Links:
Nov 8
Lit:
Vocab 12 Quiz (15 min) HO Vocab 13
Lit:
Civil War Presentation (10 min)
Intro Huck Finn ETV video (25 min)
Pass out books Chapters 1-8 questions due Nov. 16.
Focus Act. p. 329
“from My Bondage and My Freedom” Frederick Douglass p. 330 (20 min) Eval & Connect ?’s 6-8. Class choose act. CW or Performing. (15 min.)
HW – rd. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” p. 337, “Go Down, Moses,” p. 338, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” p. 339. ?’s 1-12 p. 340. “And Ain’t I a Woman?” p. 345. ?’s 1-8 and LE 1-2.
Nov 10 Intro Huck Finn
• Civil War Presentation (15)
Unit Test Unit Test
Nov 14 1A – ASSET Test 3A – Class time to work on and read Huck Finn
Work on book literature
Vocab 13 Activity (10)
Nov 16
Vocab Quiz 13 Vocab 13 Quiz (15 min)
HO Vocab 14
Lit:
• Review HF ch. 1-8 questions. (20 min)
• Assign HF ch. 9-13 due Nov. 20
• Review HW ?’s (20 min)
• Focus Act. p. 349 Rd. “from His Promised Land” p. 350 ?’s 5-8; LE 1-2
• Focus Act. p. 356 Rd. “from Mary Chestnut’s Civil War” p. 357 ?’s 5-8 p. 361. • Nonfiction
• Foreshadowing
• Bias
• Read first hand Civil war accounts
Nov 20 Vocab 14 activity (10 min)
Grammar:
Painting w/ participles & absolutes (15 min)
Lit:
o Rev. HF ch. 9-13. (15 min)
o Assign HF ch. 14-18 due Nov 27.
o Focus Act. p. 362. Rd. “Letters to His Family” p. 363 ?’s 5-8, LE 1-2 p. 365 (15 min)
o Rd. ETV Listen to “The Gettysburg Address” p. 385. ?’s 11,12, 14, 15; LE 1-2. (10 min)
o Focus Act. p. 388. Rd. “The Gift in Wartime” p. 389 ?’s 5, 8; LE 1-2. (10 min)
o C/C “TGA” and “TGW” p. 391 choose 1. Remainder of class.
o Participles
o Absolutes
o Diction
o Analyze historical Civil War figure
o Conflict resolution
o Apostrophe
o Imagery
o Analyze reality and tragedy of war
Nov 27
Vocab Quiz 14 Vocab Quiz 14 (15 min)
HO Vocab 15
Grammar
Painting w/ absolutes & adjectives (15 min)
Lit:
o Rev. HF ch. 14-18 (15 min)
o Assign HF ch. 19-23 due Nov 29
o ETV Whitman Focus Act. p. 402 Rd. “I Hear America Singing,” “Astronomer” ?’s 4-5, 9-10.
o ETV Dickinson? Focus Act. p. 424. Rd. “If you were coming in the Fall,” “My life closed twice before its close,” “The Soul selects her own Society,” “Success is counted sweetest,” “I heard a Fly buzz when I died, “ & “Because I could not stop for Death.” Answer all E&C ?’s.
o Review Lit. themes thus far.
o Dickinson Charades if time. o New Voices Theme
o C/C Whitman and Dickinson
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Nov 29 Regionalism & Realism Presentation (10 min) Vocab Act. 15 (10 min)
Grammar
Painting w/ action verbs – combine 5 strokes (10 min)
Find examples (10 min)
Create own poem (15 min)
Lit:
o Rev HF ch. 19-23 (15 min)
o Assign HF ch. 24-28 due Dec 1.
o Regionalism & Realism Presentation (10 min)
o Focus Act. p. 524 Rd. “The Story of an Hour,” p. 525 ?’s 5-8.
o Focus Act. p. 513 Rd. “I Will Fight No More.” ?’s 5-8; LE 1-2. o Action verbs
o Plot
o Conflict
o Climax
o Resolution
o Dramatic irony
o theme
Dec 1
Vocab Quiz 15 Vocab Quiz 15 (15 min)
HO Vocab 16
Grammar:
o Persuasive writing using 5 brush strokes. (20 min)
o P. 522 Transitions
Lit:
o Review HF ch. 24-28 (15 min)
o Assign HF ch. 29-33 due Dec. 5
o Focus Act. p. 542 Rd. “Douglass,” & “We Wear the Mask.” ?’s 1-8. LE 1-2. (20 min) o Sonnet
o Iambic pentameter
o Sestet
o Octave
Dec 5
Vocab 16 Act. (10 min)
Grammar:
o Peer edit writing (15 min)
Lit:
o Review HF ch. 29-33 (15 min)
o Assign HF ch. 34-38 due Dec 7
o Focus Act. p. 552. Rd. “Richard Cory,” Miniver Cheevy” p. 553-54. ?’s 1-10. (20 min)
o Focus Act. p. 558; Intro naturalism. Intro “The Open Boat,” pg. 559. o Naturalism
o Similes
o Metaphors
o Foreshadowing
o Theme
o Personification
Dec 7
Vocab Quiz 16 Vocab 16 Quiz (15 min)
Grammar:
o Final draft writing due (15 min)
Lit:
o Review HF ch. 34-38 (15 min)
o Assign HF ch. 39 – last due Dec 11
o Cont. “The Open Boat.” Rd/discuss o Naturalism
o Similes
o Metaphors
o Foreshadowing
o Theme
o Personification
Dec 11 Lit:
o Review HF ch. 39-last. (15 min)
o Discuss symbolism, theme & satire (15 min)
o Finish “The Open Boat,” ?’s 1-15; LE 1-3. o Naturalism
o Similes
o Metaphors
o Foreshadowing
o Theme
o Personification
Dec 13
Review for exams 1A
Dec 15
Semester Exam 1A
Review for exam 3A
Dec 19
Semester Exams
Semester Exams 3A