| American Literature Course Schedule |
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| Subject to Change Date Reading Assignment Due Writing Assignment Due July 3 July 5 “The Art of Biography” pp.1-5 and “Politics and the English Language” pp. 6-7 July 9 “Young Goodman Brown” July 10 “The Examination of Sarah Good” pp. 8-10 July 12 “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Persuasive Draft July 16 “Wonders of the Invisible World” Persuasive Essay July 17 Chap. 1-3 The Scarlet Letter Literature Log Entry 1 July 19 Chap. 4-8 The Scarlet Letter Literature Log Entry 2 July 23 Chap. 9-14 The Scarlet Letter Literature Log Entry 3 July 24 Chap. 15-17 The Scarlet Letter Literature Log Entry 4 July 26 Chap. 18-24 The Scarlet Letter Literature Log Entry 5 July 30 Review Book Analytically Debate Oral Rep. Lit July 31 Unit Review S C Literati (IR #1) Aug 2 Unit Exam #1 Aug 6 Slavery Works in Reader pp. 26-32 Aug 7 Text pp. 148-156 Research Assign #1 Aug 9 Research Assign #2 Aug 13 Part I of Narrative of Frederick Douglass Aug 14 Biography Draft Aug 16 Part II of Narrative of Frederick Douglass Aug 20 “Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” Aug 21 Aug 23 Huckleberry Finn excerpt pp. 33-37 Biography Paper Aug 27 Unit Review Aug 28 Unit Exam #2 Aug 30 Ch I-XI of The Awakening S C Literati (IR #2) Sept 3 Holiday Sept 4 Ch XII-XX of The Awakening Character Sketch Sept 6 Ch XXI-XXX of The Awakening Sept 10 Ch XXXI-XXXIX of The Awakening Expository Draft Sept 11 American Short Stories, Reader Section IV Sept 13 Unit Review Expository Essay Sept 17 Unit Exam # 3 Sept 18 Ch 1-4 of The Jungle S C Literati (IR #3) Sept 20 Ch 5-10 of The Jungle Research Assign 3 Sept 24 Ch 11-18 of The Jungle Research Assign 4 Sept 25 Ch19-24 of The Jungle Sept 27 Ch 25-31 of The Jungle Hist Invest Draft Oct 1 American Dream, Reader Section V Oct 2 Part I of The Great Gatsby Oct 4 Part II of The Great Gatsby Hist Invest Essay Oct 8 Part III of The Great Gatsby Oct 9 Unit Review Oct 11 Unit Exam #4 Oct 15 Semester Review and Portfolio PLAN Testing Oct 16 FINAL EXAM – Portfolio Due IR #4 Oct 18 FINAL EXAM PLAN Testing Oct 22 Last Class Off-Track Readings: The Bell Jar and __________________________________TBA |