AMERICAN LITERATURE------SECOND SEMESTER SYLLABUS
MON/WED
THIRD PERIOD
INSTRUCTOR:HOLLY DUNCAN...hollyduncan03@yahoo.com
WEEK ONE:
MON/....NO CLASS
WED/1/7/09......HOW TO WRITE A REVIEW ESSAY/ BEGIN LITTLE WOMEN DVD
HOMEWORK: ACCESS SYLLABUS ONLINE/PRINT/PAREN SIGN/TURN IN 1/12/09
REVIEW ESSAY DUE 1/14/09
WEEK TWO:
MON/1/12/09...COMPLETE LITTLE WOMEN DVD/ RETURN SIGNED SYLLABUS
HOMEWORK: REVIEW ESSAY DUE 1/14/09/ WWISE 7A-7E DUE 1/21/09
WED/1/14/09....TURN IN NOVELS & REVIEW ESSAYS
*LECTURE:F.SCOTT FITZGERALD & THE GREAT GATSBY: A NOVEL OF 1920S
*DISCUSSION OF SETTING/POINT OF VIEW/SATIRE & CHARACTERS
HOMEWORK: ACCESS STUDY GUIDE ONLINE/PRINT & BRING TO CLASS
READ CH.1-3 & ANSWER QTS. DUE 1/21/09
WEEK THREE:
MON/1/19/09....NO CLASS... MLK DAY
WED/1/21/09..... LECTURE: THEMES & FRAME TALE
*TURN IN WWISE BOOKS & TURN IN CH.1-3 QTS
HOMEWORK: READ CH.4-6 & ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QTS...DUE 1/26/09
WEEK FOUR:
MON/1/26/09....IN DEPTH DISCUSSION OF CHARACTERS/PYRAMID OF
DRAMATIC STRUCTURE/RETURN WWISE BOOKS TO STUDENTS/ TURN IN QTS.
CH4-6
HOMEWORK: READ CH. 7-9 & ANSWER QTS..DUE 2/2/09
STUDY FOR WORDLY WISE TEST 7...DUE 1/28/09
WED/1/28/09....WORDLY WISE TEST 7/VIEW THE GREAT GATSBY DVD
HOMEWORK: WWISE 8A-8E...DUE 2/2/09
WEEK FIVE:
MON/2/2/09...COMPLETE DISCUSSION OF THE GREAT GATSBY
*TURN IN QTS.CH. 7- 9/ REVIEW FOR TEST: EXPLAIN 1-10 QUOTES & EXPANDED
LITERARY TERMS/ TURN IN WWISE BOOKS
HOMEWORK:STUDY FOR TEST ON 2/4/09
WED/2/4/09...GREAT GATSBY TEST/RETURN NOVELS/RETURN WWISE BOOKS
TO STUDENTS
HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR WWISE TEST...DUE 2/9/09
WEEK SIX:
MON/2/9/09....WORDLY WISE TEST 8
LECTURE: INTRO. TO CHARLES SHELDON/EXPLAIN SOCIAL GOSPEL
*HANDOUT IN HIS STEPS
HOMEWORK: ACCESS QTS. ONLINE/PRINT & BRING TO CLASS2/18
READ CH.1-9 & ANSWER QTS. DUE 2/18/09
WWISE 9A-9E DUE 2/11/09
WED/2/11/09...WWJD STATEMENT- THE CHALLENGE/TURN IN WWISE BOOKS
HOMEWORK: SEE ABOVE
WEEK SEVEN:
MON/2/16/09....TEACHER WORKDAY....PRESIDENT'S DAY
WED2/18/09....DISCUSSION OF CH. 1-9
*TURN IN QTS. FOR CH.1-9/RETURN WWISE BOOKS TO STUDENTS
HOMEWORK: READ CH.10-18 & ANSWER QTS. DUE 2/25/09
STUDY FOR WWISE TEST 9 DUE 2/23/09
WEEK EIGHT:
MON/2/23/09....WORDLY WISE TEST 9/ VIEW IN HIS STEPS
HOMEWORK: STUDY GUIDE QTS. DUE 2/25/09
WED/2/25/09....DISCUSSION OF CH.10-18/TURN IN QTS
HOMEWORK: WWISE 10A-10E DUE 3/2/09
READ CH. 19-31 & ANSWER QTS. DUE 3/4/09
WEEK NINE:
MON/3/2/09...GRAMMAR DAY/TURN IN WWISE BOOKS
HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR WWISE TEST 10 DUE 3/4/09
WED. 3/4/09....COMPLETE DISCUSSION OF IN HIS STEPS/TURN IN STUDY GUIDE
QTS. FROM CH.19-31/RETURN NOVELS/WORDLY WISE TEST 10
HOMEWORK: WORDLY WISE 11A-11E DUE 3/9/09
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