American Literature
Monday
Aug 19
Welcome!
- complete student cards
- American Lit At-a-Glance
- Aphorism activity & assignment
HW: Aphorism assignment by
Friday 8/23
Get Notebooks & glue sticks by
Block Day
Bring Laptops tomorrow
Aug 26
American Lit Period: Age of
Reason/Enlightenment
Tuesday
Aug 20
Unit 1: Early Periods of American Literature
Wednesday/Thursday
Aug 21/22
Friday
Aug 23 Back to School Assembly
Library
Bring laptop if you have one
Notebook Check/Set up
American Lit Period: Puritans
Aphorism - Share aphorisms
HW: Read Anne Bradstreet’s “Upon
the Burning of our House” and
respond in the chart on the reading.
HW: Enjoy the Back to School
Dance! 
Aug 28/29 Back to School Night
Class Norms
American Lit Period: Romance
Aug 30
ALL NOTEBOOKS DUE
Photo Journal Activity
HW: Read the Declaration of
Independence and use Talking to
the Text to annotate.
HW: Aphorism assignment by
Friday 8/23
Get Notebooks & glue sticks by
Block Day
Bring Laptops tomorrow
Aug 27
Age of Reason/Enlightenment
cont’d
“Letters of Silence Dogood”
HW: Read excerpt from The
Scarlet Letter and use T to T
annotations
Sept 2 Labor Day
Sept 3
HW: Re-Read & Finish “Mohicans”
with box responses completed.
Bring photo to class for an activity on
Friday.
Sept 4/5
HW: Complete Photo Journal
Activity
Sept 6
American Lit Period:
Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism cont’d
Transcendentalism cont’d
HW: Read and use TtoT
annotations on Margaret Fuller’s
“Women in the Nineteenth
Century”. Bring completed work to
class tomorrow.
HW: Read and T to T for Ralph
Waldo Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”
HW: Read and TtoT for RWE’s
“Friendship”
Sept 9
Sept 10
Sept 11/12
Sept 13
Transcendentalism cont’d
Reading Assessment
American Lit Period: Realism
Realism cont’d
HW: Finish assessment if needed.
HW: Read Chapter 1 of The
HW: Read Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s
Baby” and respond to questions.
Gallery walk/discussion on
“Friendship”
HW: Review all notes on periods
of Am Lit thus far to prepare for
the reading assessment tomorrow.
Sept 16
Realism cont’d
Transitioning to Investigating the
American Dream
Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass and answer questions
Sept 17 ALL NOTEBOOKS DUE
Library : Researching the Roots of
the American Dream (assignment
on Edmodo)
HW: Read Time Article, “The
History of the American Dream”.
Create 5 questions about an issue
that came up in the reading that
you want to know MORE about.
provided.
Sept 18/19
Follow up research and
Timeline/Assessment Preparation
Brainstorm all information for
Timeline
Sept 20
Timeline/Assessment Preparation
Organize/Outline information for
Timeline
Find this article on Edmodo.
Sept 23
Sept 24
Sept 25/26
Sept 27 Miss Biss Out
Create Timelines
Finish Timelines
Periods of American Lit/American
Dream Culminating Assessment
Check Out East of Eden
Class Vote on “Winner” to post and
use for test.
In-class Essay and mini-multiple choice.