 3 textual evidences to support the thesis.

2. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (624), James Thurber
3. "A Worn Path" (634), Eudora Welty

• "A Wagner Matinee" quiz
• John Steinbeck's "The Leader of the People" (609)

1. Finish reading John Steinbeck's "The Leader of the People" (609) for Wednesday
2. Read Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" (653) for Wednesday

• Background notes
• "A Wagner Matinee" independent analysis

• Trace Georgiana's transformation throughout the story
• Determine the connection of setting to theme
• Analyze the significance of the crying motif

1. Ethan Frome illustrations
2. "The Moderns" text reading

1. Read Willa Cather's biography (538) for Friday
2. Read & annotate Willa Cather's short story, "A Wagner Matinee" for Friday

1. Ethan Frome thesis template questions
2. Ethan Frome thesis statement

• Spring Semester Vocab Units One & Two quiz
• Modernism overview

1. Create a drawing for each lyric you selected for Ethan Frome, due Wednesday

   Make sure you adhere to the following requirements:

   • Reflects thoughtfulness & thoroughness
   • Hand-drawn & colorful
   • Completed with excellence (not a last-minute effort)
   • Clearly labeled with specific lyric line (front of illustration)
   • Clearly labeled with song title & artist (front of illustration)
   • Clearly labeled with name & period (front of illustration)
2. Read "The Moderns" (524-536) for Wednesday

1. Song lyrics (Ethan/Zeena and Ethan/Mattie)
2. Ethan Frome literary period paragraph
3. Ethan Frome literary period analysis record

1. Answer the 5 thesis template questions provided in class, MLA formatted, due Monday
2. Write a thesis statement for the Ethan Frome literary period classification essay, MLA formatted, may be on same paper as 5 thesis template questions, due Monday
3. Spring Semester Vocab Units One & Two cumulative quiz on Monday

1. Bring your song lyrics for Ethan/Mattie and Ethan/Zeena to class Friday
2. Using your literary period analysis record, write a paragraph that justifies whether Ethan Frome should be classified as realist, naturalist, or regionalist literature. Due Friday.
3. Ethan Frome literary period analysis record due Friday

• Quiz, Chapters 4 - 7
• Chapter 8 analysis

1. Some couples have a special song -- one that was playing when they first met or during their first kiss or one that just reminds them of each other.

   Based on the nature of their relationship and experiences together, what should Ethan and Zeena's song be? What about Ethan and Mattie's?

   • Choose a song for each couple that you think sums up their relationship.
   • Bring a copy of the lyrics to class. Be prepared to explain in detail why you think the lyrics fit the couple. Due Wednesday, February 20.

• Correction on Vocabulary Unit Two exercises
• Ethan Frome Chapters 7 & 8

1. Read Ethan Frome Chapter 9 for Friday
2. Respond to each of the following topics in one fluid paper, MLA formatted, due Friday.
   • How much of who we are depends on our circumstances? How much control over our lives do circumsntances have?
   • How greatly does our own attitude toward circumstances affect our choices?
   • Is it possible to pursue one's own desires as well as fulfill family or group responsibilities?
3. Continue analysis of literary period characteristics for Ethan Frome, Prolugue through Chapter 9 (5 examples per chapter). All analysis notes will be due next Wednesday, February 20.

1. Chapter 5 reading
2. Analysis of literary period characteristics (5 per chapter)

• Ethan Frome quiz (8 short answer questions about Chapter 5)
• Spring Semester Vocabulary Unit Two list
• Spring Semester Vocabulary Unit Two exercises
• Ethan Frome Chapter 6

1. Spring Semester Vocabulary Unit Two exercises due Wednesday
2. Finish reading Ethan Frome Chapter 6 for Wednesday
3. Continue analysis of literary period characteristics for Ethan Frome, Prologue through Chapter 6 (5 examples per chapter)

1. Vocabulary test story revision
2. Ethan Frome Literary Period Characteristics (Prologue-Chapter 3

• Prologue - Chapter 3 review
• Examples of Realism, Naturalism & Regionalism
• Chapter 4

1. Read Ethan Frome Chapter 5 for Monday
2. Continue analysis of literary period characteristics in Ethan Frome, Chapters 4 & 5 (5 examples per chapter)

• Vocabulary test comments & suggestions
• Ethan Frome Prologue - Chapter 3
  • Realism, Naturalism & Regionalism characteristics
  • Collaborative analysis

1. All late work is due on Friday!
2. Vocabulary test story revision due Friday
3. Analysis of Literary Period Characteristics in Ethan Frome Prologue - Chapter 3 due Friday (5 examples per chapter)

• Spring Semester SAT Vocabulary Unit One test
• "To Build a Fire" wrap-up

1. It's time to take care of LATE WORK or you will not receive credit! All late work due by Friday, February 8.
2. Ethan Frome Questions, Prologue to Chapter III

• Key aspects of the literary movement
• "To Build a Fire" (496)

1. Finish reading "To Build a Fire" (496) for Monday
2. Complete "To Build a Fire" analysis questions for Monday
3. Vocabulary test on Monday (spelling, definitions, usage)

1. Read Prologue and Chapters I-III for Friday
2. Complete Ethan Frome study guide questions for Friday

• Comic devices overview & examples
• Ethan Frome Prologue (Edith Wharton)

1. Position speech
2. Mark Twain readings
   • "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
   • "The Damned Human Race"

• Spring Semester Vocabulary Unit One (list & exercises)
• Mark Twain: Literary Giant

1. Download, print & review Comic Devices notes for Monday
2. Find examples of each comic device in both Twain selections
   • "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
   • "The Damned Human Race"
3. Spring Semester Vocabulary Unit One Exercises due Monday

1. Civil War & Social Protest literature analysis questions
2. 1-1/2 to 2 page (MLA formatted) position speech

• Peer analysis: Civil War & social protest literature
• Whole group reporting
• Moving on to Regionalism: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" (Mark Twain)

1. Finish reading "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" (Mark Twain) for Friday
2. Read "The Damned Human Race" (Mark Twain) for Friday

1. Download, print & complete Civil War & Social Protest Assignment for Wednesday
2. Select a contemporary, objectionable issue that has the potential to divide society. Then write a 1-1/2 to 2 page (MLA formatted) position speech to your classmates. Be sure to use elements of persuasion and debate, along with appropriate spelling, grammar and punctuation. Due Wednesday.

• Civil War & social protest literature analysis assignment
• Regionalism: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", Mark Twain

1. Download, print & complete Civil War & Social Protest Assignment for Wednesday
2. Select a contemporary, objectionable issue that has the potential to divide society. Then write a 1-1/2 to 2 page (MLA formatted) position speech to your classmates. Be sure to use elements of persuasion and debate, along with appropriate spelling, grammar and punctuation. Due Wednesday.

Civil War perspectives

• Small group discussion of Civil War selections
  • "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (Ambrose Bierce)
  • "A Mystery of History" (Stephen Crane)
  • "A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim" (Walt Whitman)
• Whole group reading of 19th century American protest literature
  • "Indian Oratory: The Trail of Tears" (Chief Speckled Snake and Chief Joseph)
  • "What the American Woman Wants" (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
  • "What the Black Man Wants" (Frederick Douglass)

1. Finish reading 19th century American protest literature for Friday
2. Download, print and complete assignments on Civil War & social protest literature Friday

• From Romance to Reality: background notes
• "A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim" (Walt Whitman)

1. Create a chart (MLA formatted) that compares three pieces of Civil War literature for Wednesday:
   • "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (468)
   • "A Mystery of Heroism" (486)
   • "A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim" (downloadable doc)
2. Read & annotate excerpt from "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (426-430) for Wednesday

• From Romance to Reality: Discussion Notes
• "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" film version

Period 2 only: From Romance to Realism: Discussion Notes

• Where have we been?
• Where are we going?
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce (468)

Period 3: Finish reading An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (468) for Wednesday.
If you do not have a text yet, read the short story by clicking HERE.

1. Literary analysis rewrites may be submitted through the last day of finals and must be submitted with original draft
2. All comparative essays due Monday ... NO EXCEPTIONS!
3. Final Exam Period 2: Monday, December 17, 10:35
4. Final Exam Period 3: Tuesday, December 18, 9:00

1. Writing assignment for Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government"
2. Comparative analysis thesis statement

• Wrapping up loose ends ...
• The Scarlet Letter film version ... We won't be able to finish it, but we can enjoy at least a little!

1. Literary analysis rewrites may be submitted through the last day of finals and must be submitted with original draft
2. All comparative essays due Monday ... NO EXCEPTIONS!
3. Final Exam Period 2: Monday, December 17, 10:35
4. Final Exam Period 3: Tuesday, December 18, 9:00

1. "Nature" analysis
2. Comparative analysis thesis statement

• Quick quiz: "Walden"
• Writing assignment: "Resistance to Civil Government"

1. Finish The Scarlet Letter for Wednesday. Bring in your ideas about themes, symbols, and motifs.
2. If you did not read Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" in class, read for Wednesday.
3. ALIS comparative essay due next Monday ... NO EXCEPTIONS!
4. Final Exam Period 2: Monday, December 17, 10:35
5. Final Exam Period 3: Tuesday, December 18, 9:00

1. ALIS comparative analysis thesis
2. Late assignments

• Final exam study guide (downloadable doc)
• Response to Emerson's "Self-Reliance"
• Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Nature" close reading & small group discussion

1. Read "Walden, Life in the Woods" (Thoreau 233-244). You must be prepared for a lengthy close reading assignment in class on Monday! The assignment will be due at the end of class, NO EXCEPTIONS or LATE WORK accepted.
2. Finish "Nature" analysis for Monday
3. Finish The Scarlet Letter by next Wednesday, December 12. Bring your book to class next week.
4. ALIS comparative analysis essay due Monday, December 17 ... NO EXCEPTIONS for late papers!
5. Final Exam Period 2: Monday, December 17, 10:35
6. Final Exam Period 3: Tuesday, December 18, 9:00

1. Music video lyric analysis chart
2. Emerson's "Self-Reliance" questions

1. ALIS literary analysis essay due NOW ... it is already LATE
2. ALIS comparative literary analysis thesis statement due ASAP for feedback and approval purposes
3. Finish The Scarlet Letter by next Wednesday, December 12
4. ALIS comparative analysis essay due Monday, December 17 ... NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASON!
5. Final Exam Period 2: Monday, December 17, 10:35
6. Final Exam Period 3: Tuesday, December 18, 9:00

• Ralph Waldo Emerson's biography & "Self-Reliance"
• Contemporary music video analysis:
  • Gavin DeGraw's "I Don't Want To Be"
  • Rufus Wainwright's "Nothing's Gonna Change My World"
  • Natash Bedingfield's "Unwritten"

1. Read "Nature" (Ralph Waldo Emerson, text 219-221) for Wednesday
2. Read "Self-Reliance" and complete questions (downloadable doc) for Wednesday
3. Complete analysis chart for music videos (downloadable doc) shown in class for Wednesday
4. Finish The Scarlet Letter by Wednesday, December 12
5. ALIS comparative analysis essay due Monday, December 17 ... NO EXCEPTIONS!
6. Final Exam Period 2: Monday, December 17, 10:35
7. Final Exam Period 3: Tuesday, December 18, 9:00

1. Romantic poetry illustration
2. "The American Renaissance" reading

1. ALIS literary analysis essay due Monday
2. ALIS comparative analysis thesis due Monday
3. Final Exam Period 2: Monday, December 17, 10:35
4. Final Exam Period 3: Tuesday, December 18, 9:00

1. Schedule a conference time with me to discuss your ALIS literary analysis & comparative analysis
2. Create an illustration (no computer graphics) that reflects a major thought expressed in one of the Romantic poems for Friday. Label with poem title and author. Neatness, creativity and thoughtfulness count!
3. Read and annotate "The American Renaissance" (text 206-214)
4. ALIS literary analysis essay due Monday
5. ALIS comparative analysis thesis due Monday
6. Final Exam Period 2: Monday, December 17, 10:35
7. Final Exam Period 3: Tuesday, Dcember 18, 9:00

• Thanatopsis, William Cullen Bryant (170)
• The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (176)
• The Cross of Snow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (178)
• The Chambered Nautilus, Oliver Wendell Holmes(188)
• Old Ironsides, Oliver Wendell Holmes(190)

1. Read The Scarlet Letter Chapters 14-16 for Monday November 26
2. If you did not submit a thesis statement in class today, send your thesis to Mrs. P by email before reutrning to school on Monday. You will need feedback/approval before commencing your literary analysis essay.

• What do the next few weeks look like? (downloadable PPT)
• Preparing to write the literary analysis (downloadable PPT)

1. Read and annotate completely by Monday
2. Design an argumentative thesis for a literary analysis essay and email to Paswaters for feedback, if desired. Otherwise, hard copy due Monday

• 1-2 sentence summaries for each chapter, 1-13, timed writing
• Web conferencing at Nicenet

1. Respond to all conference topics at Nicenet
2. Read and annotate your ALIS novel. You should be completely through your novel by next Monday, November 19
3. Bring your ALIS novel to class Friday

• ALIS check-up
  • Annotations
  • Questions
  • Comments
• The Scarlet Letter Chapter 11

1. Read The Scarlet Letter through the end of Chapter 13
2. Read and annotate your ALIS novel. You should be completely through your novel by next Monday, November 19
3. Record your comments at Nicenet online classroom

1. American Romanticism PPT notes
2. Comparative paragraph (Imagery: Poe & Irving)
3. ALIS short response paragraph
4. The Fall of the House of Usher analysis questions (late)
5. Comparative outline (Puritanism & Romanticism) (late)

• How to register at ICA
• Characteristics of American Romanticism
• Rip Van Winkle (154)

1. Register for classes at Nicenet and respond to conference topics
2. Finish Rip Van Winkle (154). Determine 5 obvious Romantic charateristics, along with textual evidence and appropriate citations. Due Friday.
3. Bring ALIS to class to independent study on Friday. Your ALIS novel must be finished by November 19 in time for a literary analysis essay assignment (less than 2 weeks).

1. The Fall of the House of Usher analysis questions
2. ALIS novel

• ALIS novel quick write
• The Fall of the House of Usher discussion: literary analysis

1. Download and print "American Romanticism" powerpoint notes and bring to class on Wednesday
2. Read pages 154-155 of Rip Van Winkle and write an MLA formatted paragraph that compares Irving's use of imagery to Poe's use of imagery in The Fall of the House of Usher. Be sure to include a strong topic sentence. Due Wednesday.

• "American Romanticism" quick quiz with notes
• The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (263)

1. Finish reading, analyzing & annotating The Fall of the House of Usher (263) for Friday
2. Download and complete Usher analysis questions and be prepared for discussion on Friday
3. Your ALIS novel must be finished by November 19 in time for a literary analysis essay assignment (less than 3 weeks)

1. Comparative outline
2. ALIS proposal

• Review Chapter 9, "The Leech"
• Read Chapter 10, "The Leech and His Patient"
  • How does the idea of "hidden sin" come to play in this chapter?
  • What is the significance of Pearl's remarks to her mother?
  • What do you think Chillingworth finds on Dimmesdale's chest?

1. Read and annotate "American Romanticism" introduction (138-150). Bring your notes to class on Wednesday.
2. Your ALIS novel must be finished by November 19 in time for a literary analysis essay assignment (3 weeks from today)

1. ALIS selection
2. Comparing Revolutionary Writers handout
3. The Scarlet Letter Chapter 9

1. Personal overview of your ALIS book, written and due in class
2. Revolutionary writers quiz
3. Comparative outline example and discussion /ol>

1. Vocabulary Unit One revisions
2. Vocabulary Unit Two
3. Today is your last opportunity to submit Franklin's 13 Virtues for a grade

• The Age of Reason: rationalism notes
• Comparison of rationalist writers discussion
• The Scarlet Letter: Chapters 5-8 review and Chapter 9

1. Review Revolutionary Writers for quiz on Friday
2. Finish The Scarlet Letter Chapter 9 for Friday
3. Download and peruse ALIS list (downloadable doc). Select one novel to read this semester, purchase or rent a copy, and bring to class on Friday

1. Vocabulary Unit One revisions
2. Franklin's 13 Virtues handout

1. Vocabulary Unit Two (definitions, parts of speech, meaningful sentences) due Wednesday
2. Comparative essay outline, using textual evidence from two pieces (one Puritan, one Rational), illustrating similarities and differences between Puritanism and Rationalism
3. Download and print ALIS list, then select a novel you really want to read, purchase or rent a copy and bring it to class on Friday

1. Read & annotate the following texts for Monday:
   • Patrick Henry biography (100)
   • Thomas Paine biography (106)
   • Thomas Jefferson biography (114)
   • Speech to the Virginia Convention (102)
   • Crisis No. 1 (108)
   • Declaration of Independence (116)
2. Complete the Comparing Revolutionary Writers handout (downloadable doc) for Monday

Vocabulary Unit One review

1. Read & annotate the following texts for Monday:
   • Patrick Henry biography (100)
   • Thomas Paine biography (106)
   • Thomas Jefferson biography (114)
   • Speech to the Virginia Convention (102)
   • Crisis No. 1 (108)
   • Declaration of Independence (116)
2. Complete the Comparing Revolutionary Writers handout (downloadable doc) for Monday

• Ben Franklin biographical info quiz
• Outcast presentations
• Ben Franklin's Autobiography
• 13 Virtues handout (downloadable doc)

1. Letter to Governor Bellingham
2. Half-Hanged Mary questions

• Wrap-up discussion: Reactions to Puritanism
• Half-Hanged Mary reading and discussion
• Outcast presentations

1. The Scarlet Letter Chapter 8
2. Half-Hanged Mary, reading & questions

• Puritanism notes, from Salem Witchcraft Trial to end
• Collaborative discussion & class feedback with Half-Hanged Mary
• Outcast presentations

• Puritan literature: small group analysis
  • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathon Edwards
  • Upon the Burning of our House, Anne Bradstreet
  • Huswifery, Edward Taylor
• Review & complete Puritan background notes

1. Read Half-Hanged Mary (downloadable doc) and complete questions on separate paper for Wednesday
2. Read The Scarlet Letter Chapter 8 for Wednesday

• Jonathon Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
• Anne Bradstreet, Upon the Burning of our House
• Edward Taylor, Huswifery
• Small group analysis

• Primer Verses
• Anne Bradstreet, Upon the Burning of our House
• Edward Taylor, Huswifery
• Directed notes

1. Read Jonathon Edwards' biography (77)for Friday
2. Record specific evidence of the following Puritan characteristics in Bradstreet and Taylor peotry for Friday:
   • Predestination
   • Election
   • Original sin
   • Contract between God and humanity
   • Bible as absolute authority

• Characteristics of Puritanism (review)
• Puritan works & authors (review)
• Plain Style Writing
• The Scarlet Letter Chapter 6

1. Plain Style Writing practice due Wednesday
2. Read Anne Bradstreet's Upon the Burning of Our House for Wednesday
3. Read Edward Taylor's Huswifery for Wednesday

• SAT Vocabulary Unit One
  • How to complete the practice assignment
  • How to write a meaningful sentence
• Outcast, Punishment and Society presentations

1. Review the following pieces related to Puritanism, synthesize your notes, and bring to class on Monday:
   • Introductory material (9-13)
   • Class notes (Puritan characteristics & authors)
   • Plymouth Plantation (Bradford 29-33)
   • Generall Historie (Smith handout)
   • Captivity Narrative (Rowlandson 40-45)
   This synthesized information will prepare you for the comming week's assignments
2. SAT Vocabulary Unit One Practice due Monday (MLA formatted)

• The Scarlet Letter quiz (chapters 1-5
• Analysis-Synthesis Journalings

1. Please get all of your late assignments in by the end of day tomorrow so that your 6-week grades are current
2. Begin a synthesis journal in your comp book related to The Scarlet Letter

• Review Chapters 1-4
• Chapter 5

• Contemporary versus Puritanical societal rules
• The Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-3 quiz
• Period 3 ONLY: Begin Chapter 4

1. Outcasts, Punishment and Society assignment due Friday
2. Complete The Scarlet Letter quiz, Chapters 1-3, MLA formatted for Friday

• The Scarlet Letter Chapter 2
• Outcasts, Punishment and Society project finalization: C-22 computer lab

1. Read The Scarlet Letter Chapter 3 for Wednesday
2. Outcasts, Punishment and Society assignment due Friday

• Reading material quiz
• The Scarlet Letter Chapter I

1. Mary Rowlandson "Captivity" questions collected on Friday
2. Quiz over readings
   • Intro material (2-18)
   • John Smith's "Generall Historie"
   • William Bradford's "Plymouth Plantation"
   • Mary Rowlandson's "Captivity" narrative
3. Outcast/Punishment and Society assignment due Friday, September 21

1. Native American creation stories questions
2. William Bradford's "Plymouth Plantation" questions
3. John Smith's "Generall Historie" questions

• Tips for posting an effective blog comment
• Click HERE if you are having trouble blogging
• Outcast/Punishment and Society assignment guidelines
  • Singles or groups of 2, 3 or 4
  • C-22 lab time today and next Monday ONLY
  • All other work completed outside of class
  • Pay attention to requirements on handout (downloadable doc)

1. Outcast/Punishment and Society assignment due Friday, September 21
2. Respond to "Personal v. Political Crimes" blog by Wednesday at 8:25am

• "Utopian Promise", an introductory film & study guide
• The Scarlet Letter novel distribution

1. Respond to "Passion or Principle" blog by Monday
2. Complete critical analysis questions for Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative (downloadable doc)
3. Homecoming Week begins on Monday

• Thinker's Log: Brain dumping
• What makes effective thinking?
• "Utopian Promise", an introductory film & study guide

1. Analysis questions for Smith & Bradford readings
2. Read & annotate Mary Rowlandson's "A Narrative of the Captivity" (40-45) for Friday

1. Read excerpt from "Generall Historie" by John Smith (downloadable doc)
2. Read excerpt from "Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford (downloadable doc)
3. Complete analysis questions for both readings, due Wednesday

• Review & discuss intro material/analysis questions (small group & whole class)
• Early American authors: John Smith & William Bradford

1. Read excerpt from "Generall Historie" by John Smith (downloadable doc)
2. Read excerpt from "Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford (downloadable doc)
3. Complete analysis questions for both readings, due Wednesday

• Historical overview notes: Ancients through Puritanism
• Native American oral tradition

1. Download & print "Brief History of Native American Oral Tradition" notes
2. Read Native American stories and complete analysis questions (downloadable doc)

1. Covered text
2. American Dream collage/poster

• Essential understandings & guiding questions (2nd hour only, downloadable doc)
• Museum exhibits: observations & questions about the American Dream
• Historical overview notes: Ancients through Puritanism

1. Read "Beginnings to 1800" in text (1-18) for Wednesday
2. Complete text analysis questions (downloadable doc) for Wednesday

• Blogging instructions
• American Literature scope and sequence
• Essential understandings & guiding questions (3rd hour only, downloadable doc)
• American Dream collage/poster

1. Cover text for Monday
2. American Dream collage/poster due Monday
3. Create blog account for next week

• Class overview & expectations
• Textbook distribution

1. Syllabus and honor code signature pages (downloadable) due Friday
2. America collage poster (downloadable) due Monday
3. Cover text book by Monday