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Monday October 26
Mandatory Monday: Explain in a 1 page mini-essay how Poe uses tone and setting to develop theme. (need a thesis, concrete details, and a theme)
HW: Read "masque of the red death"
Block 1
SSR
Masque of Red Death quiz (open book if brought a book)
Notes: Red Death, Usher, Raven, Hawthorne
HW: Review Rappaccini's Daughter and Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Rappaccinis daughter.doc
dr heideggers experiment.doc
Block 2
SSR
Review Rap. Daughter and Heid. Exp.
Read "Minister's Black Veil" and questions
Monday October 19
Discuss Nature/Fate--groups
Transcendental obs. assignment: due B. 2
Syntax packet due b. 1
Block 1
SSR
Gothic/Rom/Trans. notes
Edgar Allan Poe notes
Read and discuss "raven"
Block 2
SSR
Transc. ob. due
Read "Fall of the house of usher" and reading guide
discuss/notes
rdg guide due Mon.
HW: Masque of Red Death
Monday October 12
Romanticism
new vocab (quiz B. 2)
Devil & Tom Walker
P. 360 Lit analysis
HW: read 364-366; 370-376;382-391
Block 1
SSR
collect/review lit analysis
Transcendentalism
Rev. readings
Question packet--due Block 2
Block 2
SSR
Vocab quiz
collect question packet
continue w/readings for Trans.
HW: transcendental observation--due block 1
Monday October 5
work on rhetorical analysis presentation
Block 1
SSR
Writers of Rev. vocab 2 test
Work/finish rhetorical analysis presentations
Block 2
SSR
Rhetorical Analysis presentations
Monday September 28
Class discussion: Dec. of Independence
analysis of two texts: Speech in Virginia Convention and Sinners
Questions pg. 261
Block 1
SSR
discuss texts from Monday
In class: Chief Speckled Snake and Cat Bill Veto: rhetorical analysis
HW: Martha Stewart article: Rhymes with Witch
vocab test on Block 2
Block 2
SSR
Vocab: Writers #1 quiz
Discuss Article
Begin Rhetorical Analysis project
Monday September 21
Collect Crucible Essays
Library: Newsletter
Block 1
SSR
Library: finish newsletters; due Block 2
Block 2
SSR
collect newsletters
poetry essays returned
Rhetorical analysis/ devices/ style handouts
Vocab #1--Writers of the Rev.
Read: LOL pg. 256-258; and Dec. of Independence pg. 270-276
Monday September 14
Vocab 3 test
Newsletter: intro, handouts, brainstorm, groups
Block 1
SSR
Library/Lab: research, interview questions, writing articles
Block 2
SSR
Library/Lab: research, articles, Publisher
Crucible essay due Monday Sept. 21
Monday August 31
vocab 1 quiz
vocab list 2 assigned: quiz next Tues/Wed.
Act 2: discuss and collect study guide
Discuss "why I wrote the Crucible" article
Block 1
SSR
Final Draft Poetry Essay due
Read Act 3
HW: through page 235 of Act IV
Block 2
SSR
Review Act IV through pg. 235
Finish Act IV
Imagery/Simile worksheet
Essay prep: meaningful commentary
Monday August 17
Puritan Beliefs
Review Anne Bradstreet
HW: "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God" Questions all but #3
Block 1
SSR
Puritan Poetry: Edward Taylor
Poetic terms/devices
essay prompt: rough draft due Block 1 next week
HW: work on essay
Block 2
SSR
Vocab List #1 (test B. 2 next week)
Crucible Background
Read Act 1 and study guide
HW: read Act 2 and work on essay
Monday August 10
rules, regulations, policies, blah, blah, blah
HW: SSR Book
Block 1
Check SSR book
Check out LOL books
Native American Literature
Iroquois Creation Stor
"Hunting Song"--read and answer q 5-7 on pg. 37
HW: read pages 40-45
Block 2
Review NA Literature
Collect HW
Puritan beliefs/ideas
Begin Puritan Poetry
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