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3 Intro. to Anti-transcendentalism What are the qualities? Who
are the anti-transcendentalists? Discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne We will be reading a parable—ohh, what happens in a parable? Begin reading “The Ministers Black Veil” For homework read up to pg. 342. P.S. POE IS NOT AN ANTI-TRANSCENDENTALIST!!! (This is me yelling at you
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4 What will you all have today?? (Quiz, Quiz, probably a quiz!) What is up with the minister?? What symbol does the veil hold in the story? Why is he doing this? How does this tie into Anti-transcendentalism? Homework: Finish the story |
5 Today we will wrap up our discussion on this story. Writing our review questions We will be having an in-class review
(jeopardy style) tomorrow. Your job is to write 3 different questions pertaining to what we have
discussed in the past 3 weeks: Transcendentalism Any of the essays we read by Emerson and Thoreau Poe The Fall of the House of Usher The Raven Assonance, consonance, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, etc. |
6 In-class review Jeopardy! I will expect everyone to participate and take notes during this review
session—we are doing this so everyone gets a good grade! |
7 TEST TODAY! (HOORAY!) J |
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10 Introduce the Poe style video game!
We will be writing the background for a Poe style video game. Use The Fall of the House of Usher if
you like, or come up with another idea.
The object is to write like Poe.
Show me that you understand the gothic style (include all those
elements we’ve been discussing) and each paper needs to include at least two
complex sentences, two compound sentences, and two compound, complex
sentences. The author MUST
identify these somehow, so please include a key so we can tell which you
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11 Writing in class. Rough draft
due in class tomorrow. In
response to that ever asked question… it’s a good idea to type even your
rough draft – it’s much easier to correct that way. |
12 Bring the rough draft to class and
we will review it together – particularly those pesky complex
sentences! |
13 Begin The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Before we start reading, we must explore the man Mark Twain. What were his motivations, how did he
feel about slavery? How do we
know these things. |
14 Continue with the introduction to Twain and Huckleberry Finn. Online reading assignment. Click here “A
True Story Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It” |
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17 Oops, I forgot my book!
Whatever shall I do? Click here!!!
Oh, thank you, Mrs. Pike! Hey, read chapters 3-5 tonight! Satire. First we define it
(you’ve seen The Simpsons and Family Guy, you really know what
it is already)How does Mark Twain use it? What effect does it have on
characterization? |
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19 Chapters 8-9 (eight’s a little longer than the others, so plan your time carefully.) |
20 Chapters 10-11 |
21 Developing a thesis. Correct citation of sources and how to construct an acceptable, MLA formatted works cited page. After that, reading time! Chapters 12-15 When you finish these chapters, you will have more than enough information for an A+ essay on Monday. |
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24 Planning for the first essay – finding quotes, developing a thesis. The topic is Huck’s moral development thus far in the novel. Your boy
paragraph must have at least THREE correctly cited quotes. Yes, you need a title and a works
cited page. If you will not be in school today you MUST turn in you paper on MONDAY.
(You’ll just have to work on it harder over the weekend. You can use the
class time on Monday for writing instead of planning it with the rest of the
class). Chapters 16-18 tonight |
25 In class, three paragraph essay.
You must bring in an outline and quotes based on the work we did
yesterday. The paper will be finished during class time in its entirety. If you will not be in school today you MUST turn in you paper on MONDAY.
(You’ll just have to work on it harder over the weekend. You can use the
class time on Monday for writing instead of planning it with the rest of the
class). Hey, that last part was so important she put it on Monday AND Tuesday!!
That must mean something. Read through chapter 30 by Monday. |
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27 Thanksgiving? Already? Quick,
get ready for Christmas! Keep reading!! |
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Justice In Literature – November 2008 |
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3 Putting the research together with the rest of the paper. Remember, the quotes are there to
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4 Finish first draft of paper today in class. Final, typed, cited copy due on Wednesday in class. |
5 Shakespeare’s world (especially the theatre). We will look at the bard (maybe figure out why he’s called
that) Shakespeare’s language worked for his time – why is it difficult now? Is it overcomable (is that even a
word?). Does it effect the
message of the play or is his purpose still clear? |
6 Tragedy. What does it take to make a really good one? Aristotle thought he knew and today we’ll talk about his ideas and see if we can apply them. There are six steps, so let’s be ready to learn them and apply them to Julius Caesar. To review the six steps, link here (scroll down the page until you get to “Tragedy”) |
7 How about a quick little quiz over those six steps? Begin the movie Julius Caesar Bring in your copy of Julius Caesar as well. |
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10 Ok, finally we start the movie.
Be prepared each day to have a quiz on what we saw and discussed the
previous day. |
11 Listen to Brutus’ soliloquy.
How is he reasoning through his problem? What is his problem? |
12 Well, it’s not as big as Caesar’s!
What’s his problem?
Listen carefully to Brutus and Antony’s eulogies. What strategies do they each
employ? Are they using logical
or emotional appeals? |
13 Finish movie. Discuss outcome. Goodness, I can’t believe that he
thought up that way for Portia to die.
Yuck! |
14 Assign groups. Begin the
study of the text. |
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17 Ok, today we assign the groups for the play. We read the play relatively quickly since we have the advantage of the movie behind us. Each group will be assigned an act of the play on which they are to report. You are to do a full news report on each act. Weather, news, style reports and gossip are all present in most of the acts. Set your work in ancient Rome, but adapt it to the style of modern TV. Each report needs an appropriate set and costumes and must be accurate to the play. Each person is responsible for his or her own script and it must be typed and turned in on the day of the performance. |
18 Continue reading the play. Planning time with groups. |
19 Continue reading the play. Planning time with groups. |
20 Continue reading the play. Planning time with groups. |
21 Work time. Presentations begin on Monday. |
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Honors U.S. Literature – November 2008 |
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3 OK, this time for sure!! Peer
editing first, Edgar Allan Poe intro second. By the way, although we will be using some class time to
read Poe, there are still all sorts of pesky words we need to worry
about. Here they are: Melancholy Pervade Sublime Sojourn Paradox Pestilent (great word!) Phantasmagoric Vivacious Cadaverous Tenuity Insipid Apathy Fissure Sullen dank |
4 Reading Poe (it’s easier than you believe!). Bring your big books to class today – the raven has some talking to do at you!! “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe Assonance, consonance and alliteration. More pesky poetry terms to deal with (I wonder if they’ll be on the final exam???) |
5 Turn in final copy of your paper Continue reading/discussing Poe “The Fall of the House of Usher” Forget the book at school?
Good news – click
here and, voila! Problem solved! |
6 Finish Poe (while the reading anyways – you have to see some writing coming |
7 Vocabulary quiz In class essay on Poe’s use of language. We will limit it to three paragraphs, so don’t panic too much – just panic enough to get an “A”.
We will need the quotes we found yesterday. You may consider the poems we read, mood, willing suspension of disbelief, all of those, so the topic will be pretty much up to you, hopefully you decided yesterday (I know it will break your hearts, but depending on how far we get on Poe each day this week we may not be able to get to the writing until Monday – don’t be too sad!) |
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10 Collect Douglass summaries Begin discussing Frederick Douglass |
11 Continue discussion. What have you learned about slavery that you didn’t know before? |
12 Continue discussion. Sort examples, find quotes. |
13 Outline paper. |
14 Begin rough draft in class. |
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17 Background for Huckleberry Finn. Oops, I forgot my book! Whatever shall I do? Click here!!! Oh, thank you, Mrs. Pike! Read chapters 1-5 for tonight. (Sorry, the no homework thing is pretty much over.) |
18 Frederick Douglass paper due in class today. Start class with fifteen minutes of summary writing time! Satire. What is it and how does Mark Twain take advantage of it? How does Pap reflect the use of satire? Who would you rather have voting, Pap or the professor? Chapters 6-9 |
19 Start class with fifteen minutes of summary writing time! Chapters 10-13 |
20 Start class with fifteen minutes of summary writing time! Chapters 14-17 Planning your five paragraph essay (yup, theirs is three, yours is five!) Two quotes per body paragraph. Verbs of being count. |
21 Start class with fifteen minutes of summary writing time! Reading day in class. Read through chapter 24 by Monday (best use your class time wisely!) |
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25 Papers due in class today. If you are not going to be here, please be sure to turn it in on Monday prior to you departure. |
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27 Oh, my goodness! Can you believe it’s already Thanksgiving? |
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