“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”

American Literature

This year we will be looking at the Literature of America.  We will see the influence of the Native Americans, the Pilgrims, the Revolutionaries, the Slaves and the free.  Our journey will take us through the history of the United States from its birth to modern day.  One of our main focuses will be to see how the problems we face today are not so different from the problems our forefathers encountered.  Hopefully you will learn a bit more about the history of our nation through the literature of the people.

Week of February 13, 2012

Mon. 2/13: Discuss "from Narrative of Fredrick Douglass" & "from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"; Reminder: Vocabulary Unit 11 due tomorrow

Tues. 2/14:  Correct Vocabulary Unit 11; Read Bio - Ambrose Bierce p. 488; "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge"  pp. 490-496; ques. p. 497 # 1-7

Wed. 2/15: Complete discussion of "An Occurence..."; Read Stephen Crane Bio. p.499; Read "A Mystery of Heroism"  pp.501-507; ques. p.509 # 1-8

Thur. 2/16:  Discussion of " A Mystery..."

Fri. 2/17:  Junior Class Trip -  Have Fun & Be Safe.  Enjoy your Winter Break next Week.  Reminder:  The Awakening  is due March 5.

Week of February 6, 2012

Mon. 2/6: Read & discuss Emily Dickinson poems: "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" p. 391 & "If you were coming in the fall" p. 392;  Reminder: Vocab. Unit 10 due tomorrow

Tues. 2/7: Meet in Computer Lab;  Correct Vocab. Unit 10;  Work on Animoto Project

Wed. 2/8: Read & take quiz on The Rise of Realism Intro. pp. 448-461; Read from Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass pp. 465-470; Reminder: Vocab. Unit 10 test tomorrow

Thur. 2/9: Vocab. Unit 10 test; complete reading from Narrative...; ques. p. 470 # 1-7 in notes for toomorrow

Fri. 2/10: Discuss: from Narrative...; ques. p. 470 # 1-7