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Mr. Lang's 10th Grade American Literature Page

10th General Info Pick a Paper Assignment - Due 5/4/10

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2nd Semester

Huckleberry Finn

1/3
 * Review of policies: bathroom, tardy, etc.
 * Intro to HF.
 * Review of timeline from first semester, culminating in Romanticism.
 * Romantic vs. Realistic art. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts]); [];
 * Twain's realism: (from Richard Chase, //The American Novel and Its Tradition//)
 * Renders reality closely and in comprehensive detail. Selective presentation of reality with an emphasis on verisimilitude, even at the expense of a well-made plot
 * Character is more important than action and plot; complex ethical choices are often the subject.
 * Characters appear in their real complexity of temperament and motive; they are in explicable relation to nature, to each other, to their social class, to their own past.
 * Class is important; the novel has traditionally served the interests and aspirations of an insurgent middle class. (See Ian Watt, //The Rise of the Novel//)
 * Events will usually be plausible. Realistic novels avoid the sensational, dramatic elements of naturalistic novels and romances.
 * Diction is natural vernacular, not heightened or poetic; tone may be comic, satiric, or matter-of-fact.
 * Objectivity in presentation becomes increasingly important: overt authorial comments or intrusions diminish as the century progresses.
 * In class reading time.
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1277 - 1291 (chapters 1-5). Also, print this attachment and keep it in your notebook: [[file:Themes symbols motifs.doc]]

1/4/5
 * HF.
 * Local color; regionalism: If you were to write a novel about Wesleyan, how would do it?
 * Write a scene from a day-in-the-life of a Wesleyan student. Try to get the vernacular right, and try to capture the spirit of a stereotypical Wesleyan student.
 * In our world today, who's the good guy?
 * In groups, rank the various social groups in terms of status: Asian, Hispanic, White, Black. You can create subgroups, but please avoid being overtly insensitive.
 * In class reading time.
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1291 - 1299 (chapters 6-7).

1/5/6
 * Take five minutes and write down what you'd do if you ran away: Where would you go? How would you behave? Do you think you could make it on your own at your age? ...
 * HF.
 * Intro to research paper assignment.
 * In class reading time.
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1299-1310 (chapters 8-10).

1/6/7
 * HF
 * Research paper review of assignment. Questions?
 * In class reading time.
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1310 - 1323 (chapters 11-13).

1/7/10
 * HF
 * In class reading time.
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1323 - 1343 (chapters 14-16).

1/10/11
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1343 - 1349.

1/12
 * Library Research Day - please try to collect ALL of your research while in class!
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1349 - 1362

1/13/14
 * Library Research Day - please try to collect ALL of your research while in class!
 * HW - No HW for 5th and 6th. 1st period: Type up all research with a proper Works Cited entry and the quote/page number with each quote. Also, do Vocab 7, exs. A and C.

1/14/18
 * HW - No HW for 1st. 5th and 6th: Type up all research with a proper Works Cited entry and the quote/page number with each quote. Also, do Vocab 7, exs. A and C.

1/18/19
 * Check vocab.
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1362 - 1374

1/19/20
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1374 - 1384.

1/20/21
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1384 - 1398

1/24
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1398 - 1410.

1/25/26
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1410 - 1422.

1/26/27
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1422 - 1435.

1/27/28
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1435 - 1453.

1/28/31
 * HW - Read and annotate pages 1453 - 1463.

1/31/2/1
 * HW - Vocab 8, Exs. A and C

2/2
 * Check vocab.

HW: HF Test

2/11 Huck Finn Test.

Gatsby, To Build a Fire, Richard Cory

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2/15
 * Comma review day - wohoo!
 * HW: Go online and find 2 misused commas. Write down an explanation of why each is wrong, and bring the examples to class.

2/16/17 "Richard Cory" on p. 1898 of Norton.
 * Background on Modernism.
 * In class reading time.
 * HW: Read chapter 1 in The Great Gatsby.

2/17/18
 * Discussion of TGG chapter 1.
 * In class reading time.

2/18/24
 * Papers - Censorship.
 * In class reading time TGG.
 * HW: Read chapter 2 in TGG by 2/25

2/24
 * Research Day - Censorship papers.

2/25/26
 * Discussion of TGG chapter 2.
 * In class reading time.
 * HW: Read chapter 3 in TGG; research on Censorship due on 3/1.

3/1 WRITTEN PROPOSAL FOR PICK-A-PAPER DUE TODAY. HW: Read chapter 4 in TGG.

3/2/3 HW: Read chapter 5 in TGG.

3/3/4 HW. Read chapter 6 in TGG by 3/8

3/4/8 HW: Read chapter 6 in TGG by 3/8.

3/5 HW: Reach chapter 7 in TGG.

3/8/9 HW: Read chapter 8 in TGG.

3/9/10 HW: Read chapter 9 in TGG.

3/12 Censorship papers due either in class or by 1:09 (Pd. 7 doesn't meet that day; please consider this!).

3/23 HW: Vocab lesson 10

3/24

3/25 HW: Vocab lesson 11. ***Also, please post one more piece of your writing for the Literary Magazine to consider publishing. You can post anything from a creative writing assignment to a Bible paper to an English paper. Even a creative wiki post would work. These can be posted under the Y drive, Engle Folder; then find your period under my name. Save each piece under your own name (Tim Blue, for example). Also, make sure your name is on each piece. This will be a homework grade, so please do it!**

3/30: Test on TGG.

A Raisin in the Sun 4/12 - HW: Vocab 12, Exs. A and C. (Due on 4/13)

4/19 - HW: Vocab 13, Exs. A and C.

4/23 - HW: Vocab 14, Exs. A and C

4/27 - Gatsby Papers due in class.

Due 5/18: Optional 2 - 3 page paper. Here is the question to answer: What life lessons have you learned from the stories we have read this semester? You need to be specific about the lessons you have learned, using quotes from the stories (at least 4 in your paper) and using detailed examples from your own life. As usual, please include a clear introduction and thesis statement (stating clearly the lessons you will talk about). You need at least 2 body paragraphs as well as a strong conclusion. If you go to the Writing Lab, please attach that form with your final paper.

Modern Literature

4/28 - Finish Raisin video. HW: Read in Norton: William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" (pp. 2218 - 2224).

4/29/30 - Background on Faulkner and review of "Rose."

5/3/4/5 - Raisin Test.

HW: (Due 5/6) - In Norton, read Sylvia Plath's poetry - all. Please pick one of these poems along with a partner and prepare a dramatic reading of the poem. This means you need to prepare a reading of the poem that incorporates both partners (you may have 3 people, but no more). The reading you do needs to provide some sort of interpretation of the poem; in other words, the way you read the poem should somehow help to explain/interpret the poem to those who are listening. This will count as a quiz grade, so please do a good job.

5/6 - Background on Sylvia Plath and poetry readings.

5/7 - Read all Billy Collins' poetry in Norton. (pp. 2754-2756).

5/10 - In Norton, read Alice Walker: "Everyday Use." Read aloud as a group. When finished, work on Vocab lesson 15, exs. A and C.

5/11/12 - Read "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut - at this link:. Read aloud as a group. When finished, work on Vocab lesson 16, exs. A and C.

5/12/13 - Read "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien at this link: []

5/13/14 - Check vocab 15 and 16. Discuss Vonnegut, Walker, and Carver. HW: In Norton, read Lucille Clifton's Poetry - all. Please pick one of these poems along with a partner and prepare a dramatic reading of the poem. This means you need to prepare a reading of the poem that incorporates both partners (you may have 3 people, but no more). The reading you do needs to provide some sort of interpretation of the poem; in other words, the way you read the poem should somehow help to explain/interpret the poem to those who are listening. This will count as a quiz grade, so please do a good job.

5/14 - **Pick-a-Paper due in by 3:30.** You need to think ahead about this, so please get thinking!

5/17 - Discuss Vonnegut, Walker, and Carver. Background on Clifton. Poetry readings. HW: Read "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien - handout.

5/18 - Background on O'Brien. Discussion of gratuitous vs. necessary elements of literature.

Facebook as literature - evaluate each other's Facebook pages as a story that's being told - a ficitional story.