AmLit - May 2017 (dates subject to change, usually in your favor, see end of document for January through April)
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Week 15 | 1 Homonym review for EOC Reading time (20 minutes) Quiz - Chapters 1-16 Quantum leap - skipping the King and Duke HW - keep reading chapters 31-end, skip 17-30 | 2 Naturalism and the significance of missing the turn at Cairo The third trick -- why doesn’t Huck learn his lesson? HW - keep reading chapters 31-end, skip 17-30 | 3 Reading time -- finish the BOOK by tomorrow | 4 “All right then, I’ll go to Hell” -- What does it mean that Huck’s moral compass is so defective (but he still does the right thing!)? How does Twain use irony to illuminate society’s moral failings in terms of how it sees race? | 5 10 minutes to finish Huck’s moral conflict annotations and journal Begin watching Their Eyes Were Watching God. If you were absent, the full movie is on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teUi8N5ZaNs 5th period - stop at 25:10 |
Week 16 | 8 Continue viewing Their Eyes Were Watching God If you were absent, the full movie is on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teUi8N5ZaNs 5th period - stop at 58:23 | 9 Continue viewing Their Eyes Were Watching God 5th period - stop at 1:37 In class, we skipped the juke joint scene (1:14 to 1:18) | 10 Comma review for EOC Reading strategies for EOC Janie’s Journey and Huck’s -- | 11 Extra credit opportunity - assessment on chapters 17-30, choose either
Stylish or practical: consider the difference between Tom’s plan to free Jim and Huck’s plan to escape Pap | 12 US History EOC |
Week 17 | 15 AmLit EOC Reading sections | 16 AmLit EOC Writing sections | 17 Review for unit test -- how do Huck’s journey and Janie’s journey connect? How are they in conflict with the beliefs of their respective time periods? How do they choose between their own moral codes and the prevalent beliefs of their time? | 18 Unit Test -- Huck Finn (novel) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (film) | 19 1st period exam |
Week 18 | 22 Exams 2, 4 | 23 Exams 3, 5 | 24 Exams 6, 7 | 25 | 26 |
AmLit - January 2017 (dates subject to change, usually in your favor)
Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Week 1ish Project Overview | 2 KEY Daily Class Activities in Black Research Due Dates in Blue Parallel Book Dates in Red | 3 | 4 | 5 Identifying Ethos, Pathos, Logos using PBS Newshour as Model Essay Brief overview of American Voices profile project | 6 Start Trend Brainstorming Biography Parallel Schedule + Assignments |
Week 1 Brainstorming + | 9 SNOW DAY Work on Trend Brainstorming | 10 SNOW DAY Work on Trend Brainstorming | 11 Work on Trend Brainstorming Work on Interview and Secondary Research Plan | 12 DUE: Trend Brainstorming Choosing interview source How to network and cold-call/email | 13 DUE: Vocab.com -- choose list for book you will read DUE: Parallel Book in Hand Check Start First Chapters Interview techniques - model and practice Schedule Interview! |
Week 2 Parallel Week | 16 Remember Martin Luther King Jr. – take a moment to listen to his controversial speech in protest over the Vietnam war. I think you will hear echoes of HDT - “A Time to Break the Silence” | 17 Interview techniques - model and practice Schedule Interview! Work on Interview Plan THIS WEEK, you should conduct and record your interview | 18 DUE: Interview Plan Parallel Reading Day Work on Book Club Jobs | 19 DUE: Parallel Checkpoint 1 -- Book Club Jobs due at beginning of class Book Club Discussions Parallel Reading Day | 20 Work on secondary research plan Work on transcribing interview over the weekend |
Week 3 Secondary Research | 23 DUE: Secondary Research Plan Lab Day to work on | 24 DUE: Parallel Checkpoint 2 -- Book Club Jobs due at beginning of class Book Club Discussions Parallel Reading Day 30 minutes to read parallels | 25 Choosing good articles -- ranking articles from best to worse; Search strategies and best practices DUE: Interview and Transcript (posted to Google Drive by Midnight) -- ask for a 2-day extension for transcript if needed | 26 Lab Day - find and skim three GOOD articles HW - find two more GOOD articles for homework | 27 Lab Day - find and skim three GOOD articles; begin annotations and citations |
AmLit - January/February 2017 (dates subject to change, usually in your favor, see page 5 for January)
Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Week 4 Synthesize, Organize, Draft | 30 Lab Day - finish finding articles; begin annotations and citations | 31 Group B (Half the Class) Group A (Half the Class) Strategies for organizing research to synthesize sources -- How to make sense of your research and group it into subtopics Tips for paraphrasing and summarizing to avoid plagiarism 15 minutes to read parallels | 1 Group A (Half the Class) Group B (Half the Class) Strategies for organizing research to synthesize sources -- How to make sense of your research and group it into subtopics Tips for paraphrasing and summarizing to avoid plagiarism 15 minutes to read parallels | 2 Group A Work on research synthesis chart and outline Group B Parallel Reading day | 3 DUE: Eight annotated Group B Work on research synthesis chart and outline Group A Parallel Reading day |
Week 5 Parallel Week | 6 Begin drafting essay outside of class Parallel Reading Day KBo Out | 7 Parallel Reading Day | 8 DUE: Parallel Checkpoint 3 -- Book Club Jobs due at beginning of class Book Club Discussions and review for test | 9 Parallel Reading Test for Biographies Drafting Essay outside class | 10 Workday on Research Synthesis Chart and Outline |
Week 6 Drafting | 13 DUE: Research Synthesis Chart and Outline Writing Workshop: Vivid, narrative writing to feature interview source; continue to work on narrative Drafting Day (paper and pen in the classroom) | 14 Writing Workshop: Clear and logical expository writing to present research Begin drafting expository section of essay (paper and pen in the classroom) | 15 Drafting Essay (Lab Day -- All classes in 307) | 16 Drafting Essay ( Lab Day -- All classes in 307) | 17 Drafting Essay (LAST Lab Day -- 5th in 307; 6th and 7th in ) DUE: Complete Rough Draft printed at the end of class END OF GRADING PERIOD |
FEB BREAK! | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
Week 7 Start War and Alienation Unit | 27 Revision for depth and development (is there enough complex info?) Proofreading for citations and lead-ins | 28 Revision for cohesion and logic (do the ideas and information flow well?) Revision for diction and conciseness | 1 Revision for strong, action-oriented narrative writing Writing workshop for active voice -- do you have active verbs and sentences? Proofreading for small errors | 2 War and Alienation Unit – Flim viewing of Hemingway’s Farewell to Arms TBD based on class progress | 3 War and Alienation Unit – Flim viewing of Hemingway’s Farewell to Arms TBD based on class progress |
AmLit - March 2017 (dates subject to change, usually in your favor, see end of document for January and February)
Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Week 8 War and Alienation Unit | 6 Continue working on essay, or watch excerpts from Hacksaw Ridge | 7 Continue working on essay, or watch excerpts from Hacksaw Ridge | 8 DUE: Final Draft of Essay Printed final draft Turnitin submission All process materials Reading Time for The Things They Carried | 9 The first chapter of The Things They Carried -- How much does war weigh? | 10 Last day to turn in essay for only 5% off Continue the first chapter of The Things They Carried -- How much does war weigh? |
Week 9 War and Alienation Unit | 13 Book in Hand Check for Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried Continue the first chapter of The Things They Carried -- How much does war weigh? | 14 Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” | 15 Reading day, work on checkpoint | 16 DUE: Checkpoint Week 1 -- Continue Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” with the iceberg effect | 17 Last day to turn in essay for 10% off This American Life’s “The Real Decoy” and Journal |
Week 10 War and Alienation Unit | 20 Modern and Postmodern Nihilism in light of O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” Reading Time | 21 X Block Close reading of “Soldier’s Home” for the Iceberg Principle | 22 No X Block Finish close reading Reading day, OR discuss to review for quiz | 23 Quiz on first half of The Things They Carried Discussing Things They Carried, metafiction and other post-modern techniques | 24 Last day to turn in essay for 20% off DUE -- “Soldier’s Home” annotations and notes on the Iceberg Principle article Six-word memoirs |
Week 11 War and Alienation Unit | 27 Writing prompts from the EOC, process strategies, argumentation structures | 28 Reading Day | 29 No X Block Practice Essay for EOC 5th and 6th - 314 | 30 Practice Essay for EOC 5th - 314 | 31 X Block Practice Essay for EOC Last day to turn in essay. 5th and 6th - 314 |
AmLit - April 2017 (dates subject to change, usually in your favor, see end of document for January through March)
Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Spring | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Week 12 The American Character: Morality Under Construction Unit | 10
| 11 Checkpoint DUE -- | 12 | 13
| 14 War Poetry - “Hallow Men” Reading Time |
Week 13 The American Character: Morality Under Construction Unit | 17 Discuss the end of The Things They Carried, and review for unit test | 18 War and Alienation | 19 Background on Twain Book in Hand Check for Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 20 Continue background on Twain and “A True Story -- Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It” | 21 Intro to Huckleberry Finn -- dialect and bildungsroman Read Ch. 1 in class |
Week 14 The American Character: Morality Under Construction Unit | 24 Read chapters 2-5 in class Read chapters 5-6 for homework | 25 2-question quiz Satire and the many despicable faces of Pap Faces of Pap presentations Read chapters 7-8 for homework | 26 2-question quiz Satire and the many despicable faces of Pap Faces of Pap presentations No homework | 27 Satire and the many despicable faces of Pap Faces of Pap presentations Reading time - chap. 9-11 (12 pages); | 28 3-question quiz The give and take in Huck and Jim’s relationship on Jackson’s Island -- important details Reading time - chap. 12-13 Over the weekend finish reading chapters 14-16 (18 pages) |