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ENGLISH III AMERICAN LITERATURE
MONDAY
February 8, 2016
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FOCUS: The students will read to determine the exact meaning of the text and analyze the structure of realism and naturalism in "To Build a Fire," by Jack London.
ACTIVITIES:
1) Collect Plot Pyramid on "The Birthmark."
2) Audio of "To Build a Fire."
3) Students will answer questions 1-7 as they listen to the audio of "To Build a Fire."
This story is also available online. Login to my.hrw.com
user name: jdoea216
password: p3e6u
After logging in, go to the student eBook, click Contents, click Collection 5, click "To Build a Fire."
HOMEWORK:
1) Finish Q. 1-7 of "To Build a Fire."
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TUESDAY
February 2, 2016
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BLOCKS 1,3 and 5
FOCUS: The students will analyze multiple interpretations of a story, evaluating how each version interprets "The Birthmark"
ACTIVITIES:
1) View the film version of "The Birthmark"
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=vimeo%20the%20birthmark
2) Study for Unit 5 Vocabulary Test.
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HOMEWORK:
1) Vocabulary Unit 5 Quiz will be as follows:
Tomorrow, February 3rd for periods 2 & 6.
2) Study Units 1-5
Vocabulary words and definitions daily... it takes less than 10 minutes.
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WEDNESDAY
February 3, 2016
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BLOCKS 2 and 6
FOCUS: The students will be assessed on their knowledge and understanding of Unit 5 Vocabulary words and definitions.
The students will analyze multiple interpretations of a story, evaluating how each version interprets "The Birthmark"
ACTIVITIES:
1) View the film version of "The Birthmark"
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=vimeo%20the%20birthmark
2) Study for Unit 5 Vocabulary Test.
3)
4)
HOMEWORK:
1) Study Units 1-5
Vocabulary words and definitions daily... it takes less than 10 minutes.
2)
THURSDAY
February 4, 2016
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HSSD 10:30 Dismissal
FOCUS: The students will be assessed on their knowledge and understanding of Unit 5 Vocabulary words and definitions.
ACTIVITIES:
1) Periods 1,3 & 5 Unit 5 Vocabulary Test
2) Plot Pyramid for "The Birthmark"
HOMEWORK:
1) Finish the Plot Pyramid for "The Birthmark" that was begun in class today.
2) Study Units 1-5
Vocabulary words and definitions daily... it takes less than 10 minutes.
FRIDAY
February 5, 2016
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FOCUS:
The students will be introduced to Unit on Realism.
ACTIVITIES:
1)Students will read from the black textbook (HMH) pages 329-346. This includes the background information, biography of Jack London and his short story, "To Build a Fire."
2) This story is also available online. Login to my.hrw.com
user name: jdoea216
password: p3e6u
After logging in, go to the student eBook, click contents, click Collection 5, click To Build a Fire.
HOMEWORK:
1) Finish reading "To Build a Fire," by Jack London.
There will be a quiz on Monday, 2/8.
2) Study Units 1-5
Vocabulary words and definitions daily... it takes less than 10 minutes.
Power Points and Guided Reading Notes
Weekly Agenda
key terms:
* Transcendentalism
Five Sub-genres of Romantic Literature:
* romantic novels
* romantic poetry
* dark romantic literature
* Transcendentalism
* Gothicism
American Romanticism 1800-1860
Transcendentalist
Transcendentalist
Romantic Poet
Dark Romanticism
“But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature
Grammar & Composition
Transcendentalism
and Lyceums
Quarter 3, 2015
**Scroll down for
Weekly Agenda**
Romantic Poet
Scroll down to view more notes and resources for Romantic Literature.
Nature by Emerson
Self-Reliance by Emerson
Thoreau's Walden, or Life in the Woods
Review Questions
"The Birthmark"
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Romantic
Literature
Dark Romantic Literature
1. Focuses on the burden of the
Puritan past
2. Focuses on the darkness (sin/evil)
of the individual
3. Focuses on the mysterious
Bio of Hawthorne