Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Week 8 - American Literature and Freshman Literature

American Literature

I hope everyone had a good break... but, did not take a mental checkout...

We are winding down our novel The Scarlet Letter. This week we picked up with Chapter 20 and will complete the novel by Thursday. There is an important test on these final chapters - but also drawing on previous chapters - on Friday. Students - must take notes. Many are not. These students will not do well on this OPEN NOTE essay test. It boggles my mind.... it boggles my mind...

This week we are exploring in detail the biblical imagery used by Hawthorne to reveal his allegory to the ministry of Christ and the relationship between Christ and Mary Magdalene. Students - again.... I am reading these chapters to you... I am providing the fodder for your thoughts... it is up to you to take up the knife and fork and dig in. HINT: THIS IS THE CRUX OF OUR FINAL TEST!!!!! 

Monday- Chapter 20 TSL Lesson PLUS Grammar

Tuesday- Chapter 21 TSL Lesson PLUS Grammar

Wednesday-Thursday - Chapters 22-24

The Scarlet Letter  e-text

Chapter Notes 1-24

Study Guide Chapters 16-24

Imagery and Allusions in TSL

Freshman Literature

This week we continued our unit on poetry. In previous weeks we explored narrative poetry, and this week we are examining the various forms of lyric poetry: Haiku, Sonnet, the Ballad, and Free Verse.  Students need to take notes on all the various styles and be prepared for poetry unit test - NEXT WEEK. 



Monday - Poetry - Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" and Three Haiku PLUS Grammar 



Tuesday- Wednesday - Poetry - Alice Walker's "Women" and William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 30". 

Thursday -Langston Hughes

Resources:

A Dream Deferred (Harlem) and Dreams by Langston Hughes













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