The Early Americans
Honors American Literature – Fall 2014
Tuesday 2
Introduce Native American poetry and prose (handout); September vocabulary
HW: Complete book review rough draft and works cited page – due 9/4; complete
sentences for September vocabulary – due 9/3
Wednesday 3
Collect September vocabulary; Native American poetry and prose; introduce John
Smith’s History of Virginia (handout)
HW: Read History of Virginia – due 9/5
Thursday 4
Peer edit book review and works cited page
HW: Finalize book review and works cited page – due 9/5
Friday 5
Collect book review and works cited page; discuss John Smith; read Olaudah Equiano’s
Middle Passage (p. 83)
HW: Writing assignment: Early American point of view writing – due 9/8
Monday 8
Collect Early American point of view writing; introduce Nathanial Hawthorne, The
Scarlet Letter
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 1 & 2
Tuesday 9
Discuss Puritan poets, Anne Bradstreet (pp. 95 & 194) and Edward Taylor (p. 101); New
England Primer; Massachusetts Bay Psalm Book (handout); and literary devices
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 3 & 4; writing assignment: write three couplets in the
style of the New England Primer that teach modern moral lessons – due 9/10
Wednesday 10
Discuss The Scarlet Letter, Ch.1-4 of; collect Post-it Notes; collect couplets
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 5; practice reading book review aloud for podcasts –
due 9/11
Thursday 11
Library; record podcast of summer book review
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 6 & 7
Friday 12 – No School – Waiver Day
Monday 15
Library; record podcast of summer book review
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 8 & 9
Tuesday 16
Discuss chapters 5-9 of The Scarlet Letter; collect Post-it Notes
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 10 & 11
Wednesday 17
Introduce the Great Awakening; read Jonathan Edwards’s Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God (p. 105)
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 12
Thursday 18
Discuss chapters 10-12 of The Scarlet Letter; collect Post-it Notes
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 13
Friday 19 – No School – Parent Teacher Conferences
Monday 22
Introduce comparison and contrast assignment; begin C&C chart
HW: Complete comparison and contrast chart – due 9/23
Tuesday 23
Check C&C charts; write comparison and contrast draft
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 14; complete comparison and contrast rough draft –
due 9/24
Wednesday 24
Collect comparison and contrast drafts; introduce Arthur Miller, Why I Wrote The
Crucible (p. 1095) and The Crucible (p. 1098); Introduce Salem witch trials; read court
documents
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 15 &16
Thursday 25
View The Crucible
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 17 & 18
Friday 26
Continue viewing The Crucible
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 19 & 20
Monday 29
Finish viewing The Crucible; discuss play; begin The Crucible writing
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 21; complete The Crucible writing – due 9/30
Tuesday 30
Collect The Crucible writing; discuss chapters 14-21 of The Scarlet Letter; collect Post-it
Notes
HW: Read The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 22
Wednesday 1
Writing lesson – commas; October vocabulary
HW: Finish reading The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 23 & 24; complete October vocabulary – due
10/6
Thursday 2
Discuss The Scarlet Letter, Ch. 22-24 and the novel’s themes; collect Post-It Notes
HW: Complete The Scarlet Letter writing – due 10/3
Friday 3
Collect The Scarlet Letter writing; view Great Books: The Scarlet Letter; select Early
American paper to revise
HW: Revise Early American paper – rough draft due 10/9
Monday 6
Collect October vocabulary; finish Great Books; review for Early American test
HW: Prepare for Early American unit quote/essay test; revise Early American paper
Tuesday 7
Writing lesson - showing v. telling
HW: Prepare for quote/essay unit test; revise Early American paper
Wednesday 8
Early American essay test
HW: Revise Early American paper – second draft due 10/8
Thursday 9
Peer edit Early American paper
HW: Complete final draft of Early American paper – due 10/11