Sunday: 1/9 - Happy birthday, Tyler!
Monday: 1/10 - Happy birthday, Shelby! - Delayed Start Schedule
IC: We'll begin class by going over a brief history of American Literature. You will receive an interactive notes sheet to fill out during our discussion. We'll end class with a review of Lesson One Vocabulary.
HW: Complete Lesson One Vocabulary Exercises A-D, due 1/12.
Handout: A Brief History of American Literature interactive note sheet will be distributed in class.
Tuesday: 1/11 - Delayed Start Schedule
IC: You will begin class by completing a reading quiz over chapters 1-10 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. We will discuss the reading selection, focusing on elements of characterization. We will also discuss the Notice and Explanatory Note at the beginning of the text.
HW: Complete Lesson One Vocabulary Exercises A-D, due 1/12.
Wednesday: 1/12
IC: You will hand in your vocabulary homework and complete a Lesson One Vocabulary review exercise. We will spend the rest of the class period reading and analyzing a letter written by Mark Twain to a Gas and Electric Lighting Company in Hartford. We will discuss the rhetorical situation and tone of the piece.
HW: Complete Writer's Notebook Entry #2.
Handout: "To a Gas and Electric Lighting Company in Hartford" by Mark Twain, and a Lesson One Vocabulary review exercise will be distributed in class today.
Thursday: 1/13 - Happy birthday, Cori!
IC: You will begin by completing a reading quiz over chapters 11-14. I will distribute a handout about satire which we'll read and discuss. We'll finish class by going over an introduction to Lesson Two Vocabulary.
HW: Study for Lesson 1-2 Vocabulary test on 1/19.
Handout: John Dryden on Satire handout (with important definitions) to be distributed in class.
Friday: 1/14
IC: We will view an episode of All in the Family, discussing elements of satire. You will make connections between the character of Archie Bunker and Pap Finn.
HW: Study for Lesson 1-2 Vocabulary test on 1/19.
