Week 9 American Literature 2011-2012

Week 8	Class work	Homework
Monday (Print out syllabus and turn in by Tuesday at beginning of class for 100 points extra credit). Remember you must finish reading the Scarlet Letter. Scarlet Letter Vocabulary has a separate page on this blog: Here is a sample: CHAPTER ONE THRONG: a great number of persons crowded together. EDIFICE: a large, usually impressive building. UTOPIA: a place or state of political or social perfection. Comes from a novel by Sir Thomas Moore  about a perfect society. ALLOT: to divide or distribute in shares. SEASONABLE: timely or opportune. SEPULCHRES: a burial vault built of rock or stone. PONDEROUS: weighty or clumsy. CONGENIAL: pleasant, friendly. INAUSPICIOUS: not prosperous us. PORTAL: a doorway of imposing appearance.	Last Day to Give your PowerPoint Presentation PowerPoint Activity 4 Essay due to turnitin.com. Partial credit will go to next report card if submitted by Nov. 3rd. Scarlet Letter Groups Complete Packet the play text. b. How or why does The Crucible still speak to audiences today? Students who are particularly savvy about current events could begin with Miller's own quotation in the introduction of this lesson plan and spin a Describe, in writing, why you think the event would make good drama and how you would dramatize it. Be sure to think carefully about story, conflict, character, and resolution.	Scarlet Letter Books due in Class all week! Scarlet Letter packet Pages Due November 4th.
Tuesday	Scarlett Letter Packet	Scarlett Letter Packet Pages Essay Activity 4
Wednesday	Scarlett Letter Packet Last day to submit Activity 4 Crucible Essay for Partial Credit.	Scarlett Letter Packet
Thursday	Scarlet Letter	Scarlet Letter Packet Pages TBA Essay Exam on Scarlet Letter
Friday – Logical Appeals	Scarlett Letter Essay Exam on Scarlet Letter                                           PROJECT: Memorization of The Declaration of Independence selection – Due Nov. 10	Read The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin pp. 161-168 Do Pp.167 1-7 Read Thomas Paine pp. 169-171 and Read the Declaration of Independence pp. 177-181 – Logical Appeals                                                       PROJ: Memorization of The Declaration of Independence selection – Due Nov. 10