Mr. Davis
2017-2018 Junior American Literature
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Week of 4/30-5/4
Monday
1. Collect Chapter 1-2 questions for Catcher
2. Read chapter 3-4 in Catcher
-Anything not completed in class should be read before tomorrow
-Have work done!
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
YEARBOOK DAY
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Week of 4/23-4/27
Monday
1. Finish Gatsby fishbowls
2. Collect questions and peer evaluations
3. Imagism and Modern poems sheet due tomorrow
-P. in text
Tuesday
1. Check Imagism and Modern poems sheet for completion
2. Discuss poems
3. Write your own Imagism poem (10 lines or less) and present it to the class tomorrow for 10 points EC
-Must read the poem, explain the image and emotion, and implied theme intended
4. Catcher in the Rye anticipation guide (First 2 pages)
Due tomorrow!
Wednesday
1. Any EC imagism poem presentations?
2. Discuss Catcher in the Rye anticipation guide
-2 contributions expected (5 points each, easy 10 points)
-You may write 2 well-developed paragraphs if you don’t want to discuss
3. Have a copy of Catcher in the Rye tomorrow!!
Thursday
1. Collect anticipation guide from yesterday and any discussion make-ups
2. Read chapter 1-2 of Catcher before Monday
-Questions due Monday
3. We will be at the Thespian show tomorrow! Report directly to auditorium!
Friday
THESPIAN SHOW - Meet me at auditorium
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Week of 4/16-4/20
Monday
1. Collect chapters 8-9 questions
2. Assign end of novel discussion questions: due day of the discussion (probably Thursday)
3. Begin Watching The Great Gatsby film
4. We will soon be reading The Catcher in the Rye
-ISBN#:978-0316769488
Tuesday
1. Continue The Great Gatsby film
Wednesday
1. Finish The Great Gatsby film
2. End of novel discussion questions: due for fishbowl discussion tomorrow!
Thursday
1. Begin end of Gatsby fishbowls
-No time limit
-5-7 questions suggested for discussion (don’t try and discuss all of them!)
-Only 5 groups (larger groups)
Friday
1. Continue Gatsby fishbowls
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Week of 4/9-4/13
Monday
1. Recap Chapter 5
2. Read Chapter 6
3. No reading assignment tonight
-SAT tomorrow!
Tuesday
SAT Testing
Wednesday
1. Read Chapter 7 individually
-Questions/organizers for chapters 4-7 due tomorrow
-Quiz over chapters 4-7 tomorrow as well – Review your questions/organizers and maybe even go back and read sparknotes for the chapters you’ve already read!
Thursday
1. Collect Questions/organizers for chapters 4-7
2. Quiz over Chapters
3. Read Chapter 8
-questions for chapter 8 here
-summary/image/important quote organizer here
Friday
1. Discuss chapter 8
2. Read chapter 9
-Questions due Monday!
3. We will start the film on Monday!
-Will have a fishbowl discussion over the novel and the film at the end of next week
-You will get questions on Monday to be completed for the fishbowl
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Week of 4/2-4/6
Monday
1. 4th hour Fitzgerald video
4th hour Fitzgerald biography video
-10 most interesting facts or most surprising facts
-Due by end of period
2. 5th hour - graded whole class discussion over anticipation guide
-4 contributions expected
Tuesday
1. Start reading Gatsby!
-Read chapter 1 as a class (finish anything we don’t read outside of class)
-Read Chapter 2 as homework
-Be ready to read Chapter 3 as a class tomorrow! Quiz over chapters 1-3 on Thursday
2. Choice of chapter questions: 2 options
-Option 1: summary/image/quote graphic organizer
-Option 2: chapter 1-3 questions
The Great Gatsby online version
Wednesday
1. Recap chapter 2’s events
2. Read Chapter 3 as a class
-Questions/organizers due Tomorrow
-Quiz over chapters 1-3 tomorrow!
Thursday
1. Quiz over chapter 1-3
2. Read chapter 4
-summary/image/quote graphic organizer 4-7
Friday
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Week of 3/26-3/30
Monday
NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
Tuesday
NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
Wednesday
NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
Thursday
NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
Friday
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Week of 3/19-3/23
Monday
Continue fishbowls
Tuesday
1. Finish fishbowls over realism/regionalism/naturalism
2. Collect discussion materials
3. Assign The Great Gatsby anticipation guide
Wednesday
1. Begin reading "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- questions are due Friday
2. Complete The Great Gatsby anticipation guide (see yesterday)
-due Friday for graded whole-class discussion
Thursday
1. Finish reading Winter Dreams
2. Finish anticipation guide
Friday
1. 4th hour - graded whole class discussion over anticipation guide
-4 contributions expected
2. 5th hour Fitzgerald video
5th hour Fitzgerald biography video
-10 most interesting facts or most surprising facts
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Week of 3/12-3/16
Monday
1. “To Build A Fire” quiz for those who missed it
2. Finish presenting the regional dialogue stories
3. Read “The Story of an Hour” p. 474
-What are expected of marriages today? Roles of the husband? Roles of the wife? How would that compare to late 1800s?
-Questions 4,5,8,10 on p.476-477
4. Signing up for the SAT tomorrow!
-We will meet here briefly, and then head to MC Café.
-4th hour will eat ‘D’ lunch
Tuesday
MC Cafe for meeting with counselors about SAT and colleges
Wednesday
1. Finish “The Story of an Hour” questions and collect
-Questions 4,5,8,10 p.476-477
2. Assign Regionalism, Realism, Naturalism poems
-5 poems total
-Due for fishbowl starting Friday
Thursday
1. Continue work on poems (assigned yesterday)
2. Fishbowls start tomorrow
Friday
1. Start fishbowls over poems
-No time restriction (go until you've discussed what you want - we'll grade accordingly)
2. Finish fishbowls on Monday
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Week of 3/5-3/9
Monday
1. Discuss “Outcasts of Poker Flat”
-Collect questions
2. Assign regional dialogue story
-Work on the story today, and tomorrow
-Dialect example from A Clockwork Orange
-Start presenting stories on Thursday!
Tuesday
1. Work on regional dialogue story
Wednesday
1. Questions on regional dialogue story?
2. Begin reading “To Build A Fire”
-Finish reading Friday
-Quiz on Friday!
-PDF of "To Build A Fire" here
Thursday
1. Begin presentation of dialogue stories!
-Will finish Monday
2. Will finish "To Build A Fire" tomorrow
-short plot quiz to follow
Friday
1. Finish reading "To Build A Fire"
-short plot quiz
-cool short film adaptation of the story - NOTE: this is an adaptation!
2. Finish dialogue story presentations on Monday!
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Week of 2/26-3/2
Monday
1. Discuss Whitman’s poems
-Favorite/least favorite? Why?
-Discuss “A Noiseless Patient Spider”
-Watch “A Noiseless Patient Spider” video
-Collect Whitman work
-Read “Whitman on the F” by Jeffrey McDaniel and "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsburg
3. Re-draft Faux-Whitman for tomorrow
4. Tomorrow:
-read Faux-Whitmans in small groups and choose bests
-Introduce Regionalism, Naturalism, Realism unit
Tuesday
1. Faux-Whitman poems
-Read in small groups
-Choose group best
-Choose class best
-Grade – 15 points for 15 lines, 5 points for how well you imitated Whitman
2. Introduce Realism, Regionalism, Naturalism - questions here
-Talk about historical events
-Read about each movement tonight! Complete questions
Wednesday
1. Continue Realism, Regionalism, Naturalism
-Talk about the movements
2. Read “A Boy’s Ambition”
-Discuss your childhood ambition
-Read about Twain’s childhood ambition
- Mark Twain questions here
3. Will read “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” tomorrow
Thursday
1. Read “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
-Complete questions for both Twain pieces
-Questions due tomorrow
Friday
1. Collect Mark Twain questions.
2. Read "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"
-story here
-Questions here. Due Monday!
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Week of 2/19-2/23
Monday
NO SCHOOL - President's Day
Tuesday
1. Any other paragraph make-ups from discussion last week?
2. Quick 5 minute freewrite on back of Gettysburg Address questions:
“What does ‘equality’ mean to you? How is it different from ‘freedom’?” – then discuss with a partner
3. Introduce “Gettysburg Address” - questions in link above
- PDF here
Wednesday
1. Extra Credit opportunity - recite the Gettysburg Address from memory
2. Finish Gettysburg questions and collect
3. Discuss: When I say poetry, you say ________ ? What does poetry have to look like/be? Favorite type of poem? Favorite poem? Favorite poet?
4. Introduce Walt Whitman
- Assignment here: Complete part I by tomorrow
Thursday
1. Continue work with Walt Whitman
-Part I should be completed
2. Analyze Section 1 of “Song of Myself” as a class
3. Either
A. Start to write your own “Song of Myself”/Faux Whitman
OR
B. Continue analysis of Whitman poems
4. Have rest of class period today and class period tomorrow to complete the above 2 tasks
Friday
1. write your own “Song of Myself”/Faux Whitman
AND
Continue analysis of Whitman poems
-Both are due Monday!
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Week of 2/12-2/16
Monday
1. Poem/letter assignment: due Thursday 2/15
2. Assign Civil War Voices assignment
-10 different short works describing different aspects of the Civil War
-4 questions each work
Will be used for graded WHOLE-CLASS discussion starting Tuesday
Tuesday
1. Poem/letter assignment: due Thursday 2/15
2. Spot-check Civil War Voices (1 point each)
3. Discuss War Voices assignment
-10 different short works describing different aspects of the Civil War
-4 questions each work
-Will be used for graded WHOLE-CLASS discussion starting Today
-5 Contributions between now and tomorrow (can only make-up 3)
Wednesday
1. Finish discussion
2. Poem due tomorrow!
Thursday
1. Poem/letter assignment
-Share in small groups
-Choose group best/class best
-Opportunity to share for 1 point extra credit
-If poem, pick out the literary devices and label
-Collect
2. Collect paragraph make-ups from discussion
Friday
NO SCHOOL - Teacher's Institute
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Week of 2/5-2/9
Monday
1. Watch documentary on the Underground Railroad
2. Make a list of 10 things you learned while watching the documentary
Tuesday
1. Finish the documentary started yesterday
2. Assign the questions for the Civil War background information
-Due Thursday!
Wednesday
1. Finish the questions from yesterday
2. Read Frederick Douglass's autbiography
Thursday
1. Collect materials from Tuesday/Wednesday
-Background information
-Frederick Douglass
2. Poem/Letter assignment: due Thursday 2/15
3. Discussion: Why does music often produce a strong emotional response in people? What examples can you provide?
4. Read spirituals in the text and listen to them!
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
“Go Down, Moses”
Friday
1. Poem/letter assignment: due Thursday 2/15
2. Assign Civil War Voices assignment
-10 different short works describing different aspects of the Civil War
-4 questions each work
-Will be used for graded WHOLE-CLASS discussion starting Tuesday
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Week of 1/29-2/2
Monday
1. Extra credit opportunity:Turn your story starter into a full short story – Due by Next Friday! 20 points extra credit
2. Poem Assignment: 5 different ones (see Friday 1/26 for assignment)
-4 I chose, 1 you choose
-You have Monday and Tuesday for in-class analysis
-Due for fishbowl discussions starting Wednesday!
Tuesday
1. Extra credit opportunity:Turn your story starter into a full short story – Due by Friday! 20 points extra credit
2. Finish Poem Assignment: 5 different ones
-4 I chose, 1 you choose
-You have Monday and Tuesday for in-class analysis
-Due for fishbowl discussions starting TOMORROW!
3. Additional questions usable for discussion
-Not required to be completed – will not be taken for points
Wednesday
1. Extra credit opportunity: Turn your story starter into a full short story – Due by Friday! 20 points extra credit
2. Begin Fishbowl Discussions
-Today and tomorrow
-Discuss for 9:00
-Discuss poems and/or questions, any other topics that fit with Transcendentalism vs. Anti-Transcendentalism
Thursday
1. Extra credit opportunity: Turn your story starter into a full short story – Due by Friday! 20 points extra credit
2. Finish Fishbowl Discussions
-Today
-Discuss for 9:00
-Discuss poems and/or questions, any other topics that fit with Transcendentalism vs. Anti-Transcendentalism
3. Remember tomorrow is the cookie/donut party!
-I’ll provide some drinks, but you can bring your own if you choose
-I’ll provide the donuts/cookies, but you can bring something of your own if you choose
-CLEAN UP!
Friday
1. Extra credit opportunity: Turn your story starter into a full short story – Due Today! 20 points extra credit
2. cookie/donut party!
-CLEAN UP!
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Week of 1/22-1/26
Monday
1. Recap assignment: Find a song with Transcendental topics and present your findings (individual or partner) – Present for 90 seconds TOMORROW
-Use the google doc I posted last week to claim your song
-Must address at least 3 of the 5 Transcendental topics
2. Discuss Transcendentalism vs. Anti-transcendentalism
3. Begin reading “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne – p. 268
-Due Wednesday!
Tuesday
1. Transcendentalism in music presentations!
-should finish most if not all, any stragglers go tomorrow
2. Finish Minister's Black Veil - PDF of story here, audiobook here
Wednesday
1. “Minister’s Black Veil” pop quiz
2. Present your “Transcendentalism in Music”
-Should get through everyone today!
3. Discuss the “Minister’s Black Veil”
-Collect questions
Thursday
1. Recap the provided plot summary of Moby Dick
2. Set sail through the excerpt in the textbook! (start on p. 288-295)
-Complete questions
-Complete about 1 page of creative writing with one of the prompts provided
-Both due tomorrow!
Friday
1. Check the creative writing
-Extra credit opportunity: Turn your story starter into a full short story – Due by Next Friday! 20 points extra credit
2. Discuss the questions for Moby Dick
-Collect after discussion
3. Assign poems: 5 different ones
-I chose 4, You choose 1
-You have Monday and Tuesday for in-class analysis
-Due for fishbowl discussions starting Wednesday!
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Week of 1/15-1/19
Monday
NO SCHOOL - MLK Day
Tuesday
NO SCHOOL - Inclement Weather
Wednesday
1. Start fishbowl discussion Tomorrow over Transcendentalism
-Pieces we read, comic strip transcendentalism, the songs we will listen to
2. Listen to and discuss some songs with Transcendental topics
-Frank Sinatra “My Way”
-Billy Joel “My Life”
-Otis Redding “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay”
3. Find a song with Transcendental topics and present your findings (individual or partner) – Present for 90 seconds on Monday
-Use the google doc HERE to claim your song
-Must address 3 of the 5 Transcendental topics
Thursday
1. Start fishbowl discussion Today over Transcendentalism
-Pieces we read, comic strip transcendentalism, the songs we listened to, things you like about Transcendentalism, things you don’t understand about transcendentalism
-DIFFERENT peer review rubric
-7:00 discussions
2. Find a song with Transcendental topics and present your findings (individual or partner) – Present for 90 seconds on Tuesday
-Use the google doc I posted on Wednesday to claim song
-Must address 3 of the 5 Transcendental topics
Friday
1. Finish Fishbowl discussions
2. Collect peer rubrics and comic strip transcendentalism
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Week of 1/8-1/12
Monday
1. Informal definition for Transcendentalism
2. Read and complete questions for “Nature” and “Self-Reliance”
-"Self Reliance" is p. 242 in text
-Will need your textbook
-Will collect both tomorrow
Tuesday
1. Discuss “Nature” and “Self Reliance”
What we know about Transcendentalism
2. Read “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau
-Assignment here
-How is Henry David Throreau living the philosophy outlined by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
-Look at the list of principles
Wednesday
1. Continue and finish “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau
-Why did he go to the woods? Why did he leave the woods?
2. Tomorrow:
-Discuss Walden
-Revise Transcendentalism definition
-Read Calvin and Hobbes comic strips!
Thursday
1. Discuss Walden
-Revise Transcendentalism definition
-Collect Walden sheet
2. Assign Comic Strip Transcendentalism
-Reading Calvin and Hobbes
-Analyze 5 comic strips
-Will be due Tuesday for Fishbowl Discussions over Transcendentalism!
(You will have tomorrow to continue the analysis and prepare for discussion. If we have inclement weather, you will have Tuesday to prepare with discussions starting Wednesday)
Friday
1. Finish Comic Strip Transcendentalism
-Reading Calvin and Hobbes
-Analyze 5 comic strips
-Due Tuesday for Fishbowl Discussions over Transcendentalism!
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Week of 1/1-1/5
Monday
NO SCHOOL - New Year's Day
Tuesday
NO SCHOOL - Inclement weather
Wednesday
1. Introduction to Transcendentalism
-Time to complete questions on your own
-Small group discussion
-Whole-class discussion
2. Completion check tomorrow
Thursday
NO SCHOOL - Inclement Weather
Friday
1. Collect introduction to Transcendentalism
2. Read "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (p.240 in text)
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