9-29:
Quiz on Thoreau's biography and "Walden." Discussed Transcendentalist thought, especially solitude, and began discussion of Civil Disobeidence.
Read excerpt from "Resisitance to Civil Government"
HOMEWORK; read King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" from handout.
9-25:
Quiz on "Nature." Discussed Transcendentalist thought and read excerpts from "Self Reliance."
HOMEWORK: read Thoreau's biography and "Walden."
9-23;
Quiz on "Usher" and "Raven." Discussed Poe's life and writing. Began lecture on Transcendentalists.
HOMEWORK: read the biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson and the essay "Nature" starting on page 216
9-19:
Quiz on poets/ poetry. Discussed in class.
HOMEWORK: read the biography of Edgar Allen Poe, the poem "The Raven" and the story "The Fall of the House of Usher."
9-17:
Quiz on Veil and Hawthorne's life.
Discussed ideas of sin, salvation, and individuality in the context of American Romanticism.
HOMEWORK: Read the biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the poems "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" and "The Cross of Snow" on page 175; the biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes and the poems "The Chambered Nautilus" and "Old Ironsides" starting on page 187.
9-15:
Quiz on Rip Van Winkle.
Discussed story and Romantic thinking.
Read "Thanatopsis" by Bryant.
HOMEWORK: Read biography of Nathianel Hawthorne and the short story "The Minister's Black Veil."
9-11:
Quiz on Ben Franklin's autobiography
Discussed Rationalist period in American history.
HOMEWORK; read the biography of Washington Irving and the story "Rip Van Winkle" starting on page 152
9-9:
Finished watching crucible
HOMEWORK:
Read the biography of Ben Franklin and the excerpt from his Autobiography, starting on page 85
9-5:
Began watching film version of The Crucible.
9-3:
Test on The Crucible
8-29:
Quiz on Act IV
Began reviewing for test
TEST on The Crucible on Wednesday, Sept 2
8-27:
Quiz on Act III
HOMEWORK; read act IV
8-25:
Quiz on Act II. Discussed play and ironies.
Began reading Act III.
HOMEWORK: Finish reading Act III.
8-21:
Quiz on first part of Act I. Discussed play and characterization.
Finished Act I in class.
HOMEWORK: Read all of Act II
8-19:
Quiz on "Sinners" and discussion of Puritan theology/ lifestyle.
Began reading "The Crucible" in class.
HOMEWORK:
Read up to Rev. Hale's entrance.
8-15:
Grammar review.
Took quiz on "The Interesting Narrative"
Discussed story.
Introductory discussion on Puritan theology.
Read "Some Verses" by Anne Bradstreet and answered discussion questions.
HOMEWORK:
Read biography of Jonathan Edwards and "Sinners In the Hands of an Angry God" on page 77
8-13:
Reviewed grammar/ punctuation diagnostic.
Took quiz on homework (Native American myths/ Plymouth Plantation)
HOMEWORK:
read Biography of Olauda Equiano (page 56) and excerpt from "The Interesting Narrative . . . " (p 57-65).
ALSO: Weekly Writings are due next time. These are one page, typed writings about anything you want to write.
8-11:
In class--took grammar/punctuation diagnostic. Began reading Native American Myths and discussing colonization.
HOMEWORK:
Read "The Sky Tree" on page 22, "Coyote Finishes His Work" on page 24, and "Of Plymouth Plantation" on page 29-33"
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