2011
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 1
Day 1
 O.A.
 Class intro.
 Rules,
procedures
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 2
Day 6
 O.A.
 Equiano
Narrative
Lesson:
Show unitedstreaming
video “The Slave Ship”
List and define
Persuasive techniques
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 3
Day 11
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 Huswifery
 Burning of Our
House
Lesson:
Use Power Point for
Huswifery
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Day 2
 O.A.
 Native
American
introduction
 Creation
stories
Lesson:
Background in text or
on unitedstreaming.
Discuss culture clash
Show Native American
myths on united
streaming.
Day 7
 O.A.
 Equiano
narrative
Day 3
 O.A.
 Coyote stories,
etc.
Day 4
 O.A.
 Rowlandson
narrative
Lesson:
Show or discuss
captivity narrative
background
Listen to audio
Analyze attitude of
author
Analyze Puritan
attitides
Day 5
 O.A.
 Rowlandson
narrative
Lesson:
Review clash of
cultures
Quiz
Day 8
 O.A.
 Sinners in The
Hands of an
Angry God
Lesson:
Listen to audio
Day 9
 O.A.
 Sinners in The
Hands of an
Angry God
Lesson:
In groups students find
examples of imagery,
diction, tone and keep
a list of exact quotes.
Day 13
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 Plymouth
Plantation
Lesson:
Review and test over
Puritan literature
Day 14
 O.A.
 The Crucible
 Anticipation
and
introduction
Lesson:
Show or discuss
background
Day 10
 O.A.
 Sinners in the
Hands of an
Angry God
 Analysis
Lesson:
Using essay outline
write a literary analysis
using quotes as
evidence
Day 15
 O.A.
 Miller intro
 Salem and
McCarthyism
 Crucible
Prologue
Lesson: Show video
from unitedstreaming
Lesson:
Listen to audio of
narrative
Student keep notes on
persuasive techniques
Day 12
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 Plymouth
Plantation
Lesson:
Listen to audio and
complete guided notes
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In groups students
paraphrase Burning of
Our House and divide
into 3 different
attitudes of speaker.
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Give Agree or Disagree
anticipation quiz over
themes of play
about witchcraft trials
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 4
Day 16
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to
audio.
Keep character
motivation chart
Day 17
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to
audio.
Keep character
motivation chart
Day 18
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Quiz Act I
Day 19
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to
audio.
Keep character
motivation chart
Day 20
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to
audio.
Keep character
motivation chart
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 5
Day 21
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 The Crucible
Lesson:
Quiz Act II
Day 22
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to
audio.
Keep character
motivation chart
Day 23
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to
audio.
Keep character
motivation chart
Day 24
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Quiz Act III
Day 25
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to
audio.
Keep character
motivation chart
2011
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Day 29
 O.A.
 The Crucible
film
Lesson:
As students watch
video have them keep
notes on choices made
in the film.
Day 34
 O.A.
 The Speech to
the Virginia
Convention
Lesson: Compare VA
Convention speech
with any modern
President’s prepare for
war speech
Day 39
 O.A.
 Letter to John
Adams, Abigail
Adams
 Research topic
due.
Lesson:
Read Letter
Constructed ResponseWhat argument does
Abigail Adams advance
for granting rights to
American women?
Unit 2
Revolutionary
Week 6
Day 26
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to
audio.
Keep character
motivation chart
Day 27
 O.A.
 The Crucible
Lesson:
Quiz Act IV
Day 28
 O.A.
 The Crucible
film
Lesson:
Discuss play as a whole
The title, themes,
motivation, conflict
Unit 2
Revolutionary
Week 7
Day 31
 O.A.
 Ben Franklin
Lesson:
Show unitedstreaming
clip of Ben Franklin as
background
Read or listen to The
Autobiography
Day 32
 O.A.
 Ben Franklin
Lesson:
In groups students
develop Teen’s
Commandments based
on Franklin’s precepts
Unit 2
Revolutionary
Week 8
Day 36
 O.A.
 Persuasion
Topic Research
Lesson:
Go to library to search
topic
Day 37
 O.A.
 The Crisis,
Carrie Catt (or
other speech)
 Review
persuasive
speech
Lesson:
After listening to the
Crisis, students
complete persuasive
techniques analysis
handout
Day 33
 O.A.
 Speech to the
Virginia
Convention
Lesson:
Create chart with list
of persuasive devices
to be filled in after
listening
Day 38
 O.A
 .Declaration of
Independence
Students create their
own Declaration of
Independence with a
list of grievances
against parents or
teachers
Listen to Declaration
and list persuasive
techniques on analysis
handout
Day 30
 O.A.
 The Crucible
exam
Day 35
 O.A.
 Persuasion
Topic Research
Lesson: Introduce
Speech /Visual
Argument Criteria
Picking a topic
Day 40
 O.A.
 Declaration of
Sentiments
Lesson:
Show women’s suffrage
movement video from
unitedstreaming.
Are “All men created
equal”? Students write
and editorial analyzing
your ideas of freedom
and equality.
2011
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 9
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 10
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 11
Day 41
 O.A.
 Visual
argument
Power Point
Lesson:
Go to computer lab to
Find pictures to create
visual argument
Day 46
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 Persuasion
topic Rhetorical
Strategies and
Devices lesson
Day 51
 O.A.
 Listen to JFK
speech and
analyze
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Day 42
 O.A.
 Visual
argument
Power Point
Cont.
Day 43
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 Visual
argument
Power Point
Cont.
Day 44
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 Visual
argument
Power Point
Presentations
Students complete
peer evaluation forms
Day 45
 O.A.
 PersuasionStudy model of
Persuasive
speech
Givecriteria /
rubric
Day 47
 O.A.
 Persuasion
topic Research
Day 48
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Persuasion
topic Research
Day 49
 O.A.
 Persuasion
topic Research
Day 50
 O.A.
 Persuasion
topic Research
 First Draft due
Lesson:
Go to library/
computer lab to gather
evidence and write
argument
Day 52
 O.A.
 Listen to I
Have A Dream
and analyze
Cont.
Cont.
Day 53
 O.A.
 Persuasion
topic
Writing
MLA format
lesson
Day 54
 O.A.
 Persuasion
topic
Writing
Works Cited
lesson
Day 55
 O.A.
 Persuasion
topic
Writing
2011
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 12
Day 56
 O.A.
 Students bring
examples of
passive
resistance
protest to class
and share
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 13
Day 61
 O.A.
 Emerson –
American
Scholar
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 14
Day 66
 O.A.
 Give Persuasive
speeches
 Students Use
form to
evaluate each
other
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Day 57
 O.A.
Letter From
Birmingham
Jail
Lesson:
Read and analyze
Day 59
 O.A.
 Resistance to
Civil
Government
Lesson:
Read and analyze
Day 60
 O.A.
 Resistance to
Civil
Government
 Letter From
Birmingham Jail
and Civil
Disobedience
test / writing
Day 63
 O.A.
 Persuasion
topic
Writing
completion
Day 64
 O.A.
 Persuasion
topic
Writing
completion
Day 65
 O.A.
 Persuasion
topic
writing
Final Draft Due
Day 68
 O.A.
 Give
Persuasive
speeches
Day 69
 O.A.
 Give
Persuasive
speeches

Day 70
 O.A.
 Give Persuasive
speeches
Lesson:
Show “I Have a Dream
video that has Civil
Rights background.
Read and analyze
Letter
Day 62
 O.A.
 Teacher
Choice
persuasive
writing
analysis
Day 67
 O.A.
 Give
Persuasive
speeches
Day 58
 O.A.
 Civil
Disobedience
2011
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Unit 3
Romanticism
Week 15
Day 71
 O.A.
 The Elements of
Romanticism
 The Devil and
Tom Walker
Day 72
 O.A.
 The Devil and
Tom Walker

Day 73
 O.A.
 Thanatopsis
Day 74
 O.A.
 Nature
 Self-Reliance
Day 75
 O.A.
 Walden
Unit 3
Romanticism
Day 76
 O.A.
 Dr. Heidegger’s
Experiment
Day 77
 O.A.
 Dr.
Heidegger’s
Experiment
Day 78
 O.A.
 The Minister’s
Black Veil
Day 79
 O.A.
 The Minister’s
Black Veil
Day 80
 O.A.
 Poe
Background,
The Raven,
Alone
Day 81
 O.A.
 Poe
Day 82
 O.A.
 Poe
Day 83
 O.A.
 Poe
Day 84
 O.A.
 Poe
Day 85
 O.A.
 Poe – Literary
Analysis
Day 86
 O.A.
 Whitman and
Dickinson
Poetry
 Assign Huck
Finn
Day 87
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 Whitman and
Dickinson
Day 88
 O.A.
 Whitman and
Dickinson
Day 89
 O.A.
 Whitman and
Dickinson
Day 90
 O.A.
 Whitman and
Dickinson
Week 16
Unit 3
Romanticism
Week 17
Unit 3
Romanticism
Week 18
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Day 91
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 Writing a Short
Story
Day 92
 O.A.
 Writing a
Short Story
Day 93
 O.A.
 Writing a Short
Story
Day 94
 O.A.
 Huck Finn
Day 95
 O.A.
 Huck Finn
Day 96
 O.A.
 Huck Finn
Day 97
 O.A.
 Huck Finn
Day 98
 O.A.
 Huck Finn
Day 99
 O.A.
 Huck Finn
Day 100
 O.A.
 Huck Finn
Unit 4
Test Prep
Week 21
Day 101
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 Test Prep – ACT
English
Day 102
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 Test Prep –
ACT English
Day 103
 O.A.
 Test Prep –
ACT English
Day 104
 O.A.
 Test Prep –
ACT English
Day 105
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 Test Prep – ACT
English
Unit 4
Test Prep
Day 106
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 Test Prep – ACT
Reading
Day 107
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 Test Prep –
ACT Reading
Day 108
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 Test Prep –
ACT Reading
Day 109
 O.A.
 Test Prep –
ACT Reading
Day 110
 O.A.
 Test Prep – ACT
Reading
2011
Unit 3
Romanticism
Week 19
Week 20
Week 22
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Unit 4
Test Prep
Week 23
Day 111
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 Test Prep – OnDemand
Writing
Day 112
 O.A.
 Test Prep –
On-Demand
Writing
Day 113
 O.A.
 Test Prep –
On-Demand
Writing
Day 114
 O.A.
 Huck Finn
completion
Day 115
 O.A.
 Huck Finn test
Unit 5
Realism
Week 24
Day 116
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 Slave
narratives:
Douglass,
Jacobs
Day 117
 O.A.
 Slave
narratives:
Douglass,
Jacobs
Day 118
 O.A.
 Slave
narratives:
Douglass,
Jacobs,
spirituals
Day 119
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 An Occurrence
at Owl Creek
Bridge
Day 120
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 An Occurrence
at Owl Creek
Bridge
Day 121
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 A Mystery of
Heroism
Day 122
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 War Is Kind
Day 123
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 Connected
Civil War
readings: Lee
letter, Ballou
letter,
Gettysburg, …
Day 124
 O.A.
 Civil War
Readings
Day 125
 O.A.
 Civil War
Readings Essay
Day 126
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 The Celebrated
Jumping Frog

Day 127
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 The Lowest
Animal
Day 128
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 The Lowest
Animal
Day 129
 O.A.
 Satire
Day 130
 O.A.
 Satire test
Unit 5
Realism
Week 25
Unit 5
Realism
Week 26
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Unit 5
Realism
Week 27
Day 131
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 To Build A Fire
Day 132
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 To Build a Fire
Day 133
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 A Pair of Silk
Stockings
Day 134
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 A Pair of Silk
Stockings
Day 135
 O.A.
 The Story of an
Hour
Unit 5
Realism
Day 136
 O.A.
 Richard Cory
and Miniver
Cheever
Day 137
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 A Wagner
Matinee
Day 138
 O.A.
 A Wagner
Matinee
Day 139
 O.A.
 Realism test
practice The
Red Badge of
Courage and
Camouflaging
the Chimera
Day 140
 O.A.
 Realism test
analysis The
Red Badge of
Courage and
Camouflaging
the Chimera
Day 141
 O.A.
 Of Mice and
Men

Day 142
 O.A.
 Of Mice and
Men

Day 143
 O.A.
 Of Mice and
Men

Day 144
 O.A.
 Of Mice and
Men

Day 145
 O.A.
 Of Mice and
Men

Week 28
Unit 5
Realism
Week 29
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Day 146
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 Of Mice and
Men

Day 147
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 Of Mice and
Men

Day 148
 O.A.
 Of Mice and
Men

Day 149
 O.A.
 Of Mice and
Men
Day 150
 O.A.
 Of Mice and
Men
Unit 6
Moderns /
Contemporary
Week 31
Day 151
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 Modernism
background
Day 152
 O.A.
 Pound
Day 153
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 T.S. Eliot
Day 154
 O.A.
 Williams
 Cummings
Day 155
 O.A.
 Write a poem
Unit 6
Moderns /
Contemporary
Day 156
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 Assign The
Things They
Carried
 Begin Winter
Dreams
Day 157
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 Winter
Dreams
Day 158
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 A Rose For
Emily
Day 159
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 A Rose For
Emily
Day 160
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 The Things
They Carried
Day 161
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 The Worn Path
Day 162
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 The Jilting of
Granny
Weatherall
Day 163
 O.A.
 The Jilting of
Granny
Weatherall
and The Worn
Path
Day 164
 O.A.
 A Soldier’s
Home and The
Things They
Carried
Day 165
 O.A.
 A Soldier’s
Home – and
The Things
They Carried
2011
Unit 5
Realism
Week 30
Week 32
Unit 6
Moderns /
Contemporary
Week 33
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Day 166
 O.A.
 Hughes and
Frost poetry
Day 167
 O.A.
 Hughes and
Frost poetry
Day 168
 O.A.
 Hughes and
Frost poetry
Day 169
 O.A.
 O’Connor –
The Life You
Save may Be
Your Own
Day 170
 O.A.
 O’Connor – The
Life You Save
May Be Your
Own
Day 171
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 The Things They
Carried
Day 172
 O.A.
 The Things
They Carried
Day 173
 O.A.
 The Things
They Carried
Day 174
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 Review of skills
Day 175
 O.A.
 Review of skills
Day 176
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 Final exams
Day 177
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 Final Exams
Day 178
 O.A.
 Final Exams
Day 179
 O.A.
 Final Exams
Day 180
 O.A.
 Final Exams
2011
Unit 6
Moderns /
Contemporary
Week 34
Unit 6
Moderns /
Contemporary
Week 35
Final Exams
Week 36