Week of 5/14
By maaron | May 14, 2012
Monday: Discuss graded discussion expectations. Homework — Prepare for graded discussion.
Tuesday: Graded discussion; return DoaS and check out The Things They Carried. Intro to TTTC and read ch. 1 of TTTC. Homework – Choices – Seattle Times TTTC Oy, due to the fact that we had the book foul-up, you ONLY need to read the first chapter of The Things They Carried.
Wednesday: (split) Discuss Times article and TTTC. Homework — Love and Spin.
Thursday: Small groups construct character list; reading time. Homework — On the Rainy River
Friday: Read Conroy article and complete questions. Homework — Enemies, Friends, How to Tell a True War Story.
**As promised, here is the final assignment of the year. We’ll talk about due dates this week. American Studies Final Project fin
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Week of 5/7
By maaron | May 7, 2012
Monday: Submit papers; check out Death of a Salesman. Homework — Finish reading DoaS by Monday.
Tuesday: Read Lahr article and interview with Miller. Homework – Finish reading DoaS by Monday.
Wednesday: Read Lahr article and interview with Miller; (Sherwood for one hour)
Thursday: Sherwood. Homework – Finish reading DoaS by Monday.
Friday: Read Economist article, as I’m guessing you’ll be a little spent after your mental exertions on the AP test. Homework — prepare for graded discussion on Tuesday: Graded Discussion qs
**Please remember to bring whammos to us for any classes you’ll miss because of AP tests.
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Week of 4/30
By maaron | April 30, 2012
Monday: Discuss the end of the novel. Homework — Select your topic (if you haven’t already) and come in with a thesis and 4-5 supporting ideas.
Tuesday: Review essays. Find patterns of strengths, areas to improve. Essay Review Homework — Bring rough rough draft Thursday.
Wednesday: (Sherwood)
Thursday: Peer edit.
Friday: Finalized rough draft due. Homework — Revise draft. Bring final draft Monday.
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Week of 4/23
By maaron | April 25, 2012
Monday: Discuss Gunn Allen’s article. Homework — review the reading from the end of last week.
Tuesday: Read rebuttal to Gunn Allen, discuss reading in small groups and then as whole class. Homework — Read pp. 213 – mid 241.
Wednesday: Finish yesterday’s discussion. Homework — Read pp. 213 – 241. Why does Tayo rejoin the boys? Has he learning nothing? Also, bring in all of the graded writing that you have from this year in my class and Sherwood’s.
Thursday: Writing work. Homework — pp. 241 – mid. 253.
Friday: What happens around the fire and why? Discuss the literal and symbolic events. Homework — Finish the novel. (And Alex cheers wildly!) Come up with three questions having to do with the novel. Make them the three most pressing questions you have about it. And type them, please.
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Week of 4/16
By maaron | April 16, 2012
Monday: Discuss characters, symbols, and myths from Friday (incl. the weekend’s reading). Homework — Read pp. 144-166
Tuesday: Discuss yesterday’s group work in small group work; discuss the cattle as a whole class; what about that story on pp. 132-138. Homework — Read pp. 166-188
Wednesday: Why write non-linearly? What are the arguments for this structure? Against it? Homework — Read pp. 188 – 213 Gunn article.
Thursday: Sherwood
Friday: Homework — Read Gunn articlepp. 188-213.
**Here are the essay topics: essay
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Week of 4/9
By maaron | April 9, 2012
Monday: Collect and review reading questions from break; discuss reading. Homework — Read pages 55 -middle of 71; why is the poem on pp. 57-59 presented as a myth/poem?
Tuesday: Discuss Huck test; come in prepared to discuss and write about the effects of the Indian Schools and uranium mining, as well as the reading for today. Discuss the final writing assignment. Homework — Read from the middle of page 71 to the middle of page 100.
Wednesday: Sherwood.
Thursday: Receive/discuss Huck tests; discuss reading in small groups and then as whole class; discuss plot and structure. Homework — Read page 100 – the bottom of page 118. Pick one symbolic element, character, or plotline to study and present to your group. Sign up in class.
Friday: Discuss characters, reading. Homework — Read page 118 – 144
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Week of 3/26
By maaron | March 26, 2012
**This is a 7-period day week.**
Monday: Discuss “Blood-burning Moon”; submit responses to story and poems. Homework — None.
Tuesday: Poems, poems, and more poems; small groups discuss music they heard. Homework — Return The Oxford Book of American Short Stories and check out Ceremony; read article from Hanover College on the background of the novel Ceremony article .
Wednesday: Introduction to Ceremony; start to read it aloud together. Homework — Read to the middle of page 29 bottom of page 24. Here are the Augusten questions, if you don’t have them in class: Questions on Augusten Article
Thursday: Discuss reading; read pages 24 – 37. Homework — Finish Augusten questions; view LA Times photo essay “Blighted Homeland”. Be certain to have sound and captions turned on. Please watch part I and part II. Blighted Homeland
Friday: By the end of break, read pages 24 – bottom of page 54 and answer the attached questions. Questions pp 24 – 54
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Week of 3/19
By maaron | March 19, 2012
Monday: Discuss the end of The Great Gatsby. Homework — prepare for in-class essay.
Tuesday: In-class essay. Homework — none.
Wednesday: Discuss Harlem Renaissance reading; receive poetry packet; peruse Harlem Renaissance Readings and Listenings . Homework — Read poetry packet, peruse HR website, and read “Blood-burning Moon” for Monday. Be certain to check out The Oxford Book of American Short Stories on Wednesday or Thursday. qs on Blood-burning Moon
Thursday: Sherwood.
Friday: History test. Homework — HR packet.
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Week of 3/12
By maaron | March 12, 2012
Monday: I was out today, but will be back Tuesday. Please read chapter 8 (this has been on the board since last week, so it shouldn’t be news) and come in prepared to discuss how the characters in the novel attempt to reinvent themselves and why they are or aren’t able to do so.
Tuesday: How do the characters in the novel attempt to reinvent themselves. Why are or aren’t they able to? Can we, in the United States today, reinvent ourselves? How much are we locked into class, gender, or ethnic identity? Homework — Read chapter 9.
Wednesday: Read NYT article and responses. With whom do you agree? Why? Listen to part of Studio 360 on Gatsby. Homework — playlist due Friday.
Thursday: [Sherwood]
Friday: Playlist due. Finish listening to Studio 360. Why does Fitzgerald choose Nick to narrate the novel? Homework — study for in-class essay.
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Week of 3/5
By maaron | March 5, 2012
Monday: Discuss chapter 3. Homework — Read chapter 4; start your playlist.
Tuesday: Small group questions on chapter 4, In class Questions on chapter 4 Reading time. Homework– Read chapter 5 and 6. * We also watched this little clip: Gatsby clip
Wednesday: (No class)
Thursday: Large group discussion; reinvention in the United States. Homework — None (which is to say that you should work on your playlist).
Friday: Global questions. Homework — Read chapter 7
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