Monday, December 14 (U-Day)
Due: Read Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, pp. 495-507 in textbook. Answer the following discussion questions in writing: p. 509, 1, 3 (locate two passages), 5, 7, and 8.
Class: Jack London’s naturalism. Eco-Symposium selections.
Tuesday, December 15 (M-Day)
Due: Complete (and update) chart for your selected author. Begin research of issue. Bring textbook as necessary.
Class: Collaborating on author charts. Passages from readings. Elements of style.
Wednesday, December 16 (T-Day)
Due: One-page summary of environmental issue. Bring textbook as necessary.
Class: A closer look at style—individually and in collaboration.
Friday, December 18 (H-Day)
Due: Complete draft of symposium speech; bring 3 copies to class.
Class: Peer review and edit of speech drafts.
Monday, December 21 (F-Day)
Due: Eco-Symposium speeches—final copy. Prepare to present.
Class: Eco-Symposium, Day 1. Distribute Grapes of Wrath texts.
Tuesday, December 22 (S-Day)
Due: Performance assessments.
Class: Eco-Symposium, Day 2.
Wednesday, December 23 (U-Day)
Due: Performance assessments.
Class: Eco-Symposium, Day 3.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday, December 7 to Monday, December 14
Monday, December 7 (T-Day)
Due: Read Edward Hirsch’s “Message in a Bottle” (handout), pp. 347-350 in textbook, and selection from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (handout). Follow directions as given.
Class: Walt Whitman’s America and Whitman’s view of nature.
Wednesday, December 9 (H-Day)
Due: Read pp.371- 393 in textbook. Select one Dickinson poem which most interests you, copy it (exactly!) into your journal, and respond to it with at least one page of thoughtful analytical writing.
Class: The poetry of Emily Dickinson. Questions for analysis. Update charts.
Thursday, December 10 (F-Day)
Due: Read and annotate excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard. Complete vocabulary review exercises (4-6 and Cumulative) as assigned.
Class: Homework review. Group discussion questions.
Friday, December 11 (S-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary review quiz, units 1-6.
Class: Vocabulary review quiz, 1-6. Introduce Eco-Symposium.
Monday, December 14 (U-Day)
Due: Read Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, pp. 495-507 in textbook. Answer the following discussion questions in writing: p. 509, 1, 3 (locate two passages), 5, 7, and 8.
Class: Jack London’s naturalism.
Due: Read Edward Hirsch’s “Message in a Bottle” (handout), pp. 347-350 in textbook, and selection from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (handout). Follow directions as given.
Class: Walt Whitman’s America and Whitman’s view of nature.
Wednesday, December 9 (H-Day)
Due: Read pp.371- 393 in textbook. Select one Dickinson poem which most interests you, copy it (exactly!) into your journal, and respond to it with at least one page of thoughtful analytical writing.
Class: The poetry of Emily Dickinson. Questions for analysis. Update charts.
Thursday, December 10 (F-Day)
Due: Read and annotate excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard. Complete vocabulary review exercises (4-6 and Cumulative) as assigned.
Class: Homework review. Group discussion questions.
Friday, December 11 (S-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary review quiz, units 1-6.
Class: Vocabulary review quiz, 1-6. Introduce Eco-Symposium.
Monday, December 14 (U-Day)
Due: Read Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, pp. 495-507 in textbook. Answer the following discussion questions in writing: p. 509, 1, 3 (locate two passages), 5, 7, and 8.
Class: Jack London’s naturalism.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Tuesday, December 1 to Monday, December 7
Tuesday, December 1 (F-Day)
Due: Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 6. Complete chart for Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Class: Homework review. Parallelism—in Emerson, in exercises.
Wednesday, December 2 (S-Day)
Due: Read excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, pp. 230-244 in textbook. Complete dialectic notes (3 passages) and compose 1 quality discussion question for each passage.
Class: Thoreau’s prescription for deliberate living. The darker side of solitude.
Thursday, December 3 (U-Day)
Due: Complete chart for Henry David Thoreau. Prepare for Socratic seminar.
Class: Socratic seminar.
Friday, December 4 (M-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz, unit 6. Complete Transcendentalist Visual Assignment.
Class: Vocabulary quiz, unit 6. Gallery walk. Influence of Hinduism on Transcendentalism.
Monday, December 5 (T-Day)
Due: Read Edward Hirsch’s “Message in a Bottle” (handout), pp. 347-350 in textbook, and selection from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (handout). Follow directions as given.
Class: Walt Whitman’s America and Whitman’s view of nature.
Due: Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 6. Complete chart for Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Class: Homework review. Parallelism—in Emerson, in exercises.
Wednesday, December 2 (S-Day)
Due: Read excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, pp. 230-244 in textbook. Complete dialectic notes (3 passages) and compose 1 quality discussion question for each passage.
Class: Thoreau’s prescription for deliberate living. The darker side of solitude.
Thursday, December 3 (U-Day)
Due: Complete chart for Henry David Thoreau. Prepare for Socratic seminar.
Class: Socratic seminar.
Friday, December 4 (M-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz, unit 6. Complete Transcendentalist Visual Assignment.
Class: Vocabulary quiz, unit 6. Gallery walk. Influence of Hinduism on Transcendentalism.
Monday, December 5 (T-Day)
Due: Read Edward Hirsch’s “Message in a Bottle” (handout), pp. 347-350 in textbook, and selection from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (handout). Follow directions as given.
Class: Walt Whitman’s America and Whitman’s view of nature.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19 to Tuesday, December 1
Thursday, November 19 (U-Day)
Due: Read and annotate Wendel Berry, “An Entrance to the Woods.” Complete chart for Gary Snyder.
Class: “An Entrance to the Woods”—second attempt. A look at style—small group investigations.
Friday, November 20 (M-Day)
Due: Reflection on religious identity (on back).
Class: A closer look at religion. Style lesson: parallelism.
Monday, November 23 (T-Day)
Due: Parallelism exercises. Read pp. 206-227 in Elements of Literature (textbook). Write dialectic notes (handout) for three passages of your choosing from both “Nature” (219-221) and “Self-Reliance” (225).
Class: Introduction to Transcendentalism.
Wednesday, November 25 (H-Day)
Due: Read and annotate “The American Scholar.” As you read, pay particular attention to those passages which pertain to the topic you have been assigned. Identify at least two passages that address your topic and respond to those passages with dialectic notes.
Class: “The American Scholar”—jigsaw analysis. Emerson’s worldview.
Tuesday, December 1 (F-Day)
Due: Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 6. Complete chart for Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Class: Homework review. Parallelism--in Emerson, in exercise.
Due: Read and annotate Wendel Berry, “An Entrance to the Woods.” Complete chart for Gary Snyder.
Class: “An Entrance to the Woods”—second attempt. A look at style—small group investigations.
Friday, November 20 (M-Day)
Due: Reflection on religious identity (on back).
Class: A closer look at religion. Style lesson: parallelism.
Monday, November 23 (T-Day)
Due: Parallelism exercises. Read pp. 206-227 in Elements of Literature (textbook). Write dialectic notes (handout) for three passages of your choosing from both “Nature” (219-221) and “Self-Reliance” (225).
Class: Introduction to Transcendentalism.
Wednesday, November 25 (H-Day)
Due: Read and annotate “The American Scholar.” As you read, pay particular attention to those passages which pertain to the topic you have been assigned. Identify at least two passages that address your topic and respond to those passages with dialectic notes.
Class: “The American Scholar”—jigsaw analysis. Emerson’s worldview.
Tuesday, December 1 (F-Day)
Due: Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 6. Complete chart for Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Class: Homework review. Parallelism--in Emerson, in exercise.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tuesday, November 10 to Monday, November 16
Tuesday, November 10 (M-Day)
Due: Read “How ‘Bigger’ Was Born”, p. 433-462. Answer questions.
Class: What’s in a Name?—the role of faith in Native Son. Final update of big paper.
Wednesday, November 11 – Veteran’s Day
Thursday, November 12 (T-Day)
Due: Prepare for vocabulary quiz, unit 5. Read “Critical Approaches to Literature” and complete related activity.
Class: Vocabulary quiz, unit 5. Everyone’s a critic—graded discussion. Return novels.
Friday, November 13 (W-Day) – Class Does Not Meet
Monday, November 16 (H-Day)
Due: “Native Sons and Daughters”—a creative writing assignment. Complete all exercises, vocabulary unit 6.
Class: Selective sharing of writing assignment. Style intervention—mixed construction and vague pronouns.
Due: Read “How ‘Bigger’ Was Born”, p. 433-462. Answer questions.
Class: What’s in a Name?—the role of faith in Native Son. Final update of big paper.
Wednesday, November 11 – Veteran’s Day
Thursday, November 12 (T-Day)
Due: Prepare for vocabulary quiz, unit 5. Read “Critical Approaches to Literature” and complete related activity.
Class: Vocabulary quiz, unit 5. Everyone’s a critic—graded discussion. Return novels.
Friday, November 13 (W-Day) – Class Does Not Meet
Monday, November 16 (H-Day)
Due: “Native Sons and Daughters”—a creative writing assignment. Complete all exercises, vocabulary unit 6.
Class: Selective sharing of writing assignment. Style intervention—mixed construction and vague pronouns.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2 to Monday, November 9
Monday, November 2 (T-Day)
Due: Read Native Son to p. 270. Write one journal.
Class: Small group discussions from journal topics. Women and men in Bigger’s world.
Wednesday, November 4 (H-Day)
Due: Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 5. Read Brent Staples: “Black Men and Public Space.” Answer these questions: Meaning, 1 and 2; Purpose and Audience, 1 and 2; Method and Structure, 2.
Class: Black men and the culture of fear.
Thursday, November 5 (F-Day)
Due: Read Native Son to p. 340. Write one journal.
Class: Updating big paper. Small group discussions from journal topics.
Friday, November 6 (S-Day)
Due: Read Native Son to p. 430. Write one journal.
Class: The classroom courtroom—debating Bigger’s culpability.
Monday, November 9 (U-Day)
Due: Read “How ‘Bigger’ Was Born”, p. 433-462. Answer questions.
Class: What’s in a Name?—the role of faith in Native Son. Final update of big paper.
Due: Read Native Son to p. 270. Write one journal.
Class: Small group discussions from journal topics. Women and men in Bigger’s world.
Wednesday, November 4 (H-Day)
Due: Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 5. Read Brent Staples: “Black Men and Public Space.” Answer these questions: Meaning, 1 and 2; Purpose and Audience, 1 and 2; Method and Structure, 2.
Class: Black men and the culture of fear.
Thursday, November 5 (F-Day)
Due: Read Native Son to p. 340. Write one journal.
Class: Updating big paper. Small group discussions from journal topics.
Friday, November 6 (S-Day)
Due: Read Native Son to p. 430. Write one journal.
Class: The classroom courtroom—debating Bigger’s culpability.
Monday, November 9 (U-Day)
Due: Read “How ‘Bigger’ Was Born”, p. 433-462. Answer questions.
Class: What’s in a Name?—the role of faith in Native Son. Final update of big paper.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wednesday, October 28 to Monday, November 2
Wednesday, October 28 (S-Day)
Due: Continue reading Native Son.
Class: Think in Threes—continued. A look at titles.
Thursday, October 29 (U-Day)
Due: Continue reading Native Son.
Class: Old Hall. Use this time to review vocabulary, read, and/or write journal entry.
Friday, October 30 (M-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz, unit 4. Read Native Son to p. 149. Write one journal.
Class: Vocabulary quiz, unit 4. “Flight” and personal agency.
Monday, November 2 (T-Day)
Due: Read Native Son to p. 270. Write one journal.
Class: Women and men in Bigger’s world.
Due: Continue reading Native Son.
Class: Think in Threes—continued. A look at titles.
Thursday, October 29 (U-Day)
Due: Continue reading Native Son.
Class: Old Hall. Use this time to review vocabulary, read, and/or write journal entry.
Friday, October 30 (M-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz, unit 4. Read Native Son to p. 149. Write one journal.
Class: Vocabulary quiz, unit 4. “Flight” and personal agency.
Monday, November 2 (T-Day)
Due: Read Native Son to p. 270. Write one journal.
Class: Women and men in Bigger’s world.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thursday, October 15 to Tuesday, October 20
Thursday, October 15 (H-Day)
Due: Full-length draft of literary analysis essay due. Bring three copies.
Class: Peer review of drafts. Embedding quotations and manuscript form.
Friday, October 16 (F-Day)
Due: Final copy of paper. Attach draft and peer response guides.
Class: Collection of papers and novels. Native Son research groups and reading schedule.
Monday, October 19 (S-Day)
Due: Preliminary research for group presentations. Complete cumulative review exercises, units 1-3.
Class: In lab to continue research and prepare group presentations.
Tuesday, October 20 (U-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary review test, 1-3. Continue research, as needed.
Class: Vocabulary review test. In lab to complete group presentations.
Due: Full-length draft of literary analysis essay due. Bring three copies.
Class: Peer review of drafts. Embedding quotations and manuscript form.
Friday, October 16 (F-Day)
Due: Final copy of paper. Attach draft and peer response guides.
Class: Collection of papers and novels. Native Son research groups and reading schedule.
Monday, October 19 (S-Day)
Due: Preliminary research for group presentations. Complete cumulative review exercises, units 1-3.
Class: In lab to continue research and prepare group presentations.
Tuesday, October 20 (U-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary review test, 1-3. Continue research, as needed.
Class: Vocabulary review test. In lab to complete group presentations.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Monday, October 5 to Tuesday, October 13
Monday, October 5 (H-Day)
Due: Read Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapters 19 and 20. Complete end-of-novel response journal.
Class: Reading check. Small group discussions. Frame narrative—revisited.
Tuesday, October 6 (F-Day)
Due: Write and answer five potential seminar questions for the novel. Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 3.
Class: Review homework. Selecting discussion questions.
Wednesday, October 7 (S-Day)
Due: Prepare for seminar discussion of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Class: Seminar discussion. Topics for literary analysis essay.
Thursday, October 8 (U-Day)
Due: Select topic for literary analysis essay. Preliminary notes and responses.
Class: Thesis statements, topic sentences, and appropriate evidence.
Friday, October 9 (M-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz. Thesis and outline of essay.
Class: Vocabulary quiz 3. Peer review of essay outlines.
Tuesday, October 10 (T-Day)
Due: Full-length draft of essay due. Bring three copies.
Due: Read Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapters 19 and 20. Complete end-of-novel response journal.
Class: Reading check. Small group discussions. Frame narrative—revisited.
Tuesday, October 6 (F-Day)
Due: Write and answer five potential seminar questions for the novel. Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 3.
Class: Review homework. Selecting discussion questions.
Wednesday, October 7 (S-Day)
Due: Prepare for seminar discussion of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Class: Seminar discussion. Topics for literary analysis essay.
Thursday, October 8 (U-Day)
Due: Select topic for literary analysis essay. Preliminary notes and responses.
Class: Thesis statements, topic sentences, and appropriate evidence.
Friday, October 9 (M-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz. Thesis and outline of essay.
Class: Vocabulary quiz 3. Peer review of essay outlines.
Tuesday, October 10 (T-Day)
Due: Full-length draft of essay due. Bring three copies.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Monday, September 28 to Monday, October 5
Monday, September 28 (S-Day)
Due: Read Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapters 8-11.
Class: Orality as power. Janie’s turning point. Exploring personification.
Tuesday, September 29 (U-Day)
Due: Read, chapters 12-14. Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 2.
Class: Review homework. Janie’s life with Tea Cake—jigsaw. Developing metaphors.
Wednesday, September 30 (M-Day)
Due: Read chapters 15-18. Complete personification assignment.
Class: Personification assignments. Scenes from a storm: readers’ theater preparation.
Thursday, October 1 (T-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz. Rehearse scenes.
Class: Vocabulary quiz 2. Scenes from a storm: readers’ theater performances.
Friday, October 2 (W-Day) – Drop Day
Monday, October 5 (H-Day)
Due: Read chapters 19 and 20. Complete end-of-novel response journal.
Due: Read Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapters 8-11.
Class: Orality as power. Janie’s turning point. Exploring personification.
Tuesday, September 29 (U-Day)
Due: Read, chapters 12-14. Complete all vocabulary exercises, unit 2.
Class: Review homework. Janie’s life with Tea Cake—jigsaw. Developing metaphors.
Wednesday, September 30 (M-Day)
Due: Read chapters 15-18. Complete personification assignment.
Class: Personification assignments. Scenes from a storm: readers’ theater preparation.
Thursday, October 1 (T-Day)
Due: Study for vocabulary quiz. Rehearse scenes.
Class: Vocabulary quiz 2. Scenes from a storm: readers’ theater performances.
Friday, October 2 (W-Day) – Drop Day
Monday, October 5 (H-Day)
Due: Read chapters 19 and 20. Complete end-of-novel response journal.
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