Week 12: November 10 – November 14
Monday, 11/10: Read "Huswifery" and "Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold"; Discuss rhyme scheme, stanzas; Assign conceit (topic due Friday, final poem due Tuesday, 11/18)
Tuesday, 11/11: Read/discuss "The Raven"; Assign "The Skeleton in Armor," pp. 265-270
Wednesday, 11/12: Read/discuss "Skeleton"
Thursday, 11/13: Read/discuss "Hope is the thing with feathers"; Begin discussing Whitman; Assign "Song of Myself," pp. 460-464
Friday, 11/14: Whitman writing activity
Week 11: November 3 – November 7
Monday, 11/3: Review Short Story unit
Tuesday, 11/4: Silver Water essay due; Short Story unit test; Begin discussing poetry analysis
Wednesday, 11/5: NO SCHOOL: Parent-Teacher conferences
Thursday, 11/6: NO SCHOOL: Teachers' convention
Friday, 11/7: NO SCHOOL: Teachers' convention
Week 10: October 27 – October 31
Monday, 10/27: Distribute and read The Catbird Seat; Assign worksheet
Tuesday, 10/28: Discuss The Catbird Seat - source of humor
Wednesday, 10/29: The Catbird Seat quiz; Assign Silver Water and study sheet
Thursday, 10/30: Discuss Silver Water
Friday, 10/31: Discuss Silver Water; Assign essay
Week 9: October 20 – October 24
Monday, 10/20: Begin discussing Chopin and Story of an Hour
Tuesday, 10/21: Finish discussing Story of an Hour; Assign In Another Country, pp. 662-668, DED x3
Wednesday, 10/22: Discuss In Another Country
Thursday, 10/23: Discuss In Another Country
Friday, 10/24: In Another Country writing activity
Week 8: October 13 – October 17
Monday, 10/13: Begin discussing Bierce; Assign An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, pp.
Tuesday, 10/14: Minister essay due; Discuss Owl Creek Bridge
Wednesday, 10/15: NO REGULAR CLASSES: All-school testing
Thursday, 10/16: Finish discussing Owl Creek Bridge
Friday, 10/17: Owl Creek Bridge quiz; Assign The Story of an Hour, pp.
Week 8: October 13 – October 17
Monday, 10/13: Begin discussing Bierce; Assign An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, pp.
Tuesday, 10/14: Minister essay due; Discuss Owl Creek Bridge
Wednesday, 10/15: NO REGULAR CLASSES: All-school testing
Thursday, 10/16: Finish discussing Owl Creek Bridge
Friday, 10/17: Owl Creek Bridge quiz; Assign The Story of an Hour, pp.
Week 7: October 6 – October 10
Monday, 10/6: Begin discussing Hawthorne; Assign The Minister's Black Veil, pp. 301-310
Tuesday, 10/7: Discuss Minister
Wednesday, 10/8: Discuss Minister
Thursday, 10/9: Finish discussing Minister; Assign Minister essay (due Tuesday, 10/14)
Friday, 10/10: NO SCHOOL: Student Help Day
Week 6: September 29 – October 3
Monday, 9/29: Discuss Usher; Assign Usher, pp. 221-224
Tuesday, 9/30: Discuss Usher
Wednesday, 10/1: Finish discussing Usher
Thursday, 10/2: Usher review
Friday, 10/3: Usher quiz
Week 5: September 22 – September 26
Monday, 9/22: Wrap up discussion of literary techniques use in "I Have a Dream"
Tuesday, 9/23: Non-fiction unit review
Wednesday, 9/24: Non-fiction unit test; Assign Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher, pp. 210-215
Thursday, 9/25: Discuss Poe
Friday, 9/26: Discuss Usher; Assign Usher, pp. 215-221
Week 4: September 15 – September 19
Monday, 9/15: Discuss Nature
Tuesday, 9/16: Discuss Self-Reliance; Identifying pros and cons of conformity group activity; Assign Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, pp. 442-444
Wednesday, 9/17: Discuss Gettysburg; Identifying formal diction activity
Thursday, 9/18: View King's I Have a Dream speech; Discuss literary techniques: allusion, metaphor, analogy, parallelism
Friday, 9/19: Distribute copies of I Have a Dream; Identifying literary techniques group activity
Week 3: September 8 – September 12
Monday, 9/8: Discuss Wonders; Identifying bias group activity; Assign Salem Witch Trial essay
Tuesday, 9/9: Begin Declaration of Independence: Background info on Thomas Jefferson and historical situation
Wednesday, 9/10: Jefferson/D of I discussion
Thursday, 9/11: Salem essay due; Comparison of D of I to rough draft group activity
Friday, 9/12: Finish D of I rough draft comparison; Discuss Emerson; Assign Nature and Self-Reliance, pp. 274-277 with Double-Entry Diary
Week 2: September 1 – September 5
Monday, 9/1: LABOR DAY: No classes
Tuesday, 9/2: Continue Bradford discussion
Wednesday, 9/3: Bradford quiz; assign Salem Witch Trials packet
Thursday, 9/4: Salem Witch Trials group activity
Friday, 9/5: Introduce Mather; assign Wonders of the Invisible World, pp. 77-80
Week 1: August 25 – August 29
Monday, 8/25: No classes
Tuesday, 8/26: Hand out/review syllabus; Assign student contract (due Sept. 3)
Wednesday, 8/27: Distribute textbooks; Unit overview; Classmate interview
Thursday, 8/28: Preview Bradford; Assign Of Plymouth Plantation, pp. 52-57
Friday, 8/29: Discuss Bradford