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March already??!!??!! Sooo much left to do this year! Buckle up, here we go!! |
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2 If you missed the video, you’ll need to read the story. Click here for the
magic! I think you’re starting the Harlem Renaissance today! Please remember that
the African American literature texts belong to me and must stay in the
classroom. Outline pages 267-278 in A.A. Lit book in class Remember these books do not leave the classroom! |
3 Finish Outlining Discuss Harlem Renaissance Why Harlem? The Great
Migration Key Players in the H.R. Read, “O Black and Unknown Bards” By James Weldon Johnson Discuss allusion (it keeps coming back!) Journal on pg. 293: chose 1 out of the 2 |
4 Still working on James Weldon Johnson Finish discussing “O Black and Unknown Bards” Go over journal from yesterday Read,”Lift Every Voice and Sing” What is an anthem? What are
anthems you know of today? Paraphrase poem and discuss |
5 Finish discussing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Claude McKay (Yay! I love his poetry!) “The Tropics in New York” “Baptism” “If We Must Die” We probably won’t get through all of these so we can save some for Friday
as well… Quiz on those poetry terms plus what we have discussed about the Harlem
Renaissance so far tomorrow! Hurry, ask your questions now! |
6 Quiz on poetry terms (yes, the ones on the board). The quiz will also be
on the notes you should have taken on Tuesday in class about the Harlem
Renaissance. “If We Must Die” “America” More Claude McKay Journal: In “Tropics of New York” McKay talks about nostalgia, or “old, familiar
ways”. Write about your own
nostalgia using strong words and emotions just as McKay does in his poetry. |
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10 Testing |
11 Off – Lots and lots of time to work on the rough draft. |
12 School! Working on rough drafts in class today. |
13 Hurray! More time to work on
the rough drafts! It’s like
perfect!! |
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16 Writing in class. I’m here everyday this week after school to help you with your rough drafts. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT |
17 Writing in class Just because we’re writing in class doesn’t mean you should be writing at
home – you definitely should! |
18 Writing in class |
19 Writing in class. |
20 Rough drafts due today. Nope.
No excuses. |
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Justice In Literature - March |
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3 Travel day! Let’s discuss that radio website.!
Lots of interesting information. |
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5 Travel day! |
6 Remember transcendentalism? We’ll
look again at the concept of the oversoul and how Steinbeck addresses it. |
7 Reading in class day. |
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13 Be ready to turn in the study guide, through chapter seventeen. In exchange, I will give you the rest
of the chapters in the study guide (is that cheering I hear?) |
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17 Ok, you read through chapter 24 for today. Good work. We will work in class on the study guides (together!!). For tonight, read chapter 25 and through 26 to the part where the tire
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18 Tonight, read through 26 until the cat purrs loudly and tips his tail back
and forth. In class we will have a travel day (is anybody there yet?). We will have a few more moments of working on the study guide together. You will not have enough time to finish the study guides in class. You will need to continue to work on
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20 Finish 26 tonight and read 27 . We will discuss Casy and his sacrifices and how he resembles Christ. |
21 Reading in class. Finish
chapters 28 and 29 over the weekend. |
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24 Finish chapter thirty by Wednesday. Today is our final travel day.
I hope that someone reaches the Promised Land today. |
25 Finish writing the travel journals – remember, stay in character while
commenting on your hardships and good fortunes (if you had any). Turn in the journals by the end of the hour. |
26 Work in class to finish the study guide for tomorrow. Look at the test questions and then
see what you’ll be able to use from the study guide to help you answer them. |
27 Turn in the second half of the study guides. Please be able to match characters to his or her description (you’ll
probably see nomenclature in this part!) Grapes of Wrath test. The
essay question will be centered around the Catholic doctrine of social
justice. I will give you the
specific question in class. Other than that, please understand the evidence of transcendentalism in
the novel, how Rose of Sharon is an heroic figure, nomenclature, be ready to
explain how Jim Casy is a Christ figure, the similarities to the Book of
Exodus, and don’t forget that little turtle and symbolism |
28 Happy Break! |
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Honors US Literature |
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2 Chapter quiz over Gatsby?? Chapter 3 tonight |
3 Write your summaries tonight. |
4 Last minute panic day in class. At least the first half of class will be devoted to your papers and last minute questions. Good luck!! |
5 First hour rough draft due. Chapter 4 reading tonight |
6 Reading day in class. Chapter 6-7 for Monday. |
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9 Finish the book by next Monday. |
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11 Fifth hour rough draft due. Tomorrow, I guess since you’re not here today. |
12 OK, today we’ll watch Bernice for sure! Be warned, however, that I expect you to take notes and know how ambiguity, disillusionment, uncertainty and comedy work together. Additionally, I expect you to be able to write about it should you so choose. |
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16 A moment for Bernice Discussing the book and all that Fitzgerald accomplishes in such a short volume. |
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18 I’m thinking test over the book. (yeah, I know I moved it up, but I think you can handle it!) |
19 “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Ann Porter flashback and stream of consciousness as literary techniques. |
2o “The Worn Path” by Eudora Welty |
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23 Paper on the modernists and their take on ambiguity, disillusionment and uncertainty. |
24 A moment for the Harlem Renaissance. |
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26 Paper due today. Do you want me to try and get in a test over modernism today, or would you prefer to cover a little more material when we return and then have the test. Let me know! |
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