American Lit

Monday, August 13

1. Make sure you are in the right place (Ms. Hafner, B 209, Amer. Lit/Cmp 112A)

2. Ask me where you should sit 3. Introduction/Roll-collect dialogue journals 4. Go over Syllabus 5. Catcher Quest Activity-Holden’s journey Homework: Finish reading quest article and mapping Holden’s journey -Bring your copy of Catcher -Syllabus (signed)

Tuesday, August 14

1. Turn in signed forms/student info sheet

2. Textbooks! (If I forget to let you go get your textbooks, remind me!)

3. Catcher Review

4. Holden’s journey Symbols sheet

Homework: Finish Symbols Sheet

Wednesday, August 15

1. Turn in signed forms 2. Explain journal 3. Journal 1: 150 words-Why do you think Salinger wrote

The Catcher in the Rye? What was his purpose? Go into detail. Brainstorm different reason’s for events in the book, Holden’s choices, etc. What is the overall message/messages Salinger wanted readers to take away from the book?

4. Discuss Symbols 5. Symbols/Theme activity

Homework: Info sheet, syllabus (signed), buy a vocab book

Thesis Statement

• In The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger suggests that __________________________________ (theme statement) through the symbols _________ and __________.

Thurs. August 16

• Turn in signed forms

• Journal 2: Response to Theme video-Do you identify with Holden in any way? If so, how? If not, why not? Do you ever alternate between different feelings or feel caught between two worlds, childhood and adulthood? Explain.

• Discuss Theme

• Complete Theme chart

Fri, August 17

1. Turn in signed forms 2. Journal 2: What is the difference between

conformity and phony? Use examples to illustrate your point? Is Holden phony or is he just conforming?

3. Clip 4. 1950s pictures 5. Venn Diagram discussion 6. Quotes-is Holden conforming or being phony here

Homework: Bring vocab book Monday!

Monday, August 20

1. Unit 1 Vocab 2. Journal 3: Another topic Salinger

introduces in Catcher in the Rye is loss of innocence. What do you think Salinger is trying to say about losing your innocence? Do you think this topic applies to our culture today? Are kids growing up to fast?

3. Read article on loss of innocence 4. Explain writing expectations

Tuesday, August 21

1. Explain writing expectations

2. Look at writing models

3. Begin Outlining

HW: Vocab Quiz Fri.

Wednesday, August 22

• Vocab review

• Cont. writing

Thursday, August 23

1. In-class essay

HW: Vocab Quiz tom.

Bring your book tomorrow

Friday, August 24

1. Vocab Unit 1 Quiz

2. Finish writing

3. Read Colonial Period background (pgs. 4-13)

HW: Have a great weekend!

Monday, August 27

1. Colonial Period background notes 2. Colonial Period Group Work • Group Presentations • Group 1—The First Americans and Puritans, Pilgrims, Planters (p. 4) • Group 2—The Age of Reason, The Birth of a Nation, Key Historical Themes (p. 5) • Group 3—What was the New World’s natural environment? (p. 6) • Group 4—What were the colonists’ attitudes toward the New World environment?

(p. 7) • Group 5—How did attitudes toward nature show up in literature? (p. 8) • Group 6—What were early American themes? What is uniquely American about

those themes? • (bottom of p. 9, p. 10) • Group 7—How does literature shape or reflect society? (p. 11, top of p. 13) • Group 8—What were the major roles of early American writers? (p. 13)

Tuesday, August 28

1. Open Note quiz

2. Colonial Period Group Presentations

3. Work on Native American stories/one-pagers

HW: Native American One-Pagers due Thursday

Wednesday, August 29 WEB

1. Journal 4: What new frontiers are we exploring today? How are these discoveries changing lives, for the better or for the worse? Do you think discovery and exploring is a good thing, a bad thing, or both? Why?

2. Native American One-Pager

HW: Finish One-Pager-due tomorrow

Thursday, August 30

1. Review Native American One-pager

2. Introduce Crucible 1. -early americans, fighting for freedom

3. Read Crucible Act 1

HW: Review crucible

Fri. August 31

• Cont. Crucible Act 1

• Finish for HW

Tuesday, Sept. 4

1. Crucible Act 1 Quiz

2. Read “Of Plymouth Plantation”-breaking down long sentences, prediction passage-context, main ideas

2. “Of Plymouth Plantation” questions

-to be cont.

HW:Start Crucible Act II-read (1st half)

Wednesday, September 5

1. Journal 5:-Venn Diagram Compare and contrast the Puritan society of “Of Plymouth Plantation” to the Puritans in “The Crucible.”

2. Cont. “Of Plymouth”

3. Read Crucible Act II-finish

Thursday, September 6

• Crucible Act II Quiz

• Introduce Anne Bradstreet

• Anne Bradstreet Poetry TPFASTT together-2 poems?

Homework: Read Crucible Act III-1st half

Friday, September 7

• Journal 6: The Puritans (in poetry and in The Crucible) valued God above everything else. What do you value most? What is the most important thing in your life? Why?

• Discuss The Crucible/Finish Read Act III-look at Black Men in Public Spaces, Red Scare, Fear and Freedom idea

Mon. Sept. 10

• Crucible Act III Quiz

• Edward Taylor “Huswifery”-read poem/annotate

• Read article/annotate together

• Poem Questions

• HW: read Crucible Act 4

Tues. Sept. 11

• Explain how a writer makes a point, gets his message across-think Holden/catcher-Salinger used symbols

• In sinners, Edwards uses images

• Read “Sinners” and draw as I read

• Go back and add textual evidence

• Read Crucible Act 4

Wed. Sept. 12 WEB

• Crucible Act IV quiz

• Journal 7-see next slide

• Present Sinner’s Pictures/Discuss Sinners

• Colonial Period Review-Test Friday

• Read Crucible Act 5

Wed, Sept. 12 Journal 4: In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Edwards uses many images to describe God’s wrath. Some of these images are pictured above. Pick one of the pictures that you think best represents the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Discuss in detail why you think this image is the best/most powerful image in the sermon.Maybe it is because it is the most terrifying or the most easy to identify with (for you or for Edward’s original audience).

Thurs. Sept. 13

• Colonial Period Review

• Discuss Crucible

• Read Crucible Act 5 by Monday

Fri. Sept. 14

• Colonial Test

• Finish The Crucible